Gamma Donna
@gammamadonna.bsky.social
Earthling, human, live-in Gamma of 3, retired music educator, domestic violence counselor, and tiny shard of the Cosmos. ✨
“We are here to help each other get through this thing…whatever it is.”
• Kurt Vonnegut
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“We are here to help each other get through this thing…whatever it is.”
• Kurt Vonnegut
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Yes. Among the many grifting predators Oprah has given the world, Mehmet Oz and Phil McGraw leap immediately to mind. Despite any philanthropic generosity she may have demonstrated, equating her wealth and prestige with sound judgment is a mistake. Here is a case in point.
Oprah is promoting her podcast on estrangement, and I’m seeing a wave of therapists applauding it.
I need to weigh in, because estrangement is a subject I have decades of experience with.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrSXbUPN/
I need to weigh in, because estrangement is a subject I have decades of experience with.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrSXbUPN/
Oprah is promoting her podcast on estrangement, and I’m seeing a wave of therapists applauding it. I need to weigh in, because estrangement is a subject I have decades of experience with. When peopl...
TikTok video by Steven Hassan, PhD
www.tiktok.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yes. Among the many grifting predators Oprah has given the world, Mehmet Oz and Phil McGraw leap immediately to mind. Despite any philanthropic generosity she may have demonstrated, equating her wealth and prestige with sound judgment is a mistake. Here is a case in point.
Haiku 🩷
What if the ship sank?
Would cranberry sauce exist?
When would we eat it?
What if the ship sank?
Would cranberry sauce exist?
When would we eat it?
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Haiku 🩷
What if the ship sank?
Would cranberry sauce exist?
When would we eat it?
What if the ship sank?
Would cranberry sauce exist?
When would we eat it?
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You have to set the standard in your life.
What you are prepared to give energy to.
Life is hurtling. One day you may be the only person that remembers your childhood.
It’s a short life.
What are you doing?
What are you trying to achieve here?
What can you do?
What can’t you do?
What you are prepared to give energy to.
Life is hurtling. One day you may be the only person that remembers your childhood.
It’s a short life.
What are you doing?
What are you trying to achieve here?
What can you do?
What can’t you do?
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
You have to set the standard in your life.
What you are prepared to give energy to.
Life is hurtling. One day you may be the only person that remembers your childhood.
It’s a short life.
What are you doing?
What are you trying to achieve here?
What can you do?
What can’t you do?
What you are prepared to give energy to.
Life is hurtling. One day you may be the only person that remembers your childhood.
It’s a short life.
What are you doing?
What are you trying to achieve here?
What can you do?
What can’t you do?
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Maestro (2023)
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Maestro (2023)
I just perfectly peeled 12 hard boiled eggs, soon to be deviled for our midafternoon dinner.
🥚💛🥚💛🥚
🥚💛🥚💛🥚
a woman sitting in a chair with the words " i 'm pretty sure i 'm a superhero " above her
ALT: a woman sitting in a chair with the words " i 'm pretty sure i 'm a superhero " above her
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I just perfectly peeled 12 hard boiled eggs, soon to be deviled for our midafternoon dinner.
🥚💛🥚💛🥚
🥚💛🥚💛🥚
Cooking. Cooking.
Be kind & full of grate!
🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
“Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk!”
• Rumi
Be kind & full of grate!
🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
“Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk!”
• Rumi
a drawing of the word grateful in purple
ALT: a drawing of the word grateful in purple
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Cooking. Cooking.
Be kind & full of grate!
🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
“Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk!”
• Rumi
Be kind & full of grate!
🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
“Gratitude is the wine of the soul. Go on. Get drunk!”
• Rumi
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A Poem for Thanksgiving from Indigenous America:
"For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through" by @tanaya.bsky.social rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-po...
"For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through" by @tanaya.bsky.social rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-po...
A Poem for Thanksgiving from Indigenous America
Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.
rudepundit.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A Poem for Thanksgiving from Indigenous America:
"For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through" by @tanaya.bsky.social rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-po...
"For Girls Who Run Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It’s the Quickest Way Through" by @tanaya.bsky.social rudepundit.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-po...
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here's today's post: "things to be thankful for in these dark times" — let’s appreciate the good, and mock the stupid.
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things to be thankful for in these dark times
let’s appreciate the good, and mock the stupid
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November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
here's today's post: "things to be thankful for in these dark times" — let’s appreciate the good, and mock the stupid.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone whose joy isn't heightened by the misery of others.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone whose joy isn't heightened by the misery of others.
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This is a good day to once again note that there are no other world leaders who have both nobly defied Trump's extortive quid pro quo blackmail and fought bravely to thwart Putin's murderous aggression. He's in a tough place and nobody can say how things will transpire. But Zelensky is a rare hero.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is a good day to once again note that there are no other world leaders who have both nobly defied Trump's extortive quid pro quo blackmail and fought bravely to thwart Putin's murderous aggression. He's in a tough place and nobody can say how things will transpire. But Zelensky is a rare hero.
The richest man on earth owns X.
The family of the 2nd-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS.
The 3rd-richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp.
The 4th-richest man owns WaPo & Amazon MGM Studios.
Another billionaire owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, & the NYPost.
The family of the 2nd-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS.
The 3rd-richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp.
The 4th-richest man owns WaPo & Amazon MGM Studios.
Another billionaire owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, & the NYPost.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The family of the 2nd-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS.
The 3rd-richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp.
The 4th-richest man owns WaPo & Amazon MGM Studios.
Another billionaire owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, & the NYPost.
The family of the 2nd-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS.
The 3rd-richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, & WhatsApp.
The 4th-richest man owns WaPo & Amazon MGM Studios.
Another billionaire owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, & the NYPost.
Turkeys. Human beings. All life and non-life are objects to be used, used up, and discarded to feed dark tetrad malignant (psychopathic) narcissists like the US predator-in-chief. His pathologies run him, and make him only quasi-human.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Turkeys. Human beings. All life and non-life are objects to be used, used up, and discarded to feed dark tetrad malignant (psychopathic) narcissists like the US predator-in-chief. His pathologies run him, and make him only quasi-human.
Trafficking in power
“…Epstein was a powerful figure at Harvard. He had spent years cultivating relationships at the university, donating more than $9 million between 1998 and 2008, positioning himself as a fixer and patron for high-profile academics, including Dershowitz and economist Larry Summers
“…Epstein was a powerful figure at Harvard. He had spent years cultivating relationships at the university, donating more than $9 million between 1998 and 2008, positioning himself as a fixer and patron for high-profile academics, including Dershowitz and economist Larry Summers
Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”
Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trafficking in power
“…Epstein was a powerful figure at Harvard. He had spent years cultivating relationships at the university, donating more than $9 million between 1998 and 2008, positioning himself as a fixer and patron for high-profile academics, including Dershowitz and economist Larry Summers
“…Epstein was a powerful figure at Harvard. He had spent years cultivating relationships at the university, donating more than $9 million between 1998 and 2008, positioning himself as a fixer and patron for high-profile academics, including Dershowitz and economist Larry Summers
“On the roller coaster ride
That my emotions have to take me on
I heard a newborn baby cry
Through the night.
I heard a perfect echo die
Into an anonymous wall of digital sound
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul.”
• Neil
🎵🖤🎵
youtu.be/fmCCpzW7AFU?...
That my emotions have to take me on
I heard a newborn baby cry
Through the night.
I heard a perfect echo die
Into an anonymous wall of digital sound
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul.”
• Neil
🎵🖤🎵
youtu.be/fmCCpzW7AFU?...
Natural Beauty
YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“On the roller coaster ride
That my emotions have to take me on
I heard a newborn baby cry
Through the night.
I heard a perfect echo die
Into an anonymous wall of digital sound
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul.”
• Neil
🎵🖤🎵
youtu.be/fmCCpzW7AFU?...
That my emotions have to take me on
I heard a newborn baby cry
Through the night.
I heard a perfect echo die
Into an anonymous wall of digital sound
Somewhere deep inside
Of my soul.”
• Neil
🎵🖤🎵
youtu.be/fmCCpzW7AFU?...
The sex trafficker-in chief forced an alphabet US federal agency to hand over the evidence against sex trafficking Taye Bros. Imagine that.
Trump regime forced FBI to hand over evidence against the rape-accused malignant online rape cheerleaders Tate brothers.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The sex trafficker-in chief forced an alphabet US federal agency to hand over the evidence against sex trafficking Taye Bros. Imagine that.
Cool!🧠
“This study is the first to identify major phases of brain wiring across a human lifespan.”
The major turning points:
•Nine (Childhood brain architecture)
•32 (Adulthood brain architecture)
•66 (Early aging)
•83 (Late aging)
www.popsci.com/health/brain...
Hey Doc @doceliot.bsky.social
“This study is the first to identify major phases of brain wiring across a human lifespan.”
The major turning points:
•Nine (Childhood brain architecture)
•32 (Adulthood brain architecture)
•66 (Early aging)
•83 (Late aging)
www.popsci.com/health/brain...
Hey Doc @doceliot.bsky.social
Your brain changes at 9, 32, 66, and 83
Brain scans of 3,802 people show how the brain’s structure changes at four major turning points.
www.popsci.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cool!🧠
“This study is the first to identify major phases of brain wiring across a human lifespan.”
The major turning points:
•Nine (Childhood brain architecture)
•32 (Adulthood brain architecture)
•66 (Early aging)
•83 (Late aging)
www.popsci.com/health/brain...
Hey Doc @doceliot.bsky.social
“This study is the first to identify major phases of brain wiring across a human lifespan.”
The major turning points:
•Nine (Childhood brain architecture)
•32 (Adulthood brain architecture)
•66 (Early aging)
•83 (Late aging)
www.popsci.com/health/brain...
Hey Doc @doceliot.bsky.social
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At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
These French babies arguing 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
At one point one says "Maman" & gestures to her offscreen & she says "I'm not getting mixed up in your business" 😭
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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. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/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. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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
robertreich.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/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. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
Monsters don’t need reasons.
I’m thinking 7th circle punishments for this atrocity’s architects, managers & worker bees are appropriate:
•being immersed in boiling blood,
• tormented by burning sand,
• becoming twisted trees (my embellishment – lastly chopped to splinters with a dull ax).
I’m thinking 7th circle punishments for this atrocity’s architects, managers & worker bees are appropriate:
•being immersed in boiling blood,
• tormented by burning sand,
• becoming twisted trees (my embellishment – lastly chopped to splinters with a dull ax).
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Monsters don’t need reasons.
I’m thinking 7th circle punishments for this atrocity’s architects, managers & worker bees are appropriate:
•being immersed in boiling blood,
• tormented by burning sand,
• becoming twisted trees (my embellishment – lastly chopped to splinters with a dull ax).
I’m thinking 7th circle punishments for this atrocity’s architects, managers & worker bees are appropriate:
•being immersed in boiling blood,
• tormented by burning sand,
• becoming twisted trees (my embellishment – lastly chopped to splinters with a dull ax).
“Well, everybody's talking and no one says a word,
Everybody's making love and no one really cares,
There's Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs,
Always something happening and nothing going on
nobody told me there’d be days like these.
Strange days indeed.”
youtu.be/0ua_dDL-Ykg?...
Everybody's making love and no one really cares,
There's Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs,
Always something happening and nothing going on
nobody told me there’d be days like these.
Strange days indeed.”
youtu.be/0ua_dDL-Ykg?...
John Lennon - Nobody Told Me - Vinyl Promo 45 rpm - 1984
YouTube video by Cletus Hunnicutt
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“Well, everybody's talking and no one says a word,
Everybody's making love and no one really cares,
There's Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs,
Always something happening and nothing going on
nobody told me there’d be days like these.
Strange days indeed.”
youtu.be/0ua_dDL-Ykg?...
Everybody's making love and no one really cares,
There's Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs,
Always something happening and nothing going on
nobody told me there’d be days like these.
Strange days indeed.”
youtu.be/0ua_dDL-Ykg?...
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Humanity has an existential need to comprehend violence, the use of force to dominate (physical, mental, emotional, social, political).
And comprehend ponerology, the study of evil.
Good resource to understand cultural/social violence is this.
What do you recommend?
@bandylee.bsky.social
And comprehend ponerology, the study of evil.
Good resource to understand cultural/social violence is this.
What do you recommend?
@bandylee.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Humanity has an existential need to comprehend violence, the use of force to dominate (physical, mental, emotional, social, political).
And comprehend ponerology, the study of evil.
Good resource to understand cultural/social violence is this.
What do you recommend?
@bandylee.bsky.social
And comprehend ponerology, the study of evil.
Good resource to understand cultural/social violence is this.
What do you recommend?
@bandylee.bsky.social
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Yup 👍…. If I wanted negativity all I would have to do is look at my checking account balance.. 🤣🤣🤣
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Yup 👍…. If I wanted negativity all I would have to do is look at my checking account balance.. 🤣🤣🤣
How do I (or any of us) live heartfully and sanely with the knowledge that the civilization is run by dark predatory personalities?
The only answer that makes any sense to me is: with as much compassion, empathy, and conscience possible.
The only answer that makes any sense to me is: with as much compassion, empathy, and conscience possible.
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
How do I (or any of us) live heartfully and sanely with the knowledge that the civilization is run by dark predatory personalities?
The only answer that makes any sense to me is: with as much compassion, empathy, and conscience possible.
The only answer that makes any sense to me is: with as much compassion, empathy, and conscience possible.
“They want to be the agents, not the victims, of history. They identify with God's power and believe they are godlike. That is their basic madness. They are overcome by some archtype; their egos have expanded psychotically so that they cannot tell where they begin and the godhead leaves off …”
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“They want to be the agents, not the victims, of history. They identify with God's power and believe they are godlike. That is their basic madness. They are overcome by some archtype; their egos have expanded psychotically so that they cannot tell where they begin and the godhead leaves off …”