Monthly Archives: October 2023

Tribes

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is #22 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk, hike, and explore in my local community.  image above from the wild human initiative I never really … Continue reading →

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Unsolicited

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Dave Pollard

The financial success (and even survival) of so-called “social media” depends utterly on one thing. No, it is not ‘eyeballs’. It is advertising dollars, spent by corporate ‘managers’ gullible enough to believe that ads on social media platforms are anything … Continue reading →

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The Need to Know

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Dave Pollard

Yep, another radical non-duality exploration.  New Yorker cartoon by the late Charles Barsotti Many times on this blog I’ve concluded my article with the rhetorical question: Even if there’s nothing we can do about it, isn’t it at least better … Continue reading →

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Crouching Tiger

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is a work of fiction. Many years ago, a mother tiger gave birth to three cubs, and for the first few months of their lives, the cubs lived ordinary, extraordinary, tiger cub lives. One day, however, the mother tiger … Continue reading →

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Acting Out our Collective Trauma

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Dave Pollard

a card from the Group Works deck, with a bit of my own editing Those of you who have been following me for a while, or who know me personally, know that I’m generally at least as concerned about why things … Continue reading →

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Links of the Month: October 2023

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Dave Pollard

from the extraordinary Michael Leunig “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” These are the words of the inimitable Yoda, and we see the truth of this … Continue reading →

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Getting Used to Everything Falling Apart

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Dave Pollard

Calling Palestinians “animals”, Israel’s defence minister announced a full genocidal siege against the citizens of Gaza. Western leaders unanimously supported the “response” to the Hamas attack on Israel, and the US pledged military support. Western governments announced airlifts to rescue … Continue reading →

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Caution: Slow Learner Ahead

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Dave Pollard

photo from wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It seems to take me a while to really process things I have come to understand. There’s the initial “aha!”, and then there’s a kind of backsliding or forgetting, as I try to reconcile … Continue reading →

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Adapting to Collapse: Some More Reminders

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Dave Pollard

A friend of mine asked me the other day how I reconcile my disbelief in free will with the very human need to do something, anything, to cope with, deal with, and prepare for our civilization’s accelerating and inevitable collapse. … Continue reading →

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The Miscalculation

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Dave Pollard

This is a work of fiction. “The Aftermath” by Midjourney AI; my own prompt The situation was grim. The Ukrainian War, dragging into its fourth year, had essentially illustrated the utter bankruptcy of any idea that a war in the … Continue reading →

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