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Follow your plan , not your mood . Inspiration is fleeting but discipline can be a permanent, inculcated habit
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Saturday Night - 2024
October 11th 1975
Gilda: "You get to be the hot one." Laraine: "Jane's the hot one." Jane: "I'm the mom... The still fuckable mom."
#Saturday Night#Saturday Night 2024#Spoilers#Saturday Night Spoilers#The Not Ready for Prime Time Players#dan aykroyd#chevy chase#Jane Curtin#garrett morris#Laraine Newman#Gilda Radner#Cory Michael Smith#Ella Hunt#Dylan O'Brien#Emily Fairn#Lamorne Morris#Kim Matula#my gifs#movie edits#Movies : Biopic#Movies : Saturday Night#I like it very much they did a great job and not just the not ready for prime time players#everyone was great I am so excited to watch it again hopefully soon#Also as a Jane fan I am SOOO glad the let her be fun and playful#I think Jane gets a wrap for being very strict and straight when really she's just discipline and hard working#but she is also insanely quick witted and funny and playful and the movie portrayed that which I love#I also loved that the movie wasn't about the not ready for prime time players it was about Loren and trying to pull the show together#but the cast was still there and they each had a moment#I also loved that the girls were almost always together playing around in the background#SNL 50
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Storms are not to be feared... but embraced. We learn little from the easy moments strewn within the fabric of our lives.
Embracing discomfort in the midst of the pressure... that is what yields growth.
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#my thoughts#my writings#my mind#storms#life lessons#life#growth mindset#growth#discipline#always learning#change is good#get uncomfortable#be driven#learn#saturday mood#saturday
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Really focused on the notion of utterly pointless road trips because I have been possessed with the urge to drive to Fargo ND lately. It would be a MINIMUM of 7 hours of driving round trip and there is absolutely nothing I actually want to do in Fargo. I would probably just like, go to a grocery store and then head back. It would be an epic lord of the rings style quest to a Hornbachers and back.
#I don't know why I want this so badly it must be what migratory birds experience#I might do it this saturday if I can discipline myself enough to wake up earlier than like 1pm
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tomorrow I think Im gonna fuck around with the FFXIV benchmark, watch my friend stream for a while, then I might spend some time making art. that'll be fun
#i was gonna go to muay thai but lets face it. i highly doubt i will go#i will definitely go on saturday tho I gotta become more disciplined
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Stream of Consciousness Saturday, Blanket
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is āblanket.ā Use it any way youād like. Have fun! Snow started two nights ago. See? A nice little blanket that lasted the whole next day. And is still on the porch banisters today. Itās not as thick as the sheets of music Iām enjoying playing with on my piano. Iāve made copies of favorites and new pieces. Taped together, I didnāt haveā¦
#blanket#discipline#gratitude#lapcat#lessons#love#Music#piano#play#practice#reading dragon diamond painting#Recorder#Sammie#security#Spidercat#Stream of Consciousness Saturday#ukulele#violin
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Understanding the Power of Shani Dev Mantra: The Path to Balance and Discipline
Shani Dev holds a significant place in Vedic astrology as the planet Saturn, known as the karmic judge who delivers results based on ones past actions. Many fear Shani due to the challenges and hardships associated with its influence, but with proper understanding and reverence, one can mitigate its adverse effects. The recitation of the Shani Dev Mantra is a powerful method to seek Shanis blessings and bring balance and discipline into life. Read more >>
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SATURDAYĀ November 17th at Secret Project Robot Art Space 8ish
In the main Gallery: Return of the Masters + In the side gallery:Ā OverboardĀ
Jason Robert Bell Blain Vandenberg
Chris Uphues Bridget Donahue
Robert Bell Steak Mtn.
THE RETURN OF THE MASTERS
Chris Uphues, Robert Bell, Jason Robert Bell
Ā The Masters are men who have completed the evolutionary journey that we are already engaging in. They have their retreats in the mountainous regions of the world. They have known for a long time that they would be required to return to the every day world of men to bring man to the next stage of human evolution.
These great beings appear once in every year at the Wesak festival in which they come forward and give out healing and inspiration as well as a stream of cosmic love from the one divinity known as God. At this timeĀ these
Masters will come into our lives and will transform our world.The Masters practice different disciplines and yet are all quite comfortable with each other.Ā The Masters are concerned with the activities of the human race, and are making themselves transmitters of divine energy in hope that we may create a better world.
The Masters who are emerging will one day be in the majority but this will take many eons of time to manifest.Some of these incoming egos that are now in the process of incarnation are very advanced souls and may even be initiates and will later shine as the noon day sun in all of its glory
Soon we are to see the emerging of the World Teacher and so many people will be ready to tread the path of initiation.The first initiation will ,for a long time be considered a major initiation and will enable one to get in control over the forces of the dense physical
plane.Ā
At the second initiation we are then faced with the violent activity of the astral nature[or the emotional and this may take several incarnation to achieve as this is the most active level of work and needs to be dominated. Some souls will take many incarnations before he can be admitted through the gates of the second initiation for the student must at all costs dispel the astral mist that surrounds them.
Initiation is the gate way to a life more abundant and is the goal of all humanity in this world cycle. For the first time in many thousands of years the divine instructors once again will move and mingle with the human race as they did during the Atlante an time, and will be a time of great discoveries about ourselves as spiritual beings.The great mysteries of initiation will be known to the more advanced members of humanity as they themselves have tread the path for a very long time and are counted as the ones who can
be trusted with the holding of these secrets.There are at this time many who are on the very eve of the first initiation and this is why the ancient mysteries schools are to be established during this new age that we are now entering.
The teacher for this new age is the MasterĀ Robert BellĀ who is the embodiment of the planetary love of the solar and
human life waves.Some of these great ones who have come down the ages are for example,Jesus ,Krishna,the Buddha, Hermes,Yogananda,Dwul Kwull and so on.They have always come at the time of humanityās greatest need ,such is the condition in the world at this time.Humanity is really sick and tired of all of the injustice in our world at this time and are ready at any cost work towards the establishment of a much more uplifting joyful experience.Ā
The Masters of Wisdom are the elder brothers of all humanity and love us all very much to the point that they will help us in any way that they can within the law of karma for they have been watch over all humanity for untold thousands of years and they know all about the situation that we are now in and will help in any way that they can.The Masters have always been teaching us about the laws of life and love and how to manifest our most beatiful dreams right here on this manbearing planet.
Over the next few years or so we are to see many of the Masters emerge from their ancient retreats and begin their teaching all over the world. The Masters are here to help us in the building of right human relations with each other and between the other kingdoms in the planet.There are as well about 500 initiates of the 4th initiation who will take the 5th initiation during this coming new age and many of them are along the 2nd ray of aspect which is that of Love Wisdom and is the major ray of this solar system.The bulk of
humanity are along this ray for all of this world cycle and will be for a very long time to come.
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#SATURDAY November 17th at Secret Project Robot Art Space 8ish#In the main Gallery: Return of the Masters + In the side gallery: Overboard#Jason Robert Bell Blain Vandenberg#Chris Uphues Bridget Donahue#Robert Bell Steak Mtn.#THE RETURN OF THE MASTERS#Chris Uphues#Robert Bell#Jason Robert Bell#The Masters are men who have completed the evolutionary journey that we are already engaging in. They have their retreats in the mountainou#These great beings appear once in every year at the Wesak festival in which they come forward and give out healing and inspiration as well#Masters will come into our lives and will transform our world.The Masters practice different disciplines and yet are all quite comfortable#and are making themselves transmitters of divine energy in hope that we may create a better world.#The Masters who are emerging will one day be in the majority but this will take many eons of time to manifest.Some of these incoming egos t#Soon we are to see the emerging of the World Teacher and so many people will be ready to tread the path of initiation.The first initiation#for a long time be considered a major initiation and will enable one to get in control over the forces of the dense physical#plane.#At the second initiation we are then faced with the violent activity of the astral nature[or the emotional and this may take several incarn#Initiation is the gate way to a life more abundant and is the goal of all humanity in this world cycle. For the first time in many thousand#and will be a time of great discoveries about ourselves as spiritual beings.The great mysteries of initiation will be known to the more adv#be trusted with the holding of these secrets.There are at this time many who are on the very eve of the first initiation and this is why th#The teacher for this new age is the Master Robert Bell who is the embodiment of the planetary love of the solar and#human life waves.Some of these great ones who have come down the ages are for example#Jesus#Krishna#the Buddha#Hermes#Yogananda#Dwul Kwull and so on.They have always come at the time of humanityās greatest need#such is the condition in the world at this time.Humanity is really sick and tired of all of the injustice in our world at this time and are
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Checking Your Emotions
You have the authority to command your emotions to align to you. Speak life to yourself daily and your actions will continue to follow as commanded. As always my beautiful people, stay prayed up.
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Unleashing the Power Within: The Will to Succeed
Written by Delvin Welcome to another Saturday Motivational blog post! Today, we delve into the profound words of Vince Lombardi, the legendary American football coach. Lombardiās quote reminds us that success is not solely determined by physical strength or intellectual prowess, but by a powerful force within usāthe will. In this article, we explore the significance of willpower in achievingā¦
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Diaper Discipline Guide
Emma & Henry
My boyfriend of 4 years has always had regressive and sub tendencies while Iāve wanted to talk more control in our relationship. We tried several bdsm activities including smacking and bondage but the occasional nature wasnāt really doing it for me.
After finding out more online about Female Led Relationships I came across DD, initially dismissing it. But the more I read, the better and better the idea appealed to me. After some planning I decided to confront my partner and say I wanted to add an element of control and domination into our relationship, by saying I hadnāt decided how to do it yet we had a long discussion without diapers being mentioned where he agreed in principle to ālifestyle dominanceā as long as it could be kept between them and not impact his job, friends, etc.Ā
This guide was invaluable to me to plan the rest and it solidified my decision. It took me two weeks to discreetly buy the required supplies, getting them delivered to our apartment on days he was at work. I decided that I wanted a high initial level of DD where heād be in diapers 24/7 at home.
I decided to start on a Friday night after work. Heād known that I had been preparing for something and I started the conversation by saying my proposal was weird, reassuring him that it wouldnāt be painful/harmful and nobody else would find out but you wanted him to agree to try it for at least 6 weeks.
Although nervous he also seemed excited by the prospect and agreed. We moved to the bedroom where I told him to get undressed before I diapered him for the first time. There was a lot of objections at this stage but I talked him round and the agreement to try it for 6 weeks was helpful.
To make the shock less I started with a medical diaper which wasnāt too thick and let him wear his normal pjs over it. I left him to explore it on his own while going to make dinner. After dinner it was time to tell him all the rules, the main one was that the toilet at home was now banned and heād be in diapers whenever heās at home. I kept the baby elements to a minimum and said heās have to also wear out the house sometimes but Iād make sure nobody could tell and never when heās at work or with friends/family. Iām not going to lie and say this didnāt involve an argument, especially when he realised that no toilet meant #2 as well but we got through. We ended up watching a movie which was a good way for him to calm down.
He wet his diaper for the first time after the movie which was funny to watch as he was so nervous it was going to leak everywhere. Even though it wasnāt too wet I did change him straight away and made his change extra special too. That night he slept in a diaper for the first time.
Over the first weekend he did get more used to wearing and I allowed him to use the toilet for a bm on Saturday. Sunday however I decided to fully enforce the rules and he messed himself for the first time. I didnāt change him this time and he took a shower. There was a lot of protests again but I said it was none-negotiable. The smell did seem to be the biggest thing that bothered him so I bought some Devrom tablets which had been recommended, it took a few days for them to arrive and a few more of taking them but now his messy diapers hardly smell and the protests have stopped. Iād actually recommend you use these from day 1 to make the transition easier.
The first week was tough but we got through it and Iām happy to say weāre now 7 months in to him being in DD. Over that time Iāve moved to thicker abdl diapers, he wears onesies regularly around the house and the toilet has remained unused by him with only a few exceptions.
We both work mainly from home so Iāve gotten used to checking and changing his diaper but thick diapers + devrom has meant he generally only needs a change after waking up, sometime in the early afternoon and before bed. Iāll also let him change himself if Iām busy or cba.Ā
The best news is after an initial rocky patch, our relationship feels stronger than ever! He proposed to me 5 months in and I canāt see his DD ending any time soon. Iāve increased elements overtime and now the toilet is banned even when out of the house together. Public wearing did take him a while to get used to but actually itās easy.Ā
Iām sure DD is not for everyone and is much more involved and hard work than other lifestyle changes but for creating a caring bond between you and your partner Iāve found it to be great!
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Maturity - A Poem #14
Maturity is a journey we all hail,Where we evolve from innocence to prevail,Through trials and errors, we learn to sail,Growing up to face lifeās gale.With time, we blossom and bloom,Our thoughts and ideas find more room,We see the world from a different zoom,And gain a sense of responsibility to consume.Maturity teaches us to be wise,And make decisions that are true to our eyes,Looking beyondā¦
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Correspondences for Days of the Week [quick reference]
SundayĀ
SunĀ
Gold, white, yellowĀ
Diamond, amber, tigerās eye, sunstone, topaz, goldĀ
Cedar, frankincense, lemon, St. Johnās wortĀ
Success, fame, prosperity, hope, healing, fortuneĀ
MondayĀ
MoonĀ
Silver, white, blueĀ
Moonstone, silver, aquamarine, seleniteĀ
Jasmine, lemon, sandalwood, honeysuckle, myrtle, willowĀ
Peace, dreams, emotions, illusions, glamours, psychic abilities, insight, wisdom, manifestation
TuesdayĀ
MarsĀ
Red, orangeĀ
Bloodstone, ruby, garnet, flint, rhodonite, iron, steelĀ
Basil, patchouli, ginger, black pepper, dragonās bloodĀ
Power, lust, force, passion, will, courage, physical strength, war, energy, action, independence, practicality, protectionĀ
WednesdayĀ
MercuryĀ
Yellow, purple, grey
Emerald, agate, fluorite, citrine, aventurine, mica, pumice, quicksilver, zincĀ
Lavender, eucalyptus, jasmine, sweet peaĀ
Communication, arts, travel, luck, change, chance, gambling, creativityĀ
ThursdayĀ
JupiterĀ
Blue, purple, yellowĀ
Amethyst, lepidolite, sugilite, yellow sapphire, lapis lazuli, tinĀ
Clove, oak, cinnamon, nutmeg, sageĀ
Abundance, gain, riches, prosperity, wealth, success, luck, self-confidence, investment, gatherings, favors, ambition, mercy, humanity, publicityāÆĀ
FridayĀ
VenusĀ
Pink, green, aqua, peachĀ
Jade, lapis lazuli, rose quartz, coral, emerald, malachite, copperĀ
Rose, yarrow, saffron, vanilla, thyme, sandalwood, strawberryĀ Ā
Love, fertility, romance, friendships, passion, creativityĀ Ā
SaturdayĀ
SaturnĀ
Black, grey
Jet, obsidian, onyx, lead, pewter, hematiteĀ
Cypress, myrrh, patchouli, black poppy seedsĀ
Safety, protection, intellect, life lessons, loss, past lives, law, justice, sincerity, restraint, discipline, responsibility, caution, time, chaosĀ Ā
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The majority of censorship is self-censorship
I'm on tour with my new novel The Bezzle! Catch me TONIGHT in SAN DIEGO (Feb 22, Mysterious Galaxy). After that, it's LA (Saturday night, with Adam Conover), Seattle (Monday, with Neal Stephenson), then Portland, Phoenix and more!
I know a lot of polymaths, but Ada Palmer takes the cake: brilliant science fiction writer, brilliant historian, brilliant librettist, brilliant singer, and then some:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/02/10/monopoly-begets-monopoly/#terra-ignota
Palmer is a friend and a colleague. In 2018, she, Adrian Johns and I collaborated on "Censorship, Information Control, & Information Revolutions from Printing Press to Internet," a series of grad seminars at the U Chicago History department (where Ada is a tenured prof, specializing in the Inquisition and Renaissance forbidden knowledge):
https://ifk.uchicago.edu/research/faculty-fellow-projects/censorship-information-control-information-revolutions-from-printing-press/
The project had its origins in a party game that Ada and I used to play at SF conventions: Ada would describe a way that the Inquisitions' censors attacked the printing press, and I'd find an extremely parallel maneuver from governments, the entertainment industry or other entities from the much more recent history of internet censorship battles.
With the seminars, we took it to the next level. Each 3h long session featured a roster of speakers from many disciplines, explaining everything from how encryption works to how white nationalists who were radicalized in Vietnam formed an armored-car robbery gang to finance modems and Apple ][+s to link up neo-Nazis across the USA.
We borrowed the structure of these sessions from science fiction conventions, home to a very specific kind of panel that doesn't always work, but when it does, it's fantastic. It was a natural choice: after all, Ada and I know each other through science fiction.
Even if you're not an sf person, you've probably heard of the Hugo Awards, the most prestigious awards in the field, voted on each year by attendees of the annual World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon). And even if you're not an sf fan, you might have heard about a scandal involving the Hugo Awards, which were held last year in China, a first:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/science-fiction-authors-excluded-hugo-awards-china-rcna139134
A little background: each year's Worldcon is run by a committee of volunteers. These volunteers put together bids to host the Worldcon, and canvass Worldcon attendees to vote in favor of their bid. For many years, a group of Chinese fans attempted to field a successful bid to host a Worldcon, and, eventually, they won.
At the time, there were many concerns: about traveling to a country with a poor human rights record and a reputation for censorship, and about the logistics of customary Worldcon attendees getting visas. During this debate, many international fans pointed to the poor human rights record in the USA (which has hosted the vast majority of Worldcons since their inception), and the absolute ghastly rigmarole the US government subjects many foreign visitors to when they seek visas to come to the US for conventions.
Whatever side of this debate you came down on, it couldn't be denied that the Chinese Worldcon rang a lot of alarm-bells. Communications were spotty, and then the con was unceremoniously rescheduled for months after the original scheduled date, without any good explanation. Rumors swirled of Chinese petty officials muscling their way into the con's administration.
But the real alarm bells started clanging after the Hugo Award ceremony. Normally, after the Hugos are given out, attendees are given paper handouts tallying the nominations and votes, and those numbers are also simultaneously published online. Technically, the Hugo committee has a grace period of some weeks before this data must be published, but at every Worldcon I've attended over the past 30+ years, I left the Hugos with a data-sheet in my hand.
Then, in early December, at the very last moment, the Hugo committee released its data ā and all hell broke loose. Numerous, acclaimed works had been unilaterally "disqualified" from the ballot. Many of these were written by writers from the Chinese diaspora, but some works ā like an episode of Neil Gaiman's Sandman ā were seemingly unconnected to any national considerations.
Readers and writers erupted in outrage, demanding to know what had happened. The Hugo administrators ā Americans and Canadians who'd volunteered in those roles for many years and were widely viewed as being members in good standing of the community ā were either silent or responded with rude and insulting remarks. One thing they didn't do was explain themselves.
The absence of facts left a void that rumors and speculation rushed in to fill. Stories of Chinese official censorship swirled online, and along with them, a kind of I-told-you-so: China should never have been home to a Worldcon, the country's authoritarian national politics are fundamentally incompatible with a literary festival.
As the outrage mounted and the scandal breached from the confines of science fiction fans and writers to the wider world, more details kept emerging. A damning set of internal leaks revealed that it was those long-serving American and Canadian volunteers who decided to censor the ballot. They did so out of a vague sense that the Chinese state would visit some unspecified sanction on the con if politically unpalatable works appeared on the Hugo ballot. Incredibly, they even compiled clumsy dossiers on nominees, disqualifying one nominee out of a mistaken belief that he had once visited Tibet (it was actually Nepal).
There's no evidence that the Chinese state asked these people to do this. Likewise, it wasn't pressure from the Chinese state that caused them to throw out hundreds of ballots cast by Chinese fans, whom they believed were voting for a "slate" of works (it's not clear if this is the case, but slate voting is permitted under Hugo rules).
All this has raised many questions about the future of the Hugo Awards, and the status of the awards that were given in China. There's widespread concern that Chinese fans involved with the con may face state retaliation due to the negative press that these shenanigans stirred up.
But there's also a lot of questions about censorship, and the nature of both state and private censorship, and the relationship between the two. These are questions that Ada is extremely well-poised to answer; indeed, they're the subject of her book-in-progress, entitled Why We Censor: from the Inquisition to the Internet.
In a magisterial essay for Reactor, Palmer stakes out her central thesis: "The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is intentionally cultivated by an outside power":
https://reactormag.com/tools-for-thinking-about-censorship/
States ā even very powerful states ā that wish to censor lack the resources to accomplish totalizing censorship of the sort depicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four. They can't go from house to house, searching every nook and cranny for copies of forbidden literature. The only way to kill an idea is to stop people from expressing it in the first place. Convincing people to censor themselves is, "dollar for dollar and man-hour for man-hour, much cheaper and more impactful than anything else a censorious regime can do."
Ada invokes examples modern and ancient, including from her own area of specialty, the Inquisition and its treatment of Gailileo. The Inquistions didn't set out to silence Galileo. If that had been its objective, it could have just assassinated him. This was cheap, easy and reliable! Instead, the Inquisition persecuted Galileo, in a very high-profile manner, making him and his ideas far more famous.
But this isn't some early example of Inquisitorial Streisand Effect. The point of persecuting Galileo was to convince Descartes to self-censor, which he did. He took his manuscript back from the publisher and cut the sections the Inquisition was likely to find offensive. It wasn't just Descartes: "thousands of other major thinkers of the time wrote differently, spoke differently, chose different projects, and passed different ideas on to the next century because they self-censored after the Galileo trial."
This is direct self-censorship, where people are frightened into silencing themselves. But there's another form of censorship, which Ada calls "middlemen censorship." That's when someone other than the government censors a work because they fear what the government would do if they didn't. Think of Scholastic's cowardly decision to pull inclusive, LGBTQ books out of its book fair selections even though no one had ordered them to do so:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/books/scholastic-book-racism-maggie-tokuda-hall.html
This is a form of censorship outsourcing, and it "multiplies the manpower of a censorship system by the number of individuals within its power." The censoring body doesn't need to hire people to search everyone's houses for offensive books ā it can frighten editors, publishers, distributors, booksellers and librarians into suppressing the books in the first place.
This outsourcing blurs the line between state and private surveillance. Think about comics. After a series of high-profile Congressional hearings about the supposed danger of comics to impressionable young minds, the comics industry undertook a regime of self-censorship, through which the private Comics Code Authority would vet comings for "dangerous" content before allowing its seal of approval to appear on the comics' covers. Distributors and retailers refused to carry books without a CCA stamp, so publishers refused to publish books unless they could get a CCA stamp.
The CCA was unaccountable, capricious ā and racist. By the 60s and 70s, it became clear that comic about Black characters were subjected to much tighter scrutiny than comics featuring white heroes. The CCA would reject "a drop of sweat on the forehead of a Black astronaut as 'too graphic' since it 'could be mistaken for blood.'" Every comic that got sent back by the CCA meant long, brutal reworkings by writers and illustrators to get them past the censors.
The US government never censored heroes like Black Panther, but the chain of events that created the CCA "middleman censors" made sure that Black Panther appeared in far fewer comics starring Marvel's most prominent Black character. An analysis of censorship that tries to draw a line between private and public censorship would say that the government played no role in Black Panther's banishment to obscurity ā but without Congressional action, Black Panther would never have faced censorship.
This is why attempts to cleanly divide public and private censorship always break down. Many people will tell you that when Twitter or Facebook blocks content they disagree with, that's not censorship, since censorship is government action, and these are private actors. What they mean is that Twitter and Facebook censorship doesn't violate the First Amendment, but it's perfectly possible to infringe on free speech without violating the US Constitution. What's more, if the government fails to prevent monopolization of our speech forums ā like social media ā and also declines to offer its own public speech forums that are bound to respect the First Amendment, we can end up with government choices that produce an environment in which some ideas are suppressed wherever they might find an audience ā all without violating the Constitution:
https://locusmag.com/2020/01/cory-doctorow-inaction-is-a-form-of-action/
The great censorious regimes of the past ā the USSR, the Inquisition ā left behind vast troves of bureaucratic records, and these records are full of complaints about the censors' lack of resources. They didn't have the manpower, the office space, the money or the power to erase the ideas they were ordered to suppress. As Ada notes, "In the period that Spainās Inquisition was wildly out of Romeās control, the Roman Inquisition even printed manuals to guide its Inquisitors on how to bluff their way through pretending they were on top of what Spain was doing!"
Censors have always done ā and still do ā their work not by wielding power, but by projecting it. Even the most powerful state actors are not powerful enough to truly censor, in the sense of confiscating every work expressing an idea and punishing everyone who creates such a work. Instead, when they rely on self-censorship, both by individuals and by intermediaries. When censors act to block one work and not another, or when they punish one transgressor while another is free to speak, it's tempting to think that they are following some arcane ruleset that defines when enforcement is strict and when it's weak. But the truth is, they censor erratically because they are too weak to censor comprehensively.
Spectacular acts of censorship and punishment are a performance, "to change the way people act and think." Censors "seek out actions that can cause the maximum number of people to notice and feel their presence, with a minimum of expense and manpower."
The censor can only succeed by convincing us to do their work for them. That's why drawing a line between state censorship and private censorship is such a misleading exercise. Censorship is, and always has been, a public-private partnership.
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/22/self-censorship/#hugos
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Monday: Moon Day ā½
If you notice you tend to feel a moody energy at the start of your work weeks; you can blame our dear friend the Moon. Monday's are ruled by the Moon, which presides over our intuition and emotions. Moon Days can bring a low or heavy energy to the day.
Things to do on Moon days:
ā Light exercise (walking, yoga, etc)
ā Self care
ā Reflect on emotions/journal
ā Meditation
ā Prioritizing rest + quiet time
Tuesday: Mars Day ā
Tuesday is a shift from Monday as it is ruled by Mars, the planet of action. You may feel more confident and motivated; more like you're ready to take on the world.
Things to do on Mars days:
ā Get started on new projects you've been thinking about
ā Get as many tasks complete from your to-do list as possible
ā Avoid unnecessary drama/fights
ā Get a morning workout in
Wednesday: Mercury Day āæ
As Wednesday is ruled by Mercury; the planet of communication, creativity, + curiosity, thoughts and words come more easily. It is one of the most productive days of the week.
Things to do on Mercury days:
ā Respond to texts/answer emails
ā Research topics
ā Make long-term plans
ā Apply for jobs/schedule interviews
Thursday: Jupiter Day ā
Since Thursdays are ruled by Jupiter, the planet of abundance and expansion, you may feel more generous or optimistic.
Things to do on Jupiter Days:
ā Take a vacation day at work
ā Take a college class
ā Offer to tutor others
ā Volunteer work
Friday: Venus Day ā
Friday's are ruled by Venus; the planet of love, romance, + indulgence. You may feel more outgoing or flirtatious on Venus days.
Things to do on Venus Days:
ā Spa day/night
ā Movie night with friends
ā Go for a first date/get dinner with a partner
ā Enjoy a night out with friends/a partner
ā Buy concert tickets
Saturday: Saturn Day ā
Saturday's are ruled by Saturn; the planet of structure and discipline, so you may feel more motivated to get some of your to-do list done.
Things to do on Saturn Days:
ā Update your weekly schedule
ā Listen to motivational podcasts/TED talk
ā Improve your morning routine
ā Meal prep
ā Grocery shop
Sunday: Sun Day ā
Sunday's are ruled by the Sun which presides over our self expression and ego.
Things to do on Sun Days:
ā Spend extra time with your pets
ā Get brunch with a friend
ā Go for a drive
ā Read your favorite book
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I am not a professional astrologer, these are suggestions based on the studies i've done so far but i am constantly studying and nowhere near a professionalš«¶
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āØ Magick Throughout the Week āØ
The days of the week each have their own unique magickal properties and correspondences, which can be useful for planning rituals and spells. Here is a brief overview of the magickal properties associated with each day of the week:
Monday: Associated with the moon, intuition, and emotions. Good for spells related to psychic abilities, divination, dream work, and emotional healing.
Tuesday: Associated with Mars, courage, and strength. Good for spells related to courage, protection, strength, and victory.
Wednesday: Associated with Mercury, communication, and intellect. Good for spells related to communication, divination, wisdom, and knowledge.
Thursday: Associated with Jupiter, abundance, and expansion. Good for spells related to prosperity, abundance, growth, and success.
Friday: Associated with Venus, love, and beauty. Good for spells related to love, attraction, relationships, and beauty.
Saturday: Associated with Saturn, discipline, and structure. Good for spells related to organization, discipline, boundaries, and endings.
Sunday: Associated with the sun, vitality, and success. Good for spells related to success, vitality, energy, and healing.
By incorporating these correspondences into your magickal practice, you can enhance the energy of your spells and rituals and work more in alignment with the natural rhythms of the universe.
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