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Lee Keyes

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Retired psychologist, enjoys ⚾ and 🎵. Student of Scots-Irish history. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇺🇲

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Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 4d

We can create safeguards for cognitive trickery. Even our own.

musingonmentalhealth.substack.com/p/immunity-t...

Immunity to Manipulation

Enhancing your mental health in a challenging world.

musingonmentalhealth.substack.com

Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 7m

Strangest road name I've seen in NC is "Old Hushpuppy Road." There isn't a New Hushpuppy Road.

Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 8h

She fights to remember their names and give them a proper burial.

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The scandal of 796 dead Irish babies — and one woman’s fight

Thanks to Catherine Corless, almost 800 babies born to unmarried mothers at St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co Galway, will have a proper burial

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Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 10h

A response to a "we have no kings" argument against protests.

And compare this to the abuses of a king section of the Declaration.

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

U.S. Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective

The erosion of U.S. democracy under President Donald Trump shares many features with other prominent cases of democratic backsliding. Yet a close comparative look highlights important distinctive elem...

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Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 11h

A must read.

suhnneshine.bsky.social @suhnneshine.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Bliss of a Quieter Ego
We live in a world of noisy narcissism, but you can escape the cacophony—and be happier.
By Arthur C. Brooks www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Bliss of a Quieter Ego

We live in a world of noisy narcissism, but you can escape the cacophony—and be happier.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1d

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.” - Gandhi

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Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 23h

What it's like to argue with a maga.

And why it is a total waste of time. Better to ignore them and live your beliefs instead.

Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 1d

The Boss speaks about depression.

www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/20/b...

Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the Visitations of the Darkness

“If you can acknowledge it and you can relax with it a little bit, very often it shortens its duration.”

www.themarginalian.org

Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 1d

My ancestor who also said NO KINGS!!!

Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 1d

NO KINGS!!!

Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 1d

Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 2d

Update on gen alpha slang.

www.freep.com/story/news/l...

Michigan's Gen Alpha kids are saying '6-7' and 'sendy.' What are they talking about?

You might need to study to figure out what kids are saying if they're using these terms.

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Lee Keyes @leekeyes.bsky.social · 2d

For No Kings, if you carry a flag, let it be the American flag, or flags with "We the People" or "Constitution" or "Bill of Rights" or "No Discrimination." These should cover everyone.

Avoid handing them ammunition.