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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · Oct 2

We can take all of this entirely at face value. Or consider that the greatest possible joy available to humans is found through overcoming.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 15h

Bet that was late 80s/early 90s. Moto jackets and black clothing were trendy then, anyway, but in SF they got SO MUCH traction.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 16h

Oh yeah, in that picture she looked like someone I would have been hanging out with at the time! The hair!

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 17h

EXACTLY

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 17h

Oh yeah - the Bay Area was huge for punk from the ambient political culture. Somehow I don't think Kamala was listening to the Dead Kennedys, but we'll never know for sure.

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 17h

There's the late Boomer/early Gen X who are your AARPunks. They witnessed Reagan/Thatcher and listened to The Clash (and know that Devo wasn't a novelty band, but artists radicalized by Kent State.) In school they were bullied by the Gen X that listened to Van Halen and drove Camaros. Same same.

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you for this. Some of us in religious/spiritual work are reminded anew that a strong spiritual life helps people to sit with and process profound discomfort. (Maybe there are other paths to get there, too.) But it's sure an area that needs work so people are resilient.

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 1d

I've walked away from crew work when people start cutting too many corners. All of the problems roll downhill, and you can't always compensate for what you see coming right at you.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 2d

Even had Negativland at one point.

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

Some can't see the sacredness in others. Or in themselves.

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

I now watch for humility and self-awareness. (This applies to young people, too.) Teams can do wonders when a leader knows what they don't know, and can't do well, and will listen.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

Gross

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

I've been re-reading Emerson, partly because I was curious if his essays would strike me as problematic in the Rand sense now. He actually does clarify and emphasize that the version of the self to be trusted is not the ego, but the Divine/Universal within.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

For multiple reasons, and nobody should be buying any Lauder cosmetics. They own a lot of brands.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

Desert, in general, is going to be hard hit. And actually, because it's already been in collapse and people have known hardship, some are organizing and being resourceful and ready to share.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

Grocery stores will go under. Walmart will take a huge hit. It's similar to with health insurance - a paying customer is a paying customer, regardless of where their funds came from.

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

YES

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

This land return and tule elk reintroduction is a significant milestone in California's relationship with the Tule River Indian Tribe.

We're taking critical steps to confront the historical wrongs committed by the state against the Native people of this land.

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you. Whether or not people choose to believe in karmic law, simple cause and effect are often plain to see. By showing accountability and taking steps to repair some harm - even if we weren't directly and literally the people who committed it - we invite grace.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 4d

Flawless.

"Cuts You Up," by the way, if you didn't know this, is about the spiritual path and what it does to you.

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spooky spruce tree @tallsprucetree.bsky.social · 4d

Haven't seen this one added yet

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Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 4d

Disgusting

Mojavette @mojavette.bsky.social · 4d

Some murders, too, because in privatizing psychiatric care (to benefit his donors) at least one future mass murderer didn't get the help he needed, was released, and killed several people. Maybe more could have been prevented, too - California had a lot of weird murderers in the 70s-80s.