Raman Frey

Here to advise if you're the winning bid. I see agroforestry and greenhouse gardens for year round fresh produce, a deeply caring chef and actual catalytic programming that's not just there to comfort the most powerful.

Sierra Hot Springs The Resort & Retreat For Sale In Sierraville, CA | The Sierra Hot Springs

Big resourced friends who love hot water,

Please consider this wonderful large property and its truly alchemical hot springs.

Please consider how once you are the stewards, you might keep it as open and accessible as possible.

sierrahotsprings.info?fbclid=IwY2x...

This evening's sunset at the pier in Point Arena.

How to Get Rid of "Citizens United" We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

"States don’t have to grant corporations the power to spend in politics. In fact, they could decide not to give corporations that power."

robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

A fascinating evening at The Lightning Society in Brooklyn, put together by our friends Benjamin Von Wong and featuring Michael Mezzatesta and myself, all about the present and future of leaning into regenerative economics.

Our movement is in the air! It was a packed house!

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our son is developing quite the vocabulary and so I'm offering small nuggets of dad advice I hope will serve him well.

Become competent, not expert, at everything you touch.

Last night's sunset release of baby turtles on Playa La Ropa. The boy was immobilized and frankly concerned. We had to explain that they live in the ocean and are happy there.

More from Zihua.

Perhaps the problem is the incentives of a representative republic dominated by a narrow Overton Window of only two corporatist parties?

I don't know.

What do you think?

The path to Zihuatenejo. And I feel this Mexican graffiti artist. We haven't been the best of neighbors.

Two dozen states sue White House over food stamps suspension amid shutdown Federal food assistance benefits for low-income families set to expire on 1 November due to government shutdown

“Snap is one of our nation’s most effective tools to fight hunger, and the USDA has the money to keep it running...There is no excuse for this administration to abandon families who rely on Snap as a lifeline.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More of autumn. Thanks Benjamin Von Wong for this shot of me co-hosting the Warm Data Lab at the Denizen retreat.

‘You’re Going to Lose Your Mind’: My Three-Day Retreat in Total Darkness

Apropos our recent GP Dinner with dark retreat advocate Nick Jankel.

"I wanted to boil existence down, see what remained."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/m...

Should we treat environmental crime more like murder? Serial killers and violent criminals dominate the headlines. What if we covered ecocide and pollution in the same way?

When will we make ecocide a crime?

When will the laws reflect the values that most of us already carry, that a flourishing natural world, clean air and water, is a child's birthright?

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Thank you Wil Otero for stepping in as our chef, celebrating the Caribbean.

Thank you @karinjjohnson.bsky.social for corralling our boy and helping to make the evening smooth.

This was our last community GP Dinner of the year. Please look for our next ticketed dinner in Q1 of 2026.

@nickjankel.bsky.social thanks again for popping up to SF from LA after your trip to Amsterdam.

Going into The Dark together was a transformative conversation for our community, reflecting on courage, introspection and the kind of initiations and medicine needed by so many right now in our society.

As David put it, Chouinnard and his family have benefited us all through the "compounding interest" of their adherence to naturalist values.

If you're wondering what it's like to have the courage of your convictions and the integrity to stay the course over decades, read this book. We could use more leaders who are fundamentally motivated by things other than wealth, fame and power.

On Saturday night we hosted about 60 Good People at TinkerTendo for a dinner to celebrate David Gelles and his new book Dirtbag Billionaire, about Yvon Chouinnard and Patagonia.

Big thanks to Esther Yoon, Matt Mullenweg, Hanif Sadr and especially Karin Justine Johnson for making this all possible.

Last call for our 191st GP Dinner this Tuesday, October 7th in San Francisco. Chef, menu, speaker, venue and other details are all here.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1429318051...

Good. An abrupt interruption might wake some people up.

I would join a general strike as well.

Is this “dirtbag billionaire” the exception that proves the rule? A recording from David Gelles and Anand Giridharadas's live video

"A company that consistently prioritized things other than profit."

David Gelles

davidgelles.substack.com/p/is-this-di...

Eric Adams started with strong support among Black and working-class voters. By the time he dropped out Sunday, his re-election effort was polling below 10%. Here’s how a swirl of scandals and accusations of corruption led to his decline. nyti.ms/3IMncRE

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

We are building a little Cathedral of the Green Thumb over near the garden.

Design for Exponential Impact at Camp Earnest Learn how to apply your design superpowers for social and ecological impact from two of the world's most impactful design visionaries.

We’d still love to include you. The bunkhouse is still open and the big lotus bell tent. After that, attendees can camp or stay nearby until we reach capacity.

DM me if you have any questions.

Hope to see you soon.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1083481104...

Design for Exponential Impact at Camp Earnest Learn how to apply your design superpowers for social and ecological impact from two of the world's most impactful design visionaries.

Good People,

Last call for our design for impact gathering, October 13 to 17 here at Camp Earnest.

An extraordinary list of compassionate and driven friends, leaders in a variety of industries has signed up. I’ll send out our first what to expect email soon.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1083481104...

We Are Losing the Information War with Ourselves If the medium is the message, the message is mass psychosis.

"If the medium is the message, the message is mass psychosis—and it will send us careening from one political emergency to the next."

samharris.substack.com/p/we-are-los...