Monday, December 15, 2025

" Eleanor Rigby, la la la la..."

Even though I've done my fair share of complaining, sometimes when I see somebody posting something ridiculous like how they're still worshipping somebody. Maybe Trump is just one of the examples of this. I kind of feel like saying yes, we all know your childhood was miserable. You've made us all well aware and even though I know that's not the best thing to do, I kind of just feel like doing it and it kind of feels fun. What is wrong with me?

It's like other people can take a vacation to Bermuda, but I can indulge in some mild sarcasm.

I mean once upon a time I was a 14-year-old girl and looking at this slightly older High School girl who had got pregnant and she already had the baby and she was in the car with her boyfriend and he was the father of her baby and she was in a horrible mood, telling him to leave her alone and its like, life is better than that now.

You have kids and houses. Didn't you get what you wanted? What's wrong? What is he going to fix for you?

This is ponderous.


Sometimes it's a fun time; this will be fun to watch later.


"How the Rich Took Over the Economy"

@annabocca

https://youtube.com/watch?v=gAV0bkTHui8&si=tjQ_kQ4xxUwgC2En

It's so weird!

It's such a weird time. It's such a weird time. It's such a weird time. It's such a weird time!

Saw some more ridiculous stuff online and thinking about this one again.

"Charlie Hill Stand Up Comedy" | The Richard Pryor Show

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kFSoWpYjkzc&si=xzXfrVKWoM-CinR7

I love how she tried lots of versions to answer this question!

"Are Candied CRANBERRIES Good?"

emmymade

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0EJSydAVImw&si=SUu50lrOUbyV4eCe


I might gravitate this way now.


"The Psychology Used to Silence You" - Barry's Economics

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXtSN_lbjKQ&si=YONE9FSDbwxqkKaM

Light thoughts: today and tomorrow could be more fun than yesterday was...

"Vera-Ellen's Dancing and Dieting"

hollywood.history

https://youtube.com/shorts/pWg2xOrGCgA?si=Lix-0x7AsVecuK4u

"Creep by Radiohead (Cover by Kawehi)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_oazykYs9Ew&si=7y2boHeURDu-s7jc

"Mother Angelica’s Secret to Curing Resentment"

EWTN

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DTwTU06Np-g&si=6GjytZFUhOAWj1Sv

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Slow down...

This body really just needs healing and peace. Probably nothing else.

Oops, too much.

I have to do lying down with ginger tea. I got too dizzy to watch a film. Maybe some crochet.

If we waited for everything to be perfect journalistically, according to the standards of our time, you would never know about a lot of things.

Sharing stories can help. People can be helped, and get help, and help themselves.

"Three Things I Learned About Power, Men, and Obedience"

seizuregirllllll

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DlgSMnheTos&si=zpKL9DrJDgi4Bq1r

This kind of thing might be part of a curriculum in the future!

"What sex trafficking looks like. From someone who lived it"

~ seizuregirllllll

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qo2JGVq0KUM&si=Cyj26WpQ9NIYy9YK

Instead of just the gym teacher recounting some "locker room talk" for the benefit of the future freshman girls to warn them not to trust the high school boys (circa the early 1990s).

Also gonna listen to this, since I have watched the  channel she is speaking about in the past.

"Does Soft White Underbelly commodify human pain? A trafficking survivors perspective"

~ seizuregirllllll

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HeuxPzchlwk&si=Aw2g591zaM3hOwEc

For some reason, watching jelly cake videos has also been like, materia medica 🤩

"let’s make the cutest jelly ever 💦🌦️🌦️🌦️💦"

kateyamyam

https://youtube.com/shorts/oDL2U89ypp4?si=NeF7EYDGCwHUZwbE

"Clouds descending..."

"Concertina" ~ T.A.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SqLR7pbYRcc&si=F2FO-y4PlKGdlSAo

It's a peaceful thing, to listen to some music, while working on a puzzle with witches in it.

"Juarez"

~ Tori Amos

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xwyuwezv1zA&si=z-eenWHTYdCfD-Td

"Spring Haze"

~ Tori Amos

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nao0KjzYxnw&si=vmXDo50AubgtuRQS

"Tori Amos - Datura"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WX_dwuF-6oY&si=49hqvM0TsSZRDb3y

And then take a break outside to listen to the birds and lots of highway traffic sounds.

Are they.

"My parents are very mean."

Obviously, you're not alone in feeling that way, but I think you're going to have to dig a lot deeper.

"I find it more beneficial to care about money and technology and status and owning a house than about someone else's human rights."

Can we discuss the scaffolding of a paper on this before you go to an ICE interview?

"Charlie Hill Stand Up Comedy" | The Richard Pryor Show

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kFSoWpYjkzc&si=xzXfrVKWoM-CinR7

I mean, this isn't even getting into the nefarious sexism that might be going on.

Wow! Kudos to you for kidnapping people who are more like yourself (but of course are very different, as we both know!) and not the other kinds, hmmm?

Should we ask them if they think they are kidnapping the right people?

If I meet any former students who have joined ICE, what do you think we should try to discuss with them? 


Yes, I feel this could also be something I learned.

Feeling treasured by the Dominant Culture is a very fragile thing in a Patriarchal Society.

Does ICE have anything to be ashamed of?

It's so disturbing to think that that one student might be kidnapping another student right now. For the money, for the status, for the ability to fit in with the dominant culture just a little bit more! 

Sigh.

Who currently gets to feel most treasured by our society and why?

Is it the best we can do? 

I doubt that.

Who gets to break the cycles?

The adults, the children, both?

How do people get motivated to heal?

Shame, I have a question.

If there is some kind of collective shame about violence, sex trafficking, kidnappings, and that sort of thing, can that ever be put to good use where an outcome of more healing and less shame could be possible?

"Why Shame Affects 100% of People with Complex Trauma"

@TimFletcher

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YrgaP1hmLTA&si=9zk6LBIVyp69arlH

He makes a distinction between guilt and shame and he says that guilt is actually something that helps people correct bad behavior. Is this always the case? Hmmm. I'm not so sure about that.

Oh, but there's also true guilt versus false guilt! 

People have a lot of healing to do.

I just had a second thought about the topic of shame.

Do some people, including many women and girls, resist the idea of being feminist because anytime such an idea was brought up, they were shamed right out of it as children? I think that is something that has happened. I certainly saw it and witnessed it and experienced it myself.

"Why Shame Affects 100% of People with Complex Trauma"

@TimFletcher

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YrgaP1hmLTA&si=9zk6LBIVyp69arlH

Now, this was also quite interesting on the topic of "shame."

And as an add-on, do some men like, for example, JD Vance, feel the need to shame certain types of women because they themselves actually are carrying quite a bit of shame about themselves? Hmmm! 

"Why Shame Affects 100% of People with Complex Trauma"

@TimFletcher

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YrgaP1hmLTA&si=9zk6LBIVyp69arlH

Well, this is more about shame and not as much about bullying, but it was a thought that came up!

I don't think this is a lie! Seems like a real truthy thing, to me.

Our beloved grandfathers think that if you get more feminist, it will really improve their chances when they come back reborn to very different circumstances.

Well that's enough. I'll do better self-care for the rest of the day.

 ☺️ 🌸🙏🏼Got to take care of this headache. ☺️🌸🙏🏼

What if knowing more sooner could just help you look better later?

"Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal"| Jeffrey Epstein | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/22/noam-chomsky-jeffrey-epstein-ties-emails

Well, thank you for teaching me about this.

"#women"

chervy.femme

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSP3HVBiJ9B/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Disappearance of Marita Verón"

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disappearance_of_Marita_Ver%C3%B3n&wprov=rarw1

Trimarco dedicated the first part of her statement to talking about her family. She remembered her husband, Daniel Verón, who died in 2010, the early childhood years of their children Horace and Marita, the courtship of the latter with David Catalan, and the birth of Micaela, her granddaughter.

Trimarco described what happened the day Verón disappeared. Her suspicions fell on Patricia Soria, a nurse who lived in the same neighborhood as Verón, in Las Talitas. "Marita wanted to get an IUD (a birth control device) and she insisted that Marita go to Maternidad (the maternity center). I did not like this woman at all, since she asked Marita so many details of her private life and of her family," she declared.

Then she testified against Miguel Ardiles, a supposed employee of Maternidad who helped Verón get an appointment. "They called her at 3 to give her the appointment and they asked her to bring her document". This document was her identity card, the Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI), which is required for hospital admissions, to carry out banking procedures, and as travel documentation. Trimarco remarked, "This looked unusual to us."

On recounting the initial search when Verón did not return from Maternidad she said "We walked back and forth to hospitals, streets; we talked with her girlfriends. Nothing. I was desperate. At the police station, they didn't want to take our report; they said she had gone voluntarily with a boyfriend or with her girlfriends. Then they said they had no paper to take down a report, or gas to go out and look for her in a car."

Chief Justice Alberto Piedra interrupted at this point in the story, and declared a recess. "Yes, because I have a lot left. I need about 10 days," said Trimarco.

When the court resumed, Verón's mother spoke of the search. She spared no words against the former governor Julio Miranda and officials of his cabinet. "Like a stupid person I went to the Governor's Mansion. I say stupid because the mafia was there. They sent me to talk to Ale," she said.[5]

Trimarco referred to an agreement signed by the government (Miranda's order) with the Association of United Remiseros of Tucumán (ARUT), in which they were declared custodians of the city. "Julio Díaz (Secretary of Security) told me they had more cars and better weapons than the police," she said. (Remiseros are minicabs – taxis that have no external markings and can only be booked in advance by telephone or at a remisería – the taxi office.)

When she had to make reference to María Jesús Rivero, the head of ARUT and the Cinco Estrellas (Five Stars) remisería company, she spoke of her as "that woman". And as expected, she testified against Ruben "la Chancha" (the pig) Ale. "I never had any confidence in them, because everyone said that they were criminals," she said.

"'La Chancha' Ale and the mafia handle all the drugs and prostitution in this province. I don't know why the people of Tucumán don't stand up to them. I'm going to stand up to them, short and small as I am; I'm going to defend my daughter," she assured them. There were three moments of tension because of reactions by the Gómez family and interruptions from the lawyers.

"A woman who works at night told us that she knew what happened to Marita. She gave us details of where she had been held captive, and that she was abducted for sexual exploitation in La Rioja. I could not believe these things existed," Trimarco said.

Verón's mother rejected the other scenarios, and criticized the work of Ernesto Baaclini, then secretary of the Office of Instruction VIII, who was in charge of the investigation when district attorney Joaquina Vermal died.

When at last she arrived at a brothel in La Rioja, she did not find Verón. But a girl, Anahi, ran into her arms and begged her to rescue her. She told her that her daughter had been seen the previous week, and related the ordeal she had lived through. It was the first of many harrowing testimonies.

"Unfortunately I became a specialist in this crime because I touched it, I lived it. And I search for my daughter. I'll never give up the search; whoever falls, falls. My mission is my daughter. I do not want to close my eyes before finding out about her. There are many missing girls who we are helping, but I care about my daughter," Trimarco said firmly.

Oh, hello again!

"Charlie Hill Stand Up Comedy" | The Richard Pryor Show

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kFSoWpYjkzc&si=xzXfrVKWoM-CinR7

Goodbye, yesterday. 🪷

I need to stay in and drink ginger tea and make myself feel better. Ugh. 

I'm just praying I'm going to feel much better soon.

How to forgive the body for being so special might be a topic.

Who knows.

And another thing.

I hope you're a lot sorrier about your disappointing anti-feminism that you've acted like you are.

You need help!

Get some!

Time to save a life again.

Although it's sad I have a headache already, it's good to know that I have a renewed conviction to be on the lookout for people who just simply seem to feel like it's alright to like girls and women better than what their incredibly messed up culture taught them was acceptable.

Making lemonade out of lemons.

Yes indeed!

Thanks to you, too!

YOUR anti-feminist upbringing really let me down this year. A LOT! What a learning experience!

Thanks for being a nice Mother Mary.

We can be SO glad that Mother Mary is more of a feminist than SOME JERKS WHO HAVE BEEN TRICKED INTO GOING ALONG WITH SUCH DEPRESSING PATRIARCHAL PATTERNS IN ORDER TO GET BY IN THIS LIFE.

Holy Mother Mary...

"He gifted Calif. one of its largest city parks. Then he shot his wife"

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/griffith-park-violent-history-21230698.php

“'He was a flawed man,' Eberts said, adding, 'I like to think of him as someone who rose above his flaws.'”

~ Erin Rode 

Why? 

Why do you feel the need to do that?

Did you have violent men in your own family, and you and others had to constantly excuse their behaviors in order to redeem their reputations? 

Anyways, kind of scared of a mass communications professor from Glendale Community College now.

😬

"Today, a fourteen-foot bronze statue of the benefactor greets visitors at the park’s entrance. A plaque on the base acknowledges his gift but makes no mention of the day he almost murdered his wife." 

~ Dean Jobb

"Delusions of Grandeur: The Scandalous Crime of a Los Angeles Millionaire"


I am horrified.

William F. Buckley?

"General Chapman’s Last Stand" | Revisionist History

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YI0wPgwWhao&si=jNQx9J-tn13OsI38

"Border Walls"

https://c3teachers.org/inquiries/border-walls/

Now what should I read about?

"Ironically, it was patriarchy that afforded Dickinson time to write and think."

A. Fulton, page 132

"Feeling as Foreign Language..."

"A little reading on the development of obstetrics convinces one--and it is an astounding knowledge-- of the overwhelming dread with which women historically viewed childbirth."

A. Fulton, page 133

"Feeling as Foreign Language..."

"Of all the forms of male dominance, perhaps the most evident to Dickinson was patrilinaeage, 'the reckoning of dissent and inheritance in the male line.'"

A. Fulton, page 134

"Feeling as Foreign Language..."

"In fact, Dickinson is not without her descendants, but they are the heirs unapparent: favored sons who have been awarded steadier pedigrees or orphaned females sans genealogy."

A. Fulton, page 135

"Feeling as Foreign Language..."

"When they came to America, they opened a delicatessen in Springfield, Massachusetts. Miss Emily used to go there on the q.t. for gherkins. She thought she was pregnant. She was! With theology, poetry and philosophy."

C. Simic qtd by A. Fulton, page 136

"Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangenes"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/845420.Feeling_as_a_Foreign_Language

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Parable of the talents?

"It has come to my attention that you are more talented than my cat at certain things. For example, producing human offspring. She is not talented at that, being that she is a cat who has been spayed. 

So anyways, I think that might be my favorite thing about you."

Pauses.

Looks up etymology of the word "parable" instead of another article about JD Vance's hatred of cat ladies.

"Parable - Etymology, Origin & Meaning"

https://www.etymonline.com/word/parable

Well, here we go!

“No more ICE raids on our people, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la,” carolers sang in rhythm of Deck the Halls. “No more shopping at Home Depot, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.'

The demonstration was organized by local community activists and concerned residents urging people to boycott Home Depot following deportation raids near stores.

'The community showed up today to let Home Depot know that supporting ICE kidnappings on their property is against our values,' organizer Misty O’Healy shared in a statement."

~ Chris Ponce

"Encinitas carolers sing political parodies against ICE"

https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego/encinitas-home-depot-carolers-protest/

What now???😭

On the one hand I feel sick, but on the other hand, maybe a kid will be granted the Christmas wish of a dad coming home?

Who's to say ICE hasn't kidnapped some real comedians?

There could be comedians amongst the kidnapped.

Ha-ha, Mary.

"Mary Xmas, this year has been special, and when it comes to being more trustworthy than a kapo in a concentration camp, you're definitely on the list! Not sure about some of your ancestors, though."

Think Mary healing thoughts?

Because "I was trying to think if I could be ever as mean as so-and-so, and now I feel like I do not think it is possible" is not the most holiday cheer- filled thought you could have.

Free Christmas recipe book!🧑🏻‍🎄

"A Cozy Day in December🎄Christmassy Recipes, Skating..."

fitfoodieselma

https://youtube.com/watch?v=5kMMu5gWfn0&si=9DiQ0ujgl8U-trhT

Some comedian was saying that the grandparents of the future are going to be so different.

"What taste in supporting sexual predators did your grandparents have?" was not mentioned but...

I have no doubt that's going to come up as a topic of conversation at some point.

Oh no! I'm going to start working on my holiday puzzle with witches tonight.

"New audio reveals JD Vance accusing childless teachers of of ‘trying to brainwash the minds of our children’

Republican vice presidential candidate made offensive remarks at a 2021 Center for Christian Virtue forum"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-kamala-harris-childless-cat-ladies-trump-b2602793.html

Panflutes!

"O, come, Emanuel"

bradwhitepanflutes

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRfospigWXB/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

White Eisenstein

Jesus was so nice to women, wasn't he?

It's a great time to remember all the moments when people were worshipping a kindly Jesus instead of being fans of violent, untrustworthy, sexist men. Hmmm!

So many reminders this year. So many. So many.

"David Hoffmans Reaction To His Video Post On 50's Parenting"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=d5ffg_yQvyI&si=f08iMoaRvpS28zZA

Newness beckons!

"I wasn't mean on purpose, I just didn't know any better."

"Well, since you know better now, you can take a different approach in the future."

Maybe they don't really deserve women enough to get more help from them.

Too bad the unwell patriarchal white supremacy still needs women to comply so badly.

https://www.threads.com/@davec.ii/post/DSNXy72FKhB?xmt=AQF05KGK5OpipLyjgskHf7I2cSwzxpY1IBzWIOssf7INkfhn5oh4DQhxbRcADbOkjZqG9ds&slof=1

Of course I'm going to live because that's what I'm choosing.

I have honestly wanted to die sometimes this year. Maybe that's not such a character flaw as some people would have you believe, though.

Choose better than what's been on display.

You do not have to be cruel or needlessly insensitive or mean just to make yourself feel better.

https://www.threads.com/@jayneconverse3/post/DSLyIWVjQvT?xmt=AQF02u_fgZmON6I-bZvb7a6JKmAe2t-uFFOp08OxTmkcuGHOrudo6folqchYlAxvf7HdF44&slof=1

We're not in the 1960s Mother's Little Helper era.

So it's really too bad if some people are still taking drugs just to function and get through the day, but it's not actually helping them enough, and it's cutting them off from parts of themselves.

Anyways, I feel the need to say that because there were people in my family who took drugs that didn't help them enough, either. Like, for instance, a grandmother. So maybe I have some kind of soul rebellion against that way of living.

SIGH!!!!!

And don't forget a lot of children and young adult people are being affected by what's happening right now.

So if you think that treating other people like crap is the best that can be role modeled for children and the younger adult people, that is so untrue, it's like an illness that some people need real help and treatment for. Pray for a better life for yourself too.

What can we buy now?

Shiny happy white people asking for more money...Oh don't worry it's not just shiny happy white people.

All the ICE agents want more money, for example.

Time to go cry and kinda want to throw up for some reason.

This was the year when you learned that most people are very, very good at falling back on the programming they got indoctrinated with as small children and very bad at thinking of others when times get tough. Even if those others are like people they know, like friends and family!

So much more tragic than any movie about persecution going on in a place like World War II, Germany could tell you. It is a f****** lot to process that stuff. I mean literally, the people you would have watched a movie like that with, and you would have thought you guys would be more or less on the same page with about stuff. 

Now you're over here suffering and they're like, I don't know, taking drugs at a party, to forget!


The struggle is real!

"Learning how to affix your own oxygen mask first is good, but maybe also not being an insensitive jerk to others about it is even better."

Maybe there are times when some people need to think about others more.

"my full convo with @oliverforca"

maryhoulie

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSFnRQlEr67/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I really hope next year is better or maybe even the end of this year could be better.

Sometimes I wonder if all the bad stuff that's going on is making a lot of people less and less able to talk about certain topics. (Like how the discrimination and racism and sexism and  genocide are bad things for humans to endure, and we should be getting more healed or doing more to not allow those things to happen.) 

We should be doing more, but then again, if you're drained of energy or if you have medical issues, you need to address your medical problems or stay home and rest and take care of yourself. Or maybe you need to go to a park and love nature. Or you need to have fun in some way.

But it's been difficult, and it seems like the longer the bad stuff goes on, the less some people seem able to talk about it. And then I start to feel as if when people keep pretending things are fine, it is just going to kill off people who deserved much better. This is a very dreadful feeling. 

I want to release it because I know there are still good things going on. I know there is nature. I mean, my cat doesn't know what's going on. She seems really happy a lot of the time. I feel like I need to attend grieving ceremonies on a regular basis or something. Smile and pretend things are fine doesn't work for this kind of grief.

I mean, I guess some people are just lucky to be able to feel more unburdened or whatever, but I've had my better and more unburdened moments too. Maybe I need to pray. 

Vamos a la isla de la curacion a hora.

"**TRAUMA HEALING** Sound Bath"

Healing Vibrations 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HuErDsmveGY&si=2ot4E_N4A0mENUmZ

There's a lot of pain that comes with being out of balance in a patriarchal culture.

Can't tell if it's nice or a nightmare for those patriarchal people who have supposedly acclimated to the ways of the imbalanced culture better.

It certainly feels much more nightmarish then nice.

Like, I deserve to feel well. 

I cannot put on the habits of others to get better when their habits just look like a downward spiral and so destructive, and so not what I'm supposed to be doing in this life, at all.

Okay, well I'm probably just getting knocked off balance too much by the resistance to them and their really unhealthy ways.

I will ask for more healing and calm and finding my Center again and not be letting those people knock me off balance so much.

Stop letting them knock you off balance.

You need to take care of yourself.

I will ask for guidance because I don't feel well.

Thinking about two brothers I met the other day, and the older one was nicer and the taller, younger one was a buffoon. " You're just being mean," the older brother said. People were supposed to laugh at the jokes of the buffoon. Such people can be very exhausting, actually. Like, actually physically exhausting.

Time to get much better, again!

Sorry some cats aren't as appreciated.

I had a dream that there was man who was pretty much needing to be more of a dog person (wanted instant love and gratification, had no time for the subtleties) and for some reason he had also decided to get cats, but at least there would be two cats who liked one another a lot, and they would be a comfort for each other. I think the man needed to go out and play more with his dogs though.

Try not to get stressed out by the immaturity. Sigh.

As if guided by a higher source m.

Brimming over with many missions and even more mistakes to made, a man bravely boarded an airplane.

📜Old poems!💐

🎙️Good Album 🎶

"Kodachrome / Mabellene (Live at Central Park, New York)"

Simon and Garfunkel

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fB6XKdffr4Y&si=G9VHxBQtdlSf22m-

"Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Lyrics & Meanings" | SongMeanings

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/7391/#goog_rewarded

'Simon and Garfunkel - Old Friends Lyrics & Meanings" | SongMeanings

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/7387/

It's wild.

"Your major male role model reincarnated and is already more feminist than me."

Sorry, it's not your favorite.

"The Joy of Sexism"

What do I think about a book that just came to mind?

"The Year Without Michael" by Susan Beth Pfeffer 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/458480.The_Year_Without_Michael

Various reviews of the book available at that link.

A feminist person as a child also read this book, which is all about a sister losing her brother to mysterious circumstances.

People from certain eras inherited some really stupid ideas about feminism. 

I'm sorry I had to deal with those misogynistic people so often in this life.

I apologize to me for letting them bother me so much.

And the pressure to do many cartwheels in order to convince petty people that feminism doesn't mean you hate the men, ugh, f*** that b*******.

Another strange moment of mirth.

Ha-ha! 

"Be as sexist as you want; it's not my job to fix your problems "

I'm definitely not saying this is the greatest life philosophy to live by, though.

About services to humanity and cats and dogs...

"Prison Kitties!!!!!"

@catluminati

https://youtube.com/shorts/2IEteky_-iY?si=WpIA7Qf9FhySW924

😺😸😹😻😼

"NotMyCats so famous they got interviewed..."

https://www.reddit.com/r/notmycat/s/xRQhYN2mDb

Another ponderous suggestion.

More people would take care to heal from the damaging content they ingested if ...

Noticing and acknowledging this.

Right now, I really don't want to be around people who got trained to treat girls and women as "less than" or otherwise badly, just so they could feel more social or familial acceptance, or like they could have more access to money and / or other resources.

Sigh. Some people don't seem to want to know they deserve better, sometimes. It's painful. Maybe I need to heal more, and then it won't bother me so much? Probably if I heal more then I will have better boundaries, and I will more often see things with compassion and not feel so threatened, and it's hard when I still need to heal these things in myself. 

There's also been more discussion in recent years about empaths picking up on things...

Just read a story about a total stranger.

Yes, he needs help so he can heal mentally and emotionally, but he also needs help with the feelings of patriarchal entitlement he got trained to go along with.

"Fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore charged with three crimes"

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47286996/fired-michigan-coach-sherrone-moore-charged-three-crimes

People need more healing. Some have been trained to do a lot of damage to themselves and to others in order fit in with some very unwell, imbalanced patriarchal systems.

Maybe it's complicated, or like complex PTSD.

Some very unhealed people (both men and women) have been trained to be so terribly disrespectful to certain kinds of people (including many kinds of girls and women), but since they did what was encouraged by their society and attained other markers of external success, they want to stay the same. They don't want to change.

This year, more than ever, I have needed to recuperate from the awful, dreadful knowledge that they essentially got trained to serve the patriarchy and will choose to discount or abandon others in their confusion, to continue on with the ways they were taught, rather than change.  

This makes them seem both terribly hard-hearted and woefully insecure at the same time, but they don't want to deal with healing their own psyches and their hurtful prejudices. (Perhaps they can't admit that the patriarchal society got to them like that?) Change does not seem to be what they welcome, even if it would benefit them, too. 

And I was trained to think that I was supposed to follow these people and go along with them, even if their ways are actually unsafe and a threat to my health. This body feels like it cannot trust them anymore.

Sometimes waking up with this knowledge is difficult and feels very hard on this body. I have to give it time to recover, and I have to give it permission to have more access to healing energies now. I want to welcome good change into my life now.

Friday, December 12, 2025

Cool...

You know, now I really can see again how the stuff that was "in the way" of being "successful" (or whatever) was the right path all along...

I wonder what the "boy moms" who were convinced that "there's a war on boys" have to say...

 They weren't talking about this, were they?


"A male survivor of trafficking"

barrettpall

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRBPM99kfb6/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"#Metoo"

barrettpall

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSI_yoJEl3P/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"✨GROYPER✨"

barrettpall

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOlrznhCcbQ/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I was also thinking about a recipe today.

I wondered when the meatball recipe with cranberry sauce started appearing on the Heinz chili sauce label, and was it before or after the original recipe I knew of, which was chili sauce mixed with grape jelly. I remember that a while back, I wondered if it would also taste good if it was made with cranberry sauce instead of with grape jelly. But I don't remember noticing the cranberry sauce version on their chili sauce label previously.

Making use of the closed captions in English.

Actually, I just kind of gradually realized that maybe I do want to know what happened to make some people find this.

"The Story Of Technoviking - 2016 - Short Version" 

https://vimeo.com/140265561

I reckon...

"Shar, a 15-year-old aspiring singer, opened an account on Lemon8 and had urged others to follow. She’d been worried that all 4,000 of her TikTok followers would disappear overnight. That didn’t happen.

“None of my accounts on any platform has been shut down, not even the ones that I put my real age,” said Shar, who was relieved to find that her TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat accounts are still working.

“I genuinely do not know a person who has had it shut down, my age,” she said. “I’m pretty surprised, to be honest, because they made such a big deal about it. I think if you make such a big deal about something, you need to go through with it.”

However, for cheerleader Lucy and her friends, uncertainty about how long they’ll still be on social media is causing anxiety. She said her friends haven’t been able to download their accounts because they don’t have enough storage. They don’t want to delete them and lose their memories, yet they’re scared their private photos and messages might be frozen in a vast digital vault somewhere, potentially for years.

Lucy wants to keep Instagram because, as a cheerleader, her image is sometimes posted to cheerleading accounts, and she likes to know where and how it’s being used. She also follows other cheerleading groups to check out their routines as she tries to improve.

Lucy – like many other children – believes there’s a need to address problematic content on social media, but she doesn’t think a ban is the best response.

“I actually want it to work, because I think children shouldn’t be on social media that much,” said Lucy. “But I don’t think it will work,” she quickly added.

She said a more effective response would be to impose time limits – “anywhere from one hour to two hours I reckon is fair.”

~ Hilary Whiteman

"Australian teens were kicked off social media this week"

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/12/australia/australia-social-media-kids-intl-hnk-dst

Snacky! 🥳

I quite enjoyed this, and then weirdly, I decided I wanted salmon and vegetables for dinner.

 

"Cheers to girl dinner!"

englishmanmike

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRSbyajkiE6/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Who is the universe for?

 


"most people think autism is..."

kristina. kyser. phd

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRZoD0AAOJ_/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Kia ora..."

nerdy_wahine_tingz

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO-abFQgY_Z/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Veterans!

Crying...

"German Roasts Baseball"

@marioadrioncomedy

https://youtube.com/shorts/52FPc8kUn30?si=GTD6YuuxmkXgJ9EF

Wow. Geez.

Sometimes it's like, I almost feel as if somebody's coming back...


"I Don't Want Disabled Kids"

@RemyW.Anders

https://youtube.com/shorts/b6-LNTK1HRk?si=foXbb6NHRN4QBGHK

"The original Technoviking video."

@86Ivar

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UjCdB5p2v0Y&si=cqq1GUOYWq7y-eS2

"Girls can experience joy..."


 "... connection..."


"I Don't Want Disabled Kids"

@RemyW.Anders

https://youtube.com/shorts/b6-LNTK1HRk?si=foXbb6NHRN4QBGHK

It ain't the greatest. People are interconnected, and they deserve better. Look for the ones who know better.

"Looking out only for yourself for the moment,with no thought for others or for the future generations  is the greatest" says patriarchal society. What a lie. 

You almost feel sorry for patriarchal society sometimes. Such low expectations. I think much of  patriarchal society could be depressed.

Patriarchal society struggles. The authoritarians of patriarchal society know they're not doing a great job, and have to lie to themselves constantly, and kick themselves into survival mode.

They may even pay people to flatter them and feed them more lies. Sigh.

Maybe I should just stop thinking about the patriarchal society right now. It has demanded so much of my attention in this life. 

Perhaps it's enough, already.

Could this be part of the answer?

Maybe it's okay if my own body is the one that needs me to save it the most, because maybe if everybody was super diligent about taking care of their own health in a real way, and not just in some following fads and trends and messages way, it would clear up a lot of the problems. 

Patriarchal culture is very ill. It is not well.

Average medical care has been pretty barbaric to lots of female bodies in this time. In the future, average medical care will be a lot better. People have to figure out how to find the better care now. Don't wait for the "big people with the money" to get wiser; they're probably not going to get wiser as soon as you need. They don't feel motivated to get wiser.

They were raised in a brutal, patriarchal, paternalistic society, and it shows.

Belief: God has so much more love for so many more kinds of humans.

Doesn't God love the persecuted ones more than the average person who's still fitting in okay with the Imbalanced Society (for now) seem to love the persecuted ones? Yes, I think so.

I have some mourning feelings now, because the unwell culture really got into some people's psyches and demanded that they carry out orders to be harsh and patriarchal.

The materialistic, discriminatory ways were not expressing God's Love, but fear and hurtfulness. 

It seems like the mournfulness has gotten into this body. 

I need to heal the body, a lot. 

I have so much more to learn.

Help me, Universe, with my task.

It seems like I never read a story that taught us to take the best care of ourselves, like our own bodies need saving from the antagonizing culture, but my body is the one I need to help now. 

Physically and psychologically, emotionally and spiritually, I need to get much wiser and better at taking care of my health. I need to tap into the healing energy for more help with this task.

My body has more need of extra care right now compared to at another age. But I had PCOS, so in truth, I always needed to give it extra care.

Taking care of my health is really different from what a lot of the average messages in society were saying people in female bodies should do for much of this lifetime. 

I have to create a new life story, and most of the people I met did not have either the knowledge or the curiosity to have patience with what has made me feel like a "special needs" person. But we all have special needs. It's just that the culture is designed to meet some people's special needs more than it's designed to meet others' special needs.

More goals...

I need to get more easy-going about people being at different levels of wanting to know things. 

It can be challenging for me sometimes because I have felt like if they wanted to know more, then they would be able to see more, and then fewer people would get harmed, and all they'd need to do is just be a tiny bit more curious, and it would make such a huge difference!!!

I feel like I want to get more easy-going with this. Find the people who do want to know things and enjoy knowing that some do want to know more now and more will want to in the future.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Dreams.

I dream of people wanting knowledge more than preferring not to know, because their desire for ignorance is scary, and it seems like more people get exposed to dangers and harmed because of that tendency.

Sometimes people have to learn the hard way. I don't know why. I don't know why they can't read more stories and empathize more and just figure it out without learning the hard way.

Hee-hee.

Appreciating a moment in which I say to myself: Techno Viking and Big Fat Greek Wedding Mom deserve some R & R.

"Main character"

https://www.reddit.com/r/GuysBeingDudes/s/noqETSabcK

"Fortunately, she has a wise mother."

Her big fat Greek wedding

https://youtube.com/shorts/l__CHR7JAtc?si=c6FkjlJJg_CFqHu1

I think I'm going to work on being more laid-back.

I feel like I used to be more laid-back in the past, and I do still have a laid-back aspect, sometimes, but there were times that I found very challenging, including this year, and when certain situations came up, I could not be very laid back about those. But I kind of want to get better at letting go of old things, and part of that I think, is really for my health. But also, maybe it would just be nicer for other people too.

I'm just going to have to figure out how to get better at releasing old things and being more relaxed and maybe even getting a little bit better about forgiving times when there were some old disagreements. After all, there are some people on earth who are very compassionate when children make mistakes, and we all have inner children and so we might have our inner children directing us to go certain ways when we make mistakes. And who knows. Maybe there's still more to be learned. We'll see, I guess.

Rich in potatoes and cabbages!

"Rumbledethumps"

theculinarybee

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRWoDpfjdI6/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Meiden!

"You mean..."

soundslikealexandra

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRM8jyfDFcf/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Boyfriend??"

soundslikealexandra 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKJs22Gs59w/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Yikes!

I just got introduced to the idea that studies are predicting that body dysmorphia is going to increase in men. So probably teenagers will be affected by that. When I was younger, eating disorders were mostly considered something that afflicted girls and women.

"Making it homemade is always better"

adam.floatinghome

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSF6z1lDJGL/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Are you sure?

"But I have to be more unfeminist in order to survive and to get a paycheck."

"Well, it makes it harder to get along with the others if I'm sticking out as some sort of feminist."

"Being feminist doesn't bring me as many benefits, and acting otherwise brings me more benefits."

Can't fix all the childhood and adulthood traumas right away, huh?

I think this year has taught me that patriarchy has been brutal to many psyches.

So many people who were raised within a patriarchal culture got the idea that feminists hate men and they were pressured to act like that is the truth.

And so now, when times get more difficult, suddenly they have to avoid topics of conversation. Even if stuff directly impacts them or other girls and women, and they have to pretend that things are fine, just because maybe they're a little bit better for a certain subset of women. 

That is so destructive. 

I think this year has taught me that a lot of girls in a certain generation were raised in ways that were very brutal to their psyches. Oh and also, sometimes the patriarchy is actually physically brutal as well.

I suppose if you look at it in another way, there is more concern for others being shown than ever before.

"Self-silencing is making women sick"

onherwisdom

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSJMzm8D4U6/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"How long have women had rights in the United States"

onherwisdom

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPpBO21kkPP/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Oh well, I guess I don't heal overnight sometimes.

I've been really disappointed by some people this year almost more than any other time in my life and I'm still getting over it. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever get over it. I'll just process this then. I'll feel better later!

Sounds good.

I kind of want to be around more spiritual people. I've noticed that you can meet some who are a bit more helpful to be around.

I kind of feel like it was easier to get in touch with some people's empathetic, compassionate and spiritual sides when I was a younger person and people weren't on social media so much, and you actually had more conversations with them face to face. 

Kind of don't blame Australia for not letting teenagers go on social media. I'm not sure if it's 100% the right thing to do, but I really can kind of see where they're coming from.

It seems as if when things get more difficult, some people also get more, I'm sorry to say, shallow.

This society has encouraged some very surface-level materialistic interactions, and much about social media is designed to benefit some of the most rich and unscrupulous.

And people are easily duped into going along with unwell behavior patterns, and sadly it feels like a lot of social media leaves out a lot of people who we could be learning a lot more from. 

But then again, the interesting thing is that sometimes on social media you can see more into the lives of people who are very different from yourself, so that part I kind of like.

I think that it's going to just look absolutely appalling to future generations how great of a wealth gap was tolerated. And they will be so glad that they're better about some things than we are now.

And the way we treat farm workers is just atrocious because we all need food in order to live, and how ridiculous it is to think that this is the best we can do.

It just has felt so ridiculous for such a long time.

You couldn't even post a picture if you didn't have enough calories in you to like, operate your phone, or whatever.

Remember when phones were just for making phone calls?

Remember when people didn't even have phones on them?

I think some bodies suffer from being out of balance with these dynamics because not everybody was raised in the same kind of environment or with the same kinds of genetics. 

And there are things that trigger traumas and bring out old wounds, and people deserve better than to just walk around suffering all the time. Like, they deserve actual healing.

Human health is not just for a favored few, who happened to be born with access to more material wealth than most people on this planet. 

It bears repeating, because a lot of people don't act like they believe that.

This looks, like, a lot better!

"Thirty-Clove Garlic Soup (Vegan, Paleo)"

https://www.cookedandloved.com/recipes/thirty-clove-garlic-onion-soup/

A moment of unexpected mirth.

"Poor kid!" I thought.

"The Duce’s Favorite Meal #history #recipe #ww2"

~ eatshistory

https://youtube.com/shorts/j7BLwozMF8k?si=7gnY5DD4mPdKtGs3

This quote spoke to me today.

"Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the maturity of the human soul."

Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

It came to my attention because of this:

"A Full Day of Eating like a Gulag Prisoner"

@eatshistory

https://youtube.com/shorts/N7X-Y9w9TAA?si=CVvVE6UrHkrUzHKG

I seem to need extra healing help from the universe right now.

Sigh.  

We in these Earth bodies must deal with the genetics we've been given.

I can tell this body needs more healing now, and  I'm wondering if everybody just took better care of themselves, then so many things would start getting so much better.

Maybe we could use the help of more righteous villagers!

Of course, in a lot of ways, this is a very different time, but still...


"The 'Righteous' Village: How a Protestant Town Hid 3,000 Children in Plain Sight"

Beneath the Medal - War Stories

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cCHvQz_QYrQ&si=y5u_neKzJ1cpGfRi


How's the health?

"How does Australia's under-16 social media ban work?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp9d3ddqyo

Apparently social media is so toxic that Australia won't let younger teenagers go on it now. 

Is it any better for the adults I wonder? I suppose I do think it is sometimes.

I absolutely do think it can be used wisely.

But sometimes it's been pretty toxic for them, too, huh?

Is that why your future great grandchild will be  dressing up as an early 21st century social media addict for Halloween? 

Yes, and in lieu of real conversation, she's posting some stuff that a bunch of people will "like" regardless of what's being expressed. 

The more she ends up getting addicted to the social media, the less she will want to actually have a real conversation. 

Pretty crazy, huh.

So, what should she wear?

Time to create a better life.

I really do feel like I have to get so much better at taking care of my health, now. It's imperative. It's the number one thing I have to do. It's my job. It's the thing I have to do, now.

So much pain!

 Harsh!


"Fortunately, she has a wise mother."

Her big fat Greek wedding

https://youtube.com/shorts/l__CHR7JAtc?si=c6FkjlJJg_CFqHu1

It's a good time to grow as a person. Get clued in on how to get better. Do it for the sons and the daughters!

"What do people think of the song Tear in your Hand?"

https://www.reddit.com/r/toriamos/s/DqnZvfnKCQ

"Tear in Your Hand" ~ T.A.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9J2aeqBVZI4&si=lsmSw4-7vzyLozDz

"Other Neils"

https://www.reddit.com/r/toriamos/s/UrAq2hqHkM

"I'm surprised at how, for many, the moral outrage over Bill Clinton's tenure is far greater than Trump's, which boggles my mind.

It boggles my mind, and we talk about that in the book. I've been saying this lately, so I should really give you a better soundbite. But what the right hand is doing and what the left hand is doing... Right now, I have no idea what the left hand of the government is doing. I'm not talking about sides of the aisle. I'm talking about the narrative around the pandemic that comes out and is politicized. I have no idea what they're doing with the policies and who's really getting the money. In situations like this, the concern is that there are people who will use an unprecedented crisis to seize more power. That's how authoritarians work, and we've got a gaggle of them up in Washington. They're not all men either!

People from other cultures who have lived under such regimes and are living here now can spot that. I know people who have. People who don't know about or haven't experienced that don't understand.

That's interesting. When we were touring that fall [after 9/11] and he [Bush] announced invading Afghanistan, I was playing two nights at the Daughters of The American Revolution Constitution Hall [in D.C.]. It was just intriguing how people were warning me that something else was coming. It's proven to be true that they were talking about Iraq the day of, when you read books about that time. It's hard to sometimes frame the times that we're in, but we have to document them as artists. I think that is our responsibility. That's what Scarlet's Walk was trying to do, anyway. I should have known when "Imagine" had been banned [from radio airplay] what was coming. That's pretty much all you need to know as a songwriter. When a song like that is banned, then you begin to understand what [certain] people are thinking—we do not want a peaceful world, the last thing we want is a peaceful global world. I should have understood the depravity of that move then. As a Scorpio rising, I should have f**king gotten that.

You've talked about the narrative with billionaires deciding to be more transparent about who they are. I've noted that they have seduced people into thinking that if you give them the money and the power, maybe they'll get a taste of it, which never happens.

Even Bush Sr. said that was "Voodoo economics," the Reagan economic policy. And at least for a few minutes there, he called it like it was. You can just watch how the oligarchs work. The Russians had warned me when I was there in 2014 that anybody can be groomed. I thought, "No," and they said, "Really, Amos, you've got to think this through." Neil deGrasse Tyson is doing a masterclass right now, and I might just take it. He's talking about how you have to learn how to question things. We think sometimes that we can't be groomed. That's the greatest mistake the Russian people were warning me when I was there, and Russia had just invaded Ukraine. Ukrainians were telling me the same—"You guys in the States, you just really don't get how good at propaganda Russia is."

"Tori Amos On Maintaining Faith, Vision & Conviction in Troubled Times"

https://grammy.com/news/tori-amos-maintaining-faith-vision-conviction-troubled-times

"why do people find neil degrasse tyson annoying :"

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gifted/comments/1hv2xef/why_do_people_find_neil_degrasse_tyson_annoying/

Memory! And more.

When I was very small (gosh could I have really been that young once) I sat on the steps of my apartment building and an older, taller boy (he was so young too) sat with me. Watched the workers dig out a swimming pool for the apartment complex. He went down to the pool, got some clay, and made a heart out of clay for me.

Well, a lot's happened since that day.

It's time to do nice things to take care of this human and her body. It's unfortunate to feel like a body can be so adversely affected by systemic oppression in this society.

Time to steer towards more health and healing.

May the good guidance flow.

Humans need more healing. Humans are so varied ans have such different needs.

It's as if the body acts as a barometer.

It's good to listen to your body. 

Your body might need the wisdom of healing angels more then it needs to resolve some other things right now.

It's good to be on the lookout for the curious.

It seems that when people have a strong desire to fit in with certain group dynamics in order to gain social acceptance or financial security, some people will get needlessly downgraded or treated very badly. But more curious people will at least want to wonder about how things could be better than that.

"Investigating Lawsuits Against Mt. SAC – SAC Media"

https://sac.media/2022/07/27/investigating-lawsuits-against-mt-sac/

Clark Maloney v. Mt. SAC

Aarefah Mosavi v. Mt. SAC

Ali Carey-Oliver v. Mt. SAC

Etcetera.

What do you think?

Maybe you could be more grateful for your curiosity about some things instead of disappointed when other people seem to lack curiosity. I mean, they could get curious to explore or know more in the future, too. That's always a possibility. And what if sometimes people just aren't ready to be more curious yet because they need to take a good nap or something, and get some more rejuvenation going for themselves?

Oh, the humans.

Oftentimes, it seems that people influenced by patriarchal values really don't feel safe, regardless of whatever materialistic items or status they've acquired, so they cling to dodginess. 

They are desperate to not know too much, for some reason. They are filled with avoidance.

But then, after all, maybe they just need more nervous system regulation and balance.

Oh, that's part of what needs help with healing!

Processing healing about how others treated you is like processing healing about how you got convinced to treat parts of yourself. It was easy to get convinced to go on that way. Now, there's the knowledge that the old ways need to be let go, so you can make room for more healing to happen in your life.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Who says healing's not fun?

Oh wow, I just thought of a really good reason to cry. You can cry because you were more in balance. Sometimes when you were a kid and when you were a young person, societal forces came and did damage and they told you you shouldn't be that way (a way that was better and more balanced for you) and it really hurt. And you were led to believe that what was actually the best for you was not acceptable and you could never, you know, be accepted or get a job or this that and the other, and all of that stuff is falling apart now.

Kind of grateful and kind of crying.

Actually maybe I'm kind of grateful and kind of crying because I need to be more boring and calm to help a delicate balance heal the body but it's okay it'll all get worked out. I need the help of the universe. There's no way one little human mind can figure this all out on its own. In fact, calming down the mind and just allowing information to come will be so much better.

I'm kinda feeling more grateful, for my boring destiny...

Work on balance and restoring health. Sometimes it feels like it's really hard. I'm not really an entertainer even though I must have a little aspect of that to me. At the moment, I can't focus on that too much because my body gets symptoms that cannot be ignored.

I wish we lived in a different society. I wish I'd been given healthier messages. I wish it wasn't this hard. But this is what I have to do. I must remember to  recognize that I can make better choices, and change the old ways that aren't working for me anymore, and have the kind of fun that's actually beneficial and helpful to restore health and balance.

And the funny thing is is it's different for everybody. It's even different for you depending on the day and the time and the circumstances and what was eaten or what you drank or what kind of activity. Anyways, not going to think about it all right now, because that will get overwhelming. Just focus on getting calm and present before bedtime.


Gosh, it's back to the same lesson.

I need to focus more on my health again. So be it.

Calgon, take me away...I need rejuvenation.

"Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids" | Sierra Club

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-4-winter/feature/farmworkers-ice-coachella-valley-brave-deadly-heat-pollution-and-ice-raids

"Calgon commercial - 1987"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WJsFvLBdOi0&si=bKmVmK5Q_HmHgM6r

Time for some holiday cheer!

 🧑🏼‍🎄🎄🎁🦌


"What's the best 'office gift' you ever got?"

letsdoubledutch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSF9tIPCCPF/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"How to resolve conflict with a Dutch person"

letsdoubledutch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRz0hX4iGTv/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I have found a poem!

"Wow, a girl with real interests"

"#girlhood #poem"

jennyrockwell_ and deadbirdbooks

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDrNNRmplVM/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

This is the opposite of what I experienced when I was already in my middle-aged years (I was born in the late '70s) and thought I would be friends with a really nice girl (a woman, my age range) in my class who was a mom, but when we were talking about some students who protested an assault regarding an incident at school

"Aarefah Mosavi v. Mt. SAC"

"Investigating Lawsuits Against Mt. SAC" – SAC Media

https://sac.media/2022/07/27/investigating-lawsuits-against-mt-sac/

she started saying she was sure that the woman was probably making it up and I had to push back and she said she'd had people grab her ass before but she shrugged it off like that wasn't a big deal to her and there was a woman with us who was kind of agreeing with me but saying she thought that almost all women had been assaulted in some way and I had to say but not in the same way and the mom was other wise a nice person but she still had these thoughts in her, and I was so disappointed, and knew I didn't care about being friends with her anymore because I didn't need to make the effort to get through all of that.

One can hope that she has matured in her outlook. Maybe other people had the strength to deal with her. I don't even remember her name anymore. Lost to the tides and the rivers and the sands of time and all of that.

Pairing this with other recent stories.

 "🐀🐀

#hysteria #female hysteria"

jennyrockwell_

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMrgrj7pY50/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

"Oklahoma teen convicted of rape avoids jail, sparks protests"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/12/09/oklahoma-teen-convicted-of-rape-avoids-jail/87685499007/

"Attorney for victim in Jesse Butler case speaks"

https://okcfox.com/news/local/attorney-for-victim-in-jesse-butler-case-speaks-with-fox-25-rachel-bussett-stillwater-oklahoma

"Renewed calls for justice from supporters of former OKC officer convicted of rape"

https://kfor.com/news/local/renewed-calls-for-justice-from-supporters-of-former-okc-officer-convicted-of-rape/

It's something that's part of life on this planet.

You can figure out what's going on within a certain time frame and find out more about what makes people not want to know more and what makes them stop being curious.

Sometimes this seems like it is the most perfect poem song to listen to.

"Suede" ~ Tori Amos

https://youtube.com/watch?v=YhnuN_-dZ_g&si=m0gB1eJhTF4DCiov

Like at dusk!

Tsk.

"Who is the worst celebrity you have ever met and why?"

https://np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1nz5ww5/comment/ni0b4h1/

We can't all be to Earldom born!

"Little Lord Fauntleroy" | Free Drama Movie

ArtflixMovieClassics

https://youtube.com/watch?v=eJTerAzzHfs&si=vGRLh0Bpocx_xs28

Bearing witness can be more fun anyways.

Glad I wasn't the first woman to graduate from The Citadel.

If only there'd been more Techno Vikings, or guys with water bottles, offering them to others.

"Main character"

https://www.reddit.com/r/GuysBeingDudes/s/noqETSabcK

"Techno Viking"

https://youtu.be/ajYsC9-poLw?si=l4j_HG5vF0Ofbp6H

This is in German. I wonder if I can understand a little bit.

https://vimeo.com/140265561


We're evolving as a species!

People may even be motivated to take a moment to pray for her healing, too! As well as many others. Sigh! 

"Nancy Mace escalated airport incident into ‘spectacle,' police investigation says"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/nancy-mace-airport-police-investigation

But perhaps this is what we're here to do, sometimes. Bear witness: the humans are suffering and they need help. 

They have different ways of showing it, sometimes.

Been reading about how cats have a balancing presence! 🐈‍⬛😸

"Black Cat Decides Not To Be A Stray One Day..."| The Dodo 

https://youtube.com/shorts/znteK0wopqU?si=OPfgrXwDt5Z-7GCj

What else could they have in common with other kinds of people?

"Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/republican-women-misogyny-sexism.html

Because there's been times when I think a lot of other people of a different political orientation and a different gender could probably realize this as well.

Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Big learning opportunities?

Sometimes you might feel as if you just have to survive for a while knowing that you were traumatized by a culture, and part of the trauma of the culture was that it runs on the egos of self-absorbed people. It wouldn't be such a traumatizing culture if self-absorbed people weren't trained to contribute to the traumatization aspects of the culture, and they are rewarded by certain aspects of the culture for doing so. Maybe their need to be a part of the self-absorption is also part of their own trauma. It's just expressing itself in its own weird way.

The good part about cleaning neglected corners

Death and Vanilla - "To Where the Wild Things Are (Full Album)"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RcKVAayA7qk&si=VVAagCzGOTrHkl4k

Coming across a note about "California Owls" by Death and Vanilla and listening to the whole album, while cleaning, and processing...

Sometimes, you just need to find a spiritual text.

I just read in a spiritual book about a very young cat who didn't know how to take care of her kittens and she tried to pull away from them. So the owner tried helping but it wasn't working and the owner was afraid the kittens would die. Then she remembered the "Feline Species Species Elemental Guardians" and called on them for help to show her cat how to care for the kittens, and then the cat became a wonderful and devoted mother!

"Angelo's Message: Angelo, the Angel Cat, Speaks..."

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52790480-angelo-s-message

Oh my gosh, there might be a Dutch edition.  

"Angelo’s boodschap"

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52790480-angelo-s-message

I forgot about learning Dutch. I have really slacked off on that for several months. But I wanted to read Anne Frank's diary in the original, which apparently is a bit difficult cuz it's sort of a Dutch mangled by German but anyways. I could do again!

To forget is human, and to remember is better for humans.

"...eating all the food and people forget where that food is coming from."

"Some farmworkers receiving gifts fear ICE" | KTVU 

https://www.ktvu.com/video/1752980

These are interesting times!

Well, I guess the people who didn't like the "Barbie" movie SO much that they actually put out a sign alongside the road about it got their wish to put the most authoritarian male celebrity in charge, and now look at this:

"making a vintage Barbie bloom jelly cake🌸💕a dreamy mix of pink & yellow✨🩷💛"

@sweetzori

https://youtube.com/shorts/65qgqoMEs6c?si=y-AU04di6wiCcJTA

It's nice!

What might one make of this?

"Ricky Gervais Told Us Everything Back in 2020: His Golden Globes Monologue Revisited"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2G8ojEhhX5c&si=9yDr8UkY2ByswFC4

That was almost like something out of a movie, but this is different.

When the moms who mansplain mansplained the benefits of the mansplaining to the children of men...IRL.

The nuance is coming!

"Here’s why we can’t get rid of ‘mansplaining’"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/04/heres-why-we-cant-get-rid-of-mansplaining

"‘Mansplaining’ was once a contender for word of the year..."

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/01/mansplaining-contender-word-of-the-year-rage-bait

"'Mansplaining’ is different from other criticism..."

https://theconversation.com/mansplaining-is-different-from-other-criticism-and-rachel-reeves-is-right-to-call-it-out-270521

Think I'll pick something from each.

"We asked critics from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/experts-authoritarian-regimes-trump

"Kapronczay says she’s learned that opposition leaders need to pay closer attention to pocketbook issues. 'Standing up for democracy, resisting and all this very abstract language will not reach the majority of society,' she said. 'It’s only a very small progressive circle that resonates with that kind of messaging.'

But the authoritarian turn also 'posed an opportunity for self-reflection,' she said. 'If our previous tools are no longer working, how can we serve our mission in a more impactful way?'

~~~~~~

“'When they come to power for the second time, they feel more ruthless, and they behave as if there are no boundaries any more,' said Temelkuran. 'I think especially in the leader’s head, that association of ‘me and the country’ [being] the same thing becomes very prominent when they seize power for the second time.'

Temelkuran had been reporting throughout Turkey as a columnist for the newspaper ​​Milliyet during Erdoğan’s rise in 2002. Early on, she saw his authoritarian tendencies: he regularly disparaged journalists and seemed to have little interest in politics as usual.

'[Autocrats] declare themselves as beyond politics,' said Temelkuran. '[They say:] ‘Politics is corrupt. Parties are corrupt. We’re clean.’ They create a movement, not a party.

'When you despise politics, that means that you are probably going to do something to democracy itself,' she added."

~~~~~~

“'You cannot make authoritarian leaders the center of your narrative,' said Ortiz. 'You have to make the people the center of your narrative, and you have to be passionate about it.'

She said that means doing more to engage with citizens – and being prepared to be surprised by what they say. 'A part of the cure for this is listening to people,' she said. 'Don’t be so certain about what they want, what they need. You have to ask.'”

~ Danielle Renwick

Perhaps tomorrow will be a better day!

Well, I didn't see the movie in question (or I don't remember seeing the whole thing from start to finish, at any rate) but maybe QT will figure out why he has a compulsive need to act like a jerk sometimes.

"Daniel Day-Lewis defends Paul Dano after Tarantino criticism"

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/09/daniel-day-lewis-defends-paul-dano-after-tarantino-criticism

“'There Will Be Blood would stand a good chance at being No 1 or 2 if it didn’t have a big, giant flaw in it … and the flaw is Paul Dano,' said Tarantino.

'Obviously, it’s supposed to be a two-hander, but it’s also drastically obvious that it’s not a two-hander. [Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister. Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role. He’s just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. The weakest fucking actor in SAG.'"

~ Catherine Shoard

Is he trying to exercise demons, or exorcise demons, or something? Does a demon sit on his shoulder and say "Hey, say this now. Just do it. See what happens!"

"It's a community service!"

"Quentin Tarantino has strong opinions about Paul Dano and none of them are right"

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/03/paul-dano-quentin-tarantino-opinions

“'So you put him with the weakest male actor in SAG?' Tarantino replied, somehow forgetting he is probably the weakest male actor in the Screen Actors Guild. When Ellis asked if Tarantino had ever enjoyed Dano in any project, he replied: 'I don’t care for him. I don’t care for him, I don’t care for Owen Wilson, and I don’t care for Matthew Lillard.' What does he have against twitchy white guys?"

~ Sian Cain