Jessica Ferris
@jessicaferris.bsky.social
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Jessica Ferris
@jessicaferris.bsky.social
· Jun 30
30. Thank you for appreciating rainbow pebbles with me this month.
Last week in dream group, a dream someone shared led to the question:
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
You may imagine this is a deeply woo-woo workshop-
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
But I actually think of it as quite agnostic, and political - focused on forging a discerning relationship with our intuitions and noticing the cultural myths and manipulations that influence and form us.
Dream study requires that we look at ourselves embedded in a dominant culture that actively - through advertising, social and mass media, and propaganda -attempts to shape our thoughts and behaviors by activating our instinctive reactions...
By donation, Tues in January
By donation, Tues in January
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Last week in dream group, a dream someone shared led to the question:
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
"What to do if one needs help, but the 'helpers' are harmful?"
It simmered down overwhelming and unrelenting headlines to one precise quandary, and that essence has helped me better see my role (and potential role) in things.
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🚨ICE IN OAKLAND🚨
ICE activity confirmed near Hoover Elementary in West Oakland. license plate looks like 304072. Stay safe #Oakland, and let's keep out communities safe #AbolishICE #NoICEInOakland
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🚨ICE IN OAKLAND🚨
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November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Aurora tonight in Massachusetts!
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Aurora tonight in Massachusetts!
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You can SORT OF see the aurora from Beacon Hill right now.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
You can SORT OF see the aurora from Beacon Hill right now.
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Just… gorgeous.
Columbus Ohio right now (11 Nov 25, 9:30 PM)
Go out go out
Columbus Ohio right now (11 Nov 25, 9:30 PM)
Go out go out
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Just… gorgeous.
Columbus Ohio right now (11 Nov 25, 9:30 PM)
Go out go out
Columbus Ohio right now (11 Nov 25, 9:30 PM)
Go out go out
It's just deeply wild to hear this from an administration which treats its people like prey.
“This country was going to die without you.”
Dark, Unhinged, North Korea-level stuff from Stephen Miller
Dark, Unhinged, North Korea-level stuff from Stephen Miller
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It's just deeply wild to hear this from an administration which treats its people like prey.
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Hotlines for Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties are here: www.acilep.org
Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership
www.acilep.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hotlines for Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties are here: www.acilep.org
Bay Area people, do you have a favorite spot to see fall foliage in the East Bay? Does this exist? I take in these kinds of things passively (oh, nice tree!) and then never note it down.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Bay Area people, do you have a favorite spot to see fall foliage in the East Bay? Does this exist? I take in these kinds of things passively (oh, nice tree!) and then never note it down.
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Feeding America is a great organization to donate to, 98% of the money goes to programs and services and for each dollar they can provide 10 meals. If you donate $5 that’s 50 meals. It’s a national org that rescues, stores and distributes food to foodbanks and pantries. www.feedingamerica.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Feeding America is a great organization to donate to, 98% of the money goes to programs and services and for each dollar they can provide 10 meals. If you donate $5 that’s 50 meals. It’s a national org that rescues, stores and distributes food to foodbanks and pantries. www.feedingamerica.org
This is what I fully expect to happen.
It would be incredibly funny if the White House construction project turns out to he a series of bungles and so it just remains partially destroyed
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This is what I fully expect to happen.
I am super looking forward to being grandma-coded.
(alt text: older person holding a sign that says "Grantifa: grandmothers against fascism")
My favorite sign at the Montclair NJ No Kings today:
October 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I am super looking forward to being grandma-coded.
One surprising thing about sharing your dreams w/ others -- well one, that there exists a group of people genuinely interested in listening. We can start there.
Here is something strengthening you can do with other people:
Anyway - PLENTY of seats open -
and I try to reserve four free seats for every group I facilitate - the rest are "pay-whatever-you-can-afford" by donation.
This system actually consistently takes care of me!
So please feel free to join if you are interested!
and I try to reserve four free seats for every group I facilitate - the rest are "pay-whatever-you-can-afford" by donation.
This system actually consistently takes care of me!
So please feel free to join if you are interested!
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
One surprising thing about sharing your dreams w/ others -- well one, that there exists a group of people genuinely interested in listening. We can start there.
When real-life headlines read like they come out of nightmares, it's a lifeline to have your dreams sift through the barrage of daily images and offer up one that's informative, helpful, insightful -- and then have a community of people just talk about it together.
Our brains are trying to help us.
Our brains are trying to help us.
Anyway - PLENTY of seats open -
and I try to reserve four free seats for every group I facilitate - the rest are "pay-whatever-you-can-afford" by donation.
This system actually consistently takes care of me!
So please feel free to join if you are interested!
and I try to reserve four free seats for every group I facilitate - the rest are "pay-whatever-you-can-afford" by donation.
This system actually consistently takes care of me!
So please feel free to join if you are interested!
Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks
Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building
practice
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When real-life headlines read like they come out of nightmares, it's a lifeline to have your dreams sift through the barrage of daily images and offer up one that's informative, helpful, insightful -- and then have a community of people just talk about it together.
Our brains are trying to help us.
Our brains are trying to help us.
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Ok: sorry for all the boosting but its fall and life is revving up again:
Listening to your dreams is necessary praxis in a time of collective crisis.
Bees may dream of their own assignments but they are also attuned to the balance/imbalance of the hive
Four free seats.
Or pay what you can
Listening to your dreams is necessary praxis in a time of collective crisis.
Bees may dream of their own assignments but they are also attuned to the balance/imbalance of the hive
Four free seats.
Or pay what you can
Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks
Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building
practice
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ok: sorry for all the boosting but its fall and life is revving up again:
Listening to your dreams is necessary praxis in a time of collective crisis.
Bees may dream of their own assignments but they are also attuned to the balance/imbalance of the hive
Four free seats.
Or pay what you can
Listening to your dreams is necessary praxis in a time of collective crisis.
Bees may dream of their own assignments but they are also attuned to the balance/imbalance of the hive
Four free seats.
Or pay what you can
This is why when I had a dog I narrated my goings-on out loud in the third person using my first name. I wanted her to know, so that when we were in group settings and someone used my name she could follow the conversation. 😂
Do you ever think about how your cat doesn't know your name? You use their name but what do they call you in their heads? How do they think about you? Are you a voice? A scent? Is there some kind of designation for that in their mind?
Skeet brought to you by random procrastination thoughts
Skeet brought to you by random procrastination thoughts
September 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is why when I had a dog I narrated my goings-on out loud in the third person using my first name. I wanted her to know, so that when we were in group settings and someone used my name she could follow the conversation. 😂
We are in our last few days to raise $4,800 in support of Spanish-language theater for kids and families in the East Bay, and we're about halfway to our goal! Want to give families some good memories? YOU CAN.
youtube.com/shorts/toKOr...
connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/57f74...
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connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/57f74...
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September 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We are in our last few days to raise $4,800 in support of Spanish-language theater for kids and families in the East Bay, and we're about halfway to our goal! Want to give families some good memories? YOU CAN.
youtube.com/shorts/toKOr...
connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/57f74...
youtube.com/shorts/toKOr...
connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/57f74...
If the below evens sell out, and you've got Spanish-understanding kiddos who like fun, pls consider collections.humanitix.com/alicia-en-lo...
September 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
If the below evens sell out, and you've got Spanish-understanding kiddos who like fun, pls consider collections.humanitix.com/alicia-en-lo...
Not for nothing, but I really advocate for sitting by a campfire listening to someone tell an ancient story. This still happens in the world. It will make you feel deeply human and the feeling will linger into the next day, at least. Ask me for an invite to the next one in Oakland.
if you really want to stick it to Disney, and other corporate media giants, become fascinated by things they would never produce, so that they might fade into the background noise of life.
September 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Not for nothing, but I really advocate for sitting by a campfire listening to someone tell an ancient story. This still happens in the world. It will make you feel deeply human and the feeling will linger into the next day, at least. Ask me for an invite to the next one in Oakland.
Pinecones and Portals is raising $4,800 for a Spanish-language version of Alice in Wonderland so that Spanish-speaking families in and around Berkeley can have an afternoon of magical fun.
YOU CAN HELP!
www.youtube.com/shorts/ANg-x...
pineconesandportals.com/support
YOU CAN HELP!
www.youtube.com/shorts/ANg-x...
pineconesandportals.com/support
Alicia en Los Caminos de las Maravillas: Juliana on Language Justice
YouTube video by Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Company
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Pinecones and Portals is raising $4,800 for a Spanish-language version of Alice in Wonderland so that Spanish-speaking families in and around Berkeley can have an afternoon of magical fun.
YOU CAN HELP!
www.youtube.com/shorts/ANg-x...
pineconesandportals.com/support
YOU CAN HELP!
www.youtube.com/shorts/ANg-x...
pineconesandportals.com/support
I'm gonna post a lot in the upcoming days about this gem of a show, Alicia en los Caminos de las Maravillas -- a Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland happening in Berkeley in a little over a week.
We're fundraising to keep ticket prices within reach!!
www.youtube.com/shorts/_HHzW...
We're fundraising to keep ticket prices within reach!!
www.youtube.com/shorts/_HHzW...
"Alicia" Director Coi Coi on allowing kids to relate to each other in their native language!
YouTube video by Pinecones and Portals Hiking Theater Company
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I'm gonna post a lot in the upcoming days about this gem of a show, Alicia en los Caminos de las Maravillas -- a Spanish-language adaptation of Alice in Wonderland happening in Berkeley in a little over a week.
We're fundraising to keep ticket prices within reach!!
www.youtube.com/shorts/_HHzW...
We're fundraising to keep ticket prices within reach!!
www.youtube.com/shorts/_HHzW...
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We actually have quite a lot of ancestral knowledge about how to survive and defeat inflated tyrants:
think of giants.
think of giants.
The Harder They Fall — What A Shrink Thinks
mythology of giants and fairy tales, defeating autocracy and pathocracy
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We actually have quite a lot of ancestral knowledge about how to survive and defeat inflated tyrants:
think of giants.
think of giants.
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I’ll keep posting this until I find a great person to come be my manager: the Monterey bay aquarium is looking for its next VP of Technology! […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
September 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I’ll keep posting this until I find a great person to come be my manager: the Monterey bay aquarium is looking for its next VP of Technology! […]