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Wounded
Remember being yourself, before the world taught you how to be Someone else?
Before you were wounded, before you were
Bullied, chastised, ignored into the splints you wear now? Continue reading
Leaving Las Vegas
Las Vegas could be the poster city for climate chaos, but people continue to move there and use up their fast disappearing supplies of water. Strip shows, gambling casinos, and spectacular lighting are everywhere, but nature is nowhere to be found. Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, disconnection, drought, global warming, water
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Secrets of Successful Seniors
Old people don’t just take up space; we are participants in the world. Keep growing. Don’t be afraid to try new things. Keep making new friends. We’ll contribute more and enjoy life more. Continue reading
Posted in Self-Care Support, Uncategorized
Tagged acceptance, aging, aging well, assertivness gratitude, self-care
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American Freedom Is A Scam
Social support creates freedom. Isolation disguised as freedom creates misery. Going it alone doesn’t work.
In the minds of US rulers, yelling “freedom” is a way to get people to spend their money, work their asses off, and fight wars. Continue reading
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Tagged isolation, Liberty, materialism, militarism, propaganda
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Who Can Own The Earth?
This is why we need a new relationship to land. Instead of seeing it as a bunch of resources to own and exploit, we need to care for it. Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, economics, indigenous wisdom, politics, real estate
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They Want Us to Work for Nothing
When Southern descendants of slaves started moving North, planters tried everything to keep them. They arrested would-be migrants at train stations. They barred Northern recruiters from towns. Articles were written; emergency meetings were held. The one thing they never seemed to consider was paying their workers a decent wage. Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, economics, labor history, sharecroppers, universal basic income
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Gratitude Can Change the World
“Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” Henri-Frederic Amiel Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, gift, indigenous wisdom, Nature, reciprocity, sharing
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Partner – Sharing: Sex without the patriarchy
Sexual relations should not be property relations. We don’t need to serve the patriarchy in bed. We no longer live tribally as our non-monogamous ancestors did, but why shouldn’t we live as if our happiness mattered? Continue reading
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Tagged nonmonogamy, polyamory, property relations, sexuality, swinging
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Palestinian Scholars Fight Tech Censorship
By erasing the AMED Studies page, Facebook is assuming a vast power that all conscientious users must reject: the power to ban university academic programs from their platform, especially those that center on justice for Palestine. Continue reading
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Tagged academic freedom, Big Tech, censorship, freedom, Israel Lobby
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Israel Promotes Anti-Semitism
Israel calls itself the Jewish state and privileges Jews above all other groups, especially the indigenous Palestinians. They use this self-proclaimed representation of Jews to claim that anyone who attacks their state is attacking Jews. This endangers all of us. When Israel says of every action and every publication that attacks Israel: ‘If you don’t like us, you don’t like Jews,’ some will respond, ‘’OK then. Maybe we don’t.’ Continue reading