Tag: Philosophy
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Save The VA Protest – Tucson 7/1/25
Save The VA Protest – Tucson 7/1/25 Biked to the 2nd Ave and Ajo Entrance of the VAAnd protested during the 7-8 am shift change Witnessed an interesting phenomenon there18 Teslas entered – doctors, nurses, administrators, provocateurs? D.O.G.E. bros and babes?To undermine VA autonomy, integrity, and funding? Helping create delays and outrageJustify our owners’ calls…
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Education Is Subversive
Education Is Subversive Why do you think authoritarians hate it so much? Do everything in their substantial powersTo dominateUniversity facultiesAdministratorsCurriculums Silence the IntellectualsThe storytellersThe philosophersThe poetsThe artists of all stripes? It’s because educationAnd by extension critical thinking IS Subversive! At least to the AuthoritarianAgenda… –LE – 6/28/25\ PS: Apparently, only the ruling ‘elites’ (in their…
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Perception
Perception All sentience reliesOn perceptions forSurvival But in the case of humansIt’s mostly mis-perceptionsEven to those from the sameFamilies and communities There are theUnconsciousAssumptionsPrejudicesAnd fantasiesBased on the ‘invisible’HormonesPheromones And let’s not forgetIndoctrination andConditioning Even with millions ofDictionaries and thesauriHumans mis-perceiveMore often than notBoth intentionallyAnd not. The thread of human historySeems a continuousStitching of mis-perceptionsSince our…
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A More Sustainable Lifestyle?
Are there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle? What does that even mean in this age of powerlessness and poverty for the many and unconscionable wealth and power for a psychopathic few; of uncertainty, exploitation, and existential dispair? This prompt (to me) smacks of naive denialism. But to attempt…
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Sun…Day Afternoon
Sun…Day AfternoonI’m sitting here inMy mindCounting my breaths awayI’m centering here and nowOpening my mind’s eyeContemplating myBiosphereThe eco systemConnecting me with allThat allows meTo thrive in this swirlingLittle eddie of the eternallyFlowing river ofSpace/time As images and ideasKaleidoscope my mindTaking me to newAnd unheard ofSights and plains I start counting myBreaths againFeeling my lungsFill and…
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Cynical Optimism
Regardless of what a whole genre of music might have you think, not every day is ‘blue’. Sure, we all have ‘blue’ days from time to time, but they are not eternal, regardless of some musicians’ sentiments. There is a continuum waving between the poles of deep ‘blues’ and high hopes, or even satisfaction. It’s…
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A Scoundrel’s Last Refuge & Murder
A few quotes that say it all… “Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!” –Friedrich Nietzsche “All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens the power of resistance.” –Friedrich Nietzsche You may notice that I’ve started this out with the…
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Oh, Wow – June 2025
Oh, wow – June 2025 Wow! We’re getting awfully defensive, aren’t we? Apparently, we’ve been preoccupied with the peripheral issues that separate the two sides of the same coin, earned them their distinctions of heads and tails, red and blue, as if there are no other options, no other ‘coins’… perhaps a little tipsy with…
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If Push Comes To Shove…
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? Way too many to count. Reading was a problem for me until Jr. High School. It was a combination of just poor eyesight and slight youthful dyslexia. But, I was always interested in stories. My parents used to read to us when I was…
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Life in the Good Ol’ US of A
Life in the Good Ol’ US of A Contract Work Unfortunately, contract work is the neoliberal norm, ushered in by Bill Clinton and ratified by all administrations since. The last 12 or so years that I worked were all contract. That’s what all business was/is pushing. Even Boards of Education would only hire on a…
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