Breathe

Cut out distractions and limit your information intake. Spending time in nature, going on walks, and meditating are all good disciplines. Some people like to journal. Cleaning the house is a good one for me, anything movement oriented. Doodle, listen to music, pet the cats in your neighborhood. Go to museums, concerts. Get good sleep. Talk to interesting people. Stay offline. Stay away from nicotine and alcohol. Eat healthy. Go on adventures once and a while. Do shit that scares you. I'm my most creative when I spend two hours a day working out and meditating (calming meditation). That is my foundation.

Not for the same reason, but I have a friend who is nearly immune to LSD. I have thrown LSD out twice now because he told me my shit was bad. Now we know that he's just a freak of nature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_J._Spence Craig Spence was basically the "Epstein" before Epstein. Same thing, a global, criminal elite network of pedophiles and traffickers. Bugged gatherings, blackmail, etc. Like Epstein, he also "committed suicide" right when the CIA was called to testify. Sarah Kendzior writes extensively about Epstein in "Hiding in Plain Sight" and Spence in "They Knew". She references all of her sources in both books. The information is out there hence the title of the first book. But Trump ran in criminal circles with the mob and corrupt lawyers and anyone who tried to come forth was either killed or blackmailed. It's all fucked.

@Oliver Wright At what dose do you lose coherence?

I like a spicier trip. 250 is perfect. 300 makes me feel really confused

It's spiritual bypassing

I've been a software developer for over a decade and I think there is cause for concern. I think it will take a lot of our jobs but it cannot take all of them. Developers still need to drive AI because systems are complex. AI will definitely replace many developers and companies will continue to outsource work to cheaper countries or offer work visas to cheaper developers. I think software developers in the US are pretty fucked for this reason. If you're looking for job security, teaching math may be a good way to go. Or, go into cybersecurity. It's a super interesting field and cybersecurity will require much more technical expertise than developers in the future.

Interesting. He used to only speak from an absolute perspective. Fun fact. I had a short conversation with him in person a few years ago. Nice guy.

It depends on where you live. I'm ok with tattoos and piercings (septum piercings are hot). Liberal cities have more interesting, conscious people. But in the US cities are so expensive now, so that is changing and making way for tech and medical professionals. I don't know what an NPC is but be careful with isolating, you can get depressed, lose social skills, etc. I tend to get along with other meditators, people who like spending time in nature, activists, and artists. I don't expect others to be into spiritual development so there has to be some level of acceptance that others aren't into the shit I care about most

I love that you did this. But also, I do not encourage others to try this. How long did the trip last? Did they know you were tripping? Did they give you anything to come down?

If only. I'd bet that most Americans don't get to choose their insurance provider. I can only recall one employer offering me more than one insurance company to choose from.

If you were have to deal with the healthcare system for a serious health condition you would understand. It is criminal as fuck

@Yali What situation? Being in court? If he had any doubts about moving forward with his plan he could have stopped long before making a ghost gun and inscribing shit on bullets. He had plenty of time to think about his actions leading up to the execution. So, you are probably right about him not feeling much remorse.

He may not be cracking a smile all the time so you can't jump to conclusions about how he feels based on a single photo. We can deconstruct the situation, though. Luigi suffered a lot due to the shitty health care that he received so he feels like justice has been served to some degree. A lot of people support what he did, so I imagine that he feels some level of validation. I believe that in his mind he made an example out of the victim and sent a message to the world. I would imagine that he is at least a little bit afraid of the consequences he is about to face. I do not know how he feels about the victim's family.

I'm afraid that's where the US is headed

I thought I'd start a thread about authoritarianism and share some resources that were helpful to me. I think it's important to understand, first that this is in fact an authoritarian coup, but also how to spot it and where this is all headed. There are plenty of people, including news anchors, who are not aware of what's happening. I find this baffling. Some people don't think authoritarianism is a problem if the professed policies fit their world view. What they don't understand is that authoritarians do not care about citizens at all and that they will be betrayed. If I can, I'd like to raise some awareness. I will share some resources that I think people should know about. Feel free to post others, I'm curious what you all come up with. https://timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny https://jason-stanley.com/book/how-fascism-works/ https://protectdemocracy.org/work/the-authoritarian-playbook/ https://trumptyrannytracker.substack.com/

One example of testing the waters would be ICE. They are deploying violent servants to do their dirty work. That is already accepted to a degree. Then, they deployed the national guard and border patrol. So here they are pushing boundaries a little more. Now he's talking about training the military in democratic cities. Again, a little more. If successful, men in uniform on the streets will be normalized. That's when the game is over.

What I described is straight out of the proverbial authoritarian playbook. You may want to check out books "On Tyranny" and "How Fascism Works." They cite Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Putin. Anyways, the books are a good place to start. Definitely a "must reads" for American citizens right now. What is happening is rather predictable because each move is copied from other regimes

@Ulax What I should add is that authoritarians don't stop at non-citizens. They start with visitors and immigrants to normalize discrimination, hatred, privacy violations, and violence. Once that's accepted they target dissenting citizens. The early phase is just to see what citizens and the legal system will tolerate. They keep pushing boundaries until they have full control.

I wouldn't frame it as something you choose. Values are revealed through life experience. They fit like a glove. Based on what you wrote, it's clear that yours were in fact revealed through experience so you are on target. Also, values change and become more clear over time so don't fret over accuracy right away. But, what is clear in your writing is that you value growth, health, integration. Values simply dictate how you spend your time and make choices. If it helps, I value kindness, truth, growth, creativity, wisdom, solitude, connection, and freedom. Something like that.

I think it has been the modern day cigarette for sometime. Imagine giving every single person a device that dispensed cigarettes all day long. That's what social media is today and everyone is hooked.

What do you have against hotdogs and hamburgers?

I'm literally listening to a podcast right now about how Russia's endgame is Europe:

It's not a bad idea until they discover your involvement with a non-christian, left leaning politics forum that discusses illegal drugs

We live in a surveillance state. It's already here, but will become even more prevalent as AI progresses.