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Dec 22, 2022 Some people can’t handle animal consciousness. Why? There are people who deny animal consciousness. I’m not sure if they’re just in denial or if they’ve never met an animal.…

Nov 21, 2022 I Called RIOC’s Board a Cephalopod. That was Unfair… to the Octopuses Calling RIOC’s deficient board a cephalopod was wrong, I realized. It was an insult to octopuses and squids. Among their species exist…

Aug 18, 2022 Solving the Quantum Physics Dilemma. It’s All in Your Mind The quantum physics dilemma, a conflict between traditional Newtonian and more modern – but not new – quantum physics rests on a…

Aug 8, 2022 Ivory Needs a Loving Home. Here’s Her Story. By Lylia Saurel Special to The Roosevelt Island Daily News A report from Shelter Animal Count shows that shelters have observed an…

Jul 27, 2022 Shut Up. Listen Hard. Because Most of the Talk Is Silent The vast majority of conversations in the world, we discovered from Suzanne Simard’s brilliant Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of…

Jul 20, 2022 The 10 Most Wonderful Things in Life You Take for Granted There are many wonderful things in life that we take for granted. We often don’t appreciate the freedom to choose our paths,…

Jul 13, 2022 20 Steps Toward Happiness Shining in Your Life Everyone wants to be happy – on their own terms, of course. But most of us have no roadmap, nothing connecting the…

Jul 12, 2022 Happiness for Beginners – It’s More Than Just a Word On a summer morning in June in Pennsylvania, I sat on the cut grass in the yard behind my hotel. It was…

Jun 10, 2022 Interesting Fact #1 The lifespan of a housefly is only 24 hours. Did you know that the average lifespan of a housefly is only 24 hours? That’s right, just one day! In that short…

Jun 10, 2022 Should acts of kindness go unrecognized? We hope not. It’s Sunday morning, June 5th, around 9:30 a.m. Joyce Keating passes the turnstiles and enters the Roosevelt Island subway station, but when…

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