America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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The UPS driver always leaves packages behind the planter by my door.
Not on the doorstep where they'd be visible.
Behind the planter. Where only someone who lives here would think to look.
Yesterday I saw him arranging it just so, making sure it was completely hidden.
"Porch pirates," he explained with a shrug.
Some people are quietly taking care of everyone.
sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
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Best mental reset I’ve learned:
If your mind is loud — Write.
If your mind is empty — Read.
If your mind is racing — Walk.
If your mind is tired — Sleep.
If your mind is sharp — Build.
Most problems are just mismatched energy. Get the inputs right, the rest follows.
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Be bored more often.
Go for long walks. Meditate. Journal your thoughts. Read new books. Spend time alone without devices. You would get to understand yourself a lot much better. Your brain gets the best ideas when it is left to wander.
In those quiet moments, you'll uncover clarity and inspiration that can't be found in constant stimulation.
Update on Pence from Fox:
"The conviction of former President Trump on politically motivated charges is an outrage and disservice to the nation," Pence told Fox News Digital.
"No one is above the law, but our courts must not become a tool to be used against political opponents," Pence continued. "To millions of Americans, this was nothing more than a political prosecution driven by a Manhattan DA who ran for office on a pledge to indict the former president and this conviction undermines confidence in our system of justice."
Oh well.
(at about 45:33) - Tim says "you know there were like seven people on Twitter last night that are like now I've never voted for Trump before and now I am" The "Free" Press found them: thefp.com/p/theyre-voti… . I can't get inside their heads, but they're out there.
I'm not a lawyer, but I've seen anti-Trump lawyers on both sides of this case. Elie Honig ("Few if any people in American history have flouted the law in as many ways, over as many years, in as public a manner as Trump has" sez EH in …
Yeah, I've heard both sides. I was expecting a hung jury. Mona expressed her skepticism of the case very well one Friday during her show. I keep coming back to Merrick Garland and his half-measures dealing with the ongoing 1/6 crime. I'm still mad Biden is running in the first place. But he is, the NY verdict is what it is, and Garland's delay means we're done with court cases before the election. I'm going to take Larry Hogan's advice and respect the jury's decision. I'm also going to try to e…
We need a consensual reality to have a functioning democracy. People don't agree on what's real right now. OK, all of us never agree perfectly, and the differences are exaggerated by the extremes being most vocal, but I really feel like we don't have enough of a shared view right now to operate effectively. The dehumanization of each side by the other (and the dehumanization of adversaries outside the country and non-citizens within the country) is particularly worrisome to me, as is the temptation to dehumanize the dehumanizers.
Agree on the lack of a shared reality. Unclear about dehumanization. The MAGAs are presenting a domestic threat to the Constitution. I may need to dehumanize them in order to truly defend it.
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