Bob Phelps AKA Pema Yeshe
@pemayeshe.bsky.social
Avid reader, disabled/elder care pro, musician for 45 years, scholar of Indo-Tibetan Traditions and practices, adore all things Jazz and "world" music, secular humanist, friend/ally all contemplative or religious traditions, mensch/bodhisattva in training.
Re: Connection www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
September 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Re: Connection www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
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James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.
The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin
An older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.
www.newyorker.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.
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The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”
Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity
The photojournalist documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never, I never, photograph the misery.”
www.newyorker.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bp... Oh look! A comment (about Shostakovitch not being "classical") that's the musical equivalent of "no, it's GNU/Linux!"
Shostakovich: From Dissident Musician to State Apparatchik
YouTube video by The Cold War
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June 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bp... Oh look! A comment (about Shostakovitch not being "classical") that's the musical equivalent of "no, it's GNU/Linux!"
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July 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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reading bell hooks 👇is an eye opening
Patriarchy pressures men to equate masculinity with dominance and emotional distance
“Patriarchy demands of men that they become and remain emotional cripples”
Feminism, to her, is not anti-male
Men and boys, just like women, are victims of patriarchy too
Patriarchy pressures men to equate masculinity with dominance and emotional distance
“Patriarchy demands of men that they become and remain emotional cripples”
Feminism, to her, is not anti-male
Men and boys, just like women, are victims of patriarchy too
July 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
reading bell hooks 👇is an eye opening
Patriarchy pressures men to equate masculinity with dominance and emotional distance
“Patriarchy demands of men that they become and remain emotional cripples”
Feminism, to her, is not anti-male
Men and boys, just like women, are victims of patriarchy too
Patriarchy pressures men to equate masculinity with dominance and emotional distance
“Patriarchy demands of men that they become and remain emotional cripples”
Feminism, to her, is not anti-male
Men and boys, just like women, are victims of patriarchy too
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Just finished The Will to Change by Bell Hooks. Love a book that challenges my world view. It made me reconsider how I’m raising my sons and the values I’ve held until now was raised.
Full thoughts on goodreads 👇
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
💙📚 Suggestions on what I should read next?
Full thoughts on goodreads 👇
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
💙📚 Suggestions on what I should read next?
Wesley Edits's review of The Will to Change
5/5: I love a book that challenges the way I see the world, and that's exactly what The Will to Change did. As a father of two boys, it made me reconsider how I’m raising my sons and reflect on both t...
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July 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just finished The Will to Change by Bell Hooks. Love a book that challenges my world view. It made me reconsider how I’m raising my sons and the values I’ve held until now was raised.
Full thoughts on goodreads 👇
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
💙📚 Suggestions on what I should read next?
Full thoughts on goodreads 👇
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
💙📚 Suggestions on what I should read next?
Go MIT! Major breakthrough. -- A stunning new theory out of MIT suggests our memory capacity may owe more to astrocytes—the brain’s star-shaped support cells—than to neurons alone. Slow slog though, as since the 17th century most science does not even acknowledge or study consciousness.
July 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Go MIT! Major breakthrough. -- A stunning new theory out of MIT suggests our memory capacity may owe more to astrocytes—the brain’s star-shaped support cells—than to neurons alone. Slow slog though, as since the 17th century most science does not even acknowledge or study consciousness.
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Aural beauty from some seriously phenomenal musicians! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKO3...
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians with Bang on a Can All-Stars & Friends
YouTube video by Bang on a Can
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July 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Aural beauty from some seriously phenomenal musicians! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKO3...
How odd and invigorating it will be when we all look back and wonder why on earth we were drawn to taking and sharing pictures of ourselves(?!?) when there are a zillion other things far more worth our time. I look forward to it.
July 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
How odd and invigorating it will be when we all look back and wonder why on earth we were drawn to taking and sharing pictures of ourselves(?!?) when there are a zillion other things far more worth our time. I look forward to it.
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I am begging people to actually read some Crenshaw and bell hooks, comprehend intersectionality, and learn why “wealth disparity also creates advantages and disadvantages” doesn’t disprove racial inequity or obviate the need to address it.
Dear Black People.
This is what racial resentment looks like. 👇🏽
This is what racial resentment looks like. 👇🏽
July 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I am begging people to actually read some Crenshaw and bell hooks, comprehend intersectionality, and learn why “wealth disparity also creates advantages and disadvantages” doesn’t disprove racial inequity or obviate the need to address it.
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"There can be no love without justice." ~bell hooks✊🏾🖤
#currentlyreading #bellhooks #books #booksky #femininsm
#currentlyreading #bellhooks #books #booksky #femininsm
July 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"There can be no love without justice." ~bell hooks✊🏾🖤
#currentlyreading #bellhooks #books #booksky #femininsm
#currentlyreading #bellhooks #books #booksky #femininsm
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July 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Via CB
Let's celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ sisters and brothers openly
#blackwomen #blackLGBTQ #LGBTQ #blackqueer #blackfeminists #blackauthors #blacktheorists #blackeducators #blacksocialcritics #blackamerican #blacksky #addtoblacksky #blacklove
Let's celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ sisters and brothers openly
#blackwomen #blackLGBTQ #LGBTQ #blackqueer #blackfeminists #blackauthors #blacktheorists #blackeducators #blacksocialcritics #blackamerican #blacksky #addtoblacksky #blacklove
June 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Via CB
Let's celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ sisters and brothers openly
#blackwomen #blackLGBTQ #LGBTQ #blackqueer #blackfeminists #blackauthors #blacktheorists #blackeducators #blacksocialcritics #blackamerican #blacksky #addtoblacksky #blacklove
Let's celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ sisters and brothers openly
#blackwomen #blackLGBTQ #LGBTQ #blackqueer #blackfeminists #blackauthors #blacktheorists #blackeducators #blacksocialcritics #blackamerican #blacksky #addtoblacksky #blacklove
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Reality is non-local, and the wave function isn’t real. | iai.tv/articles/the...
Valia Allora argues we must bring our theories back down toe 3D Earth, even if it means sacrificing the local universe.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
Valia Allora argues we must bring our theories back down toe 3D Earth, even if it means sacrificing the local universe.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
The world is not a quantum wave function | Valia Allori
In the quantum world, interactions across vast distances can occur, non-local interactions. Some quantum ontologies try to explain non-locality using a high-dimensional wave function. But Professor…
iai.tv
July 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reality is non-local, and the wave function isn’t real. | iai.tv/articles/the...
Valia Allora argues we must bring our theories back down toe 3D Earth, even if it means sacrificing the local universe.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
Valia Allora argues we must bring our theories back down toe 3D Earth, even if it means sacrificing the local universe.
#philsci ⚛️ 🧪
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She wasn’t perfect. But she was prepared. And she deserved better than being the fall guy for everyone else’s cowardice. Kamala Harris rose higher than most ever will—with half the support.
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She Deserved Better: Kamala Harris, the Fall Guy for Everyone Else’s Cowardice
In a nation eager to scapegoat and slow to support, Kamala Harris did what she always does—show up, rise up, and take the fall for everyone else’s fear.
substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
She wasn’t perfect. But she was prepared. And she deserved better than being the fall guy for everyone else’s cowardice. Kamala Harris rose higher than most ever will—with half the support.
@mayaonstage.bsky.social @jtaylorskinner.bsky.social @reeciecolbert.bsky.social @claycane.bsky.social
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The July blooms at night 🎆 Rudbeckia, echinacea, asclepias and a few garlic bulbils.
July 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The July blooms at night 🎆 Rudbeckia, echinacea, asclepias and a few garlic bulbils.
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The latest LYWA eletter is here with peace, relaxation and calmness 🙌
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Getting Happy 🙏
Email from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive With Dharma Wisdom View in Browser Monthly E-Letter 264: June 2025 LAMA YESHE WISDOM ARCHIVE The Archive of the FPMT The person who is satisfied by Dharma wisdom
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June 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The latest LYWA eletter is here with peace, relaxation and calmness 🙌
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Giant Steps | John Coltrane
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John Coltrane - Giant Steps (2020 Remaster) [Official Audio]
YouTube video by John Coltrane
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July 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Giant Steps | John Coltrane
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