ĐƠN GIẢN
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Pronounced Dunzan (rhymes with Fun Man). Expat, author, coach in Saigon. Helping overthinkers enhance emotional regulation and simplify life. LetItBeSimple.com
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Sometimes I coin words. It's from a family tradition of mangling English, because we can. Mordinary - above average but not extraordinary Lessesary - recommended but not required #langsky
I'm invested deep into this long thread when I hit this post that just...pow, right in the kisser. Read this whole thing!
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2w agoAI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations: pluralistic.net/2026/04/08/p... 36/
La Grange is trending and I'm reading all the Phish posts. Fans will understand why it took a moment to realize this isn't one of them. "Would you please make clear to me I'm peering out through your opacity."
Moderate6@moderate6.bsky.social · 2w ago✨ Baptist Health in La Grange is adding a new NICU facility, supported by a million-dollar gift from Kosair for Kids, to provide critical care for newborns. 📍 WHAS Louisville 🇺🇸
Great example of noticing the extraordinary amidst the ordinary, and the unfamiliar hidden with the familiar. I aspire to keep my senses tuned for such noticing. #PracticalPronoia
Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 3w agoA new species of ladybug was discovered on a pine tree at Kyushu University, proving that undiscovered wildlife can exist right under our noses. Science Daily buff.ly/w6gXyGw #ShareGoodNewsToo
Today I learned why what Americans call arugula is known as rocket in other English speaking countries. #langsky vinepair.com/cocktail-cha...
Why Is Arugula Called ‘Rocket’ Outside the U.S.?
This article is part of our Cocktail Chatter series, where we dive into the wild, weird, and wondrous corners of history to share over a cocktail and impress your friends. Arugula is a leafy green wit...
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Can you dig The Little Engine That Could and Sisyphus being the same story told from different perspectives?
9 years ago today, 6/30/17, I arrived in Vietnam for the 1st time. Almost immediately, I snapped this photo in a taxi going from the airport to my hotel. Through the windshield, the words on that driver's jacket hit me as an amazing Welcome To Saigon sign. It's my favorite picture I've ever taken.
Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives
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Got some extra exercise today. Heavy rain began while I was on the treadmill at the gym. After my run, I got to swim home! #langsky #Vietnamese #flood
I just meditated a while, then the Universe began laughing me without effort or thinking. When the fun & noisy breaths eventually stopped, a sense of I/me/self returned with a lighter body, quiet mind, & soaring spirit grateful for being simply infinite. Laughter remains my best teacher.
Yesterday I met with a young Vietnamese man about helping him advance his English for both social skills & career. I asked if he knew what commitment means. I loved his response: "Commitment is an unbreakable promise." #langsky #coaching #enrollment #Saigon #quotes
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I watched the woman at the fruit shop handle several coconuts before picking this one for me. As she gave it to me I said "chỉ tốt nhất cho tôi" and we both laughed. Very satisfying to make a joke in Vietnamese. #langsky (translation: "only the best for me.")
Give The People What They Want was huge for me as a kid. Watching this new vid, I realized Destroyer was my mindset then & for years beyond. How fitting that a book called Pronoia by Rob Brezsny would later be a turning point for me to a future of Better Things #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Y-...
The Kinks - Destroyer (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by The Kinks
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Supposedly, spiritual bypassing is a woo woo way to avoid reality. Nobody accused me of this, but such an allegation is easy to imagine. Thing is, this definition is backward. 1/5 #langsky #spirituality #philosophy #simplicity #infinity
NEW: Simple Reflections #podcast. I'm the guest. Heavy focus on slowing down, #simply noticing we are #infinite, sometimes pretending not to be. We also discuss #neurounique as a paradigm for #neurodivergent people to enhance emotional regulation. #MentalHealth www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVbn...
Slowing down to the speed of now with ĐƠN GIẢN
YouTube video by Simplicity in Mind
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Made this video in September 2023, about 2.5 months after taking the name ĐƠN GIẢN (Vietnamese for SIMPLE). I'd already been noticing changes in me. Here is the most significant one. This is especially for anyone who feels chronically misunderstood. #neurodiversity youtu.be/H_4szMgpNkw
Being misunderstood - OK for you or no?
YouTube video by Let It Be Simple
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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