Nick Whitecross

“Our mental architecture plays a really big role in the way that we entertain religious beliefs and practices.” —psychologist Ara Norenzayan In this week’s episode, how religion shapes the mind. hiddenbrain.org/podcast/our-go…

Researchers have long speculated about how our religious and spiritual beliefs shape — and are shaped by — the human mind. This week, psychologist Ara Norenzayan explores features in the brain that are intimately tied to our capacity for faith. He says both religious and non-religious people can use this knowledge to find more meaning in our lives. apple.co/4enSn0R

Noam Chomsky: “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum...”

“If Trump’s first election represented a one-off disruption to the democratic world, his second would more definitively validate an international trend toward ethnonationalism and authoritarian populism.” trib.al/xSsGxeR

'@ionnalee; innocence of sound' has reached 277,000 views on @YouTube surpassing all 4 videos from 2019's REMEMBER THE FUTURE! 👏

"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people."

“To quote Arendt, quoting Cicero: ‘Never is a man more active than when he does nothing, never is he less alone than when he is by himself.’ This is what ideological thinking and tyrannical thinking destroy – our ability to think with and for ourselves.” aeon.co/essays/for-han…

Postgrads, it’s time to share your feedback in the Postgraduate Survey! Use your voice and provide feedback on your experience of our department and LSE to help us enhance the student experience for future generations of LSE students. ➡️ buff.ly/3pxh8my

Naomi Klein: ‘Nobody’s perfect – but that’s not an excuse for doing nothing’ theguardian.com/books/article/…

I see @frippofficial has got his - have you got yours?!* *warning pressing almost sold out! robintrower.lnk.to/BridgeOfSighs2…

New Kissing the Pink album on its way, mixed by the very wonderful Claes Björklund, next to the water in Stockholm.

Cover reveal! The paperback edition of Doppelganger is published today in the U.K. with a great new cover! As much as I love the design for the hardback, I’m looking forward to not being followed around by my own face... Out in Sept in the US and Canada, with this same design.

TONIGHT (June 6) – @ionnalee | @_iamamiwhoami_ bring their 2024 US tour to @thecrocodile, SEATTLE for its penultimate show! support by Jenny Wilson. 🌊 tickets: ionnalee.com/events

"To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light."

“The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” Remembering Carl Jung, who died on this day in 1961 themarginalian.org/2012/03/13/mem…

"History will judge us for how we handled the threat of losing our democracy to the allure of fascism, just as we judge those who were complicit in Nazi Germany or the Confederate army," writes @KFAlegal. meidastouch.com/news/prosecuti…

Former Manhattan DA prosecutor @KFAlegal just put together a comprehensive list of nearly all of Trump’s threats against judges, witnesses, prosecutors and more ahead of his gag order hearing today. This is a must read. meidastouch.com/news/will-judg…

Back to the fields #goa #fields #monsoon #farmers

This is what a culture war looks like. Where are those freedom of speech advocates when you need them?

Urgent appeal to reclaim Britain. By deporting Conservatives we’ll save at least £80,000 in salary per MP. If implemented it’ll be the only financial decision by the Tories this year which makes sense.