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aletheus.com ~ a compendium
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Hoofdplaat, Netherlands → Parma, New York, 1851.
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Life in Parma, New York and Environs (1855–1860)
In the late 1850s, the town of Parma, New York – a rural community in Monroe County northwest of Rochester – stood on the cusp of change. The region within a 30-mile radius encompassed bustling Roc…
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December 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hoofdplaat, Netherlands → Parma, New York, 1851.
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Buddhism's most accessible deity isn't a god. She's a crossing guard.
"The practice of Tara is the method of attaining the intrinsic power of the enlightened mind. It is a method that can be practiced by anyone,...."
"The practice of Tara is the method of attaining the intrinsic power of the enlightened mind. It is a method that can be practiced by anyone,...."
STORY: Tara, “She Who Leads Across”- the Bodhisattva of compassion
“The practice of Tara is the method of attaining the intrinsic power of the enlightened mind. It is a method that can be practiced by anyone, regardless of whether they are male or female, la…
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December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Buddhism's most accessible deity isn't a god. She's a crossing guard.
"The practice of Tara is the method of attaining the intrinsic power of the enlightened mind. It is a method that can be practiced by anyone,...."
"The practice of Tara is the method of attaining the intrinsic power of the enlightened mind. It is a method that can be practiced by anyone,...."
In Singapore, 1842, Dr William Montgomerie was shown a strange latex by his gardener.
youtu.be/6rLTixi7pOo #sustainability #colonialism
youtu.be/6rLTixi7pOo #sustainability #colonialism
The little-known tree that revolutionised global communication – BBC REEL
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December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In Singapore, 1842, Dr William Montgomerie was shown a strange latex by his gardener.
youtu.be/6rLTixi7pOo #sustainability #colonialism
youtu.be/6rLTixi7pOo #sustainability #colonialism
When Your Ancestors Fought the Ocean (And Won)
1604: Marinus uprooted his family to settle land that didn't exist yet. Zeeland's polders weren't gifts from nature—they were 400-year arguments with the sea. And the Dutch are still winning.
1604: Marinus uprooted his family to settle land that didn't exist yet. Zeeland's polders weren't gifts from nature—they were 400-year arguments with the sea. And the Dutch are still winning.
ORIGINS: In Zeeland, the Battle Against Water Was Eternal
In 1604, at the age of 44, Marinus saw an opportunity for his family and made a decision that would define his legacy. He uprooted his young family and joined the first group of settlers in Nieuwvl…
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December 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
When Your Ancestors Fought the Ocean (And Won)
1604: Marinus uprooted his family to settle land that didn't exist yet. Zeeland's polders weren't gifts from nature—they were 400-year arguments with the sea. And the Dutch are still winning.
1604: Marinus uprooted his family to settle land that didn't exist yet. Zeeland's polders weren't gifts from nature—they were 400-year arguments with the sea. And the Dutch are still winning.
Your Grandmother's Jewelry Held an Entire Worldview
The Zeeland knob: not decoration, but declaration. One piece of headwear contained regional identity, class markers, marital status, and cultural resistance.
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The Zeeland knob: not decoration, but declaration. One piece of headwear contained regional identity, class markers, marital status, and cultural resistance.
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CULTURE: The Oorijzer; a symbol of the cultural identity
The Zeeland knob is a symbol of the province’s cultural identity and has become an iconic element of traditional Zeeland costume.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Your Grandmother's Jewelry Held an Entire Worldview
The Zeeland knob: not decoration, but declaration. One piece of headwear contained regional identity, class markers, marital status, and cultural resistance.
LINK:
The Zeeland knob: not decoration, but declaration. One piece of headwear contained regional identity, class markers, marital status, and cultural resistance.
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Ghent holds rain without deciding to let go. Under the trees, the public chess table is slick and dark, the grooves of the grid holding water. Each drip lands with its own timing. Just steady enough to make you aware of your own breath.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ghent holds rain without deciding to let go. Under the trees, the public chess table is slick and dark, the grooves of the grid holding water. Each drip lands with its own timing. Just steady enough to make you aware of your own breath.
open.substack.com/pub/aletheus... #aiwriting #flashfiction
open.substack.com/pub/aletheus... #aiwriting #flashfiction
Morita therapy's radical premise: Accept your feelings. Know your purpose. Do what needs to be done. Depression doesn't care about your insights—but your actions reshape your world. Japanese psychology's gift to a paralyzed generation.
ARTICLE: Constructive Living; Accept your feelings, know your purpose, do what needs to be done.
Accepting feelings is not ignoring them or avoiding them, but welcoming them; Vietnamese poet and writer, Thich Nhat Hanh recommends we say, “Hello Loneliness, how are you today? Come, sit by…
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December 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Morita therapy's radical premise: Accept your feelings. Know your purpose. Do what needs to be done. Depression doesn't care about your insights—but your actions reshape your world. Japanese psychology's gift to a paralyzed generation.
"Think of all the learning your hands have done and how many activities they have mastered, the things they have made. Remember the day you could write your own name or tie your shoelaces?" A guided meditation on the intelligence living in your fingertips.
WELL BEING: A Guided Group Hand Meditation & the Power of Touch
Think of all the learning your hands have done and how many activities they have mastered, the things they have made. Remember the day you could write your own name or tie your shoelaces?
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December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Think of all the learning your hands have done and how many activities they have mastered, the things they have made. Remember the day you could write your own name or tie your shoelaces?" A guided meditation on the intelligence living in your fingertips.
Duke faculty warns: offloading ideation to LLMs atrophies creative muscle. The pedagogical line? Treat AI as sparring partner, not co-author. Does your process make you push back or dissolve? english.duke.edu/news/ai-rise... #AIWriting #CreativeWriting #Education
AI: The Rise or Fall of Creative Writing?
Czech playwright Karel Capek may have predicted the repercussions of Artificial Intelligence with his 1920 play, R.U.R., in which factory machines rebel against their human workers and take over the…
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December 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Duke faculty warns: offloading ideation to LLMs atrophies creative muscle. The pedagogical line? Treat AI as sparring partner, not co-author. Does your process make you push back or dissolve? english.duke.edu/news/ai-rise... #AIWriting #CreativeWriting #Education
"Unlike the Highlands, which experienced profound upheaval, these Lowland regions underwent measured integration into British frameworks, maintaining their Scottish identity." Revolution gets the headlines. Gradual transformation saves cultures.
PLACE: The Central Lowlands Shift smoothly into the Modern Age
This article explores the nuanced transformations of Scotland’s Central Lowlands—specifically Perth and Newburgh—during the 18th and 19th centuries. Unlike the Highlands, which experienced pr…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"Unlike the Highlands, which experienced profound upheaval, these Lowland regions underwent measured integration into British frameworks, maintaining their Scottish identity." Revolution gets the headlines. Gradual transformation saves cultures.
No One Has Ordered Food
In the diner’s silence, obligation takes form.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
KAWS takes over SFMOMA with FAMILY—graffiti syntax in museum drag. West Coast institutions embracing pop-inflected, emotionally legible work with street roots. What does it mean when IP meets curation? www.operagallery.com/news/kaws-fa... #KAWS #SFMOMA #ContemporaryArt
‘KAWS: FAMILY’, Three Decades of Characters Reimagined | Opera Gallery News
The exhibition ‘KAWS: FAMILY’ at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the artist’s first major museum show on the US West Coast, running from 15 November 2025 to 3 May 2026.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
KAWS takes over SFMOMA with FAMILY—graffiti syntax in museum drag. West Coast institutions embracing pop-inflected, emotionally legible work with street roots. What does it mean when IP meets curation? www.operagallery.com/news/kaws-fa... #KAWS #SFMOMA #ContemporaryArt
The Warhol Foundation just seeded $60K into 9 Salt Lake artists for experimental public work. Why is the inland West becoming a lab for process-heavy art? southwestcontemporary.com/southwest-ar... #WarholFoundation #SaltLakeArt #ContemporaryArt
Southwest Art News: December 2025
Alma Allen tapped for Venice Biennale, Danielle SeeWalker headed to West Bank, and more top Southwest art news headlines for December 2025.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The Warhol Foundation just seeded $60K into 9 Salt Lake artists for experimental public work. Why is the inland West becoming a lab for process-heavy art? southwestcontemporary.com/southwest-ar... #WarholFoundation #SaltLakeArt #ContemporaryArt
Art students are co-performing with AI visuals + sound while most schools pretend the tools are fringe. When learners sprint ahead of institutions, who’s really teaching whom? etcjournal.com/2025/08/05/a... #AIArt #ArtEducation #DigitalArts
AI Is Disrupting the Fine Arts in Higher Ed
By Jim Shimabukuro (assisted by ChatGPT)Editor Introduction: My conversation with ChatGPT began with AI in music and branched into film, dance, animation, and, eventually, the speed of change that&…
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December 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Art students are co-performing with AI visuals + sound while most schools pretend the tools are fringe. When learners sprint ahead of institutions, who’s really teaching whom? etcjournal.com/2025/08/05/a... #AIArt #ArtEducation #DigitalArts
When the sun “stands still,” what does time look like?
LUFTWERK: The Sun Standing Still at SECRIST | BEACH maps solstice light into color + form. How does winter light change how you see the city? [link] #Luftwerk #LightArt #ChicagoArt
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LUFTWERK: The Sun Standing Still at SECRIST | BEACH maps solstice light into color + form. How does winter light change how you see the city? [link] #Luftwerk #LightArt #ChicagoArt
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Chicago Gallery News | <!-- -->CGN Art Preview: December 2025
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December 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When the sun “stands still,” what does time look like?
LUFTWERK: The Sun Standing Still at SECRIST | BEACH maps solstice light into color + form. How does winter light change how you see the city? [link] #Luftwerk #LightArt #ChicagoArt
www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/cgn...
LUFTWERK: The Sun Standing Still at SECRIST | BEACH maps solstice light into color + form. How does winter light change how you see the city? [link] #Luftwerk #LightArt #ChicagoArt
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What’s good to eat in December
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What’s good to eat in December
Hoofdplaat, Netherlands → Parma, New York, 1851.
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Life in Parma, New York and Environs (1855–1860)
In the late 1850s, the town of Parma, New York – a rural community in Monroe County northwest of Rochester – stood on the cusp of change. The region within a 30-mile radius encompassed bustling Roc…
aletheus.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Hoofdplaat, Netherlands → Parma, New York, 1851.
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Great-great-grandfather Pieter Jacobus Cooijman arrived with nothing. Within 10 years: a substantial working farm in an agricultural sweet spot.
Immigrant success story:
Lower blood pressure naturally. Improve circulation. Reduce stress.
Yoga activates your relaxation response, enhances vasodilation, and stimulates peripheral blood flow—promoting cardiovascular health from the inside out.
8-pose sequence:
Yoga activates your relaxation response, enhances vasodilation, and stimulates peripheral blood flow—promoting cardiovascular health from the inside out.
8-pose sequence:
YOGA: Sequence A to Lower High Blood Pressure & Increase Circulation
Yoga has been shown to positively impact blood pressure regulation through its ability to activate the relaxation response, reduce sympathetic nervous system activity, and improve endothelial funct…
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December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Lower blood pressure naturally. Improve circulation. Reduce stress.
Yoga activates your relaxation response, enhances vasodilation, and stimulates peripheral blood flow—promoting cardiovascular health from the inside out.
8-pose sequence:
Yoga activates your relaxation response, enhances vasodilation, and stimulates peripheral blood flow—promoting cardiovascular health from the inside out.
8-pose sequence:
Ireland, 1740. "Bliain an áir"—Year of the Slaughter.
The Great Frost killed 13-20% of the population. More devastating proportionately than the Great Famine a century later.
The Great Frost killed 13-20% of the population. More devastating proportionately than the Great Famine a century later.
ANCESTORS: “Bliain an áir”, Year of the Slaughter, 1740
The Great Frost, a severe cold weather event across Europe 1740-41, had significant impacts on Ireland. As the winter stretched into spring of 1741, it brought widespread destruction and hardship t…
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December 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Ireland, 1740. "Bliain an áir"—Year of the Slaughter.
The Great Frost killed 13-20% of the population. More devastating proportionately than the Great Famine a century later.
The Great Frost killed 13-20% of the population. More devastating proportionately than the Great Famine a century later.
AI Sovereignty: The Digital Border Nobody’s Talking About
Infrastructure is policy. When countries build sovereign AI stacks, they aren’t just protecting data — they’re shaping ideology. This is where cyber-geopolitics meets everyday life.
Infrastructure is policy. When countries build sovereign AI stacks, they aren’t just protecting data — they’re shaping ideology. This is where cyber-geopolitics meets everyday life.
AI Sovereignty: A Nation's Digital Self Defense
Welcome to 'AI Sovereignty: A Nation's Digital Self-Defense'. Today, we will address a crucial concept shaping national security and digital autonomy.
Clear. Concise. Critical. This is On…
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December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
AI Sovereignty: The Digital Border Nobody’s Talking About
Infrastructure is policy. When countries build sovereign AI stacks, they aren’t just protecting data — they’re shaping ideology. This is where cyber-geopolitics meets everyday life.
Infrastructure is policy. When countries build sovereign AI stacks, they aren’t just protecting data — they’re shaping ideology. This is where cyber-geopolitics meets everyday life.
"Stability is a delusion."
Everything changes. Nothing remains constant. The question isn't IF change will happen—it's how you'll participate in it.
New insight on harnessing the energy of change using your core values as a guide
Everything changes. Nothing remains constant. The question isn't IF change will happen—it's how you'll participate in it.
New insight on harnessing the energy of change using your core values as a guide
INSIGHT: Harnessing the power of change
Can you think of anything that stays the same, which does not change? The core nature of the universe is change. Everything changes. Everything. No moment is the same as another. Cellular chan…
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"Stability is a delusion."
Everything changes. Nothing remains constant. The question isn't IF change will happen—it's how you'll participate in it.
New insight on harnessing the energy of change using your core values as a guide
Everything changes. Nothing remains constant. The question isn't IF change will happen—it's how you'll participate in it.
New insight on harnessing the energy of change using your core values as a guide
Consciousness Has Entered Its “Soft Mystic” Era
The line between contemplative Buddhism and neuroscience is getting thinner every week.
“The Nature of Consciousness — A Gentle Journey Through Mind, Self, and Awareness.”
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSo3...
The line between contemplative Buddhism and neuroscience is getting thinner every week.
“The Nature of Consciousness — A Gentle Journey Through Mind, Self, and Awareness.”
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSo3...
The Nature of Consciousness — A Gentle Journey Through Mind, Self, and Awareness
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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Consciousness Has Entered Its “Soft Mystic” Era
The line between contemplative Buddhism and neuroscience is getting thinner every week.
“The Nature of Consciousness — A Gentle Journey Through Mind, Self, and Awareness.”
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSo3...
The line between contemplative Buddhism and neuroscience is getting thinner every week.
“The Nature of Consciousness — A Gentle Journey Through Mind, Self, and Awareness.”
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSo3...