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Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity”: We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.

Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity”: We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones
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A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.

A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...

U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says

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Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

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Her daughter died at 12 of a rare disease. HHS cut the screening program that could’ve saved others In April, the Deparment of Health and Human Services shuttered the committe that oversaw newborn screenings. Advocates hope it can be reinstated.

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Screening newborns for rare diseases for which treatments are available is not negotiable. Although the diseases are rare, I happen to have two former colleagues with children who have them. Someday your life will be touched. Let screenings prevent tragedies.

Brining Americans to their knees is being done financially, logistically, and psychologically. And once the rest of the world turns its back on us, no one will be coming to save us. Helping the weak and vulnerable used to be our job. Now we are the weak and vulnerable. Time to save ourselves.

Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article) Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

Battle of the Titans. Harvard stands up for the rule of law, holding its giant purse in its tight fists. Gift article
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I guess if you piss off the entire planet and truly isolate the country- it’s citizenry and economy-, you can do what you want to your own people and no one will step up to help them.

“He is his own Ponzi scheme” makes it crystal clear.

Annotated Text From Leaked Signal Group Chat With Top Trump Officials (Gift Article) The chat’s contents, which were obtained by The Atlantic after its editor in chief was added to the Signal group, provide a revealing look at private conversations between top Trump administration off...

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How fast can we turn back the clock of civilization before we hit the Stone Age ?

How standardized tests became part of the DEI debate The Trump administration’s Dear Colleague letter railed against colleges’ racial diversity initiatives. How did testing policies wind up in the mix?

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Persistently haunted by the feeling that we are living in a simulation and a 17 year-old on shrooms is at the controls.

Colleges scramble to meet federal anti-DEI deadline The Education Department gave colleges two weeks to eliminate race-conscious programs. As the deadline approaches, questions remain about what compliance means and how far the Trump administration wil...

A Dear Colleague Letter from the department of education gave colleges two weeks to eliminate DEI efforts on campus. Today is the deadline. DEI offices/programs support folks based on religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, and race+

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And in 10 years they can blame it on whoever is in office then. If we still have e a democracy

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List your favorite cognitive bias you see Republicans and Trump voters exhibiting- I’ll start: Halo Effect.

Already donated to their campaigns

Has the run on banks started yet ? I don’t want to miss my window of opportunity.

I’ve always been a fan of post-apocalypse fiction. It usually gives me hope that good people will still commit good acts even under terrible circumstances. The Trump-induced apocalypse will test all of us. Who will do good? Who will resist? Who will join in the destruction? What will turn to ash?

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

You’re the best

So now he’s decided that FEMA is too expensive to bureaucratic and to inefficient and that the states need to handle their own problems and then the government can just throw some money at them.

Living in “New Gotham” is even worse in person than in the comics. It’s open season for corruption, hate, and tribalism.

“Look- she’s at it again. Will she ever get tired of taking pictures of us?”(Answer is no)

Sometimes I ask myself: If I knew THEN what I know NOW, what would change. The answer is absolutely nothing and absolutely everything.

The real problem is most people don’t check facts themselves. They tend to take what they see in their preferred medium as truth, whether it’s the NYT or FB. Asking FB to monitor a world of half-truths, misinformation, and opinion is a very big ask. I don’t rely on social media to do my thinking.

Guiding seniors throughout their final supplemental essays and college application submissions in the final days and hours of 2024: waiting for opportunities to bloom in March and April 2025.

When a nosy neighbor or relative inquires about your child’s college plans, it’s up to YOU to step in and say “We will let you know how it turns out in May.” Or “He’s weighing up a lot of options. Pass the gravy.”

Protect your child’s privacy.

Their plans aren’t your prize.