Laura Carroll

Regarding misanthropy — Population Balance The matter of misanthropy never seems to go away, ever raising its head whether as defiant affirmation or bitter accusation. Some people take pride in being misanthropes. Others are forced to suffer t...

It's dense, but worth the read and contemplation. In addition to Eileen Crist, Derrick Jensen's work (lauracarroll.com/book-review/...) is also some of the best on the fallacy of delusion of human supremacy. www.populationbalance.org/publications...

Thank you, @popnmatters.bsky.social‬, for addressing the myths in this book by economists who all too often see this topic through a limited lens. #overpopulation

If Having Kids Is So Rewarding, Why Do Parents Keep Saying They Miss Being Child-Free? Everyone agrees that parenting is hard, thankless work—I just always assumed it was worth it.

"I never expected so many mothers to regret the choice."
If it was not so taboo to talk about this, we'd hear from even more. And the more this is talked about, them ore it would help many people to make the right choice for themselves. www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6... #childfree #pronatalism

A Cancer Patient Chose Assisted Death. That Wasn’t the Last Hard Choice.

What a moving and eye-opening story about Tatiana Andia's "last act in a career of fighting for health care" was to "make herself an example to help Colombians embrace a better way of dying" and how she brought her "country with her" to "have the death she wanted." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/h...

Can protecting nature be nonpartisan? A new conservative push for environmental stewardship clashes with policies that expand drilling, logging, and deregulation.

Benji Backer launched Nature is Nonpartisan to pursue "environmental action regardless of who holds political power."
grist.org/politics/nat... #climatecrisis

'The world craves children, but we choose to stay child-free': As a DINK couple, we see parenthood as a roadblock not a goal “We will never have a child. We want to travel the world and dedicate our lives to each other—not to raising a baby.” These words reflect the mindset of many DINK (Dual Income, No Kids) couples in Ind...

Talking #childfree in India: www.bhaskarenglish.in/originals/ne... Speaking of India, in 2019, the #InternationalChildfreeDay (today!) Group of the Year was Childfree India! Check it out: internationalchildfreeday.com/2019-childfr...

Today is #InternationalChildfreeDay (ICD)! With a brief start in the 70s, in 2013 I brought it back as ICD and led for 10 yrs, during which we awarded #Childfree Persons and Groups of the Year. Check it out! internationalchildfreeday.com/history/

Childfree Estate and Long Term Care Survey Please click the link to complete this form.

Childfree Trust (childfreetrust.com) is surveying #childfree and permanently #childless people about their long-term care plan and estate plan.

If you complete the survey you will have a chance to win a Childfree Wealth® checkup with Dr Jay Zigmont, CFP® (a $500 value)! survey.childfreetrust.com

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PBS News Hour | Pronatalism movement encourages people to have more babies | Season 2025 A look inside the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children

Even PBS Newshour describes #pronatalism as a "movement...that encourages pple to have more children."Like it's something new. It's not. Not seeing thru to the larger system of pronatalist beliefs driving societies for gens is just another way of being in #TheBabyMatrix! www.pbs.org/video/hunger...

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler [Morris, Susana M.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

Coming August 19th: Butler was a trailblazing sci-fi writer, and 1 of the 100 women in my book, #ASpecialSisterhood! amzn.to/3H8Zuyn amzn.to/41fQDl5

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social:

“The West doesn’t understand the extremism of Putinism…that (its) goals involve the destruction of the transatlantic alliance & maybe of the EU…The path to peace is through convincing Putin that he won’t win the war, that it’s hopeless.”

(ht: @berlinbridge.bsky.social)

"The new poll is closer to Americans’ views before the Supreme Court ruled. Now, 64% of adults support legal abortion in most or all cases. More than half the adults in states with the most stringent bans are in that group."

More Americans are choosing to live childfree The global fertility rate has dropped

👉"'Having a world where people can make their own decisions about their family choices without being judged is a world we want to live in,'...'Whether it be to have become a parent or to not become a parent.'" "It’s about freedom." #childfree spectrumnews1.com/ca/southern-...

Does Gen Z Have the Right to Life? Young People Sue Trump Administration Over Climate Catastrophe as State-By-State Battle Continues Reproductive justice means fighting for a safe, healthy environment for all children. Environmentalists are among these leading this fight.

"Thus far, only Montana, Pennsylvania and New York have Green Amendments. The organization Green Amendments for the Generations (GAFTG) is working state-by-state alongside community partners to get new state-level Green Amendments passed." msmagazine.com/2025/07/26/y... #climatecrisis

Meet the childfree communities planning for a future without kids As increasing numbers of us can’t or won’t have children, Helen Coffey talks to those who are planning their lives without a nuclear family, and investigates why government policy has yet to catch up ...

We need places like these in the States! www.the-independent.com/life-style/c... #childfree #childless

Tracee Ellis Ross on the Joy and Loneliness of Solo Travel

Such a model for this and for proudly living a #childfree life: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/t...

BREAKING: Trump's FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after blocking it

Just DAYS after CBS (part of Paramount) fired Trump critic Stephen Colbert

Just WEEKS after CBS paid $36 million to Trump to settle his bullshit lawsuit vs 60 Minutes

TOTAL AND COMPLETE CORRUPTION

Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity

Concerns about phood can include financial impacts, but other things including but not limited to how it will impact the relationship and what's important in life can def outweigh desire for the phood experience. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w... 2/2

Survey data show that show "people consistently have fewer children than they say they would like to have" is more likely to be by trad family orgs like Institute for Family Studies. Research I did in late 90s still stands: 1/2

Past Earth Overshoot Days - #MoveTheDate of Earth Overshoot Day Learn how past Earth Overshoot Days are calculated based on the Ecological Footprint and see how the date has changed over the years.

Today is #EarthOvershootDay. It's the date when humans' demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. Check out this chart. The date comes sooner and sooner each year. overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/pas...

Obama Calls Trump’s Treason Accusation a ‘Weak Attempt at Distraction’ Trump called unabating interest in sex offender Jeffrey Epstein a “witch hunt” and insisted that it’s his predecessor who deserves more scrutiny.

Yet Another weak distraction... time.com/7304820/trum...

50 States, 50 Fixes (Gift Article) A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.

"Now more than ever, environmental solutions may seem out of reach. But they’re happening all over the country." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Next acts of the drama:

1) Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell
2) Maxwell affirms Trump's version of events
3) MAGA is astonished and offended that non-MAGA suspects a quid pro quo

91: Growth Addiction and Water in the American Southwest – with Gary Wockner | GrowthBusters Prolific river protector Gary Wockner gives us the straight scoop on the state of the Colorado River (and others), and the growth obsession that keeps southwest states and cities from responding ratio...

The latest GrowthBusters podcast, this one dealing with environmental costs of growth in American SW. Gardner also has a great doc totally worth a watch: www.growthbusters.org/growthbuster... www.growthbusters.org/growth-addic... #overpopulation

Just followed this guy - @rbisrb.bsky.social
A lot of short, sharp, spot-on commentary like this.

An Ethical Take on Physician-Assisted Death: A Physician’s Morality “If medicine can justify one method for the humane ending of life, then all methods should be justified, inclusive of PAD, for it is as dignifying and compassionate as withdrawing a treatment…

Articulate discussion on ethical stance on end-of-life choices. www.thegooddeathsocietyblog.net/2025/07/20/a...

WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

"...details of what led to the decision to sack Colbert are certain to expose an extraordinary level of eagerness by Paramount’s top brass to grovel at the feet of this pres, as he targets his perceived enemies...w/colossal funding threats, lawsuits, & beyond." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...