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Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
November 9, 2024 at 11:34 PM
dviera.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4
#BookSky
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#Books

#BookChallenge
November 9, 2024 at 8:10 AM
dviera.bsky.social
It's crazy to me that one party lied constantly, regularly and brazenly breaks the law, spouts vile shit, tried to steal an election with lawyers and fake electors, then an insurrection, and somehow I'm seeing posts about the other party collapsing and failing. How'd the Dems fuck it up so bad.
November 9, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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baronduki.bsky.social
all my mint enthusiasts, please rise 🙌
November 8, 2024 at 9:56 PM
dviera.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books

#BookChallenge
October 31, 2024 at 3:58 AM
dviera.bsky.social
Last: Sorcery
Current: Words of Radiance
Next: Oathbringer
TBR: Goldfinch
October 22, 2024 at 11:26 PM
dviera.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books

#BookChallenge
October 22, 2024 at 10:41 PM
dviera.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books

#BookChallenge
October 22, 2024 at 3:15 AM