Mr Kellie Strom
@kelliestrom.bsky.social
Artist, writer, editor.
https://www.kelliestrom.com
https://www.kelliestrom.com
I date it to ten years earlier with the development of auto-tune.
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I date it to ten years earlier with the development of auto-tune.
Nope, not hidden.
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Nope, not hidden.
Disaster in itself doesn’t spur action. There needs to be a clear and widespread sense that a particular action can achieve something positive.
Bad news without a clear path to action leads to the opposite, to insulating ourselves from feeling our powerlessness by ignoring it as far as possible.
Bad news without a clear path to action leads to the opposite, to insulating ourselves from feeling our powerlessness by ignoring it as far as possible.
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Disaster in itself doesn’t spur action. There needs to be a clear and widespread sense that a particular action can achieve something positive.
Bad news without a clear path to action leads to the opposite, to insulating ourselves from feeling our powerlessness by ignoring it as far as possible.
Bad news without a clear path to action leads to the opposite, to insulating ourselves from feeling our powerlessness by ignoring it as far as possible.
At the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the need to find something else to worry about when there’s nothing left but death.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
At the top of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is the need to find something else to worry about when there’s nothing left but death.
By the Israeli government's own numbers, in 2014 they killed more than 200 Palestinian civilians for every Israeli civilian killed. Logically, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians killed and maimed is exactly the consequence that Hamas should have expected from October 7th.
October 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
By the Israeli government's own numbers, in 2014 they killed more than 200 Palestinian civilians for every Israeli civilian killed. Logically, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians killed and maimed is exactly the consequence that Hamas should have expected from October 7th.
Thanks, interesting.
September 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thanks, interesting.
I was thinking simply because all seats are geographical constituencies. How could it be more place-based?
September 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I was thinking simply because all seats are geographical constituencies. How could it be more place-based?
The main chamber already is?
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The main chamber already is?
Agree, the moral ground is central, but it’s not given, and must be argued for.
The entire issue is about people’s sense of belonging, of virtue, self-worth, affirmation.
That and not basic economics is what drives enrolment to the far right, and that’s what needs to be worked on.
The entire issue is about people’s sense of belonging, of virtue, self-worth, affirmation.
That and not basic economics is what drives enrolment to the far right, and that’s what needs to be worked on.
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Agree, the moral ground is central, but it’s not given, and must be argued for.
The entire issue is about people’s sense of belonging, of virtue, self-worth, affirmation.
That and not basic economics is what drives enrolment to the far right, and that’s what needs to be worked on.
The entire issue is about people’s sense of belonging, of virtue, self-worth, affirmation.
That and not basic economics is what drives enrolment to the far right, and that’s what needs to be worked on.
The biggest challenge is psychosocial, about people’s sense of belonging, of virtue, self-worth, affirmation.
People will accept being poorer if the ideology they adopt provides them with a compensating sense of affirmation, particularly if they already have limited economic expectations.
People will accept being poorer if the ideology they adopt provides them with a compensating sense of affirmation, particularly if they already have limited economic expectations.
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The biggest challenge is psychosocial, about people’s sense of belonging, of virtue, self-worth, affirmation.
People will accept being poorer if the ideology they adopt provides them with a compensating sense of affirmation, particularly if they already have limited economic expectations.
People will accept being poorer if the ideology they adopt provides them with a compensating sense of affirmation, particularly if they already have limited economic expectations.
If the ideology provides the needed affirmation, relative wealth actually becomes less important. Because you belong to your group and feel valued, you worry less about whether you are getting richer or poorer.
September 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
If the ideology provides the needed affirmation, relative wealth actually becomes less important. Because you belong to your group and feel valued, you worry less about whether you are getting richer or poorer.
Economic disruption triggers fear over relative status, anxiety about self-worth.
Adopting an ideology, be it malign or benign, is a means to affirmation
Adopting an ideology, be it malign or benign, is a means to affirmation
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Economic disruption triggers fear over relative status, anxiety about self-worth.
Adopting an ideology, be it malign or benign, is a means to affirmation
Adopting an ideology, be it malign or benign, is a means to affirmation
I think the economic explanation misses the mark if it’s understood simply as being about people being poorer.
I think you can sort human needs into three: needs of existence, of pleasure, of affirmation. The third area is most relevant.
It’s about relative status, not absolute wealth or poverty.
I think you can sort human needs into three: needs of existence, of pleasure, of affirmation. The third area is most relevant.
It’s about relative status, not absolute wealth or poverty.
September 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I think the economic explanation misses the mark if it’s understood simply as being about people being poorer.
I think you can sort human needs into three: needs of existence, of pleasure, of affirmation. The third area is most relevant.
It’s about relative status, not absolute wealth or poverty.
I think you can sort human needs into three: needs of existence, of pleasure, of affirmation. The third area is most relevant.
It’s about relative status, not absolute wealth or poverty.