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“*We know that there is no help for us but from one another, that no hand will save us if we do not reach out our hand. All you have is what you are, and what you give.*“ ~ Ursula LeGuin
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Ursula offering wise words
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find all the spoons is a great life sidequest this brought a smile to my face thanks for sharing fren across the internetworked world
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What do you suggest for towing around a toddler? I am planning to rent an e-bike :)
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Baby oak tree in a reused plastic container Nursing the next generation bit by bit
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dumber than dumb https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/05/trump-proposes-100-tariff-on-movies-shot-outside-the-united-states.html
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And yet, as we sort through this transformation, I’m reminded of a simple story: A crow, finding a pitcher with only a little water, dropped pebbles into it until the water rose high enough to drink. Wisdom, it turns out, may still quench our thirst—but it often comes slowly, stone by stone, with effort and intention. What are we carrying? What are we dropping in the pitcher? And what are we truly thirsting for? (Written in collab with my basic bot)
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But still the question lingers: what have we lost in this trade? When belief becomes branding and community becomes a comment section, where do we go to mourn? To celebrate? To sit in silence and be witnessed by others? The rituals of the church once helped us hold life’s weight together. Can that be replaced by a curated feed? Perhaps what we’re seeing is not a collapse but a metamorphosis—faith in freer form, spirituality that moves without walls. Still, in that movement, something sacred may be thinning. Or maybe it's only relocating—into yoga studios, group chats, walking clubs, or quiet journaling apps.
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The Gurus of the Gram and the Waning of the Church We live in curious times. As pews across the country stand half-empty—once filled with the hush of collective prayer and the swell of hymn—we turn instead to the soft glow of our screens. Today, only about 30% of U.S. adults attend religious services weekly, a steep drop from 42% just two decades ago. The church, long a central gathering place, now shares space with digital pulpits where new prophets preach in stories and reels. Their gospels are bite-sized: one-minute reflections on discipline, gratitude, self-love, resilience. The messages are clean, personal, often compelling. And they resonate—perhaps not as commandments, but as tools. Tools for coping, for centering, for meaning-making in a world that feels increasingly fragmented.
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“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
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CC @edgecity
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Locally there's active movement on consolidating several water utilities. The various governance protocols at play (county lafco, state law, eminent domain etc) are intricate and arcane. There's also a lot of important action for local climate resiliency, cost effectiveness and the like. https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/05/02/altadena-water-companies-grapple-with-future-as-eaton-fire-renews-debate-over-consolidation/ I know edge Esmeralda does expeditions... one to Altadena and the foothills of LA seems powerful and poignant -- there's also Cal Tech, Art Center and a critical mass of edge like people
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Whelp this isn’t sustainable “For the 2025-2026 academic year, USC tuition is estimated at $73,260 for undergraduate students. This represents a 4.8% increase compared to the previous year. The overall estimated cost of attendance for undergraduates not living with their parents is $99,139”
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I feel like the obvious next form factor evolution of a mobile phone is something that has a much simpler I/O. Maybe a 4G wifi hockey puck thing with a camera, audio and then the ability to link up with a tablet or whatnot. Phones have carried too much water for too long. I'm kinda curious about the dumb phone revival but that feels like a dead trying to resurrect the dinosaurs https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sidephone-is-a-new-stylish-dumb-phone-with-a-swappable-keypad-and-up-to-8-days-of-battery-will-ship-globally.1006206.0.html
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What are some of the key obvious stuff upcoming on the farcaster roadmap coming out of farcon? Curious as a non deep in the tech sorta not even on localhost lol guy
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Some things just need to be done
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“We’ve got Baby Yoda. We’ve got Baby Groot. We’ve got Baby Sonic. We even have Baby Mario. Where’s Baby Trump? Feels like the pop culture timeline missed a beat…”
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"Micropayments for media, music, and AI contributions: Imagine setting a budget with some simple rules and leaving it to “smart” wallets to disburse the payments. Transparent payouts with full audit trails: Imagine using these systems to track spending in government."
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A village for builders. A lab for futures. Each week at @EdgeEsmeralda explores a different frontier: ☀️ Protocols for Flourishing ☀️ Reality Reinvented ☀️ Environments of Tomorrow ☀️ Decentralized Technologies Programming Lineup is live in our latest blog: https://bit.ly/4cWD7Yt ⬇️
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