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Meg Gardiner

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#1 New York Times bestselling author

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22h ago

If ESPN wants to honor the Miss. National Guard at an Ole Miss game, they can use the story from my next book about the MNG riding to the rescue when racist mobs there rioted over James Meredith. The Oxford unit was led by William Faulkner's nephew! He served heroically even after breaking an arm.

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 24h ago

Pat McAfee: "We certainly appreciate the hell out of the American military. And if you're not the United States of America and you hear that sound, your ass better run." Rece Davis: "That's the one thing the two sides here can agree on, for sure."

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 3d ago

i’m sorry but this entire worldview seems not just evil but deeply stupid? the far future is fake! it doesn’t exist! what matters are people here and now!

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 3d ago

Nick Beckstead, noted longtermist and "effective altruist,” just comes out and says it: "But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things being equal."

This is precisely why Nick Beckstead, a noted EA, argued in 2013 that, given the "overwhelming" moral importance of the far future - "millions, billions, and trillions" of years from now - we should prioritize saving the lives of people in rich countries over those in poor countries, other things being equal. The reason is that people in rich countries are better positioned to influence the far future. To take another example, saving lives in poor countries may have significantly smaller ripple effects than saving and improving lives in rich countries. Why? Richer countries have substantially more innovation, and their workers are much more economically productive. By ordinary standards at least by ordinary enlightened humanitarian standards saving and improving lives in rich countries is about equally as important as saving and improving lives in poor countries, provided lives are improved by roughly comparable amounts. But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things being equal. Screenshot from Beckstead's 2013 PhD dissertation, regarded as one of the founding documents of longtermism, one of the main cause areas of EA.
Peggy Rothschild@peggyrothschild.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happening tonight! Great chance to hear three great award-winning authors @meggardiner.bsky.social , @tessgerritsen.bsky.social and @jordanharper.bsky.social with amazing moderator Gary Phillips. #booksky #crimefiction

Peggy Rothschild@peggyrothschild.bsky.social · 2w ago

INVENTING THE PAGE next week! 3 Authors, 1 Unforgettable Evening Join @sistersincrimela.bsky.social as we co-host @meggardiner.bsky.social @tessgerritsen.bsky.social and @jordanharper.bsky.social @skirball.bsky.social #authors #books #crimefiction Tix: www.eventbrite.com/e/1992673655545