Category: Push-down
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The worst Avatar ever: deceit and greed.
What in the world is going on, you ask? The con.
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Spaceship Earth: the Shape of our Planet!
Or “Can’t We Just Stop Destroying Things?” I just watched Spaceship Earth, which is the story of the Biosphere2 project outside of Tucson, Arizona. I remember touring Biosphere2 with my youngest, a science buff, while visiting my dad in the 2000s. (I miss you, Dad.) It felt like I was inside a terrarium. Warm, moist,…
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‘The opposite of Uplift’ in The Lemming Condition
This is a question in my mind: What is the opposite of Uplift? Is it Putdown? Some books so obviously fall into the Absolute-Opposite-of-Uplift category, and I would like a name for it. Why this negative stuff? I thought this was an uplifting blog? In order to understand what is uplifting, I think I need…
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Odd #1: Gondor + Earth
This scene always made my skin crawl.
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What is uplifting? A spark. An idea. A connection.
What do I mean by “The Uplift Blog”? My original idea for this blog was to look at Uplift in Science Fiction, the name being formalized in the Uplift series by David Brin. A book review blogger. I guess in a way the novel I am writing is in the Uplift genre. But if you…
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Am I mad at the Democrats? Are you? (a rare analogy, for me)
I’ve been feeling upset with the Democrats in the House and Senate. Not for anything they’ve been doing. But what they are failing to do. Failing, in my eyes, to stand up to an ILLEGAL COUP. Sometimes I hold the wrong person accountable for wrongs. Standing up to the actual perpetrator feels daunting, and pointless.…
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Two elephants in a Drought Land: a metaphor for war
A travelogue of war books that have stayed with me.
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WordPress to the Rescue: the secret Virtual Transition Team!
I attended WordCamp US in Washington DC on August 25 + 26, 2023. What an interesting world! I would like to tell you about this talk that really resonated for me: (There’s a link at the bottom to watch it for yourself.) During the intense whirlwind of the Biden transition team collaboration that wasn’t and…