We've unveiled cosmic secrets & life's code. Science delivered answers our ancestors only dreamed of. Yet, our power now outpaces our wisdom. This century demands we bridge that gap. Will we choose flourishing or collapse?
Explore the science, the stakes, and the path forward in our latest piece:
https://open.substack.com/pub/10billion/p/what-we-know-what-we-are-and-what?r=2063al&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Think twice before gifting a bunny this Easter, animal advocates urge
While some kids will enjoy searching for treats from the Easter Bunny on Sunday morning, others may be receiving actual live rabbits as a holiday surprise. Advocates are reminding parents to consider the commitment required to care for rabbits to prevent people from re...
#animals #pets #holiday #responsibility #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rabbits-pets-easter-research-release-1.7512464?cmp=rss
Day 22 cont 
“Traditionally, #Queensland candidates, whether federal or state, promise to take the fight to #Canberra. They project themselves as defiantly parochial, unashamedly maroon, with a vested interest in the north. More recently, however, #power has shifted from the #regions to the #urban south-east, which is more likely to welcome new #arrivals from other states than Queensland country towns. Amid all this growth, the lines of #responsibility have blurred between federal, state and even local government. Rather than fighting Canberra, the parties – including the Greens, who thrive on street-level combat – have taken to #fighting each other.
At the last election, the #Greens picked up three seats in Greater #Brisbane, riding the winds of change. The #TealMovement was unsuccessful in its first federal foray into Queensland, in the seat of Groom, although Suzie Holt enjoyed a healthy flow of preferences and is running again.
For now, the closest thing Queensland has to #independents are Bob Katter and Gerard Rennick, but the south-east is becoming used to newcomers.”
#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals / #planning / #GrowthCorridor / #facilities / #transport / #basics <https://archive.md/7GbkF> / <https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/nowhere-is-growing-like-this-corner-of-queensland-it-s-changing-the-political-game-20250415-p5lrzn.html> (paywall)
Guest article by Dr. #Bernhard #Weßling: “#Origin of #coincidence, #complexity, #crises and #time”
The following guest article by Dr. Bernhard Weßling is not a “product of chance” this time, like his first guest article “What a coincidence!” published by me. This time it is about the consistent continuation and expansion of the 1st edition of his book of the same name, which has now been published as the 2nd edition with the subtitle “On the origin of unpredictability, complexity, crises and time”.
In it, Mr. Weßling expands on his previously explained, novel #concept of chance and complexity and examines the fundamental #cause of crises. To this end, he again uses the concept of #entropy to put it up for discussion as a criterion for #sustainability.
I would also like to put the #theses contained in his new book up for #discussion here on my #science blog. I am therefore looking forward to possible, even coincidental #resonances and - just like Dr. Weßling - look forward to numerous #comments. But first of all, here are the headlines to his thesis paper, which of course only represents an excerpt and cannot reflect the informative and argumentative depth of his book:
1. crisis as a #constant: Why #polycrises are not a novelty
2. chance, complexity and crises: The inseparable #connection
3. #Crisis management with #responsibility: sustainability as the key
4. entropy as a measure of sustainability: a new #perspective on #environmental protection
5. the #shadow sides of #CO2 technologies: Why #DAC and #CCS are not sustainable
6. #Natural #CO2 storage: #ecosystems as a solution for #climate and biodiversity
7. the #interplay of chance, complexity and entropy: a new look at the #worldorder
8. the #limits of #reductionism: why a #world formula does not exist
9. #Emergence and time: How #complex #systems and time itself emerge
10. the #human #perception of time and its separation from the essence of time
More at: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics
"Ten Grave Precepts of Zen Buddhism, core of Zen ethics"
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by Robert Aitken
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#Philosophy #Nonviolent #Activism #Spiritual #Zen #Ethics #Mindfulness #Buddhism #responsibility #modernlife
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Headline: Trump officials mistakenly texted war plans to reporter
Actual news: Trump officials intentionally use(d) unclassified systems to share classified information
@raymondpert The wise men of old had a saying: "a fish rots from its head" - how far will the stench of #corruption and unbridled avarice emanate from this putrid "head" of #America down to its individual taxpayers? What is the meaning of citizenship?
#integrity #responsibility
#responsibility : the state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation
- French: responsabilité
- German: die Verantwortung
- Italian: responsabilità
- Portuguese: responsabilidade
- Spanish: responsabilidad
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#americans are fucking stupid
they treat #voting as a joke
americans are removed from the consequences of living under #autocracy and #fascism, unlike other places that understand the stakes
#alienated and #entitled on a topic that will *personally* harm them, no need for glorious appeals to #society and #responsibility
they need to learn to fucking #vote
or not vote for their own impoverishment and rights removal under #bigotry and #plutocracy
they will learn
the hard way
fucking morons
Threat for Today #CR #Budget Vote - "#Trump and #WhiteHouse officials have been telling #GOP #Congress holdouts who want more spending cuts that the administration will pursue #impoundment — that is, holding back federal funding already appropriated by Congress — according to two #Republicans who were in a recent meeting with the #president and spoke to Meredith Lee Hill. #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #legislative relinquish all #power #authority #responsibility #ruleoflaw https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/03/11/johnsons-spending-holdouts-00223195
"Five years after the start of the worst health crisis in living memory, there is a national conversation waiting to be had about the roles of the individual, society and the state in such a crisis. What is my responsibility to myself and to my community, and what is the responsibility of the state towards us? At each level there is room for improvement, but we’re not addressing it. Let’s hope we can have that conversation before we’re tested again, but first the more strident – and misguided – voices have to pipe down."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/covid-five-years-right-narrative-outbreak
Since COVID, it seems we've lost our minimum bar: there are no parameters to define acceptable behavior anymore.
A lot / enough of society thinks whack-a-doos like this are some form of "normal". They're not! 
In the movie Ryan's Daughter, Michael, a man from the village and played superbly by John Mills, was an honest genuine soul that understood respect, in spite of all his challenges. A novel concept for many these days ...
Canadian politics isn't about who gets to play banker and real estate agent and he/she who bankrupts all the other players is the winner. It's about making a level playing field for all as we help those in need.
The Narcissist's Prayer
That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.
— Dayna Craig
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"Supreme Court upholds a lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors"
#USAID #musk #trump #SCOTUS #accountability #responsibility #ethics
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/05/nx-s1-5309498/scotus-usaid-news
Brillant keynote about #AI at the @DHdKonferenz #DHd2025. Thank you @dingemansemark for this critical and honest speech 
. #ethic #greeningdh #responsibility #DigitalHumanities
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