Ben Kadel
@bekadel.bsky.social
Not interested in shouting into the void. Looking to connect and have a "Self-to-Self" conversation with folks who are ready to roll up their sleeves to get ready for what's coming. How can we support each other and build resilience at all levels?
I ended up re-reading an old Medium post I wrote 5 years ago and it felt like an important reminder about the depth of the work in front of us. A call towards radical kindness.
emotusoperandi.medium.com/a-waking-dre...
emotusoperandi.medium.com/a-waking-dre...
A waking dream
What will it take to put down this burden and free ourselves of the pain we all carry.
emotusoperandi.medium.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I ended up re-reading an old Medium post I wrote 5 years ago and it felt like an important reminder about the depth of the work in front of us. A call towards radical kindness.
emotusoperandi.medium.com/a-waking-dre...
emotusoperandi.medium.com/a-waking-dre...
My substack post today is a draft of something I'm working on as a sort of pitch for the Farmastery project we are working. Looking for feedback that will help shape the message. open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
July 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My substack post today is a draft of something I'm working on as a sort of pitch for the Farmastery project we are working. Looking for feedback that will help shape the message. open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
Everyone should re-read the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. Here's an updated version using contemporary language applied to our current situation. It's amazing how easy it was to line up the complaints against a tyrant 250 years ago the current stooge.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
July 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Everyone should re-read the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. Here's an updated version using contemporary language applied to our current situation. It's amazing how easy it was to line up the complaints against a tyrant 250 years ago the current stooge.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
That's my mom and dad! So proud!
Powerful & poignant day for the US. These are my parents Wease Kadel & John Kadel, 93 & 92 YO respectively, both Marine Corps vets protesting today in northern ID.
June 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
That's my mom and dad! So proud!
Has a wannabe dictator ever been taken out by people laughing at him?
June 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Has a wannabe dictator ever been taken out by people laughing at him?
Introducing a new concept: larva brain.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
May 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Introducing a new concept: larva brain.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
Some thoughts on reclaiming our humanity.
May 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Some thoughts on reclaiming our humanity.
Some reflections on how to free ourselves by accepting the irony of both/and/neither.
May 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Some reflections on how to free ourselves by accepting the irony of both/and/neither.
My daily reflections today: Education is not the solution.
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open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
April 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
My daily reflections today: Education is not the solution.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
Reposted by Ben Kadel
April 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
February 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What does it mean to internalize this: they hate our joy.
They don't understand it and it terrifies them.
Our joy reduces them to incoherent rage.
How very sad for them.
They don't understand it and it terrifies them.
Our joy reduces them to incoherent rage.
How very sad for them.
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
What does it mean to internalize this: they hate our joy.
They don't understand it and it terrifies them.
Our joy reduces them to incoherent rage.
How very sad for them.
They don't understand it and it terrifies them.
Our joy reduces them to incoherent rage.
How very sad for them.
I wrote this years ago and it's still relevant. Sadly, most people are doubling down to maintain the delusion rather than accept the simple truth: the inevitable end to any system that treats some people as less human than others is its own self-destruction. emotusoperandi.medium.com/blessing-or-...
Blessing or curse?
The end is nigh, but that’s not a bad thing.
emotusoperandi.medium.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I wrote this years ago and it's still relevant. Sadly, most people are doubling down to maintain the delusion rather than accept the simple truth: the inevitable end to any system that treats some people as less human than others is its own self-destruction. emotusoperandi.medium.com/blessing-or-...
My daily reflections today: Relax into the process.
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open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
February 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
My daily reflections today: Relax into the process.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
Today's Daily Reflection: It's all about Whole Brain Living open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
February 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Today's Daily Reflection: It's all about Whole Brain Living open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
If you want to influence people, model the behaviour you want others to adopt. Show, don't tell.
February 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If you want to influence people, model the behaviour you want others to adopt. Show, don't tell.
A reminder that "apocalypse" only means revelation. Just because you're only seeing it now doesn't mean there's anything new going on here. If you're looking for pointers on how to manage is this new (to you) environment, talk to the folks who've been aware of it longer than you.
February 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A reminder that "apocalypse" only means revelation. Just because you're only seeing it now doesn't mean there's anything new going on here. If you're looking for pointers on how to manage is this new (to you) environment, talk to the folks who've been aware of it longer than you.
Almost chicken time.
February 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Almost chicken time.
My daily reflections after what feels like a long couple of weeks.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
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January 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
My daily reflections after what feels like a long couple of weeks.
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
Reposted by Ben Kadel
![A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "But man [sic] is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself."
— Rachel Carson
Image of a thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) bush in flower.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxst5ur7jtijitfhnoldyniy/bafkreiek2qucwq7ppbtzzgmhsniadlllxkrpchus2elisbwxhb54smwioe@jpeg)
Today's reflections. Warning: we make no guarantees of coherence. open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
January 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Today's reflections. Warning: we make no guarantees of coherence. open.substack.com/pub/emotus/p...
Belated chicken time post.
January 16, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Belated chicken time post.
January 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM