"Could it be that the recent unrest at the colleges is because America has closed down a lot of the means by which the deeply compromised Silicon Valley has gotten cash from America’s universities?"
Not an unreasonable question (among others).
#HostileForeignInterference
#CriminalSyndicates
Not an unreasonable question (among others).
#HostileForeignInterference
#CriminalSyndicates
06:52 PM - May 01, 2024
The symptom focus of this matter is both typical and superficially yet not lastingly helpful.
I'm amid yet another round of my own reassessment of the limited value of looking to others for a particular form of 'addressing' my trauma symptoms--and increasing my understanding of theirs…
#SelfCare
I'm amid yet another round of my own reassessment of the limited value of looking to others for a particular form of 'addressing' my trauma symptoms--and increasing my understanding of theirs…
#SelfCare
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Mark Wilson, MD @Markwilsonmd12:20 PM - May 01, 2024![Picture]()
01:06 PM - May 01, 2024
The diminishing returns of focusing on how bad another Donald administration would be have crossed into negative territory.
The fear-mongering tactics continue to work.
The fear-mongering tactics continue to work.
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindI think it's a distraction that won't help him but will keep Dems from projecting confidence and devoting precious time to important ballot-wide contests.05:47 AM - Mar 09, 2024
#EveryLittleBitHelps
12:47 PM - May 01, 2024
haaretz.com
Israel's Far-right Minister Smotrich Calls for 'No Half Measures' in the 'Total Annihilation' of Gaza - Israel News - Haaretz.com
Speaking at an End of Passover Event, Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Also Said the Current Talks With Hamas Are 'With Someone Who Long Ago Should Have Ceased to Exist'
11:53 AM - May 01, 2024
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Trump got a bump, now everybody dump.
"Truth Social Grants Donald Trump a New $1.8 Billion Stock Bonus" -- https://www.wsj.com/liveco...
"Truth Social Grants Donald Trump a New $1.8 Billion Stock Bonus" -- https://www.wsj.com/liveco...
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindSomeone(s) sold other holdings yesterday and bought DJT today, apparently. I see that Ted Cruz fits the bill. Could he? Would he?09:42 AM - Apr 25, 2024![Tweet by Quiver Quantitative: "BREAKING: Senator Ted Cruz has sold up to $500K of Goldman Sachs stock.
Cruz' wife is a managing director at Goldman Sachs.
This is the largest trade we've ever seen from Cruz."]()
10:27 AM - May 01, 2024
Arthur way (15 months) ahead of things.
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindI read Johnson and Bloom for context. Neither sees deeply enough, yet they consistently reveal much.
The word "occupation" is unsettling. That has implications atop the many layers that support the assessment.
#diligence01:17 PM - Feb 26, 2024
02:40 PM - Apr 29, 2024
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindEvidence mounts.09:17 AM - Apr 27, 2024
“deterioration of food security and nutrition in Gaza is unprecedented in modern history, exponentially outpacing in six months the long-term declines that led to the only other two famine declarations in the 21st century”
https://www.devex.com/news...
06:39 AM - Apr 29, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
"The Israel lobby, and Republican Israel hawks, are sort of in a MacBeth moment, in that they’ve cancelled and blackballed people willy-nilly for years for the smallest infractions, and the heat of the moment is still such that they are not able to recognize moderation when they see it. …"
02:50 PM - Apr 27, 2024
Why?
And why that?
And why that?
And why that?
A: Because their underlying emotional state is that of frightened, insecure little boys.
(And there's a 'why' to that: #PerverseOutcomesOfPerverseIncentives )
#TraumaPandemic
And why that?
And why that?
And why that?
A: Because their underlying emotional state is that of frightened, insecure little boys.
(And there's a 'why' to that: #PerverseOutcomesOfPerverseIncentives )
#TraumaPandemic
02:40 PM - Apr 27, 2024
"This growth plays a vital role in replenishing soil moisture and facilitating a healthy and self-sustaining water cycle."
Moderating, greening, cooling, beautifying, life supporting.
(This year I'll be seeking damaged landscapes in my area to heal and leverage.)
#ClimateCrisis
#SelfCare
Moderating, greening, cooling, beautifying, life supporting.
(This year I'll be seeking damaged landscapes in my area to heal and leverage.)
#ClimateCrisis
#SelfCare
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindPavement, rooftops, and bare agricultural fields upstream absorb solar heat, steadily warming precipitation (and irrigation) runoff. Water needs time and surface area to radiate that heat into the earth and out through the atmosphere into space.
This isn't rocket science.
#ClimateCrisis12:31 PM - Apr 27, 2024
12:59 PM - Apr 27, 2024
The surreptitious non-obvious is being revealed.
Eric is optimistic, determined, adamant. That's part of what it takes. #diligence
#HostileForeignInterference
Eric is optimistic, determined, adamant. That's part of what it takes. #diligence
#HostileForeignInterference
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Russ Smith @fuzzyrussI have no reason to be surprised that I see no perspective or context for the situation in the Middle East. The US is undereducated. If fixing the M.E. was easy, it would have been done by now. Oh, and IT'S NOT OURS TO CONTROL. But, hey, shutdown schools and stir up shit. That's better. *sigh11:07 AM - Apr 27, 2024
12:43 PM - Apr 27, 2024
Pavement, rooftops, and bare agricultural fields upstream absorb solar heat, steadily warming precipitation (and irrigation) runoff. Water needs time and surface area to radiate that heat into the earth and out through the atmosphere into space.
This isn't rocket science.
#ClimateCrisis
This isn't rocket science.
#ClimateCrisis
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Lola Gayle @LolaGayleCWAPO - Corals are under siege. Is this the best way to save them?
As record ocean heat threatens corals off Florida and across the globe, conservationists are shifting their strategy10:06 AM - Apr 27, 2024
12:31 PM - Apr 27, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Bill's perspective on the hydrological cycle (6:25-6:35 in the video) is 'backwards': it's not a problematic symptom, it's our best opportunity to leverage.
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateCrisis
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Jeff Spencer @revjssWatch this video. It's Bill McKibben, in 10 minutes, bringing us up-to-date on the #ClimateCrisis . It's both bad and good news. Really, there is good news.
https://youtu.be/q-d296gUj...05:45 PM - Apr 22, 2024![Video]()
Bill McKibben on Climate Crisis: How we got here and what we can do now - YouTube
Over forty years ago, the publication of ‘The End of Nature’ popularized a topic that was then largely unfamiliar to the general public.The book’s author, Bi...
12:21 PM - Apr 27, 2024
intelnews.org
Notes on the assassination of Iranian IRGC Commander Hassan Mahdawi | intelNews.org
THE TARGETED KILLING OF Hassan Mahdawi, a high-ranking member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the commander of the Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, was carried out by Israel on April 1, 2024. The actual assassination was based on precise operational intelligence, while Israel..
10:32 AM - Apr 27, 2024
10:14 AM - Apr 27, 2024
Mafia: it's a worldview… of sociopaths.
Getting and keeping them out of elected office (which they've held for a century or more, globally) will be very difficult and not enough. They won't disappear. It's a multi-generational challenge.
Or we could choose to eliminate the incentives.
Getting and keeping them out of elected office (which they've held for a century or more, globally) will be very difficult and not enough. They won't disappear. It's a multi-generational challenge.
Or we could choose to eliminate the incentives.
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindDonald wants the economy to crash. In his circle that's just common sense.09:54 AM - Apr 27, 2024
'Don't fix the border, it'd reduce our cut of the trafficking.'
'More weapons--in schools, churches. Everybody wants that.'
'People dying in hospitals is good for our drug trafficking and health and insurance scams.'
10:01 AM - Apr 27, 2024
Donald wants the economy to crash. In his circle that's just common sense.
'Don't fix the border, it'd reduce our cut of the trafficking.'
'More weapons--in schools, churches. Everybody wants that.'
'People dying in hospitals is good for our drug trafficking and health and insurance scams.'
'Don't fix the border, it'd reduce our cut of the trafficking.'
'More weapons--in schools, churches. Everybody wants that.'
'People dying in hospitals is good for our drug trafficking and health and insurance scams.'
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindInternational syndical crime is a gig economy. Mob jobs.09:47 AM - Apr 27, 2024
09:54 AM - Apr 27, 2024
Evidence mounts.
“deterioration of food security and nutrition in Gaza is unprecedented in modern history, exponentially outpacing in six months the long-term declines that led to the only other two famine declarations in the 21st century”
https://www.devex.com/news...
“deterioration of food security and nutrition in Gaza is unprecedented in modern history, exponentially outpacing in six months the long-term declines that led to the only other two famine declarations in the 21st century”
https://www.devex.com/news...
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMind10:49 PM - Apr 26, 2024![Tweet by Abraham Gutman: "!!!
Former spokesperson for families of Israeli hostages in Gaza says they learned that after October 7, Hamas offered to release all civilian hostages to prevent a ground offensive.
“No doubt that Netanyahu is preventing a deal to release the hostage.”"]()
09:17 AM - Apr 27, 2024
Inconsequential "inflation"/interest rate blip in equities market lasted a literal minute.
Social mood is the tide. News is a raindrop. The tide is going out.
#Socionomics
Social mood is the tide. News is a raindrop. The tide is going out.
#Socionomics
08:45 AM - Apr 26, 2024
As previously noted, all feelings are valid.
And this opinion seems worth noting for future reference.
And this opinion seems worth noting for future reference.
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindRealistically, the ruling will have little practical effect. DT won't be elected, new case(s) brought next term, court expanded next year (after Dem trifecta sworn in), and potentially Justice(s) investigated/impeached/retire (after clear, firm 'invitation'), and/or legislation passed.07:22 AM - Apr 26, 2024
08:33 AM - Apr 26, 2024
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Agreed. As previously noted re RFK, Jr.: he'll get former DT voters more than any other. (And longer ago noted: giving him attention only amplifies the effect--which realistically, if ironically, is good for Dems.)
Will RFK Jr. Shake Up the 2024 Presidential Election? || Peter Zeihan - YouTube
RFK II has a presidential name, but I don't think he'll be finding himself in that position this go around. However, he does have the opportunity to cause so...
08:11 AM - Apr 26, 2024
What if social media platforms had been developed in order to divert citizen opinions and concerns away from elected representatives--a simple, convenient, non-public place to vent and argue?
What if that were 'just' a side effect?
Are we contributing to or resisting it?
#ComplexSystems
What if that were 'just' a side effect?
Are we contributing to or resisting it?
#ComplexSystems
08:00 AM - Apr 26, 2024
Realistically, the ruling will have little practical effect. DT won't be elected, new case(s) brought next term, court expanded next year (after Dem trifecta sworn in), and potentially Justice(s) investigated/impeached/retire (after clear, firm 'invitation'), and/or legislation passed.
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Jonathan Sands @JonSandsI've got a really bad pit in my stomach feeling about SCOTUS and Trump's Immunity case. Creeping dread. Wild post-decision scenarios playing out in my (almost) paralyzed brain. Even massive doses of THC can't squelch it. The Roberts court may be the end of our democratic experiment. #scotus06:33 AM - Apr 26, 2024
07:22 AM - Apr 26, 2024
From what I've gathered (via Charles Johnson, primarily--see previous spouts in timeline), the Ukranian mob connections to Russia make the picture far from clear--until gaining awareness of that factor. The implication would be that she's a foreign agent.
#HostileForeignInterference
#HostileForeignInterference
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Lola Gayle @LolaGayleCGIFT LINK
WAPO - Victoria Spartz: A Ukraine-born congresswoman voted no on aid. Her hometown feels betrayed.
https://wapo.st/3WigUh401:23 PM - Apr 25, 2024
01:36 PM - Apr 25, 2024
And the healing of it is an inherently insecure (and *hard*) process: if consistent help is a matter of a financial transaction, that doesn't go unnoticed.
#PerverseOutcomesOfPerverseIncentives
#InherentlyDysfunctionalCulture
#AbandonExchangeBeliefGlobally
#AllTheRealisticAlternativesAreWorse
#PerverseOutcomesOfPerverseIncentives
#InherentlyDysfunctionalCulture
#AbandonExchangeBeliefGlobally
#AllTheRealisticAlternativesAreWorse
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindMuch of it is unconscious. The few who do it consciously have deeper unconscious 'guidance'. Twisted, convoluted, recursive, roiled, etc. Such is the nature of trauma and brain-body coping to its not being addressed, resolved, healed.11:24 AM - Apr 25, 2024
11:28 AM - Apr 25, 2024
The disorderedness of the transgenerationally abused and neglected leaves them desperate to drag the world down with them: 'See, you're just as bad as me!'
#TraumaEpidemic
#TraumaEpidemic
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMindBecause that's what they want: proof of their self-justified lawlessness.11:12 AM - Apr 25, 2024
11:14 AM - Apr 25, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Pedal to the metal.
"Today, we’re announcing a $6.14 billion preliminary agreement with [at]MicronTech.
This investment — coupled with Micron’s historic private investment of up to $125 billion — will help revitalize U.S. tech leadership and create tens of thousands of jobs." -- Sec. Gina Raimondo
"Today, we’re announcing a $6.14 billion preliminary agreement with [at]MicronTech.
This investment — coupled with Micron’s historic private investment of up to $125 billion — will help revitalize U.S. tech leadership and create tens of thousands of jobs." -- Sec. Gina Raimondo
10:57 AM - Apr 25, 2024
Someone(s) sold other holdings yesterday and bought DJT today, apparently. I see that Ted Cruz fits the bill. Could he? Would he?
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Trauma Epidemic @BeanOpenMind$DJT tumbling appears to have begun.10:04 AM - Apr 22, 2024
New lows ahead (absent some 'angel' willing to throw money his way). Very likely sub-20. Very possibly well below that.
09:42 AM - Apr 25, 2024
