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"Trump and his congressional allies want to make permanent the tax breaks and cuts passed in 2017, overwhelmingly helping the wealthiest among us. To minimize the drastic fiscal impact of these tax cuts, they want to cut government wherever they can, including essential functions like health care, the social safety net, and scientific research":
daniels-newsletter-42563f.beeh
copy: @renewedresistance #Trump #greed #values #WorstPresidentEver #politics

Action items to preserve the state of federally funded scientific research in the Golden State
The Capacity to ResistGolden State of ScienceAction items to preserve the state of federally funded scientific research in the Golden State

Based on average figures the British empire now the #uk went on to invade #America killing #native people. Under the guise of the American empire this group continued its #colonialism on a #global scale from its inception in early #europe through #britain and onto #america between 1666 and 2025 it has claimed the lives of between 713,000000 and 800,000000 million people.
#ireland #india #australia #newzealand #africa #iraq #palestine and more, many more !

Anyone for #western #values 🤔

Philosopher Nick Bostrom argues that if AI ever become smarter than humans, it could cause an existential catastrophe. He proposes it could be possible to avert this by “aligning” AI with “human” values. But not even the broligarchy and tech bros are aligned with such values.
#broligarchy #techbros #values

alojapan.com/1315330/price-of- Price of land in Japan rises 2.7% as tourism drives values #27 #drives #Japan #land #price #rises #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #tourism #Values #東京 #東京都 TOKYO (Kyodo) — The average price of land in Japan rose 2.7% in 2025, the fourth straight year it has climbed and the fastest pace of increase since the calculation method was changed in 2010, as the nation’s booming tourist sector has pushed up values, government data showed Tuesday. With land prices…

Corporations, which are despotic, authoritarian enclaves devoted to maximizing profit…, have infected the wider society with their values.
—Chris Hedges, Death of the Liberal Class (2010)
#values

You, @RememberUsAlways, wrote: "We don't blame Germans for Hitler".

During World War II, while Germans were helping Hitler commit genocide, we blamed Germans. After the war, after Germans stopped helping Hitler commit genocide, we do not blame Germans. Netanyahu cannot kill all of those innocent women, children, and infants by himself. It is fair to criticize the cowardly butchers of Israel's military for the many innocent people who they brutally murder. #HumanRights #politics #values

"The so-called #BigBeautifulBill (also known as the #BigUglyBill) ... kicks nearly 12 million people off of their health insurance by cutting more than $1 trillion from Medicaid. Republicans are counting on people losing their health coverage in order to help pay for a $975 billion tax break for the wealthiest 1% in the country. The bill will do (these) other cruel things, too":
huffpost.com/entry/trump-big-b
#priorities #values #politics copy: @renewedresistance

HuffPost · Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is An Assault On American LifeVon Jennifer Bendery

Danger 2 American #values comes not from #immigration itself but from immigration #control. U cannot control outsiders (immigrants or would-be immigrants) w/out controlling insiders (#citizens). More vigorously U try 2 control immigration more U end up limiting #freedom of your #citizens, violating #equality #ruleoflaw. Following WorldWarII 2M were forced 2 leave US. Astonishingly more than 1/2 were American citizens mostly people who were or thought to Be #Mexican nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Trump’s Deportation Program Is About Control. Even if You Are a U.S. Citizen.Von Chandran Kukathas
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1️⃣SPEAK LOVINGLY TO YOURSELF
When you have a problem, are you sensitive and loving with yourself or judgmental and uncompromising? Would you speak to your best friend the way you speak to yourself? Look at yourself in the mirror and consciously compliment yourself, or smile at yourself. Give yourself encouragement when you need it. Praise yourself mentally and recognize what you're capable of!
2️⃣ACT IN LINE WITH YOUR #VALUES
We often do things and don't feel good about ourselves afterward. This happens every time we act against our inner values. Our intuition, our gut feeling, or our inner voice always guides us and tells us what is right. Make decisions consciously and take your time! If you notice that it doesn't feel right for you, take more time to reflect and listen to yourself. NO to others is a YES to yourself. When you act in harmony with yourself, you'll notice it immediately. You'll feel good, relaxed, energized, and happy!
3️⃣#ATTENTION, #MINDFULNESS
Be mindful and attentive in everything you do. Respect yourself in every moment and always be mentally present in what you're doing. Give yourself the attention and time you need. Practice small things or actions first. Enjoy the moment. Be in the NOW!
4️⃣#SILENCE
Regularly take time for yourself. Turn off all sources of noise, sit down, and do absolutely nothing, without expectations. It might seem strange at first, and you might not be able to endure it for long. But stick with it! Slowly familiarize yourself with silence; you'll discover so many wonderful things.
5️⃣#PATIENCE
Be patient with yourself! If the things described above don't work out the way you imagined, that's completely normal. The important thing is to give yourself the time you need. Consider how many years you've been living unconsciously and suppressing your own needs. Change takes time. Development takes time. But I can promise you one thing: it will be worth it!

>Finding Solutions to the problems we face<

#SavingDemocracy

You need #Resilience in times of #Authoritarianism

Pushing back on authoritarian regimes

The accent on #Nonviolence while practicing mass protests

Using #tools & #spaces of #opposition

The Importance of:

#Unity

#Resistance means we model the #values that we would like to see in politics and in the world

#Hope

A template for Resistance was the march for joy against the Pinoche military dictatorship

youtube.com/watch?v=Qe23_qFDd4

Rep. Nancy Pelosi: "13 years ago, Pres. Obama established DACA—offering Dreamers the chance to contribute fully to the only country they’ve ever known. These young people strengthen our communities every day and deserve the dignity and certainty of permanent protection.
As we mark this anniversary, we renew our urgent call for a pathway to citizenship, so all Dreamers can live without fear in the country they call home."
#HumanRights #ImmigrationReform #values #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Worldview:

"People deserve respect. Ideas do not."
-- (some guest lecturer in an undergrad class a long time ago)

It is my responsibility, if I want to be a decent human being, to treat you with respect, dignity, and kindness except (perhaps1 ) to the extent your behavior prompts a different response. This applies no matter who I think you are from my limited information, even if I think you're a racist, anti-LGBTQIA+, pro-genocide fascist. If those labels are not based on anything you've said or done, a decent human will still treat you with respect and kindness.

Ideas2 do not get any respect; the opposite, in fact. Ideas must prove their worth or be ignored. Ideas should be aggressively examined with careful, logical, moral thinking and, if relevant, with empirical data. To the extent they survive these ongoing tests, they get "respect," but it is always temporary. Ideas can (and should) be downgraded or thrown out often if they fail tests or if new information casts them in unfavorable light.

This applies to all ideas: eugenics, CRT, imperialism, Christianity, Buddhism, capitalism, socialism, fiscal policies, school board bylaws, etc.

Humans who believe bad3 things can (and should) still be treated with dignity and kindness unless such treatment leads to greater harm for others. This does not mean, however, that I need to pretend their ideas are OK. I can be basically kind and decent to a person while thinking (and maybe saying4 ) that their ideas are wrong, immoral, unhelpful, etc. If they get upset at this, it's understandable, but managing those feelings is beyond my responsibility.

Social dynamics get into this and make it messy and difficult. There are unspoken dimensions of Probable Cause to change evaluation of ideas, the Perfect being the Enemy of the Good, the question of when/if expressing ideas becomes an act capable of harming others more than necessary, power differentials, and other considerations. However, those are the principles I think make sense in this domain.

1 There are many who believe there are no exceptions.

2 e.g. the health benefits of essential oils or the belief that Everclear had more than one really good song

3 As defined by me, in my current state of development, of course. How else could it possibly be?

4 Of course, people sometimes do this out of cruelty or reactive aggression while claiming they are simply being honest. See the part about expression of ideas doing harm. Human psychology is a bitch, sometimes.

#subtoot#vaguetoot#opinion
Fortgeführter Thread

”The years ahead will be difficult, but that makes it all the more important to hold onto your values… Positive change will likely come through shifts in political culture rather than through elections.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Fake Feuds, Real Crises: Your Questions Answered
#values #politics

”…the idea that individuals possess natural rights must precede positive law. It's not a construct of law. Here I think we can draw fruitfully on Mary Parker Follett, who was applying process-relational philosophy to management and to governance. She wants to replace the education factory and the tyranny of the majority with what she called relational integration, where activity meets activity and my wants and your wants can evolve together until a creative third possibility emerges.”
—Matthew Segall
https://footnotes2plato.substack.com/p/between-earth-and-empire-cosmopolitical
#maryparkerfollett #management #governance #values