It’s a dark, dark time. Take care of yourself and try to survive, don’t let these monsters steal every ounce of hope.

It simply makes no difference - no education, no training, no skills etc. make any difference whatsoever because no workplaces exist who pay enough to cover this country’s absurd costs of living. So what’s the point?

So tired of the cultural compulsion to manipulate, edit, and distort one’s image to win favor. Whether that is thru carefully manipulated social media, one’s body thru surgeries or drugs, or one’s writing and art through software.

Set a higher standard. Demand better. Stop rolling over and letting the worst of us call all the shots. Take a stand.

We live in a hopeless place. America is broken, the dream is dead.

Unfortunately society is designed as if ubiquitous competitiveness leads to all that is good in the world. This is a lie. Competition leads to very few winners; always at the expense of literally millions upon millions of others

Communities only function successfully when households provide mutual support to each other locally; if every household is isolated and competition reigns supreme, networks of mutual aid will break down. If we wish to rebuild a functioning community, we must be anti-competitive, and pro-cooperative.

People are perfectly willing to betray each other, on a moments notice, and stab anyone’s back if it benefits their self interest. Don’t trust them..

Capitalism fucking ruins all great things. I would have absolutely loved Tesla if it weren’t 1. so goddamn expensive and 2. if all the profit wasn’t going to goddamned hellion troll Musk.

It is a unique kind of torture for food-insecure or low income people to watch middle and upper-class people having fun and being frivolous. The world looks completely different.

I am torn. Space exploration is rad and wondrous but I have to regret the expense poured into it, not to mention its elitism / exclusivity.

However- it’s a far better way to spend billions in manpower and technology then dumb-bombs and misguided poorly considered warmaking.

Holy shit I am captivated by this Artemis 2 re-entry. This is the raddest thing I’ve seen in my life - so cool!!

Don’t you dare trying to placate me with your robotic b. s. and fake, saccharine positivity quotes that constantly promise “a good thing right around the corner”. Fuck your algorithms.

In all seriousness- Ethics (and philosophy, more broadly) ought to be required training for anyone holding public office. If you don’t have a strong grounding in moral philosophy then you have no business in power.

Don’t trust a word … if it sounds off chances are that it is. Propaganda is a tricky, manipulative business and it is definitely pervasive in a time like this.

Earth appearing as a bright crescent behind the Moon’s surface

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.

One thing I’ve learned is simple- some things can’t be stopped. There is so much that awfulness is just out of anyone’s control. Feel the sadness, feel the helplessness, and the anger, and the despair. Feel it all.

Awful people invariably get what they most desire- wealth, power, buildings bearing their names. They adore dominating all headlines and having attention lavished on the. The rest of us, normal decent people are then, begrudgingly, forced put up with their idiocy everywhere we turn.

Become friends with disappointment. Try your best anyways but always prepare for abject failure.

I am skeptical of people who claim to know anything about God, but if anything I am even more skeptical of people who claim to know science. Maybe there is a third, as of yet unknown source of deriving knowledge?

Never ever ever get your hopes up, it's the biggest mistake you can make. Keep your expectations low ... when you get your hopes up, reality does NOT deliver. REALITY BITES.

Artemis ii from your window seat 😲😃

Love love love this Artemis 2 mission will allow us to personally observe the dark side of the moon (by human eyes) for the very first time, the Pink Floyd superfan in me is highly satisfied.

Hustle culture is a trap.

I no longer think that hard work pays off. It doesn't. It only makes you crazy and anxious and sad. Hard work has done nothing but erode your nervous system and steal your peace of mind. I should never have tried so hard; I should have taken it easy because doing my best never made a difference.

The owner/investor/donor class makes a living reaping unearned profit generated by the work performed by underpaid others, leeching off of those they exploit like a parasite.

Americans are being betrayed. We’re being plundered and debased by these swindlers filling pockets at our expense and congratulating themselves on their heist.

Trying out digital detox- attempting to ease my way out of these awful addictive companies that take full advantage of humans and their communities.

The protests are positive thing, no question, but it's not making real changes; catharsis of gathering together is valuable for those who can attend but for people like me who cannot be there, it's far more important to see real change manifested.

I forgot at some point how good the White Stripes are.