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Category archive: Improving Society

Adaptation

Just heard Bernice Johnson Reagon on NPR, talking about, among other things, her experience (as part of the Civil Rights... (More...)

Assorted Haiti items

Things in Haiti continue to sound hellish. I'd heard about the really big aftershock on Wednesday (magnitude 5.9), but it... (More...)

People helping people

Two items that give me some hope for humanity: Portland dry cleaner Plaza Cleaners offers free dry cleaning for unemployed... (More...)

Yet another whitewashed book cover

Ari at Reading in Color blogs about the latest YA fantasy novel with a whitewashed cover. Yep, it's yet another... (More...)

Donations 2009

Did most of my end-of-year donations in mid-December, but finished the last few in a mad scramble at the end... (More...)

How to help out Haiti

Google has posted a page with info on some ways to support disaster relief in Haiti, including a couple of... (More...)

Designing for a physically diverse audience

A few things that seem kind of related to me: HP's face-tracking webcam apparently doesn't detect black faces as faces.... (More...)

Waterboarding, torture, and Reagan

Two worthwhile pieces about torture: Former FBI agent Ali Soufan speaks up about the ineffectiveness of waterboarding and other related... (More...)

Belief and bias confirmation

I've observed for a while now (or perhaps I should say "believed") that people generally tend to notice evidence that... (More...)

Donations 2008

I just finished (most of) my end-of-year donations; here are the organizations I'm donating to. Almost all of this is... (More...)

O beautiful, for spacious skies

For anyone who missed it, Mary Anne posted a very nice piece the other day about nationalism, homelands, and becoming... (More...)

Nice week

Here's what I would like as a birthday present, from as many of you as are willing to participate: Be... (More...)

Donations 2007

I just finished my end-of-year donations; here are the organizations I'm donating to. Much of this is repeated from two... (More...)

Clean drinking water for children

I really am on my way to bed, but wanted to post this before I forget: I heard today about... (More...)

Jane Addams and Hull-House

At the end of Kriti, there was a music concert next door; I walked over with Mary Anne, but when... (More...)

Items: Technology and society

These and the Bussard stuff in the previous entry seem to sort of fit into a general theme, something to... (More...)

Donations

I just finished my end-of-year donations; not quite as last-minute as usual. In case anyone's interested, here are some of... (More...)

Freedom of speech

I think most Americans are unaware of the existing limitations on freedom of speech. I used to think that freedom... (More...)