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marcusmo.bsky.social
Always the padawan, never the Jedi. Assistant TO the Regional Manager. Stoic Philosophy student. Bookworm. Go Hawks!
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Avengers, assemble! #NoKingsDay

“You become what you give your attention to.” — Marcus Aurelius

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:

Three Stoic strategies on how to deal with regret: 1. Focus on what you control 2. Love you fate 3. Look ahead

“Human decency and morality is not derived from religion. It precedes it.” - Christopher Hitchens

“We want to be loved; failing that, admired; failing that, feared; failing that, hated and despised. At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. Our soul abhors a vacuum. At all costs it longs for contact." - Hjalmar Söderberg ("Doctor Glas")

In less than 1 year, LA has shown TWICE, the resilience of the American people. ALL American people. Let us all across America learn from LA and California. Thank you City of Angels! ✊

You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." -Albert Camus

“You have to leave the island in order to see the island. We can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves” - Jose Saramago

Publicly Threatening to Lose Your Motherfucking Shit and 5 Other Great Ways to Ask for More Civility: tinyurl.com/y46r835b

Good news! ✊ Seattle socialist Kshama Sawant to run for Congress against Adam Smith www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

"Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body." — Seneca

As long as we get to keep the Seattle Seahawks, I am good with this.

We are stardust with anxiety. 😅

"If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad." — Epictetus

There's nothing holy about writing discrimination into the law.

The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.” - Banksy

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self." -Ernest Hemingway

@chrislhayes.bsky.social 👇

9 short rules for a better life: 1. Wake up early 2. Focus on effort, not results 3. Read every day 4. Strict with yourself, forgiving of others 5. Seek out challenges 6. Stay a student 7. Cut toxic people out of your life 8. Think about death 9. Focus on what you can control

Post a robot that's not from star wars or transformers

A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind. “They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.” www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...

“These are our community members. They're our neighbors. We don't want to send our friends away. We don't care where they're from... "We would want them to stand up for us, so we're standing up. Tucson is resisting.” www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

“Want to be Happy? Be Grateful.” - Brother David Steindl-Rast

All fools have one thing in common: They are waiting to start.

Just saying… 💙💚

You're reborn as a cartoon character. Who are you?

Brian Cox ~ The purpose of life?

Who needs mental health? Thoughts and prayers will do just fine. 😡 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The average American has three friends.

Not all heroes wear capes. boltsmag.org/how-voluntee...

In a world of J K Rowlings, be a Robert De Niro. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Incoming QB controversy in the VMAC? 🤔

“I drink and I know things” - Tyrion Lannister 🍷 #Sonoma #Daydrinking #winetasting

Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech: “How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”

“Getting older is saying goodbye to whoever you thought you were, whoever you thought you would be”. - Patricia (Alison Espach, “The Wedding Poeple”) Great book! Totally recommend (not done yet, but loving it so far).