If you haven't heard Mamdani's entire 250th Independence Day message, I invite you to check it out. It's inspiring and informative. I am grateful for it. youtu.be/yrGaNRTQecM?...

There's nothing more #American than celebrating even when it rains on your parade! #Happy4th #America

Wow, looks effortless, sure it's not. #Animals have a way higher pain threshold than most #humans, don't you think? Wish childbirth was as effortless for humans. #elephants #birth

Watch this family of elephants forming a circle to protect their children from a threat they saw. Original post

This trailer immediately took me back to the part in @mariaressa.bsky.social's book where she and her team warned the folks at Facebook that the platform was amplifying mis- and disinformation. And the folks at Facebook did nothing. Genuinely looking forward to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4L...

A message of #love #kindness & #unity on America's 250th Birthday!! #entanglement binds us all together into ONE unified #quantumfield where age, race, gender, color, immigration status, identity, politics or bank accounts cease to hold meaning. #Happy4th, fellow #American brothers & sisters.💛🎊✨️

Charging simply for the passage through a natural strait (e.g Hormuz)goes against international maritime law and esrqblished global conventions. But a coastal state can regulate maritime safety or charge for specific, requested services like pilotage/towing assistance. youtube.com/watch?v=UAOh...

From Israel's point of view, President Trump’s agreement to end the war with Iran is a disastrous deal, analysts said, because it accomplishes none of Israel’s war aims and arguably leaves the country in worse shape on each of them.

Congratulations, Mr. President @barackobama.bsky.social 👏 🎊 💐 #OPCOpening #Chicago

Happiness is an inside job. Gratitude and Awe are entryways.

Nothing like a nap on a log in the shade on a hot sunny day!! #presence #lakeside #naps

Forgive yourself for not knowing earlier what only time could teach. #Freedom #Peace #Wisdom

June 7 in #ChapelHill: Live music + a cause that matters!! Phunk It Up benefits the #CompassCenter #NC, supporting survivors of domestic violence. #Local506, doors 6pm, music 7pm. Tickets $13.56 here shorturl.at/4NBD5 or $15 @ door! @uncpress.bsky.social @not-wral.bsky.social #domesticviolence

One of our greats #BillyJoel wrote and sang this many moons ago. It's ime for a rewrite na, Billy, considering so much that has happened since. It's true "we didn't start the fire" but we've sure been fanning the flames vigorously! youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g?... #music #lyrics

What does #happiness mean to you?

Hey @sumsung.bsky.social did you consider feedback from your #android #phone users, whether they are fine with you discontinuing the #Samsung #messaging app and handing it over to @developers.google.com messaging in July? I'd love to know the thoughts of Samsung users. youtu.be/DBWfyd2iJXA?...

The Moon captured by Artemis II showing part of the far side, including Mare Orientale on the right edge of the disc. Processing by me. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #artemis

Hormuz Strait fertilizer block will upend the world’s food production

Struggling to cope with the relentless and bleak news cycle? Go to bed early | Jodie Wilson

Today’s forecast indicates a serious threat of tornados across much of NC today.

The Emerging Role of Iterative Intelligence. #AI is changing the way we think, learn and grow. Historically, our partners in thinking and brainstorming have been fellow humans—teachers, peers, mentors. Now we have AI. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... #Intelligence #AI #learning #LLMs

"The tragic failure at the center of this devastation is not that most Americans have succumbed to war fever," writes @rbreich.bsky.social. "In fact, this is the first war America has entered in modern times without majority in support."

Folks, 📅 2026 primaries are coming up fast. Check your state’s date. Make sure you’re registered. Make a plan to vote. Too much is riding on people sitting this one out. Stay ready so nobody decides the future for you. iwillvote.com

The Russian envoy claimed Washington now understood the “systemic role of Russian oil and gas in ensuring the stability of the global economy.”

Happy International Women's Day to all #women everywhere!!! 💖 Thank you for your courage and caring, for leading by example, carrying each other forward and pushing through barriers one milestone at a time determined, relentless, resilient and indomitable. #IWD #WomensDay #WomenSupportingWomen

How awesome would it be to have these natural lawn chairs everywhere we have lawns!!! #offices #officespaces #lawns #nature #CEOs #leadership #humans #health #wellness #earthing

the moon tonight

So true!

My latest: The Day After the Fall of a Dictator open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

What is #stupidity? It isn't low IQ or inability to think for yourself. It is the deliberate surrender of #intelligence and #criticalthinking so that you are able to justify ideologies and actions that radically oppose #facts & #truths and you become immune to evil behavior in yourself or others.

All #AI is and ever will be is a computational system, from #GenerativeAI to #AGI. Made up of 1's & 0's. Always lifeless. AI is & always will be devoid of #consciousness, that divine spark, that keeps us #living beings connected to the one universal quantum field of consciousness. #TheZenSandbox

My #ZenSandbox session was this weekend, then the next day I step out to this soft pink & blue #CarolinaSky. The trees stood bare against that warmth. Still. Enough. Nothing to prove. A reminder that #awareness is already here. What's aligned meets us. What's true unfolds.

“.. Khanna said in a statement he's bringing Haley Robson, who has said Epstein trafficked her starting when she was 16 ..” @nbcnews.com #SOTU www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Tonight, I’ll be watching the People’s State of the Union with MoveOn and ⁦‪MeidasTouch‬⁩ — standing up for healthcare, affordability and decency. How about you? ✋ #SOTU

My #ZenSandbox session was Sat. & yesterday I stepped out to this soft pink and blue sky, the same colors from a recent dream. The trees stood bare against that warmth. Still. Enough. Nothing to prove. A reminder that #awareness is already here. What's aligned meets us. What's true unfolds.

This one hits hard.

A gift of #moss 💚 #nature

Detained children describe the anguish of being trapped. Write about missing their friends & teachers, falling behind at school, having unreliable access to medical care when they’re sick, some say they’re sick a lot & feeling scared for what comes next. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.

Feb 17. A quiet reset. Today I release, realign, and begin again. I am also setting an intention for The Zen Sandbox a space for the study and lived experience of #consciousness. Shared here simply as a marker of intention. Ushta Te 🌊✨ #TheZenSandbox

Harness The High Cosmic Energy of Feb. 17, 2026. It's a once in a millennial occurrence. www.linkedin.com/posts/zenyin... #YearOfTheFireHorse #NewMoon #RingOfFire #SolarEclipse #Cosmology #Quantum #Consciousness

Thanks to NPR’s The World for having me on to talk about some of the biggest international stories we’ve covered here at the Olympics for Good Game with Sarah Spain. Shoutout @biancahillier.bsky.social for connecting colleagues past and present! theworld.org/segments/202...

Harness the high #cosmic #energy of Feb 17 to clear old identities, limiting beliefs. Set intentions. Ring of Fire #SolarEclipse. 6:42 -totality 7:12am EST Saturn enters Aries at 0° #NewMoon in #Aquarius, innovation & revolution. Once every 60 yrs, #YearOfTheFireHorse begins.

Great sitting down with Brian Tyler Cohen to talk about everything from the courage we saw in Minnesota, to how Democrats can be true to our values and get stuff done, to how we’re building a community of changemakers at the Obama Foundation. youtube.com/watch?v=uI-hgSE5QIw

Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.

Measles case reported in Johnston County as North Carolina total rises to 21 North Carolina has reported 21 measles cases since December, including three new cases this week. Health officials say most infections involve unvaccinated children and warn the highly contagious virus could continue sp...