31 Aug 2025 Reading time: 1 minute Simple, high‑impact: $1 plants one tree.
What is One Tree Planted?
One Tree Planted funds reforestation worldwide. $1 plants one tree. They work with vetted local partners to restore forests, build biodiversity corridors, and expand urban canopy.
- Projects span multiple regions and ecosystems (North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific)
- Emphasis on native species, local jobs, and long‑term maintenance
- Clear project pages with objectives, timelines, and outcomes
Why I recommend it
- Simple, measurable model
- Local partners, real accountability
- Stacked benefits — climate, water, soil, habitat
How to support
Donate — One Tree Planted
Prefer recurring? A small monthly gift (e.g., wildfire recovery or urban canopy) goes far.
Tips to maximize impact
- Pick a theme and stick with it for 6–12 months.
- Use employer matching when available.
30 Aug 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes 
Welcome to the mega “Best of” — a single page that pulls together the most impactful pieces across The Liberty Pear.
Start with the earlier highlight collections, then dive into the curated sections: Movies & TV, a light “Fun” break, and the full Election Reflection series.
Finally, explore the Must‑Reads for cornerstone policy and analysis posts, including Homes For All, Tariffs Part 1, and Nationalize AI.
Bookmark and share.
Start Here: The Earlier Highlight Collections
Foundational selections from the first two months—AI nationalization, tariffs explained, and early history/econ pieces. The best on‑ramp to the site.
Builds on the themes with a misinformation toolkit, China’s AI surge, and the foreign‑relations lens on tariffs (Part 3).
Movies & TV
All the lists in one place, plus a TV sampler.
Fun
A little palate cleanser — food and travel.
Election Reflection
Must-Reads
An at‑a‑glance dossier of Cuomo’s scandals, donor networks, and abuses of power—with primary‑source receipts you can share.
What actually powered the upset—authenticity, affordability, and organizing—and the simple playbook others can copy.
Zohran Mamdani’s concise primer on social housing models that tackle root‑cause affordability—watch, then share.
A plain‑English primer on who pays (importers/consumers), when tariffs are defensible, and how broad tariffs boomerang into inflation and retaliation.
Frames the stakes of frontier AI and outlines a transparent public model to socialize gains, protect labor, and rein in dangerous incentives.
A friction‑minimal action plan—what to post, how to engage, and when to disengage—to puncture propaganda at scale.
The day’s third collapse, mapped in time and place—context, images, and a quiet history many never saw on TV.
A crisp tour of counterintuitive macro ideas (thrift paradox, composition fallacy, austerity) that trains true second‑order thinking.
China’s fusion record and broader energy projects — and why a unified U.S. moonshot approach matters.
Clear-eyed forecast on tariffs, labor, and the risk of stagflation — with links to the deeper tariff series.
Why more workers don’t mean fewer jobs — a foundational concept for reading modern labor debates.
A practical guide to the unseen costs markets don’t price — with timely examples and why policy must correct them.
Essential quotes for the present — moral clarity on justice, poverty, and courage.
A sharp, secular reflection on modern “Christian” hypocrisy through the lens of Christ’s teachings.
A forgotten story brought to life — underappreciated history with modern relevance.
28 Aug 2025 Reading time: 1 minute
Just like part 1, 2, 3, 4 - these are all movies I have watched, that can make you think - about all kinds of things and how they relate to society and even politics/similar things. I highly recommend each of them. Some of these here are kind of more fun this round. These are on a variety of services.
A team of detectives is torn apart when one of their children is brutally murdered. The ensuing 13-year investigation ends with a shocking secret.
A CIA decoder hunts for his wife’s killers, his intelligence serving as his ultimate weapon.
A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson) are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe (Keke Palmer). As chaos erupts, the unlikely duo must navigate danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps spiraling out of control.
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
