Happy Belated Birthday, Ammon! xo
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Owner Fat Eyes Web Development- based in Santa Barbara, CA since 1998. I write, make art, pay attention, and practice Zen in the Rinzai koan tradition. I love animals -wild ones, and my dog, in particular, and the outdoors. Also at fateyes.com
Happy Belated Birthday, Ammon! xo
Such a moving moment when Chuck Schumer asked Corey if he knew he's passed the 25 hour mark. Thank you HCR for telling the whole story as always.
Read this.
...Three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse ...think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath ... they're immune to the impact ...their power is not merely part of larger systems ... think they have defeated cause and effect. bit.ly/3XfLQOO
Hee hee... report back when you get there. ;)
That's because it's bad for you in the end.
Legacy media is failing to keep us informed over and over. they barely touch the surface. Thankfully, a growing cadre of independent journalists is stepping up. There's amazing reporting, commentary and record-keeping going on.
Here's a great piece from Feb. 1. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/call-it-by...
I wish it was laughable.
One of our supporters shared this with usβpeople are getting creative tonight!
Whatever the source, it's helpful. It's actually attributed to Mary Ann Pietzker, a Victorian poet, from her poem "Is It True? Is It Necessary? Is It Kind?" published in her collection "Miscellaneous Poems" in 1872. I've also seen it attributed to Socrates, Rumi, and Sathya Sai Baba.
I really like this thing that Ezra Klein quoted from Loren DeJonge Schulman, a former Office of Management and Budget official, on his latest podcast, "The Breaking of The Constitutional Order"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Real. Not hidden. For us to see.
Musk. "...stressed the importance βthat people take pride in Germany and being German,β ...not to lose their national pride in βsome kind of multiculturalism that dilutes everything.β
www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/e...
green vase with orange berry bouquet and small stone sculpture on fireplace lit by evening sun
If I don't see the things that stop me in my tracks, I'm sunk.
C. He doesn't want to because he is a malignant narcissist and is only interested in gaining ultimate power by any means necessary.
On Martin Luther King Jr Day, we shall remember the woman who shattered ceilings to be to the first Black/Asian woman to be the American Vice President. Thank You Kamala Devi Harris for all of your work these past 4 years ππΎ #kamalaharris #martinlutherkingjr #blacksky
They will remember you.
My dog of the day!
Credits to @ginafiedel.bsky.social
#seocharity #dogoftheday
www.seocharity.com/live-stream
My favorite girl! Thank you, Anton! She's still grinning at getting to be Princess for a Day.
The gift-ness seems to have expired. :(
I've been listening to Pod Save America for a long time. You've inspired me to look at the others to see what else I want to check out. First will be Stacey Abrams. Thanks!
I listen to CM in the morning on my walks, in Apple Podcasts. Love them. Alarmed:Enlightened for sure.
How's THIS for a morning brightener?! It makes me happy.
These are high school kids!
youtu.be/QY5FzIBQ4mI?...
The thing is, the lab might be in on it.
.... yeah, but.... whose bone?
In our group (Zoom) meditation this morning, one of the women took a walk on a snowy field. We got to go with her. Silent snow.
ouch
Great to see you too, friend!
Something pretty. For Monday. I probably don't need to elaborate further.
Post from writer Tom Nichols: If you want to subvert a democracy, the first three institutions you try to capture with loyalists are the military, the justice system, and the intelligence community. Trump is on the offensive against all three.
The point of bringing in Hegseth, Gaetz and Gabbard is to burn it all to the ground. Senate: You must recognize this and stop it.