Robert Terrill
@robotterror.bsky.social
Writer, dog and parakeet-lover, and avid reader. Environmentalist, utopian socialist, and Soto Zen Buddhist. #BlackLivesMatter #TransLivesMatter #MedicareForAll #PalestineMustBeFree
https://bobeliththeterrillbull.blogspot.com/
https://bobeliththeterrillbull.blogspot.com/
"The Dharma is not what we think it is. We are not what we think we are. Practice is not limited to a project of the small self."
-Zen priest Domyo Burk
-Zen priest Domyo Burk
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"The Dharma is not what we think it is. We are not what we think we are. Practice is not limited to a project of the small self."
-Zen priest Domyo Burk
-Zen priest Domyo Burk
Reposted by Robert Terrill
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
The Buddha said, “There are twenty things of great difficulty for human beings. [One of them is] for a man of great wealth and position to develop an aspiration for the Way.”
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Buddha said, “There are twenty things of great difficulty for human beings. [One of them is] for a man of great wealth and position to develop an aspiration for the Way.”
I place my trust in Jizō, the Bodhisattva of Hell.
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I place my trust in Jizō, the Bodhisattva of Hell.
Another banger from Douglas Rushkoff's Team Human. This one is about (among other things) corporatism, Nietzsche, Superman, and solar panels. The guest Andrew Long was inspiring.
open.spotify.com/episode/1VZW...
open.spotify.com/episode/1VZW...
Andrew Slack: Superman vs Ubermensch
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October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Another banger from Douglas Rushkoff's Team Human. This one is about (among other things) corporatism, Nietzsche, Superman, and solar panels. The guest Andrew Long was inspiring.
open.spotify.com/episode/1VZW...
open.spotify.com/episode/1VZW...
"Racism is a weapon of corporatism." - @andrewslack.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Racism is a weapon of corporatism." - @andrewslack.bsky.social
My friend wrote this and it was very helpful for me. open.substack.com/pub/vijnanan...
Every Terrible Thing
Or, Human nature is all good and all bad
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My friend wrote this and it was very helpful for me. open.substack.com/pub/vijnanan...
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
Democracy in the USA has been dead for a long time, trump's just the monster feeding on the carcass.
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Democracy in the USA has been dead for a long time, trump's just the monster feeding on the carcass.
Reposted by Robert Terrill
🚨 Happening now: Comedians take Times Square to protest Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and demand ABC stand up for free speech.
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🚨 Happening now: Comedians take Times Square to protest Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and demand ABC stand up for free speech.
"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we CAN imagine."
J.B.S. Haldane, geneticist
"The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it."
-Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist and primatologist
J.B.S. Haldane, geneticist
"The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it."
-Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist and primatologist
September 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we CAN imagine."
J.B.S. Haldane, geneticist
"The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it."
-Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist and primatologist
J.B.S. Haldane, geneticist
"The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it."
-Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist and primatologist
The thing about underpaid wage labor is: it gives you a lot of time to consider "Buddha's" second arrow.
September 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The thing about underpaid wage labor is: it gives you a lot of time to consider "Buddha's" second arrow.
As living beings, we represent complex, organized systems--an eddy in the random entropy of the universe.
-Robert M. Sapolsky
-Robert M. Sapolsky
September 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
As living beings, we represent complex, organized systems--an eddy in the random entropy of the universe.
-Robert M. Sapolsky
-Robert M. Sapolsky
Reposted by Robert Terrill
On Thursday, I joined the National Action Network's March on Wall Street with Rev. Al Sharpton, MLK III and hundreds of union members, civil rights leaders, and people from NYC and around the country.
August 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On Thursday, I joined the National Action Network's March on Wall Street with Rev. Al Sharpton, MLK III and hundreds of union members, civil rights leaders, and people from NYC and around the country.
The Fall of Philadelphia share.google/stWmPqUMDLF8...
The Fall of Philadelphia — Streetsblog USA
"Cutting almost half of a transit system is not a way to make it more efficient. It more like asking whether you’d like to keep your heart or your lungs."
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August 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Fall of Philadelphia share.google/stWmPqUMDLF8...
Philadelphia mass transit cuts take effect as school year begins | AP News share.google/YM1I2BmEQ6wI...
Philadelphia's mass transit cuts foreshadow possible similar moves by other agencies across US
Commuters and students in Philadelphia say they're waking up earlier and scrambling to avoid being late as they navigate service reductions by the region’s public transit agency.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Philadelphia mass transit cuts take effect as school year begins | AP News share.google/YM1I2BmEQ6wI...
I worship the evolutionary trajectory of all of existence.
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I worship the evolutionary trajectory of all of existence.
The amount of suffering you will experience by reincarnating into every being that will ever exist will be immense, but the beauty, love, and understanding you will experience will make it worth it.
August 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The amount of suffering you will experience by reincarnating into every being that will ever exist will be immense, but the beauty, love, and understanding you will experience will make it worth it.
When trapped between greed and shame, goodness has limited room to grow.
August 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When trapped between greed and shame, goodness has limited room to grow.
I wish the government would hire teachers with the same fervor and enticements that it is hiring ice agents with.
August 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I wish the government would hire teachers with the same fervor and enticements that it is hiring ice agents with.