aericus
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A designer of thought and systems, dreaming of a future where we find peace, love and safety for all.
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Carl Sagan named the bamboozle.
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.”
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
Carl Sagan, born on this day in 1934
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Carl Sagan named the bamboozle.
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Thomas Paine named the cure.
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
The Law is Ours: www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Every time they pull the ball, more of us remember:
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
After Tuesday, I had real hope.
Lucy/football/Charlie Brown
Everything people say about the Democratic Party is true, and it’s maddeningly soul crushing.
Lucy/football/Charlie Brown
Everything people say about the Democratic Party is true, and it’s maddeningly soul crushing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Every time they pull the ball, more of us remember:
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
the game only works because we keep showing up.
The law was written in our name, it's high time we start playing by our own rules.
www.omnidea.co/p/the-law-is...
Every time power fails to protect people, we face the same question:
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
When party leadership trades away people’s wellbeing for political survival, it’s a reminder: the law was written in our name, not theirs.
Power delegated can be reclaimed.
🕯️ Read: The Law Is Ours — a call to rebuild democracy from the ground up.
#Democracy #Dignity #CivicPower
Power delegated can be reclaimed.
🕯️ Read: The Law Is Ours — a call to rebuild democracy from the ground up.
#Democracy #Dignity #CivicPower
The Law is Ours
The law was written in our name. When leaders falter, we don’t wait—we rebuild. A call to reclaim power, dignity, and democracy from the ground up.
www.omnidea.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every time power fails to protect people, we face the same question:
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
Do we wait for leaders to find courage, or do we begin building what they won’t?
Just a reminder that democracy doesn’t end at the ballot box — it begins wherever people act together in dignity and care.
Axiom – no person shall be cast outside the law.
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
To Be Counted
To be excluded from law is to be excluded from personhood itself.
www.omnidea.co
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Axiom – no person shall be cast outside the law.
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
If ID compels a lie, or a border starves a people, law has failed.
We must codify dignity without exceptions – and design systems that make it real.
#Axiom #Dignity #TransRights #LetGazaLive #LawByDesign
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
Feeling like a new Blueprint is in order.
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
November 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Feeling like a new Blueprint is in order.
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
I read a post asking why we see programs like Medicare, SNAP, and public schools so differently - as either "taking care of each other" or "government overreach."
Still up? Can’t sleep? Just dropped a full Blueprint series on closing the 13th Amendment’s exception clause and dismantling the profit pipeline around it. Would love your eyes on it.
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
Introduction – The Unfinished Work
Blueprint Series: Ending the 13th Amendment's Exception Clause (Part 0)
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Still up? Can’t sleep? Just dropped a full Blueprint series on closing the 13th Amendment’s exception clause and dismantling the profit pipeline around it. Would love your eyes on it.
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
#13thAmendment #EndTheException #PrisonLabor #Abolition
The economy is faltering. Climate displacement is rising.
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
Introduction – The Unfinished Work (Part 0)
Blueprint Series: Ending the 13th Amendment's Exception Clause
www.omnidea.co
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The economy is faltering. Climate displacement is rising.
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
And the U.S. system is quietly preparing to incarcerate more people.
Why? Because the 13th Amendment still permits slavery "as punishment for crime."
#systemblueprint
I want to caution against preemptively declaring that America's sleeping giant has awakened.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
And So It Begins
What We Do Next Matters Most
www.omnidea.co
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I want to caution against preemptively declaring that America's sleeping giant has awakened.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
Yes, enjoy the win, but remember: 2026 is when we find out if this was actually the U.S. turning course or just a good Tuesday.
There's much work to be done.
The internet has been a boon for freedom of expression. It comes with its downsides and negative impacts, but overall it provides an unparalleled opportunity to express one's mind.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
Where Personhood Lives
Freedom of thought and expression is not a privilege extended by power. It is the space where personhood itself exists.
www.omnidea.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The internet has been a boon for freedom of expression. It comes with its downsides and negative impacts, but overall it provides an unparalleled opportunity to express one's mind.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
And one's mind is where personhood begins.
One could consider it part of a pipeline enabled by the 13th amendment. It's egregious.
This is insane!!!
Private prison companies have documented cases of suing states for failing to meet their contractually guaranteed minimum bed occupancy quotas (often 80–100% full), or else the state must pay for the empty beds.
Private prison companies have documented cases of suing states for failing to meet their contractually guaranteed minimum bed occupancy quotas (often 80–100% full), or else the state must pay for the empty beds.
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
One could consider it part of a pipeline enabled by the 13th amendment. It's egregious.
I love to hear it.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
A coalition that ranges from democratic socialists to neoconservatives, including a lot of energized liberals in between, is large and formidable.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
A big pro-democracy tent. A united front. Any internal disagreements can be hashed out once the authoritarian emergency is over.
This really can work.
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I love to hear it.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
For it to really work, we've got to build community resilience and infrastructure alongside all political wins.
The 2026 elections will be formidable. Best to showcase the values of this coalition by putting them into practice, starting now.
We voted. What's next?
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
And So It Begins
What We Do Next Matters Most
dignitas.press
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We voted. What's next?
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
My position: We defend the reforms that will improve lives while constructing alternatives that change things fundamentally.
Every system reveals what it believes about people.
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
Cornerstones of System Design
How Empathy, Diversity, and Love Build Justice, Wholeness, and Dignity
dignitas.press
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Every system reveals what it believes about people.
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
This is what I believe — the cornerstones on which all just design must rest.
#SystemsThinking #GovernanceByDesign #DignityDesign #NovusPublius #LawLivesInLight
Voting is a language of relation. It is how the People speak back to power, reminding it that legitimacy is not inherited, purchased, or decreed—it is lent, and must be continually earned.
#vote
#vote
Of Voting and the Measure of Dignity
The Moral Ground of Participation in Governance
dignitas.press
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Voting is a language of relation. It is how the People speak back to power, reminding it that legitimacy is not inherited, purchased, or decreed—it is lent, and must be continually earned.
#vote
#vote
Governance, not as it is today, but as we know it should be, exists to serve us and protect our dignity.
If there’s money for war, there’s money to feed the hungry and treat the sick with dignity.
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Governance, not as it is today, but as we know it should be, exists to serve us and protect our dignity.
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For millions of Americans, today will bring the chance to be heard.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For millions of Americans, today will bring the chance to be heard.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
If there's an election where you live, then you get to send a message on the policies and leadership you believe in - and begin changing the trajectory of this country.
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Please please go vote today, if you haven't already. And then, whatever happens today, let it energize you tomorrow to keep pushing to make things better. ❤️👊
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please please go vote today, if you haven't already. And then, whatever happens today, let it energize you tomorrow to keep pushing to make things better. ❤️👊
Wholeheartedly agree.
Real reforms require a foundation: the dignity of the person.
Without that bedrock, we get hand-wringing instead of protection.
Real reforms require a foundation: the dignity of the person.
Without that bedrock, we get hand-wringing instead of protection.
Pretty sobering when you realize how different things would be in our country (and beyond) right now if we actually took interpersonal violence and sexual abuse and assault seriously in our society. Seriously as in real reforms in policy, law, and culture, not hand-wringing that does nothing.
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Wholeheartedly agree.
Real reforms require a foundation: the dignity of the person.
Without that bedrock, we get hand-wringing instead of protection.
Real reforms require a foundation: the dignity of the person.
Without that bedrock, we get hand-wringing instead of protection.
I love this.
Empathy is not wrong.
It is foundation for justice.
Diversity is not weak.
It is foundation for wholeness.
Love is not limited.
It is foundation for dignity.
Empathy is not wrong.
It is foundation for justice.
Diversity is not weak.
It is foundation for wholeness.
Love is not limited.
It is foundation for dignity.
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I love this.
Empathy is not wrong.
It is foundation for justice.
Diversity is not weak.
It is foundation for wholeness.
Love is not limited.
It is foundation for dignity.
Empathy is not wrong.
It is foundation for justice.
Diversity is not weak.
It is foundation for wholeness.
Love is not limited.
It is foundation for dignity.
Inspired by a recent post, I decided to write an essay on how the 13th Amendment didn't fully abolish slavery.
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...except as a punishment for crime."
That exception created a constitutional loophole that's being exploited today.
New essay:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...except as a punishment for crime."
That exception created a constitutional loophole that's being exploited today.
New essay:
The 13th Amendment’s Unfinished Abolition
How Constitutional Design Enables a Pipeline from Poverty to Enslavement
dignitas.press
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Inspired by a recent post, I decided to write an essay on how the 13th Amendment didn't fully abolish slavery.
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...except as a punishment for crime."
That exception created a constitutional loophole that's being exploited today.
New essay:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...except as a punishment for crime."
That exception created a constitutional loophole that's being exploited today.
New essay:
Political deadlock is killing us.
It's time to move from duopoly to multiparty democracy.
It's time to move from duopoly to multiparty democracy.
How We Break the Two-Party System (Part 0)
How Constitutional Evolution Works to Break Political Deadlock
dignitas.press
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Political deadlock is killing us.
It's time to move from duopoly to multiparty democracy.
It's time to move from duopoly to multiparty democracy.
When institutions violate their oath to uphold the Constitution, the People retain the authority to withdraw consent and reconstitute governance.
The lawful exercise of sovereignty that "We the People" holds from the beginning.
The lawful exercise of sovereignty that "We the People" holds from the beginning.
I understand our Constitution and fully support it.
All 3 branches of our government, The Executive, Legislative & the Judicial branch took an oath to uphold the constitution when they were sworn in. All 3 branches have violated that oath repeatedly.
The 340 million citizens must unite.
All 3 branches of our government, The Executive, Legislative & the Judicial branch took an oath to uphold the constitution when they were sworn in. All 3 branches have violated that oath repeatedly.
The 340 million citizens must unite.
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
When institutions violate their oath to uphold the Constitution, the People retain the authority to withdraw consent and reconstitute governance.
The lawful exercise of sovereignty that "We the People" holds from the beginning.
The lawful exercise of sovereignty that "We the People" holds from the beginning.
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
~ Ursula K. Le Guin