I made this for my friend's daughter who is trying out pottery. I've been making her little instructional videos and this one is a timelapse of me trimming and putting a handle on a mug. Thought I would share in case you guys find this interesting.
Someone shared this with me who said it had been circulating in the Hasidic community. Will likely offend a lot of people these days.
Hi everyone, I haven't been active in Solid Ground for a while, but I am still alive and kicking! I now work as personal assistant to a mind-bendingly weird and diva-esque artist-lip-syncher-performer named Fiona Blueberry. She is blissfully clueless about politics and seems to be completely unaware of the culture wars. Working with her is a breath of fresh air. If you need a mood lift, I encourage you to watch this video we made together. Happy 4th, everyone! Wishing you fun/love/peace on this holiday. :) www.fionablueberry.com
Colonialism is Philanthropy Actually
I feel like I could write an essay on this but ...
Half my family is English and can trace their ancestors way back to those savages painting themselves blue. I sometimes refer to Stone Henge as "The Temu Coliseum" because, yes English people take pride in it but it's rather embarrassing compared to what the Romans accomplished isn't it? Yea I know it predates it by a few thousand years but the Pre-English hadn't exactly accomplished much after that either..
Until Hadrian... A Roman Emperor, came along and started civilizing us through... Oh that dirty word "Colonialism".
And thanks to Roman Colonialism the English went from naked blue savages to became one of the most powerful countries in the world.
Colonialism was (and I agree IS) a form of Philanthropy. It introduced people suffering in barbarism to the wonders of civilization. It improves quality of life and empowers them. Heck the Goths destroyed Rome using the weapons and techniques that Rome had introduced to them!
Frankly, all wed have to do for large ...
I just spent a long weekend in Philadelphia for the Braver Angels convention. When you sign up you say whether you lean red or blue, because they intentionally only admit equal numbers of both. When you check in, they give you a lanyard with your name and the corresponding color to wear all weekend. I was like, you want me to WHAT?! Terrifying!
But it wasn’t. It was like an alternate universe, like being on vacation with 1000 of the nicest people you know. I wore my red lanyard and everyone was warm and open and I made so many friends. Everyone I met had a story about toxic politics impacting their relationship with loved ones. I’m headed home feeling inspired and hopeful and ready to bring this unifying mentality back home. It’s such a cool organization and I’m still figuring things out myself but wanted to share in case it could help others, too. 🫶
Www.braverangels.com
