OnlySky
Rational thought for irrational times. Shape a future based on reality, compassion, and secular courage
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Adam Lee
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Suffering is optional

Those with the power to address the problem on a meaningful scale have other priorities.

Dale McGowan
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The standing artillery of Atlanta

Most US cities have their house of cards. This is ours.

Will Gervais
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Of God and global warming: The future of faith and atheism

Our species hasn’t put in the work needed for religion to fade away.

Emery Blake
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Unchecked and unbalanced: The Constitution’s Achilles heel

An unforeseen partisan flaw threatens America's secular democracy.

Dale McGowan
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The winds of an evolutionary mismatch

This is not the world we were meant for. That fact hurts some more than others.

Adam Lee
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The benefit of disconnecting

We have more information than ever. Is it helping?

Dale McGowan
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There is no normal

These are not normal times. Then again, they never are.

Jonathan MS Pearce / Brendan Kelley
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The future of murder

A 'guided missile for the poor' is changing the face of targeted killing.

Jonathan Kassel
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The amazing fascist-adjacent coincidences of Elon Musk

The gods of coincidence are being cruel to this public servant.

Adam Lee
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Precision fermentation — feeding the planet with science?

The oldest biotechnology holds promise for the future of food.

Dale McGowan
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The words we'll need, and the words we won't

New realities will give birth to new lexicons.

Adam Lee
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An evergreen reminder: This too shall pass

There is comfort in impermanence.