thrivinginthorns
a mad garden of thriving. of growing past survival.
an intersection of neurodiversity, plant medicine, metaphysical healing, reparenting, and kink. (play learning for grown-ups)
come play in the garden. ❤️🔥
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@drai
We're turning billions of barrels of ancient sunshine into microliters of dopamine
Be careful with the digital thorns
https://youtu.be/iksSRPpLOzQ
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@drai
testing
@tryemerge.eth create a workflow:
Take the users image and reimagine them skating or skating boarding with imagery and emotions based on this song:
Uh, what up y'all
Soundtrack what's popping baby
Y'all ain't know, I go by the name of Lupe Fiasco
Representing that first and fifteen
Jyea, uh
And this one right here
I dedicate this one right here
To all my homies out there grinding
You know what I'm saying
Legally and illegally
Hahaha
You know what I'm talking about
So, check it out
First got it when he was six
Didn't know any tricks
Matter of fact first time he got on it he slipped
Landed on his hip
And bust his lip
For a week he had to talk with a lisp
Like this
Now we can end the story right here
But shorty didn't quit there was something in the air
Yea, he said it was something so appealing
He couldn't fight the feeling
Something about it
He knew he couldn't doubt it
Couldn't understand it
Brand it, just the first kickflip he land it
Uh, labeled a misfit, a bandit
Kakunk Kakunk Kakunk
His neighbors couldn't stand it so
He was banished to the park
Started in the morning wouldn't stop 'til after dark
Yea, when they said, It's getting late in here
So I'm sorry young man there's no skating here
And so he kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, coast
And away he rolled
Just a rebel to the world with no place to go
And so he kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, coast
So come and skate with me
Just a rebel
Looking for a place to be
So let's kick, and push, and coast
My man got a little older
Became a better roller
Yea, no helmet, hellbent on killing himself
That's what his mama said, but he was feeling himself
Got a little more swagger in his style
Met his girlfriend she was clapping in the crowd
Love is what was happening to him now
Uh, he said I would marry you
But I'm engaged to these arials and variels
And I don't think this board is strong enough to carry two
She said Bow, I weigh 120 pounds
Now, let me make one thing clear
I don't need to ride yours
I got mine right here
So she took him to a spot
He didn't know about
Something odd in the apartment parking lot
She said I don't normally take dates in here
Security came and said, I'm sorry there's no skating here
And so they kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, coast
And away they rolled
Just lovers intertwined with no place to go
And so they kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, coast
So come and skate with me
Just a rebel
Looking for a place to be
So let's kick, and push, and coast
Yeah, before he knew he had a crew
That wasn't no punk
And they spitfire shirts
And SB dunks
They would push 'til they couldn't skate no more
Office building lobbies wasn't safe no more
And it wasn't like they wasn't getting chased no more
Just the freedom was better than breathing they said
Any escape route they used to escape out
When things got crazy
They needed to break out
They head to any place with stairs
Any good grinds
The world was theirs
Uh, and their four wheels would take them there
Until the cops came and said, there's no skating here
And so they kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, kick push, coast
And away they rolled
Just rebels without a cause with no place to go
And so they kick, push, kick, push, kick, push, kick push, coast
So come roll with me
Just a rebel
Looking for a place to be
So let's kick, and push, and coast
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@drai
https://youtu.be/ud2ZOqAWyWA
Some dense but well said perspectives on AI and many other things
Interesting things to consider 🙏
I'll add my own thoughts at some point..
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@drai
Some perspective on old thorns and a view on how we got here in North America:
Much more in the video, of course
Probably slightly paraphrased
From the video:
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So nowadays for example, if you get one of these diseases, what doctors do is they try to take care of you and isolate you and give your body space to heal.
They didn't have that kind of space.
These diseases came all at once and because they were unaccustomed to them, they went like wildfire through these villages
heartbreakingly, you know, if everyone got sick in the winter, for example, people would be too sick to get fire to get wood, to build fires, and then they wouldn't be able to feed each other they wouldn't be able to get water and so what you see is by the time the pilgrims arrive the devastation for the indigenous communities because of these diseases is horrific.
Just absolutely horrific, and that does a number of things first of all that dramatically changes the reactions of indigenous Americans to the arrivals of Europeans, not only because they don't have the power that they need to fight those people off but also because of the extraordinary sort of chaos in their society.
That there has been such a shock to the indigenous society, they're really kind of in chaos you know.
Think about wiping out 2/3rds of people in your population who you know, what are you going to do to survive? How are you going to protect yourself? How are you going to feed yourself?
So that's one thing that happens due to the death rates that happened before the next wave of pilgrims came ...
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They had not seen anyone, aside from mostly graves
And one of the things it does is it gives to the pilgrims who arrive and later European settlers as well, a sense that God has cleared the land for them.
You know, remember that they are differently religious as are the Puritans who are going to come in 10 years and they look around them at this land that indigenous Americans actually took quite good care of. Cultivated it differently than the Europeans would
So all they think is that God has prepared this land for them, and it means that they are somehow really, really special coming from a land of economic straits, coming from a land where you know ordinary people couldn't have access to ownership of land.
You know all of a sudden they come to this place they find it just breathtakingly beautiful cultivated land and there's nobody on it
https://www.youtube.com/live/8cf9wgsNYvo
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@drai
Your energy & health are largely from your mitochondria, grow/care for them (exercise/nutrition)
https://youtu.be/mED1_L3wZbc?
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@drai
An explainer to some of the bigger thorns of today's existence and some interesting perspectives to consider, as an FYI
https://youtu.be/sdy9tKCAe_s
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@verafaye
when you start a process of regeneration, and incidentally remind your self that you were all-ways worthy of blooming
it’s the tiny magics that are the most potent
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@verafaye
what an incredible way to celebrate you-sized-appropriate-growth and the sacredness of boundaries ❤️🔥
may this energy be unfolded as gently as necessary
🌱🫶🏻🌀
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