Ron Lott
@rlott.bsky.social
🇳🇴🇺🇦🏳️🌈"Everything depends on what the people are capable of wanting." Errico Malatesta
Once again, JD Vance is full of shit and he knows it.
September 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Once again, JD Vance is full of shit and he knows it.
Yes, definitely leftist ideology is the root cause of the shooting. 🙄
September 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yes, definitely leftist ideology is the root cause of the shooting. 🙄
June 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Day twenty, twentieth lesson. The language roots of courage is to "take heart." It means to act, even when you feel fear. Generations before us had their moment of courage. It's now our turn.
February 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Day twenty, twentieth lesson. The language roots of courage is to "take heart." It means to act, even when you feel fear. Generations before us had their moment of courage. It's now our turn.
Day nineteen, nineteenth lesson. We live and act in our own time and with an eye to the future. Every day we have the opportunity to be a model, a positive embodiment of ideals and principles. Eyes are watching, ears are listening.
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Day nineteen, nineteenth lesson. We live and act in our own time and with an eye to the future. Every day we have the opportunity to be a model, a positive embodiment of ideals and principles. Eyes are watching, ears are listening.
Day eighteen, eighteenth lesson. This speaks to an important reality: our most important political resource is our ability to think. This requires self-regulation abilities, calming our over-active and hyper-stimulating response systems. Especially when the shit happens! Breathe...
February 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Day eighteen, eighteenth lesson. This speaks to an important reality: our most important political resource is our ability to think. This requires self-regulation abilities, calming our over-active and hyper-stimulating response systems. Especially when the shit happens! Breathe...
Remaking? Overhaul? The NYTimes is using language that neutralizes and normalizes a coup. The author, German Lopez, proceeds to frame up Trump's actions as sane, principled, and strategic. More than maddening. An abdication of responsible journalism.
February 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Remaking? Overhaul? The NYTimes is using language that neutralizes and normalizes a coup. The author, German Lopez, proceeds to frame up Trump's actions as sane, principled, and strategic. More than maddening. An abdication of responsible journalism.
Day seventeen, seventeenth lesson. The manipulation of language is a core strategy of tyranny. Think Orwell's 1984. One need only follow the day's headline stories to see examples. We need to remain vigilant and critical. Language shapes perception and our perception is an essential faculty now.
February 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Day seventeen, seventeenth lesson. The manipulation of language is a core strategy of tyranny. Think Orwell's 1984. One need only follow the day's headline stories to see examples. We need to remain vigilant and critical. Language shapes perception and our perception is an essential faculty now.
Day sixteen, sixteenth lesson. The world is a network of connections and our current moment of tyranny is felt everywhere. We have much to learn from each other. As in much of life, relationships matter.
February 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Day sixteen, sixteenth lesson. The world is a network of connections and our current moment of tyranny is felt everywhere. We have much to learn from each other. As in much of life, relationships matter.
Day fifteen, fifteenth lesson. What can the common citizen do? Here is a suggestion of a concrete action that positively focuses effort. Simple and effective. And maybe sorely needed right now.
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Day fifteen, fifteenth lesson. What can the common citizen do? Here is a suggestion of a concrete action that positively focuses effort. Simple and effective. And maybe sorely needed right now.
This seems like one of the most poignant pictures of the last week. Based upon Trump's orders, the FBI is painting over a wall that captures the values it espoused as an agency. Now comes the test: were they just pretty words on a wall or something truly internalized in the people (that are left)?
February 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This seems like one of the most poignant pictures of the last week. Based upon Trump's orders, the FBI is painting over a wall that captures the values it espoused as an agency. Now comes the test: were they just pretty words on a wall or something truly internalized in the people (that are left)?
Day fourteen, fourteenth lesson. How to function in a world where information can be leveraged against you...while not constantly having paranoid feelings? Be aware, protect yourself, and cultivate more privacy in your life.
February 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Day fourteen, fourteenth lesson. How to function in a world where information can be leveraged against you...while not constantly having paranoid feelings? Be aware, protect yourself, and cultivate more privacy in your life.
Day thirteen, thirteenth lesson. The antidote for passive doom scrolling is active engagement with the natural world...including people. As whole-body beings, we can't neglect our physical dimension.
February 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Day thirteen, thirteenth lesson. The antidote for passive doom scrolling is active engagement with the natural world...including people. As whole-body beings, we can't neglect our physical dimension.
Day twelve, twelfth lesson. This isn't about being extraverted. It's about being connected and socially contextualized in your understanding of our world. And it's about the subtle art of everyday influence.
January 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Day twelve, twelfth lesson. This isn't about being extraverted. It's about being connected and socially contextualized in your understanding of our world. And it's about the subtle art of everyday influence.
Day eleven, eleventh lesson. Discretion and discernment are critical right now with information sources. As one examines the information available, one needs to think hard about responses. Liking, responding, highlighting, and forwarding are consequential actions.
January 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Day eleven, eleventh lesson. Discretion and discernment are critical right now with information sources. As one examines the information available, one needs to think hard about responses. Liking, responding, highlighting, and forwarding are consequential actions.
Day ten, tenth lesson. Some describe our culture/politics as "post-truth" and here is our challenge: when does the descriptive become normative in terms of what we should expect? CNN's Jim Acosta's final message: "Don’t give into the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold onto the truth and to hope."
January 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Day ten, tenth lesson. Some describe our culture/politics as "post-truth" and here is our challenge: when does the descriptive become normative in terms of what we should expect? CNN's Jim Acosta's final message: "Don’t give into the lies. Don’t give into the fear. Hold onto the truth and to hope."
Day nine, ninth lesson. We know language shapes perception. Rather than echoing the culture, use language to challenge patterns, providing insight and inspiration. Kindness toward language? As Brene' Brown says, "Clarity is kindness."
January 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Day nine, ninth lesson. We know language shapes perception. Rather than echoing the culture, use language to challenge patterns, providing insight and inspiration. Kindness toward language? As Brene' Brown says, "Clarity is kindness."
Day eight, eighth lesson. Be alert, be ready for these opportunities to stand out and provide challenges, disruptions and alternatives. Remember that to not speak out is to condone. If this causes unease, compare it to the unease you feel when you don't and have the remorse of complicity.
January 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Day eight, eighth lesson. Be alert, be ready for these opportunities to stand out and provide challenges, disruptions and alternatives. Remember that to not speak out is to condone. If this causes unease, compare it to the unease you feel when you don't and have the remorse of complicity.
Day seven, seventh lesson. Not directly applicable for most of us. As power and force increase as a means to an end, we hope that a spark of conscience resides in our police and military, that the courage of disobedience appears and grows.
January 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Day seven, seventh lesson. Not directly applicable for most of us. As power and force increase as a means to an end, we hope that a spark of conscience resides in our police and military, that the courage of disobedience appears and grows.
Day six, sixth lesson. Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other groups are real. With Trump's pardons and commutations of January 6 rioters, they should feel emboldened to act. What hangs in the balance is the second part: how police and the military will respond. This lesson feels especially dark.
January 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Day six, sixth lesson. Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other groups are real. With Trump's pardons and commutations of January 6 rioters, they should feel emboldened to act. What hangs in the balance is the second part: how police and the military will respond. This lesson feels especially dark.
Day five, fifth lesson. A reminder that everyday resistance comes in the form of lived, contrasting example. Gandhi's idea of "be the change you want to see in the world" comes to mind.
January 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Day five, fifth lesson. A reminder that everyday resistance comes in the form of lived, contrasting example. Gandhi's idea of "be the change you want to see in the world" comes to mind.
Day four, fourth lesson. This speaks to responding to symbols and signs of hate. And don't forget the positive: forward symbols of love. For example, we are buying a Progress Pride Flag and a US Flag to extend from our front porch, the reality of tomorrow that we want to enable.
January 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Day four, fourth lesson. This speaks to responding to symbols and signs of hate. And don't forget the positive: forward symbols of love. For example, we are buying a Progress Pride Flag and a US Flag to extend from our front porch, the reality of tomorrow that we want to enable.
Day three, third lesson. This one seems obvious. And yet strategies like gerrymandering and voter suppression have created de facto single-party states that don't reflect the actual views of the people.
January 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Day three, third lesson. This one seems obvious. And yet strategies like gerrymandering and voter suppression have created de facto single-party states that don't reflect the actual views of the people.
Day two, second lesson. Given all the EO's signed yesterday, it's apparent that this one is highly relevant. Chaos hates institutions. Raw power does too.
January 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Day two, second lesson. Given all the EO's signed yesterday, it's apparent that this one is highly relevant. Chaos hates institutions. Raw power does too.