the nature of suffering is to insist upon applying an ineffective spiritual practice
If you're suffering longer than a few minutes, you need a different approach
Biden Depression Syndrome (BDS)
Helplessness, apathy or resignation in response to Joe Biden or the policies of his administration. Analogous to Trump Derangement Syndrome, but with depression rather than derangement.
Dan Peña
Dan Pena, Trillion-Dollar Man, "the Executive High Performance Super Success Coach" --his website. Calibrated as a teacher.
10 Myths About Government Debt
"Prof. Antony Davies explains the many miss-understandings about Government Debt. Myth 1 is that the government owes “only” $20 trillion. (In reality, it’s much more.) But luckily, Myth 10 is that there’s no way to fix this problem…" --youtube
sportswashing (concept)
"the practice of individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing" --wikpedia
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
gives a moral psychology framework that helps liberals, republicans, and libertarians understand each other --request
day drinking
"On average, the time from first to last drink on day-drinking days was three times greater than on evening- or nighttime-drinking days" --newswise.com
Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Enola's and Sherlock's cases converge with the "story of the British matchstick girls who in 1888 took strike action against the dominating, patriarchal world of matchstick making"
scalable.capital (stocks)
Wealth management / broker for the European market.
illiteracy
a lack of the ability to read and write
Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin
They take a longer view than the "world is going to end in ten years if we don't do something!!!" From Lex Fridman Podcast #339
Baba Vanga
a Bulgarian mystic and herbalist... In the late 1970s and 1980s, she had become widely known in the Eastern Europe for her alleged abilities of clairvoyance and precognition --wikipedia.
Sam Bankman-Fried
one of the richest people in crypto, thanks to his FTX exchange and Alameda Research trading firm, before his empire came crashing down in November 2022 --forbes.com
it is the highest good to leave California
Once a reliably Republican state, California is now deep blue, a Democrat stronghold with a supermajority in the state legislature. Consequently, there is no political need to listen to conservative voices.
"One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly"