Does he have to return the FIFA Peace Prize now?
28.02.2026 09:45 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Does he have to return the FIFA Peace Prize now?
28.02.2026 09:45 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness." โ Tom Waits
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Time is so cyclical. Protest musicโฆ On a sharp rise these days. Even U2 is in on it.
But this guy? Next level stuff.
www.instagram.com/reel/DU8giTX...
Also really enjoyed writing this piece about his quiet method a while back: mikevardy.com/jackson-brow...
19.02.2026 03:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Really enjoyed this conversation with Jackson Browne. open.spotify.com/episode/4XQA...
19.02.2026 03:49 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I donโt think thereโs a more 80s-sounding singer than Peter Cetera.
19.02.2026 01:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I figure itโll lead to this: Depth over breadth. Less transactional and more relational.
Iโve changed in the year of writing The Lantern. So why not make the change here, too?
If you read my work and subscribe to my emails, Iโd love to hear your thoughts to go along with my own.
Looking at changing up my weekly email, The Lantern.
Currently I write a narrative and then share links to a video, some form of audio, and something written (sections called LOOK, LISTEN, LEARN).
Considering going strictly with a narrative/essayโฆ and then a question to the reader.
๐๏ธ Just published a new episode of A Productive Conversation: Joel Zuckerman Talks About Expressive Gratitude, Impactful Letters, and Lasting Connection. Have a listen:
18.02.2026 08:34 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I am about to watch Fitzcarraldo. No doubt I will emerge from this celluloid experience forever altered.๏ฟผ๏ฟผ
17.02.2026 05:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Some films resolve. Others keep working on you.
Iโve been thinking about The Boy and the Heron through the lens of timeโand how meaning shifts between creator and viewer.
mikevardy.com/the-boy-and-...
A vague to-do list creates hesitation. A clear one creates momentum. Writing a better to-do list is simpler than you think.
Hereโs how: mikevardy.com/writing-a-be...
A selfie of Mike Vardy, with a slight smile, tussled hair, gearing up for the day.
This is the look of a full day ahead.
Calm anyway. Low-intensity start. Intentional ramp.
Thatโs productiveness.
If your stances include:
Extremism
Xenophobia
Intolerance
Transphobia
Read the first letters.
Spell the word.
Act on it. Go elsewhere.
Thanks for having this conversation with me. Really appreciate it.
11.02.2026 23:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0๐๏ธ Just published a new episode of A Productive Conversation: PM Talks S3E2: Poise Under Pressure in a Fractured Moment. Have a listen:
11.02.2026 08:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1A photo of Joshua Beckerโs book โUncluttered Faithโ resting on a gray fabric chair with a green, plush pillow behind it.
You donโt have to be religious to appreciate this. Uncluttered Faith by my friend Joshua Becker is out today.
#UnclutteredFaith
The thing is that none of this is about adoption. Just noticing that someone once paused and said: this naming thing isnโt neutral.
10.02.2026 01:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Frank Lloyd Wright once used โUsonianโ instead of โAmerican.โ Not because it would catch on but because he bristled at the hemispheric grab in the word.
There was โColumbianโ too. Made historical sense. Never going to stick.
I went down a rabbit hole because of Bad Bunny listing every country in the Americas. Not as provocation, just a reminder that America is bigger than one nation.
10.02.2026 01:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Mike Vardy holding a copy of The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths.
This book is already stretching my thinking.
Canโt wait to talk with Tom Griffiths on A Productive Conversation.
Itโs interesting how โI canโt understand the lyricsโ has never been a dealbreaker for songs like Louie Louie or Yellow Ledbetter.
But when the language is Spanish, it suddenly becomes a problem.
That tells you the issue was never understanding. It was comfort with whose culture is centered.
Screenshot of an etymology entry for the word โantipathy.โ The heading โantipathy (n.)โ appears in red, followed by text explaining its origins from Latin antipathia and Greek antipatheia, meaning โnatural aversionโ or โhostile feeling,โ derived from roots meaning โoppositeโ and โto suffer or feel.โ
This feels more accurate.
09.02.2026 05:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I. Have. So. Many. Takes. On. This.
09.02.2026 04:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Final moments of Bad Bunny's performance, as an array of the flags of the Americas fly as fireworks explode and the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" is projected on a screen
Kendrick Lamar leaning into a human American flag. Iconic moment from his 2025 Superbowl performance
I am absolutely convinced that these past two halftime performances will be studied in textbooks someday.
(tbd on which discipline)
And wth the Super Bowl done, my regular sports-watching goes on hiatus until May.
09.02.2026 03:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It seems fitting that a team called the โpatriotsโ loses this year.
09.02.2026 03:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0FWIW, the same people that are upset that Bad Bunny is being featured by the NFL contain a percentage of people who were cheering for Bad Bunny when he was being featured by WWE.
09.02.2026 01:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Green Day closing the Super Bowl Pre-Game festivities with American Idiot was about as close as we were going to get to an overt protest from the band.
And Iโm totally fine with that.
Mission accomplished, @typeoneerror.comโฆ open.spotify.com/track/1AAYbs...
06.02.2026 18:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0