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Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness

There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness,…

Three Questions About Politics and the Campus Protests

By Jess Bidgood at The NY Times: The pro-Palestinian student encampments protesting the war in…

Saturday Poem: Picasso Painting Guernica

She clawed through the rubble of her worldhead covered a scrupulous maid searching for gemsa…

As the World Turns: Friday April 26, 2024

News, Views of Interest That You Might Have Missed… ‘UFO’ over NYC baffles passenger flying…

Modi’s India is No Economic Miracle

Talk of Indian Prime Minister Modi’s successful economic stewardship is key to his appeal and…

The Damage the ‘Black Tax’ Inflicted on Generations of African Americans

By Adeel Hassan at The New York Times: Property is generally worth less if it’s…

A Palestinian, a Jew, and a Priest Walk Onto a Campus

Jonathan V. Last at The Bulwark: You know how we fix the chaos at Columbia…

The Will to Fight for a Cause

Throughout history, the most effective one’s have powered to victory on commitment to core values…

Random Thoughts: About a Cool Check, POI, Etc.

Irshad Salim: 20+ years ago in the early 2000s, my neighbor Narku from Ghana who…

The Genetic Origin of the Indo-Europeans

Razib Khan at Unsupervised Learning: On this episode, Razib talks about the April 2024 preprint…

Friday Poem: The Return

When I returned to earth after forty thousand yearsthere were no more graves, no more…

The Toys We Loved in the 1980s

Slinky Legend has it that the toy emerged in the 1940s when an American naval…