Amanda Springs, PhD

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Carl Sagan on why books are human’s greatest invention:

As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging population that could begin to shrink.

This headline blames women & defines declining fertility as a problem. A smaller global population & footprint on the planet benefits the environment. There is also more individual freedom, women's economic empowerment & less adolescents giving birth. www.npr.org/2025/07/07/n...

Read more books.

This is a country where Snoop & Oprah are beloved endorsers to middle America but DEMs can’t figure out how to leverage Jasmine Crockett’s passion & authenticity. 🙄

Here’s a baby downy woodpecker peeking out of his hole. #birds 🪶

I’m gonna guess there are specific women they want to use as breeding mares.

Excellent news.

Hard agree. Action, not words, is the path forward.

Tariffs were NEVER going to “bring manufacturing back to the US.” There are many reasons, including:

•Even with tariffs, US labor is prohibitively expensive
•America’s supply chain isn’t ready
•Most Americans don’t want to do manufacturing jobs
•Not enough unemployed workers to fill new factories

Final grades are in. Let the sad student emails begin!

Why can’t I ever pick up something like this at a garage sale?

If you’re born in America, you’re an American.

Pass it on.

The majority of students’ personal reflection essays submitted were generated by AI. I’m not sure my job even matters anymore.

That said, I have deleted my post. I’m not interested in misusing anyone’s work.

CFBP Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. www.wired.com/story/cfbp-q...

My point was only that the majority of Americans who voted, voted for this administration, and that what the administration is doing is not a surprise.

They should have paid attention for the last ten years; there is literally nothing surprising at all about what is happening. Horrifying? Yes. Surprising? Nopity nope nope nope.

Exactly.

I could be wrong, but I suspect the endgame is to privatize education across the board.

Perfection.

🇺🇸 “Rolling Stone reached out to all 53 GOP senators after the president said he didn't know whether he needs to honor the nation's founding document. None replied.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.

I am still hopeful that, in time, those currently breaking the law will be held accountable.

A stupid population is an easily controlled population.

The ignorance is astounding. Not surprising, yet shocking.

poster with information for a week of action for NSF made by the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists & American Society of Naturalists. providing ways to engage with Congress and the public about the threats to Science

Science is under attack! Here are a few ways you can share your story - post it on social media, call your representative's office, engage local media outlets #resist #SaveNSF

Scanlon: The Gulf of Mexico was so named over 500 years ago. If we want to update that name to reflect our current culture, maybe we should call it the Sea of Emoluments—you know, the place where we can board the Ship of Fools and navigate from a State of Ignorance to the Confederacy of Dunces…

In times of trouble, look to the philosophers:

This is an across-the-board truism at the moment. When will people begin to understand the damage that has been — and continues to be - done to this country?