Aeric
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A designer of thought and systems, dreaming of a future where we find peace, love and safety for all.
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A lot of what feels broken today comes down to something simple: how people are treated.
This Field Guide offers a clear way to understand dignity — what strengthens it, what erodes it, and how to see the difference in daily life.
This Field Guide offers a clear way to understand dignity — what strengthens it, what erodes it, and how to see the difference in daily life.
Dignity in Practice
A Field Guide for Recognizing and Naming Indignity
www.omnidea.co
November 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A lot of what feels broken today comes down to something simple: how people are treated.
This Field Guide offers a clear way to understand dignity — what strengthens it, what erodes it, and how to see the difference in daily life.
This Field Guide offers a clear way to understand dignity — what strengthens it, what erodes it, and how to see the difference in daily life.
Yes, and we have the power to bring that pyramid down and design a new order from the ground up – one rooted in the dignity and wellbeing of all.
All that is required of us is the refusal to keep holding up what harms us. We don't have to live by their terms when we can write our own.
All that is required of us is the refusal to keep holding up what harms us. We don't have to live by their terms when we can write our own.
The older I get, the more I realize that modern society functions essentially as a giant pyramid scheme of people mutually blackmailing each other into enabling and covering up the worst of human abuses, from genocide to child trafficking.
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Yes, and we have the power to bring that pyramid down and design a new order from the ground up – one rooted in the dignity and wellbeing of all.
All that is required of us is the refusal to keep holding up what harms us. We don't have to live by their terms when we can write our own.
All that is required of us is the refusal to keep holding up what harms us. We don't have to live by their terms when we can write our own.
Every day seems to come with a fresh set of chaos. Ever wonder why? It's an assault on our senses and dignity.
The administration and really all goons in power, need this chaos to maintain their grip on the American psyche.
#politics
The administration and really all goons in power, need this chaos to maintain their grip on the American psyche.
#politics
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Every day seems to come with a fresh set of chaos. Ever wonder why? It's an assault on our senses and dignity.
The administration and really all goons in power, need this chaos to maintain their grip on the American psyche.
#politics
The administration and really all goons in power, need this chaos to maintain their grip on the American psyche.
#politics
Y'all.
Systems break slowly. Choices compound. Priorities reveal themselves.
They heal the same way—not from one decision, but from people seeing the pattern then deciding our world is worth protecting.
Today's heavy. But exhaustion isn't the same as done.
Still here. Still moving forward.
Systems break slowly. Choices compound. Priorities reveal themselves.
They heal the same way—not from one decision, but from people seeing the pattern then deciding our world is worth protecting.
Today's heavy. But exhaustion isn't the same as done.
Still here. Still moving forward.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Y'all.
Systems break slowly. Choices compound. Priorities reveal themselves.
They heal the same way—not from one decision, but from people seeing the pattern then deciding our world is worth protecting.
Today's heavy. But exhaustion isn't the same as done.
Still here. Still moving forward.
Systems break slowly. Choices compound. Priorities reveal themselves.
They heal the same way—not from one decision, but from people seeing the pattern then deciding our world is worth protecting.
Today's heavy. But exhaustion isn't the same as done.
Still here. Still moving forward.
Asking people to work for free during a crisis you created, then calling them unpatriotic when they refuse—that's not leadership.
Loyalty that requires poverty isn't virtue. It's extortion.
Loyalty that requires poverty isn't virtue. It's extortion.
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Asking people to work for free during a crisis you created, then calling them unpatriotic when they refuse—that's not leadership.
Loyalty that requires poverty isn't virtue. It's extortion.
Loyalty that requires poverty isn't virtue. It's extortion.
When your policy process is *show the boss a picture of himself next to FDR and wait 10 minutes,* all you're doing is managing an egomaniac who happens to have nuclear codes.
The terrifying part is that his administration knows it works and has decided that's acceptable.
No one's at the helm.
The terrifying part is that his administration knows it works and has decided that's acceptable.
No one's at the helm.
Pulte shows Trump his hairbrained idea and sells it to him by posting a photo of Trump next to FDR with the caption “Great Presidents” since the 30-year mortgage was an FDR initiative. Trump posts it 10 minutes later on Truth Social and chaos ensues. Republicans in disarray.
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When your policy process is *show the boss a picture of himself next to FDR and wait 10 minutes,* all you're doing is managing an egomaniac who happens to have nuclear codes.
The terrifying part is that his administration knows it works and has decided that's acceptable.
No one's at the helm.
The terrifying part is that his administration knows it works and has decided that's acceptable.
No one's at the helm.
They'd rather go to the Supreme Court to stop food benefits than just feed people.
Not a policy dispute. A choice about whose dignity the system protects—and whose it treats as disposable.
The pattern is clear. Watch what they do, not what they say.
Not a policy dispute. A choice about whose dignity the system protects—and whose it treats as disposable.
The pattern is clear. Watch what they do, not what they say.
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
They'd rather go to the Supreme Court to stop food benefits than just feed people.
Not a policy dispute. A choice about whose dignity the system protects—and whose it treats as disposable.
The pattern is clear. Watch what they do, not what they say.
Not a policy dispute. A choice about whose dignity the system protects—and whose it treats as disposable.
The pattern is clear. Watch what they do, not what they say.
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Reminder this Veterans Day: While comprehensive data on the relationship between military service & incarceration is not available, one thing is clear -
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder this Veterans Day: While comprehensive data on the relationship between military service & incarceration is not available, one thing is clear -
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
The U.S. has left many veterans behind & does not provide enough support for one of the most vulnerable populations. 🧵
Leaders invoke dignity to justify almost anything — their control, neglect or authority.
But dignity has a real meaning, and it belongs to us.
This series gives language for what dignity is, when it's betrayed and how to speak it back to power.
Here's the overview:
But dignity has a real meaning, and it belongs to us.
This series gives language for what dignity is, when it's betrayed and how to speak it back to power.
Here's the overview:
Overture on Dignity
An Overview of the Four Dignities
www.omnidea.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Leaders invoke dignity to justify almost anything — their control, neglect or authority.
But dignity has a real meaning, and it belongs to us.
This series gives language for what dignity is, when it's betrayed and how to speak it back to power.
Here's the overview:
But dignity has a real meaning, and it belongs to us.
This series gives language for what dignity is, when it's betrayed and how to speak it back to power.
Here's the overview:
Carl Sagan named the bamboozle.
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.”
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Carl Sagan named the bamboozle.
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Every time they pull the ball, more of us remember:
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
After Tuesday, I had real hope.
Lucy/football/Charlie Brown
Everything people say about the Democratic Party is true, and it’s maddeningly soul crushing.
Lucy/football/Charlie Brown
Everything people say about the Democratic Party is true, and it’s maddeningly soul crushing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Every time they pull the ball, more of us remember:
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Every time power fails to protect people, we face the same question:
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
When party leadership trades away people’s wellbeing for political survival, it’s a reminder: the law was written in our name, not theirs.
Power delegated can be reclaimed.
🕯️ Read: The Law Is Ours — a call to rebuild democracy from the ground up.
#Democracy #Dignity #CivicPower
Power delegated can be reclaimed.
🕯️ Read: The Law Is Ours — a call to rebuild democracy from the ground up.
#Democracy #Dignity #CivicPower
The Law is Ours
The law was written in our name. When leaders falter, we don’t wait—we rebuild. A call to reclaim power, dignity, and democracy from the ground up.
www.omnidea.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every time power fails to protect people, we face the same question:
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
Axiom – no person shall be cast outside the law.
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
To Be Counted
To be excluded from law is to be excluded from personhood itself.
www.omnidea.co
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Axiom – no person shall be cast outside the law.
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
Feeling like a new Blueprint is in order.
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Feeling like a new Blueprint is in order.
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
Still up? Can’t sleep? Just dropped a full Blueprint series on closing the 13th Amendment’s exception clause and dismantling the profit pipeline around it. Would love your eyes on it.
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
Introduction – The Unfinished Work
Blueprint Series: Ending the 13th Amendment's Exception Clause (Part 0)
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November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Still up? Can’t sleep? Just dropped a full Blueprint series on closing the 13th Amendment’s exception clause and dismantling the profit pipeline around it. Would love your eyes on it.
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
The economy is faltering. Climate displacement is rising.
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
Introduction – The Unfinished Work (Part 0)
Blueprint Series: Ending the 13th Amendment's Exception Clause
www.omnidea.co
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The economy is faltering. Climate displacement is rising.
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
I want to caution against preemptively declaring that America's sleeping giant has awakened.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
And So It Begins
What We Do Next Matters Most
www.omnidea.co
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I want to caution against preemptively declaring that America's sleeping giant has awakened.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
The internet has been a boon for freedom of expression. It comes with its downsides and negative impacts, but overall it provides an unparalleled opportunity to express one's mind.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
Where Personhood Lives
Freedom of thought and expression is not a privilege extended by power. It is the space where personhood itself exists.
www.omnidea.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The internet has been a boon for freedom of expression. It comes with its downsides and negative impacts, but overall it provides an unparalleled opportunity to express one's mind.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
One could consider it part of a pipeline enabled by the 13th amendment. It's egregious.
This is insane!!!
Private prison companies have documented cases of suing states for failing to meet their contractually guaranteed minimum bed occupancy quotas (often 80–100% full), or else the state must pay for the empty beds.
Private prison companies have documented cases of suing states for failing to meet their contractually guaranteed minimum bed occupancy quotas (often 80–100% full), or else the state must pay for the empty beds.
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
One could consider it part of a pipeline enabled by the 13th amendment. It's egregious.
I love to hear it.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
A coalition that ranges from democratic socialists to neoconservatives, including a lot of energized liberals in between, is large and formidable.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I love to hear it.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
We voted. What's next?
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
And So It Begins
What We Do Next Matters Most
dignitas.press
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We voted. What's next?
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
Every system reveals what it believes about people.
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
Cornerstones of System Design
How Empathy, Diversity, and Love Build Justice, Wholeness, and Dignity
dignitas.press
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Every system reveals what it believes about people.
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
Voting is a language of relation. It is how the People speak back to power, reminding it that legitimacy is not inherited, purchased, or decreed—it is lent, and must be continually earned.
#vote
#vote
Of Voting and the Measure of Dignity
The Moral Ground of Participation in Governance
dignitas.press
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Voting is a language of relation. It is how the People speak back to power, reminding it that legitimacy is not inherited, purchased, or decreed—it is lent, and must be continually earned.
#vote
#vote
Governance, not as it is today, but as we know it should be, exists to serve us and protect our dignity.
If there’s money for war, there’s money to feed the hungry and treat the sick with dignity.
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Governance, not as it is today, but as we know it should be, exists to serve us and protect our dignity.