@justincook I think it’s been framed that way (as biblically rooted or primarily religious conflict) to avoid grappling with colonial roots. See, for instance, the post-9/11 West Wing episode.
@justincook Better statements than most orgs have managed to write, but one note: “forever” here takes away the historical context. The current situation isn’t actually that old!
We are in a weird era of car socialism.
We have central planning of towns, business just to form development around cars. We subsidize roads and highways like “public transit”. And once cars are mandated, voters fight for more subsidies … because cars are 10x more expensive
JUST IN: 🇯🇵 Japan's PM Fumio Kishida has eaten a piece of a fish caught in the area where treated radioactive waste water was released into the sea, in a bid to demonstrate its safety.
One of many appalling gems: “Apartments typically reserved for juniors and seniors would now house the more than 100 new student athletes New College had admitted for the fall.”