Glad to see you step into Bluesky. I appreciate your subscription to my substack and hope you got an extra good kick out of this one: Bluesky Basics for Never Twitter Boomers We Came to the Social Media Party Late. But We Have the Beer.
Thanks, Georgia … I’m enjoying Bluesky … however, still mourning a bit Twitter where I hung out for 16 years. My little square of Twitter was remarkably free of the uglies but once it was Xed, I couldn’t stay.
The life of a country is always an ever changing one, hopefully it changes and grows in a positive way but sadly it often doesn't. America is by and large a positive country with good hearted and well meaning people although the bat shit crazy people often gives a place or country a bad name as the loud obnoxious minority drown out the quiet and respectful
What would be really helpful is a bat-shit-crazy meter … maybe an implant that would beep (rather shrilly) when edge into crazy territory. I’m sure most of us visit that land and would be warned away.
Unfortunately, some folks have taken up residence there and have already become deaf to the warnings. However, the rest of us would know to avoid them. Hmmmmmm…
The American Story is an evolving saga and hopefully the next four years will be seen by historians as the ashpit of unbridled materialism from which the Phoenix arises. We can only hope.
Thanks, Mark … I like that metaphor … maybe 4 years of watching Billionaires rule for Billionaires will wake the other 99.9% of us up enough to change the playing field.
From my perspective, “fight, flight or freeze” might have an additional “f” word of “forgive” added to the available options. This option requires that each of us confront our certitudes and see how divisive of the whole (holy) they are.
Glad to see you step into Bluesky. I appreciate your subscription to my substack and hope you got an extra good kick out of this one: Bluesky Basics for Never Twitter Boomers We Came to the Social Media Party Late. But We Have the Beer.
Thanks, Georgia … I’m enjoying Bluesky … however, still mourning a bit Twitter where I hung out for 16 years. My little square of Twitter was remarkably free of the uglies but once it was Xed, I couldn’t stay.
Glad you’ve got the beer.
The life of a country is always an ever changing one, hopefully it changes and grows in a positive way but sadly it often doesn't. America is by and large a positive country with good hearted and well meaning people although the bat shit crazy people often gives a place or country a bad name as the loud obnoxious minority drown out the quiet and respectful
What would be really helpful is a bat-shit-crazy meter … maybe an implant that would beep (rather shrilly) when edge into crazy territory. I’m sure most of us visit that land and would be warned away.
Unfortunately, some folks have taken up residence there and have already become deaf to the warnings. However, the rest of us would know to avoid them. Hmmmmmm…
The American Story is an evolving saga and hopefully the next four years will be seen by historians as the ashpit of unbridled materialism from which the Phoenix arises. We can only hope.
Thanks, Mark … I like that metaphor … maybe 4 years of watching Billionaires rule for Billionaires will wake the other 99.9% of us up enough to change the playing field.
Becoming a Billionaire requires two things:
underpaying workers;
overcharging consumers
Currently there are 756 Billionaires in the US. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_the_number_of_billionaires
From my perspective, “fight, flight or freeze” might have an additional “f” word of “forgive” added to the available options. This option requires that each of us confront our certitudes and see how divisive of the whole (holy) they are.
Love that alliterative addition! “Forgiving” the 2024 election seems like a step forward … although not an easy one. thank you.