Let's talk about Trump, blue and red states, and being alone....
[Sometimes when speaking up, it's not about convincing anybody, but about letting people who think similarly realize that they are not alone.]
Let's talk about Trump, blue and red states, and being alone....
[Sometimes when speaking up, it's not about convincing anybody, but about letting people who think similarly realize that they are not alone.]
Let's talk about raising your kids and the moral, ethical, and legal....
[Focus on policies, not on people. There is no candidate one can endorse. Heroes can be humanized because they are imperfect.]
[Legitimizing the application of morals retroactively does not change the outcome but teaches that one's morals will be viewed through the lens of history.]
Growing ideas with Andy Matuschak
[Present two random notes and prompt to write a third that connects the two.]
Resist thinking of the evergreen note as a static format (declarative phrase or noun as title, discussion as body). It can be a question, with a list as the body, and eventually this can be transformed into the standardized representation if desired. Allow fluidity in how the tool is used.
[Spaced repetition can be used to prompt practicing a process via a question that changes everytime.]
Let's talk about a hard truth about voting and community networks....
[A community network is a group of people commited to making their community better, only this.]
[The ideal number of members is twelve.]
[Those involved should ideally not know each other too well because when they share friends it reduces the number of people the group can call upon. Think coworkers, religious group, community sports.]
[When it gets to eighteen people, the group naturally splits into two. When each of those splits into two, create a C group to direct activities and keep everyone on the same page.]
[via fort bragg ada odb odc.]
[If food insecurity is a specific issue, you'll want to recruit someone who is familiar with this and who also has a B group.]
[To recruit: look for people who post about problems on social media and want to fix them; look to other activist groups; people you have helped can become a resource to ask for help.]
[Just because someone needs help doesn't mean that they're helpless: they can have skills that complement your needs despite being in need of help.]
[Anti-authoritarian leftists and small-government conservatives can be good allies at the local level.]
[When you are going to do something, make a public request to the local politicians, knowing that they don'won't do anything. Then do it yourself and over time point out how you did ask, and that they repeatedly did nothing, and that your group did it.]
[Keep the mission simple, like 'to better the community'.]
Let's talk about keeping your community network going....
[Each person learns one part, then everyone teaches each other their part.]
[A community garden is a resource that the whole network can nurture and tap into.]
[A neighborhood library or food box can help create a positive public image of your community network and make it more likely that your will receive help when asking for it.]
A Meditation for Letting Thoughts Float By Like Bubbles
[To notice having been lost in a thought is more than okay, it's a moment of awakening.]
A 10-Minute Practice for Doing Nothing
Whatever you're experiencing in this moment is what it's like to be you
[For the next minute, everything that happens is okay, accept it all.]
Let's talk about work stoppages, generally..
[General strikes work because various industries stopping at the same time lowers the GDP and creates pressure felt by those who fund politicians.]
[It is important to have community networks during a strike so that word spreads to everyone and that the actions are coordinated.]