Rod Thorn

Scarred Sacred Does kintsugi, the Japanese art of preparing broken objects, apply to people?

Here's my newest Substack essay.

I hope you get something out of it.

I know I did writing it.

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Thanks for posting this. I just followed everyone I was’t already following. Lots of good people. I hope people follow me back.

Have a Compassionate Thanksgiving Do something nice for someone, and let them do something nice for you.

Thanks to all for reading and subscribing and spreading the word about my publication. Now. . .EAT UP!

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Verizon announced they’re firing 13K employees and fired their CEO.

But their new CEO has a base salary of $1.5M and potential performance-based equity awards of up to $59.5M.

That’s 2X as much as the prior CEO.

An economic system that punishes the many while rewarding the few is unsustainable.

Mobobby Dick

Yes, I am.

That makes too much sense.

Sure. They’ll both believe anything.

Wow

Yep. From the gas inside it.

Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now

Maybe Bobby Kennedy Jr can handle this.

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The Time A Turkey Tried To Kill Me When turnabout is fowl play

Let's talk turkey. With Thanksgiving coming up, I want my subscribers to know how grateful I am for their support. I'm grateful for anyone who reads my work, but none more so than the people who value my writing enough to subscribe. Thank you.

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Exactly.

I’m concerned the Epstein files will be scrubbed clean of anything implicating Trump and his allies. This is about accountability. Everyone implicated needs to be held accountable. These women were children and didn’t have anyone to fight for them then. They do have people fighting for them now.

I was in a coffee shop with a friend today when I saw this small but mighty group of “No Kings” protesters outside. They were getting a lot of support from people driving by.

Tell Me About A Time You Failed After many years of interviewing people I’d had enough.

Here’s my new Wise Ash Substack post.

I’m grateful for your likes, comments, re-stacks, recommendations to friends, and subscriptions. Especially your paid subscriptions, which help make it possible for me to write. Thank you

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I love the nights where my head hits the cool pillow and I think, “For the next few hours I don’t have to be anything or do anything. Likely no one will ask anything of me and I won’t be expected to give anything to anyone.”

Tesla’s profit fell 37% in Q3 & they’re firing 14K people, but Musk got a pay package worth $1 trillion.

$1T exceeds the GDP of many COUNTRIES, including Singapore, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, Argentina. In fact, it’s more than the GDP of 180 countries. 

Our capitalistic system is broken.

Okay, so I did it. In honor of Sandwich Guy, on what should be the last day of his trial, I figured out the chords. And so, with apologies to the late and great Bob Marley, I banged out this quick and (very) rough rendition of "I Threw the Sandwich." 🤣

The sandwich case was toast the minute she charged him.

Mike Johnson, no doubt: “I haven’t seen or heard anything about it.”

If only we could flip the Senate as well.

If the U.S. had a good nationwide rail system I’d never fly.

Family Trees And Roddy is now a free elf

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Fantastic!

This is great news!

May the 4th be with you, sir! I look forward to calling you Mr. Mayor.

Pretzel nuts.