nyc guy guided meditation: close ya eyes... breathe in thru ya nose... and out through ya mouth... and wit da nex exhale breathe all da way out to citi field... lets go mets

Edward Said's orientalism. A Review of Orientalism by Kali Koba on Substack (short review, 2025)

most significant event to ever occur at Tiananmen Square

I think for a lot of people “I am completely helpless and powerless” and “I am completely powerful and in control” are both basically comforting fantasies because most of us live our lives in an in between place where we have enough agency to be responsible for our actions but not enough agency to have true control over our lives and the tension between power and powerlessness in the day to day is psychologically wearing and exhausting

not to be a dirty commie or anything but i don't think any one person should have enough money to solve world hunger and then get to decide not to