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July 16th, 2021

tielan: (don't make me shoot you)
Friday, July 16th, 2021 09:15 am
A Bureaucracy That's Tearing Out A Community's Culture

A local community garden is slowly being edged out of occupation in a city's green space, in part because it isn't pretty enough to be 'instagrammable' and in part because it's not financially advantageous to the 'committee' that runs the green space.

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This Isn't A Heatwave, It's A Dying Planet

Fair warning, the article author is a catastrophist. He takes a very dire, very negative view of the world, people's actions, and possible outcomes. I understand where he's coming from, but...I find him an unhelpful voice to have constantly in my head.

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Loving Your Country Means Teaching Its History Honestly

A piece by David French about patriotism and loving one's country. Aimed at the folks less likely to want to question the USA's faults and failures, let alone acknowledge such failures as buried in the roots of the system they endorse every day.

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The Four-Faced Writ

A look at the various faces of Christianity from the perspective of adherence to biblical laws literally vs contextually. I found it really helpful for getting a better grip on the way that various groups of Christians see the world.
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