Make Your Damn Bed

“The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.” - Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow Priming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38 Pete Holmes on Self-Priming https://www.tiktok.com/@unconquerable_life/video/754...

Priming is not some all-powerful button that can reliably control someone's complex actions. Instead, they are small nudges that interact with a person's existing goals, personality, and environment. - Madeupmind.org on priming Priming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-memory-4173092 Youtube Video on Priming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onSJvUgBG38 P...

shame thrives in secrecy. sometimes just recognizing your shame arising is enough to stop it, but when that isn't enough? maybe you need a break. grounding exercises have changed my life. sometimes i really just needed a sandwich or a nap. but when noticing + grounding isn't enough? there's the art of priming. Priming on very well mind: https://www.verywellmind.com/priming-and-the-psychology-of-me...

YOU DON’T HAVE TO READ THE FILES. There are plenty of people pulling all nighters with this shit for their actual job, you (likely) don’t have to. You can’t retroactively stop these crimes by learning about them. Also, this has been one of the biggest assaults on victims privacy in history, the reductions protect the criminals, not the victims. You don’t have to fucking read them. If you’re going...

(Content warning) The whole point of patriarchy is to dominate. To exert power over the powerless. To brutalize people to the point of submission. Imperialism, colonialism, slavery… These things were never about having enough resources to survive, as the dirty ass settlers and hideous ass enslavers tended to have plenty of means. Hierarchy will always result in someone being on top, and someone be...

"The Working Class Uprising They Don't Teach You About" - Herman Husband Watch the original PBS Origins episode of Rebels + Revolutionaries Donate to support your local PBS station . Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog . SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!) DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodca...

“Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can, is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.”―  Haruki Murakami,  Desire: Vintage Minis assess your capacity (energy, time, r...

“Everything is blowing up around us, but there are still those who care about a broken lock, and others who are dutiful enough to try to fix it … But maybe that’s the way it should be. Maybe working on the little things as dutifully and honestly as we can, is how we stay sane when the world is falling apart.”―  Haruki Murakami,  Desire: Vintage Minis assess your capacity (energy, time, r...

Know your rights: Defend yourself against ICE raids ICE in your area. How allies can help against ICE raids RESOURCES: The House Democrats ICE oversight. American Immigration Council on Student Harm The Conversation on ICE impact on student Trauma The UN " ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending" Cost to end vs not end homelessness ICE isn't arresting criminals The American Imm...

Every step in the right direction is a step in the right direction. Energetic changes are the best form of resistance we have. When you reclaim your energy, it gets easier to see clearly where you’re giving it away for free.  Read episode scripts on Julie's Medium Blog . SUPPORT JULIE (and the show!) DONATE to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund AND THE Sudan Relief Fund GET AN OCCASI...

“The scariest place you can be is believing nothing can be done, because something can always be done.”  Dutch on Tiktok "Cause and effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension." Rebecca Solnit on Substack Ben Sheehan's Substack PBS Civics Made Easy Huff...

The future is unwritten, and most of us have access to our respective pens. Pick that shit up and make your mark. We have an affect regardless of what we do.  Film ICE when you see them. Call your representatives. IT WORKS. When you get overwhelmed with information? Go do something with it. Anything. Action is the remedy. Ben Sheehan's Substack PBS Civics Made Easy Huffington Post on what we...

We don’t hear about the wins, because that would motivate you to go out and make your own.  " Because here is nothing more dangerous to a regime predicated on lies than witnesses who capture the truth." Jon Stewart When you get overwhelmed with information? Go do something with it. Anything. Action is the remedy. My lighthouses: Dutch on Tiktok Dasia Does it on Youtube Struthless on Youtube R...

The churches aren't safe, the schools aren't safe, the streets aren't safe. The government is running a terrorist organization making our streets volatile and terrifying. The federal government is using their overreach to spy on you and me, so they can more easily kidnap innocent human beings. Though the full impact of the technology is still being assessed, its usage and reach are expanding rapid...

Who the hell is ICE hiring? What if the enforcers of the law are the ones who break it? Who polices the police? ONLY 5% of those detained by ICE have a violent conviction, 73% never had a single conviction in their life. Yet, ICE is constantly hiring criminals who don't pass basic background checks. Read about Deportation Industrial Complex from Brennan Law Center. Read the Slate article about get...

(content warning: sexual violence) ONLY 5% of those detained by ice have a violent conviction, 73% never had a damned Conviction in their life, and those that did have prior convictions, a majority of those were traffic + paperwork issues, because they WERE on the damned books, and trying to immigrate legally when the government went and changed the rules on them.  In episode 1344 , I debunke...

In episode 1344 , I debunked some immigration myths, in 1345 I shared some resources about the rights that immigrants have in this country, and as much as I would like to never talk about these assholes again, it feels like it’s past time to talk about the nightmare in the room. ICE itself.  FACTS: Olivia Rodrigo is older than ICE. When ICE was founded they were given 3 billion of our tax dol...

Access the original source . We often treat metrics like a mission, which leads us to focus on the wrong things. Leaving our values behind in exchange for numbers on a screen. This can lead us to abandon ourselves and our values more and more, until we've actually become our own worst enemy. We must be careful what we wish for and pay attention to how we are measuring success. How has our creativi...

Access the original source . We often treat metrics like a mission, which leads us to focus on the wrong things. Leaving our values behind in exchange for numbers on a screen. This can lead us to abandon ourselves and our values more and more, until we've actually become our own worst enemy. Take the Hanoi Rat Massacre , for example. We must be careful what we wish for and pay attention to how we...

The six tenets of humane technology are: Sensitive to Human Nature:  Technology should work in harmony with human vulnerabilities and biases, rather than exploiting them to grab attention. Minimize Harmful Consequences:  Product teams must account for and minimize the negative, unintended, or downstream consequences of their technology. Center on Values:  Technology should be design...

How do we fight the very system we’re stuck in? If every road we end up on bottlenecks to the same hole they want us stuck in, should we even bother? There’s a place for all of us in the systemic fight, and it’s a matter of filling needs that you can fill, as they arise.  Some of us will need to stay in the bottle, but we can keep flooding the neck of the bottle from the inside, and because i...

Knowing is half the battle, but what about the other half? We'll never be free of all bias, perception, and susceptibility to manipulation. It feels like we should be able to control what we understand, but unfortunately that's not the case. As we learn consequences in real time, we have to be willing to recognize our personal vulnerabilities so we can avoid being exploited by persuasive technolog...

Social media + persuasive technologies exploit our brain's vulnerabilities to ensure we stay engaged with their apps. Creating a sense of urgency, Encouraging constant seeking, Comparing ourselves to others, Engaging with negative content, Isolating us in bubbles. To combat this, slow the fuck down. The Khan Academy offers free courses and today I sped through their lesson on "persuasive technolog...

Weird how I can spend two hours on Instagram reels or tiktok and not feel bad about not cleaning my house, but when I sit to watch a movie? I am riddled with guilt and shame. Slow content leaves room for thinking and autonomy. Fast-pased content led by algorithms, leave no room for independent thought or action. The Khan Academy offers free courses and today I sped through their lesson on "persuas...

The data brokers found out we can't look away from a car crash, so they made all of our available content a series of car crashes. This has convinced a lot of us that the world is simply, ALL car crashes. It's not. They're prioritizing profits + growth at the expense of the whole. "We are on a path to a technology environment where we are surrounded by powerful technology that’s competing to track...