My partner has a four year BSN degree. A Master of Nursing and a Master of Public health degree. She isn’t considered a professional. Oh, but wait…she also has a Bachelor of Religious Education degree that she has rarely used. That degree makes her a professional. Fml.

Elements which have been shown to cause housing prices to be too high: —Hedge Funds and institutions buying up homes. —AirBNB and clones —Uber low interest rates in early 2000s and 2010s —NIMBY development decisions. —Construction costs and labor shortages. Not on the list? Immigrants.

I verified that Theology is in fact one of the fields on a very short list the Big Beautiful Bill claasifies as "Professional"

Everyone cheered the nurses when they saved us all during the pandemic. And now, they’re not “professionals”? This is a kick in the groin Prez Kevin.

I know several dozen current and former SWs, and I can confirm they are the most genuine, kind, and loving people I know. I have not met an exception yet. They are also fun to be around.

After seeing the expansive list of degrees the Department of Education no longer considers "professional" for Federal Student Loan status, does anyone know which degree categories are still considered "professional": cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_ful...

Laziness is an empty word. It actually refers to other conditions: • fatigue • avoidance • fear • misalignment of incentives • lack of clarity • lack of support • neurodivergence • depression • burnout • competing commitments • insufficient recovery time You're not lazy. Stop it.

It's critical to understand this: mcpress.mayoclinic.org/mental-healt...

What over-performing in relationships looks like: mix.com/!80567353700...

Memory reconsolidation offers hope for trauma therapy. If a traumatic memory is reactivated under the right conditions, and then paired with contradictory information or a new emotional experience, its emotional intensity can diminish. In IFS, we meet with our younger Self in a memory. Then, 1/2

IFS Teaching Moment Re: Inner Critic There are several books on the market regarding our inner critic--ie, that voice who shames us for every mistake and tells us we are not worthy. These books tell you to ignore the IC, eliminate them, call them a jerk, etc. IFS tells you to befriend them.

Re: Memory Reconsolidation, researchers have determined that memories can be changed. Each time you recall a memory, you have a limited amount of time to rethink details and meanings. It is like editing a computer file and then saving it. In this case, you will always lose the original file.

Someone call the Monty Python gang. They’re just about to release the Epstein Files—the Expurgated Version.

Call me old-fashioned, but calling neurodivergence by the “neurospicy” label makes me think I should give them a Taco Bell coupon after the conversation.

Getting Science Real with Captain Kirk:

Am I an Atheist now? People accuse me of being an atheist now. The reality may shock some, but I think many can identify.

Breed? Mobiüs cat.

One of my favorite Anaïs Nin quotes.

Recent articles/videos are claiming that Iceland (and sometimes Denmark, Germany, and Spain) are solving homelessness by offering the unhoused foldable shelters that are heated and run on solar power. While a great idea, they are not true. I became skeptical after one video showed too many fingers.

It’s no coincidence that the movie “Nuremberg” is coming out just as Kevin and the Marauders are slipping dangerously below the critical # of supporters. There will be another Nuremberg. On our soil. It will be a national purging of the White Nationalist/Evangelical/Billionaire/SCOTUS coalition.

Socialism doesn’t believe the government can do a better job than private industry. Socialism believes that a government given a mandate can do the job with equity to all, and without a view toward making a profit. Profiteering in healthcare, education, and the prison system is killing all of us.

I haven’t read anything in the NY Times for a few years now. Their journalistic integrity is gone, gone, gone. But I am not sure what happened. I used to read it all the time before the pandemic. Can someone fill me in? Was there an ownership change? They used to be more left-leaning.

Now he’ll never be able to find his car:

One toke over the line:

The Evangelical Church is what results when patriarchally informed religion has sex with Capitalistic methodology. Example: Capitalism says "It's not personal; it's just business." Evangelicalism says "We may be annoying and upsetting you, but remember, we are doing this so we can win converts."

This is literally what Sacnurse and I said to each other this morning: “It’s nice to wake up and read news you don’t have to gouge out your eyes about.”

One of the great global injustices is that GWB, Tony Blair, and recently deceased Dick Cheney did not have to face trial at The Hague for war crimes. Millions died for the lies they told about WMDs

That totally cringe moment when a client sends you multiple songs he “created” with an AI app, featuring christian lyrics advocating simple answers to complex problems. I want to applaud him for trying to create. I want to drag him constantly for his approach. #internalconflict #therapisthell

Keep a count of how many time officials in the Trump administration state they have no knowledge of something. Whether it is recent actions by their own government, the news, or anything they should know. Its main purpose is to avoid more questions. Feigned ignorance is classic manipulation.

Apparently, someone has never read The Great Gatsby. Or, understood it. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

More insights into Aphantasia from the New Yorker article. This excerpt explains why I do not like descriptive narratives in books. I cannot picture what they’re describing and I get lost. But when I read, the words seem to bypass my eyes and go directly to my brain. I remember most of what I read

I have a condition called Aphantasia. Like most brain conditions, it is a spectrum. It is the inability to close your eyes and visualize anything. Some people lack this ability. Maybe you too. Here is more about it: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I found my pack:

Many cultures around the world set aside today and tomorrow to honor and remember the Ancestral roots. From Samhain to Dia de Los Muertos, we get to remember where we came from: pleasant or fucked up. I like the Dumb Supper, where we tell the departed stories of the year…and leave them cake!

Assume all the Christian Nationalist, misogynistic, Tradwife, accounts are bots. The bots' purpose is to skew the message talking points. If you interact with the bots, it magnifies their presence on your feed. Like answering the telemarketer call spawns others. Don't respond at all to the bots.

Political advisors are telling the Democratic Party leadership that they cannot be elected again until they stop being TOO liberal. Since anyone who is actually liberal is clear that the Dem party is just Conservative Lite, that is discouraging. I suspect they will veer more right in the midterms.

There is no way Mr. Neurologically-impaired-Prez has written any of his recent SM posts. They contain vocab and syntax he is clueless about. You have to be able to read in order to write. It's either one of the ideolog minions or an AI bot created to mimic his style, or both. Regardless, ignore.

Christians, I'll make it really simple. SNAP benefits Aid to Jamaica Bothers you? Book of James. IYKYK

More revelations about our culture from our games. The quintessential American sport is Baseball. Consider modern baseball. It is the only major professional sport where a team can spend any amount of money they want. The teams are unequal. The richest teams are always the winners. America!

If it blows your mind that Christians could still not know that Tariffs are a tax on the American people, consider that Evangelicals were raised hymns like "Trust and Obey". The chorus goes: Trust and Obey For there's no other way To be happy in Jesus But to trust and obey. Trust Trump Obey Trump.

I’m studying how a culture’s games reveal so much. The classic strategy game of the Western word is Chess. In the Eastern world it is Go (Weiqi or Banduk). In chess, the goal is to protect the KING by sacrificing any and all other pieces. In Go, all pieces have the same value. Quel difference!

Can you imagine if you and your family overnight ran out of food? The terror and desperation that would hit you. Get real: 10s of millions will be without this weekend. Join with me in donating immediately to the local food bank of your choice. NOW! They have the distributions networks.

Group polarization is the tendency for groups to show a shift towards the extremes of decision-making when compared to decisions made by individuals. This implies that a person is less extreme/polarized as an individual than they become when in a group that shares more extreme views and activities.

Back in the 80s the GOP saw in the evangelical church an entity historically designed for their ultimate purposes: Power. Church structure does the following: 1. Emphasizes obedience 2. Punishes “rebellion”. 3. Centers “truth” in a few leaders. 4. Makes ideology more important than individuals.

This is classic.

If you really want to understand Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere, it is good to know that he bases it on the core Mormon doctrine called Exaltation, or the Doctrine of Eternal Progression. This idea is rooted in early LDS teachings: “As man now is, God once was; as God now is, man may become.”

As much science as any follower of Kevin can muster:

The bible is a horrible basis for sexual ethics. It never once condemns sexual slavery (concubines). Read Numbers 31. Yahweh endorses sexual slavery! The christian bible never corrects this ethic. In fact, not only is it silent on sex slavery, it approves of slavery, at least tacitly. No.