I'm on board with this.👍😊

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“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.” --Teddy Roosevelt (R)

Something beautiful

Wise words…

#MyGreatestWeaknessIs my habit of combining Saturday night wine slurping with posting on Bsky 😏🍷🤭

Most Americans are genuinely good people, regardless of their political affiliation. So when the White House says horrible things to make you hate your neighbor, the White House IS THE PROBLEM.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

Pope Leo understands that poverty is not a choice or a personal failing. It’s not a reflection on the individual. It’s a systemic failure. Wealth inequality is at an all time high and social supports are beyond inadequate. We can provide for everyone, and it’s time we start.

Sometimes I make videos of moments I simply think are calm and beautiful. And I don’t always bother sharing them because, well, it’s troublesome & I think people might find them boring? But here….

No matter how much one tries to empathize and walk in another's shoes, you never really can.

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

It is a sad commentary for homo sapiens that complete global peace has never been achieved throughout recorded history.

Yes your taxes should support disabled people. They should support homeless people. They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly. This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. Charles Bukowski

Now that's a painting Thanks Julieta Santos.

I can't fathom why so many of us support the suffering we’re experiencing. I can only say that the wealthy have, for 100s of years, kept the less fortunate divided—against each other, to the point of violence. When will we open our eyes, realize the conflict is the bottom v. the top on Earth?

What is thought but a mis mash of quasi facts and experiences.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Disinformation is such the norm today, it is difficult to find truth.

Interesting quote

Another day and another shooting. It seems like America is in the middle of a war zone in a multitude to ways.

www.huffpost.com/entry/vertic... Interesting article about vertical morality and Christianity. Scary in a lot of ways.

I got my COVID test today, it says 50. What does that mean? Also, my IQ test came back positive. 😃

The aim of philosophy is to show the fly the way out of the bottle.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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