L.J.

Even though we live in a time where monsters and unimaginable evil are being revealed we are also in an age of unparalleled good.

Not only do we have access to the wisdoms, ingenuity, and brilliance of our time, we also have tools for survival and flourishing that our elders and ancestors left us.

“Drat,” said Toad.

Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds Scaling Change

Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds: Scaling Change. What if how time moves (small, to bigger, to biggest) is how change moves too? How can we join our efforts to make small change big? (ID: LJ's mittened hand holds a small chunk of ice)
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Piano Lessons for Hyper-Connected Brains What our hobbies teach us about life

This week's Substack is Piano Lessons for Hyper-Connected Brains: what our hobbies teach us about life.

Image of the meme of Sean Bean from Lord of the Rings that says, "One does not simply/ play a new piece perfectly."

Link in bio or: bit.ly/4r2zlmz

Sweet! I played one round of it and I'd love to do a whole campaign

“My seeds will not grow,” said Toad.

“You are shouting too much,” said Frog, “These poor seeds are afraid to grow.”

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

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Fox News Poll: Americans Prefer Democrats On Transgender Issues +22 Points Virtually every subgroup surveyed—from mothers to Black voters to even rural white voters—expressed greater confidence in the Democratic Party’s handling of transgender issues in the latest poll.

1. In a stunning new poll released by Fox News, voters prefer the Democratic Party to the Republican Party on transgender issues at a staggering +22 points.

This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.

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Nothing like a contest deadline to get me to finally finish my manuscript!

ID: A black background with a burst of golden starlight in the center; white dots like snow float in the dark. Text: Litany for Minnesota; prayers and hexes for these times. bit.ly/4a6gUpL

I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...

Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.

Toad sat and did nothing. Frog sat with him.

Beloveds, no matter who you are, where you are, or how you feel you have something to give this moment, movement, & resistance. Some can be in the streets but others need to do things like pray or send blessings, encouragement, or funds from bed bc that’s all their bodies or circumstances can allow.

@tomsuozzi.bsky.social WTF are you doing voting to fund 🧊?

@gluesenkampperez.house.gov WTF are you doing voting to fund 🧊?

@golden.house.gov WTF are you doing voting to fund 🧊?

@golden.house.gov @gluesenkampperez.house.gov @thomas-r-suozzi.bsky.social, Henry Cueller, Laura Gillen, Don Davis and Vincente Gonzalez,

Damn you all to a fiery hell for funding terrorists against American citizens! We will remember, never forget and nor will you. We've had enough. Fuck you all.

Hey @democrats.org , WTF are you doing voting to fund 🧊?

This week's substack: Night Walks. Practicing Belonging and Body Trust.

--When do you have permission to go at your own pace?
--What is the difference between being by yourself and being (existentially) alone?
--How can you slow down and experience wonder?

Read it existentialease.substack.com

In these trying times, I don't know much. But I do know this: when pizza's on a bagel, you can have pizza any time.

UNMASKING - Happier Holidays Edition

A super chill, free event where we can talk strategies, commiserate, and receive support amidst the holiday chaos and the challenges it poses to ND minds. Saturday Dec. 13, 1pm Eastern. Bit.ly/UMHH2025

Mood

I can't get Nonmonogamummy out of my head! 🎶

White text over and image of my white fluffy cat, sitting primly with his front paws crossed and looking a bit sleepy and grumpy.

Good news: Our thoughts and feelings aren't what define our character. It's what we DO with our thoughts and feelings.

Embracing the shadow; our thoughts do not define us. "Last year someone I trusted intentionally harmed me, and I was so angry it scared me."
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White text over a partially cloudy sky at dusk, the light fading behind the dark treeline.

Reflections on #thegoodplace and whether it's really possible to utterly apart.

"I never let go of you. We were never separate. Content warning: mortality, death, and spoilers for The Good Place. Hang onto your hats, it's about to get spiritual in here!"
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Sometimes I feel like a furniture store, like it’s either grand opening energy or everything must go energy and there’s just no in between anymore

This is so peaceful 🤩

Prudenci Bertrana Compte,a significant Catalan painter and writer, was trained at the Escola Llotja in Barcelona. This work from around 1917 shows the houses on the River Onyar in Girona and the Basilica of Saint Felix.