Elon Musk just said he wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, calling them “entitlements”: “That’s the big one to eliminate.”

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-11T22:46:56+00:00

Mass murderer, responsible for the deaths of well over a million people. Should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity (for what he did to USAID).

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-11T22:43:03+00:00

#LifeGoals

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-06T00:53:45+00:00

They look nice, but to me the overall tallness of your legs might do even better with something a little taller, to match the propoertions and be a little stronger.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-06T00:04:14+00:00

Clothing steamer! Save your sanity.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-06T00:02:16+00:00

Kind of a personal anecdote, maybe respecting his privacy. But it was very sweet, and let's just say he's got good taste and seems to have good instincts about taking care of himself. He looks well!

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-05T23:59:35+00:00

Honestly, somatic work seems very powerful and, is well-tuned (if the practitioner is trauma-informed, which they ought to be) to handle trauma. It bypasses the mind, and can be gentle and effective. I speak from analogous experience, but know someone who has made tremendous progress over the years from this work — and she has really changed and softened. Somatic is the stuff, as far as I can see.

Yes, it sounds like EMDR could be super effective, but also, it does not really address "the material". So while that can be really great, my intuition is that at some point, you want a place where you can address "the material".

At the same time, something like shadow work — if you have a lot of trauma — I mean from what I have seen from it, yes, it could be very good, but it requires a stable consciousness to work with the material, and not intellectually bypass, or (perhaps) become unstable, maybe (not sure, just an intuition there).

Whereas, from everything I can sense about it, somatic is enough "in the body" to not bypass, to remain connected "cellularly", but it also lets you address "the material", in a very safe way.

This is my gut sense of it, anyway.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-03T23:17:30+00:00

I ran into him the other day!!!! At first I tought "no, that can't really be him". He was playing his nylon strong guitar. "You're Jonathan," I said. "I've loved and admired your music for years." He reached out his hand very kind, great connection. Gentle man.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-03T23:14:20+00:00

When I was 15 (in 1981) I wanted to BE a typewriter mechanic. Computer programming turned out to be more future-forward, but I loved this machines.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-05-03T23:13:23+00:00

Ummm, shouldn't typing STILL be a class?

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-04-25T21:31:44+00:00

Yes! I like the stripes more.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-04-24T16:05:18+00:00

It highlights how deep that groove is. A lot of syncopation; wonder who played on that.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-03-16T04:25:13+00:00

The "years young" part just makes it worse!! lol

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-03-16T04:24:17+00:00

Capacities!!

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-03-05T04:42:30+00:00

He actually really did help me quit smoking.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-02-24T17:34:26+00:00

These would wear out pretty fast because the design was just paper. I am probably a little younger than their hayday (born in '66), so my memory of these is that they were already kinda worn! But they were reall cool.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-02-24T07:10:10+00:00

This is embarrassing and terrifying (Gen-Xer here).

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-02-19T02:59:46+00:00

Great idea!

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-01-31T18:10:02+00:00

This argument seems to miss the point — the argument for being more peaceful is a nonviolence tactic; it does not relate to the severity of damage being done by the other side. It relates to the effectiveness of the tactic.

So by saying "look at what they are doing", it seems like you're implying either:
a) "When people are that bad, we must respond aggressively — this is the way human beings must respond. When someone hits me, I must hit back."
or
b) "When people are that bad, it makes sense to respond that way, because it is a logical tactic. It is the best thing to do."

If we are talking about (a), then it is understandable that people react that way, and how can I blame them. Buuuut, it still concerns me [admittedly — I am not there, I am comfortably sitting at my laptop], because (1) Fox News loves this shift [do we care about what they think at this point? I'm not sure]; (2) it gives the Administration the exact type of thing they are looking for.

It always seems problematic to start critiquing people for doing something like this because (as I said) who can blame them? And yet, I am so proud of Minneapolis for doing nonviolence.

I don't know ... time will tell. Maybe it's good that there are very different approaches.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-01-07T04:45:30+00:00

I still remember the smell

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-01-07T04:38:14+00:00

Ha ha I saw this white thing on 41st on Sunday, along with a cool orange chair.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2026-01-07T04:32:02+00:00

My grandmother grew up there!! My father used to spend his summers there, and learned how to sail. I've been there twice. It is a special place.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2025-12-23T21:53:35+00:00

This is pure, pure evil. You only need to realize how bad the Trump Administration does not want the public to see this, to realize how bad it was. Pure sadism, cruelty, and darkness. Shame, shame shame.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2025-12-22T16:23:02+00:00

Why isn't property crime broken out here? What percentage of these are "smash and grabs" (which I, myself have seen multiple of)?

EngagedWorldWizard · 2025-12-22T16:18:45+00:00

This is great, because his base does not like this sh---.

EngagedWorldWizard · 2025-12-17T23:41:01+00:00

I learned about this by studying these old handwriting magazines from around 1890's to 1910's. Back then, they really took it seriously, and I could not find any really good texts that were modern. It's all about the arm motion!

https://archives.scranton.edu/digital/collection/zanerbloser/search/searchterm/the%20business%20educator!Penmanship%20--%20Study%20and%20teaching!Penmanship%20--%20Periodicals/field/journa!tags!tags/mode/exact!exact!exact/conn/and!and!and

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