Didn't expect to get a pep talk from the great fairy of legends of Zelda 64 but it IS strange times we live in. Also, regardless, she's right.
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"I'm worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin them around as it wants without taking a look at what they're doing. I'm concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that's handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers." - Howard Zinn "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." - Leo Tolstoy "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." - Buckminster Fuller
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I’ve been re-reading books and re-playing games with a fantasy setting, and boy are the themes of overcoming tyrants and corrupt systems relevant to today. As a non-denominational Christian, ex-evangelist, who abhors the way my God is and has been used to justify evil actions, I like this one: "I think people should be free to believe in whatever gods they want. If a person believes in a god and that god becomes a support system to them, that's a good thing. That's what a god should be."
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Thank you for this. My family is silent and it kills me! I’m talking and talking and they choose to just be silent and I have a feeling it’s because they have businesses and well off and belong to a certain community. I am not, no business just a regular job so I will continue to keep talking about the facts but the divide is there and palpable. I have chosen. Thank you!❤
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I would highly recommend watching Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand in "The Way We Were." When I watched it last year, my mouth hit the floor as to the appropriateness to OUR current times!!!! Free Speech etc. Awesome movie!
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Thank you! I'm escaping into the books that shaped my childhood, then shaped my parenting, and are now shaping my grandparenting. Most of the fantasy is a reminder that we, as human people, have almost always recognized that we are walking dichotomies, and it is up to each of us to *choose* to build healthier societies as a resistance to choosing to be selfish and harmful. That neither choice is "human nature", but the first choice is "human culture" and the second choice is "trauma culture" Keep up the great work Angela!
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I don't know how you manage to be such a fantastic mother and still get all these videos done!
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I was reading this to my husband. When I got to the part about the Rapture he immediately popped off with, “it’s happening again?”
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Democratic leaders, stop waiting on the GOP to make mistskes. Let communities know what you are doing to meet their needs - and still be ready with a concise response to controversial issues during the conversation. However, do not get bogged down with GOP talking points. What are you doing for people, democratic coalition?
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This just popped up. I'm not use to seeing something positive like this. It's usually just informative but this genuinely made me feel solace that I needed. I'm the outcast in my family as the passionate liberal among other things that make me feel hopeless. Thanks for this.
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I had no idea the rapture was this week. Thanks for the heads up 😂
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I am starting to only listen to a few people online you are one of them. Thank you for all you do
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Forced into a career change, actually developing because what I see in my head doesn't exist and would make online learning easier for those with learning different- abilities. I strongly resonate with this. Thank you for sharing, I think I needed to hear this today.
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Parkrose Permaculture
Good afternoon. I hope you are having a peaceful Sunday. A few housekeeping issues:
1. School starts for all my kids this week. That means I am going to be needed for the mom things like driving and support with homework, etc. I may be posting a bit more sporadically (or chaotically?) for the first week or two until I get into a fall routine.
2. There are elections happening all over the country between now and the end of the year. Please remember to vote and remind your neighbors to vote! We have to exercise our rights in order to defend them.
3. October 18 is No Kings 2. With more than 1300 events already scheduled, it is shaping up to be the largest single day of protest in the history of the United States after No Kings 1. Our right to free speech is under threat. It is more important than ever that we all turn out on October 18. Find the event near you at NoKings.org Please invite friends and neighbors and help empower your community to resist fascism.
Ok, I've got some videos to film for the rest of today and tomorrow! Topics I'm hoping to cover: combatting nihilism, Christian TikTok seems to think the Rapture is happening this week, Tyler Robinson update, and more.
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