a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . . Better late than never? Ironically, only days after the election of former president DJT, the Oxford Dictionary declared 'post-truth' to be their word of the year for 2016. Stephen Colbert quickly pointed out that Oxford's move was essentially … Continue reading Existential common cause →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . Practicing paradox This week's piece is in two movements. In just a moment we’ll pull a thread from last week’s post, "Smoking gun confession." First, I’d like to begin by embracing the good/evil paradox native to waking consciousness. When … Continue reading “that Cassandra feeling” →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . . Disappearing act? When I concluded the "Grievance Grift" series I asserted that America's dire difficulty with political technologies [PT] will not be solved for online. That is not to say that the online aspect of the problem does … Continue reading Smoking gun confession →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . Providence "Providence," a term not without intrinsic vagaries. I've related before that my M.Div. credo paper is entitled "Toward a Theology of Care." Obviously, G-d's Providence reflects a direct correspondence with care. For me, my paper served as a way … Continue reading Providence as opportunity →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   . Grievance Grift [GG] ~ conclusion GG (part 1) || (part 2) ||  (part 3) ||  (part 4) || (part 5) || (part 6) || (part 7) || (part 8) || (part 9) ~~~~ . "Political technologies" Political technologies [PT] (e.g., … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 10) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   . Grievance Grift [GG] GG (part 1) || (part 2) ||  (part 3) ||  (part 4) || (part 5) || (part 6) || (part 7) || (part 8) ~~~~ . "Political technologies"[PT] Please recall a key to DJT's political approach is … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 9) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space.   Grievance Grift [GG] GG (part 1) || (part 2) ||  (part 3) ||  (part 4) || (part 5) || (part 6) || (part 7) ~~~~ ~~~~ "Political technologies"[PT] Welcome to a paradise for the most brazen liars and guileful con artists, … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 8 ) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~ Grievance Grift [GG] GG (part 1) || GG (part 2) || GG (part 3) || GG (part 4) || GG (part 5) || GG (part 6) ~~~~ Cult leaders and followers On my view elected leaders who unapologetically embrace/wield … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 7) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . Grievance Grift [GG] Grievance Grift (part 1)   ||    GG (part 2)   ||   GG (part 3)   ||    GG (part 4)    ||    GG (part 5) . ~~~~ "Political technologies"[PT] You know how America is, we take an idea from somewhere, change it … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 6) →

a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . ~~~~ Grievance Grift [GG] Grievance Grift (part 1)   ||    GG (part 2)   ||   GG (part 3)   ||    GG (part 4) . . I created the "GG HACK" meme to go with what I'm treating in today's piece. … Continue reading Grievance Grift (part 5) →