Another sharp piece by IT leader Bruce Gritton, 48 yrs in science, aerospace, computing, & military intelligence. Follow him for insightful commentary. open.substack.com/pub/resistre...
Cool shot!
Today is #InternationalLynxDay : ) Check out how the European Rewilding Network is working to support the comeback of this amazing species. rewildingeurope.com/rewilding-in...
One of my favorite things to do...read on the train : )
Amazing woman! She was also a prolific writer; she penned 30 novels and an autobiography, the latter of which can still by purchased today. And she is part of a #ASpecialSisterhood of writers and social changers now and from history who never had children : )
Fun fact: When she won the US House of Reps the first time, it was before US Constitution’s 19th Amendment, the Women’s Right to Vote, was made official! During her separate terms, she helped pass this Amendment.
She is also part of #ASpecialSisterhood of women leaders who never had children : )
Taking a closer look at the numbes, yes to "Martha Bailey, a professor of economics and director of the California Center for Population Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, thinks the national conversation gets it all wrong." www.wsj.com/health/welln...
Laura Carroll
Laura Carroll
So now there's evidence that the benefits of fatherhood are "longevity and brain health." Reeks of the #pronatalist notion that parenthood is the ticket to true fulfillent in life. Want the best brain health? Cognitive advantage? Have a kid. Further study, please. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/o...
"In a resolution adopted at its 2026 party congress, Finland’s largest party committed to supporting national, regional and international frameworks to criminalise mass environmental destruction, known as ecocide." ~ Stop Ecocide Int'l www.stopecocide.earth/bn-2025/finl...
Laura Carroll
Sure, "we as a society bear collective responsibility for the next generation," but to contextualize raising children as a "high collective calling" reinforces the history and promotion of #pronatalism, which is designed to glorify parenthood. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/m...
Laura Carroll
Laura Carroll
Fertility rates in the country have been dropping. Here’s how to understand what that means.
Each promise came with a deadline. None of the receipts did. Six exhibits, set beside the record... and a simple test for telling an empty promise from a lie.
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Celebrating Sylvia Earle on #WorldOceansDay!
Earle--a marine biologist, oceanographer, and National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998--was:
+ The first female chief scientist of NOAA
+ Named by TIME magazine as its first Hero for the Planet 1998
#WomenInSTEM #oceanography #HerDeepness
Bertha von Suttner, the "Generalissimo of the Peace Movement," was the first woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1905.
She established the Austrian Peace Society (1891) & wrote one of the 19th century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms." Born #OTD in 1843. #booksky
Admirable Women
Admirable Women
At its 2026 party congress, Finland's Social Democratic Party (SDP) has adopted the criminalisation of ecocide as party policy.
American politician & #womensrights advocate Jeannette Rankin was born #OTD in 1880.
Rankin was the first woman to hold federal office in the US--elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (#Montana) in 1916 & again in 1940.
#history #AmericanHistory #WomensHistory #government
“Reading is discovering one's own riches and one's own possibilities through the words of others.”
(Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz)
Art: Edward Hopper
1882-1967
American realism painter.
“Reader on the Train,” 1965.
