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  1. RE: mstdn.social/@FromTheRostra/11

    Finished reading. Great coverage of freethought from late 18th to early 20th century.

    Interesting to see some cyclical history. Hoffman describes an antiscriptural emphasis to the Paine era & social reform emphasis in the Robert Owen era, which prefigures a similar difference in 20th/21st century freethought between skeptical debunking and social justice emphases.

    #Humanism #atheism #nonreligion #freethought

  2. RE: mstdn.social/@coloradosun/1165

    "Senate Bill 189: Companies that create and use artificial intelligence wouldn’t have to disclose how their systems help make decisions on things like hiring, loans and housing under this measure awaiting the governor’s signature. The legislation waters down Colorado’s existing AI law, passed in 2024"

  3. Bad things happen in organizations after individuals who try to raise concerns have bad things done to them to keep them quiet.

    #OrganizationalCommunication #EmployeeVoice #UpwardFeedback #AbusiveSupervision

  4. One-on-one conversations can be sites where the more powerful party coerces the less powerful, sometimes through abusive behavior.

    How does your organization protect its members against this dynamic?

    #OrganizationalCommunication #organizing #coalition #facilitation

  5. Reading David C. Hoffman's American Freethought (2025) and saw the National Liberal League's 1880 presidential platform, including this plank:

    "Universal education the basis of universal suffrage in this secular republic."

    As true now as it was then.

    #history #nonreligion #freethought #ChurchState

  6. Serious, substantive disagreements that could be worked through to build stronger coalitions and further systemic change are ignored or weaponized.

    #coalition #solidarity #ChangeTheory #TheoriesOfChange #ShapingChange

  7. Intentionally calling to mind the desire for myself and others to be safe, healthy, and at ease in the world can be challenging enough on its own.

    Dealing with the gulf between that intention and our lived reality is a whole other matter, even if I understand that acting with that intention in mind can help over the long-term.

    #ShapingChange #benevolence #metta

  8. Nothing against poultry, but I was not expecting to find this when I tried to get to the blog of the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network:

    #nonreligion #HigherEd #academic