A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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Hostile Architecture and Murderous Rage
I study art. I’m aware of the importance of Michelangelo’s Piata. Is brutalist architecture cool or gross? Which decade of Picasso’s life is his most important? Frank Gehry just died. Were his blindingly shiny…
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Love Is Stronger Than Control
The City of Akron just barricaded the little road between Grace Park and Haven of Rest. That’s where a lot of us bring food and supplies to our houseless neighbors.They closed it because people…
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The Season For War
I deeply believe this: A Time for Everything 1There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens:2a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant…
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The Wrong Answer to Neglect: Why Forced Institutionalization Won’t Solve Homelessness
The neglect of our mentally ill, severely addicted, and extremely poor neighbors is one of the greatest moral failures of our time. In cities across the United States, people in crisis are left to…
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Feudalism is Inevitable. American Democracy is Dead
I wish I had more time to write about this. But my life is wonderfully intense and exciting right now. This all became crystal clear when I watched this interview of Michigan Democrat Senator…
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How AI Changed My Life at 53: My Journey from Rome’s Colosseum to Building RomaLume
A Life-Changing Trip to Italy I just returned from what might have been the greatest trip of my life. Standing before the magnificent Colosseum in Rome, I felt something profound shift within me. This…
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What Happened When the Police Showed Up at the Nomadic Spirit
Yesterday, I had an interaction with the police that’s still sitting heavy in my chest. I didn’t film it—honestly, I didn’t think I’d need to. I was coming from a place of peace. I…
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When Intelligence Becomes Arrogance: How Elitism is Fueling America’s Authoritarian Turn
We didn’t lose the working class because they’re ignorant—we lost them because we stopped listening. For years, a quiet war has been raging under the surface of American politics—not between left and right, but…
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Habeas Corpus Is the Line—And They’re Getting Ready to Cross It
In one of the most alarming developments yet, Stephen Miller—senior adviser to Donald Trump—has openly said the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus. This isn’t just legal jargon. This is the right…
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Is Trump Just A Paper Tiger Bully?
So now, out of the blue, this happened: US-China trade deal live: Tariffs to be lowered for 90 days, US stock futures rally It’s not really surprising. Trump has been doing this on-again, off-again…
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This Isn’t a War—But It Might Be the Prelude
We’re not in a civil war. We’re not in a revolution. But we’re not in peacetime either. What we’re in, right now, is something like the silence before the storm. The part where the…
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Project 2025: The Plan to Break Democracy and Crown a President King
Click here for the full Project 2025 document. – Mandate for Leadership – The Conservative Promise. What if I told you there’s already a detailed plan in motion to dismantle the U.S. government as…