Dr. Thomas Tijerina
@thotij.bsky.social
PhD, Sociologist, Professor, Mentor, Boxing Coach, Husband, Father, Grandfather
Mindfulness, lifting, running, boxing, jiu jitsu, nutrition, hiking, biking, reading, writing, spirituality, music, travel✌🏽❤️ https://beacons.ai/drttijerina
Mindfulness, lifting, running, boxing, jiu jitsu, nutrition, hiking, biking, reading, writing, spirituality, music, travel✌🏽❤️ https://beacons.ai/drttijerina
It feels like community is just a group of tired people who keep showing up anyway.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It feels like community is just a group of tired people who keep showing up anyway.
What a weird privilege, to be alive and this confused.
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What a weird privilege, to be alive and this confused.
I don’t care what anyone says, Taco Bell’s Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie is not as good as my abuelita’s homemade Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I don’t care what anyone says, Taco Bell’s Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie is not as good as my abuelita’s homemade Mountain Dew Baja Blast Pie.
Many well past retirement age.
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Many well past retirement age.
Writing about liberation while refreshing analytics. The duality of man.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Writing about liberation while refreshing analytics. The duality of man.
Follow along if it’s your vibe. I mix sociology, philosophy, and personal reflection to look at how things like capitalism, colonization, and consumer culture shape our ideas of happiness and healing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Follow along if it’s your vibe. I mix sociology, philosophy, and personal reflection to look at how things like capitalism, colonization, and consumer culture shape our ideas of happiness and healing.
A meditation on happiness, freedom, and belonging. From Liberation Essays: “Reclaiming Happiness as Liberation.” #Writing #Writer
Reclaiming Happiness as Liberation
“There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
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November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Am I tho only one who saw Indiana almost lose and have to come from behind to beat a terrible Penn State team?
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Am I tho only one who saw Indiana almost lose and have to come from behind to beat a terrible Penn State team?
This "All Her Fault" show on #Peacock has me stressing out about my little ones getting kidnapped and I don't even have any little ones.
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This "All Her Fault" show on #Peacock has me stressing out about my little ones getting kidnapped and I don't even have any little ones.
This has been my go to mid-day #meditation to recenter and regain some clarity. Always open to suggestions though if anyone has a practice that helps them. open.spotify.com/episode/7o9h...
⛰️ 10-Minute GROUNDING Meditation | Breathe, Connect, & Return to Your Still Center
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November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This has been my go to mid-day #meditation to recenter and regain some clarity. Always open to suggestions though if anyone has a practice that helps them. open.spotify.com/episode/7o9h...
Same
I just want someone to buy me a tiara and tell me my coffee breath smells fine
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Same
This is the first essay I posted from the book I am working on. #writing #booksky #books thomastijerina.substack.com/p/defining-l...
Defining Liberation and Decolonized Wellness
“Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it.”
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November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is the first essay I posted from the book I am working on. #writing #booksky #books thomastijerina.substack.com/p/defining-l...
Just learned my “resting philosopher face” looks like mild contempt.
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Just learned my “resting philosopher face” looks like mild contempt.
Everything collapses eventually. Some things deserve to.
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Everything collapses eventually. Some things deserve to.
What song feels like a therapy session to you?
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
What song feels like a therapy session to you?
I love people who overthink and still choose kindness.
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I love people who overthink and still choose kindness.
This is part 3 of the first of many essays to come! Check out my work if Liberation Essays: 21st Century Acts of Resistance and Decolonization sounds like something you’d be into. #writing #writingcommunity #booksky #academicsky thomastijerina.substack.com/p/toward-who...
Toward Wholeness
Toward WholenessThanks for reading!
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November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is part 3 of the first of many essays to come! Check out my work if Liberation Essays: 21st Century Acts of Resistance and Decolonization sounds like something you’d be into. #writing #writingcommunity #booksky #academicsky thomastijerina.substack.com/p/toward-who...
For a short time only I am welcoming all moral degenerates, lapsed Marxists, and soft spoken heretics still citing Foucault while trying to heal their inner child.
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
For a short time only I am welcoming all moral degenerates, lapsed Marxists, and soft spoken heretics still citing Foucault while trying to heal their inner child.
Dear #Bluesky please connect me with moral degenerates, recovering academics, and semi-feral philosophers who want to decolonize but keep getting distracted by existential dread and thoughts of coffee.
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Dear #Bluesky please connect me with moral degenerates, recovering academics, and semi-feral philosophers who want to decolonize but keep getting distracted by existential dread and thoughts of coffee.
Decolonizing the mind isn’t erasing what we’ve learned. It’s remembering what was silenced.
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Decolonizing the mind isn’t erasing what we’ve learned. It’s remembering what was silenced.
I just learned that if you were born in the U.S. and you are rounded up with noncitizens, the government can and will hold you in detention, by charging you with human trafficking, and it actually holds up for at least a few days. This is seen as completely legal. Why are we like this?
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I just learned that if you were born in the U.S. and you are rounded up with noncitizens, the government can and will hold you in detention, by charging you with human trafficking, and it actually holds up for at least a few days. This is seen as completely legal. Why are we like this?
What if justice isn’t about punishment but about remembering how to belong to each other again?
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
What if justice isn’t about punishment but about remembering how to belong to each other again?