Nah, but seriously—anything at all helps and is much appreciated. Even a smidgen of money. Even, e.g., ¢ 0.3 ($ 0.03 USD)!
< #ˢᵖᵒⁿᵍᵉᴮᵒᵇ #ˢqᵘᵃʳᵉᵖᵃntˢ ᶠʳᵃᵐᵉ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ˢ³ ᴱ⁴⁷ᵇ – "ᶜᵃⁿ ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵖᵃʳᵉ ᵃ ᴰⁱᵐᵉ?".> (Aired March 8, 2002 (U.S.).)
I mentioned specifically Japanese forms of #Zen, but I'll note Zen in Japan is ultimately the #Japanese expression of the #Chinese #Chán school of #Mahāyāna #Buddhism, and Chán is known as #Seon /Sŏn in Korea and #Thiền in Vietnam. (Thiền is also the first form of Buddhism I directly studied!)
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— ⸘♛𓂀♕⸘ [/𝙫st𝙘/ᵐᵒᶦ [⁺ "ᴬ'ᶦóⁿⁿᵒᵐᶦⁿᵃᵇᶦᵐᵃᵗᵗᵒ..."]], ¹⁰.¹⁰.²⁰²⁴, ᶦⁿ ᵖᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ [ᵐᵘʰ] 𝕏 ᶠᵉᵃᵗ. ˢⁿᵃʳᵏʸ ʳᵉˢᵖᵒⁿˢᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵍ⁰⁰ᶠʸ ᵐᵉᵉᵐ ⁽ᵛᶦᵃ 'ʸᵒᵘ & ᴹᵉ' ~ ᶠᵃᶜᵉᵇᵒᵒᵏ ᵖᵃᵍᵉ⁾; ᵈᵉᵃˡᶦⁿ' ʷ/ ᴿᴱᴬᴸ ᶦˢˢᵘᵉˢ!
— ⸘♛𓂀♕⸘ [/𝙫st𝙘/ᵐᵒᶦ [⁺ "ᴬ'ᶦóⁿⁿᵒᵐᶦⁿᵃᵇᶦᵐᵃᵗᵗᵒ..."]], ¹⁰.¹⁰.²⁰²⁴, ᶦⁿ ᵖᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ [ᵐᵘʰ] 𝕏 ᶠᵉᵃᵗ. ˢⁿᵃʳᵏʸ ʳᵉˢᵖᵒⁿˢᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵍ⁰⁰ᶠʸ ᵐᵉᵉᵐ ⁽ᵛᶦᵃ 'ʸᵒᵘ & ᴹᵉ' ~ ᶠᵃᶜᵉᵇᵒᵒᵏ ᵖᵃᵍᵉ⁾; ᵈᵉᵃˡᶦⁿ' ʷ/ ᴿᴱᴬᴸ ᶦˢˢᵘᵉˢ!
❝𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙡𝙪𝙭𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 500 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛? ⁽... ˢˡᵃᵛᵉˢ?⁾❞
❝𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙡𝙪𝙭𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 500 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛? ⁽... ˢˡᵃᵛᵉˢ?⁾❞
⇧⬆ D.Z. Rowan: 「A Brief Description of Egoist Communism」 (2017) at The Anarchist Library (@anarchistlibrary.bsky.social; TheAnarchistLibrary.org)
【IMG: 'Flag' representing "ego-communism", so-called, via u/Kasyade_Satana @ r/leftistvexillology on Reddit.】
⇧⬆ D.Z. Rowan: 「A Brief Description of Egoist Communism」 (2017) at The Anarchist Library (@anarchistlibrary.bsky.social; TheAnarchistLibrary.org)
【IMG: 'Flag' representing "ego-communism", so-called, via u/Kasyade_Satana @ r/leftistvexillology on Reddit.】
❝Through art... one finally establishes contact with reality ... . Here all is play and invention; there is no solid foothold from which to launch the projectiles which will pierce the miasma of folly, ignorance[,] and greed. [...]
<𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘛. ... ⬇>
❝Through art... one finally establishes contact with reality ... . Here all is play and invention; there is no solid foothold from which to launch the projectiles which will pierce the miasma of folly, ignorance[,] and greed. [...]
<𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘛. ... ⬇>
(What's crazy is that there are people who basically think that that's what #Mamdani is somehow genuinely about, though.)
Read more: https://longer.blue/posts/RzpM6hRyV9
Read more: https://longer.blue/posts/RzpM6hRyV9
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Is it any wonder so many feel abandoned by the system?
People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void. This is why we must fix the system.
Is it any wonder so many feel abandoned by the system?
People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void. This is why we must fix the system.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
In a scathing dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power. trib.al/DCo8WqM
In a scathing dissent, Judge Florence Pan warned it's a disastrous consolidation of executive power. trib.al/DCo8WqM
"The fact that we could do that, in India, Pakistan, so many different wars that we were able to end, in some cases, a little bit before they started, just right before they started … but we got them done," he said.
"The fact that we could do that, in India, Pakistan, so many different wars that we were able to end, in some cases, a little bit before they started, just right before they started … but we got them done," he said.
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➤ 《 「 A—Ω 」(orig. poem writ. c. 2007; 2016 audio rec. (w/ Q.T.); 2024 vid; by V. St. Clare/"Vee" A'iónnominabilistūm-il'Matto Sangre'adalæaionós—yada yada) ~ 'audio[-]visualized' poem recitation‐vid》
➤ 🎦 vers. ❶/❷: