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Orca That Carried Dead Calf for Weeks Is Mourning Again Researchers say that the killer whale’s newborn calf in Puget Sound has also died and she’s unable to let go.

We have the same hormones that killer whales have. “Why shouldn’t we also have the emotions that they have? We don’t have the market cornered on emotions…. it’s fair to say that she is grieving or mourning.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/u... #animals

Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in Homelessness The number of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. topped 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year.

The number of people experiencing #homelessness in the U.S. topped 770,000, that’s more than the entire population of states like Vermont, Wyoming or Alaska, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/u...

‘What Does Understanding God From an AfroLatinx Perspective Do?’ After I gave a lecture on AfroLatinx theologies, I couldn’t stop thinking about this question from a student.

"Imagining God to be Black will not magically solve the injustices of racial capitalism, but it does allow us to expand our understanding of how God relates to oppressed people."

My @washingtonpost.com reader type

Book Review: ‘The Cure for Women,’ by Lydia Reeder Lydia Reeder’s “The Cure for Women” tells the story of the remarkable Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi.

She Revolutionized Medicine. Why Isn’t She a Household Name?
Lydia Reeder’s “The Cure for Women” tells the story of the remarkable Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi.
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Under The Surface Cohen: This summer, a Google engineer named Blake Lemoine caused controversy by disclosing a conversation with an AI called LaMDA, or “Language Model for Dialog Applications.” The conversation seemed ...

With the “capacity for abstract thinking comes the ability to believe conspiracy theories, and the power to bring this #planet to ruin. But we also have the capacity to imagine and build a better world. We should never forget that.”
Güven Güzeldere

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Phil Berrigan, a former Josephite priest, died #OTD in 2002, after a lifetime of activism against war, racism, and American exceptionalism.

May the prophet rest in peace. 🙏🏾 www.berrigancollective.org/reflections/...

The 10 Best Books of 2024 The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

Here they are — the 10 Best Books of 2024.

Just finished reading "The Last Syrian" by Omar Youssef Souleimane - a beautiful yet heartbreaking and thought-provoking story that sheds light on the realities of the civil war in #Syria. Highly recommend this powerful read that will stay with you long after you finish it.
#books

Column | The world’s ‘worst crisis’ is in Sudan Sudan is coping with the apathy of a failing international system.

19 months of fighting between rival warlords and affiliated militias have ravaged #Sudan and provoked a rolling humanitarian disaster. Some 26 million people — about half of the population — need food assistance in a country that’s home to the world’s largest displacement crisis. wapo.st/3VKUVyv

Take the RIGHTS path Embark on a journey through ideas, voices and stories that illustrate the RIGHTS path.

#WorldAidsDay remains crucial in the global fight against HIV/Aids, commemorating lives lost and rededicating efforts to prevention, treatment and awareness

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100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024

I want to read 12.

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100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2024

I’ve (only) read 5.

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Yeah, if it’s a global tax, they would probably all go to Mars… good riddance.