Coarse particles (PM10), with diameters between 2.5 and 10 micrometers, are inhalable and can deposit in the upper airways, including the nose, throat, and bronchi. Burning is to Vietnam as baseball is to the US: a national pastime. It's one of the two primary methods of trash disposal, the other being burying rubbish in a … Continue reading Have Garbage Will Burn: An Ecocide Update
Author: Mark A. Ashwill
Academic Bullying: A Global Problem?
This is a post from a LinkedIn contact, once removed. She has yet to respond to my request to repost it here so I'm leaving out her name but I strongly believe it's worth sharing. I can tell you she has a Ph.D. in physics and works as a research scientist in Europe. As a … Continue reading Academic Bullying: A Global Problem?
How Would AI Help Humanity Reach Its Full Potential?
This exercise was inspired by a Facebook post by Hari Chathrattil, who shared a post by Vinod Chand. I rephrased the latter's question to ChatGPT: If you were to take over society and help humanity reach its full enlightened potential, how would you do it? 20 seconds later, here was ChatGPT's enlightened answer that includes … Continue reading How Would AI Help Humanity Reach Its Full Potential?
Christmas Eve
This piece was written by Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) and Robert Hillyer (1895-1961). Hillyer taught at my undergraduate alma mater, the University of Delaware, from 1952 until his death. Coincidentally, Hillyer died at the age of 66 on 24 December 1961. (On a personal note both Pinkham and Hillyer are distant paternal cousins.) I think of … Continue reading Christmas Eve
Christmas (In a Time of Genocide)
This is a guest post by Tamara Abood, a UK-based psychotherapist to corporate and creative professionals, and a lawyer. Christmas Tree for this year is not the usual Christmas tree lit in Manger Square in our little town of Bethlehem. This year our Christmas Tree in Gaza was gifted to us by Israel, decorated by … Continue reading Christmas (In a Time of Genocide)
For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide
Guest Post by Shivani Chaudhry If you could lose your job for speaking out against genocide, then it's not a place worth working at.If you worry what 'others' will say if you stand against genocide, those 'others' need to be ignored.If you feel a genocide occurring in another country doesn't concern you, you're wrong. It … Continue reading For Those Still Silent on the Gaza Genocide
The Unexamined Life
This is a guest post by Tamara Abood, a UK-based psychotherapist to corporate and creative professionals, and a lawyer. I’m looking at video footage of a young girl on her knees in the middle of a road. It’s night. She’s lit by the car lights nearby. She looks to be in enormous pain. She is … Continue reading The Unexamined Life
The Joy of Writing by Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012) was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Reprinted from Poetic Outlaws. Why does this written doe bound through these written woods?For a drink of written water from a springwhose surface will xerox her soft muzzle?Why does she lift her head; does she hear something?Perched … Continue reading The Joy of Writing by Wisława Szymborska
Starting ‘Em Out Young
Just what kids need - training to become social media influencers so they can sell themselves or some useless product or service. This sounds ideal for budding extroverts. Give them some pizza, a microphone, turn on the camera, and action! Become a "Podkid" and unlock your "creative potential, develop life skills and become confident communicators." … Continue reading Starting ‘Em Out Young
Words are Important: Examples of Media Bias
This image recently appeared in my LinkedIn feed. It highlights the Orwellian use of language in the existential battle between Zionists and anti-Zionists and corresponds to the Zionist propaganda framework, in particular, point #3. Criticism of Israel, a country whose rabid supporters declare to be beyond criticism ("I Stand with Israel"), is anti-Semitic, the all-purpose … Continue reading Words are Important: Examples of Media Bias
An International Educator in Vietnam 
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