Be truthful without becoming cruel. Be courageous without becoming arrogant. Be compassionate without becoming naive. And stay human inside systems that often reward the opposite.

Culture explains behavior; it doesn’t excuse harm. No culture has a moral exemption from consent and safety.

Freedom of belief doesn’t include freedom to coerce. When belief becomes a system that restricts consent, exit, or safety, it deserves scrutiny—not deference.

Mark Twain did not say “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.” There’s no reliable source for it. But Twain did write similar ideas, e.g.: “How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!”

Anyone else think the name was a bad idea? ground.news/article/nasa...

Western civilization is sick. Sure, a lot of "good" things have come out of it, but we can no longer ignore the TOXIC, GROSS, DISGUSTING things that persist. For example, the exploitation of children. ESPECIALLY since every single adult was once a child. youtu.be/mL21iRFPoJU?...

@garyhuskeyforgov.bsky.social have you checked out the populistplank.com?

How is following American politics any different than following Bridgerton? #palaceintrigue

Speculation is not data.

I’m raising funds to publish my debut novella Ink & Ether. If you’d like to help bring it into the world, you can contribute directly here: ko-fi.com/befuturefocu....

My BeFutureFocused (BFF) lens: thinking from the future means building systems that are not just efficient but enduringly humane.

Selective Curiosity: Wisdom lies in choosing what not to know.

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians. By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social (Published Oct. 2024)

Not being even vaguely sarcastic: At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson “you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing. If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed, and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”

Collective ignorance fuels manipulation; collective knowledge enables democracy.

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

I’m going to air my opinion—because I’m never going to meet their expectations anyway.

Empires fear pluralism’s autonomy, not chaos. When people act morally from within, they defy guilt, myth, and hierarchy—threatening authoritarian control. That’s why religion preaches obedience.

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I’m raising funds to publish my debut novella Ink & Ether. If you’d like to help bring it into the world, you can contribute directly here: ko-fi.com/befuturefocu....

I’m raising funds to publish my debut novella Ink and Ether. If you’d like to help bring it into the world, you can contribute directly here: ko-fi.com/befuturefocu....

Hot take: What might actually save America from dictatorship isn’t the Constitution. It’s that Americans are loud, obnoxious jerks with guns—and authoritarians can’t control noise that refuses to shut up.

Empiric Rot: Notes on a Dying Order @all_poetry allpoetry.com/18592330

Ask your lawmakers to support the Populist Plank with me! nwmd.social/s/twitter/4A...

Capitalist tolerance for democratic participation ends when working-class movements threaten to abolish private property.

She was erased from history. This book writes her back in. Support “Ink and Ether” before Aug 30 to be named in the acknowledgments: ko-fi.com/befuturefocused

I updated my vineyard story: Uncorking Rebellion: In Vino Veritas www.wattpad.com/story/399205...

Big weekend for The 75! We launched the first 3 episodes of The 75 Podcast www.youtube.com/@The75Podcast Connected with voters at the Money Out of Politics Rally in DC And Mike gave an impassioned speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial! (video of speech coming soon)

Wanna hear my voice? Check out The 75 Podcast!

Americans haven’t read Lysistrata, and it shows.

The healthiest relationship Donald Trump has ever had appears to have been with Jeffrey Epstein.

What if this isn’t how the world has to be?

The center isn’t a buffer—it’s the broker. It’s the polished lobby where extremism gets its makeover, where pundits iron the wrinkles out of tyranny, where fascism gets fitted for a suit and called bipartisan.

Theocrats baptize control. Technocrats code it clean. Obedience gets called peace—so long as you’re not the one erased. The empire never ended. It just got WiFi.

A society’s worth is measured by how it treats the vulnerable—especially outsiders. Civilizations rise or fall on their capacity for empathetic inclusion.

Stop optimizing for someone else’s version of success.

ETHICS: IF YOU’RE MAKING STOCK TRADES IN CONGRESS, YOU’RE NOT A PUBLIC SERVANT—YOU’RE A FERAL MARKET GREMLIN. Ban it. All of it. PACs, trading, loopholes. Legislate for people who clip coupons, not portfolios.

How to Read the Protocol: A field guide for the system-weary, the quietly radical, and the ones who never fit the blueprint. This isn’t a manifesto. It’s a method of refusal. 🧵 Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef... #PatchworkProtocol #systemschange #bricoleurs #resistancetheory

They cry persecution, but sit on power. This isn’t about Jesus. It’s about keeping the throne. Faith isn’t under attack—unchecked power is. Let’s name it plainly.

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My novella Ink and Ether is ready—a thriller about ghostwriting, erasure, and complicity. I’m raising $500 to bring it to print. 🎁 Donate + get named in the book: 👉 bfuturefocused.substack.com/p/ink-and-ether-is-ready #IndieAuthors #BookLaunch

When Strength Is Just Fear in Uniform We don’t just have a Trump problem. We have a system that keeps building men like him. open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...

One idea no one’s thought of yet for solving mass burnout is a national “sabbatical year” model—where every seventh year, sectors rotate out non-essential work and the government guarantees paid leave for rest, retraining, and reconnection.

If I could change one thing about the way people tell stories today, it would be to embrace contradiction instead of flattening complexity for easy answers.

We won’t let another war be waged behind our backs. Congress must vote NO on war with Iran. If they don’t? We won’t support them—Democrat or Republican. We’ll organize. We’ll mobilize. And we’ll vote them out. 🌐 www.unitedagainstwar.com

Most systems don’t fail because of bad strategy. They fail because they’re executing a different one than they say. Let’s talk about the Strategy-Reality Gap—and what happens when you finally see it. open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...

Most can recite a vision. Few can explain their strategy. America claims “liberty and justice for all,” but its actions tell another story. The gap between words and reality isn’t just hypocrisy—it’s where systems fail. Let’s diagnose that gap and make it undeniable.

The Myth of My Compliance: What It Really Means to Be ‘Well-Behaved’ in a Coercive Culture open.substack.com/pub/bfuturef...

America didn’t fall into oligarchy. It polished it, normalized it, and sold it as democracy. We’re not witnessing a decline—we’re watching the mask slip.

Billionaires really be saving for Hell like it’s a startup with exponential ROI. “I just think eternal fire is undervalued in this market.”