1. It is more effective to act directly than to speak of action. 2. A person’s actions indicate their true sentiments more reliably than their claims do —wiktionary.org
Pope's Francis position on war on Ukraine
With various positions taken, here is the current calibration.
T/F: earth is a prison planet
Test: metaphysically, our souls are being held captive here on earth against our will by various extra-dimensional entities and the wheel of karma is an additional level of illusion created by these entities to keep us thinking we need to keep reincarnating and the whole school idea is a hoax.
The Wisdom of Dr. David R. Hawkins: Classic Teachings on Spiritual Truth and Enlightenment
New book from Hay House, but new material?
Russian Doll
Popular on Netflix.
human instincts: sex, competition, outrage, suicide
A recipe for drama in every human being.
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey
International Workers’ Day
May Day, also called Workers’ Day or International Workers’ Day, day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, observed in many countries on May 1 --britannica.com
see things in black and white
to have a simple view of what is right and wrong, or good and bad --dictionary.cambridge.org
Photo Owl Time Lapse (YouTube channel)
Watch things decay or be eaten by mealworms as hours/days take less than a second. 59 million views.
Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)
The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture... Approximately 11 million people visit Notre-Dame Basilica every year, making it one of the most visited monuments in North America --wikipedia
The Network State: How To Start a New Country
assemble a digital community and organize it to crowdfund physical territory. But that territory is not in one place — it’s spread around the world, fully decentralized, hooked together by the internet for a common cause --amazon.com
Neoliberalism
ideas associated with free-market capitalism... [However] the term is rarely used by proponents of free-market policies. Some scholars reject the idea that neoliberalism is a monolithic ideology and have described the term as meaning different things to different people --wikipedia
Dan Bilzerian
High-stakes poker playing, drug abusing, cameo acting, race car driving, trust-fund inheriting Armenian-American social media influencer who has been sued for assault and arrested for bomb-making. Also, he made a bid for US President in the 2016 election cycle. Lot of energy, this guy.