Carolannie10h ago
Noticing nature as an antidote to depression
#WhatNext #HealingTheSelf
https://therevelator.org/antidote-to-eco-anxiety/
The Antidote to Your Eco-Anxiety May Be Right Outside • The Revelator

A chance encounter with new research, and a fresh look at an old houseplant, offered me a renewed appreciation of what we’re fighting for.

The Revelator
Carolannie4d ago
I think it's a start, certainly better than just affordability as a platform
#Policy #2028 #WhatNext
https://cepr.net/publications/the-majority-agenda-good-jobs-strong-infrastructure-fair-play/
The Majority Agenda: Good Jobs, Strong Infrastructure, Fair Play

While the country is politically polarized in many ways, this collection highlights a range of public policies with broad public support that would advance worker power and enhance democracy in the United States.

CEPR
Out of Context Podcast QuotesApr 9
"This is like the original TACO." - MARY HARRIS, Is This the End of NPR and PBS?, What Next #WhatNext #MaryHarris
CarolannieApr 8
"we ignore process knowledge for the same reason we exalt "IP," because process knowledge *can't* be bought or sold, can't be reflected on a balance-sheet, and can't be controlled, and because "IP" *can*. "
#WhatNext #WhyUnions #Capitalism
https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/process-knowledge-vs-bosses/#wash-dishes-cut-wood
Pluralistic: Process knowledge (08 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

CarolannieApr 8

The party of the oppressed and the poor can't compete with the money poured into the party of the rich and comfortable. The media has a right wing bias because the rich around the world are pouring money into right wing media.
#WhatNext

https://cepr.net/publications/we-know-the-media-is-a-huge-problem-anyone-want-to-think-about-fixing-it/

Out of Context Podcast QuotesApr 8
"The mood at the National Zoo is also a little melancholy!" - MARY HARRIS, Wait, China’s Taking Our Pandas Back?, What Next #WhatNext #NationalZooLoversDay #MaryHarris
Out of Context Podcast QuotesApr 7
"He was threatening to cut funding for public television in half even though the whole idea of public media was still new." - MARY HARRIS, Is This the End of NPR and PBS?, What Next #WhatNext #PublicTelevisionDay #MaryHarris
CarolannieApr 5

A lot of sadness here
#WhatNext

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/living-in-hell

Living in Hell

War crimes coming: A horrifying update

Paul Krugman
CarolannieApr 4
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
― James Baldwin
#WhatNext
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/children-us-israel-iran-war-middle-east
Death, displacement and military duties: children plunged into crisis by Middle East war

The US-Israeli war will have a lifelong impact on millions of children across the Middle East

The Guardian
CarolannieApr 1

"It’s telling that we also use the word “agency” to describe the nature of this action. Maybe this is the endpoint of all this “high agency”: constant hamster wheels of action, unmoored from any values, no compass to be found."
#Culture #Morality #WhatNext #GiftLink

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/opinion/high-agency-silicon-valley.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XlA.PcFr.MSLsyrujKnx2&smid=bs-share

Opinion | All the Worst People Seem to Want to Be ‘High Agency’

The term “high agency” is an ethos for a gambler’s time.

The New York Times