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Because anxiety without hope turns into despair. We all need something to convince us it’s worth getting out of bed in the morning. And we need to, as Sam Gamgee puts it, hang onto the idea that there’s some good in the world, and it’s worth fighting for.

Because anxiety without hope turns into despair. We all need something to convince us it’s worth getting out of bed in the morning. And we need to, as Sam Gamgee puts it, hang onto the idea that there’s some good in the world, and it’s worth fighting for.

https://www.cracked.com/podcast/17-exciting-happy-news-stories-more-people-should-hear/

Cognitive Dissonance in Trump Supporters

Link: The psychological phenomenon that blinds Trump supporters to his racism

Plus, of course, the ones who know full well he’s a racist and support him *because* of it. They don’t have any cognitive dissonance to resolve. But they know the optics are bad, so they won’t admit to the label. Even though they’re totally fine with the content.

Honestly, though, at this point you’d *have* to be wilfully refusing to see it. The guy literally launched his political career on birtherism and his campaign on an anti-immigrant platform, and has just kept doubling down.

Since I’ve been posting observations to iNaturalist I’ve *definitely* noticed more differences among plants…

Since I’ve been posting observations to iNaturalist I’ve *definitely* noticed more differences among plants, whether walking around town or hiking through nature. Even just differences between types of weeds.

Link: BBC on “Plant blindness”

Why ‘plant blindness’ matters — and what you can do about it

On Wandering.shop

Of course, I’ve also started noticing differences among local birds more, too. I used to basically classify them as:
– pigeon
– seagull
– crow
– um, small bird?

Plus occasional ducks and geese near the water.

Now I can at least tell pigeons from doves, sparrows from finches (most of the time), ducks from coots, and pick out mockingbirds and starlings. And most of the cranes I’ve seen turn out to have been egrets.

On Wandering.shop

@cs jokes that you know you’re getting old when you start paying attention to birds, and links to What’s the Difference Between Pigeons and Doves? on Mental Floss.

Heh. Fair enough. Though there are particular species found in Southern California that are named doves (such as the white-and-gray mourning doves that perch alone on telephone wires calling “Oo! Oo! Oo!” for what seems like hours on end) or pigeons (such as the gray-and-blue-green common pigeons that tend to flock in groups, perch on ledges and try to steal dropped french fries).

On Wandering.shop

We’ve all seen it: A long-established business changes hands & the new guy “knows business” so he doesn’t study WHY the old owner/management did certain things, just figures he knows better. Then he tosses things that turn out to have been important & runs it into the ground.

We’ve all seen it: A long-established business changes hands & the new guy “knows business” so he doesn’t study WHY the old owner/management did certain things, just figures he knows better. Then he tosses things that turn out to have been important & runs it into the ground.

As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:

As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vertigo-comic-book-line-sjw-values/

Going to miss Vertigo

Going to miss #Vertigo, but IMO it’s less the name than the editorial independence that matters. Not sure if DC Black Label will have that. #DCComics

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-consolidates-publishing/ @comicsbeat

As for consolidating DC Ink and Zoom into DC Kids…I’ve got to agree with the commenter who points out that it’s likely to turn kids in the 8-12 target audience away from it. Kids that age don’t like feeling talked down to.

“The original American report blamed North Vietnam for both incidents, but the Pentagon Papers, the memoirs of Robert McNamara, and NSA publications from 2005 proved material misrepresentation by the US government to justify a war against Vietnam.”

“The original American report blamed North Vietnam for both incidents, but the Pentagon Papers, the memoirs of Robert McNamara, and NSA publications from 2005 proved material misrepresentation by the US government to justify a war against Vietnam.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident

Interesting: “The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet.” As mainstream social networks grow ever more hostile, many have withdrawn to quieter spaces. But that has its own drawbacks. What might balance look like – and is it worth it?

Interesting: “The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet.” As mainstream social networks grow ever more hostile, many have withdrawn to quieter spaces. But that has its own drawbacks. What might balance look like – and is it worth it?