When real-life headlines read like they come out of nightmares, it's a lifeline to have your dreams sift through the barrage of daily images and offer up one that's informative, helpful, insightful -- and then have a community of people just talk about it together. Our brains are trying to help us.

Ok: sorry for all the boosting but its fall and life is revving up again: Listening to your dreams is necessary praxis in a time of collective crisis. Bees may dream of their own assignments but they are also attuned to the balance/imbalance of the hive Four free seats. Or pay what you can

This is why when I had a dog I narrated my goings-on out loud in the third person using my first name. I wanted her to know, so that when we were in group settings and someone used my name she could follow the conversation. 😂

We are in our last few days to raise $4,800 in support of Spanish-language theater for kids and families in the East Bay, and we're about halfway to our goal! Want to give families some good memories? YOU CAN. youtube.com/shorts/toKOr... connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/57f74...

If the below evens sell out, and you've got Spanish-understanding kiddos who like fun, pls consider collections.humanitix.com/alicia-en-lo...

Not for nothing, but I really advocate for sitting by a campfire listening to someone tell an ancient story. This still happens in the world. It will make you feel deeply human and the feeling will linger into the next day, at least. Ask me for an invite to the next one in Oakland.

Pinecones and Portals is raising $4,800 for a Spanish-language version of Alice in Wonderland so that Spanish-speaking families in and around Berkeley can have an afternoon of magical fun. YOU CAN HELP! www.youtube.com/shorts/ANg-x... pineconesandportals.com/support

I'm gonna post a lot in the upcoming days about this gem of a show, Alicia en los Caminos de las Maravillas -- a Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland happening in Berkeley in a little over a week. We're fundraising to keep ticket prices within reach!! www.youtube.com/shorts/_HHzW...

We actually have quite a lot of ancestral knowledge about how to survive and defeat inflated tyrants: think of giants.

I’ll keep posting this until I find a great person to come be my manager: the Monterey bay aquarium is looking for its next VP of Technology! […]

Listen: one of the ways that people survive and hold on to reality in totalitarian environments is by forming sanity/reality pods - circles where we can tell each other the truths we hear and see and defend against collective delusions You can join one of mine or I’ll help you build your own.

I want to tell you that I loved a dog and a dog loved me, and yesterday she passed. This is Elfie the Loved.

Genuine question: how are high school civics teachers doing? What's it feel like in the classroom? Do you know any high school civics teachers?

I'm one of the producers of this Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, and we're fundraising to keep the costs of tickets w/in reach for families. If we funded the show just on ticket income, we'd need to charge $70 a ticket. So we're working to raise $4800 to bring prices down.

In a world where everything happens so much, this is also happening: pineconesandportals.com/alicia2025 It's a Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland which winds its way along the trails of a beautiful park.

Hi, friends. For the next three weeks I'm gonna skeet in support of a fundraising effort by Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Co, which is a sweet and scrappy Bay Area gem. I'm a producer w/ the company, and we make shows for kids and families which unfolds along the trails of Bay Area parks.

I am telling you guys. Paying attention to your dreams will not unteather you from reality. It will help you consider the aspects of yourself and your relationships which billionaires are hoping you forget.

Dream work as Praxis Looking at collective practices, collective problems and collective guidance as they emerge in dreaming (Dreams really aren't boring if you know how to listen) 5 Saturdays starting in October. By donation/free seats available

(hey happy wedding anniversary you lovable so-and-sos!)

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

We made you a rigorously cited timeline of major moves, cases, changes, and other wildass developments in the immigration system since January 20. This is one of the most complicated things I've ever worked on, but we think it needs to be done. The thread breaks down the kinds of things we found.

Would you like to see a grainy photo of a molting crow savoring the moment? Oh good.

YES. The "we are so cooked" thing. I think ppl do this b/c we want some comforting consciousness to take us firmly by the shoulders & contradict our surrender, or else to cradle us in it.

Want to take a break from the minute-by-minute news so your brain can get some needed rest? This tracker lets you check in on your own time and it uses pragmatic language so that you can read for information without having your brain juices hijacked for clicks.

Last week I dreamed he was sitting at his dinner table, fretting about the metaphorical fires he had to put out, when he froze, and then collapsed, face-on-plate. He reanimated from the bottom up. His body swung itself into a different seat. He sat up, projectile vomited, and then caried on.

I am 99% convinced this feather grew on the neck of a crow. What do the feather experts think?

Watching crows daily for the last ten years has seriously changed my brain, and when I started I had no conscious idea of what a lifeline their ways of being would become to me In These Times. They shift and align perspective Like Whoah.

His spirit is astonishing. I'm so relieved he survived. (For those concerned about preparing yourselves mentally for watching the interview, he does _not_ go into detail about the abuse he experienced, but he affirms it happened.)

If you're feeling flattened by the doom news and want a more humane way to take it in, unbreaking.org is new, growing, and so so so helpful. They track areas of concern with helpful context, and they include the status of community and legislative actions attempting protection or repair.

One thing that is remaining clear to me (and still becoming ever more clear) is that a daily practice of letting rage and grief move through my body and transmute is fundamental. Indispensable. I skip a day and I feel it. Anxiety paralysis. Are you finding this?

(One of my favorite and under-discussed bird facts is that a peacock's feather echos the anatomy of a baby bird-in-egg.)

We are the public health information networks these days. Take care. (One thing about a world gone mad is my masking in a grocery store is unremarkable now. Yes I’m in the minority but like: I’m not kidnapping anyone. Ppl have bigger worries. And I’m determined to outlive you-know-who. Join me.)

The reproductive system of birds is an evolutionary marvel. Their only functioning oviduct is a fantastic conveyor belt of weirdness, of which parts are still mysterious. An illustration made for a pet bird magazine. You can read more on my Cara page: cara.app/post/e9f92d4...

Hey did you know that if you are walking down a public street in Oakland, California, and you have the thought "Oh, what a sweet tree, what kind of tree is that?" You can actually get an answer to your question? oakland-tree-hub-oakgis.hub.arcgis.com

!. Look at this astonishing animal. My velvet worm friend lives on moss in the rainforest. He is ANCIENT. WAY older than dinosaurs, lobopods like him even make an appearance in the Cambrian- when multicellular life became trendy. You can find him today on a tree at Wildsumaco, in Ecuador :)

Okay here’s what I wonder: if my dog can smell treats inside a thick heat-sealed plastic bag inside my thick leather wristlet inside my thick leather satchel, then can’t she smell the farts before they’ve left my body? do I always smell like fart to her?

Pls join me in Sunday pebble appreciation. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opponen...

(Still kinda stuck on how she named her puppy after the animal who famously advises to 🎶 always let your conscience be your guide.🎶 Then she murdered that puppy. Then she wrote a book to let everyone know she’d done it, b/c she wanted the chance to torture humans. And then she got her wish.)

(So like: when he dies they’re just going to cancel press conferences and have his AI avatar address the nation indefinitely, yes?)

Calling on my New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington, and New York people — if you have the bandwidth you could help eeeeeeveryone out a lot this week. Thread has action items.

Shoutout to whoever subtitled this article over at @merriam-webster.com

Couldn’t travel to the edge of the world without bringing you back some rainbow pebbles.

Hey so: we’re living in a world where knowing the truth requires grief. That’s the deal we get. Trying to avoid my share of grief (trying to avoid processing reality) just assigns more grief to the next guy. The thread I’m quoting is just one example. But it’s okay to let grief change you because

(The beach truly is magical because where else can you get half naked in public, then lie down on the ground and fall asleep — and everyone is like “oh that’s normal.”?) (It’s the edge of the world: get naked, roll in dirt, and and lose consciousness.)

jesus christ

In 2016 I was still of the age to have kids. it was a big question mark in my life at the time. After the election I went to a coffee shop to be among people and reflect. (Breathing public air was not yet an immediate health risk.)

30. Thank you for appreciating rainbow pebbles with me this month.

29. As we near the end of the series I would like to thank all the pebbles who tirelessly exist, and I would like to thank the forces of nature who literally scatter rainbows all about like very dense year-round confetti.

I am still thinking about this kid. www.advocate.com/news/andry-r...