paulshinbone.bsky.social
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I'm always up for suggestion of how to fight the Fascist Party. I have a good collection of books that demonstrate how fascist they are, but none of them give any instructions for sabotage.
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Music is great inspiration. A couple moths ago I was listening to Chappel Roan's sad break-up song "Kaleidoscope" and decided that the protagonist in one of my stories, who runs a night club as a front for the Underground Railroad, was going to name the dance floor The Collidoscope.
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True. The primary difference between smart people who fall for propaganda and stupid people who fall for propaganda is that the smart ones put a lot more effort into rationalizing, while the stupid ones just shout and threaten anyone who disagrees with them.
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Unfortunately, most people have no idea how to research, and little in the way of the critical thinking skills that you need to sift the real from the garbage that comes up when you just google it.
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Believe is meaningless, except to demonstrate partisanship. We need facts.
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I think the Dems may have been made an offer they can't refuse and are trying to stay alive.
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Republicans have been waging class war since 1877.
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I would be totally okay with the trade off.
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The problem there is that many of the things they think of as morally right are pure bigotry, and a lot of it comes straight out of "Mein Kampf" and Madison Grant's "The Passing of the Great Race" - a book so bigoted that Hitler called it his 'bible' and made it a required in all German schools.
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The problem there is that many of the things they think of as morally right are pure bigotry, and a lot of it comes straight out of "Mein Kampf" and Madison Grant's "The Passing of the Great Race" - a book so bigoted that Hitler called it his 'bible' and made it a required in all German schools.
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Mozart once said that love is the essence of genius. The more you understand, the less you can hate.
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I'm not a horror fan, but my trans son is. That's most of what he writes, too. Just in time for his birthday...
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I'm not a horror fan, but my trans son is, and that's most of what he writes. This goes on the birthday list.
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Why are so few humans as good as turtles?
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That's better than being punished for it.
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This just happened to be on the radio today.
www.npr.org/2024/12/13/g...
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Could be worse. My transmission died as soon as the warranty ran out, when I still had 4 years to make payments. It cost $10,000 to fix the damn thing.
Still, hopefully you'll scrape up the money. Not having a car is so limiting.
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"Sin" is a stupid idea. Just be as good a person as you can manage.
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Feeling Words = exhausted, miserable, disappointed (new writers’ ref book was a waste of $5)
Plans for the day = work, work
Sundowner = yes
Self Care = the usual
What are you grateful for? = Gaelen aced Stats
The last one is usually the hardest, but also the most therapeutic
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Here's one filled out for example:
2/15/25 Saturday
Anxiety Level = 4 Depression Level = 5
SI = none
Pain Level = 4
Numb/Vegetative = none
Medication Compliance = always (45 min LT)
Exercise = none
Sleep & Appetite = 6 hours, w/ wake-ups, ( lbs)
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2//25
Anxiety Level = Depression Level =
SI = none
Pain Level =
Numb/Vegetative = none
Medication Compliance = ( min LT)
Exercise = none
Sleep & Appetite = hours, ( lbs)
Feeling Words = (3)
Plans for the day =
Sundowner =
Self Care =
What are you grateful for? =
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At the hospital they had us do a "check in" every morning, and I continued doing it by myself every day since then. I just typed up the questions, then answer them every mornin while I'm doing my light. Blue Sky isn't giving me enough characters, so I'll paste in examples in another entry.
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Let me know how your test comes out. My high score was dopamine, with serotonin, oxytocin, and testosterone tied. If dopamine's your thing, I have a good book on that one, same for testosterone. There's a lot of lit on oxytocin, but a lot of it is neurotrash written by people who think they know it.
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Sounds like snuggle weather.
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Anthropologists have been talking about this for most of a century.
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Have you taken Helen Fisher's Temperament Inventory? It's one of those know thyself things, and unlike most it's solid science. When I found out I'm dopamine dominant, that explained a lot of things.
helenfisher.com/personality/
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I don't know how much you have researched SAD, though I'm sure you know it's a dopamine issue, not the typical serotonin problem with MDD. That means you should be doing things that keep your dopamine level up, but not eat a ton of ice cream and twinkies. Carb craving and exhaustion are main effects
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One of the most useful things I do is check my thoughts. I have to remind myself often that the way I feel is caused by a messed up pineal gland and the chemicals it squirts through my brain. It doesn't work 100% of the time, but it has kept me alive when some bit of my brain thinks I shouldn't.
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Best O'Luck getting another one published!
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You see why this venue isn't great for meaningful conversations?
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Think of a person you know and silently say that person's name, then say, "may you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be peaceful and at ease." Repeat with as many people as you can think of. It's easy to do this with people you care about, not too hard with strangers, more challenging with scum.
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There are all sorts of things to try, but if it works for somebody that doesn't mean it will work for everybody. One thing I tried that was helpful a few years ago is called Loving Kindness Meditation (Maitri in Sanskrit). I never bothered with lotus position, I just lay down at bedtime.
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Finishing the rough draft, maybe?
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At the cabaret in Berlin during the Weimar Republic?
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You have SAD? I have SAD - diagnosed not long before we met, though the doctor said I've probably had it since I was nine. Email me. You can't talk on Blue Sky with its tiny character limit.
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The meows have to travel through more cat to get to the surface.
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Most countries in Western Europe are pretty good about this, though anywhere you have Christianity you still have hate.
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I could tell you a story about this, but there's no way it would fit in a tiny BlueSky post ...