The Assemblage of Areté
@areteanism.bsky.social
The Assemblage of Areté is the official organization for the humanist religion of Aretéanism! ♥ Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
#BETEOAPO #Areteanism #AoA
All the links and info: https://bio.site/areteanism
#BETEOAPO #Areteanism #AoA
All the links and info: https://bio.site/areteanism
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Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
#BETEOAPO
#BETEOAPO
FYI, we've officially ended our presence on Meetup.com for the #SanDiego area, but we're still meeting regularly, both in-person and online!
If you'd like to be connected with our community, you should join our Discord server!
discord.gg/Nku5ajBDt8
If you'd like to be connected with our community, you should join our Discord server!
discord.gg/Nku5ajBDt8
Join the Assemblage of Areté Discord Server!
The Assemblage of Areté is the official community for Aretéanism! Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On! | 120 members
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November 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
FYI, we've officially ended our presence on Meetup.com for the #SanDiego area, but we're still meeting regularly, both in-person and online!
If you'd like to be connected with our community, you should join our Discord server!
discord.gg/Nku5ajBDt8
If you'd like to be connected with our community, you should join our Discord server!
discord.gg/Nku5ajBDt8
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We're so inundated with negativity these days. Some of it is artificial clickbait, and some of it is extremely real, alarming, and critical that we pay attention to.
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
a person 's hand is reaching out towards the sun in the water
ALT: a person 's hand is reaching out towards the sun in the water
media.tenor.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We're so inundated with negativity these days. Some of it is artificial clickbait, and some of it is extremely real, alarming, and critical that we pay attention to.
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
Wishing everyone a Great Gemera!
Today is our holiday that celebrates everything we symbolically associate with the classical element of Earth: nature, touching grass, stability, long term growth, creating infrastructure, and more.
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
Today is our holiday that celebrates everything we symbolically associate with the classical element of Earth: nature, touching grass, stability, long term growth, creating infrastructure, and more.
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
September 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Wishing everyone a Great Gemera!
Today is our holiday that celebrates everything we symbolically associate with the classical element of Earth: nature, touching grass, stability, long term growth, creating infrastructure, and more.
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
Today is our holiday that celebrates everything we symbolically associate with the classical element of Earth: nature, touching grass, stability, long term growth, creating infrastructure, and more.
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
We're so inundated with negativity these days. Some of it is artificial clickbait, and some of it is extremely real, alarming, and critical that we pay attention to.
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
a person 's hand is reaching out towards the sun in the water
ALT: a person 's hand is reaching out towards the sun in the water
media.tenor.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We're so inundated with negativity these days. Some of it is artificial clickbait, and some of it is extremely real, alarming, and critical that we pay attention to.
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
Either way, we're drowning in this negativity.
If you're looking for a breath of fresh air, give Aretéanism a try!
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
...no seriously, *party on*. Partying is important, and you should read this great article about it.
Partying is so important that it is *literally* part of our religion!
reason.com/2025/07/11/a...
...no seriously, *party on*. Partying is important, and you should read this great article about it.
Partying is so important that it is *literally* part of our religion!
reason.com/2025/07/11/a...
Americans don't party enough. Here's how to change that.
In our increasingly anti-social world, the best way to bring people together is a good party. This weekend, if possible.
reason.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
...no seriously, *party on*. Partying is important, and you should read this great article about it.
Partying is so important that it is *literally* part of our religion!
reason.com/2025/07/11/a...
...no seriously, *party on*. Partying is important, and you should read this great article about it.
Partying is so important that it is *literally* part of our religion!
reason.com/2025/07/11/a...
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What do Humanists say when someone sneezes?
August 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
What do Humanists say when someone sneezes?
Wishing everyone a Radical Reason Day!
This is our holiday that venerates our 2nd Tenet: "The Intent of the Law, Is the Law" along with its corresponding maxim: "We trust in the human capacity for reason".
It's a day that celebrates individual interpretation, critical thinking, and even rebellion!
This is our holiday that venerates our 2nd Tenet: "The Intent of the Law, Is the Law" along with its corresponding maxim: "We trust in the human capacity for reason".
It's a day that celebrates individual interpretation, critical thinking, and even rebellion!
August 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wishing everyone a Radical Reason Day!
This is our holiday that venerates our 2nd Tenet: "The Intent of the Law, Is the Law" along with its corresponding maxim: "We trust in the human capacity for reason".
It's a day that celebrates individual interpretation, critical thinking, and even rebellion!
This is our holiday that venerates our 2nd Tenet: "The Intent of the Law, Is the Law" along with its corresponding maxim: "We trust in the human capacity for reason".
It's a day that celebrates individual interpretation, critical thinking, and even rebellion!
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In the AoA we have a tradition of saluting people each Sunday who have done something that inspires us. It can be a friend, a stranger, a celebrity, a historical figure, or even a fictional character.
Tomorrow will be the 81st anniversary of the 20 July Plot, so I plan to salute its members.
Tomorrow will be the 81st anniversary of the 20 July Plot, so I plan to salute its members.
July 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In the AoA we have a tradition of saluting people each Sunday who have done something that inspires us. It can be a friend, a stranger, a celebrity, a historical figure, or even a fictional character.
Tomorrow will be the 81st anniversary of the 20 July Plot, so I plan to salute its members.
Tomorrow will be the 81st anniversary of the 20 July Plot, so I plan to salute its members.
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Stop saying "stay safe" to people who go to protests.
Start saying "stay brave".
Start saying "stay brave".
June 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Stop saying "stay safe" to people who go to protests.
Start saying "stay brave".
Start saying "stay brave".
Weekly Challenge for Apr 27 to May 03:
This week's challenge is about leadership: lead from the front by going first- volunteer yourself!
When we proactively (and visibly!) do the things we wish others would do, we make it easier for them to follow in our footsteps.
www.areteanism.org/leadership
This week's challenge is about leadership: lead from the front by going first- volunteer yourself!
When we proactively (and visibly!) do the things we wish others would do, we make it easier for them to follow in our footsteps.
www.areteanism.org/leadership
May 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Weekly Challenge for Apr 27 to May 03:
This week's challenge is about leadership: lead from the front by going first- volunteer yourself!
When we proactively (and visibly!) do the things we wish others would do, we make it easier for them to follow in our footsteps.
www.areteanism.org/leadership
This week's challenge is about leadership: lead from the front by going first- volunteer yourself!
When we proactively (and visibly!) do the things we wish others would do, we make it easier for them to follow in our footsteps.
www.areteanism.org/leadership
Weekly Challenge for Apr 06 to Apr 12:
Do normal things "with a twist" every day this week!
By adding some novelty into otherwise normal activities we'll teach our brain to be a little more flexible and ready to adjust to changing circumstances!
www.areteanism.org/adaptability
Do normal things "with a twist" every day this week!
By adding some novelty into otherwise normal activities we'll teach our brain to be a little more flexible and ready to adjust to changing circumstances!
www.areteanism.org/adaptability
April 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Weekly Challenge for Apr 06 to Apr 12:
Do normal things "with a twist" every day this week!
By adding some novelty into otherwise normal activities we'll teach our brain to be a little more flexible and ready to adjust to changing circumstances!
www.areteanism.org/adaptability
Do normal things "with a twist" every day this week!
By adding some novelty into otherwise normal activities we'll teach our brain to be a little more flexible and ready to adjust to changing circumstances!
www.areteanism.org/adaptability
Weekly challenge for Mar 30 to Apr 05:
Find a realistic way that things could improve, and then take action on it!
Let us know where you see a glimmer of hope, either in your personal life or in the wider world!
#weeklychallenge #BETEOAPO
Find a realistic way that things could improve, and then take action on it!
Let us know where you see a glimmer of hope, either in your personal life or in the wider world!
#weeklychallenge #BETEOAPO
March 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Weekly challenge for Mar 30 to Apr 05:
Find a realistic way that things could improve, and then take action on it!
Let us know where you see a glimmer of hope, either in your personal life or in the wider world!
#weeklychallenge #BETEOAPO
Find a realistic way that things could improve, and then take action on it!
Let us know where you see a glimmer of hope, either in your personal life or in the wider world!
#weeklychallenge #BETEOAPO
We're excited to announce we've been featured in a book about New Religious Movements that just launched today!
Check out the interview with our founder, @cryptonymcolin.bsky.social, in "Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art" by Tony Wolf.
www.amazon.com/Poetic-Faith...
Check out the interview with our founder, @cryptonymcolin.bsky.social, in "Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art" by Tony Wolf.
www.amazon.com/Poetic-Faith...
Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art
Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art [Wolf, Tony, Cusack, Carole] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art
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February 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We're excited to announce we've been featured in a book about New Religious Movements that just launched today!
Check out the interview with our founder, @cryptonymcolin.bsky.social, in "Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art" by Tony Wolf.
www.amazon.com/Poetic-Faith...
Check out the interview with our founder, @cryptonymcolin.bsky.social, in "Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art" by Tony Wolf.
www.amazon.com/Poetic-Faith...
It's Areté Day! The Assemblage of Areté is 9 years old!
We hope you'll have an Amazing Areté Day and an awesome season ahead of you! We're reflecting during this time on all of the great things Aretéanism has done for our lives, and how we can bring these benefits to even more people
We hope you'll have an Amazing Areté Day and an awesome season ahead of you! We're reflecting during this time on all of the great things Aretéanism has done for our lives, and how we can bring these benefits to even more people
February 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's Areté Day! The Assemblage of Areté is 9 years old!
We hope you'll have an Amazing Areté Day and an awesome season ahead of you! We're reflecting during this time on all of the great things Aretéanism has done for our lives, and how we can bring these benefits to even more people
We hope you'll have an Amazing Areté Day and an awesome season ahead of you! We're reflecting during this time on all of the great things Aretéanism has done for our lives, and how we can bring these benefits to even more people
Have you touched grass yet today?
In Aretéanism, we take this literally! Go outside and do it real quick- you'll be glad you did!
www.areteanism.org/touch-grass
In Aretéanism, we take this literally! Go outside and do it real quick- you'll be glad you did!
www.areteanism.org/touch-grass
January 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Have you touched grass yet today?
In Aretéanism, we take this literally! Go outside and do it real quick- you'll be glad you did!
www.areteanism.org/touch-grass
In Aretéanism, we take this literally! Go outside and do it real quick- you'll be glad you did!
www.areteanism.org/touch-grass
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To be clear, I am NOT against hope!
Hope is literally one of the Thirty Aims of Areté!
I *religiously* believe that Hope is a virtue worth aspiring to!
I *literally* preach that people should be hopeful on Sundays, in @areteanism.bsky.social's services!
Hope is important and good!
6/33
Hope is literally one of the Thirty Aims of Areté!
I *religiously* believe that Hope is a virtue worth aspiring to!
I *literally* preach that people should be hopeful on Sundays, in @areteanism.bsky.social's services!
Hope is important and good!
6/33
January 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
To be clear, I am NOT against hope!
Hope is literally one of the Thirty Aims of Areté!
I *religiously* believe that Hope is a virtue worth aspiring to!
I *literally* preach that people should be hopeful on Sundays, in @areteanism.bsky.social's services!
Hope is important and good!
6/33
Hope is literally one of the Thirty Aims of Areté!
I *religiously* believe that Hope is a virtue worth aspiring to!
I *literally* preach that people should be hopeful on Sundays, in @areteanism.bsky.social's services!
Hope is important and good!
6/33
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Family separation on day 1. (cancelling Afghan refugee flights)
Evil, incompetent, shameful.
Several years ago I led a corporate activism movement inside
@tableau
resisting our business's complicity with the 2018 family separation policy of the first Trump administration...
Evil, incompetent, shameful.
Several years ago I led a corporate activism movement inside
@tableau
resisting our business's complicity with the 2018 family separation policy of the first Trump administration...
January 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Family separation on day 1. (cancelling Afghan refugee flights)
Evil, incompetent, shameful.
Several years ago I led a corporate activism movement inside
@tableau
resisting our business's complicity with the 2018 family separation policy of the first Trump administration...
Evil, incompetent, shameful.
Several years ago I led a corporate activism movement inside
@tableau
resisting our business's complicity with the 2018 family separation policy of the first Trump administration...
Are you looking for a #thirdspace, a #community, or a #mutualaid group?
Are you willing to consider radical ideas about organizing?
Are you down to help a small movement grow?
If any of this sounds like you, you should check us out!
www.areteanism.org/faq
Are you willing to consider radical ideas about organizing?
Are you down to help a small movement grow?
If any of this sounds like you, you should check us out!
www.areteanism.org/faq
Frequently Asked Questions — The Assemblage of Areté
www.areteanism.org
January 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Are you looking for a #thirdspace, a #community, or a #mutualaid group?
Are you willing to consider radical ideas about organizing?
Are you down to help a small movement grow?
If any of this sounds like you, you should check us out!
www.areteanism.org/faq
Are you willing to consider radical ideas about organizing?
Are you down to help a small movement grow?
If any of this sounds like you, you should check us out!
www.areteanism.org/faq
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Today is a scary and sad day for a lot of us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
January 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a scary and sad day for a lot of us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
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Realized I needed to go touch grass today, so I did.
January 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Realized I needed to go touch grass today, so I did.
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If you have a cool idea you’re working on, today’s the day to get productive.
There will be time to get mad later.
There will be time to get mad later.
January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you have a cool idea you’re working on, today’s the day to get productive.
There will be time to get mad later.
There will be time to get mad later.
Today is a scary and sad day for a lot of us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
January 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a scary and sad day for a lot of us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
Know that you're not alone. The Assemblage of Areté was fundamentally designed to be a bastion of progress and a safe haven for people who care about kindness.
Seriously, check us out. Consider getting involved. We bet you'll like us.
Happy 12,025! We hope this year will be the best possible year it can be- in other words, a year that has Areté!
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
#newyearnewyou #happynewyear #BETEOAPO
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
#newyearnewyou #happynewyear #BETEOAPO
January 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Happy 12,025! We hope this year will be the best possible year it can be- in other words, a year that has Areté!
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
#newyearnewyou #happynewyear #BETEOAPO
Be Excellent to Each Other, and Party On!
#newyearnewyou #happynewyear #BETEOAPO
Wishing everyone a Powerful Pyrmera today!
Pyrmera is our "festival of fire", the holiday where we venerate the dead, and our gift-giving celebration!
Tonight we'll light lanterns symbolizing our commitment to face our fears and take risks, to seek light in the darkness!
#BETEOAPO!
Pyrmera is our "festival of fire", the holiday where we venerate the dead, and our gift-giving celebration!
Tonight we'll light lanterns symbolizing our commitment to face our fears and take risks, to seek light in the darkness!
#BETEOAPO!
December 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Wishing everyone a Powerful Pyrmera today!
Pyrmera is our "festival of fire", the holiday where we venerate the dead, and our gift-giving celebration!
Tonight we'll light lanterns symbolizing our commitment to face our fears and take risks, to seek light in the darkness!
#BETEOAPO!
Pyrmera is our "festival of fire", the holiday where we venerate the dead, and our gift-giving celebration!
Tonight we'll light lanterns symbolizing our commitment to face our fears and take risks, to seek light in the darkness!
#BETEOAPO!