Jason Defoe
@jasondefoe.bsky.social
A little bit of the Universe made conscious. English teacher. Francophone. Jivamukti Yoga teacher. Poetry, philosophy, ideas at http://jasondefoe.com. he/him 🇨🇦 🌱 Ⓥ 🖖
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Jason Defoe
@jasondefoe.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Do you believe in God or just in a really powerful alien?
April 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Do you believe in God or just in a really powerful alien?
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
Vandal-eyes was right there.
April 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Vandal-eyes was right there.
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Everybody seems to be fixated (quite rightly, to be sure) on the concept of illegal ideas, but I'm certainly arrested, as it were, by the application of "it" to "people."
Oh, god, not another phonied-up bullshit meme, isn't the truth bad enough, I thought, till I tracked this back to its source, which is the ICE account at Twitter.
April 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Everybody seems to be fixated (quite rightly, to be sure) on the concept of illegal ideas, but I'm certainly arrested, as it were, by the application of "it" to "people."
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It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's also the day for my favorite meme!
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.
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Ray Bradbury; reading for just a few minutes a night can save your life
March 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Ray Bradbury; reading for just a few minutes a night can save your life
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It seem insane for a US Senator to say we've all been subjected to "a relentless bombardment of Marxist propaganda." But what he means by this is 1) there was a Burger King ad with an interracial couple and 2) Star Wars Episodes VII-IX had a female lead.
March 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It seem insane for a US Senator to say we've all been subjected to "a relentless bombardment of Marxist propaganda." But what he means by this is 1) there was a Burger King ad with an interracial couple and 2) Star Wars Episodes VII-IX had a female lead.
The general lack of awareness, reflection, and creativity is astounding.
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The general lack of awareness, reflection, and creativity is astounding.
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Did we save the daylight?
March 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Did we save the daylight?
Don't underestimate the goose 🇨🇦💪
March 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Don't underestimate the goose 🇨🇦💪
Love when my students leave magnet poems on the board!
February 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Love when my students leave magnet poems on the board!
February 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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If you're feeling overwhelmed, I really hope this reaches you today.
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If you're feeling overwhelmed, I really hope this reaches you today.
Another installment in my #CompostArt series.
February 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Another installment in my #CompostArt series.
Thanks, @guygavrielkay.bsky.social, for the Patrick Modiano recommendation. Just finished Dora Bruder (in French). What a magical little book. He creates layers of complexity and possibility while knowing almost nothing for certain. Like taking photographs of only our peripheral vision.
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Thanks, @guygavrielkay.bsky.social, for the Patrick Modiano recommendation. Just finished Dora Bruder (in French). What a magical little book. He creates layers of complexity and possibility while knowing almost nothing for certain. Like taking photographs of only our peripheral vision.
My attempt at a Tolkien-style map of my homelands: Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
February 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My attempt at a Tolkien-style map of my homelands: Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
Frozen, snowy creek = instant Winter trail in the backyard.
February 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Frozen, snowy creek = instant Winter trail in the backyard.
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When people see the maple leaf, they see possibility. They see freedom. They see a helping hand.
They see Canada, and the best of our values.
Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
They see Canada, and the best of our values.
Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
February 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When people see the maple leaf, they see possibility. They see freedom. They see a helping hand.
They see Canada, and the best of our values.
Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
They see Canada, and the best of our values.
Happy 60th to our flag. 🇨🇦
😬 Here I thought the question was linguistic or metaphysical...like when does fire (literally a chemical reaction that disappears matter) begin to be seen as an object with semantic and ontological permanence... silly me.
When does fire 🔥 become "a thing"? We didn't always have land plants, and even when we did, they weren't necessarily the right fuel or had enough oxygen.
But it was probably at the onset of the Carboniferous (~360 Myr ago) that fire really became "a thing". 🧪⚒️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
But it was probably at the onset of the Carboniferous (~360 Myr ago) that fire really became "a thing". 🧪⚒️
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
February 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
😬 Here I thought the question was linguistic or metaphysical...like when does fire (literally a chemical reaction that disappears matter) begin to be seen as an object with semantic and ontological permanence... silly me.
You can, and should, change your INTERPRETATION of a thing, as you reflect and learn, as long as your VALUES are consistent.
Changing your mind doesn't always mean you've abandoned your principles. It often means you've learned something.
It's better to contradict yourself and be accused of hypocrisy than to stick to your guns and sacrifice your values.
The hallmark of integrity is not consistency. It's honesty.
It's better to contradict yourself and be accused of hypocrisy than to stick to your guns and sacrifice your values.
The hallmark of integrity is not consistency. It's honesty.
February 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You can, and should, change your INTERPRETATION of a thing, as you reflect and learn, as long as your VALUES are consistent.
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What people don’t realize is that you don’t HAVE to watch that thing, you can just read.
February 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What people don’t realize is that you don’t HAVE to watch that thing, you can just read.
Happy Superb Owl Party day to all who celebrate.
two men are standing next to each other and the caption says we will be spending this sunday
ALT: two men are standing next to each other and the caption says we will be spending this sunday
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February 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happy Superb Owl Party day to all who celebrate.