Our minds are fertile ground—be mindful of the seeds we plant. The roots from the seeds of hate, xenophobia, racism, misogyny, fear, intolerance…once sown, burrow deeply spreading web-like as mycelium; they are notoriously difficult to uproot.
#StopHate #EndRacism

Are we on the cusp of a Technopoly? Neil Postman warned we’d surrender to tech, and it’s happening. Algorithms shape our thoughts, replacing critical thinking with viral noise. Google feeds us clicks, not truth.
But we can fight back. Join the 1%, resist algorithmic poisoning, and think critically.
Rise up! #Technopoly #OnePercent #Resistance

Dis/misinformation, that is the question! Intentionality is the key. Disinformation is puposely crafted knowing it is false or missleading. Missinformation is not purposefully crafted knowing it is false or misleading.
#Jail for #disinformation!
https://m.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/foreign-nationals-attacked-in-dublin-after-gangsters-brother-spreads-fake-child-abduction-claims/a1545298829.html

Hearken to my words! As I lay contemplating the freedoms paid for by the lifeblood of our illustrious heroes, I foresaw an ominous dark shadow approaching from far to the right on obsidian wings, its countenance fierce with yellow piercing eyes and sharp, beguiling tongue dripping with poisoned honey and cunning that defies belief. A Crow: what does this mean?  
Beware—the trickster is nigh, and it comes for you! Guard your ideological treasures, lest our beguiling friend absconds with it.

Here be dragons: the power of words.
#Linguistics #Semiotics
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulbesso/p/the-world-is-a-stage

WAR!
#Poetry #Writing
https://www.canva.com/design/DAGNMHKHhqU/rULZhbmI5heqcIfgF6pP9Q/view

We all have the potential to be the big bad wolf in our own stories. We also have the potential, the agency, to tame that big bad wolf. By taming the wolf within, we take control of our lives, choosing resilience, growth, self-compassion, and self-mastery over self-destruction.

#SelfImprovement #MindsetMatters

An Ode to Daisy Mae

Daisy Mae, queen of farts,
We don’t enjoy your stinking tarts!
Your noxious malodorous emission,
Whacks my eyes into submission.
I was savouring my breakfast quest,
Now my senses are all messed!
Let me enjoy my bacon and eggs,
Please, no farts, from you I ‘begs!
#poetry #dogs

We are at war, but not the way that you think.
#War #IdeologicalWarfare
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/CciwiXxE58f9mzTK/

A circulating on Facebook about Brian Posch going missing is fake news, and disrespectful to Brain's family. Griffters are getting shares and clicks. You are making them money! Please fact-check before you share or amplify a post.
#Disinformation
https://people.com/no-pennsylvania-dad-brian-posch-is-not-missing-heres-what-really-happened-8695648

Life's Rhythmic Dance by Paul Besso
#poetry
@all_poetry https://allpoetry.com/17956814

How true! The words of Edwin Starr in his 1970 version of the tune, War: "Oh, war, I despise 'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives …"
#War #Peace

An Ode To Ireland.
#Ireland #Poetry

An Ode To Ireland by Paul Besso
@all_poetry
https://allpoetry.com/17942653
#Poetry #Writing

Ah, be gar, I was in a naughty mood this morning.
From Grunts to Groans: A Modern Linguistic Tail by Paul Besso
@all_poetry

#Poetry #Writing
https://allpoetry.com/17931501

Complexitiy's Bane

The problem with a simple little word,
You simply cannot polish a turd!
For in a complex situation,
Understanding is an elation.
#Poetry #Humour

Love

Love does not manifest as sugared kisses nor candied dreams,
it's not in magical, mystical love potions.
It's not all rainbow colours and kaleidoscope themes,
Those are just fanciful idealised notions.
It's not endless change and constantly exciting,
It's choice, it's work, it's endless devotion.
It can be dull, grey, and emotionally biting.
Yet, in its embrace, we find profound emotion.

Amor dolor est, amor est voluptas, amor vita!
(Love is pain, love is pleasure, love is life!)

#Poetry

Check out my short article on words: The Glass-Shattering Truth: Words as Weapons of Mass Disruption
#disinformation #misinformation #firehose #whitenoise The Glass-Shattering Truth, by
@PBesso
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulbesso/p/the-glass-shattering-truth

Sometimes, we can get caught up in the past and feel sorry for ourselves in "the now", thus robbing ourselves of the mental emancipation to live our best lives: we can be our own jailors!
The Emancipation Of Now

It is what it is, not what it was!
Life is transient; don't live in the past.
Carpe diem—now seize the day,
Or mental bondage will be your pay,
Free yourself, Be yourself, Live for today!

Libera te ipsum, vive hodie!
(Free yourself, live today!)
#poetry

A poem that I wrote this morning.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7220737652520554496/
#Diversity #Poetry