A Friendly Letter

Breaking from Evangelical Quakerism/Christian Nationalism: Two Survivors’ Stories

How Southern California helped birth white Christian nationalism Part memoir, part history of Southern California’s formative role in the rise of the religious right, Bradley Onishi’s new book traces his growing estrangement from the faith he once zealously championed. “Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next” and … Continue reading Breaking from Evangelical Quakerism/Christian Nationalism: Two Survivors’ Stories →

Justice Triumphs! I Sued Apple — I Won! (Sort of)

It’s true. I joined in a 2019 class action lawsuit against Apple. The suit alleged that Apple charged me and a few (thousand?) others for file storage on its iCloud servers. But Apple didn’t actually store my stuff on their iCloud servers, because it didn’t have enough of them. So it jobbed out the storage … Continue reading Justice Triumphs! I Sued Apple — I Won! (Sort of) →

Good News: Guinea Worm Disease Is Almost Eradicated

[Note: Forty three years after leaving the White House, Jimmy Carter & the Carter Center are still achieving mostly unheralded landmarks of positive change.] The Guardian — Wed 25 Jan 2023 Guinea worm disease could be second ever human illness to be eradicated As cases fall, the condition that once affected millions of people in … Continue reading Good News: Guinea Worm Disease Is Almost Eradicated →

Gwynne Dyer: Burnout in New Zealand

GWYNNE DYER: The stubborn persistence of some heads of state and the political mindset of New Zealand’s Ardern Bangor Daily News — Jan. 23, 2023 “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs,” wrote … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Burnout in New Zealand →

Danger! Buying Abortion Pills Online Is NOT Yet Secure or Safe!

ProPublica: Danger! Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google — Which Can Share It With Anti-Abortion Prosecutors ProPublica — January 18, 2023 Online pharmacies that sell abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google and other third parties, which may allow law enforcement to prosecute those who use the medications to end … Continue reading Danger! Buying Abortion Pills Online Is NOT Yet Secure or Safe! →