Hey man, I do tarot, read it, then ask my AI what it thinks. It feels real.

/s

…no but for real, I like do draw tarot, and the AI has helped me get better at reading. It’s for funsies; I don’t take it seriously.

Sorry, you want the Tower here.

It’s one of my favorite cards for symbolism, because the story is so apparent on the card. People jumping out of a burning building to their peril.

The market has decided to capture human souls instead.

Read about it in our corpo blog.

Ready the Tartarus Engine.

…watch out for the arrows, Boromir.

Sorry, I thought it was a poem.

I feel like many Christians in America are completely disconnected from actual values espoused by Jesus in the Bible. Republican (many of the Christians) policy is diametrically opposed to Matthew 25:31. No one quotes John 13:34 because they rather quote Old Testament BS about what’s an abomination. Why not focus on the love for others, including enemies? Why not focus on helping the poor, the sick, the homeless? Why not help the immigrant? The Bible specifically calls this out as a marker of getting into heaven.

Most of these people don’t even read the book. They like the sense of community at a church, but it feels like it’s formed into a total in:out group mentality. We can’t be a Christian nation as long as there are poor & people struggling.

Then the Utah governor says something like, “We can’t have people camping wherever they want.” my emphasis. Bud, they don’t WANT to be homeless. The lack of empathy is so apparent.

I followed the chain down here.

Not if it’s swallowed.

Fuck calling this “Obamacare Price Hikes”. This is Trump’s doing; along with the Republicans. Why isn’t this “Trump hikes”? Oh yeah, everyone just shills now.

I stand humbled!

I’m out of work. Someone from our church gave us $1000 to get by, and another person gave me $200 this morning. We had a member of our choir and AA group talk about gratitude this morning. Our reverend also talked about her AA experience & speak on gratitude.

I’m a Unitarian Universalist. It’s not the religion you’re used to. But as someone that was an angry atheist for ~25 years, I get the critique of faith.

Wishing you much love & compassion homie.

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.

And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.

Elie Wiesel

Ah, so a bunch of geriatrics vote Republican, believe the best times are ahead, and also believe the country is more divided than ever. Contrasted by, the younger voters believe the American dream is dead, and we need radical change.

Also if we’re anonymous, we hate everyone just a little bit more.

We’ve lost the moral center in this country that we pretended to believe. Now we’re steeped in pessimism & sardonic irony. Everything is more expensive to boot.

The older generations in this country have barely any connection to reality. We’re bleeding social services, creating massive debt, & the planet is clearly worse each year. It’s hard to be positive about anything in America right now, unless you love fascist secret police and drink the authoritative, agitprop koolaid.

Everything is a fucking crisis right now.

It’s the Russian dream fulfilled: a fractured, divided union. Not like we didn’t ask for it.

My wife and I were saying that Gen Z and on have no “America was good” reference. I’m late 30s, she’s early 40s, and both of have some image of what that meant. For my kids, I have no clue. We’re in a privileged state, but I don’t feel safe in any way.

100%. The move itself is an admission of guilt compared to past presidencies, D & R. I worry every night for our union in the US. I really don’t know if we’ll last.

Our therapist recommended boardroom meetings, which means we have a set period of time during the week to talk about the relationship itself: what’s working well, what isn’t, what needs to be said, or coordination for the week ahead. I used to feel like there was never a good time to talk about longer term or pervasive issues, but the boardroom creates the set & setting to do that.

Both partners focus on their own experiences and work towards not attributing blame to one another. Instead of you vs me, it’s we vs the problem.

It also acts as an anxiety escape hatch when you’re out in public. Maybe now isn’t a great time to talk about something, but talking about it at boardroom or having the expectation of it eases my anxiety. There will be a time & place eventually.

It sounds kinda funny, but it’s been really beneficial for us. We’ve been together for 14 years, married for 12, with 3 kids. It’s not a ton of overhead to meet with each other once a week & be present for the relationship as the focus.

If these people actually followed John 13:34 rather than, I dunno, doing the exact opposite, maybe we would hasten Christ? Matthew 25:31, anyone? That’s the one that says getting into heaven is about helping the poor, the sick, the foreign, the prisoner?

How is it a Christian nation when its behavior is so Anti-Christ? I have a hard time believing any party, never mind the Right, actually enacting policy aligned with Christ’s message. They are so fixated on Christ as a cult of personality rather than listen to his words and living by those messages. They’ll quote Deuteronomy & Leviticus left & right and forget that Jesus said none of that really matters compared to Love One Another (Matthew 7:12).