Notices by Tucker Teague (tuckerteague@mastodon.social)

If you truly believe there is one, great, overarching battle going on in the Universe, & that battle is between USA Jesus & Satan (or something similar), then you fundamentally cannot value democracy because you cannot take the chance that Satan will somehow get control of the system and win.

This is the thinking of many American Christians who believe Satan *has* got hold of the system. And this is why they like anti-democracy Trump...

...until he hits their paycheck & hurts their livelihood.

I found this short video fascinating, especially when Marie-Louise von Franz (who is incredible btw) talks about the concept of a national shadow and how knowing one's personal shadow can help keep one from falling into a collective shadow. But the rest is great too.

#Jung #Jungian #JungianShadow #psychology #psychoanalysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ5fsHPIPO8

Took the family to see A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the biopic about Bob Dylan's rise to folk music fame and his fateful turn to going electric.

Excellent film. We loved it. Great performances. We talked a bunch about it afterwards and listened to "Highway 61 Revisited" on the way home.

#movies #cinema #film #BobDylan #Dylan #music

@skinnylatte My guess is that most Europeans, unless they've visited here, likely don't really know just how big this country is. The shortest route between London and Paris is 455.52 km. The shortest route between San Francisco and Los Angeles (two cities within the same U.S. state) is 613.20 km.

If you know, you know.

For the first time this year we are starting to get smoke in our area from a regional forest fire. It's just a hint in the nose and the air quality is moderate so far. Not terrible... yet. We certainly could use some rain.

@Gargron I used to use a Pentax 6x7. Loved that camera.

Got the new flags on the boat.

Can #art change the world?

An interesting perspective.

https://youtu.be/osvGqKDgeUQ?feature=shared

So… I cut a hole in the side of the house and installed a window. Now my home office can have a cross-breeze and the room has tons more light. Next steps: finish the wall, fix the pocket door, drywall and paint.

Note: I don’t actually know what I’m doing. I’m just figuring it out as I go along. 😂

#SilentSunday

@liztai I've heard of the novel of Journey to the West, and I've wanted to read it. I never heard of the 1986 tv series. I just found it and watched a few minutes. I can totally see how a kid in 80's/early 90's would love it.

@Gargron Remember, it's a product. The decision to make a product is based on market analysis and the conclusion that making the product and getting it to market will generate a profit.

@BethanyBlack
who is Clark Rockin?

#silentsunday

The sentinel stands watching and waiting.

@Gargron I had one of those Pentax 6/7’s years ago. Amazing camera.

@atomicpoet I used to be on a BBS, then I was on Myspace, then I was on Blogger, then Wordpress, then Facebook, then back to Wordpress, then Instagram, then Twitter, and now Mastodon. I still sometimes blog and I only follow family on Instagram. We all have different likes and needs & they change over time. I love Mastodon today & I'm not looking to move, but if something better comes along or my needs change then I might jump. It's really not that big of a deal if someone doesn't like it here.

@Gargron
Corporate greed is incessant. Meta has zero interest in ActivityPub except how it might help drive up their stock price.

My gut says to the degree that the nature of ActivityPub will not allow Meta (and other rich capitalist companies) to do what they want, they will then try to control it and change its very nature at some point and in some way we likely, today, think cannot be done and therefore will only learn about when it's too late.

@Gargron Great to hear. Thanks.

@Gargron I thought the same.