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Alaskan Bear
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I am a lifelong student, thinker, policy wonk, political junkie and general dabbler in various studies. If only I could find steady work doing all these things . . . Alaska is where I come from, but Portland, OR is now home.
This is not the way the political and social winds are blowing. But, when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

We either evolve to meet the changing times or we are relegates to the dustbin of history. We must evolve.

To not obey.

Illegitimi non carborundum.
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The swing from heirarchical patriarchy to a more balanced approach of meritocratic matriarchy is being met with the typical learned response of stereotypical male behavior: kill it when it doesn’t immediately bow to my will. Completely strip power away from my enemies.
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Capitulation to stop the whining constant male winge is a behavioral reaction, even though one’s previous stance is appropriate and will yield the better outcome.

Taco does the constant male winge to perfection. Problem is, we are tired of this tactic.
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
While advantageous for advertising, for interhuman communication, it is deletorious. It is not ‘winning’ or ‘being dominant.’ It is antithetical to building community and a type of bullying behavior.

‘I’ll wear you down to ‘yes,’’ is not how one listens to build community consensus.
August 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
And, if English is not your first language, your brain needs additional time to figure out what is being said.

I say this as a polyglot who is recovering from TBI. The brain is incredible, but it does need time to process and get the body to respond.
May 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This causes trauma to the people as they try to process what is happening and what is expected.

It’s like armchair boxing fans saying they’d be able to miss the second head punch. The brain needs time to comprehend what just happened before it can direct the body to respond.
May 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The problem with police training is that they shout to disorient, expect immediate submission even though they just confused peoples’ brains and use violent take-downs when those orders are not immediately followed.
May 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Remember when NASA did all the work to make space flights safe? Now, an immigrant (who was in this country illegally for some unknown time) from South Africa and some bald dude think they are smarter than the institutional knowledge of NASA … and, they profit every time their rockets blow up.
May 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is an old playbook from white supremacists dealing with ‘Indians.’ The US gov’s fav move was to ‘deport’ indiginous peoples of the SW to FL, or put them into reservation ‘schools.’ Just a new extreme by white supremacists.
May 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Yes. The revolution will not be televised. The legacy media is asleep at the wheel after a century of having it’s ego stroked. It has forgotten it’s muckracking roots and is now owned by people who have too much money and no ethics.
May 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Tuberville is parrotting Putin’s propaganda. Putin’s army is suffering incredible losses at the moment and the EU is ready to launch even more sanctions against his economy.

This is why dictators always fail at war. The rest of the democratic world shuns them and turns off economic viability.
May 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Yes, it was. But, that was a good day to do it on. Had to lighten it with ‘Slash/Back,’ a fun, sci-fi indigenous movie.

There’s another one out there … I guess a documentary … about current Inuit life mixed in w/old footage from ‘Nanook of the North.’ I can’t remember the title …
May 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
🤦🏻

The assignment is very simple: vote no to *everything* Krasnov’s regime and/or his collaborators want. Everything.

Those collaborators in Congress who want to cross the aisle to join the Dems should be welcomed. But, Dems should vote ‘no’ on everything.
May 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM