What Really Counts? Some Post-No Kings Day Thoughts

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Wasn't working. Just tried it again and it worked now. Maybe the system was just overloaded.

Yes. When I enter my bluesky handle using my domain name to be placed on the waiting list, nothing happens.

How do you sign up on the attie.ai waitlist if your Bluesky handle uses your own personal domain name and not bsky.social?

Can we pay extra for dollars without his signature?

5 facts about Buddhists in the US | Pew Research Center Buddhism has a long history in America. In the 1800s, Chinese migrants working in the gold rush and building railroads brought their Buddhist beliefs and practices with them. Today, there…

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There is no reason to believe Trump's foreign policy is designed to benefit America or Americans
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Is Using the Word "Fascist" Right Speech? Back in the 1990s —before the era of social media—when Usenet was the most common venue for internet conversations— it was noted that the longer an online discussion continued, the greater the probabi...

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Wow.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

7/ Read the rest of the letters:

How to Actually Reform ICE Accountability, transparency, and trust must be centerpieces of “New ICE.”

This remarkable fact caught my eye in a piece that I don't otherwise agree with "One remarkable fact is that today.. customs officers and Border Patrol agents have committed crimes at a per capita rate that is greater than the crime rate for people who immigrated here illegally" tinyurl.com/2bkkc22b

A Response to Minneapolis: Free Event with Seth Segall Join Zen priest and psychologist Seth Segall to hear about courage in the face of fear and finding a wise response based on compassion and wisdom.

How do we respond skillfully in the face of fear and despair?

Join the Tricycle for a free 90-minute gathering rooted in Buddhist teachings to reflect, share, and connect with community.

Has the Trump Administration Crossed the Rubicon When Lawlessness Makes Lawful Transition Impossible? It may have reached a point when its only option for avoiding accountability would be keeping Democrats out of power

From me: normally, regular transfers of power create incentives to not abuse power or seize power you don't want the other party to wield next. But if you abuse power too much, or accumulate too much power, it creates a perverse incentive to go even further: you can no longer afford to hand it over.

A Response to Minneapolis: Free Event with Seth Segall Join Zen priest and psychologist Seth Segall to hear about courage in the face of fear and finding a wise response based on compassion and wisdom.

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

And now the video version...

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eyes A poem

This poem by Lorena Saavedra Smith appears in the latest Buddhist Coalition for Democracy Substack
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Our New National Anthem

Public opinion still matters, and it has strongly turned against Trump.

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Photos of Alex Pretti with Sara’s caption: On August 16th at approximately 10:00 pm I received a call from the ICU at the VA saying my Dad had sepsis and needed to be intubated to stay alive so Josh and I headed in. We were greeted by the kindest, most calming and warm soul who helped us understand what was happening and showed deep care for us and my Dad. He continued to show utmost patience and kindness over the next few days as my Dad remained in the ICU and we were there continually. It was Alex Pretti, the man shot today by ICE. If you see this video and don't think it's murder, I don't understand your thinking and ask you to question your heart. He was out there trying to help and protect and from the little we knew of him, it doesn't surprise me he was not afraid to be on the front lines of this horrible scene in our Minneapolis. Weeping for his family and all those at the VA who no longer get to work with him or receive his care.

My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti

Absolutely heartbreaking

New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism Episode 5 Host Julia Sagebien interviews Village Zendo Abbot Sinclair Shunryu Thomson Roshi

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Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

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A New Template for Conflict, But Cuba Poses the Same Old Questions By Amaury Cruz

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Why even waste time having her on any news program? Its really not in the public interest.

Live with Anat Shenker-Osorio A recording from Jess Craven's live video

Great video about effective political messaging

Trump's Game Plan: Invoke the insurrection act and make an example of Minneapolis to intimidate other cities. End goal: Message to base: "Immigrants are the reason your lives are unsatisfactory, and I am delivering on my promise to make your lives better." Classic fascist playbook, n'est-ce pas?

In my January 2026 Mindfulness Research Monthly Highlights column: 1) mindfulness training improves accuracy on a time-based prospective memory task, and 2) A pilot study of a novel mindfulness-based treatment for patients with pulmonary hypertension #mindfulness

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

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