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“… all the professionals agree: Comparison is the death of true self-contentment.” ~ John Powell, 1989: “Happiness Is an Inside Job”

Greetings, and happy weekend to my Blueskyentists™️ #MentalHealthAwareness month of May is ‘over’. But time is a flat circle. Every month should be considered a mental health awareness month. NeuroDirect.co.uk

I posted this study on my LinkedIn feed yesterday. Crickets. Part of me wonders if I’ll get written off by some simply for highlighting a meta-truth hiding in plain sight. Knowledge is power 🫶🏽

Words are wholly insufficient to express the waking nightmares being engineered for us daily. In today’s ICYMI: it pertains to (LiTeRaLLy) the foremost symbol of our Liberties. We must collectively manifest a new reality. Just like singing happy birthday — on three: 1, 2, 3…

The plot thickens… algorithmichiring.github.io

This is a tremendously detailed expose on the state of drone warfare in Ukraine, as told by a US military veteran who is volunteering in the Ukrainian military. This is the “state of the art” perspective, whether we like it or not. shows.acast.com/60518a52f69a...

A beautiful mural honoring three Irish voices has been unveiled in Dublin. The mural, by artist Aches, features the late Dolores O'Riordan, Sinéad O'Connor and Dolores Keane.

Name your favorite, wildly underrated movie. Mine is Rango. And yes, it is a western.

FYI @marisakabas.bsky.social

(Open source) software development is, at once, art and science. #PleaseDoNotFuckThisUp

demonic and indefensible .. how on earth did we get here 🧿

I don’t know who needs to hear this, and I expect to lose a few of you here, but: alcohol is a depressant and a Group 1 carcinogen 🏴‍☠️ It’s weird that we normalize this to the point where the act of abstaining fosters inquiries of “why?” 🧿 My family medical history is making it very easy to answer.

seems like DJT was bitten by a walker, and just isn’t showing full symptoms yet

Together, we are “artisans of hope”. We do not exist, but rather “co-exist”. Powerful.. full of power, and above all else: love ✨🕊️✨

Bravo, Rockwell (Kennedy William Gordy) 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 fun fact: Michael Jackson isn’t well known for background vocals, and this performance was uncredited at the time — but the contribution is now credited 🫣 It’s a gem 💎 music.apple.com/us/album/som...

This Parch recipe is a damn fine NA beverage. I’m trying items in this category, and wound up mixing 50/50 with this offering from Nowhere. Parch is a pucker-punch, and more bubbly than the slightly less-so Nowhere recipe. I find them to be wonderfully complimentary. Each is 0% ABV. Huzzah!! ✨🍹✨

This was a Day 1 decision of this presidential administration 🤬 🍊 was utterly salivating at this opportunity to inflict categorical misery, disease, and death around the world as quickly a politically possible (45 notwithstanding).

Soooo…

The absurdity of this moment is impossible to ignore. And yet, some Republicans have decided that the greatest “threat” facing society is a tiny percentage of transgender people simply trying to exist safely. Two vulnerable people are the scapegoat while every real crisis burns around us.

from @akiyoshikitaoka.bsky.social on the book of faces: "Red peppers and green peas" The red circles appear to move. This anomalous motion illusion depends largely on the floating-motion illusion proposed by Pinna and Spillmann (2002).

We white Americans are a deeply despicable caste. Do not look away. Watch, listen, think, and then share this. May you feel compelled to do so. Revere every life. open.substack.com/pub/oladeled...

The US Cloud Act usurps all. L4.rry E.11i.s0n usurps all. open.substack.com/pub/thedreyd...

This is Lloyd, a local peacock. I found him out doing hill repeats on the road near home, and now I feel like a lazy schlub.

In today’s #AbsurdlyTerribleEngineering: Built by Saddam Hussein in 1986, Mosul Dam is widely seen as the most dangerous on Earth. Built atop a foundation of rapidly dissolving gypsum, the dam must be injected with concrete 24 hours a day.

Happy Friday! FYI: it’s still mental awareness month 2026. May you have a marvelous day, my fellow Blueskyentists™️

this is rad ❤️⚡️💙 desktopwallofsound.com

It’s #MentalHealthAwareness month here in the US. If you are struggling, don’t keep the condition/feelings to yourself. It’s crucial that you speak to someone — anyone. Yes, this requires that you acknowledge wanting help. Sometimes that’s the hardest part. It’s ok to need help. I’m learning this.

Obeying traffic rules matters.. oFTeN for reasons to which the driver is oblivious. However, in this case, I’d bet $1 that the truck driver knew they were off a truck route. CW: description of pedestrian death…

functionally numb 🙉🙈🙊 open.substack.com/pub/thecompl...

This is only the beginning. He has no plans to leave office or allow free elections. Nor are his plans hidden—they're all unfolding in plain sight. The Insurrection never ended and the Christofascists won't stop until our democracy is gone. Choose who you'll be in this moment.

“..luck is other people..” Swoon 🥰

“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.” ~ Thomas Paine Perusing Substack to find, consume, and internalize perspectives such as this is a highlight of my day most days.   open.substack.com/pub/defiance...

NEW: On Memorial Day, Pope Leo XIV releases his first AI encyclical with an Anthropic co-founder. Trump blacklisted Anthropic over Pentagon access. It will lift up the primacy of the human person over technology in moral confrontation with Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman’s Silicon Valley.

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Frances Perkins was a central architect of the New Deal: ✅ Social Security ✅ Unemployment insurance ✅ Minimum wage laws ✅ Child labor limits ✅ 40-hour work week + overtime ✅ Workplace safety protections And yes, she’s also why we have illuminated EXIT signs. Her legacy is everywhere.

I couldn’t bring myself to harangue Chase bank directly on LinkedIn about it, but this is an utterly absurd image 🫪

@mike-gordon.com this seems right up your alley 🎳

Last week Carl's Jr workers in North Hollywood marched on the boss due to workplace safety issues. After a co-worker of ours was burned by a piece of chicken at the fryer, she was told to use mustard; when that didn’t work, she was required to finish the shift - remaining in pain for over 6 hours!

Absolutely fabulous 🥰 www.youtube.com/live/JuXt5B8...

JuST YeSTeRDaY, I was talking with my parents about the structural unfairness of existing streaming platforms for the artists! Such welcome news 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Sage wisdom 🕰️

This is not a drill. In that way, I don’t care about your politics, and it doesn’t matter how we got here. It matters what you do NOW about your circles of concern (people and animals). Water, food, medicines & fuel. Even in an optimist’s view, the window for contingency planning is closing quickly.

Dear @governorferguson.bsky.social, Do you have an opinion on this matter? Respectfully, Kevin, on behalf of Your Constituents

Gesundheit!

I respect the rights of those who hunt for their food because they need to. Most of us are not them.

@governorferguson.bsky.social PLEASE stop this.. you are likely (literally) the only person in the world who can. On behalf of your informed constituents: I IMPLORE you 🙏🏼 substack.com/@buckadillo/... #GlyphosateKills

Daffys very role is an unpopular opinion. Chuck Jones said that “Bugs Bunny is who we want to be but Daffy is who we are”: vain, self-centered, terrified at the world and the judgments of others, this plucky duck represents the very darkness at the heart of man’s soul as he struggles against entropy

AI Data Centers Across the United States aidatacenters.community A map of major AI data centers in the U.S. that are either operational or under construction, overlaid with locations where community members have emailed in concerns. Click markers for details. 31 OPERATIONAL 22 UNDER CONSTRUCTION

AI Data Centers Across the United States aidatacenters.community A map of major AI data centers in the U.S. that are either operational or under construction, overlaid with locations where community members have emailed in concerns. Click markers for details. 31 OPERATIONAL 22 UNDER CONSTRUCTION