Moon the Sun 🖖🎵 🌏
@moonthesun.bsky.social
🌈 making music & run-on sentences
🌊 observing humans, feeling deeply & farting a lot since 1981
🌏 wouldn’t it be great if we survived ourselves? I’m ready for the whale telepathy & hoverboards made of light part
🦋 Bluesky newb. Thx for the warm welcome
🌊 observing humans, feeling deeply & farting a lot since 1981
🌏 wouldn’t it be great if we survived ourselves? I’m ready for the whale telepathy & hoverboards made of light part
🦋 Bluesky newb. Thx for the warm welcome
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@moonthesun.bsky.social
· Jun 25
How to be available now: Sidenotes from the para-pragmatic • Writings – Bayo Akomolafe
As fires of urgency hiss across the globe, an exhausted moral machine, masquerading behind the ruins, may whisper a beguiling note:
www.bayoakomolafe.net
...Drinking long and deep from this well today...
www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/how-to-...
#philosophysky #poetrysky
www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/how-to-...
#philosophysky #poetrysky
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Thank you @thisismissem.social — I’ve been looking for this kind of information 🙏
Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come: Data Ownership as a conversation changes when data resides primarily with people-governed institutions rather than corporations.
blog.muni.town/personal-dat...
blog.muni.town/personal-dat...
Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come
Data Ownership as a conversation changes when data resides primarily with people-governed institutions rather than corporations.
blog.muni.town
October 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Thank you @thisismissem.social — I’ve been looking for this kind of information 🙏
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I don't know man. At this point, paying taxes feels like giving a bully your lunch money so they can hire more bullies to steal your lunch money.
October 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I don't know man. At this point, paying taxes feels like giving a bully your lunch money so they can hire more bullies to steal your lunch money.
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I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.
“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”
“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”
New year ✨
New mayor ✨
We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.
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New mayor ✨
We, the nation’s largest domestic focused progressive Jewish advocacy organization, announce our first ever mayoral endorsement today:
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for New York City Mayor.
🧵
September 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I am deeply honored to receive the endorsement of @bendthearc.bsky.social, , their first ever in a mayoral election.
“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”
“We are really very excited about Zohran and his platform not in spite of our commitment to Jewish values but because of them.”
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Bailing out a failed libertarian austerity agenda in Argentina...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Bailing out a failed libertarian austerity agenda in Argentina...
"That's just how it is."
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Bailing out a failed libertarian austerity agenda in Argentina...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
Bailing out a failed libertarian austerity agenda in Argentina...
"That's just how it is."
Also falls on the start of Libra Season —> Last time this happened was 1 Metonic Cycle (19years) ago.
Praying for peace, in mycellf, in mycelium, in my species, in Planet Self.
Slow down & listen for truth at in the paradoxical
Flip the script from cathartic Internet griping to loving building
Praying for peace, in mycellf, in mycelium, in my species, in Planet Self.
Slow down & listen for truth at in the paradoxical
Flip the script from cathartic Internet griping to loving building
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Also falls on the start of Libra Season —> Last time this happened was 1 Metonic Cycle (19years) ago.
Praying for peace, in mycellf, in mycelium, in my species, in Planet Self.
Slow down & listen for truth at in the paradoxical
Flip the script from cathartic Internet griping to loving building
Praying for peace, in mycellf, in mycelium, in my species, in Planet Self.
Slow down & listen for truth at in the paradoxical
Flip the script from cathartic Internet griping to loving building
The real headlines are ICE human trafficking & last habitable part of Gaza being wiped out
but wow the violent / strong opinions on the latest distraction…
I never understood that phenomenon.
Slow down? Long game?
Gerrymandering, human trafficking.
Ground swell: emergence, resilience, LOVE ⚡️
but wow the violent / strong opinions on the latest distraction…
I never understood that phenomenon.
Slow down? Long game?
Gerrymandering, human trafficking.
Ground swell: emergence, resilience, LOVE ⚡️
September 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The real headlines are ICE human trafficking & last habitable part of Gaza being wiped out
but wow the violent / strong opinions on the latest distraction…
I never understood that phenomenon.
Slow down? Long game?
Gerrymandering, human trafficking.
Ground swell: emergence, resilience, LOVE ⚡️
but wow the violent / strong opinions on the latest distraction…
I never understood that phenomenon.
Slow down? Long game?
Gerrymandering, human trafficking.
Ground swell: emergence, resilience, LOVE ⚡️
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is subspace down for everyone or just me
July 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
is subspace down for everyone or just me
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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Adam Boyd, a 33-year-old attorney, quit the legal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month, The Atlantic reported.
ICE employee quits: "Had to make a moral decision"
www.newsweek.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Adam Boyd, a 33-year-old attorney, quit the legal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month, The Atlantic reported.
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Yes! The Ethics and Journalism Initiative at NYU just ran my piece about guidance from @subbuvincent for writing better, fairer headlines. Julie pinpointed a classic headline writing failure. ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/07/01/h...
July 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yes! The Ethics and Journalism Initiative at NYU just ran my piece about guidance from @subbuvincent for writing better, fairer headlines. Julie pinpointed a classic headline writing failure. ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/07/01/h...
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Golden clouds drift across the sky as July's full moon rises over Bahia, Brazil. Captured on July 10, this blend of exposures reveals fine lunar details and the shimmering glow of backlit clouds. A stunning view of the Thunder Moon from the southern hemisphere.
Credit: Alexsandro Mota
Credit: Alexsandro Mota
July 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Golden clouds drift across the sky as July's full moon rises over Bahia, Brazil. Captured on July 10, this blend of exposures reveals fine lunar details and the shimmering glow of backlit clouds. A stunning view of the Thunder Moon from the southern hemisphere.
Credit: Alexsandro Mota
Credit: Alexsandro Mota
THIS is my needed pace as a musician:
This was a really nice thing to say.
I’ll extend this wish: that you can commune with people on an even quieter plane—your music like a dear book in someone’s hand, inviting them to a wider world of perception.
I’ll extend this wish: that you can commune with people on an even quieter plane—your music like a dear book in someone’s hand, inviting them to a wider world of perception.
I wish you all the ability to play live music for tens of people for tens of minutes for tens of years however occassionally you see fit.
July 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
THIS is my needed pace as a musician:
GEOGROUP. CORECIVIC.
☑️ call reps as often as i can & make clear-eyed connection from QUOTAS to lobbying/profit motivation of private prison industry
☑️ check mutual funds /investments for any
☑️ talk to strangers
☑️ find the others
☑️ make art
☑️ call reps as often as i can & make clear-eyed connection from QUOTAS to lobbying/profit motivation of private prison industry
☑️ check mutual funds /investments for any
☑️ talk to strangers
☑️ find the others
☑️ make art
June 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
GEOGROUP. CORECIVIC.
☑️ call reps as often as i can & make clear-eyed connection from QUOTAS to lobbying/profit motivation of private prison industry
☑️ check mutual funds /investments for any
☑️ talk to strangers
☑️ find the others
☑️ make art
☑️ call reps as often as i can & make clear-eyed connection from QUOTAS to lobbying/profit motivation of private prison industry
☑️ check mutual funds /investments for any
☑️ talk to strangers
☑️ find the others
☑️ make art
I’m happy to Lear about the the architect of #rocknroll & that he got paid (a %) of his dues while he was alive, but wow
when he died in 2020, my 🧠 bookmarked to learn more about him someday
when this popped up on the #PBS app last night I dove in
pbs.org/video/little...
#musicsky #musiciansky
when he died in 2020, my 🧠 bookmarked to learn more about him someday
when this popped up on the #PBS app last night I dove in
pbs.org/video/little...
#musicsky #musiciansky
American Masters | Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll | Season 37
Experience the meteoric rise and enduring legacy of Little Richard.
pbs.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I’m happy to Lear about the the architect of #rocknroll & that he got paid (a %) of his dues while he was alive, but wow
when he died in 2020, my 🧠 bookmarked to learn more about him someday
when this popped up on the #PBS app last night I dove in
pbs.org/video/little...
#musicsky #musiciansky
when he died in 2020, my 🧠 bookmarked to learn more about him someday
when this popped up on the #PBS app last night I dove in
pbs.org/video/little...
#musicsky #musiciansky
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Thanks to the great folks at wired - this new investigation is brought to you with no paywalls - take the no paywall challenge news orgs !
No paywalls for FOIA based reporting -
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
No paywalls for FOIA based reporting -
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls
Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowdin...
www.wired.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Thanks to the great folks at wired - this new investigation is brought to you with no paywalls - take the no paywall challenge news orgs !
No paywalls for FOIA based reporting -
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
No paywalls for FOIA based reporting -
www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
I’ve forgotten how to read too
Walking toward the house this morning, I noticed the aged wooden siding and a painted-over cable above the door. It looked more textured than anything I'd seen in a while.
"Ten years ago, more or less, I realized that I had forgotten how to read."
www.northsouthnotes.org/p/learning-t...
"Ten years ago, more or less, I realized that I had forgotten how to read."
www.northsouthnotes.org/p/learning-t...
Learning to read
Untricking and tricking myself
www.northsouthnotes.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’ve forgotten how to read too
I’d love for humans to stop calling other people’s perspectives that they don’t understand “stupid” & “idiotic.”
Yet another way to shut down dialog with assumption/projection; tramples the truth that no 1 frame of reference can possibly have “the right answer” that will “fix” “the” “problem.”
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Yet another way to shut down dialog with assumption/projection; tramples the truth that no 1 frame of reference can possibly have “the right answer” that will “fix” “the” “problem.”
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a bald man in a red and black uniform is sitting in a chair looking at the camera .
Alt: a bald man (Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Star Trek universe) in a red and black uniform is sitting in a chair looking at the camera and saying “Make it so.”
media.tenor.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’d love for humans to stop calling other people’s perspectives that they don’t understand “stupid” & “idiotic.”
Yet another way to shut down dialog with assumption/projection; tramples the truth that no 1 frame of reference can possibly have “the right answer” that will “fix” “the” “problem.”
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Yet another way to shut down dialog with assumption/projection; tramples the truth that no 1 frame of reference can possibly have “the right answer” that will “fix” “the” “problem.”
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...Drinking long and deep from this well today...
www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/how-to-...
#philosophysky #poetrysky
www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/how-to-...
#philosophysky #poetrysky
How to be available now: Sidenotes from the para-pragmatic • Writings – Bayo Akomolafe
As fires of urgency hiss across the globe, an exhausted moral machine, masquerading behind the ruins, may whisper a beguiling note:
www.bayoakomolafe.net
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
...Drinking long and deep from this well today...
www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/how-to-...
#philosophysky #poetrysky
www.bayoakomolafe.net/post/how-to-...
#philosophysky #poetrysky
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Don’t let Trump illegally attacking Iran distract you from Trump illegally attacking Americans.
June 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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> when there are so many signs of a system … collapse, accumulating enough money to avoid needing people feels like a … flawed approach. Instead, we ought to work harder at becoming the kind of person people want to help – and turn to for help – when the time comes
www.densediscovery.com/issues/344
www.densediscovery.com/issues/344
Dense Discovery – Issue 344 / Betting on people, not pensions
Read the archived version of DD344. A weekly dispatch of curated links worth your time.
www.densediscovery.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
> when there are so many signs of a system … collapse, accumulating enough money to avoid needing people feels like a … flawed approach. Instead, we ought to work harder at becoming the kind of person people want to help – and turn to for help – when the time comes
www.densediscovery.com/issues/344
www.densediscovery.com/issues/344