The Wandering Shop

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Lyle Solla-Yates<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-border-phone-search-1.7502829" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-border-phone-search-1.7502829</a> “There is just tremendous fear, fear for numerous reasons. First of all, there's fear of getting detained. There's fear of not getting into the United States” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#detention</a>

Rasta"Wuz U doin' ovr dere?" <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Caturday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a> "Be afraid of cats, If you're a pigeon. Be afraid of education, If you're a religion."

Steve Thompson PhDDiscussed this excellent, informative video in class yesterday. It's for thinkers.Why Intelligent People Scare Society | Schopenhauer<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCgCeoxToek" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCgCeoxToek</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intelligence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schopenhauer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Schopenhauer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criticalthinking</a>

Prism & PenI decided to be real with Eloise. As I looked into her bright blue, wide-set eyes, I did indeed feel the terror in me, always there, lurking. “My biggest fear,” I admitted, “is losing someone I love.” <a href="https://buff.ly/5k2yVeY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/5k2yVeY</a><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Bisexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bisexuality</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Family</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Love</a>

beSpacific<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> strategist Stuart Stevens, senior advisor for the Lincoln Project, is arguing that monied interests and economic giants <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bankers</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> are complicit in ruining the nation as they blindly follow a president determined to sink markets in both the United States and around the world. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/financialstability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#financialstability</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#risk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/complicit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#complicit</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/collusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collusion</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#congress</a> <a href="https://www.alternet.org/ceos-trump-policies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.alternet.org/ceos-trump-policies/</a>

PhenexxBehind The masks: anxiety <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mentalhealth?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anxiety?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anxiety</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fear?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/depression?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#depression</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/burnout?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#burnout</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/panicattacks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#panicattacks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/masks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#masks</a>

nemo™ 🇺🇦" <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Curiosity</a> will conquer <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> even more than bravery will." James Stephens <a href="https://mas.to/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> 💡 By engaging with what scares us, we can transform fear into an opportunity for discovery and growth

Wisdom in SpaceThe whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H. L. Mencken⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisdom</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quotes</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HLMencken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HLMencken</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Panorama</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunset</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a>

4XsampleSet minuts eterns.Set minuts eterns.Avui ha estat un dia fluix. No estic fi. No és que hagi passat res dolent (ni res bo), però la meva ment sembla una habitació amb les persianes abaixades: ni entra llum, ni en surt. Pujo a l’ordinador com cada tarda a aquesta hora, amb la precisió d’un ritual. La pantalla s’encén, i per un moment, em sento en territori conegut. Aquí, entre finestres de Discord, l’últim projecte inacabat del meu servidor domèstic, xarxes socials i qualsevol cosa que em serveixi per no pensar massa, controlo el que puc. O almenys, faig veure que controlo.El primer senyal és una pressió al pit. Subtil, com si algú m’hagués posat una mà invisible sobre l’estèrnum. «Oh, no. Altra vegada», penso, i intento ignorar-ho. Però el cor comença a córrer, com un cavall espantat que fuig cap a un lloc que ni ell mateix coneix. La respiració s’entrebanca. Inspiro… 1, 2, 3… Recordo la tècnica dels 10 segons: inspiro, retinc, expiro. Ho he practicat milers de vegades des que era un nen, quan els psicòlegs em deien que «centrarse en respirar ajudava a calmar-se». El cap s’emboira. La pantalla de l’ordinador es desenfoca, però els ulls continuen fixos en un mem del Discord: el clàssic, “Capità, només és dimecres!”. Intento riure, però el somriure es converteix en una ganyota estranya. No és real, em dic. És l’ansietat. Sé que és ella, però saber-ho no em salva. La pressió al pit augmenta. Sembla que tinc una roca destrossant-me les costelles, i cada intent d’inspirar és una negociació amb el buit.Els dits se’m pengen sobre el teclat, immòbils. «Hauries de tancar els ulls», em mana una veu interior. Però tancar-los em fa veure coses pitjors: imatges fragmentades de dies passats, converses mai tingudes, futures caigudes. Obre’ls, i el món és un remolí de missatges que no llegeixo. Cago en tot. La sala està en silenci, però dins meu hi ha un terratrèmol. Les cames em tremolen com si el sòl s’hagués convertit en gelatina. «Això no té sentit –penso–, avui no ha sigut un dia dolent». Però l’ansietat no demana permís.Procuro tornar a la respiració: 10 segons dins… 10 segons fora… Però els números es desfan. El 7 s’enreda amb el 3, el 10 es converteix en 100. El temps s’estira com una goma, i tot al meu voltant es mou a càmera ràpida mentre jo em quedo encallat en un segon etern. La suor freda em regalima per l’esquena. «No et rendeixis –em dic–, només és químic, només és por». Però la por és un animal que s’alimenta de raons.En algun racó de la meva ment, encara hi ha una part lògica que observa. La part que va aprendre a gestionar-se després de quaranta anys de maleir el propi cervell. «Això és un atac de pànic –m’explica, com un metge distant–. No et matarà. Passarà». Però la resta de mi no escolta. La resta de mi és un nen assegut a la consulta d’un psicòleg, comptant fins a deu mentre li expliquen que «els nens valents no ploren».Els minuts es dilaten. Cada intent de controlar la respiració és com intentar apagar un incendi amb un got d’aigua. «Què coi l’ha detonat? –em pregunto–. No he begut cafè avui, he dormit… bé, he dormit poc, però…». Les excuses sonen buides. L’ansietat no necessita motius.De sobte, un soroll em sacseja: el Discord notifica un missatge que no llegeixo. El so em travessa com un punyal. «No pots atendre ara –em dic–, ni tan sols veure qui és». Però la culpa s’afegeix a la barreja: Seria tan fàcil mirar-lo… Però no puc. La mà es nega a moure’s. És com si l’aire s’hagués tornat espès, com melassa.Passen… no sé quant. Potser segons, potser hores. Tot i que el rellotge s’entesti a dir que han passat només set minuts. El cor comença a desaccelerar-se, com un tren frenant en una estació fantasma. La pressió al pit es redueix a un peso sord, i la ment comença a desembolicar-se. «Ho estàs superant –xiuxiueja la veu lògica–. Ja passa». Però «passar» no és guanyar. És sobreviure.Quan per fi puc moure els dits, els clavo en el teclat. Escric paraules sense sentit a la finestra del xat: asdf[poiqewrgqwe dasfqewrty. És l’única manera de demostrar-me que encara tinc control sobre alguna cosa. Les lletres es multipliquen, formant un exèrcit de lletres que mai tindran cap mena de sentit. Suposo que és millor així.Al final, quan l’atac es retira com una ona que torna al mar, em quedo esgotat. Físicament, com si hagués corregut una marató amb les cames lligades. Emocionalment, com si m’haguessin buidat per dins. «La guerra no ha acabat –em recordo–. Només has sobreviscut una altra batalla». Però en el fons, sé que és més que això: és persistir.Miro el Discord. El galimaties encara hi és, quiet, inalterable. «Una altra vegada ho has aconseguit», li dic en veu baixa, com si els caràcters em poguessin sentir. No sé si parlo de l’atac o de mi mateix mentre esborro el missatge enviat amb l’esperança que ningú l’hagi vist.Tinc ganes d’anar a fer-me una bola al racó, com sempre desitjo després d’aquests episodis. Però avui no. Avui m’assec aquí, mirant el xat, i penso en aquella regla absurda: «Els nens valents no ploren». I malgrat tot, no ploro. No perquè sigui valent, sinó perquè ni tan sols tinc forces per això. Les llàgrimes són un luxe que el meu cos sembla haver oblidat.No em sento com si hagués guanyat contra l’ansietat avui. Collons, quina putada tot plegat.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/angoixa/" target="_blank">#Angoixa</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/ansietat/" target="_blank">#Ansietat</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/anxiety/" target="_blank">#Anxiety</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/crisi/" target="_blank">#Crisi</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/emocions/" target="_blank">#Emocions</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/experiencia/" target="_blank">#Experiencia</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/fear/" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/mentalhealth/" target="_blank">#Mentalhealth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/moninterior/" target="_blank">#Moninterior</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/panicap/" target="_blank">#Panicap</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/panicattack/" target="_blank">#Panicattack</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/pensaments/" target="_blank">#Pensaments</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/por/" target="_blank">#Por</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/realitat/" target="_blank">#Realitat</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/respirar/" target="_blank">#Respirar</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/salutmental/" target="_blank">#SalutMental</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/sobreviure/" target="_blank">#Sobreviure</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/superacio-2/" target="_blank">#Superacio</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/survival/" target="_blank">#Survival</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.4xsample.cat/tag/trastorns/" target="_blank">#Trastorns</a>

Geriatric GardenerSo TRUE!! “Is the MAGA Movement Powered by Teeny Weenie Energy?”by Don Knight in The Midnight Manuscripts on Substack “The MAGA movement isn’t alpha.It’s not powerful.It’s not masculine.It’s a bunch of hateful bullies powered by small-dick energy”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/is-the-maga-movement-powered-by-teeny?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/is-the-maga-movement-powered-by-teeny?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cult</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Insecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fragile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fragile</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Egos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Egos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PowerHungry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PowerHungry</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narcissism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mysoginy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mysoginy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Racism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TeenieWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeenieWeenie</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Movement</a>

UK<a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/1132/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/uk/1132/</a> Brain Circuit for Vicarious Fear Reveals How We Feel Others’ Pain <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrainResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrainResearch</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InstituteForBasicScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InstituteForBasicScience</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/neurobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurobiology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neuroscience</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Psychology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a>

Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@keithwilson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@keithwilson</a> >> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brexit</a> gave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> citizens an education in why being a member of the EU was in fact a good thing. I fear that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> are giving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> citizens a similar lesson in the benefits of federal government and rule of law by dismantling them piece by piece.I <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hope</a>, not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a>. And let the lesson be 2-way. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oligarchs</a> should learn that they need us too. By starving and killing us, they only diminish the market for whatever they try to sell.Many clouds have a silver lining 😉

IndieAuthors.Social NewsYou’re Scared To Start Writing Because You Think Too DifferentlyBut that's exactly why you should be writing Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative » <a href="https://writingcooperative.com/youre-scared-to-start-writing-because-you-think-too-differently-d30805b5d36" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://writingcooperative.com/youre-scared-to-start-writing-because-you-think-too-differently-d30805b5d36</a><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/personalgrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#personalgrowth</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/lifelessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lifelessons</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/writingadvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingadvice</a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a>

fatuus<a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://mstdn.fr/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stocks</a> Mark Worst Month in Years as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s Tariffs Loom<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Markets</a> around the world have wavered as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uncertainty</a> over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> & trade wars rattle investors. The S&P 500 just recorded its worst month since 2022, shedding 5.8% in March.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumpcession</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recession</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/business/stocks-nikkei-sp500.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6A0E0CDF-535A-4F97-A793-7EC836C1BEC6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/business/stocks-nikkei-sp500.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=6A0E0CDF-535A-4F97-A793-7EC836C1BEC6</a>

Jonathan EmmesediWe should also remember that right wingers, whether within the government or just cheering it on, are reveling in their creation of a climate of fear.Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets | Kenan Malik | The Guardian<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/30/just-like-mccarthy-trump-spreads-fear-everywhere-before-picking-off-his-targets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/30/just-like-mccarthy-trump-spreads-fear-everywhere-before-picking-off-his-targets</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KenanMalik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KenanMalik</a>

ZealZaddyThe Magnus Archives: Miami Tonight 9PM ET Twitch.tv/ZealZaddyStarring @fakeshiny.bsky.social @shatargat.bsky.social @quinnbeckham27.bsky.social @xepherite.bsky.social @flaminhotrod69.bsky.social <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> by <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/montecookgames" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@montecookgames</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Podcast</a> by <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/therustyquill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@therustyquill</a><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MagnusArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MagnusArchives</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MagnusProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MagnusProtocol</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MagnusInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MagnusInstitute</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Horror</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Fears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fears</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Game</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Playlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Playlist</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/HorrorStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HorrorStory</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/HorrorStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HorrorStories</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/HorrorGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HorrorGame</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/ExistentialHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExistentialHorror</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Entities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entities</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Lovecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lovecraft</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCP</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SCPFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCPFoundation</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/JunjiIto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JunjiIto</a>

Richard RatheDeception, Obfuscation & MisdirectionThis is a concatenation of posts I originally made in 2016-2017--even more relevant today...Most are familiar with the concept of <a href="https://c.im/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FUD</a>—short for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fear</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uncertainty</a> & <a href="https://c.im/tags/Doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doubt</a>. It summarizes a strategy often used in marketing and political propaganda. Its effects are pernicious, divisive and lead to exploitation. Examples abound. Fear is a strong motivator! To resist FUD one must understand how it is practiced using the principles of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Obfuscation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obfuscation</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Misdirection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Misdirection</a>.<a href="https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/deception_obfuscation_misdirection/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/deception_obfuscation_misdirection/index.html</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lies</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Liars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liars</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Media</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeorgeOrwell</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HannahArendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HannahArendt</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disinformation</a>

Paul Houle😨 AI emotion detection may fall short: Study finds real-life fear is communicated through context, not facial cues<a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-ai-emotion-fall-short-real.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-ai-emotion-fall-short-real.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fear</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emotions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emotions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/face" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#face</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/expression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#expression</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/context" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#context</a>

Cynni's BlogDoubting myself I used to be sure of myself. I either knew something, I didn't know it and tried to learn about it, or I just wasn't interested and it could not interest me in the slightest way... I used to know stuff, be curious about stuff, want to learn stuff... Sometimes, I went overboard with the gathering of knowledge, as I spent way too much time (and sometimes money) on getting my hands on more info. I learned that it was/is part of my AuDHD, getting the hyperfocus, or a special interest, that would absorb me all the way. These days, I often doubt myself. I guess getting more brain fog symptoms when I got my fibro, and now being made worse at times by the peri-menopause... Also, having been in relationships where I was often told I was wrong, I misunderstood, I just was too stupid to understand... Those things combined, I guess they just added to the increased feelings of anxiety that I have been dealing with. I never had too many issues with it, until I tried to OD, until my life was gone as I knew it... And these days, I am struggling at times... […] <a href="https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/doubting-myself/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/doubting-myself/</a>

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