Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to John Muller.
Romanian 🇷🇴 here
01:35 AM - Sep 28, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Marc Elias.
Cheap bastards, they wanted to hire you for peanuts, huh? You're so much more valuable for democracy!
11:37 AM - Jul 02, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to LivinAloha.
This is my go-to answer. Never failed me 😀
01:12 AM - Jun 18, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Dan Ehrenkrantz.
When teaching it, for the spirituality-shy I introduce the need for the Four Noble Abodes in their scientific form, mindfulness being the tool for that. "Destructive Emotions" by Daniel Goleman is very helpful as it shows how close the Western cognitive science and Buddhist view of the mind are.
09:06 AM - May 07, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Dan Ehrenkrantz.
Thank you for that! Yes, there are a lot of things to say and long-form is more suitable. Your article is clear and, sincerely, I wish I wrote it 😀. With time I plan to dispel more misunderstandings, but your intervention here is really (part of) what's needed today.
09:02 AM - May 07, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Garden Breathe Spout.
There are, of course, psychopaths and sociopaths among us. But for people on the normality spectrum, anger (hatred, violence) is a secondary emotion, the primary one being overwhelmingly fear. There are neural correlates identified there.
12:48 AM - May 01, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to The People's Duchess.
I don't even know what wordle is. Does that make me a savage?
10:36 AM - Mar 22, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
Bravo! I admire your dedication to a better online space!

On a different note: are there any plans for threads (or the equivalent here)? I rarely spout because many things I want to say do not fit into a single spot.
03:54 PM - Mar 14, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Nicole.
Yes, fear literally dumbs us down by taking the prefrontal cortex (executive functions) offline. The psychology of right-wing authoritarians is intensely studied by Karen Stenner and beautifully explained by Teri Kanefield. Unfortunately, none is yet here, but I still hope.
12:29 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Lola.
Freelancer here, teaching mindfulness and compassion development programs. I'm an European so probably not interesting for anyone outside EU (even though I delivered over Zoom) but I'm here anyway 🤷‍♀️ ready to support anyone in this pod 😀.
10:47 AM - Feb 26, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Nathan Standing.
The political position comes from something more universal: fear and loathing of complexity and diversity (=democracy) and hierarchical thinking. For the firts see Karen Stenner. For the second, see Teri Kanefield (too much info for a 300-chars spout, sorry). Both based on scientific research.
01:37 AM - Feb 19, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Nathan Standing.
Hypothesis: until recently humans has to walk a tight rope btw cooperation (getting resources) and competition (grabbing more of what's available), as long as resources were limited to those sustainable. Modern abundance muted the need for cooperation. They allowed their inner animal to take over.
02:23 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Courtney Milan.
As a survivor, with two suicide attempts, I keep my fingers crossed for him and wish him speedy recovery and quick deep healing.
09:15 AM - Feb 18, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Steve Marmel.
Maybe not really surprising but one thing that makes me proud: I was talking to an American political consultant a couple of years ago and he said "I don't know many Americans so knowledgeable on US politics as you are". And I'm an Eastern European.
02:10 AM - Feb 16, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to Myron Clifton.
02:25 PM - Feb 10, 2023
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Blue Sky Dweller
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In response to CarbonHal.
Romanian MoD denied any rocket entry in RO airspace, said it scrambled 2 MiG-21 already in flight for an exercise (link in Romanian)

https://www.mapn.ro/cpresa...
07:32 AM - Feb 10, 2023
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