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Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
I shall write more soon, but I am happy to say that my new course, which is a comprehensive replacement of the old one, is done and now released to the world
it is called Applied Presence: Foundations
may the world like and benefit from it
expandingawareness.org/cours…
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
I find LLMs very helpful for scientific writing. I do the legwork of planning out what to say, track down citations, sketch out the flow, feed all of this to the LLM to generate a draft, and the output is so awful it motivates me to write it out the right way in disgust
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
If young men don’t want to be drafted to fight in Kamala’s and Cheney’s 3rd World War they better get out and vote for Trump.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
Twenty years ago we invaded Iraq. The war killed many innocent Iraqis and Americans. It destroyed the oldest Christian populations in the world. It cost over $1 trillion, and turned Iraq into a satellite of Iran. It was an unforced disaster, and I pray that we learn its lessons.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
I’m the CEO of a hot dog company. I’ve worked on hot dogs for 10 years. And *I* wasn’t prepared for what I’ve just seen. Your life is about to change.
So what can you do?
Buy as many hot dogs as you can. Buy stock in hot dog companies.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
Its telling on the algo that my rw friends feeds show them leftists celebrating, and my lw friends feeds are showing liberals denouncing it.
The bubbles will keep causing death and engagement.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
I co-authored a post with @andrew0blevins, Choices in Feeling. The "choices" part is about different ways that we can relate to emotional reactivity. The post covers self-regulation (the mainstream approach) and Liberating Emotion (an unconventional approach) the contemporary Vajrayana practice that we teach in Evolving Ground.
eG's upcoming seven-week course “Liberating Emotions” will cover this topic in much greater depth, with scaffolding methods, guided practices, and interactive support. It begins on Tuesday, September 30, 7:00 to 8:30pm ET.
Post and course details follow:
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
🌅 Approaching Vividness: a new online course in perception, appreciation, energy, and freedom for action. Four sessions on successive Saturdays, starting in a week!
🔗Details and sign-up link in reply tweet⤵️
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
Periodic reminder, I have a coaching practice. I'm very good at it. I can help you unwind patterns, develop a meditation practice that feels like art, and gently but ruthlessly question the foundations of your unhappiness.
If we've talked & it helped you, please RT (or say how).
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
Yes. We have a major constitutional crisis.
Americans did not fight and die to protect democracy so that the richest man in the world could single-handedly dismantle agencies that protect workers, consumers & children.
Together, we can and will defeat Trump’s authoritarianism.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
"if you had 10x the resources to allocate" is, by contrast, extremely easy to answer
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
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We *can't* be special;
we *shouldn't* be ordinary;
we *can* be noble!
A three-minute clip from my most recent Live AMA:
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
Had a fascinating talk with the ever-interesting @_awbery_ the other day about the meaning of their practice name Rin’dzin Pamo, Tantra, curiosity, new developments in the Evolving Ground community, the role of play and spontaneity in Vajrayana, a special invocation (written by them and @Meaningness), when the teacher/student relationship breaks down, transformation, how to liberate the shadow, and a whole bunch more.
Link below.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
I feel like this may prove to be the most prescient cartoon of the 21st century.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
Anthony Jeselnik is a comedian who is as edgy and as offensive as comedy comes, but he also doing it in good faith and in the context of stand-up comedy. And he accepts and understands what he is doing. He is RIGHT ON here.
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
We're delighted to announce our latest book, Living Digital Media: Rhetorical-affective practices in circulation by Rich Shivener. Shivener explores the experiences of digital media scholars and professionals. Read it at ccdigitalpress.org/ldm
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
Are you reading this and unhappy?
If so, you might find solace and unusual suggestions about what to do or how to think about things in @MaxSoweski's post What is happiness actually?
I love it; it's clear and simple. Second in a series about Bruce Di Marsico's Option Method.
Repost for reach, pls... I think this could be useful for so many people
Derek Van Ittersum retweeted
As an econ major with a bookshelf full of dry economics textbooks, it's hard for me to give away this hardbound copy of @kylascan's just released In This Economy?, but it must be done.
Retweet this and I'll pick a winner on June 1st to get my copy + some dope @readwise merch!
