Now We Have to Talk About Chemtrails Because Yet Another Fringe Conspiracy Has Infected Gullible Lawmakers
by Kevin Reed / The “chemtrail” conspiracy has, like many recent conspiracies, moved from the fringe into the realm of government influencers. We’re wasting time on ice trails that come out of jets, perfectly normal phenomena with no evidence of malicious danger.
Why Do Self-Described “Alpha Males” Submit to What Other Men Tell Them to Think and Say?
by Kevin Reed / Why do men who claim themselves “alphas” completely submit to what other men tell them to think and say, instead of following evidence?
Weather Machines: WTF? (or, The Anti-Weather Machine Movement and the Fundamental Failure to Employ Basic Critical Thinking Skills)
A dozen states are working on legislation to ban “weather machines” and weather manipulation, even though there’s no evidence it’s actually happening - while they deny climate change, which is actually impacting all of us. WTF.
Instead of/In Addition to Prayer, We Can Recognize Predictable Patterns and Take Ownership of Prevention
We need to take the information we know today and turn it into prevention for the future, to break the cycle of preventable disaster, pray, repeat.
Americans Attacking American Powerhouse Cities
The attacks of self-described “patriotic” Americans on the USA’s economic powerhouse cities doesn’t line up with reality.
Choose Evidence, or Be Controlled
Evidence gives you power. The only way you lose it is when you ignore evidence and submissively hand your power over to someone who’s telling you something different.
The Impotence of Forced Knowledge Ceilings
by Kevin Reed / Attempts to control understood advancement by creating an authoritarian knowledge ceiling never works. And yet we keep doing it.
Ongoing Human Support for Devine Political Endorsements
By Kevin Reed / Humans keep getting behind political figures that have claimed support from God. Even with the truly terrible track record, humans just keep doing it over and over.
A Brief History of Christian Nationalism in the USA
By Kevin Reed / A quick rundown of Christian Nationalism shines a light on why so many are yelling “Promises Made, Promises Kept!” or “Go Elon Go!” Puritans, KKK, the “moral majority,” Tea Party, QAnon, all tie together key themes over the centuries.
The Authoritarian Playbook and You
by Kevin Reed / Authoritarians follow a proven playbook and learn from past regimes to rapidly move from elected government to complete control. We’re seeing this unfold in real time in the USA today.
Pretending something doesn’t exist doesn’t make it not exist
By Kevin Reed / We’re adults - why are so many of us pretending things like climate change don’t exist when they’re impacting our farmers and everyone else?
The recent hysterics around remote work
By Kevin Reed / Where a person works should be based on what’s most productive for that role and person.
We’ve been “drill baby drill”ing for 15 years now
By Kevin Reed / “Drill baby drill” is about controlling thought, with no basis in reality.
Fire is hot
By Kevin Reed / We can branch out understanding from core truths, or burn our arms off in a bonfire.
Distance from you to space
By Kevin Reed / At night it looks like space is right there, close. Turns out, that’s because it is.
When did people get souls?
By Kevin Reed / Do all life forms have souls? Or none? Or just people? If only people have souls, when did souls appear?
Who needs a free press?
By Kevin Reed / The free press ranges on a spectrum from not-at-all free to extremely free, with a not-surprising parallel to quality of life within those countries.
Religions 6 -10
By Kevin Reed / Most of us have heard of the “Five Great Religions” (whoever came up with that), but what are the next five?
Shifting to Bamboo Toilet Paper
by Kevin Reed / Bamboo TP - it seems to exotic, so “extremist.” Well, it’s an easy switch to a more sustainable option.
You beyond Pluto
by Kevin Reed / You can see what it looks like to float just beyond Pluto, looking back at Earth and the Sun.