Category Archives: Other peoples words

Our Culture of Sociopathy: History Will Not Be Kind to Us

Posted on May 27, 2025 by randomyriad
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2025 Guide To Intelligent Interraction in a Morally and Intellectually Challenged Society: Lessons #1 and 2

Posted on April 8, 2025 by randomyriad

Reading is a means of listening. Reading is not as passive as hearing or viewing. It’s an act: you do it. You read at your pace, your own speed, not the ceaseless, incoherent, gabbling, shouting rush of the media. You … Continue reading →

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Strategies for Waging Peace in the Uncivil War #1: Communicating Values through Truth in Labeling

Posted on April 1, 2025 by randomyriad
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Collateral Damage in the Uncivil War #1

Posted on February 23, 2025 by randomyriad

A Firefighter’s Warning The short sighted decision to unfairly fire the best employees in the federal land management agencies will have major negative ramifications this upcoming fire season. I have worked for a federal land management agency for 25 years. … Continue reading →

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Seeing the Music in the Makers #16

Posted on January 7, 2025 by randomyriad

If you find yourself lost in the woods, fuck it , build a house. “Well, I was lost, but now I live here! I have severely improved my predicament !” Mitch Hedburg Find Your Place and Leave Space for Others … Continue reading →

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