open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... I think we should change the term living wage to thriving wage. Read why at the link. Thanks @rbreich.bsky.social for the inspiration.

Thank you to @thesiouxchef.bsky.social and Robin Wall Kimmerer for being the great advocates they are. I updated this post after a reflection on Sean’s post. I humble myself to the history and I prepare myself to fight the cultural lies. Happy Thinking! open.substack.com/pub/paulruth...

I'm going to have a #Thanksgiving post at my newsletter paulruth.substack.com I'm interested in reading what you think. Subscribe so you don't miss it. Happy Thinking

A simple trick for changing Us v Them into team thinking. Also some practical advice for leaders of teams. #academicsky #gardenpic #garden #team #leadership open.substack.com/pub/paulruth...

Rain, wind, cold, gray skies. A typical November day. Our rose doing its best to still bring joy to the world. #bloomscrolling #flowers #rose #november #knockoutrose

Thanks for sharing and Happy Thinking! #academicsky #booksky #bookrec #Kindness #emapthy open.substack.com/pub/paulruth...

(If it pleases you, then please share) If you are able to love, then you are able to peace. If you have peace, then love will be next door. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicky #love #peace #gardensky for the picture! @merriam-webster.com #worldpeaceday

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicsky #peace #justice #ethics #blogsky #gardenpicture

Being indifferent isn't an excuse not to do the work. #academicsky #stoic #ethics #thought #substack open.substack.com/pub/paulruth...

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... Resharing an old post because of the news of Joel Mokry win of the Nobel Prize in Economics about institutions. #academicsky #philosophy #economics #equal

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicsky #booksky #bannedbooks #readsky @wgawest.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... @nobelprize.bsky.social @maxplanckpress.de Thought I would share while they are announcing winners. #academicsky #nobelprize #substack

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicsky #booksky @jonathanjarry.bsky.social #reading @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @readingprideuk.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social @readbookpage.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicsky #booksky #foodsky #reflection

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #acsdemicsky #readersky #freedomwriters #garden #time

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #booksky #books #garden #bookshop #academicsky

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicsky @marchofdimes.org #instituion #cdc #govnerment @fwcollaborative.bsky.social @politico.com

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicsky #humble #morality #philosophy #culture #peace

paulruth.substack.com/p/share-the-... Our lives are vessals for communication, so we must choose to share the good.

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #garden #growth #decay #flower #bee

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #academicsky #identity

Read about my visit to the @nobelprize.bsky.social museum in #stockholm . #Academicsky #writingcommunity #Philsky #Philmind #lit open.substack.com/pub/paulruth...

paulruth.substack.com/p/returning-... #fiction #story #flash #flashfiction #allegory

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #jsa #mindfulness #philsky #academicsky #signalboost #kindness

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... Check out my latest post on my reading of @karenhao.bsky.social 's book #emnpireofai. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social #AI #AGI #Booksky #philsky #Academicsky #JSA

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open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... My new #Substack post! Subscribe for free! #booksky #litfic #jsa #philsky #Academicsky #signalboost

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #kindness #culture #love #bethechange #poltics #politicsofkindness #philosophy #aphorism #thoughtoftheday #charity #cultureofkindness

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #love #power #ethics #morality #socialbenevolence #aynrand #individualism #collectivism #stpaul #philosophy #substack #substacknewpost #peace #logic

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #kindness #benevolence #charity #Zen #empathy #life

open.substack.com/pub/paulruth... #philosophy #goodworks #zen #jesus #kindness

@aflcio.org labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0... Might be of interest. I'm the author. Thanks.

If someone has the privilege of being born into freedom, then they have the right to not have freedom taken from them. #politics #freedom #aphorism #saying

There is more mercy in the world than the fight for justice. #aphorism #philosophy #wisdom #idiom #adage #saying

Blood droplet Fallen from a question All we know #mystery #mysterywriters #mysteryhaiku #micropoetry #poetry (I call this form a mystery haiku)

For all the clouds in the sky Shapes come to my mind And then go somewhere behind Thoughts tearing the eye A reflection dead on arrival Before it had a chance of survival #bluesky #formpoem #blueskypoem #blueskyform #poem #poetry #micropoem

If instead of pout we smile And instead of shout we dance We give peace a chance We find hope all the while It might be as simple as a choice To give our happiness a voice (I call this #blueskyform of poetry. A rhyme scheme,the quatrain is an observation,the couplet is overt.) #poetry #micropoetry

Many roads Same purposeful tread Short of dread #micropoetry #poetry #POETRY #hope

The floor creeks The door handle turns A moment skips (This is what I call a mystery haiku. Mostly just for fun.) #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #POETRY #mystery #mysterywriters

A friend is hurt I can only hope to help When fate is lost #micropoetry #poetry #friend #tariff #haiku #fate

Not every decision leads to an action, but every action had a decision made no matter how small. We must recognize the space between decisions and actions to truly be thoughtful. #aphorism #philosophy #wisdom #decide #action #thoughtful

The Eve of April fools leaves growing back where fall took them to vanishing points of madness. (A new form of poetry I invented. Let me know what you think and maybe give it a try. I call it a linking poem and tagged it.) #poetry #micropoetry #linkingpoem #philosophy #writers #irishwriters #poem

Laughing and crying accomplish the same thing. They keep sanity when the world is so silly it hurts. #micropoetry #philosophy #psychology #humor #news

To untie a knot, it must have been tied. Knowing if a knot is useful or not is the the question of world peace. #aphorism #philosophy #writer #freedomwriters #poetry

So, I'm new here. Been at instagram for a while, same handle. Just looking to write and share. I write novels, stories, poems, aphorisms and more. I think I'll also post some writing games as well. Glad you're reading.