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What’s on my mind: Personal Emergent Practice:

• https://www.optimisticanthro.com/blog/2018/2/8/what-the-heck-is-emergent-learning

News:

• Trump gets his hand slapped:
  • https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174975870/trump-carroll-verdict
• Santos is in jail for lying, how is Trump still free: 
  • https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/10/nyregion/george-santos-charges-news
• Homophobia is the new Conservatism:
  • https://apnews.com/article/transgender-nonbinary-hormone-puberty-missouri-lawmakers-5a8922430ffab9e43cf9b7ce254bff9f
• Yes, it is a cult, but all religions are cults:
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/inside-kenyan-starvation-cult-its-tragic-end-forest-death-2023-05-04/
• CNN Cluster Fuck:
  • https://newsone.com/4579875/cnn-townhall-trump-thug-comment/

This shit is for us: Distorted Security:

• https://www.namasteadvice.com/blog/2018/4/30/how-to-stop-playing-small-and-live-the-life-you-want

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: No one believes in Satan but Christians:

• http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1017-04992013000300013

Closing: More “bad” good news: 

• https://www.theroot.com/finally-some-good-news-in-the-racist-rancher-feud-1850429977

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What’s on my mind: Living a Limitless Life:

• https://summaries.com/blog/limitless

News:

• More shit about Clearance “happy slave” Thomas:
  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/may/05/clarence-thomas-ginni-supreme-court-ethics-scandal-live-updates
• Systemic racism leads to death: 
  • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/04/26/opinion/road-deaths-racial-gap.html
• Another Zimmerman in progress:
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/nyregion/jordan-neely-chokehold-death-subway.html
• Stepin Fetchit’s campaign platform:
  • https://onlysky.media/rsnedeker/faith-a-gateway-drug-to-real-world-tragedy/
• …and the real criminals go free:
  • https://www.theroot.com/florida-republicans-pour-money-into-ron-desantis-electi-1850409649

This shit is for us: Are we nearing the end:

• https://www.complete-review.com/reviews/ghana/armahak1.htm#:~:text=Two%20Thousand%20Seasons%20is%20a%20story%20of%20triumphs%20of%20the,then%20the%20rescue%20of%20others.

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: How Much Does It Cost to be Saved:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47675301

Closing: One smart brother: 

• https://thegrio.com/2023/05/05/dennis-barnes-who-received-10m-in-scholarships-picks-cornell/

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What’s on my mind: Living Life as a DoE:

• http://integralleadershipreview.com/6368-integral-life-practice/
• https://www.blazkos.com/experiments-in-personal-life/

News:

• I don’t think there is anyone dumber than the My Pillow guy:
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/mike-lindell-arbitration-case-5-million.html
• Ingrained disparities of racism: 
  • https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/protesters-demand-return-of-black-couple-s-baby-taken-by-texas-authorities-after-home-birth/ar-AA19SnPQ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5e56022cb18c4a78a9257b45e128a2c5&ei=11
• The racist Right builds on systemic oppression:
  • https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/desantis-appoints-judge-from-religious-right-group-known-for-anti-choice-anti-lgbtq-stances/
• Religion, gateway drug to hard stupidity:
  • https://onlysky.media/rsnedeker/faith-a-gateway-drug-to-real-world-tragedy/
• Tucker out at Fox, good fucking riddance:
  • https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2023-04-24/tucker-carlson-out-at-fox-news-network-confirms

This shit is for us: How to be a Black Activist:

• https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/contemporary-black-activism/91012/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Religion is Flat Land Logic:

• https://hypercritic.org/collection/flatland-a-world-limited-to-two-dimensions/#:~:text=Published%20in%201884%20and%20divided,%2C%20our%20three%2Ddimensional%20universe.

Closing: This is good but don’t mistake it for progress: 

https://thegrio.com/2023/04/23/indiana-county-swears-in-first-black-judge-in-county-history/

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What’s on my mind: The Pale Blue Dot and existential anxiety:

• https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot
• https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-existentialism/#:~:text=Existentialism%20is%20the%20philosophical%20belief,governments%2C%20teachers%20or%20other%20authorities.
• https://philosophynow.org/issues/115/all_the_consequences_of_this

News:

• Shot for ringing a doorbell while Black:
  • https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/4/17/23686644/ralph-yarl-kansas-city-shooting
• Fox blinked: 
  • https://www.reuters.com/legal/fox-resolves-dominion-case-bigger-election-defamation-lawsuit-looms-2023-04-19/
• I told you DeSantis was Trump’s little bitch:
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/04/20/trump-now-claims-endorsements-from-majority-of-gop-congress-members/?sh=7452145659c6
• MTG sticks foot in mouth, again:
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop-homeland-security-b2322874.html
• They always felt this way:
  • https://thegrio.com/2023/04/20/oklahoma-commissioner-quits-recording-lynching-black-people/

This shit is for us: Free your mind and your ass will follow:

• https://www.africanholocaust.net/mental-slavery/#:~:text=Mental%20slavery%20is%20a%20state,about%20self%20and%20the%20world.

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What happened to the Ark:

• https://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/PDFs/articles/noegel-ark-2015.pdf
• https://mythologyexplained.com/ark-of-the-covenant/

Closing: A Guinness Record only we could win: 

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/louisiana-woman-s-5-foot-afro-is-world-s-largest-guinness-says-giving-her-title-for-3rd-time/ar-AA19XMP3?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3c9aa3a7e9c14075a6a84f1cad65e80a&ei=6

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What’s on my mind: Why the Right hates critical thinking:

https://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/about/criticalthinking/what

News:

• Racism’s epic fail:

https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the-depth-of-the-tennessee-gops-disdain-for-democracy/

• Pardoning the Devil: 

https://www.theroot.com/what-texas-gov-abbott-is-eager-to-pardon-a-man-who-ki-1850318625

• They are all sick bastards:

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/10/1168962589/dalai-lama-apologizes-tongue-kiss

• Mad dog Minister:

https://religionnews.com/2023/04/13/james-macdonald-former-harvest-bible-pastor-charged-with-felony-assault-and-battery/

• Stepin Fetchit for president:

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/12/tim-scott-presidential-exploratory-committee-00091597

This shit is for us: The history of political parties in America, they have always been anti-Black:

https://open.lib.umn.edu/americangovernment/chapter/10-1-history-of-american-political-parties/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Mohamad versus Jesus:

https://islamonline.net/en/is-jesus-superior-to-muhammad/

https://www.christoncampuscci.org/a-christian-perspective-on-islam-full-article/6/

Closing: She’s a diva and a mogul: 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/17/how-slutty-vegan-puts-the-party-in-plant-based-food

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What’s on my mind: Instead of the road less travelled, let’s get off the path:

https://aseemthakar.com/the-pathless-path-paul-millerd-book-summary-notes-review/

News:

• Trump indictment details:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/opinion/donald-trump-alvin-bragg-indictment-charges.html

• Even Robo cop is a racist: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/facial-recognition-false-arrests.html

• More evidence that Clarence Thomas is a bought and paid for stooge of the far right:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/politics/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-supreme-court-pro-publica/index.html

• Will there be violence in response to Trump being indicted:

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/radical-right-wing-broadcaster-pete-santilli-calls-for-obama-and-clinton-to-be-executed-in-response-to-trumps-indictment/

• He has faith in Jesus, and look what that got him:

https://www.theroot.com/how-does-a-man-freed-from-prison-get-ordered-back-for-l-1850309196

This shit is for us: Promises broken and broken promises:

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/peniel-joseph-third-reconstruction/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What have you got to lose? A lot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager

Closing: How to turn lemons into lemonade: 

https://newsone.com/4547601/black-teens-solve-math-problem-believed-to-be-impossible/

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What’s on my mind: A creative way of being:

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-creative-act-rick-rubin-book-review-declan-ryan/

News:

• Trump finally indicated:

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/30/nyregion/trump-indictment-news

• Another mass shooting the same fucking response: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nashville-school-shooting-details-victims-investigation-latest/

• One more story about the shooting in Tennessee:

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/far-right-exploits-nashville-shooting-to-smear-lgbtq-people/

• Eric Adams is a fucking idiot…:

https://onlysky.media/alee/new-york-is-a-city-of-freedom-not-a-city-of-god/

• Now this shit hits close to home:

https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/indy-pastor-accused-of-rape-soliciting-minors-and-paying-for-sex-with-men/

This shit is for us: Racism is a panopticon:

https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1936&context=student_scholarship

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: If the Bible is not to be taken literally, what the fuck good is it:

https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/the-normal-literal-method-of-interpretation.php

https://brewminate.com/why-the-bible-cannot-and-should-not-be-taken-literally/

Closing: Black girls rock: 

https://newsone.com/4547601/black-teens-solve-math-problem-believed-to-be-impossible/

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What’s on my mind: Identifying and managing nuance:

https://kieranhealy.org/files/papers/fuck-nuance.pdf

https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/the-problem-with-nuance-for-the-sake-of-nuance/

News:

• Trump indictment watch: 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/your-guide-to-all-of-the-investigations-into-trump

• A promise dies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/americas/haiti-police-gang-violence.html

• The police are liars:

https://myfox8.com/news/couples-5-kids-taken-into-custody-after-misdemeanor-charge-following-traffic-stop/

• A different game:

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/there-can-be-no-mercy-america-first-leaders-put-the-movements-fascism-on-full-display/

• Is DeSantis a racist…fuck yeah, he is:

https://www.theroot.com/is-desantis-using-racism-to-win-the-presidency-1850186076

This shit is for us: Racial fraud and its implications:

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/luvell-anderson-whiteness-itself-greatest-racial-fraud/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: How I “know” there is no god:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_atheism

Closing: Helping children build our future: 

https://blacknews.com/news/kevin-benoit-black-entrepreneur-new-initiative-support-nyc-high-school-students/

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What’s on my mind: Winning the game of life:

https://yukaichou.com/10k-hp/

News:

• Trump indictment likely…Not: 

https://yukaichou.com/10k-hp/

• They killed the music:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/politics/trump-indictment-stormy-daniels-bragg.html

• Cowboy pastor arrested:

https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/local_news/cowboy-way-church-pastor-arrested/article_51936832-07da-5139-8263-b68b152cdbfe.html

• Bank failure hurts Black people:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/black-entrepreneurs-used-silicon-valley-bank-fear-broader-fallout-rcna75133

• The hidden cost of racism:

https://www.theroot.com/black-maternal-mortality-increased-dramatically-in-2021-1850237921

This shit is for us: Ridding ourselves of madness:

https://africaworldpressbooks.com/the-golden-apple-changing-the-structure-of-civilization-anthology-by-edgar-j-ridley/

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: All religions are myths:

https://www.worldhistory.org/Romulus_and_Remus/

Closing: Let’s celebrate Black women II: 

https://thegrio.com/2023/03/17/womens-history-month-a-black-woman-is-still-the-only-coach-to-lead-an-hbcu-to-the-ncaa-finals/

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What’s on my mind: The magic of getting off your ass and doing something:

https://www.tonyrobbins.com/pdfs/Workbook-Time-of-your-Life.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/34193650/The_RPM_Philosophy

News:

• Black Americans attacked in Mexico: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kidnapped-americans-gulf-cartel-gang-apologizes-deaths-letter-associated-press/

• No surprise:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tucker-carlson-fox-trump-jan-6-1234693393/

• Just-Fucking-Us:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/nyregion/brooklyn-exoneration-sheldon-thomas.html

• Cops wrong answer to “am I detained” cost $8.2 mil:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jury-awards-black-family-825-million-wrongful-detention-deputies-calif-rcna74146

•  Karen in trouble after acting like an ugly American:

https://newsone.com/4532768/pizzeria-hate-crime-video/

This shit is for us: Extreme Blackness:

https://tompeters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/EXTREME-HUMANISM.Declaration80-20final.pdf

Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Modern miracles, parking spots and finding lost keys:

https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2339&context=gs_rp

Closing: Let’s celebrate Black women: 

https://newsone.com/4532316/black-women-making-history/3/

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