🌟 What I'm Reading: 7-14-2024 🌟

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Jul 14, 2024

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What I'm Reading: 7-14-2024

The Harvey Dent Awards: Stephen Colbert

I am ecstatic to welcome you to the third annual Harvey Dent Awards! Glamour and glitter, fashion and fame… The Harvey Dent Awards have it all! Named for the two-faced Gotham district attorney, the illustrious Harvey Dent Award is bestowed upon exceptional individuals who best exemplify both…

2 years ago · 32 likes · 24 comments · Apollo's Lyre

Joey’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

The last few weeks have been a real malarkey storm for Joe Biden. His legendary debate performance the other day sent shockwaves across our societal psychosis, disturbing even the Dem Faithful in ways that I would have thought nigh-impossible. The subsequent scrambling to console and corral the confused flock was quite a sight to behold. I wrote about it …

a year ago · 28 likes · 6 comments · Apollo's Lyre

Beyond the Visible

Boundaries are Bridges in Understanding

This entry is part of a series on “The Hero’s Journey from Trauma to Freedom”: Prologue: The Intentional Invitation. 1. Overcoming Past Patterns. 2. Meeting the Catalyst. 3. Crossing into the Unknown. 4. Rediscovering the Inner Landscape. 5. Meeting the Inner Child…

a year ago · 10 likes · 2 comments · Alex de Carvalho

Remember when blogs were just blogs?

I miss the days when blogs were just… blogs. Web logs! Little glimpses into someone’s days. Here’s what’s happening. Here’s what I had for breakfast + a quick recipe. Here’s a cute photo of my cat. Here’s the workout I did. Here’s why my boyfriend is the best. Here’s a movie I’m loving. No pressure. Just a place to share the sometimes mundane, sometimes exciting. What I loved most about the golden days of blogging was that it was…

a year ago · 30 likes · 17 comments · faye boam

The Charlotte Pendragon Diaries by Charlotte Pendragon

Ol’ Blue Eyes

“The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything” Frank Sinatra December 12, 1915, in the kitchen of a tenement home at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, thirteen-pound Martin’s lifeless and blue body was laid on the kitchen counter by the doctor as he turned to treat his grieving mother. His grandmother picked up the stil…

a year ago · 54 likes · 17 comments · Charlotte Pendragon

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

Click to Play Audio Juke Joints by Chas Holloway A uniquely American tradition…

a year ago · 6 likes · Chas Holloway

Chas Holloway's Thinkopolis

Click to Play Audio Linear - B by Chas Holloway The first western language in the world…

a year ago · 3 likes · Chas Holloway

Christine Massey's "germ" FOI Newsletter

'bird flu' hoax update: 🍁 lead agency still can't provide/cite scientific evidence of 'H5N1' or contagion of symptoms

Greetings and Best Wishes, Background You might like to skip this section if you have been following my newsletter in recent months. My April 8, 2024 newsletter included: Calvin Perrins and Michael O'Bernicia’s Notice of Conditional Acceptance for farmers being harassed by “government” agencies over the imaginary “H5N1…

a year ago · 111 likes · 80 comments · Christine Massey FOIs

Chewsday Memes, Jul 9

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…

a year ago · 106 likes · 10 comments · Rat

A Convict's Perspective

The Feminist Movement

Good morning ladies. While there's clearly better things for you to be doing than being here, that floor isn't going to sweep itself, I still find it adorable any time I stumble across one of you reading. I comment to guys all the time about how smart you girls really are…

a year ago · 395 likes · 420 comments · Coleman

A Convict's Perspective

My "Beautiful Christian"

Warning: what follows is graphic and distressful. I did not water it down nor did I pull punches. My daughter deserves to be recognized more than you deserve to be protected. I wrote this for her, not you. Doctors and nurses raced around me as if I weren't even there. Machines and alarms and a cacophony of overlapping yelling voices turned into unintelli…

2 years ago · 486 likes · 176 comments · Coleman

A Convict's Perspective

Workplace Anxiety

“Okay, let's not panic but I think they just came home” she whispered to me, her voice filled with wide eyed concern. I glanced in the direction of the sound and shrugged as I continued to ransack the upstairs bedroom, though quietly now. “It's fine” I said to myself…

a year ago · 118 likes · 42 comments · Coleman

The Cosmic Mirror

Awakening Through the 7/7 Sirius Portal

As I open my channel to the Divine, an abundance of energies spills out. This alignment with the Divine energies is crucial, setting the tone for your spiritual journey. Remember to connect your heart and set your intentions. Your intentions are the key to receiving what you desire to achieve. This alignment will reassure you and fill you with confidenc…

a year ago · 21 likes · 12 comments · Goddess Renell

Cultural Crossroads

From Fear to Fascination

Previously: In a harrowing journey, Joseph and I evaded highway bandits as we raced towards safety in Tripoli. Joseph's calm demeanor and expert driving contrasted sharply with the chaos outside, revealing his hidden skills and deep resilience. My mind reeled, trying to process the surreal reality of modern-day bandits while reflecting on a similarly te…

a year ago · 6 likes · 3 comments · April Larson Assi

Dad's Driving Advice

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery. Douglas Horton THIS IS A REPOST FROM JANUARY OF 2023. IT’S STILL RELEVANT. ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE OLDEST IS DRIVING. WHICH IS RUDE.Drive your way to a subscription by adding that email in the box below…

a year ago · 49 likes · 16 comments · Andrew | Dad Explains

Words From My Grandfather

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children. Alex HaleyDad Explains is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber…

a year ago · 12 likes · Andrew | Dad Explains

Disaffected Newsletter

Musical Interlude: Live to Tell

Longtime readers know I’ve been letting go of my emotional relationship with Madonna. She is in some ways not what she was, and exactly what she always was. But there is the back catalog. Owing to her own antics that overshadowed everything else, she is not recognized for the quality of her pop music. Her best work is on ballads; this is where you can …

a year ago · 38 likes · 19 comments · Josh Slocum

dwtruthwarrior’s Substack

THE CULT OF ENVY EXPLAINED

Communism, Fascism & Totalitarianism (or any form of collectivism) can be defined quite accurately as: A CULT OF ENVY. Full presentation here…

a year ago · 19 likes · dwtruthwarrior

Of Pisco and Peru: Iquitos Pt. 12

I fake a grin. “What a world we live in.” “The best. ¡Bienvenidos a Peru!” Marcello leans in and snorts a huge line. “Figlio di puttana!” He clutches his chair as his eyes lurch to the back of his head like he’s doing a 2,000 volt galvanic shuffle, then goes catatonic…

a year ago · 27 likes · 11 comments · EpicGonzo

The Freedom Scale

Rapper Shreds Obama's Covid Birthday Bash

Longtime readers may recall, from previous posts, that I am leaving most other social media sites. I don’t need to spend my precious time in venues where I am censored by shrieking blue-hairs and the real-life version of Comic-Book Guy from The Simpsons…

a year ago · 106 likes · 36 comments · Christopher Cook

From Brain to Mind

Intermittent Fasting and Your Brain

Ketones may be the key to unlocking a healthier brain. Some doctors have recommended diets that increase brain ketone levels as part of the regimen to treat drug-resistant epilepsy in children. Others claim that high ketone levels may be of benefit to those suffering from neurological disorders, including headache, autism, sleep disorders, neurodegenerat…

a year ago · 16 likes · 4 comments · Marc Arginteanu

From Brain to Mind

Perfect is the Enemy of Good

Screws and rods don’t really seem to belong inside the human body. Shiny titanium, dripping blood, protruding from ivory bone like an alien’s appendage: weird, right? The internal fixation of vertebrae certainly has its proper place in the surgeon’s armamentarium, though. Especially in the never-ending battle against tumor, trauma or spinal degeneration…

a year ago · 9 likes · Marc Arginteanu

The Forgotten Side of Medicine

The Great Cholesterol Scam and The Dangers of Statins

Story at a Glance: •There is a widespread belief that elevated cholesterol is the “cause” of cardiovascular disease. However, a large body of evidence shows that there is no association between the two and that lower cholesterol significantly increases one’s risk of death…

a year ago · 966 likes · 181 comments · A Midwestern Doctor

Goatfury Writes

During the 80s, we had several movies about teenage rebellion, showcasing the angst of coming of age. Some of these films used dark humor quite well, and those are the ones that resonated with me. You might remember Better Off Dead with John Cusack. The film touches on some very serious themes like depression and even suicide, but it uses clumsy and absurd humor to mask the seriousness of the subject matter…

a year ago · 59 likes · 35 comments · Andrew Smith

Grace of St. Mary

And it was with a heave of satisfaction that Mr Daniels previously an accountant and further previously having calculated the odds of becoming steak at well bellow one hundred percent set aside almost all of life’s worries and became a cow…

2 years ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · The Shadow Band

Hacking Narcissism

Freeing from the web of conditioning

I recently saw this short essay on a friend’s Facebook page, written by an anonymous author and it didn’t sit right with me. I chose to let another’s paradigm change my path….I betrayed my values in order to fit in and incurred self-harm as a consequence…I could have chosen to leave the situation but I did not trust myself to succeed elsewhere…I chose…

3 years ago · 11 likes · Nathalie Martinek PhD

Hacking Narcissism

Mothers are not saints

This is not going to be an anti-feminism rant. I’m neither feminist nor anti-feminist because I vowed to never join a cult after exiting enough of them. Every woman has a mean girl story, sometimes starring her own mother. Women who deny experiencing being hurt by competitive, underhanded, envious, calculating, and humiliating behaviour …

a year ago · 62 likes · 41 comments · Nathalie Martinek PhD

House of Revolt

One Year Ago, this Manatee Was Sodomized to Death

Meet Buffet the manatee. A captive animal at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida, Buffet is the subject of research as well as the first introduction many children have to his species. He’s an ambassador! He’s a scientist! He’s a sex predator…

a year ago · 49 likes · 39 comments · Hannah Rose Williams

Mack's Memo • Intuitive Public Radio

Watch the Replay • Jacqueline Rendell with Megan Elizabeth Morris on this Intuitive Public TV

This… was a stunning miracle…

a year ago · 7 likes · 3 comments · IPR with Mack Morris and Jacqueline Rendell

Mack's Memo • Intuitive Public Radio

What Happened When We Found Demi Pietchell • And soon, this Intuitive Public TV Simultistream

Demi Pietchell — divine créatrice of The Starfire Codes — joins us on Monday's live Intuitive Public TV Simultistream broadcast at 1 PM Eastern, 15 July 2024. Yes, do come. We've been seeking out the energetic…

a year ago · 8 likes · IPR with Mack Morris

It Happened in College...

I am speaking at The Theosophical Society in America during AstroGnosis 3, and early bird tickets are now available. The theme of "simulated reality" hits home for me because, in 1995, this topic showed me that academia had no room for someone like James True…

2 years ago · 10 likes · 1 comment · James True

Man's Deadliest Weapon

Man’s deadliest weapon is intel. The King’s ear is as powerful as his lips. The eclipse was man’s first scoop. The Aztec hoarded this knowledge and used it during war to cast fear upon their enemies. In 1815, Nathan Mayer Rothschild laundered British government bonds with exclusive intel of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. In May of…

2 years ago · 18 likes · 3 comments · James True

Notre Dame Revisited

The following story was written five days after the Notre Dame fire. It has been reprinted here today as a measure for our collective scrutiny. Notre Dame showed us how short our attention span is and how little it takes to make people forget the unanswered questions and the fog of propaganda…

2 years ago · 22 likes · James True

Terrence, Degrasse, and Kruger

Science is not the pursuit of true. Science is the pursuit of knowing. We don't call it sophia-ence because science is focused on what a collective "knows." The collective knows what was on the news last night and if we know what it heard we call that science but what we heard could be wrong and that’s fine. Science changes after all. The truth doesn’t …

a year ago · 13 likes · 3 comments · James True

Joyce’s Place

Incredibly proud to have the multi-talented Jenn here with gorgeous drawings and a text I could drown in. After a day spent soaking up and reveling in the bright glories of daylight —my eager eyes bouncing distractedly through the noise of light, shadow, color, shape, texture, and pattern— it is a relief to see the muted, hushed night coming on. I ret…

a year ago · 73 likes · 47 comments · Joyce and Jenn

Joyce’s Place

Still spins the dream

Still spins the dream its colours gold, keeps me the night in gentle hold still seems the morrow far away, but twilight turns into the day. As sun comes up the dream is gone… I whisper, ‘please, I’m not yet done, just let me stay in Hypnos’ keep, not morrow’s light bereft of sleep. My love’s too far, but near i…

a year ago · 59 likes · 31 comments · Joyce

Libre Solutions Network

Digital Autonomy & The Arts With The Starfire Codes

In this conversation, I join The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell to learn from her experience as someone with a long career in online media. Demi is a fascinating kindhearted woman with a real flair for memes and metaphysics. We touch…

a year ago · 15 likes · 15 comments · Gabriel and The Starfire Codes

Margaret Anna Alice Through the Looking Glass

Vera Sharav’s Speech: We Can’t Forget (6/28/24) + Profiles in Courage: Vera Sharav

Profiles in Courage: Vera Sharav When most people hear the name “Vera Sharav,” the first thing they think of is “Holocaust survivor.” But surviving the Third Reich was just the beginning of this feisty librarian’s hero’s journey. Like many heroes, Vera’s greatness blossomed from tragedy. Born Vera Roll in Romania in 1937…

a year ago · 204 likes · 45 comments · Margaret Anna Alice and Vera

The McLuhan Newsletter

Reading, and Understanding Media

“I don’t explain, I explore” Sixty years ago, Marshall McLuhan published ‘Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.’ The book upset many people, delighted others. Among many, people like Umberto Eco and Lester Sinclair dis…

a year ago · 43 likes · 1 comment · Andrew McLuhan

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On the Road of Bones

Fight Through The Pain

I think, and I have no facts to back me up here, but a pretty good hunch, that younger generations are more susceptible to pain and hurt than older generations. I hypothesize, that after Gen X, male pain tolerance cratered and fell off a cliff. I have only the experiences that I have witnesses around me to make this determination but time and time again, the Millennials, and now Gen Z coming up, have proven to be some fragile ass motherfuckers. No wonder they no longer party and go to the clubs (are there night clubs still?), the hangover on the following day would have these poor helpless souls laid up for a week on end. That’s not even to mention their mental state if they struck out when they tried to ask a real live girl out on a date. Do they still date or do they just swipe a certain way and bang and then judge courtship of fuckitude? I’ve no clue. That may be for another piece. Back to pain…

a year ago · 9 likes · 2 comments · The Bone Writer

On the Road of Bones

I'm not a fan of hypocrisy. Being a hypocrite is one of the biggest sins in my opinion. That the majority of people are hypocrites, is probably another reason I distrust most people. If you are a hypocrite then you have a foundation built on sand and no valid argument in any debate…

a year ago · 10 likes · 3 comments · The Bone Writer

Path of God: A Believer's Journal

Can All Religions Be True?

Hello and welcome to Path of God: A Believer's Journal, where faith meets reason in a harmonious exploration of the divine. I am The Rational Believer (formerly The Naive Spiritualist), and this space is dedicated to the thoughtful examination of religious beliefs, the pursuit of spiritual understanding, and the quest for truth. Here, we delve into the …

a year ago · 3 likes · The Rational Believer

Polymathic Being

Looking Into a Mirror

Welcome to Polymathic Being, a place to explore counterintuitive insights across multiple domains. These essays take common topics and explore them from different perspectives and disciplines and, in doing so, come up with unique insights and solutions. Fundamentally, a Polymath is a type of thinker who spans diverse specialties and weaves together in…

2 years ago · 43 likes · 2 comments · Michael Woudenberg

Post Post Modern

Know what you want so you can ask for it.

Hello my lovelies! It’s been a while since I last wrote a post that contained my thoughts about any and all things related to what I consider to be a Post Post Modern way of being. This is simply due to the fact that I haven’t had many thoughts to express…

a year ago · 44 likes · 30 comments · Jacqueline Rendell

Post Post Modern

Post Post Podcast #13

Hello, my fellow Stackers. This newest episode of my podcast features a wonderful conversation with one of Substack’s most fabulously curious poetic creatures, Jamie Millard. Discovering his stack was like immediately connecting in resonance with a fellow soul who, like I, is devoted to going within to find the answers to all that we seek…

a year ago · 14 likes · 8 comments · Jacqueline Rendell and Jamie Millard

Good time of day, humans! It was supposed to be the silly time of the week, but Cousin comes with his problems… The first thing any feng shui book should explain is the proper placement of itself…

a year ago · 93 likes · 13 comments · Rat

Poetry Interlude: Origins

Please enjoy another beautiful piece of poetry by Trudi Nicola of “Sparks Of Light.” Trudi has very generously agreed to share poems that she has scribed in response to, or in tandem with, what is coming up in themes I write about in my “Sunrise Salutations…

a year ago · 22 likes · 5 comments · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #59: Getting Off The Ferris Wheel Of Fuckery! | Not Your Circus. Not Your Monkeys. Not Your Story Anymore.....

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am to have you here. Thank you especially to those of you who are my most recent patrons. Thank you for valuing my words, energy, and contribution enough to support my work and give back to my ability to live and create. Yo…

a year ago · 20 likes · 5 comments · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #61: My Journey Out Of My Narcississtic "Family" Cult | Another Milestone Reached

Thank you for being here today. Today’s instalment of “Sunrise Salutations” is a lot more personal in nature. I like to keep things real, and every message of hope I ever share with you has been wrought from deep spaces where I’ve been made to feel hopeless and needed to hear those words myself too…

a year ago · 35 likes · 34 comments · Solarah

SUNRISE SALUTATION #63: The Sins Of The Father....Finding The Way Back Home To The True Foundations That Support Emotional Fulfillment

Thank you for being here today, and a very warm welcome to my newest readers and subscribers. I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am 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…

a year ago · 18 likes · 2 comments · Solarah

Has France Fallen?

On Sunday France completed its snap parliamentary elections, which were called by President Emmanuel Macron a little over a month ago. The polling data and general mood leading up to the final round of voting suggested the ‘far right’ (Marine le Pen’s ‘National Rally’ [RN] party and its allies) was heading toward a massive victory, with the possibility …

a year ago · 63 likes · 31 comments · Stone Bryson

Murder Was My Sin

Newer followers may not yet know this, but along with news and commentary I also occasionally post fiction and lyrical poetry; what is below, is both. One of my poetic ballads, from 2006… Murder Was My Sin I can hear the footstep's echo coming down the corridor…

a year ago · 48 likes · 16 comments · Stone Bryson

Written In Stone [07/11/2024]

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 posting includes site updates, news-bites, and personal musings, along with whatever else is striking my fancy at the moment of publication…

a year ago · 6 likes · 8 comments

Susan’s Substack

Wish You Were Here

Yesterday, Steven died. Today, I am laying in a hospital bed trying to convince a social worker that I didn’t intentionally overdose on prescription pills. I told him I’d accidentally taken the wrong pills. I need out of here. I hoped he’d believe my lie. It’s 8:00 am, the day after Steven’s dying day, my 59th birthday. This feels surreal. I want to scr…

a year ago · 13 likes · 3 comments · Susan Marie Mason

Where does self-sabotage come from? You know, that impulse to give up on a project when it’s just about done, to start an argument with someone when your relationship has been a little too stable. It’s that feeling right when you’re about to get what you’ve always wanted that you don’t actually want it anymore, that in fact, the secret to your happiness is just around some other corner…

a year ago · 5 likes · Melissa Petrie

Useful / Beautiful

I'm wrong, you're wrong, nothing is real, and there are infinite possibilities beyond what we're capable of perceiving

Hi, The way I see the world is wrong. You too. We’re all wrong. Not “wrong” in the sense that I shouldn’t see it this way, but wrong in that it’s not true, not accurate. My perspective is one view, seeing only a fraction of what is possible. That view is often colored by the scared and protective parts of my psyche. My ego, small self, lizard brain, wh…

a year ago · 6 likes · 2 comments · Kate Thompson

Witchcraft and Metaphysics with Jenna Newell Hiott

The Archetype and The Tarot: The Explorer and The Hermit

Through the Explorer archetype and the Hermit, this week we’re being called to commit to a path. Can we allow our inner Hermit’s lantern to guide us through this choice? Welcome everyone! For an overview of what I’m doing here, please check out this post all about it…

a year ago · 34 likes · 21 comments · Jenna Newell Hiott

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