Anand
@calmerfuture.bsky.social
calmerfuture.org
dreaming of practical better futures
@dosima_org on the other place
dreaming of practical better futures
@dosima_org on the other place
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Anand
@calmerfuture.bsky.social
· May 25
Calmer Future
Let's create a better future
www.calmerfuture.org
I want to share something I've worked on effectively for most of my life, in different ways.
This vision of a calmer future, and analysis of how we get there, came after working in different sectors, on different continents – and seeing how obvious solutions are not working.
www.calmerfuture.org
This vision of a calmer future, and analysis of how we get there, came after working in different sectors, on different continents – and seeing how obvious solutions are not working.
www.calmerfuture.org
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“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
What. No.
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
![[email subject line] The New Yorker Daily The Mexican Couple Planning to Self-Deport](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:un7ax3cmaqemchu5tsqnymts/bafkreihkgcfyxr6m2klg63f4wxk5dinyipggr2fz6arzkunbtsduv543wu@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
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A sea glass Christmas tree with more in the making in the stormy seas off Sandsend #yorkshire
December 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A sea glass Christmas tree with more in the making in the stormy seas off Sandsend #yorkshire
someone quite seriously thanked me for being such a good gynaecologist for her, a few years previously
😳
I didn't study or practice medicine; I'm pretty sure I would have remembered something that specific — but she kept insisting I had been her gynaecologist
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I didn't study or practice medicine; I'm pretty sure I would have remembered something that specific — but she kept insisting I had been her gynaecologist
Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?
December 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
someone quite seriously thanked me for being such a good gynaecologist for her, a few years previously
😳
I didn't study or practice medicine; I'm pretty sure I would have remembered something that specific — but she kept insisting I had been her gynaecologist
😳
I didn't study or practice medicine; I'm pretty sure I would have remembered something that specific — but she kept insisting I had been her gynaecologist
December 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
never seen a baby one
How To Crochet an AT-AT Walker From Star Wars! Pattern Designed By Krawka: 👉 tidd.ly/948996b5 #crochet #etsy #affiliate #StarWars #amigurumi
December 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
never seen a baby one
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My gorgeous girl really deserves more attention. If more people understood what she teaches about know-your-place aggression, more “good” and “decent “ white people would realize it’s way past time for them to work deliberately to make society good and decent.
December 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My gorgeous girl really deserves more attention. If more people understood what she teaches about know-your-place aggression, more “good” and “decent “ white people would realize it’s way past time for them to work deliberately to make society good and decent.
flying cars were a distraction
So few cars today come with a picnic basket
December 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
flying cars were a distraction
we need a deeper, richer and truly inclusive understanding of why growth and development have always been limited, patchy, remain incomplete
the mouthbreathers cling to white supremacist golden ages — but ignore the violence and inequalities these concealed, which desperate Europeans fled from
…
the mouthbreathers cling to white supremacist golden ages — but ignore the violence and inequalities these concealed, which desperate Europeans fled from
…
a huge number of people are the flotsam and jetsam of a retreating British Empire
one which never expected migration in reverse, always planned on the dominions and colonies to outgrow these relatively crowded small islands, as economic development spread
that's a really vital story to unpick now
one which never expected migration in reverse, always planned on the dominions and colonies to outgrow these relatively crowded small islands, as economic development spread
that's a really vital story to unpick now
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
we need a deeper, richer and truly inclusive understanding of why growth and development have always been limited, patchy, remain incomplete
the mouthbreathers cling to white supremacist golden ages — but ignore the violence and inequalities these concealed, which desperate Europeans fled from
…
the mouthbreathers cling to white supremacist golden ages — but ignore the violence and inequalities these concealed, which desperate Europeans fled from
…
Order of the British Empire
fittingly enough
fittingly enough
'You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government'
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
92 year old Betty Brown, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office IT scandal, told #BBCBreakfast she was 'very honoured, but angry' about being made an OBE in the New Year Honours
December 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Order of the British Empire
fittingly enough
fittingly enough
despite a year of naked white supremacist policies from the USA, some commentators in the UK still seem unwilling to grapple with the reality of racism
I genuinely can't tell if it's a type of embarrassed politeness, or a different kind of supremacist thinking — that only my way of thinking counts
I genuinely can't tell if it's a type of embarrassed politeness, or a different kind of supremacist thinking — that only my way of thinking counts
pointing out irony and hypocrisy at this point is missing the point
some people live in an entirely separate bubble of mediated 'facts' and values (including who is human, how power should operate)
others are just gleefully tearing up social norms (always patchy) or trying to revert to older ones
some people live in an entirely separate bubble of mediated 'facts' and values (including who is human, how power should operate)
others are just gleefully tearing up social norms (always patchy) or trying to revert to older ones
Exactly right. It's not hypocrisy, it's hegemony.
December 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
despite a year of naked white supremacist policies from the USA, some commentators in the UK still seem unwilling to grapple with the reality of racism
I genuinely can't tell if it's a type of embarrassed politeness, or a different kind of supremacist thinking — that only my way of thinking counts
I genuinely can't tell if it's a type of embarrassed politeness, or a different kind of supremacist thinking — that only my way of thinking counts
I would watch The Muppets Go To Mordor (extended version)
December 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I would watch The Muppets Go To Mordor (extended version)
Edorky 😻
A pair of happy hammerhead sharks
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
(ca. 1735 Edo period Japan)
December 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Edorky 😻
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“They will fear her,” Tenar whispered.
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“They will fear her,” Tenar whispered.
you can't just ask people to ignore the twerking llama in the room
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
you can't just ask people to ignore the twerking llama in the room
"When fascism comes to A̷m̷e̷r̷i̷c̷a̷ the United Kingdom, it will be wrapped in the flag and recording a podcast."
Harrison Pitt accuses the King of treachery. Pitt is a Senior Policy Fellow for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, who also regularly co-hosts podcasts with his ally Tomlinson (who advocates banning all ethnic and faith minorities from public office). Like Lowe, Pitt is keen to dissolve boundaries/norms
December 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
"When fascism comes to A̷m̷e̷r̷i̷c̷a̷ the United Kingdom, it will be wrapped in the flag and recording a podcast."
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The Onion, non-stop winning
December 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Onion, non-stop winning
Soylent Green but everyone is just mechanically recovered content now
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Soylent Green but everyone is just mechanically recovered content now
I wonder if the almost inevitable images of African children's bodies shredded on CHRISTMAS DAY, on this psychopath's orders, will 'cut through' in aggressively Christian America
(child casualties from the USAID cuts just haven't)
(child casualties from the USAID cuts just haven't)
Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”
December 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I wonder if the almost inevitable images of African children's bodies shredded on CHRISTMAS DAY, on this psychopath's orders, will 'cut through' in aggressively Christian America
(child casualties from the USAID cuts just haven't)
(child casualties from the USAID cuts just haven't)
finally, a Christmas movie almost as old as Christianity itself
there should be a movie where a woman from a small town begrudgingly goes to the big city for the holidays and falls in love at first sight with ethiopian food
In the hallmark movies where the lady goes back home from the big city, they never talk about the game she must play pretending that the ethnic food in the small town is anywhere near as good as her family thinks it is. Just grimacing while eating mid Thai food.
December 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
finally, a Christmas movie almost as old as Christianity itself
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“In this world made up of hunger and of seeking / a quiet luck to see a bird for what it is.”
— Tara Bray
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This poem appeared in The Hudson Review, Summer Issue, 2015. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Tara Bray
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This poem appeared in The Hudson Review, Summer Issue, 2015. Shared here with deep gratitude.
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“In this world made up of hunger and of seeking / a quiet luck to see a bird for what it is.”
— Tara Bray
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This poem appeared in The Hudson Review, Summer Issue, 2015. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Tara Bray
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This poem appeared in The Hudson Review, Summer Issue, 2015. Shared here with deep gratitude.
been thinking about this, while recently getting used to cycling into the nearest city
psychologically just getting used to being outside, and more than that, belonging outside — not encased within an automotive bubble or walls
(I'm used to this elsewhere, but different contexts matter)
psychologically just getting used to being outside, and more than that, belonging outside — not encased within an automotive bubble or walls
(I'm used to this elsewhere, but different contexts matter)
Cars Ruin Society is quite the Chapter asserting that 🚗🚙 have isolated us from each other by making streets inhospitable #LifeAfterCars
December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
been thinking about this, while recently getting used to cycling into the nearest city
psychologically just getting used to being outside, and more than that, belonging outside — not encased within an automotive bubble or walls
(I'm used to this elsewhere, but different contexts matter)
psychologically just getting used to being outside, and more than that, belonging outside — not encased within an automotive bubble or walls
(I'm used to this elsewhere, but different contexts matter)
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I don’t know how to identify a bad parent anymore. But sweeties, you’re doing great!
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don’t know how to identify a bad parent anymore. But sweeties, you’re doing great!
owls: silent deadly ninja predators, equipped by relentless lethal evolution to have whisper-quiet feathers, impossibly keen night vision, and incredible pinpoint hearing — all to ambush their totally unsuspecting prey
owls: also this
owls: also this
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
owls: silent deadly ninja predators, equipped by relentless lethal evolution to have whisper-quiet feathers, impossibly keen night vision, and incredible pinpoint hearing — all to ambush their totally unsuspecting prey
owls: also this
owls: also this
wobbly beer can world 😻
Happy Winter Solstice!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
Beer can, pinhole camera photos of the Summer to Winter Solstice (2024) and the Winter to Summer Solstice (2025).
You never know quite what you're going to get with these photos, set the beer can pointing towards the sun at hopefully the correct angle and wait 6 months!
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
wobbly beer can world 😻