🌟 What I'm Reading: 6-2-2024 🌟

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What I'm Reading: 6-2-2024

Active Measures

CIA Targeting Smartphone App Data

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines, who oversees 18 separate agencies comprising the wider “intelligence community” - including the CIA, FBI, and NSA - has released a “policy framework for commercially available information.” It is not only the very first public confirmation by a US government official that Stateside spying entities ac…

2 years ago · 178 likes · 48 comments · Kit Klarenberg

Happy Memorial Day!

Memorial Day is strange. I wrote about this notion in Notes today, but as I mentioned in a previous post, I am not certain how many people follow along with Notes here on Substack, and how many people only peruse emails and posts. So, I decided to memorialize my thoughts on this American holiday here as well. I’d honestly hoped to hammer this out earlie…

3 years ago · 13 likes · 10 comments · Apollo's Lyre

A House Divided

“The time has come,” the Wire said, “To talk of many things: Of Jews — and news — and genocide — Of kibbutzim — and kings — And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether Christ is king.” Back on March 22, the aptly named Jeremy Boreing [sic…

2 years ago · 21 likes · 25 comments · Apollo's Lyre

Discourse 9: What's in your Head

“This song’s our cry against man’s inhumanity to man; and man’s inhumanity to child.” - Doloros O’Riordan On September 19th, 1994, the Irish Rock band led by their lead singer Dolores O’Riordan released their protest song Zombie, a hard-hitting visceral epic that landed on the top of the Billboard charts across the world. While the music was enou…

2 years ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · Hugh Mercer

Behind The Lens

They Called Me #48

"Tears rolled down his face. You know it goes deep when a man, 84 years old, still cries about what happened to him as a child." - Clee Sitting in the front row, just several feet away, my camera in my lap, I didn’t take a single shot. His story affected me profoundly. He was speaking as a survivor of the Mohawk Institute Residential School, in Brantford…

2 years ago · 43 likes · 7 comments · Clee Images

How Movies Transform Us

2 years ago · 6 likes · 4 comments · Cori Bren

Carina’s How to Gardening and Nature Substack

Vertical Gardening 🍅

Vertical gardening for vegetables is a method of growing plants in an upright form by making use of stakes, cages, bamboo and other vertical supports. The purpose of an intensively grown garden is to harvest the most produce possible. from a given space…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 8 comments · Carina Malatesta

The Charlotte Pendragon Diaries by Charlotte Pendragon

Magical Equilibrium

When faced with uncertainty fear naturally arises as people wrestle with the apprehension posed by volatile circumstances. The breakdown of law and order, the threat of violence, and the loss of safety can produce a primal sense of vulnerability and anxiety…

2 years ago · 59 likes · 48 comments · Charlotte Pendragon

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

Click to Play Audio Jimmie Rodgers by Chas Holloway He was the creator of country music…

2 years ago · 3 likes · Chas Holloway

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

Karl Marx Is Extinct

Click to Play Video Karl Marx is Extinct by Chas Holloway Why are so many university professors taken in by this dinosaur…

2 years ago · 7 likes · Chas Holloway

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

The New Hollywood

Click to Play Video The New Hollywood by Chas Holloway Are you wondering what Hollywood’s comeback plan is…

2 years ago · 6 likes · Chas Holloway

Paul Hindemith and His “Higher Power”

On Friday I had the pleasure of reading the latest from Samantha Gluck: In this excellent essay on disengaging from The Machine, Samantha includes the following quote from one of her heroes, Jonathan Pageau: “Only attend to good and true things. People get lost in so much petty stuff and so much lowly bullsh*t. The standards are so low — everything is becoming dumber a…

2 years ago · 2 likes · 3 comments · Ol' Doc Skepsis

Cody Gene's Substack

WHATS HOLDING YOU BACK?

5/1/2024 This entry was inspired by a conversation about the subconscious mind, self-sabotoge and how it relates to societal systems. A quick disclaimer, I certainly don't have all the answers about that specific connection at that scale, but it's interesting to consider, do we build our own personal flaws into our macro-systems…

2 years ago · 1 like · Cody Gene

Chewsday Memes, May 28

Good time of day, humans! This is a small rat’s nest of memes I’ve snatched lately (mostly from Xitterverse) – some serious, some not so much. Enjoy…

2 years ago · 97 likes · 22 comments · Rat

Monday Coffee Memes #3

Good time of day, coffee lovers! We’ve amassed a new pot. Some coffee-related links: Preference for black coffee might be in your genes (Dec 2021 but still interesting) Visualizing The Global Coffee Trade In bad news, they still think you will own nothing and drink trash…

2 years ago · 38 likes · 1 comment · Rat

WEF (World Entertainment Friday), Week 22

From the darkest corners of YouTube, here are some songs that you’re unlikely to ever hear on FM radio. If you know something that would fit in, let me know in the comments…

2 years ago · 11 likes · 2 comments · Rat

A Convict's Perspective

Rearview Mirror

I was going to write an article based off my Note this morning and decided I didn't want to be tic-tacing on my phone all day. Anyway, I haven't even listened to it yet because I knew I would've been annoyed by some thing or another and don't want to re-record like I'm a YouTuber or some nonsense like that…

2 years ago · 132 likes · 69 comments · Coleman

How landscapes enter our innermost being

Welcome to Cosmographia. This post is a sort of follow up piece to an essay I wrote last year called Paris Irrealis, which explored how the romantic image of the city that I had built up in my imagination was pr…

2 years ago · 97 likes · 29 comments · M. E. Rothwell

Cultural Crossroads

Kirkwood, Laurel Canyon 2010

My dad was scared shitless when I told him I was going to Beirut. I think everyone I knew was scared for me. The more I shared my plans, the louder the doubters and critics became, making me wonder if I should even go ahead with it. My gut screamed "hell yes," my heart echoed "you have to," but my mind wavered. I told my mind to take a hike and followed …

2 years ago · 4 likes · April Larson Assi

Positive Self-Talk

Be careful what you tell yourself because you might believe it. Practicing positive self-talk is a great exercise while you are sleeping naked, grounding yourself or sun tanning your taint. It is all part of a well-rounded, and slightly off kilter, self-care toolkit…

2 years ago · 9 likes · Cygnus X-1

Dad Memes By Popular Demand: God Has Allowed Me To Live Another Day

Dad Explains is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Let’s have some fun! I’m on the bandwagon and presenting an eclectic mix of memes. None of which I created. All of which I may have giggled at or thought useful…

2 years ago · 120 likes · 14 comments · Andrew | Dad Explains

Dawn’s Writings

Demonising the sun

The fear-mongering continues apace!! The latest efforts are to make people fear the sun, as highlighted in a BBC article entitled Melanoma skin cancer cases rising in UK, which starts with the ominous message that, “A cancer charity is warning people to do more to protect themselves from the sun as the number of melanoma skin-cancer cases in the UK contin…

2 years ago · 68 likes · 38 comments · Dawn Lester

What makes us human?

In books, podcasts, and videos recently I’ve encountered a number of conversations about what it means to be an embodied human—about what truly makes us human, especially in the context of our faith. I used to think that it was sentience and intellect, but I’m finding that to be too narrow a definition…

2 years ago · 5 likes · Sunita

Spilling The Secrets Of Freemasonry

Great numbers of people become Freemasons in order to learn the Secrets of Freemasonry. How disappointed a lot of them must be when they are told ‘the secrets.’ For alas, as we know, those particular ‘secrets’ are pretty underwhelming, and not very secret at all…

2 years ago · 17 likes · 11 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

September 11th Declared "National Inside Job Remembrance Day"

Washington, D.C. – In a move that has left much of the nation bewildered, the U.S. Congress has officially declared the day September 11th as "National Inside Job Remembrance Day." According to lawma…

2 years ago · 17 likes · 9 comments · Kyle Kissinger (no relation)

My Weird Collection | Item #66: Telephone of the Dead

If you had a vintage telephone that could speak to the dead would you use it? An Occultist from St Louis in the 1930’s claimed to own such a device. He went by the alias Lucius Nacht and he was regarded among the elites as the ‘real deal’, a true Ascended master. Lucius was rumoured to have conjured many a supernatural feat, but none was more renowned th…

2 years ago · 11 likes · 10 comments · Frater Seamus

The Freedom Scale

Are You a Conservative, Radical, Reactionary, or Progressive?

Why this book | Title Page | Table of Contents Preface | Introduction PART 1 Chapter 1 (1.1) (1.2) | Chapter 2 (2.1) (2.2) (2.3) | Chapter 3 (3.1) (3.2) (3.3) (3.4) (3.5) (3.6) PART 2 Chapter 4 (4.1) (4.2) (4.3) (4.4) | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 PART 3 Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14…

2 years ago · 31 likes · 6 comments · Christopher Cook

The Freedom Scale

Government Is the Greatest Rights Violator

It’s #MemeMonday! (Discussion below.) There is a wide variety of different routes we could take in discussing today’s meme—it is pregnant with meaning. I will follow just one of those paths here: the possible objection that some conservatives might have to the notion that government is the entity with the greatest power to violate your rights…

2 years ago · 105 likes · 59 comments · Christopher Cook

The Freedom Scale

LinkedIn Accused Me of Hate Speech. (Can you help me find it?)

Here are the notices I received, by email and online…

2 years ago · 114 likes · 268 comments · Christopher Cook

Pride Before the Fall: Brief Analysis of the Late American Republic Bacchanalia

Recently, I had the pleasure (or displeasure, depending on who is reading this) of viewing Tinto Brass’ Caligula (1979) for the first time. The film examined a man’s descent into madness at the height of his power through increasingly deranged displays of debauchery; it was definitionally a…

2 years ago · 61 likes · 11 comments · Daniella Pentsak

Goatfury Writes

The Law of the Instrument

When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. When Abraham Kaplan formulated his law of the instrument back in 1964, the concept was already an old one. People understood the idea intuitively—that you could fall into a sort of trap if you only had one tool handy, and the real danger was not considering that there could be other ways of dealing with a situation…

2 years ago · 19 likes · 13 comments · Andrew Smith

Goatfury Writes

Left Tenants and Kernels

Ever notice how British English and American English have little differences in terminology and pronunciation? The two dialects are mutually understandable (mostly), but every now and then, a word becomes completely different over enough time. Once the American Revolution’s dust had settled, divided by an ocean, the dialects had a real chance to diverge and carve out a unique identity…

2 years ago · 27 likes · 31 comments · Andrew Smith

Goatfury Writes

Memorex. BASF. Maxell. These were familiar brands to Gen X kids interested in music. They provided us with the tools of our trade—the blank cassette. Blank tapes were the iPod and iTunes of the 80s and early 90s. If you wanted to copy an album so that you could listen to it anywhere else at all, you generally had to use a blank tape. It didn’t matter if it was an album (vinyl record), a CD, or another tape: if you wanted to make a copy of an album, the way to do it was to play the album and hit record on the tape deck…

2 years ago · 30 likes · 37 comments · Andrew Smith

Gratitude Journal

Reflections on Reciprocity

Over the years, I've realized that I've often been a friend to others, but they haven't always been a friend to me. Initially, this realization was painful, leading to feelings of rejection and disappointment. However, I no longer view it as a negative experience or take it personally. Instead, I've learned one of the greatest lessons…

2 years ago · 279 likes · 39 comments · Alex Elle

Hacking Narcissism

What to expect when you leave a toxic relationship

There comes a time in any relationship when you finally see the writing on the wall, and it says: “I’m with a narcissist.” “I’m in a toxic relationship.” “He/she/they’re never going to change.” And your heart and mind say that you’re done. It can feel painful and also a relief when you accept reality because now you can plan a transition toward your exit fro…

4 years ago · 27 likes · 10 comments · Nathalie Martinek PhD

Holly’s Substack

Creativity, Spirituality, and Freedom

2 years ago · 98 likes · 13 comments · Holly MathNerd

I Am Here For It, Whatever It Is

Rough, Open Air Piano Moments Captured On My Phone After Choir.

Thanks for reading I Am Here For It, Whatever It Is! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Okay, I am sick of not having a place to record. Last night, when everyone left 10 minutes early after choir practice, I recorded something quickly. That’s all the time I had. I will be planning on staying late in the future so I can have…

2 years ago · 31 likes · 58 comments · What IS a name, really?

Intellectual Dissatisfaction

These memes are intended to make light of an increasingly tense political atmosphere. This publication receives submissions from the community, and the memes held within do not reflect the opinions of the publication…

2 years ago · 36 likes · Jeremy Mercier

The Irrational Sage

FIXATING ON THE FICTION

The “evil” ones are not elite, they are not anything above you, they are lost in the inversion of the shadow buried in the root chakra, they’ve lost touch what is right side up…or at least it seems that way. I don’t know them personally, so all I can go by is what I observe by what is shown…

2 years ago · 8 likes · 2 comments · Angela Morris

The Bliss of Impossible Closeness

The Bliss of Impossible Closeness this right here this plump pillowy pad of pleasure this moment of everything feeling right feels like the embodiment of harmony like everything has its place even pain. this right here is the answer to every paradox every twisted lock of logic every frustration now instantly transmutated into hea…

2 years ago · 55 likes · 29 comments · Mike Speriosu

Joyce’s Place

Beyond the moon

Beyond the moon, the Pole Star bright, and higher than Aurora’s light, deep down below the seven seas, past mountains, floating on the breeze, across the hills and valleys green, dense forrests where no light is seen, you’ll find my world, the place where I can let you dream and make you fly…

2 years ago · 66 likes · 23 comments · Joyce

Joyce’s Place

What did I think? Nothing is new, my fleeting thoughts another ‘ruh’? What would I wish? A better day, some brightness in a morning grey? Where should I go? A winding road now up then down with heavy load? I try to find my way around, while list’ning to the ocean’s sound. The crests and troughs, the salty foam, the only place I can call home. …

2 years ago · 61 likes · 32 comments · Joyce

Exploration Of The Self

Just a quick note before I begin: This week I encountered two essays that were denigrating Tarot and Tarotists, portraying an interest in the cards as indicative of an unseriousness towards the important things in life, and as something the smart people out there would not be interested in…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 4 comments · Cameron M. Bailey

Tarot For Mental Exercise

I should get up and out of my big lazy boy chair. I should go outside. And exercise. Get my lazy butt in shape. I’d live longer. And my equally large buddy Clayton wouldn’t be able to make fun of my beer belly anymore. But, alas, no. It’s not my thing…

2 years ago · 10 likes · Cameron M. Bailey

Libre Solutions Network

Digital Autonomy and the Arts with Margaret Anna Alice

It is my honor and pleasure to have worked alongside such a passionate and talented writer. Margaret Anna Aliceis an inspiration to those worldwide who wish to resist and dismantle totalitarianism. She is one of many c…

2 years ago · 26 likes · 10 comments · Gabriel and Margaret Anna Alice

Libre Solutions Network

In defense of anonymity

“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men. I will find something in them which will hang him.” Cardinal Richelieu In a time where so much data about people is being consta…

3 years ago · 25 likes · 3 comments · Gabriel

Luke Burgis Newsletter

Girard x McLuhan: The Medium is the Mimesis

I am pleased to bring you what I believe is a groundbreaking (and long overdue) conversation about the interdisciplinary work of two luminaries of twentieth century thought: René Girard and Marshall McLuhan. The connections between these thinkers has not been adequately explored…

2 years ago · 23 likes · Luke Burgis

Margaret Anna Alice Through the Looking Glass

Dissident Dialogues: Meredith Miller (Q&As #5–7)

Below are the next three questions in my mind-expanding conversation with Meredith Miller. We discuss emancipation from mental slavery; building immunity to coercion; why our efforts to wake people up fail; collectivism; shame; radical acceptance; and transitioning from victimhood to empowerment. You will find the first four questions…

2 years ago · 75 likes · 26 comments · Margaret Anna Alice and Meredith Miller

Margaret Anna Alice Through the Looking Glass

The Vapor, the Hot Hat, & the Witches’ Potion

Once upon a time in a prosperous land, a rumor swept across the kingdom that there was an invisible vapor floating through the air. Many vapors had come before, but this one was so extraordinary, it called for an extraordinary response. This vapor, the town criers cried, could kill you at any time, anywhere. You could get it by talking, breathing, or sin…

5 years ago · 76 likes · 75 comments · Margaret Anna Alice

Matthew’s Substack

Eckhart Tolle: The Answer.

"I might as well get drunk, and then experience, the briefly—that—and then, the next hangover, and then get drunk, again, and then, eventually, I'll kill myself. But that's oh, that is only the first part." —Eckhart Tolle, "Transcending the Ego for Lasting Fulfillment | Eckhart Tolle's Wisdom…

2 years ago · 6 likes · Matthew Haviland

Matthew’s Substack

My Favorite Scenes in Television Shows.

10. Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Carl's Eyes The apostrophe up there counts for contraction, not possession. The horror-movie characters of his neighbors in New Jersey, these monsters of fast-food food that walk around and bother him, tend to kill him like Kenny…

2 years ago · 2 likes · Matthew Haviland

Memento Mori Alchemy

No More of This.

About a year ago, I found myself basically begging a person I loved to fight for their life. I believed in them more than I believed in myself. I saw what Jordan Peterson references flawlessly in this video, a glimpse of the hidden soul. Often I see this in people. You look into their eyes and you see God…

2 years ago · 43 likes · 16 comments · Tesstamona

Mythos: Living Energy of Archetypes

Self Love Challenge: Day 1

For starters, if you’re new to my mailing list, warmest welcome! If you’re already in my sphere you might have seen me talking about tantra in notes. Tantric has helped me so much with self-intimacy, not being afraid or repelled of myself, and making huge discoveries around repressed pain/ kinks/ tension…

2 years ago · 9 likes · 5 comments · Tara

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On the Road of Bones

Social Media Fakery and Flatulence

I despise ZuckBook, Zuckerberg, Meta and all of the shit and fakery of that site. The same goes for X, LinkedIn (the fakest of all sites on the internet), and pretty much all of these shallow concoctions of advertising driven flatulence. I despise how it has turned friends into acquaintances. You call a person up and it’s like you inflicted a grievous sin against humanity, “Why did you call me? You should have texted. Or better yet, didn’t you check my ZuckBook or TikTok? You should know better, I don’t have time for this…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 5 comments · The Bone Writer

The Pen and Sword Journal

How to prevent LIMITING BELIEFS from taking root in your mind.

Hey everyone, just letting you know that the article about Wabi (侘) and Sabi (寂) isn't done yet. I think I need a few more days to finish it, so I'll publish it later next week. In the meantime, I want to talk about another interesting topic: how people develop limiting beliefs according to the ABC theory. We will explore the process of how limiting beliefs are formed and what we can do to stop them from forming…

2 years ago · 27 likes · 7 comments · Martial X

Philosophy of Language

C.S. Lewis on Why All Girls Want to Be Princesses and Boys Knights

Image Courtesy As one Hasidic teacher says, the sole preoccupation of the Devil is to make us forget that we are sons and daughters of the King. Apparently, he is very effective in this line of business. When our identities are in question, we rarely think of our royal status…

2 years ago · 77 likes · 20 comments · Eugene Terekhin

Philosophy of Language

The Roller Coaster of Jane Austen's Subordinate Clauses

Image Courtesy My daughter has been reading Pride and Prejudice for a while. I asked her what she liked about it the most, and she said, “The language. I know the plot. But it’s how they speak that’s fascinating. Why can’t I speak that way?” I nodded…

2 years ago · 43 likes · 14 comments · Eugene Terekhin

Post Post Modern

Post Post Podcast #11

Hey friends! Here is the next drop of my Post Post Podcast where I talk to Stackers about their stories, both the tales they live and the ones they write. In this eleventh episode, I speak with Klaus Duell of LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS. We first crossed paths inside the comments section of a Substack post about podcasts that exist on the platform. He sent me an …

2 years ago · 16 likes · 2 comments · Jacqueline Rendell and LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS with Klaus

23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23

One of the benefits of getting older is getting wiser. This is especially true for writers; we diligently record all our hard-earned lessons, so tend to remember them. I now have reams of Word documents scribbled with lessons I learned the hard way: through good old fashioned experience. While I was trawling through them, I got the idea for an interestin…

2 years ago · 877 likes · 164 comments · Gurwinder

Reina’s Substack

Appreciate All the Beauty in Life

I've been on this Journey, we call Life for nearly half a century. I've learned a few things along the way. One major lesson that came very early on, is to Always Appreciate the; Good, Beauty, Value in any life event or situation. Even in pure chaos, if U look for it U will see the things that are positive. I’m not saying to walk around with your head i…

2 years ago · 13 likes · 13 comments · Blessed Warrior Reina

Reina’s Substack

Today again 11am was checkout. That's how my day started. I got out of bed at 7am to get everything together. I made my ☕ checked thru my emails, the temp/staffing job app on my phone, all messages, & then listened to a Reader who I follow on YT while I drank mi café. I took my shower, got dressed, packed my luggage. I went to the front desk & asked if …

2 years ago · 30 likes · 11 comments · Blessed Warrior Reina

Reina’s Substack

Boundaries & Respect

In conversation with someone recently, who I had to repeatedly reiterate my boundaries to, I was told that “having boundaries is a bad thing.” This is the first sign that someone not only doesn't respect U personally, but that they are incapable of Respecting U because they have no self respect. And throughout conversations on & off for several hours, I…

2 years ago · 35 likes · 18 comments · Blessed Warrior Reina

Reina’s Substack

A New Day Begins

As I rise today, I have no idea what’s in store. So far as I know at this moment, 11am is checkout. U would probably think I would be in a panic or having anxiety but honestly that is far from my internal set up. I've been in situations my entire life, where most people would probably end up with…

2 years ago · 27 likes · 15 comments · Blessed Warrior Reina

Reina’s Substack

The Ocean's Always Calling

Ever since I was a lil kid I have absolutely Loved the beach. Not the pretend-a-beach sand wrapped around a pond or lake- I mean salt water Ocean, vast horizon line that U can see for miles, nature-placed sand, & yes (I prefer) Palm trees. I grew up in Bridgeport CT, a city which one side length of rests on Long Island Sound (an inlet extension of the A…

2 years ago · 24 likes · 11 comments · Blessed Warrior Reina

Rise with Zan Tafakari

Beware The Curse Of Optionality

It’s always good to keep your options open, right? Probably not, and here’s a story to show you why. In 2000, researchers Sheena Iyengar and Mark Lepper set up a jam jar stand in a grocery store. One Saturday, they put 6 jams on display. The next Saturday, they put 24 jams on display…

2 years ago · 63 likes · 44 comments · Zan Tafakari

The Shrewd Artist by Michael Newberry

Episode 7: An Artist's View | Battle of Alexander, 250 BCE (Video)

2 years ago · 7 likes · 5 comments · Michael Newberry

2 years ago · 10 likes · Andō

DAILY ALKHEMY: The World And Its Systems Must Adapt To You...Not The Other Way Around

The present energies and activations are supporting us in re-entering the world…and this time on our own terms. We have been living in various stages of hermithood, as we did the requisite clearing and healing work required to reacquaint ourselves with who we actually are - beneath all the masks, personas, and narratives we were forced to take on in the false matrix system to simply survive…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 2 comments · Solarah

DAILY ALKHEMY "THROWBACK THURSDAY"

A conversation with Demi Pietchell from “The Starfire Codes” inspired this “Throwback Thursday” series. We were comparing the readings we had published around the same dates to find common threads, themes, and messages. We were pleasantly surprised to see that even over a year ago, our messages were in close alignment…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 1 comment · Solarah

Say What You Want & A Love Letter To My Supporters Here

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I’m so happy to have you here. I am blown away by the fact that my words mean something to you, and I hope I shine that little bit of light resonance in your day when you need it most. Thank you for helping me to live and bloom in my purpose - it means everythin…

2 years ago · 35 likes · 15 comments · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #18:

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I’m so happy to have you here. I am blown away by the fact that my words mean something to you, and I hope I shine that little bit of light resonance in your day when you need it most. Thank you for helping me to live and bloom in my purpose - it means everythin…

2 years ago · 18 likes · 8 comments · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #19: Breaking Free From Survival Mode Programs | You Didn't Come Here For This

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I’m so happy to have you here. I am blown away by the fact that my words mean something to you, and I hope I shine that little bit of light resonance in your day when you need it most. Thank you for helping me to live and bloom in my purpose - it means everythin…

2 years ago · 21 likes · 1 comment · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #20: Accessing A Clear Path Forwards

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I’m so happy to have you here. I am blown away by the fact that my words mean something to you, and I hope I shine that little bit of light resonance in your day when you need it most. Thank you for helping me to live and bloom in my purpose - it means everythin…

2 years ago · 30 likes · 3 comments · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #21: "Judgment Day" Is Here....And It's Not Anything Like They Told Us It Would Be | Taking Your Time Back From The Simulation

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I’m so happy to have you here. I am blown away by the fact that my words mean something to you, and I hope I shine that little bit of light resonance in your day when you need it most. Thank you for helping me to live and bloom in my purpose - it means everythin…

2 years ago · 29 likes · 8 comments · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #22: Nobody Can Do What You Came Here To Do

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I’m so happy to have you here. I am blown away by the fact that my words mean something to you, and I hope I shine that little bit of light resonance in your day when you need it most. Thank you for helping me to live and bloom in my purpose - it means everythin…

2 years ago · 37 likes · 14 comments · Solarah

Sparks of light

Long forgotten magic

This land holds echoes of a long forgotten magic. Be careful where you tread! These are sacred spaces and our sort are not often welcomed here. Don’t believe me? Just pause a moment; stop and look. See that hawthorn bush ahead? Now really look. What do you observe between the branches and the pathway? Is there something emerging there, glittering…

2 years ago · 24 likes · 3 comments · Trudi Nicola

The Kindred Spirit of Kindness

Hi, I’m Sue and I write about the beauty and ingenuity of Nature, and how we can deepen our connection for our optimum health and wellbeing. Discover more Nature-inspired content on Spiral Leaf, Twitter and my video Nature Channel. Kindness is an inherent trait of being human and is something we learn through experience and practice. As social beings, we need the kindness of others to survive, especially when we are young. This is the same for sentient animals who appreciate the kindness of human beings…

2 years ago · 13 likes · 18 comments · Sue Cartwright

Steamy Mystical Musings

Cosmic Report: Embracing the offerings of Gemini Season

Welcoming Gemini Season With the sun now shining brightly in Gemini until June 20th, we are encouraged to embrace the lively, curious, and communicative energy characteristic of this zodiac sign. This season invites us to dive into new interests, engage in meaningful conversations, and broaden our mental horizons. It en…

2 years ago · 5 likes · Audra White

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Short, Short, Short Stories

Writing a novel seems impossible, writing a short story only slightly less so, so I’m starting even shorter. Set the bar low? Enjoy. * * * * * There was a mouse who was scared of small spaces but managed to find a somewhat successful but unnoteworthy career as a field mouse…

2 years ago · 79 likes · 24 comments · Steinbergdrawscartoons

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Short, Short, Short Stories Part II

Good Morning All! In my quest to write a short story, I started at the beginning: writing short, short, short stories. Well, I’m back, and this time my stories are a touch longer, but still short, short, short. I’m almost there! Unless I get stuck racing Zeno’s…

2 years ago · 47 likes · 11 comments · Steinbergdrawscartoons

Woooo, hoooo, witchy woman…

Being a full-fledged Scorpio, I have always had an interest in the occult. (FWIW, “occult” merely means “the unknown,” but generally speaking, people construe it to mean weird, wicked (as opposed to pronouncing it like wickt (thanks, NYT Connections for that candle tomfoolery), or supernatural.) I believe, without question, that the Universe sends me …

2 years ago · 5 likes · 2 comments · Kris Jackson

The Sly Coronation of Nikki Haley

In a February edition of the TDT I ruminated on Nikki Haley’s stubborn refusal to step out of the 2024 presidential race; after she finally did, swearing she would never support former President Donald Trump, I couldn’t help but think we had not heard the last from her…

2 years ago · 23 likes · 11 comments · Stone Bryson

Written In Stone [05/31/2024]

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Written In Stone. This is the newsletter for you, the paid Members, sent every week between Tuesday and Thursday. Each mailing includes site updates, personal musings, and random drops from my ongoing explorations with AI Image generation… plus much more…

2 years ago · 6 likes · 4 comments

Science Fiction Frontiers Expedition Newsletter- 26 May 2024

Exploring Writer’s Log: 27.05.2024 Earth Solar Time. Writer’s have suspicious and enquiring minds. They are always looking for new ideas, new perspectives and new ways to weave and create their stories. In the world of fiction and science fiction we can make worlds that defy the imagination. Every impossible idea, set in the future with some great idea, …

2 years ago · 6 likes · 4 comments · Warren Brown

Talking to Myself

wednesday's child is full of woe

The nickname "Wednesday" has clung to me for as long as I can remember. Each time it's uttered, my eyes narrow, thinning as I exhale a drawn-out breath — a disproportionate amount of air expelling in a theatrical display of annoyance. But it’s all an act…

2 years ago · 39 likes · 27 comments · Caroline

Community Comments - Sometimes the Movie's Better

As you can (maybe) tell from the above image of the shark from Jaws eating a monk from The Name of the Rose, John wrote about movies this week—particularly, movies that are better than the books that they’re based on. If you haven’t already, go read it. It was a lot of fun, and as a bonus, there are three more fantastic AI-generated monk-eating shark im…

2 years ago · 14 likes · 2 comments · Melissa Petrie

The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick. Has anyone ever read this thing? I haven’t, but the purpose of this post is to hopefully push me to one day read it AND be able to discuss it with all you lovely people. In March of 2023 I gave Melissa a ring to signify our engagement to be wed. A few days later she gifted me…

2 years ago · 44 likes · 17 comments · John Mistretta

Inside the Whale

This is the first chapter of my book Breaking Big Brother, which will be published in installments here on Thinking Man. To read the introduction, click here. “Every line of serious work I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly…

2 years ago · 28 likes · 15 comments · Melissa Petrie

This Changes Everything

NYT leads way in 'bird flu' propaganda

As you know if you have been hanging out with me for a while, my main topic in this newsletter is the importance of knowing that viruses have never been proven to exist, and that understanding this, along with knowing that the disproven germ hypothesis and the concept of contagion are false paradigms for how and why we get sick, can open us to seeing al…

2 years ago · 20 likes · 18 comments · Betsy

86 BILLION NEURONS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN! LET'S USE THEM!

As part of my ongoing research into nano-tech I am reading the latest book by David A. Hughes, lecturer and program leader in International Relations at the UK’s University of Lincoln: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379906687_The_Coming_Unrest…

2 years ago · 80 likes · 94 comments · Frances Leader

He Who Rules Is The Law

Recently I have seen rumblings and rumours which suggest that the newly announced general election has been hurriedly called for July 4th 2024 because Rishi Sunak does not wish to go down in history as the British Prime Minister who presides over WW3…

2 years ago · 103 likes · 63 comments · Frances Leader

Granny Kettlebridge

Today - May 23rd, 2024, three days after my 49th birthday - I delivered the manuscript of my third novel to my publishers. I am instructing myself not to get too carried away and self-congratulatory about this. The world is arguably already too full of books and not full enough of the kind of people who still read them. I am fully aware of the small, niche place of mine in the grand scheme of things. Also, who knows? Maybe this one isn’t as good as I think it is. On the other hand, I might just permit myself to tentatively pat my own back this evening, maybe even drink a glass of mid-budget wine…

2 years ago · 235 likes · 28 comments · Tom Cox

What Will Life Really Be Like After The Internet Gets Incinerated?

It was 2015 when I first sketched out my ‘Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash’. Recently, I gave the sketch to my dad, Mick, and he came up with the infinitely more attractive and detailed version you can see above. 2029 seemed exotically, brain-meltingly far away in 2015 but now it’s no further in the future than the beginning of Covid is in…

2 years ago · 327 likes · 77 comments · Tom Cox

Crom and the Morrigan

I wrote this a few years ago when I was heavily into Hindu mythology, particularly the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The names of characters are drawn from Gaelic myth, but the allegory of the struggle between rage, greed, malice and insanity and the better aspects of our nature is the same…

2 years ago · 6 likes · 7 comments · Ross Ion Coyle

Welcome to Absurdistan

The Wall of Death for Western Economies

When I drove 20,000 miles through rural America a few years back, I was struck by the dilapidated nature of, well, just about everything. The towns were rundown, there were thousands of abandoned farms and ranches and family houses. Sidewalks broken, every other shop was abandoned. Fields ran untended, forests filled with brush and fire ladders, hangers-on in trailers with a junkyard dog and rifle racks on trucks. Hunting was a necessity, not a sport…

2 years ago · 307 likes · 217 comments · elizabeth nickson

An Aspect of War Worth Loving

Thank you to all the new subscribers. What then? is now read in 43 states and 50 countries. I couldn’t be more grateful to have so many of you joining in this mission to find the Stoic thread in every subject possible. I hope you enjoy this…

2 years ago · 28 likes · 6 comments · Sam Alaimo

Witchcraft and Metaphysics with Jenna Newell Hiott

The Archetype and The Tarot: The Samaritan and Knight of Pentacles

Through the Samaritan and Knight of Pentacles, this week we’re being called to look at our patterns of offering assistance. Can we come to see that all are equally deserving of help? Welcome everyone! For an overview of what I’m doing here, please check out…

2 years ago · 31 likes · 13 comments · Jenna Newell Hiott

🌻 A Year of Mental Health

Last week I hosted a call with a number of readers to talk about the topic of Unlearning. We’ll do another call at some point soon! And maybe some in-person meetups as well. For now, here are a few things we covered during the call. This isn’t a comprehensive transcript, more like a summary that could guide you to your own ideas…

2 years ago · 64 likes · 25 comments · Chris Guillebeau

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Greatly appreciate the inclusion! For some reason I wasn't sent a notification, so I'm glad I checked in.

I just wanted to say I've been catching up on your podcast and I'm finding it excellent!

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Matthew Haviland

Thanks for the inclusion! Your reading is vast.

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