Gil Friend - Sustainability OG

Today's new quiz:
Will Bondi indict Noem?

If public schools must “eliminate everything that is objectionable to any of these warring sects or inconsistent with any of their doctrines, we will leave public education in shreds.”

The Supreme Court’s Republicans just seized the most dangerous power in constitutional law The Court’s latest ruling invokes a power that corrupts every court that wields it.

“As Justice Robert Jackson warned in a 1948 opinion, “authorities list 256 separate and substantial religious bodies to exist in the continental United States,” a number that has likely only grown as America became more diverse.

It's a great night to consider running for office. It's still not too late in some states to get on the ballot for 2026 -- and definitely not too early for 2027 or 2028. runforwhat.net

Opinion | No Empire. No Kings.

“Imperialism might expand the nation’s territory,” he said, “but it would contract the nation’s purpose. It is not a step forward toward a broader destiny; it is a step backward, toward the narrow views of kings and emperors.”
- William Jennings Bryan, 1900

In case you think they are unprepared pushovers.
(They might not be.)

You ain't seen nuttin' yet…

Oh I'm sure it's fine.
Isn't everything?

🧵: Here's my take on #Doltskreig, the stupid and illegal war that Donald Trump has launched in the Middle East.

It makes no sense.

Is the idea to re-obliterate a nuclear program Trump claims he already obliterated?

(1/3)

Me miss Max.

Opinion | Trump May Come to Regret This

As we all will.

“This was a decision made by one man with no legal basis, little public support and no coherent explanation of an endgame.”

Brilliant "leadership"…

And speaking of "who benefits?"
this is all we've been able to find so far.

Umm, why?

YouTube video by Zeihan on Geopolitics Iran War Escalates: 20 Million Barrels a Day of Crude Oil Disrupted || Peter Zeihan

Do you ever wonder about war and energy? Watch this.

Do you ever wonder about "who benefits" (when Ben Bradlee's advice to "follow the money" doesn't always get you to clarity)? Yeah, me too.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMkF...

“Trump ran on exposing the pedophiles and stopping wars. Trump is now protecting the pedophiles and starting wars.”
-Senator Ruben Gallego

#periodicreminder

DJT’s political / strategic / pastoral / historical / comedic / tragic philosophy:
#FAFO

(Mine: Neither a fool nor a blaggard be.)

Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

“And in a rare moment of unity across Silicon Valley A.I. companies, employees at two of Anthropic’s competitors, OpenAI and Google, signed letters backing Anthropic’s position.”

Well, I’ve been going deep in agentic AI. Tonight I get to learn about “identical” AI.
(Book launch for “You to the Power of Two” by Bradley & Tapscott.)

What a fascinating mix of showmanship, lies, jingoism, vilification…and appropriation of Dem ideas!

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

Your Moods and This Moment If you've followed my work or writing for any length of time, you've probably noticed that I've written a lot recently about moods. And that working with moods is a central element of the ontological ...

you can examine the assessments associated with it… See if they’re grounded or not… See if their actions you can take about them or not.

In my experience that simple process reliably moves moods.

(Want to know more? Let me know!)

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Your Moods and This Moment If you've followed my work or writing for any length of time, you've probably noticed that I've written a lot recently about moods. And that working with moods is a central element of the ontological ...

Posted 55 weeks ago, and always relevant. Especially on calls with three coaching clients today.

tl;dr—
Moods are always tangled with assessments (opinions/interpretations). When you want to shift (or nurture) a mood…

"The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice." If _we_ bend it.
#periodicreminder

And massively cutting training hours.
As we suspected.

Time to step up, Netflix!

Three tasks. Two moods. One people.

ALT text says Bkly 3/7. Images says 3/7. Which is true, please?

Heads up!

“Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.”

Egads, I love it when you talk like that!