Links of Interest for May 30, 2017

The ISHV Cyber Think Tank is a digest of articles, interviews, and other musings compiled by ISHV Board Member Robert B. Tapp:

Emily Newman, Humanist Edge: Moving from Hate to Humanism: Why Humanist Education is Needed Now read

The Freedom of Thought Report — on discrimination against Humanists, Atheists, and the Nonreligious read

Christopher Cameron, Black atheists matter: how women freethinkers take on religion read

Alex Johnson, With Obama’s Signature, U.S. Religious Freedom Law Protects Atheists read

Explicit Bi Any Means Podcast #84: Rational Politics with Gleb Tsipursky listen

The Humanist Hour #226: Galen Broaddus and Nick Little on the Illinois Secular Celebrant Victory listen

David Breeden, “Great Men” and the Tide of History read

Tom Flynn, For Seculars, Challenges Ahead read

samharris.org, Superintelligence: Science or Fiction? (1h) watch

James Croft, I Used to Think Like Dave Rubin. Then I Woke Up. read

Gleb Tsipursky, Collaborative Truth-Seeking read

Gleb Tsipursky, Preserving Our Democracy on Valentine’s Day read

secularism.org.uk, 43% of universities restrict speech that might “offend” religious people read

secularism.org.uk Pupils should have the same entitlement to religion and belief education – NSS tells RE Commission read

Hemant Mehta, NH Republican State Rep. Brandon Phinney Refers to Religion as “Archaic Beliefs That Deny Reality” read

David Breeden, A Toolkit for Resisting Totalitarianism read

Nathan Schneider, How much does it matter whether God exists?

“I believe in God, but I often find more common cause with those who say they don’t than those who say they do. I’ve come to care less whether anyone says they believe in God or not, and to care more about what they mean by that, and what they do about it.” read

Brief encounter: Steven Pinker read

Post-Truth Trump And Why Humanism Is The Answer To Anti-Facts read

Joseph Chuman, A Defense of Dignity read

Neil Carter, Parenting Children Who Still Believe read

Adam Parker, Herb Silverman reflects on his life, beliefs as a public atheist read

Daniel Cox, Way More Americans May Be Atheists Than We Thought read

David Breeden, I’m an Atheist! Now What? read

Michael Werner, Let’s Celebrate! read

Let There Be Cake: An Interview with Maggie Ardiente read

Sincere Kirabo, Dear White Progressives. . . read

Ask Me Anything 7, Sam Harris deals with questions about his podcast with Charles Murray watch

Ed Buckner, It’s a Free Country, Not a Christian Nation read

Joan Reisman-Brill, The Humanist Dilemma: Should Religion Be Banned? read

Valerie Tarico, Can Bacteria Help Us Understand Religion? Part 1 read , Part 2 read , Part 3 read, Part 4 read

David Breeden, Getting It Right Like the BCE read

Valerie Tarico, What Christianity and Kink Have in Common read

2016 Secular Social Justice Conference features largest gathering of atheist of color activists read

Bart Campolo on Why I Left, Why I Stayed (link to audio) read

Maggie Ardiente, No, President Trump, We’re Not “A Nation of Believers” read