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Peter Breslin

“The Greatest” is Often Suspiciously Pale and Male

Chalk it up to my own cultural blindness created by my own white male privilege, but it only recently started dawning on me that “The…

4 min readSep 12, 2021

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“The Greatest” is Often Suspiciously Pale and Male

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Peter Breslin

Life During Wartime

It’s war right now, right here, on social media. Every time you engage an anti-masker or an anti-vaxxer, you are unwittingly perpetuating…

4 min readAug 12, 2021

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Life During Wartime

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Peter Breslin

The Post-Pandemic That Was Not Post

I just spent the past several weeks traveling by car around the US, mostly camping, sometimes staying in hotels. It was quite the spectacle…

2 min readAug 11, 2021

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The Post-Pandemic That Was Not Post

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Peter Breslin

Giving Up on Containment: Why the new propaganda is from pandemic to “endemic”

You may be seeing a refrain in a lot of comment threads on social media, especially conversations populated by more “conservative”…

3 min readFeb 11, 2021

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Giving Up on Containment: Why the new propaganda is from pandemic to “endemic”

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Peter Breslin

In-Person School? More Research is Needed

The issue of whether or not to keep schools open that are already in-person, or open up schools that are currently remote, is of…

4 min readFeb 10, 2021

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In-Person School? More Research is Needed

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Peter Breslin

Reality Therapy for Surreal Times

It is possible for many dastardly conspiracies to be true, in whole or in part. The history of the United States federal government is one…

5 min readOct 4, 2020

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Reality Therapy for Surreal Times

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Peter Breslin

Complicated Grief and Useful Labels

Persistent complex bereavement disorder is not an official diagnosis in the DSM-5, but is in the section of “conditions deserving further…

4 min readAug 28, 2020

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Complicated Grief and Useful Labels

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Peter Breslin

The Institution of Ignorance

I had the sudden realization this morning that much of what we see from the anti-mask, pandemic-is-a-hoax, anti-vaccine people is deeply…

7 min readJul 5, 2020

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The Institution of Ignorance

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Peter Breslin

No Texts, Only Readers: You are the News

It’s always been a big problem for anyone who takes a minute to reflect on it: where do I find reliable information? How do I know the…

5 min readJun 27, 2020

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No Texts, Only Readers: You are the News

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Peter Breslin

How to Change Your Mind: A Possible Way Toward Saving the Human Race

Reflect for a few seconds on your top three most passionately held beliefs or values. Pick one. Really lean into how strong that belief is…

6 min readMay 27, 2020

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Peter Breslin

Peter Breslin

Conservation biologist, botanist, Ph.D. in Environmental Life Sciences from Arizona State, ancient Gen X SJW accomplice and culture critic.

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