The subject of those quotes had been on his mind for a while.
Here's a prescient passage Carl Sagan wrote one year before that last interview, in his 1995 book “The Demon Haunted World.”
Replace "crystals" and "horoscopes" with "cell phones" and "Facebook" and it could have been written yesterday.
This is about half of my monthly La Crosse County Board pay, turned into food. The other half? Already donated in the form of food for some of the little free pantries around La Crosse.
As food insecurity grows, even small efforts matter.
you should quit social media if you can.
if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky.
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Grade-A nightmare fuel from @bretdevereaux.bsky.social acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...
We didn't ask for this technology and most of us don't want it. But this is a fundamental human rights issue. The decisions we make now as this technology is in its infancy will define our relationship with this technology going forward. We need to rise to the occasion.
#horses #mustang #california #photography
#horses #california #mustang #photography
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…
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The fact of the matter is: a severe #IceStorm is developing across much of the country at this very moment, with potentially devastating and far-reaching consequences extending far beyond the region of maximum #ice concentration. Watch out for the #ice, and help your neighbors weather the storm.
As I believe @doctorow.pluralistic.net was just saying....
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AD of the week ★★★★★ Norwegian Consumer Council takes down ‘enshittification’ in an hilarious film. The Norwegian Consumer Council has released a darkly comic ad that takes aim at “enshittification” –...
Carl Sagan passed away #OTD in 1996.
In his final interviews he left us with two messages that are even more relevant today: one emphasizing the importance of a science literate public, the other a warning about how hard it is to extract ourselves when we’ve been conned. 🧪
The ability to generate sexually explicit, non-consensual images using AI isn't just a matter of online safety - it strikes at the core of the right to dignity, privacy & equality. These technologies are fuelling misogyny & harassment when young people are already overwhelmed by women-hating content
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CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
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If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.
