The Wirecutter/NYT participates in the corporate theft of our souls by pretending that stuff we can buy (oh look, more consumerism) will change fundamental conditions set up by corporate decisions. Like we're responsible for the conditions and thus need to be the change agent rather than the corp.
Maybe that isn’t how this works. Maybe God says welcome home beloved child. And then Jimmy looks around in the big love bath and says wait…. I think i might have made a mistake
& thus the power/importance of your well crafted novel. It broke through my lack of awareness. The addition of WW1 & The Flu gave a thoughtful foundation to the overall story of all the unacknowledged stuff that is hitting us today. We really really need to talk about this as a community. thank you
Just finished The Great Believers by @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social & I'm busy thinking about why no one talked about AIDS during Covid. Like it had never happened and that Covid was the 1st plague since the middle ages & I wonder why? (privilege) Now I see the fear threads reaching from 1 to the other
Wait, Trump is posting @ Putin via his social media? Isn't he the POTUS? Doesn't he have some sort of dedicated land line on his desk for moments like this?
roast. please - we're working with an open fire here...
I've been watching some travel videos recently and I'd like to sign my executive order saying that no one can use the word "picturesque" more then twice per every 30 minutes. God gave us a thesaurus and even threw in the computers to help access the word lists. Please, I'm begging you.
So...okay, the wrong guy(s) got shipped to the south on immigration roundup crazything but...someone can't get on a plane, walk up to the front door of the prison, and then knock, show a piece of paper with the guy's name on it and say, "hey, we need this one back please?" What? Oh come on.
Okay. I am venting. Lets start a war on our phone with an app. ..Seriously? Back in my day: never write in an email what you wouldn’t write on a post card.
I’m in the EU Parliament room and feeling emotional about democracy
um... a lot actually. How did they get congress to shut up? This is a lot more organized then the last time we did this dance.
and those Project 2025 invisibles - why aren't they getting the headlines? Who are they? What are they doing? Dear WaPo, are you covering the wrong decision maker?
I'm kind of confused. Theoretically, POTUS (generic category, not specific occupant) shld be working 14 hr days meeting w leaders of everything so the country runs & wars are avoided etc. Not spending time with the small decision stuff like performing arts centers. So - who is doing the big stuff?
I spent some time escorting a small child from playgroup to lunch w the parents of the child this morning. There is joy in this simple passage. I started a painting. I'm about to go spin some wool. Right now the sun is setting & the songbirds are singing. These are my acts of staying balanced today
okay.
I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.
Hey, is there a chance y'all can open your web page to folks here in Europe? I am an American Presbyterian living in Munich and when I go to your links all is see is 403 - view is forbidden.
My plants survived the winter! And I've ordered seeds for summer!!
your link doesn't open in Europe. Can you do some sort of alignment with the Euro privacy standards? right now the link goes 403 Forbidden which kind of adds to the crazy.
If not, then there's room for something new and better. Persevere and rebuild; grieve and begin again.
It is so easy to hit the ohmygoddidyouseethatpanicbutton right now. I'm doing all the emotions everyone else is doing. But I'm also trying to find my grounding. I want to sustain hope for myself & extend hope 2 everyone around me. Here are 2 links below that I send as invitation to you. Choose Hope
What I'm trying to say is that we can be sustained by long term reminders that times and situations change. Remember to look, remember who we are and then live from that place for goodness and healing. What will sustain us for the big effort to come still? See the moon. Bake bread.
yes - we're part of a long term process. It helps me to see the eternal as we fall down toward what seems unbearable.
Out my back window I see a small, thin, tiny little sliver of moon low in the sky. The light is diffused. This beauty has been here for us to see for generations & will still be there for generations to come. My seeing is important. The moon is seen. This is how we get through this.
Why do i need to say this? Trump is not who Putin needs to negotiate with. Seriously.
I remember when the news came in limited spurts - the morning paper, the evening tv shows, the top of the hour radio headlines. Then you went on with your day. I'm trying to go back to that life but the addiction of anxiety is intense.
ironically - I can't read P.Outlook online from Germany because it is blocked. They don't want to align with Euro rules on privacy.
What if its impossible to piss God off?
How then do we live?
