Make Your Damn Bed

Another draft that (apparently) never got published, because I haven't been feeling well!

"I sat with two diferent feelings: the sense of success and the worry that we didn’t really make a change. I …

Democratic Socialism has no singular definition, but the simplest way to describe it, academically, is an ideology, economic or political system, rooted in opposing capitalism's profit motive by shif…

I've been sick for the last two days and so today, we're jumping back in time to an older episode that I never published (oops!) from Rebecca Solnit's book, Hope in the Dark.

"We are used to constant…

The problem is, people aren't talking about the same things when they refer to socialism. Most people define socialism differently - but there is a definition (albeit broad) that we can and should al…

Back to talk about Zohran tomorrow, but for now let's talk about our core belief filter that shapes how we see the world.

For our entire lives, every single one of us has been developing a filter thr…

Democratic socialism in the United States has been maligned since before I was born. After WWII, there was the Cold War (which was a series of proxy wars that ended with the dissolution of the USSR i…

I feel like a lot of people expect propaganda to be on the nose. War posters, Uncle Sam pointing directly at you to recruit you for the war or directly glorifying it. But I am starting to notice how …

Today is a refresher course on the "awareness wheel" which leads us into tomorrow's episode.

feeling outta whack? off kilter? need a lil grounding?

check in with where your attention has been going wi…

The resistance is diverse and often spontaneous. Additional disruptive action can win real gains (and already has).Large masses of people are experiencing, and expressing, a sense of solidarity with …

Preparation never includes: overthink everything from every angle all the time.

There’s a line between aware and too aware, and learning everything there is to know can’t save you from reality when i…

Making this shit backfire in whatever way possible, is a great way to push back against further escalations.  Keep talking about the protests, keep talking about the legality, keep talking about how …

Tomorrow I'll be back with a NEW episode, but for now, enjoy this fan favorite from episode 300 and something. According to science, humans kind of suck at knowing what will genuinely make us happier…

On day 342 of this podcast, I said this: "If you’re like most people, the voice inside your head is probably pretty incessant. It’s probably very critical and anxious. 

That voice is not you.

If it wa…

Save the work until you get to the work. 

So often, we get caught up in our heads about potential problems and our workloads that we basically double the work on our plate by basically having to go th…

Book bans are unconstitutional. Florida is in a crisis.I'm on my way to rant at these people.

"What is unfolding in Hillsborough County is not the measured application of parental concern. It is a cal…

historically speaking, the good guys have never restricted access to information. In fact, well intentioned people tend to provide MORE information so everyone involved can make the most informed dec…

Successful protests start by rupturing the narrative. It takes time to make real change, but we're moving the needle. Don't stop.

THE SOURCES:

https://makeyourdamnbed.medium.com/practical-guides-to-re…

He's losing, and we the people are realizing our power.

THE SOURCES:

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/voices-of-resistance-and-insight-on-the-eve-of-no-kings-day/

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"Hope isn’t a mood. It’s a decision.

And if you’re struggling to find it—borrow mine.

I’ve lived through a coup. I’ve lived under martial law.

And I’m telling you right now: This moment isn’t over.

W…

"I am not giving up. I'm hopeful because I believe in

civil society, I believe in our power, and I believe in our idealism. I don't

know what is going to happen, because we make the future in the prese…