On April 16th, we invite you to join us at Caldera for an intimate evening bringing friends—new and old—together for conversation, connection, and shared experience.
Our 2026 Sisters Drawing Room will focus on the lived experience of youth in 2026.
Tickets: caldera.ejoinme.org/sistersdrawi...
“These are cries from inside a system that has been loading individuals with institutional dysfunction for decades and calling it professional responsibility.”
open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
Another word you might use for it is "looting".
"This appears to be the first administration to take such widespread advantage of taxpayer-funded military housing to accommodate political appointees who do not have a direct connection to the military..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
“we’ve inherited a moral framework that equates prosperity with virtue”
substack.com/@bethrudden/...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiNs...
caldera.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/202...
"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..."
Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.
"In the immediate aftermath of the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis... an FBI agent in Minnesota conducted an initial review of the shooting and determined that sufficient grounds existed to open a probe into the actions of the officer who shot Good..."
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Fantastic article! “Doctors misdiagnose. Lawyers are wrong. Executives bluff. Experts disagree. Entire institutions propagate falsehoods for decades. We don’t revoke their status as thinkers when this happens. We adjust our expectations and build guardrails.”
www.linkedin.com/pulse/intell...
Transformation doesn’t always feel like progress.
Sometimes it feels like:
• uncertainty
• curiosity without clarity
• old identities loosening
1/21 3pm (EST) The Developing Life goes live w/ Tess Gilman Posner
www.linkedin.com/events/whatw...
Great interview: youtu.be/BFU1OCkhBwo?...
On the night of his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order that froze almost all international assistance. Now, the future of U.S. foreign assistance looks very different.
Canadians have leaked 60 Minutes’ banned episode investigating Trump’s illegal actions in direct defiance of CBS censorship.
Final thoughts for 2025:
The era of novelty is ending.
The era of discernment is beginning.
Can we explore AI without defending or evangelizing it? Can we allow ambiguity and stay with the inquiry?
Have a wonderful holiday. See you in 2026.
Chris Martin doesn’t sugarcoat what it takes to survive as a modern creative. From the highs of building a design career to the struggles of burnout, identity, and starting over, he opens up in ways you rarely hear on podcasts.
Chris’s substack: substack.com/@gettingwork...
What if creativity isn’t about doing more—but remembering who you really are?
Dave Zaboski—legendary Disney animator behind The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Fantasia 2000, and more—has spent his life exploring the frontier where imagination meets truth.
