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Maybe it’s the spiritual uplift of our first Bette’s Happy Hour - which really was a joyful occasion - or maybe it’s because I spent the week surrounded by poets - or maybe it’s because the birds outside my windows are singing their little hearts out, but I am in a particularly joyful mood.
Seeing that white grievance Kremlin propagandist out on his arse was particularly buoying. In addition, the news that a Russian oligarch lawyer just got convicted right on the heels of four Americans working for the Russians being indicted, reminded me of the words of my friend Jason Van Tatenhove: take the wins where you can get them.
So much winning.
Seeing the Kremlin-Koch cadre backing slowly away from Ron DeFascist as he humiliated himself by going full spin ‘Exorcist’ head was also a win.
The evil people are turning inward and devouring each other.
In contrast, good people gathered together today at our happy hour to talk about the things that make them feel better during trouble times - music, poetry, volunteering, social events, home projects, organization, baking, dancing, singing, birding, calling friends, films, the science of human connections - lotsa good things to choose from.
I also finally cracked the Twitter code today.
I wrote:
In watching my friend @HackingButLegal expose cabals of hate terrorists it’s very clear to me Twitter is divided into two main camps:
1. gaslighting harassers who mean to harm people/disrupt truth
2. everyone else
Should be pretty easy to figure out who to block moving forward.
Witnessing my friend Jackie Singh, who was the lead cyber threat analyst on the Biden campaign, painstakingly expose hate terrorists on the internet, I found it fascinating that in so doing, she created a user friendly guide to who to block on Twitter. Like me in 2018, Jackie was targeted by online hate terrorists the moment she announced she was working with Biden.
As one of Bette’s Happy Hours members suggested, maybe those of us who are behind enemy lines on Twitter can start a love-bombing campaign. Instead of responding to hate terrorists, just spread more love.
That is what I am doing today. I hope to expand the Bette community so more can join us in spreading love and truth as antidotes to hate and lies.
At a very despairy moment last week, Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds started playing in heavy rotation in my mind. The great sage was subconsciously soothing me from beyond.
I believe in the beyondness of things.
In that moment, I decided to launch a weekly wellness meeting so together we could offer emotional healing ideas. Success!
I’d like to share the great sage with you now, and look forward to seeing many of you next week at our next Bette’s Happy Hour at 5 pm PT.
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