November 2011
3 posts
“Over the past ten days, more than a dozen cities have moved to evict “Occupy”...”
– Homeland security was mobilized to end the OWS protests: the Patriot Act and creation of the Department of Homeland Security have now been used to stop peaceful political action in the United States. (via jonathan-cunningham)
People need to know this. Signal boost!
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August 2011
3 posts
July 2011
15 posts
The Practice Of Letting Go
If there are things that are causing you to suffer, you have to know how to let go of them. Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness. You imagine that certain conditions are necessary to your happiness, but deep looking will reveal to you that those notions are the very things standing in the way of happiness and are making you suffer. -You Are...
A Father Who Creatively Captures His Kids
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June 2011
41 posts
Ever wonder why....
nprfreshair:
… why fatty foods, orgasm, exercise, marijuana, generosity, vodka, learning and gambling feel so good?
On tomorrow’s Fresh Air neuroscientist DAVID LINDEN tells us about the pleasure circuitry of the brain, how it’s activated, and how that sometimes turns into addiction.
Oh yeah! Linden has a new book, too, The Compass of Pleasure.
My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant - NYTimes.com →
nprfreshair:
I share this story written by a former colleague of mine, Jose Antonio Vargas. We worked together on this interactive at The Washington Post/washingtonpost.com and Jose was always so enthusiastic and exuberant. He has extensively covered the AIDS/HIV epidemic in Washington, D.C., and his articles inspired a documentary, The Other City.
