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The universe is worried and decided to share some of their insights with planet Earth.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR
and one where we choose to take a step back, maybe visit a different planet, in order to grasp what it is we are doing to ourselves, each other and the planet.

#OurFuture #newyear #photography #nature #climate #universe #planet #bloomscroll #wildflowers
Yellow flower partly obscured by blurred leaves.
January 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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‘Oh, universe. Hear my call. We are so screwed and we keep screwing up. Our planet is dying and we have nothing better to do than to go to war with our fellow humans. Oh, dear, dear, universe, could you help us to exorcise all the nonsense in our heads?’
Julie laughed.

#universe #graphics #philsky
‘Narratives! It all comes down to the narratives we have internalised,’ Julie said. ‘Can we externalise them?’ Josie asked. Julie chuckled. ‘Maybe we could exorcise them.’ Laughing, Josie did a little dance around an imaginary fire, calling on the powers of the universe. ‘Oh, universe. Hear my call. We are so screwed and we keep screwing up. Our planet is dying and we have nothing better to do than to go to war with our fellow humans. Oh, dear, dear, universe, could you help us to exorcise all the nonsense in our heads?’ Julie laughed. And the universe opened a sleepy eye, frowning. This is part of the collection: THE END OF ALL WARS.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Dear humans on planet earth,
the universe is worried.

You could have it all: a thriving planet, global collaborations, the thrill of creating & shaping a world that breathes & hums with life, the air filled with laughter, the streets with dancers, the minds with explorations.

Instead you choose-
Blurred lines of artificial lights on buildings in Berlin.
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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‘We used to pray for a hero to emerge in our time. We were convinced that the coming of a saviour was needed to bring about the changes we so urgently needed.’

#hero #saving #universe #actnow #climateaction
Next Kahu, who was dressed in a blue flowing robe, stood up. ‘On our planet, we used to worship heroes, all of them dead, and we used to pray for a hero to emerge in our time. We were convinced that the coming of a saviour was needed to bring about the changes we so urgently needed.’ A smiled formed on Kahu’s face. ‘We had a hero. A child of eleven, snotty nose, impatient as the abyss, and it said: ‘No one’s gonna come. I’m hungry. I hate the stinking air, the poisoned river, the dead soil. I’m tired of you all whining and waiting when we could already chase away the polluters, and when we could already be cleaning up our planet.’ Being a snotty and a clever kid, it added: ‘And don’t you dare call me a hero! Let’s just get the job done!’ Day 14, book 4, beginning
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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We are all our own heroes. We the People just need to remember.
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‘We used to pray for a hero to emerge in our time. We were convinced that the coming of a saviour was needed to bring about the changes we so urgently needed.’

#hero #saving #universe #actnow #climateaction
Next Kahu, who was dressed in a blue flowing robe, stood up. ‘On our planet, we used to worship heroes, all of them dead, and we used to pray for a hero to emerge in our time. We were convinced that the coming of a saviour was needed to bring about the changes we so urgently needed.’ A smiled formed on Kahu’s face. ‘We had a hero. A child of eleven, snotty nose, impatient as the abyss, and it said: ‘No one’s gonna come. I’m hungry. I hate the stinking air, the poisoned river, the dead soil. I’m tired of you all whining and waiting when we could already chase away the polluters, and when we could already be cleaning up our planet.’ Being a snotty and a clever kid, it added: ‘And don’t you dare call me a hero! Let’s just get the job done!’ Day 14, book 4, beginning
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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‘We used to pray for a hero to emerge in our time. We were convinced that the coming of a saviour was needed to bring about the changes we so urgently needed.’

#hero #saving #universe #actnow #climateaction
Next Kahu, who was dressed in a blue flowing robe, stood up. ‘On our planet, we used to worship heroes, all of them dead, and we used to pray for a hero to emerge in our time. We were convinced that the coming of a saviour was needed to bring about the changes we so urgently needed.’ A smiled formed on Kahu’s face. ‘We had a hero. A child of eleven, snotty nose, impatient as the abyss, and it said: ‘No one’s gonna come. I’m hungry. I hate the stinking air, the poisoned river, the dead soil. I’m tired of you all whining and waiting when we could already chase away the polluters, and when we could already be cleaning up our planet.’ Being a snotty and a clever kid, it added: ‘And don’t you dare call me a hero! Let’s just get the job done!’ Day 14, book 4, beginning
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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#loneliness = ‘The loneliness I dread most, is the loneliness among people I’m bound to but don’t relate to,’ a wise person on our planet wrote.

This thought led us to abandon the idea that we should be bound to anyone unless we have a deep & active bond to that person.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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#loneliness = We were the lonely planet because we had forgotten how to look into each others eyes, how to exchange thoughts, how to approach the other.

We were like ghosts, too shy to allow for anyone near us — until loneliness killed so many that we began to talk while burying the dead.
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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#loneliness = With all due respect, it seems to us that the people of planet Earth fail to grasp that loneliness happens when humans are on a path that doesn’t serve them.

A society which knows no loneliness is a healthy society.

Solitude is a different matter, a choice to focus the mind.
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#loneliness = is an indicator that a community has chosen paths which aren’t beneficial. On our planet, we act swiftly when cases of loneliness occur. Mostly some adjustments in our way of thinking, acting, & communicating are required to uproot the causes of loneliness.

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October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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#loneliness = loneliness pierces the soul. Healing is slow as trust needs to be build, connections found and nurtured, joy rediscovered. Laughing. Oh, the relief for the soul when laughter can be shared again.
October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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#loneliness = When we still fought wars on our planet, loneliness could grip whole nations, which were forgotten by those far away, emboldening the warmongers.

This changed when we made our whole planet our concern. Today, we go on a general strike when anyone anywhere starts a war.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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THE UNIVERSE IS WORRIED
and wishes to add some insights.

#loneliness = is a state of deprivation where a soul yearns for the company of others souls, but either is incapacitated to open to other souls or has no proximity to familiar souls.

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October 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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human, the

The human = a strange often self-destructive creature.

The human = a creature with enormous potential held back by the world it has created for itself.

The human = we can’t help but conclude that humans like to be stupid, otherwise their actions would make even less sense.
January 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Views on stories & narratives

stories = You don’t tell a story what to do. A story has enough story in itself. It doesn’t need telling.

narratives = They are funny little things. Like a story without a storyline — or a happy ending.

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January 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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strongman = A weakling who needs weapons to make his point.

strongman = A person who needs everyone’s approval.

strongman = he who represses free thought, free expression of thought, free flow of information.

strongman= he who loves to invent truth.

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January 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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problem, a

The earthling's natural impulse seems to be to find every reason not to implement a good idea.
March 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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THE STORYTELLERS
testimony, planet 428

'We are an extraordinary planet, the planets of the universe alliance keep saying to us. And they urged us to tell you about our people.'

The end of crude oil collection #mihsENDOIL
THE STORYTELLERS planet 428, part 1 We are an extraordinary planet, the planets of the universe alliance keep saying to us. And they urged us to tell you about our people. There isn’t really much to tell. We never fought any wars. We never disconnected from nature, from each other or ourselves. We never exploited each other or the resources of our planet. We never competed with each other. We were never interested in dominance. We are a people made up of individuals and groups. We go in and out of each other’s spheres. We are always curious, always explorers. And we love to laugh and dance. What is unique about our planet, according to the universe alliance, is one of the most natural parts of us: our storytellers. Having heard the accounts of the people of many other planets, we now know that it is our storytellers who have kept us safe and who continue to keep us safe. THE STORYTELLERS, part 2 We hear that the people of planet Earth leave storytelling to corporations, politicians and religions. In all fairness, we have never tried that. But our stories tell us convincingly that stories invented by those with personal objectives don’t serve the people. Even if those organisations wanted to serve, their interests are in the way of open-minded, adaptive, serving storytelling. Our storytellers are the most revered people on our planet. Seven percent of our population undertake this important task of finding the stories which serve us, and of finding the stories which warn us of the follies sapient creatures seem to be drawn to occasionally. ‘Reality,’ said one of our storytellers, ‘reality needs stories to exist in. Reality doesn’t check whether a story is good. It takes what it finds. That’s why it’s so important to always check and adjust the stories that make our world.’ THE STORYTELLERS, part 3 Some of our earliest storytellers established the TEST OF THREE. Three questions to test whether a story, an idea or a narrative are useful. ‘With any given story ask yourself this: ‘What is the record of this story? Does this story serve you? Is there a better alternative?’ Stories, we learn from our elders from an early age on, stories are the most powerful creators of reality. That is why we don’t leave storytelling to those who seek to dominate, manipulate, exploit or cage others. We are indeed fortunate that our storytellers only have one goal: to serve the people of our planet, to serve all creatures and plants, and to make sure that all things and people are in balance or regain balance when changes, which always happen, require adjustments.
June 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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‘The watcher is a reminder that humans will only progress if and when they strive to understand what it is they are doing, and when they ask themselves why they are doing it.' (book 2/2, travelling)

The universe agrees & adds thoughts on the question WHY?

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VIEWS FROM AROUND THE UNIVERSE Why? Is an essential question. Why? Why? is a question which comes naturally to children. Adults, on the other hand, have a tendency to forget the importance of asking why. Why? To ask why we do the things we do is part of our daily lives, part of our culture. This question helps us to reflect on the effects our actions have on ourselves, on others and on our habitat. Why? Why is such a wonderful small word with an inquiring sound to it. To invite this question into our minds can be very scary. Why? The trick is to allow for the question why? and push out all the internalised answers. Yes, let them all roll out. Then look again. Ask again WHY? And begin to explore the why from every possible direction. There will still be answers trying to disrupt your thinking process. Give them a moment. Then push them aside and continue with your exploration. At the end of this road, you will have learned a lot by thinking for yourself, by testing your theories, by re-adding those answers you knew which still hold. The result will be a rich tapestry of complexity and some understanding which you can use to make a difference in a world that is too often satisfied with parroting. Why? It is comparatively easy to expose where others go wrong and do harm. However, often investigators stop there. They expose and congratulate themselves for being clever. They don’t ask why something happened, why some people act like this or that. But only WHY can hand the key to actual change. Because WHY exposes the root causes of the troubles most planets face. Why? On our planet, centuries ago, we used to teach our children everything they needed to know. Or so we thought. The point our ancestors missed was that knowledge is not as important as thinking, questioning, rethinking, shaping, keeping the mind ever evolving, ever expanding. Asking why is an important tool to go beyond what we are taught and told. And a thinking mind will always find additional knowledge and be able to weave it into what it has already discovered. Why? = Asking why is a key to exploring what it takes to create a world worth living in.
June 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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It’s been a while. But the universe is no less worried about planet Earth and its people.

We hope that you find the courage to unite and rethink your world.

We will continue to share our insights with you, today on the question WHY?
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June 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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THE STORYTELLERS
testimony, planet 428

'We are an extraordinary planet, the planets of the universe alliance keep saying to us. And they urged us to tell you about our people.'

The end of crude oil collection #mihsENDOIL
THE STORYTELLERS planet 428, part 1 We are an extraordinary planet, the planets of the universe alliance keep saying to us. And they urged us to tell you about our people. There isn’t really much to tell. We never fought any wars. We never disconnected from nature, from each other or ourselves. We never exploited each other or the resources of our planet. We never competed with each other. We were never interested in dominance. We are a people made up of individuals and groups. We go in and out of each other’s spheres. We are always curious, always explorers. And we love to laugh and dance. What is unique about our planet, according to the universe alliance, is one of the most natural parts of us: our storytellers. Having heard the accounts of the people of many other planets, we now know that it is our storytellers who have kept us safe and who continue to keep us safe. THE STORYTELLERS, part 2 We hear that the people of planet Earth leave storytelling to corporations, politicians and religions. In all fairness, we have never tried that. But our stories tell us convincingly that stories invented by those with personal objectives don’t serve the people. Even if those organisations wanted to serve, their interests are in the way of open-minded, adaptive, serving storytelling. Our storytellers are the most revered people on our planet. Seven percent of our population undertake this important task of finding the stories which serve us, and of finding the stories which warn us of the follies sapient creatures seem to be drawn to occasionally. ‘Reality,’ said one of our storytellers, ‘reality needs stories to exist in. Reality doesn’t check whether a story is good. It takes what it finds. That’s why it’s so important to always check and adjust the stories that make our world.’ THE STORYTELLERS, part 3 Some of our earliest storytellers established the TEST OF THREE. Three questions to test whether a story, an idea or a narrative are useful. ‘With any given story ask yourself this: ‘What is the record of this story? Does this story serve you? Is there a better alternative?’ Stories, we learn from our elders from an early age on, stories are the most powerful creators of reality. That is why we don’t leave storytelling to those who seek to dominate, manipulate, exploit or cage others. We are indeed fortunate that our storytellers only have one goal: to serve the people of our planet, to serve all creatures and plants, and to make sure that all things and people are in balance or regain balance when changes, which always happen, require adjustments.
June 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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GLASSES
testimony, planet 444

'Plastic was everywhere, even in our blood — and as we found out far too late in the air. By the time it was detectable in the air, we were already breathing plastic.'

The end of crude oil collection #mihsENDOIL
GLASSES planet 444, part 1 On our planet, it all started with glasses. There was Timbol, one of our middlers (people aged 35-65). He was a transman with a plastic allergy. At that point of our planet’s pastory, plastic pollution was worse than air and water pollution from burned fossil fuels and oil spills. Plastic was everywhere, even in our blood — and as we found out far too late in the air. By the time it was detectable in the air, we were already breathing plastic. I’m sorry. My thoughts are jumping around all over the place. All of this still upsets me so much, though we are luckily out of the worst. Where was I? Ah, yes, Timbol, such a beautiful man. His eyesight deteriorated and when he tried on glasses, his skin reacted to the plastic frames with rashes. At the time, everything was made of plastic. Why? Because the few families who used to own our planet’s petroleum deposits wanted to continue to make money. GLASSES, part 2 I was there with Timbol, in the shop, watching him, as I often did, drawn to his beauty and his generous, playful spirit. Timbol saw the rashes in the mirror — and frowned. He took off the glasses, looked at them — and frowned. He lifted the glasses — and looked through them from a distance — and frowned. ‘Glasses,’ he said to me. ‘That’s what we need!’ Now, I frowned, and he looked at me with his enchanting eyes. ‘My friend,’ he said, ‘we will start our transformation with glasses because it’s time that we see. I read about bamboo. It still grows in some places and it grows fast. We can harvest it and fashion frames for glasses from it, adding some metal for weight, maybe. And then we will use our new glasses to campaign. We will encourage people to put on glasses so that we all see that we are being poisoned every day only because a few people are so lost that they need palaces stuffed with gold and diamonds.’ GLASSES, part 3 I sigh, remembering my friend’s words. But this was our beginning. Not a new beginning. We had no memories of ever truly beginning, ever truly starting or starting over. But this was a true beginning. Ours. What surprised me was how fast things changed. We had been told for centuries that the powerful would never let us change anything. No one had reminded us that we are the majority and that we can change everything. No one reminded us that the rich, too, want to live and not suffocate. No one wants to die of poisoning, no one wants a dead planet. But we needed the new glasses to see. Once we saw, we acted like our lives depended on it. Well, they did. It was the glasses that opened the door for us to escape our planet’s downward spiral. Mind you, don’t let things get as bad as we did. We have made leaps in a short time, but the scars we inflicted on our planet still need a lot of healing. My friend died early, too early to see that we would make it. But he never gave up hope in us.
June 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The universe is worried and is happy to support the

MAKE IT HAPPEN STORIES MARATHON

MAY, 8
10-16:00 GMT
Bluesky

Your voice & contributions are very welcome.

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#endwars #bluesky #booksky #ww2 #wars #amwriting #musicsky #poetry #comics #art
May 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The earthling's natural impulse seems to be to find every reason not to implement a good idea.
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The brain = a brain is incredibly flexible and in a way bottomless. You can shape the way you think. You can explore what your brain is capable of. And I’m not talking storing data or reproducing what is, I’m talking creating, envisioning, building.

#neuro #writing #resist
March 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM