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Life KitShrink your grocery billBeth Mansell delivers genuinely actionable, non-obvious tactics — from freezer lists to pre-shopping online to food bank nuance — that reframe grocery spending as a skill, not a sacrifice. Practical enough to use this week.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50TRAILS
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August 11 in years past
August 11, 2025 · 1 entry
in imageCOUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
THE JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
CONTACT:
RELEASE:
Lindsey Walton
Iwalton@dccouncil.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE
Monday August 11, 2025
DC COUNCIL STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENTIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON, DC - This is a manufactured intrusion on local authority. Violent crime
in the District is at the lowest rates we've seen in 30 years. Federalizing the Metropolitan
Police Department is unwarranted because there is no Federal emergency. Further, the
National Guard has no public safety training or knowledge of local laws. The Guard's role
does not include investigating or solving crimes in the District. Calling out the National
Guard is an unnecessary deployment with no real mission.
strategies. We must ensure that in our pursuit of safety, we do not create an atmosphere of
сео о ое ноне на .
Public safety is built on trust, consistent enforcement, and community-based
Our local police department is the best in the country, and it is our police officers
who should be leading the efforts to keep our communities safe-not the National Guard.
The President was unable to cite any evidence that our MPD is not able to do the job. Let's
Our local government regularly partners with the federal government. The federal
government plays a role through the United States Attorney's Office prosecuting violent
crime, the Senate confirming judges to serve on our courts, the federal supervision agencies
to follow up with people who are released on parole, and Congress passing a budget fix so
that DC residents can spend their own tax dollars to pay our police and firefighters the
wages they deserve. Taking over our police department and deploying hundreds of National
Guard members is not the hard work of public safety - it is a show of force without impact.
It is our job to regularly look at our laws and ensure they are serving our residents'
interests. That's what we did in 2024 when the Council came together to pass Secure DC,
an omnibus with over 100 interventions to drive down crime. We did it again when the
Council in June 2025 passed Peace DC legislation that puts the city on a path to more
sustainable safety. And in the last two years where we have been laser focused on driving
down crime, we have decreased violent crime by nearly 50% of what it was, yielding the
lowest violent crime numbers our city has seen in 30 years.
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THE JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
CONTACT:
RELEASE:
Lindsey Walton
Iwalton@dccouncil.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE
Monday August 11, 2025
DC COUNCIL STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENTIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
WASHINGTON, DC - This is a manufactured intrusion on local authority. Violent crime
in the District is at the lowest rates we've seen in 30 years. Federalizing the Metropolitan
Police Department is unwarranted because there is no Federal emergency. Further, the
National Guard has no public safety training or knowledge of local laws. The Guard's role
does not include investigating or solving crimes in the District. Calling out the National
Guard is an unnecessary deployment with no real mission.
strategies. We must ensure that in our pursuit of safety, we do not create an atmosphere of
сео о ое ноне на .
Public safety is built on trust, consistent enforcement, and community-based
Our local police department is the best in the country, and it is our police officers
who should be leading the efforts to keep our communities safe-not the National Guard.
The President was unable to cite any evidence that our MPD is not able to do the job. Let's
Our local government regularly partners with the federal government. The federal
government plays a role through the United States Attorney's Office prosecuting violent
crime, the Senate confirming judges to serve on our courts, the federal supervision agencies
to follow up with people who are released on parole, and Congress passing a budget fix so
that DC residents can spend their own tax dollars to pay our police and firefighters the
wages they deserve. Taking over our police department and deploying hundreds of National
Guard members is not the hard work of public safety - it is a show of force without impact.
It is our job to regularly look at our laws and ensure they are serving our residents'
interests. That's what we did in 2024 when the Council came together to pass Secure DC,
an omnibus with over 100 interventions to drive down crime. We did it again when the
Council in June 2025 passed Peace DC legislation that puts the city on a path to more
sustainable safety. And in the last two years where we have been laser focused on driving
down crime, we have decreased violent crime by nearly 50% of what it was, yielding the
lowest violent crime numbers our city has seen in 30 years.
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August 11, 2024 · 4 entries
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August 11, 2023 · 2 entries
August 11, 2022 · 4 entries
in imageBIG EMPRESS ENERGY T @bige...• 2m
gemini
the full moon on aug 11 is an invitation to
release escapism
coping mechanisms should help you cope,
not lose hope
drop the addictions
pick up your spiritual prescription
meditate to tap into your higher wisdom
your beliefs create your reality
align them with your values
@bigempressenergy
gemini
the full moon on aug 11 is an invitation to
release escapism
coping mechanisms should help you cope,
not lose hope
drop the addictions
pick up your spiritual prescription
meditate to tap into your higher wisdom
your beliefs create your reality
align them with your values
@bigempressenergy
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August 11, 2019 · 7 entries
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in imageHOT SPOT DUPONT
Yoga in the Park
w/ Becca Thomas
Sunday, August 11 • 5-6:15pm
Meridian Hill Park•Washington, DC
16th & Euclid Corner of Park
All levels welcome! Please bring your own mat, towel & water!
More Information:
https://hotspotdupont.com/yoga-in-the-park
Yoga in the Park
w/ Becca Thomas
Sunday, August 11 • 5-6:15pm
Meridian Hill Park•Washington, DC
16th & Euclid Corner of Park
All levels welcome! Please bring your own mat, towel & water!
More Information:
https://hotspotdupont.com/yoga-in-the-park
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August 11, 2018 · 4 entries
@yasmikey Strawberry Rhubarb
Cobbler
Cobbler
retreat hike
LOOK AT THAT CREW!!!
in imageTHE FORTY-EIGHT PERIODS
ADVICE:
Monitor the pace of your actieities carefuilly. Seet to be more consistent and less casual
in jettsoning people and ideas. Don1 come on so strong. Tur off your mental motor
from time to time. Confront your fears and insecurities
LOOK AT THAT CREW!!!
M
TAURUS - GEMINI CUSP NOTABLES
Amazing variety has marked the career of Grace
Jones, from model and movie actress (playing opposite
Conan the Destroyer and James
Bond) to her performance
videos Slate to Rhytbm and
Warm Leatherette and albums
Inside Story and Boomerang
OMPST. Refusing to be put in
any category is typical of
Taurus-Geminis, and Jones is
no exception. Her remarkable
looks and equally distinctive
GRACE JONES
manner mark her as a true indi-
vidual—one of a kind. Her
explosive persona says "Handle with care," and her fero-
ciously uncompromising stance is not recommended for
the faint-hearted. Like others born on the Cusp of
Energy, Jones has plenty of this commodity to spare for
a wide-ranging multitude of projects.
tion. Feared by some Americans, Malcolm was also
deeply loved by many who have continued to honor his
memory since his assassination in 1965.
Wearing different hats
comes naturally to Taurus-
Geminis, and this is certainly
true of the dynamic singer and
actress Cher. A true entertain-
er, Cher appears equally at
home in live performances and
before TV and film cameras
Perhaps her most astonishing
CHER
feat was getting critics to take her seriously as an actress.
Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy
Award for her work in Silkwood, Cher then won the Best
Actress Award for her performance in Moonstruck With
film success, Cher's full and flamboyant expression of
herself remains irrespressible. Her marriages to Sonny
Energetic and prolific, Malcolm X typifies
Bono and Gregg Allman and romantie links with Val
the eclectic and highly original nature of those
Kilmer, Gene Simmons and Richie Sambora
bor on the Taurus-Gemini cusp. Black sepa-
have been followed with great interest by her
ratist and Black Muslim teacher, Malcolm
many fans.
spoke out fearlessly against the historical
oppression of his people and demanded jus-
tice for them. In 1946 he began a 7-year jail
sentence for armed robbery and while in
prison converted to the Nation of Islam. Upon
his release, he met with Islam leader Elijah
MALCOLM X
Muhammad and began work for the organization, culmi-
nating in his appointment as first national minister, from
which he resigned in 1964 to establish his own organiza-
More Taurus-Geminis: Bob Dylan. Arthur
Conan Doyle, Mary Cassatt, Queen Victoria
Laurence Olivier. Andrei Sakharov, Nicale
Brown Simpson, Richard Wagner, Henri
Rousseau, Priscilla Presley, Marvin Hagler,
Jean-Paul Marat, Socrates, Ho Chi Minh, Joan
Collins, Jim Lehrer, Peter Townshend, Lorraine
Hansberry, Jimmy Stewant, Albrecht Durer, Armand
Hammer, Fats Waller, George Washington Carver.
ADVICE:
Monitor the pace of your actieities carefuilly. Seet to be more consistent and less casual
in jettsoning people and ideas. Don1 come on so strong. Tur off your mental motor
from time to time. Confront your fears and insecurities
LOOK AT THAT CREW!!!
M
TAURUS - GEMINI CUSP NOTABLES
Amazing variety has marked the career of Grace
Jones, from model and movie actress (playing opposite
Conan the Destroyer and James
Bond) to her performance
videos Slate to Rhytbm and
Warm Leatherette and albums
Inside Story and Boomerang
OMPST. Refusing to be put in
any category is typical of
Taurus-Geminis, and Jones is
no exception. Her remarkable
looks and equally distinctive
GRACE JONES
manner mark her as a true indi-
vidual—one of a kind. Her
explosive persona says "Handle with care," and her fero-
ciously uncompromising stance is not recommended for
the faint-hearted. Like others born on the Cusp of
Energy, Jones has plenty of this commodity to spare for
a wide-ranging multitude of projects.
tion. Feared by some Americans, Malcolm was also
deeply loved by many who have continued to honor his
memory since his assassination in 1965.
Wearing different hats
comes naturally to Taurus-
Geminis, and this is certainly
true of the dynamic singer and
actress Cher. A true entertain-
er, Cher appears equally at
home in live performances and
before TV and film cameras
Perhaps her most astonishing
CHER
feat was getting critics to take her seriously as an actress.
Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy
Award for her work in Silkwood, Cher then won the Best
Actress Award for her performance in Moonstruck With
film success, Cher's full and flamboyant expression of
herself remains irrespressible. Her marriages to Sonny
Energetic and prolific, Malcolm X typifies
Bono and Gregg Allman and romantie links with Val
the eclectic and highly original nature of those
Kilmer, Gene Simmons and Richie Sambora
bor on the Taurus-Gemini cusp. Black sepa-
have been followed with great interest by her
ratist and Black Muslim teacher, Malcolm
many fans.
spoke out fearlessly against the historical
oppression of his people and demanded jus-
tice for them. In 1946 he began a 7-year jail
sentence for armed robbery and while in
prison converted to the Nation of Islam. Upon
his release, he met with Islam leader Elijah
MALCOLM X
Muhammad and began work for the organization, culmi-
nating in his appointment as first national minister, from
which he resigned in 1964 to establish his own organiza-
More Taurus-Geminis: Bob Dylan. Arthur
Conan Doyle, Mary Cassatt, Queen Victoria
Laurence Olivier. Andrei Sakharov, Nicale
Brown Simpson, Richard Wagner, Henri
Rousseau, Priscilla Presley, Marvin Hagler,
Jean-Paul Marat, Socrates, Ho Chi Minh, Joan
Collins, Jim Lehrer, Peter Townshend, Lorraine
Hansberry, Jimmy Stewant, Albrecht Durer, Armand
Hammer, Fats Waller, George Washington Carver.
When you don't like the tarot card you pull @yogi_beckyp @emerymargaret @colleenstagramz @madeline.miskie
August 11, 2017 · 2 entries
"Pondexter-Moore calls that whole line of argumentation ridiculous. "The only message my clothes are sending is, 'This is what I want to put on,'" she says. "If one man wears a football jersey and another man tackles the shit out of him, can he say, 'Well, your clothes say you're a football player?"
A Heated Confrontation In Southwest Sparks Anger And Debate About Street Harassment: DCist
http://dcist.com/2017/08/heated_confrontation_debate_street_harassment.php
A Heated Confrontation In Southwest Sparks Anger And Debate About Street Harassment: DCist
http://dcist.com/2017/08/heated_confrontation_debate_street_harassment.php
August 11, 2015 · 2 entries
Retweeted Rayceen Pendarvis (@AskRayceen):
Mark your calendars 9/25/15 @reelaffirmation and @askrayceen 7PM @EstefanoStCroix @GoGayDC @DMVGayEvents @DCHomos
Mark your calendars 9/25/15 @reelaffirmation and @askrayceen 7PM @EstefanoStCroix @GoGayDC @DMVGayEvents @DCHomos
August 11, 2014 · 3 entries
Ashtanga Yoga and Acute and Chronic Pain
✎ Essay · Practice
Ashtanga Yoga and Acute and Chronic Pain
One of the most brilliant aspects of the ashtanga vinyasa yoga physical practice lies in its adaptability. Not unlike the swiss army knife housing a blade, a toothpick, and a bottle opener, the ashtanga yoga practice works effectively across a spectrum of applications. Not confined…
Read the essay →
Out enjoying live dance! Liz Saluke is AMAZING (so is the company) @shelbsthomcat @mroike
August 11, 2012 · 3 entries
RT @ChristopherFTL: #PaulRyan voted to Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC.
ashtangayogaconfluence.comSCHEDULE | Ashtanga Yoga ConfluAshtanga Yoga ConfluenceTempting! â@AYC_Confluence: Ashtanga Yoga Confluence 2013 Schedule Online registration to open early October 2012.
RT @Yoga_Journal: It may be harder to make friends as an adult, but yoga has brought true friends into Neal Pollack's life. @nealpollack
August 11, 2011 · 3 entries
Have we talked about my Strong & Sweet: A Labor Day Master Class? Noon on Labor Day at STROGA-- oh man, I'm excited.
Ain't a thing wrong with hollerin'.
August 11, 2009 · 1 entry
is as Michael does.
August 11, 2008 · 1 entry
is in training (9 mile day)
FIELD LOG
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13,084entries logged
24years afield2003–2026
40on this day
37doodles
134pickings
Dec 2003logbook opened
FROM THE DESK
Writing
- Personal NotesThe Constraint Is MeAug 10, 2026
- PracticeYour Body Speaks in PatternsAug 8, 2026
- PracticeWaiting to Be Given the Next Pose: Reclaiming Authority Over My PracticeAug 4, 2026
- PracticeA Little Better: On Watching Your Mind Get You HurtAug 2, 2026
- PhilosophyNarayana and PracticeJul 31, 2026
- CultureThe Guilds of PracticeJul 29, 2026
FROM THE SHALA DAILY
Digests
In This Issue
- When They Know You’re VulnerableAug 10, 2026
The system doesn't just sort and price. It times — finding you at your most vulnerable.
- Healing After Sexual TraumaAug 9, 2026
Women who experienced sexual trauma showed significant decreases in PTSD symptoms, self-blame, and depression after practicing iRest Yoga Nidra.
- Twenty Minutes to a Sharper MindAug 8, 2026
A 20-minute yoga session significantly improved reaction time, accuracy, and memory in college students, while 20 minutes of jogging produced no cognitive gains.
- Yoga Filter #1: Who Decides What’s RealAug 3, 2026
This is Yoga Filter!
- Passion Doesn’t Pay RentAug 3, 2026
Your 200-hour taught you to sequence a class. It never taught you to own the platform, the pricing, and the recurring income that outlast your knees.
- When Medication Was Not EnoughAug 2, 2026
People with treatment-resistant depression showed decreased depression and anxiety after practicing Sudarshan Kriya yoga, while those on medication alone saw no improvement.
- Yoga Broke the Pain-Depression Cycle in New StudyAug 1, 2026
A 2020 study found that yoga significantly improved pain levels, mood, and functional capacity in people living with both chronic pain and depression.
- Stating the ObviousJul 28, 2026
A blogger handed himself a permission slip I needed: blogging can just be stating the obvious.
FROM THE FEED
The Read
lionsroar.comCelebrating an American BodhisattvaLion's Roar essay memorializing Robert A.F. Thurman, the pioneering American Buddhist scholar and Tibet advocate who died June 16, 2026, at 84. The author attended a memorial gathering at Menla Retreat in Phoenicia, NY, celebrating Thurman's life as an 'American bodhisattva' who bridged Tibetan Budd✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
mexiconewsdaily.comA new ‘Health City’ planned for Oaxaca state is a step toward a Universal Health Service in MexicoMexico's President Sheinbaum inaugurated construction of a three-hospital complex called 'Health City' (Ñuu Tata) in Oaxaca, designed to serve nearly 1 million people as part of a new Universal Health Service system. The $580 million project includes IMSS, ISSSTE, and IMSS-Bienestar facilities with✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50FROM THE FEED
The Listen
Life KitShrink your grocery billBeth Mansell delivers genuinely actionable, non-obvious tactics — from freezer lists to pre-shopping online to food bank nuance — that reframe grocery spending as a skill, not a sacrifice. Practical enough to use this week.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
Planet MoneyWhat makes a toy go viralA tight case study in how viral toy success is engineered — surprise mechanics, artificial scarcity, and a just-in-time supply chain — told through one squishy blob. Practical business lessons wrapped in genuinely fun reporting.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50Life KitHow to have better conversationsCharles Duhigg translates neuroscience and behavioral research into concrete, immediately usable conversation techniques — the three-question exercise alone is worth the runtime. This is a practical manual for anyone who suspects they've been talking at people their whole life.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
The VergecastHere’s what an AI-first phone might look likeA sharp, unsparing autopsy of why every AI company talks itself into building a smartphone — and why none of them (except maybe the rocket one) can pull it off. The duopoly analysis and the Siri demo are both genuinely clarifying.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
Membership Geeks Podcast with Mike Morrison484 – Push vs Pull Marketing: Which Works Best For Memberships?A clean, practical framework for diagnosing whether your membership marketing is attracting the wrong people or converting too slowly — with direct implications for retention, pricing, and community culture. The push/pull audit lens is immediately actionable.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50FROM THE FEED
The Watch
Megaprojects3D Printed Homes Were a Lie Anyway.A methodical takedown of 3D-printed construction hype, grounded in a rigorous 2024 cost study that exposes the full project economics — not just the flattering construction-phase numbers. The prefab comparison gives the argument real teeth.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
Y CombinatorGarry Tan: “Personal AGI Is How You Stay Under Your Own Power”Garry Tan threads Spinoza's excommunication through a concrete personal-AGI architecture to argue that owning your skill files is the modern version of owning your tools — philosophy that lands as operational doctrine. The receipts are specific enough to act on tonight.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
TODAYNew ‘Gilmore Girls’ Doc to Feature Never-Before-Seen OuttakesQuick but concrete update on the Gilmore Girls documentary with real production details — format, perspective, platform, and archive material confirmed. Worth returning to as a source anchor when the doc drops.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
Jregso what if It’s conscious?Jreg performs an absurdist reductio ad absurdum on AI consciousness discourse, exposing the stakes of the rights debate by escalating to a deliberately monstrous fourth position — useful for anyone thinking about where AI moral patienthood arguments actually lead.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
VoxHow Google broke the internet | The Gray AreaRyan Brick makes a genuinely counterintuitive case that Google Zero could be liberation rather than collapse — and his diagnosis of how Google warped internet culture from the inside out is precise and damning. Worth returning to for the architecture-of-the-internet framing alone.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50FROM THE LEDGER
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Unearthed
“I want to pay more than lip service to things like non-harming, contentment, inclusion, and peace. Even more so, I want to really be clear on the things I see get really obfuscated (looking squarely at my colleagues rn tbh): autonomy, personal agency, consent, and agency. This goes beyond “memorizing the sequence” and requires looking at our speech, beliefs and presentation.
I think things like personal agency and autonomy are often being limited by action if not word. I’ve seen authoritarianism and group-think arise in spaces, often the end result being spaces that present an exclusivity. There are ways around this trap, but it requires confronting the issues head on. ”
Do I have your attention?
Get clear on the pieces making up your Ashtanga Yoga practice by applying systems thinking. Learn how a holistic approach can lead to informed and sustainable decisions in your practice.
On the blog, link in bio. “Enhancing Ashtanga Yoga Through Systems Thinking”
I think things like personal agency and autonomy are often being limited by action if not word. I’ve seen authoritarianism and group-think arise in spaces, often the end result being spaces that present an exclusivity. There are ways around this trap, but it requires confronting the issues head on. ”
Do I have your attention?
Get clear on the pieces making up your Ashtanga Yoga practice by applying systems thinking. Learn how a holistic approach can lead to informed and sustainable decisions in your practice.
On the blog, link in bio. “Enhancing Ashtanga Yoga Through Systems Thinking”
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Life KitShrink your grocery billBeth Mansell delivers genuinely actionable, non-obvious tactics — from freezer lists to pre-shopping online to food bank nuance — that reframe grocery spending as a skill, not a sacrifice. Practical enough to use this week.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50The iPhone still brings up sprouts and seeds. Missed connections is great but won’t load on read.
Hard to edit text boxes because you long hold them have to click twice
Fluent and sites should work adjustable and many f them at once.
↳ Thank her for joining
Send Greg a quick note letting him know the membership is sorted.
Fw: Quick video (Re: 5:30 Choir - July 26 (Seventeenth Sunday Ordinary Time)
↳ Add a closing line/CTA
Edit and proofread
↳ Check for typos
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Hard to edit text boxes because you long hold them have to click twice
Fluent and sites should work adjustable and many f them at once.
↳ Thank her for joining
Send Greg a quick note letting him know the membership is sorted.
Fw: Quick video (Re: 5:30 Choir - July 26 (Seventeenth Sunday Ordinary Time)
↳ Add a closing line/CTA
Edit and proofread
↳ Check for typos
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✎ Essay · Personal Notes
The Constraint Is Me
What it looks like to build a sustainable creative business when your own time is the bottleneck everything bends around.
Read the essay →
✎ Essay · Shala Digest
When They Know You’re Vulnerable
The system doesn't just sort and price. It times — finding you at your most vulnerable.
Read the essay →↳ Thank her for joining
Look up Greg Cooke Yoga Club's current membership plans and pricing on their website or Instagram.
Send Greg a quick note letting him know the membership is sorted.
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↳ Add a closing line/CTA
Edit and proofread
↳ Check for typos
↳ Trim for length/clarity
Look up Greg Cooke Yoga Club's current membership plans and pricing on their website or Instagram.
Send Greg a quick note letting him know the membership is sorted.
Fw: Quick video (Re: 5:30 Choir - July 26 (Seventeenth Sunday Ordinary Time)
↳ Add a closing line/CTA
Edit and proofread
↳ Check for typos
↳ Trim for length/clarity
✎ Essay · Shala Digest
Healing After Sexual Trauma
Women who experienced sexual trauma showed significant decreases in PTSD symptoms, self-blame, and depression after practicing iRest Yoga Nidra.
Read the essay →Important update to your Microsoft 365 subscription
Why do we sigh?
MJH Ink: [Reminder] Register your apps and signing keys to meet Android developer verification requirements before Sep 30, 2026
Re: Jump Through and Compression Drills
when clicking on a user inside of roster it should surface usable contact info (email text replies etc)
Why do we sigh?
MJH Ink: [Reminder] Register your apps and signing keys to meet Android developer verification requirements before Sep 30, 2026
Re: Jump Through and Compression Drills
when clicking on a user inside of roster it should surface usable contact info (email text replies etc)
✎ Essay · Practice
Your Body Speaks in Patterns
"Listen to your body." If I had a dollar for every time someone said this in a yoga class without explaining how, I could fund a retreat center. The problem isn't the sentiment. Your body does have things to say. The problem is the advice…
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Twenty Minutes to a Sharper Mind
A 20-minute yoga session significantly improved reaction time, accuracy, and memory in college students, while 20 minutes of jogging produced no cognitive gains.
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Megaprojects3D Printed Homes Were a Lie Anyway.A methodical takedown of 3D-printed construction hype, grounded in a rigorous 2024 cost study that exposes the full project economics — not just the flattering construction-phase numbers. The prefab comparison gives the argument real teeth.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50Y CombinatorGarry Tan: “Personal AGI Is How You Stay Under Your Own Power”Garry Tan threads Spinoza's excommunication through a concrete personal-AGI architecture to argue that owning your skill files is the modern version of owning your tools — philosophy that lands as operational doctrine. The receipts are specific enough to act on tonight.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50TODAYNew ‘Gilmore Girls’ Doc to Feature Never-Before-Seen OuttakesQuick but concrete update on the Gilmore Girls documentary with real production details — format, perspective, platform, and archive material confirmed. Worth returning to as a source anchor when the doc drops.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50↳ Thank her for joining
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The Harms Are Specific, the Gains Are Vague
I was half-listening to an AI regulation podcast when the pattern landed. Not a new podcast — there are a thousand of them now, all saying roughly the same things with different levels of alarm. This one had someone who had actually read the filings,…
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mexiconewsdaily.comA new ‘Health City’ planned for Oaxaca state is a step toward a Universal Health Service in MexicoMexico's President Sheinbaum inaugurated construction of a three-hospital complex called 'Health City' (Ñuu Tata) in Oaxaca, designed to serve nearly 1 million people as part of a new Universal Health Service system. The $580 million project includes IMSS, ISSSTE, and IMSS-Bienestar facilities with✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50↳ Thank her for joining
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✎ Essay · Practice
Waiting to Be Given the Next Pose: Reclaiming Authority Over My Practice
The method saved my body and my attention. The power structure around it nearly cost me both. I could have written a post about it. I built a platform instead.
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✎ Essay · Shala Digest
Yoga Filter #1: Who Decides What’s Real
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Passion Doesn’t Pay Rent
Your 200-hour taught you to sequence a class. It never taught you to own the platform, the pricing, and the recurring income that outlast your knees.
Read the essay →Jregso what if It’s conscious?Jreg performs an absurdist reductio ad absurdum on AI consciousness discourse, exposing the stakes of the rights debate by escalating to a deliberately monstrous fourth position — useful for anyone thinking about where AI moral patienthood arguments actually lead.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
theguardian.comNational Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claimsThe National Gallery faces allegations that its outsourced security staff—predominantly from minority ethnic backgrounds—are segregated from the institution's mainly white employees. While permanent staff access a subsidized hub with natural light and quality facilities, security guards are confined✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
publicdomainreview.orgArtificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant KnowledgeThe Ars notoria was a medieval grimoire promising instant mastery of university subjects through contemplation of complex diagrams, recitation of mysterious words, and prescribed rituals. Despite condemnation by Aquinas and church authorities as demonic superstition, fifty-six manuscripts survived,✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50✎ Writing Prompt
You wake to find a single word written on your wrist in handwriting that isn't yours—just "Inspo," nothing else—and by noon you realize everyone you pass has the same word inked in the same place. No one else seems to notice theirs, or perhaps they simply won't say, and when you catch your reflection in a shop window, the letters have started, very slowly, to rearrange themselves into something else.
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Finding the Spark: Tracing Where Inspiration Comes From
The Myth of the Lightning Bolt
Inspiration rarely arrives as a single flash of genius; it is usually the visible tip of long, invisible preparation.
Environments That Invite Ideas
Certain places, routines, and sensory conditions consistently make people more receptive to new thoughts, and identifying them can be a practical tool.
Borrowing from Others
Much of what feels original is really a remix of influences absorbed from books, conversations, and art, and tracing these debts can deepen creative honesty.
The Role of Constraint
Limitations in time, resources, or form often sharpen inspiration rather than smother it, forcing unexpected solutions to the surface.
When Inspiration Runs Dry
Understanding the common blocks to inspiration, from fear to fatigue, helps explain why creative output fluctuates and how to work through the lulls.
Turning Inspiration into Action
The final test of inspiration is not the feeling itself but whether it can be translated into sustained, disciplined work.
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You wake to find a single word written on your wrist in handwriting that isn't yours—just "Inspo," nothing else—and by noon you realize everyone you pass has the same word inked in the same place. No one else seems to notice theirs, or perhaps they simply won't say, and when you catch your reflection in a shop window, the letters have started, very slowly, to rearrange themselves into something else.
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Finding the Spark: Tracing Where Inspiration Comes From
The Myth of the Lightning Bolt
Inspiration rarely arrives as a single flash of genius; it is usually the visible tip of long, invisible preparation.
Environments That Invite Ideas
Certain places, routines, and sensory conditions consistently make people more receptive to new thoughts, and identifying them can be a practical tool.
Borrowing from Others
Much of what feels original is really a remix of influences absorbed from books, conversations, and art, and tracing these debts can deepen creative honesty.
The Role of Constraint
Limitations in time, resources, or form often sharpen inspiration rather than smother it, forcing unexpected solutions to the surface.
When Inspiration Runs Dry
Understanding the common blocks to inspiration, from fear to fatigue, helps explain why creative output fluctuates and how to work through the lulls.
Turning Inspiration into Action
The final test of inspiration is not the feeling itself but whether it can be translated into sustained, disciplined work.
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Notes
Quotes
Inspo
R. tuelstic
practise to
eyrelde enlightenment
via family and
and reasons
a best seller -
woah.
ALL THE DUCKS ARE swimming
IN THE WATER. FaLaLaLaita
The system
tells you what
it thinks of
you. Pro-rated Kit
Kats in the
vending machine
as an amenity to be
celebrated ... hmm...
R. tuelstic
practise to
eyrelde enlightenment
via family and
and reasons
a best seller -
woah.
ALL THE DUCKS ARE swimming
IN THE WATER. FaLaLaLaita
The system
tells you what
it thinks of
you. Pro-rated Kit
Kats in the
vending machine
as an amenity to be
celebrated ... hmm...
✎ Essay · Practice
A Little Better: On Watching Your Mind Get You Hurt
Knowing what your mind does won't stop it—but practice shortens the gap between recognition and reaction.
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When Medication Was Not Enough
People with treatment-resistant depression showed decreased depression and anxiety after practicing Sudarshan Kriya yoga, while those on medication alone saw no improvement.
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english.elpais.comEva Millet, writer: ‘The constant pursuit of perfection is a recipe for guilt, frustration and unhappiness’Eva Millet discusses 'FAFO parenting,' a trend advocating that children learn from natural consequences rather than constant adult intervention. She argues that intensive parenting models—respectful, conscious, attachment—have created exhausting pressure on parents, especially mothers, by demanding✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50VoxHow Google broke the internet | The Gray AreaRyan Brick makes a genuinely counterintuitive case that Google Zero could be liberation rather than collapse — and his diagnosis of how Google warped internet culture from the inside out is precise and damning. Worth returning to for the architecture-of-the-internet framing alone.✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50Get MichaelFilter
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