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Jason Renaud

Jason Renaud

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Keeping it unprofessional.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Gary Shteyngart's piece is about the only thing worth reading in NYT today. "Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians who project the stern-father archetype to their followers. Once the pants are lowered and the undies of the despot are glimpsed, there is no point of return."

Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance

www.nytimes.com

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 2d

Stunning documentary THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR, just released by Geeta Gandbhir, is the end-all argument for mobile crisis services with mediation with follow-up built-in to the design. Police did nothing wrong, but they did not have the right tools.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think there could be weaponized AI influencers, designed just for you, to empty your bank account, indexing medical, shopping, educational, employment, financial, legal records? What could persuade you?

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Jeremiah Hayden @jeremiahhayden.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s Portland narrative didn’t appear suddenly; it’s more a denouement after powerful interests catastrophized challenges for political gain.Years of oiling the growth machine, even in a city with a progressive reputation, have failed to produce material results for voters.

Here’s some history:

Portlanders mock Trump for calling their city ‘war-ravaged’. But they’re clear-eyed about its problems

Like many American cities, Portland has been struggling to combat rising unaffordability and homelessness

www.theguardian.com

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 3d

For the record.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 3d

Rock Against Racism was formed in response to Eric Clapton's support for racist UK pol Enoch Powell and the fascist National Front.

Tonite's view - WHITE RIOT, 2019 by Rubika Shah documents how the kids and punks pushed fascists and racists out of UK politics for a generation.

Wear a whistle.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

Donated to PIRC. You?

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Linktree. Make your link do more.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

Perfect match film and theater.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

Friday rotation - STAR STARTER by Daiistar.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

11. As Plato said, “Practice dying.”

~ Carl Whitaker, 1980ish.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

10. Develop your primary process living. Evolve a joint craziness with someone you are safe with. Structure a professional cuddle group so you won’t abuse your mate with the garbage left over from the day’s work.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

9. Face the fact that you must grow until you die. Develop a sense of benign absurdity of life – yours and those around you – and thus learn to transcend the world of experience. If we can abandon our missionary zeal, we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

8. Build long-term relations so than you can be free to hate safely.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

7. Guard your impotence as one of your most valuable weapons.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

6. Learn to retreat and advance from every position you take.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

5. Fracture role structures at will and repeatedly.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

4. Enjoy your mate more than your kids, and be childish with your mate.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

3. Develop a reverence for your own impulses, and be suspicious of your behavior sequences.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

2. Learn how to love. Flirt with every infant available. Unconditional positive regard probably isn’t present after the baby is three years old.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

1. Relegate every significant other to second place.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

My personal opinion is that either a coronary or suicide is better than drying up. But there is an alternative — a set of rules that will help to keep the therapist alive.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

Those who choose to be therapists therefore very often become workaholics and coronary victims; doctors seem to elect suicide as their early resolution.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

Rules To Stay Alive

The medical ethos insists that the therapist’s unswerving devotion to science and humanity is enough reason for being.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight - Fabulous Baron Munchausen, 1961 by Karel Zeman, a Czech light romantic fantasy combining actors and animation to tell of either the greatest liar - or the greatest adventurer of all time. An homage to Méliès's version from 1911.

Jason Renaud @jrenaud.bsky.social · 4d

Unanimous.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

City Council defies Trump with ‘Protect Portland Initiative’ against federal overreach

“Now is the time to model being brave rather than staying silent and hoping things will be OK," one Portland councilor said.

www.oregonlive.com