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Voters in California: Please vote YES on Prop 50, the temporary redistricting measure to fight fire with fire against cheating by the radical right in other states. Deadline to vote and to send in your ballot is Tuesday, Nov 4.
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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The "central defect of evil," says Scott Peck, "is not the sin but the refusal to acknowledge it." What we cannot face will catch us from behind. When we gain the true strength to acknowledge our imperfect moral condition, we are no longer possessed by demons."~Connie Zweig, 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Jung saw a deeper purpose in projection: projection leads to consciousness. Projection occurs when consciousness refuses to acknowledge some symbolic expression which is trying to emerge from the unconscious. ~Robin Robertson, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴
September 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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“The masculine is the doing side. All of us need that masculine . . . we need discrimination, discernment, a capacity for clarity and the courage to use a sword when necessary. The sword says, “This is what I value and will protect.”~Marion Woodman
September 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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I have come to believe that a great deal of what we assume to be fated, is not fate at all--it is our unconscious complexes at work. As individuals and as a collective, we unwittingly contribute to, create, or are drawn into situations which enact internal issues...~Liz Greene
September 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Jung saw a deeper purpose in projection: projection leads to consciousness. Projection occurs when consciousness refuses to acknowledge some symbolic expression which is trying to emerge from the unconscious. ~Robin Robertson, 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴
August 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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When I met Jung, he told me to be true to myself, and true to my type. And that is what I wish for you. If you go against your typological makeup, you go against your grain, and you will get splinters. Go with it, and your life will have ease, flow, and purpose.~Robert A Johnson
August 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The process of individuation does not make life easier—it makes it more meaningful. The path is not one of escape, but of deep engagement with the realities of suffering, growth, and self-discovery."— Edward Edinger, 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘦
August 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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“We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know we know they are lying. We know they know we know they are lying. But they are still lying.”

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
August 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Some psychiatric symptoms may actually be the result of autoimmune conditions. Rachel Aviv reports on the case of a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who was cured after two decades of psychosis.
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Analysts report that cutting the NIH budget by 10% would prevent 30 additional new medications from coming to market in the next three decades.

Trump is proposing a 40% cut to the NIH budget. We could potentially lose hundreds of life-saving treatments.
July 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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This is what I use to call senators and house reps during this important time. I actually learned about it thru Bluesky so thanks for that.

Don’t stop, keep going.

5calls.org
July 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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BREAKING: Judge Breyer has issued an injunction finding that Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard. He has ordered Trump immediately return control to Gov. Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Hello, I have just read this book cover to cover in one sitting and cried more than once. I highly recommend it if you have any struggles at all with executive dysfunction, adhd, depression, or anxiety, it sees you, and it gives you a really welcome and caring hug, which it assures you, you deserve!
June 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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From 2019: Reviewing a century of negative commentary on women's voices, which have long been criticized as “shrill.”
A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices
Technological bias is about more than audio quality—it’s about the forces that influence whose stories are told and how.
www.newyorker.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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I think saying "in America, everyone is innocent until proven guilty" works better for low-info normies than saying "due process" does
April 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨

Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for:

Diane Seltzer for President
Amanda Molina for Treasurer

Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother.

Get your ballot and vote ASAP.
April 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Congressman Al Green invites 7th - 12th grade students in the Ninth Congressional District to participate in the Congressional Art Competition. The deadline is April 17, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. CT.
April 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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SCOOP: Sen. Brian Schatz is expanding his holds on Trump's nominees to include an additional 50 names — along with a batch of bipartisan foreign affairs bills.
Scoop: Schatz expands holds to more than 300 Trump nominees
He's intensifying his protest of what he calls the White House's "lawlessness."
www.axios.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Where is our humanity?
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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:: BREAKING NOW: Multiple polling places across Milwaukee are running low or have run out of ballots as turnout is at record levels.

MKE Election Commission is aware and sending out fresh ballots.

If you are in line -- or know someone who is -- ballots are on the way.
April 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM