Sam

@sodazen.cryptoanarchy.network

Get off social media and do literally anything else. Still socialist. Still buddhist. #YNWA he/him I post mostly about #LFC, music, and U.S. politics, and that last one only because our politicians are shit.

This is how I feel. (As I'm sure you all know by now. 😂) Also - calling it your "substack" gives them all the credit for your efforts. At least have enough self-respect to buy your own domain. And while you're at it - self host! It's never been easier.

Ash the Stampede@ashthestampede.bsky.social · 4d ago

I will not read your Substack Not EVER Substack is owned by literal Nazis Is everyone there a Nazi? No. But the money GOES to Nazis So yeah. I will never, ever, ever read your Substack

"Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transiency, we suffer. So the cause of suffering is our non-acceptance of this truth."

Photo from Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki, published in 1970. The text on the page reads:

TRANSIENCY "We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.”

The basic teaching of Buddhism is the teaching of transiency, or change. That everything changes is the basic truth for each existence. No one can deny this truth, and all the teaching of Buddhism is condensed within it. This is the teaching for all of us. Wherever we go this teaching is true. This teaching is also understood as the teaching of selflessness. Because each existence is in constant change, there is no abiding self. In fact, the self-nature of each existence is nothing but change itself, the self-nature of all existence. There is no special, separate self-nature for each existence. This is also called the teaching of Nirvana. When we realize the everlasting truth of "everything changes" and find our composure in it, we find ourselves in Nirvana.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transiency, we suffer. So the cause of suffering is our non-acceptance of this truth. The teaching of the cause of suffering and the teaching that everything changes are thus two sides of one coin. But subjectively, transiency is the cause of our suffering. Objectively this teaching is simply the basic truth that everything changes. Dogen-zenji said, "Teaching which does not sound as if it is forcing something on you is not true teaching."

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TJAndrews93@tjandrews93.bsky.social · 4d ago

#LFC Keep Loan or Sell: Alisson Mamardashvili Jaros HG Woodman HG Davies HG Frimpong HG Bradley HG Ramsay Jacquet Leoni U21 Van Dijk Gomez HG Kerkez Tsimikas Gravenberch Endo Bajcetic HG Mac Allister Jones HG Nyoni U21 Wirtz Szoboszlai Elliott HG Chiesa Isak Ekitike Gakpo Munoz Ngumoha U21

139. Loverboy - Keep It Up Didn't buy the butt cover album (I thought it was a guy until the other day) but for some reason bought this one. Maybe for "Queen of the Broken Hearts," clearly the best song on the album. 😂 But I have it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Photo of a black vinyl record with a red Columbia label on an Audio-Technica turntable. The cover for Keep It Up by Loverboy sits alongside, featuring a close-up group photo of the five band members against a dark background. The band name "LOVERBOY" appears in red serif type in the upper left corner, and "Keep It Up" appears in red serif type in the lower right corner.

138. Loverboy Debut album by the Canadian band. The lead single was "Turn Me Loose" but my favorite song off this is the kickin' album opener "The Kid Is Hot Tonite." For some reason I have a memory of listening to it in someone's living room in Memphis, I think. I must've bought it there.

Photo of a black vinyl record with a red Columbia label on an Audio-Technica turntable. The self-titled album cover for Loverboy's debut album sits alongside, featuring the photographer Barbara Astman in a self-portrait photo in a black t-shirt smoking a cigarette against a red background, with a black border on the right side. The lyrics to the 5th song on the album "Little Girl" are overlaid across the entire image in white outlined text. The band name "LOVERBOY" appears in white serif type in the upper left corner.

I'm always late to these. 😂 My friend Mike Flinn and I collaborated on this tune for a compilation that my then-roommate put together of local East Bay artists in 1999(?) A tight two & a half to keep with the theme, direct to 4-track. I sang & played guitar while Mike no-no-no'd & played drums.

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A track recorded in the living room of my old house in California. Music by me, words by Mike Flinn. Guitars by me, drums by Mike. Lead vox - me "No no no"s - Mike

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Wiz Ball@wizball50.bsky.social · 4d ago

A good morning to all songwriters! As is the custom on a Saturday, I invite you to share a song you've written, tagged #HomeMadeMusic and you can quote this post too if you like. This week's theme: Post a short song, under 3 mins in length. Looking forward to your posts! #musicsky #musiciansky

Does anyone know any papers on the gaps between Black women and white women in the workplace? I know of some papers but I don't want to overlook research if I can help it! 👀

Anna Gifty@itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 3w ago

Question for #academicsky: Does anyone know of papers that explore how Black leaders are perceived, especially in technical fields? Bonus points if there are papers about how Black leaders are perceived as team leaders or managers!

Inviting private equity to buy a stake in the World Cup explains a lot of Infantino's behavior during a 2026 tournament where everything was for sale. It is already a blight on the club game and should be resisted in international football. This weekend's Morning Star column.

Morning Star newspaper page with the headline "private hands have no place in football"