YES, I too am hungry for collective conscious-awakening collaborations!
I'm in a similar soul-searching moment--closing in on the end of year two, wondering what year three should consist of. I agree, less hot takes, and more stuff that will stand the test of time and add to the expanding awareness. Keep on creating, Tonika, whatever form it takes. Your voice is invaluable!
Happy Stackiversary, Tonika!! Always a joy to collaborate with you. Thank you for bringing your considerable talent and creativity to our shared passions 🙌
There is so much information on Substack. One has to approach it pragmatically: I can skim this one, i'll make more time for this one, save that one for after work, i'll add that to the Tabs for later (knowing the forgotten future that almost inevitably entails). Your Stack is an invitation to slow down, turn off the left brain, and just be absorbed within that information, for a change. Whilst chucking in as many divergent burrows as possible, it seems: making sure to cover all of the elements.
That Orwell quote is excellent. And that Gen Z clip was perfect. But holy moly, that AI rendering at the end was compelling. Absolutely appropriate and necessary, unfortunately. Maybe it is only through this technology that we can accurately reflect the state of the world as it is? Another tool in the toolbox of the Collab Queen!
So glad that you are rolling with the muse and continuing to create. You always make me laugh and think and laugh and then think again. Here’s to the next year!
"Collab Queen" is really good, I look forward to images of you with a crown. 👑 Congrats!
Appreciate your comments on this latest human horror psyop and its deeper importance to those behind the reality-show. (I've been sad/disappointed by some who I thought would not get pulled in to the 'sides' thing but you know, we don't snap out of fake realities easily). I've been also heartened and uplifted too of course.
So many excellent nuggets!
"...havoc is the evolutionary pressure needed to get squeezed into the next level."
I'm with ya! And if we can judge anything by the level of chaos...
"...and maybe you’ve come here for the anti-jab stuff, but perhaps you can stay for the after party,..." Love that.
"The way to beat Moloch is not to feed Moloch."🎯
Great reflections, Tonika - Substackverse is already richer for your presence which will only deepen and grow over this next year. Very Best.
Some wonderful energy, positivity and happiness in these comments. Great post, thank you so much. We have been through the time of our alienation and then our disbelief and after that our horror and despair and now we recognise that we must be what we wish to see. That we will not be robbed of our conscious awareness and joy of living our experience by evil. We will bounce around like balls of light, bumping into each other with delight and feeding each other with inspiration and creative discovery. Much love x
cool pic and text with the old time war guys. Loved it. but especially loved this quote "Love for self, love for family, love for nature, love for humanity. " I like the order of it, you must love and take care of yourself, or you cannot love and take care of others. I might change the family and nature order, but that is a guy thing with no kids.
"Sauron’s ring: One Psyop to rule them all, One Psyop to find them, One Psyop to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." - that nails it pretty well!
Your quote from George Orwell is excellent. That's a reason I appreciated taking a course on George Orwell. With that background to understand his experiences, you can much better understand where he was coming from when he wrote "1984"! 1984 wasn't just fiction he dreamed up out of nothing!
Congratulations! on your Second Substack Anniversary! You sure outdid yourself with your AI gimmicks for the Psychopaths are dying piece. I guess the first time I read it it grossed me out, but I loved it. The AI edition really scared me half to death. Now I'm going to have nightmares. Wow! is all I can say. But I still like you, Tonika. LOL I can hardly imagine where Year Three will take you. Keep on keepin' on.
A giant (buttered!) toast ta yer "stackiversary" AND ta yer dynamite visual work! (I'm SO honored ta be counted among yer "colla-burraterz!") -- diggin' all the new werk just shared (an' as always yer unique thoughts, reflections...an' yup, tangents too!). I 'specially LOVE the new "Pschopaths are Dying" viddeyo--"from yer mouth to..." wull, ya know the quote... It's so perfectly dystopian an' freaky. The "real" dang vampyres runnin' the show seem ta be holdin' on in "undead" suspended animation--but depictin' 'em as rotting cyber freaks is powerful... loved the poe-ette-try too!
I don’ think it’s silly at all to acknowledge substackerversaries – acknowledging anniversaries of all kinds is important. It serves to remind us where we came from, how far we’ve come. For me it is also the case that this planedmonium was what kicked me out of the Matrix; from what I recall of the movie, the reality that Neo finds after leaving the Matrix is pretty dark… so it’s an apt metaphor. Whatever way each of us in this situation (I think there are others with this tale) finds to keep going is worth doing, and sharing if possible. As dark as it may be here outside the Matrix, we do have to keep going. Whatever gets you through the night, as the song goes.
As far your stack getting eclectic, expanding beyond the jab-related content.. I for one am happy to stay for the after party, whatever turns up. And on that note, I will say that the videos that your collaborations have produced are wonderful, I especially found the visuals in The Psychopaths are Dying fabulous.
I was busy with the trick-or-treaters last night, so I’ll wish you a belated Happy Halloween tonight :)
YES, I too am hungry for collective conscious-awakening collaborations!
I'm in a similar soul-searching moment--closing in on the end of year two, wondering what year three should consist of. I agree, less hot takes, and more stuff that will stand the test of time and add to the expanding awareness. Keep on creating, Tonika, whatever form it takes. Your voice is invaluable!
Happy Stackiversary, Tonika!! Always a joy to collaborate with you. Thank you for bringing your considerable talent and creativity to our shared passions 🙌
Happy Stackerversary!
There is so much information on Substack. One has to approach it pragmatically: I can skim this one, i'll make more time for this one, save that one for after work, i'll add that to the Tabs for later (knowing the forgotten future that almost inevitably entails). Your Stack is an invitation to slow down, turn off the left brain, and just be absorbed within that information, for a change. Whilst chucking in as many divergent burrows as possible, it seems: making sure to cover all of the elements.
That Orwell quote is excellent. And that Gen Z clip was perfect. But holy moly, that AI rendering at the end was compelling. Absolutely appropriate and necessary, unfortunately. Maybe it is only through this technology that we can accurately reflect the state of the world as it is? Another tool in the toolbox of the Collab Queen!
So glad that you are rolling with the muse and continuing to create. You always make me laugh and think and laugh and then think again. Here’s to the next year!
"Collab Queen" is really good, I look forward to images of you with a crown. 👑 Congrats!
Appreciate your comments on this latest human horror psyop and its deeper importance to those behind the reality-show. (I've been sad/disappointed by some who I thought would not get pulled in to the 'sides' thing but you know, we don't snap out of fake realities easily). I've been also heartened and uplifted too of course.
So many excellent nuggets!
"...havoc is the evolutionary pressure needed to get squeezed into the next level."
I'm with ya! And if we can judge anything by the level of chaos...
"...and maybe you’ve come here for the anti-jab stuff, but perhaps you can stay for the after party,..." Love that.
"The way to beat Moloch is not to feed Moloch."🎯
Great reflections, Tonika - Substackverse is already richer for your presence which will only deepen and grow over this next year. Very Best.
Great work with Daisy & family...please continue.
Some wonderful energy, positivity and happiness in these comments. Great post, thank you so much. We have been through the time of our alienation and then our disbelief and after that our horror and despair and now we recognise that we must be what we wish to see. That we will not be robbed of our conscious awareness and joy of living our experience by evil. We will bounce around like balls of light, bumping into each other with delight and feeding each other with inspiration and creative discovery. Much love x
cool pic and text with the old time war guys. Loved it. but especially loved this quote "Love for self, love for family, love for nature, love for humanity. " I like the order of it, you must love and take care of yourself, or you cannot love and take care of others. I might change the family and nature order, but that is a guy thing with no kids.
"Sauron’s ring: One Psyop to rule them all, One Psyop to find them, One Psyop to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." - that nails it pretty well!
Your quote from George Orwell is excellent. That's a reason I appreciated taking a course on George Orwell. With that background to understand his experiences, you can much better understand where he was coming from when he wrote "1984"! 1984 wasn't just fiction he dreamed up out of nothing!
Congratulations! on your Second Substack Anniversary! You sure outdid yourself with your AI gimmicks for the Psychopaths are dying piece. I guess the first time I read it it grossed me out, but I loved it. The AI edition really scared me half to death. Now I'm going to have nightmares. Wow! is all I can say. But I still like you, Tonika. LOL I can hardly imagine where Year Three will take you. Keep on keepin' on.
A giant (buttered!) toast ta yer "stackiversary" AND ta yer dynamite visual work! (I'm SO honored ta be counted among yer "colla-burraterz!") -- diggin' all the new werk just shared (an' as always yer unique thoughts, reflections...an' yup, tangents too!). I 'specially LOVE the new "Pschopaths are Dying" viddeyo--"from yer mouth to..." wull, ya know the quote... It's so perfectly dystopian an' freaky. The "real" dang vampyres runnin' the show seem ta be holdin' on in "undead" suspended animation--but depictin' 'em as rotting cyber freaks is powerful... loved the poe-ette-try too!
I don’ think it’s silly at all to acknowledge substackerversaries – acknowledging anniversaries of all kinds is important. It serves to remind us where we came from, how far we’ve come. For me it is also the case that this planedmonium was what kicked me out of the Matrix; from what I recall of the movie, the reality that Neo finds after leaving the Matrix is pretty dark… so it’s an apt metaphor. Whatever way each of us in this situation (I think there are others with this tale) finds to keep going is worth doing, and sharing if possible. As dark as it may be here outside the Matrix, we do have to keep going. Whatever gets you through the night, as the song goes.
As far your stack getting eclectic, expanding beyond the jab-related content.. I for one am happy to stay for the after party, whatever turns up. And on that note, I will say that the videos that your collaborations have produced are wonderful, I especially found the visuals in The Psychopaths are Dying fabulous.
I was busy with the trick-or-treaters last night, so I’ll wish you a belated Happy Halloween tonight :)
I don't remember how I found you here in Substackland, but so glad I did! Happy anniversary, Tonika! Looking forward to more of your musings! xo
Huge congratulations on your anniversary, Tonika! :)
Happy Colabiversary it's been fab to ride along on your journey through these strange times! <3