England

You’re not allowed to say that without prefacing it with “scientists suspect” or something similar /s

I’m excited for you! I hope you enjoy the camping trip :)

“Draft bill attached,” wrote a lobbyist representing two influential fossil fuel trade groups to the lead counsel for the West Virginia state energy committee in January 2020.

Bless the EU

Thank you! I updated it. Maybe I screwed up the YT URL the first time, because I didn’t get a thumbnail automatically. So then I uploaded a thumbnail image, and I think that overwrites the URL

:D I know, right? I saw it on Mastodon (link in post) and had to pass the chuckles on. I don’t usually share stuff like this

Canada here. I feel like I wasn’t taught critical thinking, either directly (eg, how valid is an argument) or indirectly (eg, evaluating research), until undergraduate. High school didn’t really tap critical thinking. Science and math were about learning skills, history was just memorizing a narrative, English was reading comprehension, writing ability, and literary theory.

Also, in the last 15-20 years, we’ve went from widely thinking that online sources are untrustworthy and that using Wikipedia was lazy to the mainstream never talking about being a critical user of the online world and people from students to politicians using chatgpt to write their assignments.

On another note, I wonder if susceptibility to far-right misinformation is purely a critical thinking issue and not also about a lack of cultural/intersectional self-reflection and awareness. I spoke to a family member recently (we’re White), and he caught me completely off-guard by ranting about how White people are being erased (eg, no White people in a group of people in an ad he saw). I didn’t know how to respond - I think that’s an absurd concern - and I still don’t, but his perspective seemed informed by a lack of more than just critical thinking

I love it! 😸

I’m smitten with Mittens 😻

For me, the being a mother of three and that being mentioned just has descriptive value. It doesn’t affect my judgement of her. It just helps me place who did this in the context of society and this anecdote, for whatever that matters - haters/bigots come in all shapes and sizes of course

Thank you for that! I love Tobias and Michael in scenes together. I think I might do an AD rewatch, of the first 3 seasons anyway

There’s got to be a better way of saying that. I love Tobias, and Michael, and Arrested Development

The NYT has lost all credibility to report anything on this conflict that is not Israeli government propaganda

Black tea: Yorkshire Gold (by Taylor’s of Harrowgate). Other: Celestial Seasonings Sleepy Time tea

Baby got back!

I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s had difficulty getting through ISL (which is great)

There’s a cat in that image

Neat! I’d never heard of bug houses before

Conservativism predates fascism by 100-200 years, does it not?