These lines from Albert Camus's The Rebel come to mind a lot:



If injustice is bad for the rebel, it is not because it contradicts an eternal idea of justice, but because it perpetuates the silent hostility that separates the oppressor from the oppressed. It kills the small part of existence that can be realized on this earth through the mutual understanding of men. In the same way, since the man who lies shuts himself off from other men, falsehood is therefore proscribed and, on a slightly lower level, murder and violence, which impose definitive silence. The mutual understanding and communication discovered by rebellion can survive only in the free exchange of conversation. Every ambiguity, every misunderstanding, leads to death; clear language and simple words are the only salvation from this death.[^1] The climax of every tragedy lies in the deafness of its heroes. Plato is right and not Moses and Nietzsche. Dialogue on the level of mankind is less costly

• [^1] It is worth noting that the language peculiar to totalitarian doctrines is always: a scholastic or administrative language.
  
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Trees can tell us is what the world was like in the past. The rings inside a tree can show us how much it grew each year. In wet years, the tree will grow a thick ring, and in dry years, it will grow a small ring. People can study tree rings to see how hot and cold the world has been and how it has changed over time. It helps us understand how the world is changing now and how it may change. [S. H.-R.]
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When there is wind over water, the water's direction is normal to that of the wind. Whether it goes left or right is decided by the side of the mother ball we are on. Since the mother ball turns, the water closest to the middle goes the fastest. So when wind carries water further away from the middle, the water keeps its force, and that's why it doesn't move in the same direction as the wind. Continued....
[A. B.-K.]
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Did you know that floors can move and dance? You can see it if you give it a chance. There are three ways the floor can move. The first is when two floors move close together. The second way the floor can move is when one floor is moving left and the other floor is moving right. This little dance can make points with hot red coming out. The final move a floor can do is rub close and shake, making a little dance for me, and you! [C.M.]
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I asked my students to explain an Earth System Science concept using only the ten hundred most common English words. Inspired by a toot by Andy @revkin and enabled by Theo Sanderson's online editor: https://splasho.com/upgoer5/
There were some amazingly creative creations!
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Ready for the ten and six hour and four tens and five minutes (4:45) #AGU22 meeting where we will only use the ten hundred most used words. #UpGoer5 #SimpleWords @[email protected] in N426ab