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Delighted to have an article in the latest edition of 'The Coaching Psychologist', the peer-reviewed journal for the science of #coaching. 🎉
It's all about dealing effectively with psychological discomfort using Acceptance and Commitment coaching. 🧠

I supported Bernie Sanders against Clinton.
Just posting because I believe it's good to admit one's mistakes.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris…

Bernie Sanders blames election loss on Kamala Harris choosing billionaires over the working class
Sanders said while Joe Biden has been blamed election loss, it was ultimately Harris’s fault for cosying up to billionaires

On the IKEA SMAKLIG Built-in Induction Hob: Review - Is an induction hob better than cooking with gas? How about health and carbon? #induction #cutCarbon #airQuality -

On the IKEA SMAKLIG Built-in Induction Hob: Review
Is an induction hob better than cooking with gas? How about health and carbon? #induction #cutCarbon #airQuality

Definitely not under the radar in Toronto, I see their logo everywhere, both on restaurants and drivers.
Didn’t know it was a delivery app from Vancouver
#fantuan #buycanadian

Relationship Between Raiders' Carroll, Kelly Goes Back Decades https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-chip-kelly-pete-carroll-oregon-usc-trojans

uspolitics, trump
I keep seeing smart people writing stuff like
> [the US] kept peace through strength balanced with restraint, and wielded influence through culture, values, and diplomacy
I understand that #Trump is terrible and some people feel tempted to idealize what they had before him, but we should be more discerning, or otherwise it becomes impossible to understand how this happened in the first place.
Let's start with some questions:
- peace where? and for who? was it true peace, or "Pax Romana"?
- are we going to take seriously that statement on "restraint"? after all the lies, internal witch hunting, sanctions, coups, wars, invasions, genocides, and last but not least, 2 unnecessary nuclear strikes on Japan?
Now, on "culture, values, and diplomacy". Sure. Why not. Not everything was going to be bad, right?
But the thing is, abusive husbands aren't bad all the time either. From time to time they know how to be sweet and seem to care: one present here, flowers the next day, a little bit of gaslighting, and fake apologies after that "accidental" slap.
Given enough time (if the wife is still alive), at some point the victim decides to leave, and then all hell breaks loose. Trump is the manifestation of that moment. He does not represent a change in #USA's nature, but a hidden side that was "always" there, just waiting to play its role.
Others believe this is because #US citizens have been intentionally dumbed down by a combination of propaganda and a disfunctional education system, and I'm sure it's partly true... But let's see what many of their most brilliant and educated citizens are choosing to do with their lives today: https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/12/stanford-students-want-in-on-the-military-tech-gold-rush/
So, all I'm asking is: please drop the act. It was always a clusterfuck.

Steven Levitsky: "Nous assistons actuellement Š l'effondrement de notre démocratie. Sous Donald Trump, les États-Unis glissent vers une forme d'autoritarisme. Cela ne sera sans doute pas irréversible. Mais le fait est lŠ : en ce moment même, les États-Unis cessent d'être une démocratie."
#USA

SF People: I want to consolidate. Currently I have a Wells Fargo checking that I use only for ATM access. Would BofA or Chase be better for me? (I have credit cards with both already)

Two US disinformation experts have launched a DIY news outlet.
Not on Mastodon yet though. Missing a trick methinks.
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/indicator-alexios-mantzarlis-craig-silverman/

Two disinformation experts have launched a DIY news outlet - Poynter
With Indicator, Alexios Mantzarlis and Craig Silverman bring a deep well of experience fighting falsehoods into a chaotic and cynical online world

The tape recorder (or any recording and playback technology) remains one of the most important inventions in its philosophical implications in human history, imo. For the first time, we gained new access to sound as raw material: almost as pure phenomena, potentially unfiltered by description, notation, or the cultural identifiers that usually shape musical/sonic experience. (I don’t mean that tape recording gave us direct, unmediated access - whether such a thing is ever possible with any p…