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WEEKLY COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Let's give some specific advice about how to make meetings (or gatherings of any kind) better
Because I regret to inform you that the better world of our dreams will continue to require way too many meetings
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Who are you going to believe?
The cynical refrain that nothing matters, or your own big, dumb, beautiful heart
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WEEKLY COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Shout out an activist/community building action that fills you with joy and hope right now
You know who is really great some times? People who want a better world and show that in public
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Subverting the Game: It's all made up, let's make up something kinder.
A guest essay by Sara Sadek
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When the soldiers come to your town, this is what I'll say about you
I won't just talk about how you don't deserve this (because of course you don't deserve this)
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WEEKLY COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: When is a "community" not really a community?
I think about this a lot!
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September 2025

Ezra Klein, have you considered just hosting a potluck?
Or volunteering for an ICE Watch, or organizing a childcare cooperative, or throwing an intergenerational block party...
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WEEKLY COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Give (or request) extremely specific advice!
And also, a super secret code to save money on a very good podcast
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Are you a Rock or a Rocket?
Will Sarah and Garrett finally crack the code on division of labor in heterosexual households? Or can they at least become bestselling airport book…
Published on This Week in Breeders • 
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Whatever you can still do, you can still do
On what despots want you to forget
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The Internet is killing us
But the bigger problem isn't what we (and our kids) are doing on our screens, it's what we're not doing off of them
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WEEKLY COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Please share a recent moment when other people have charmed/impressed/made you feel grateful
I don't know if it's a fair bar to fully"re-affirm our faith in humanity," but at least we can share some nice reminders that, well, we're all right…
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