Just had a thought earlier today: when did “having a just cause” become “just ‘cause” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#socialcontract

At the end of a long period of thought and reflection with my faith

One thing I’ve been thinking about and seeing—realizing—is that as a country we’ve been taking too many shortcuts

We once used to take the “long way,” and it had been called “the scenic route” 🏞️

If I’ve been posting less on social media lately, I’ve been going through it

I normally try to set an example, but while it could be one of those times, I didn’t want to be one of those people

And can someone tell President Trump where #Greenland is? It’s not “between the United States, Russia and China”

I think the percentage is much higher. Trump’s base is around a third of the electorate if I recall, and maybe some people in the middle were fooled

Reading Trump’s meandering speech at the World Economic Forum has me wanting to translate him for European audiences:

“I, President Trump, am smarter than all of you because I see the world differently. White people are better than immigrants because capitalism couldn’t possibly cause problems”

Perhaps we can be in for … a starry-eyed surprise?

Thousands of US workers, students rally against Trump immigration policies Thousands of US workers and students marched through cities and campuses Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies on the first anniversary of his second term, with demonstrations fueled by outrage over the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. 

Thousands of US workers, students rally against Trump immigration policies

The real reason Trump wants to invade Greenland: he can open a new Bubba-Gump Shrimp Company location

Trump’s Threats to Allies Stir Worry That U.S. Has Lost Its Way New tariffs, insults and threats of invasion trigger a backlash ahead of the president’s visit to Davos.

Analysis: Trump’s threats against Greenland have U.S. allies wondering whether America has lost its way.

Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum YouTube video by Associated Press

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech today is one of the most insightful, albeit sobering, political speeches in a long time. Carney tells it as it is: "If you're not at the table you'll be on the menu."

Well worth finding the time to watch: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...

Gives new meaning to “let people enjoy things”

#culture

#Music is something that can connect us a humans emotionally, beyond words, since not all feelings fit in the linguistic model of things (LLMs)

It has also demonstrated #health benefits and may help form neural connections, a theory dismissed as quasi-scientific: neuroharmonics. But placebos work

Seeing ads lately about healing frequencies; I believe it—I used to play the clarinet semi-professionally (collegiate level)

Almost all of us have stopped attending live orchestral performances of classical music. We were trained to play vibrato—not a constant tone; it’s more pleasing to the ear 👂🏼

‘Anglo culture,’ individualism and the other side of the coin 🪙 ‘Building a bridge to the 21st century' from a quarter-way in: can the collective wisdom of the past serve as a guidepost in a post-truth world?

… and that’s understatement: it’s interesting how we use money in our figures of speech about something deeper

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If such a naked act of irrational self-interest prevents us from invoking the 25th Amendment, it’s not worth the paper it’s written on

#trumpfucks

Greenland … and Gaza. Talk about chickens coming home to roost

Cleaning in progress at sixoneloop.substack.com 🧹 (free plug)

It will be a rebuilding process for sure. Depends on the margin of victory in the next 2 elections—I hope Americans don’t have the wool pulled over their eyes this time, is the point

Pilita Clark: Even the most powerful business leaders stay quiet because they fear Trump Failing to speak out about the US president’s ever more egregious actions is more dangerous than it appears

I say “most,” because the people who choose to stay quiet about Trump are making their own bed to lie in with him … and I do mean lie

#courage

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Trump's tangle on American history blamed on teleprompter The US President doesn't usually stick to the script, this time he tried, but says technology and rain failed him.

Keep in mind: this is from the same president who blamed a teleprompter while saying there were airports during the Revolutionary War. Maybe Trump just lives on a different plane of existence than most of us?

#trumpfucked

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Not the kind of torch JFK was talking about passing …

Apologies for America’s techinical difficulties; we hope to resume your regularly scheduled programming soon

BBC News on Instagram: ""I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace." Texts between Donald Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre have been made public. Prime Minister Støre s... 63K likes, 3,538 comments - bbcnews on January 19, 2026: ""I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace." Texts between Donald Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre have been mad...

You can read the president’s comments for yourself here. From day to day, I don’t know how we keep this enfant terrible in office

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Greenland, Denmark and the US: the meaning of the colonial past to the ongoing dynamics Interview with Astrid Nonbo Andersen, Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International

Is it time to 25th Amendment the President?

He’s saying the U.S. “sent boats” hundreds of years ago, before the country existed —Erik the Red had reached Greenland before British boats reached US shores

#politics #history

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Congressional leadership too. Not enough scolding of the Senators who failed to back the limits on Trump’s war powers

And talk about a “Hail Mary”:

The thing above the “chicken” could be a tricorner hat, associated with the French Revolution, and TIL the 1688 Glorious Revolution as well

If “people today have no shame,” maybe a nursery rhyme can introduce it?

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If I squint a little I saw the two Italies forming a third eye

And then above that, I see a chicken. Ruling the roost, perhaps? Or maybe one that might come home to roost. And counting them before they hatch 🐣

The Glorious Revolution 1688 The Revolution of 1688 that deposed King James II and put William III and Mary II on the throne of England, sometimes called the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution.

Nobody taught me about “11, 12 who will delve?” —digging deeper, I found a gem 💎: the origin of buckled shoes in the 1688 Glorious Revolution, which deposed a king and gave England a parliament

#socialcontract #history

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