#right livelihood

[solidude-of-solitude]

#mind #consciousness #self #philosophy #right view #right intention #right speech #right action #right livelihood #right effort #right mindfulness #right meditation #buddhism

[raffaellopalandri]

Every Day a Holiday: Finding Joy in the Present Moment

Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?View all responses For many, holidays are a time of escape, a chance to break free from the routines of daily life and indulge in celebration, often with family and loved ones. But what if I told you that every day could be a holiday? This might sound like a radical proposition, but it’s a philosophy I’ve embraced long…

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#Buddhism #courageous #dailyprompt #dailyprompt-1924 #gratitude #Grow #Growth #Happiness #holidays #honest #impermanence #improvement #joy #just #karma #Raffaello Palandri #right livelihood #seed #seeds #sorrow #Stoic #Stoicism #temperate #transformation #virtue #writing

[hkunlimited]

Buddhist Right Speech

Right speech (samma vaca) is easy, because you really don’t have to say anything. That’s the point. But if you do say something, then, say something nice. Most of Buddhism is that way. You don’t have to promote anything. you don’t have to do anything. But if you do something, then do something good. Say something good. Be something good. Because you don’t know until you try it.  I’m referring to…

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#Buddhism #control #freedom #Hardie Karges #language #meditation #Right Action (karma) #Right Aspiration #Right Effort #Right Livelihood #Right Mindfulness #Right View #self-control

[protoslacker]

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.

In the past I’ve been so delighted to puruse the stories of MacArthur Fellows when they are announced.  But this year I felt so tired, when I read the list I didn’t feel a burning curiosity about whe these people are and what they do.   I suspect many of us nowadays feel our skin is thin. I wondered why I felt the need to steel myself in order to find out more when when I’ve always enjoyed finding out more about the new class of MacArthur Fellows?

I’m not sure, it’s so hard to understand myself at times.I did eventually go to see. I took much joy in watching the short videos of the MacArthur Fellows introducing themselves and their work. The work is hard,  perhaps that’s what I was remembering in my hesitancy  and forgetting all the joy in creating good work.

#macarthur fellows #right livelihood #knowledge creation #human tights

[foxaoxarts]

BEE KISS TOMORR- *dead* /j

If anyone wants to watch me drawing this like a little victorian child then the timelapse is below the cut 🤣

(FLICKER WARNING. It's all through out so be careful!👍 )

#RWBY #Bumbleby #Blake Belladonna #Yang Xiao Long #Foxarts #YOUR HONOR I HATE THEM (that's a lie actually) #I'VE BEEN STARING AT THIS FOR 3(?) DAYS NOW AND I'M SICK #Technically this doesn't contain spoilers but let me know if I should add the tag! #In reality I think cloud scene will happen episode 7-ish BUT being delusional is what being a bee fan is all about- #This is the first time I've actually tried drawing a kiss sooooo hope it turned out ok xDD #I am the one who looks away when anyone kisses for more than 2 seconds so. #Kisses aren't very photogenic that's all I'll say (I had 3 tutorials open and 5 references pulled up) #This was so messy- I forewent line art because I hate it and I thought it wouldn't be bad to just clean up the sketch. I was kind of right. #Watching back the recording is funny because I've always known I'm disorganized but just watching it play out is hilarious. #Enjoy my little notes and doodles 😌😌 #They're so soft I want to scream. #I SURE HOPE I DIDN'T FORGET ANYTHING 😭 #Risking my livelihood for these stupids since 2020 *strikes pose* #Anyways that's enough of my rambling. #HAVE A NICE DAY Y'ALL!!

[egberts]

i no longer argue with people on facebook. it wasn't good for my mental health at all. instead i just drop my morally superior take and then laugh react when people try to argue and they get. so. mad.

#i feel im well within my rights to say my takes are typically morally superior because they're always valuing human time and life over all #no companies or polititics can blind me to raw human empathy but the way some people are so brainwashed hoo boy it's rough #also *vs the topic and discussion/argument at hand #im not out here on my moral high horse 24/7 but when McDonald's is planning on laying off employees and people are #bitching about the quality of fast food service instead of considering people are about to lose their livelihoods ? #yeah my opinion is better than theirs

[bunabi]

lately Sabine has been clinging onto my left arm whenever she takes nap(s) on my desk

its very very sweet but I cant work under these conditions 😭

#i move > she stretches her claws n paws out for me > i move back #she doesnt know that our livelihood is dependent on these arms of mine & she thinks they exist to hold her #in a way shes right

[the-lady-maddy]

#endisraelsgenocide #israeli terrorism #israeli terrorists #israeli war crimes #israel war criminal #palestine #gaza #basic human rights #human rights violations #destroyed livelihood #i stand with palestine 🇵🇸 #free palestine 🇵🇸 #free gaza #gaza strip #free palestine #palestine resources #gazaunderattack #israel is a genocidal state #israel is a war criminal #israel is a terrorist state #israel is an apartheid state #israel is committing genocide #Instagram

[novelconcepts]

I just. How are the studios not fucking embarrassed yet? How are they not just wallowing in awareness that they are the baddies? I understand wealth separates a man from his common sense and, uh, soul, but. How are you looking at a bunch of artists who are asking for basically the bare minimum, going “yeah, no, I need my yachts”, and you’re NOT aware how pathetic you look? The biggest loser energy in the world.

#wga strong #sag strong #the rich embarrassing themselves isn’t the least bit new but my god am I bored of them #we need art. we need stories. it’s the most human thing we can do. #and people who make art deserve to like. eat. and pay for their homes. and have lives. #this shit isn’t actually controversial no matter how much studios want to convince you otherwise #fuckin quit throwing a bitch baby fit over your mega millions or billions or whatever insanity and pay your fucking writers and actors #and cgi artists and crews and PAs and fuckin ALL of the people who actually contribute to civilization via the humanities #sorry not sorry I am. Tired of the bullshit. #the longer it goes on the more pitiful the studios are gonna look so just. lick your wounds now and let folks get back to making cool shit #(while also being able to. eat. and live their lives. and not lose their rights and livelihood to AI horseshit. y’know. the basics.)

[shinobicyrus]

As much as I love the endless mockery of Ben Shapiro’s bad takes on Glass Onion, I am compelled to point out his actual reasons for going off on this movie in particular because, appropriately, his motivation has layers.

Despite all evidence to the contrary, Ben Shapiro is not an idiot unaware that whodunits misdirect people. The reason he is sloppily complaining about a well-executed movie is because it has politics he doesn’t like and - more importantly - it’s proven to be a pretty popular and successful piece of media.

As the preeminent smart boi of the conservative grift-o-sphere, Ben has to respond to Glass Onion. It doesn’t matter that his criticism of its plot or writing makes him look stupid. He just needs to temporarily pretend for the length of a Twitter Thread that misdirects and tropes are “lazy writing.” As a far-right reactionary, Glass Onion demands...well. A Reaction.

Sure, people are mocking him - a failed writer of two extremely bad political thrillers - for his bad takes. Ben Shapiro is okay with looking foolish, because we and the rest of the people ribbing on him aren’t his intended audience. He’s the master of Youtube sound-bites and talking fast at college kids who have less media training than him. His bona-fides as a smart opinion haver has been well established as far as his millions of followers are concerned.

No, Ben’s role in the conservative ecosystem is to say stupid phrases like “Musk is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in human history” in his movie criticism so the people who believe that bullroar can emphatically agree and be reassured that ‘popular thing is bad.’

Meanwhile, the pundits like Ben who don’t really believe the crap they’re saying have to loudly pretend to believe it because it’s their job. It’s why Ben vocally denounced Trump as a dangerous candidate...until he became the frontrunner and it became disadvantageous to be a Trump critic. It’s why he defended Kanye West’s clear anti-Semitism...until the Hitler-stanning incident made it impossible to spin.

Because no matter what, Ben’s gotta maintain his position in the conservative ecosystem so he can hold on to those old, flabby, golden, oil-fracking billionaire titties.

#as funny as it is to imagine Ben as a fool #he's far worse than that #this dude has been to law school #he's not as much as an idiot as he pretends to be #but as a professional 'intellectual' propagandist Ben has to talk fast #talk confidently #concede nothing #and pretend the nonsense shit he's saying is true #even if he disagrees with it #*especially if he doesn't agree with it* #Glass Onion #was trending and it's anti-billionaire #Ben is a man whose livelihood and status depends on the patronage of billionaires #of *course* he publicly jumps on that grenade and makes a performative fool of himself #so his audience can instead debate all the finer points of...writing and the structure of whodunnits #ANYTHING but discuss wealth inequality and how demonstrably stupid the likes of Musk or Zuckerberg #have been acting as of late #having bad opinions in public and changing the topic of discussion is Ben's job #instead of arguing about trans rights he'll tell lies about the history of the singular They #and change the subject to 'how the Left is trying to change language JUST LIKE 1984 ISN'T IT JUST LIKE 1984' #and then boom just like that the core of the issue - the personhood and rights of trans people - is forgotten #he attacks black women musicians who sing about sex and people spend more time mocking the implication that he's never made his wife wet #once you realize his game #it's pretty easy to spot the real conversation he's desperately trying to distract people from having #even if he has to look like a fucking clown #the mockery isn't accidental #it's a strategy #Ben Shapiro #Twitter #Propoganda

[sendmyresignation]

one of the things about where are your boys tonight i really appreciated and, to me, seemed like the most significant thrust of the book (but never garnered much attention, imo), was the focus on the business side of things and particularly the way the many bands never saw long term success or stability or the way a lot of very young people were taken advantage of even after making their labels and handlers metric butt-tones of money and this really culminated with the discussion about paramores record deal and the inherently coercive nature of making a 14 year old sign a record deal (not even really mentioning that record deal was 20 fucking years lmao) and yet i still see people argue she was an industry plant or whatever. sorry ig one of my fatal flaws is i give child stars the benefit of the doubt considering the fundamental exploitation necessary for that position to exist or whatever

#sorry was thinking about this bc I saw some truly horrible and dismissive posts on twitter about hayleys contract #but i also think it dovetails into the general malaise that existed in the third wave that a lot of places are quick to dismiss #idk. i keep thinking about how so many ppl were taken advantage of (in the sense of predatory contracts or not getting paid victory style) #and how many are stuck in an endless loop of diminishing returns in order to be career musicians who can actually support themselves #and fundamentally this is the key linchpin in the emo nostalgia- some of the btier andlower bands Need stuff like #emo nites or wwwy to actually make a living (no matter how much you make up front a altrock hit single cannot sustain someone as livelihood) #and since touring is the only reliable way to make money. well why put significant expenses into ur new album #none of your fans care about anyway? its a pre-existing cycle. very thrash metal. but its almost worse #when you factor in shit like the fan perception of the used the canyon.... #idk ive been thinking about it a lot and i dont find nostalgia circuits reprehensible bc of the fundamental indignities #of the recording industry and all its issues #but its hard to see people shit talk the third wave for being full of impressionable kids hoping to survive of their passion #like you do realize they dont sound like assholes in that circumstance for crashing and burning? right? #(esp when you add mental health and addiction into the mix- these bands were full of sick people being denied care bc it would interfere w/ #the 'rawness' or authenticity or whatever the fuck. these bands were having their sadness wrung out of them for money) #anyway i think hayley williams should be allowed to hunt any and all current or former atlantic higherups for sport #my posts

[sodrippy]

so glad we all held out during the wga/sag strikes bc they got all their terms fully delivered and no other departments are seeing probably the biggest layoffs in the industry right now! yay!

#their reps now saying theyre fully in support of the iatse/etc negotiations coming up later this year is so funny too like #thanks. as if iatse did jackshit last time either 👍 #obviously i am still in support of the strikes its just like. so many people lost more than their livelihoods over it #and now we're facing the same and its so beyond fucked i feel like vfx and gaming are imploding right now #and sag/wga didnt even get all their terms met right? for what? #and sorry but taking a stance against enduring studio bs is all well and good but like #that statement about 'oh studios thought theyd bled us dry and we dont have the money to keep striking but we do' #who is WE exactly? bc so many writers have gone broke over this? where are their strike funds?

[coachbeards]

no but the idea of roy grappling with the fact that his last viable season playing football was being sabotaged by his new boss ad dealing with the arrival of a coach who doesn't even begin to understand the weight or importance of the sport........... like he's aging, there's nothing they can do about that. roy was always going to retire, but this season being tampered with and hindered by so may outside forces,,,, makes me feel a little sad for him

#idk i just think about it. this game is PERSONAL. and it is his livelihood. #going into football he was mocked by trent crimm's article + leaving football his team was being sabotaged at every turn #beginning and end. idk. #just thinking #seventeen years old and then nearing his forties......... yeah #idk. back again wishing that s1 had a bigger impact when it comes to rebecca's arc. she apologized and they barely #brought it up again except for like two jokes. when...............careers and livelihoods were being toyed with #roy had the right to know about this and he had a right to be upset

[dramarants]

binged 14 eps of my dearest in one sitting. jang hyun the man that you are, the love you've grown to be capable of. gil chae the love that you are capable of, the woman you've grown to become.

#my dearest #stunned wrecked spellbound et cetera #and i mean love in all its forms #god the way every time janghyun confesses/asks her to stay he speaks calm and cooly #yet you can see it in his eyes and his words of humble but deep sincerity #every time he's offering her his bleeding broken heart with a plea to please be gentle please bring me to life please choose us #and she's so willful has been from the start; shunning society's rules but governed by her own strong values #in comes this misogamist (?) who shakes up her world to its core and watching her battle her pride her dignity her desires her livelihood #and god did she step up to the plate when it was do or die; choosing more and more selflessly trying to figure out what's right #all while living through unimaginable horrors #this show man... #also the women!!! the fucking women!!!! ❤️😩❤️😩❤️

[spitblaze]

Has it been long enough that we can all admit a lot of the backlash we all had to AI art was kneejerk and that we should have fully directed our anger at the shitheads who intended to use it for a quick buck by either selling the results it spits out after typing 'beautiful angel in the style or george rutko with well drawn hands' in the prompt at a markup and call it 'original creative work' or by cutting real human artists out of the equation in commercial settings in favor of having an underpaid intern type prompts into dall-e until they get something good enough they can use as a publishable graphic

#spitblaze says things #the problem #as always #is capitalism #and not the tools and methods at work #ive seen actual artists use AI Art to make beautiful impossible spaces #and lord knows i think its VERY funny to just make up new muppets #and i will admit that ive probably also been going in on this #but i have always drawn the line at formal regulation #look. the first time I saw someone say 'you need to have arguments that wouldnt also throw artists that photomash or musicians that sample #under the bus' #and they're RIGHT #Its very easy to blame the tool. blame the method. blame the dataset #its harder to admit that the issue is that people are trying to undercut your livelihood #and that you're scared and upset by it #and frankly. i am. im scared and upset #and while im pretty sure commerical interest will die down after realizing they cant copyright any of it #its very hard in the now to watch so many people look at what you do and be.. #mad at you? because you can do it? and act like this tool makes them equally talented or w/e? #its...weird. and i dont like it. i cant think of a way to put it that doesnt make me sound like a snob #i dont like these people acting like having this tool makes them just as good at MY job #as ME who has beem practicing and honing my skills all my life #i dont like it. it makes me uncomfortable #and like. this is different than people who have no means of making art otherwise #people with physical or mental disabilities that make it unfeasible to pick up a pencil or tablet pwn and just draw #this is about able bodied able minded adults who resent me for having a honed craft #dont like that #idk where im going with this #tech bros suck #capitalists suck

[ducktollers]

i miss boxing

#sorry vent movement 🏃 #thinking abt how nothings felt right since graduating high school but it feels even less right since quitting boxing last year #thinking abt how there was a 60ish yr old woman still kickboxing at my old gym and i planned on being like her #and doing kickboxing/boxing for the rest of my life as long as possible #but ‘as long as possible’ turned out to be like. 7 years. #and how that was supposed to be a constant. and it was a pillar of my identity and self image #but then my knuckle started hurting when i punched and then it started hurting when i did anything at all #thinking abt how its not fair #not fair that theres nothing diagnosibly wrong w my knuckles that i could fix theyre just ruined for some reason #thinking abt how i could try harder to fix my knuckles but i quit bc im scared to irreparably damage my right hand #bc i need that for like. any livelihood or joy in my life. haha #thinking abt how my family kinda makes me feel guilty for not trying harder and maybe i quit too easily #but also i thought quitting while im ahead to protect my hands was a smart move but everyone makes me feel like i just gave up on it #and ig i did literally give up but i wish it didnt feel so WEAK #thinking abt how its not fair and its not fair and its not fair #x