Daniel

I keep thinking about all this money we waste on politicians and all of the things we could be doing with it instead.

I’d rather be enjoying this wonderfully fall Saturday outside, but instead I’m studing for two exams next week. Today I’m grateful for open windows, the sounds of neighbor children playing outside, and a cool breeze on my face.

Please don’t trust the polls, y’all. They have been inaccurate AF way too often. Vote like we are 3% down in every race and we need every single vote to pull out a win. Bc I fear that may be more accurate. Vote like your life + liberty depend on it. Come hell or high water, get to the ballot box.

If you’re not doing something everyday that could be considered cringe, are you even living?

There are two kinds of Americans: 1) Those of us who clearly take up more space than we deserve. 2) Those of us who are afraid to take up space at all. If we are going to make progress the latter group needs to muster the courage to finally find our voice. Take up space or someone else will.

I’m going to keep saying it until someone listens. American companies should work for all Americans, not a select few elites. If you are a large employer, you should be required to employ a social worker(s) to act as an ethical liaison between the company, workers, and community.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we each own the American culture and we get to choose how we contribute. If you don’t like our culture, I would encourage you to take a big step back and examine how YOU contribute to it.

America’s problem is American business. If we fix unethical business we fix America.

I remember a day when politics wasn’t the first thing we thought about in the morning.

No one makes a billion dollars without cheating.

The New American Gothic (2017) by Criselda Vasquez

As a gay man with a Primitive Baptist father/family, I can confidently say no one thinks about gay sex more than Christians.

I seem to always make big changes in my life around my birthday. I’ve initiated divorces. Left jobs. Moved house more than once. For once in my life on my birthday, I feel like I’m right where I should be. I’m just going to enjoy it this year. ❤️

It’s alarming me how many democratic platforms are focused nearly entirely on republican = bad. People need a reason to vote that isn’t look at that terrible person over there.

Oklahoma federal judge rules Tulsa County deputy’s unwarranted Flock camera searches violated Fourth Amendment Tulsa County Deputy Sheriff Freddie Alaniz was… http://tulsaflyer.org/2026/10/06/government/post/oklahoma-federal-judge-rules-tulsa-county-deputy-flock-search-violates-fourth-ammendment/

My first narcissistic relationship was with my father. My second narcissistic relationship was with my husband. My third narcissistic relationship was with my boss. My fourth narcissistic relationship is with my president.

We are all responsible for the culture in America. We all played a role in pushing America to this moment—some more directly than others, but all of us still. I would encourage you to think of the ways you contributed. Sit with it, acknowledge it, forgive yourself, and make different choices.

In Nov. 2025 a left my corporate job and started my on going journey of deconstructing my corporate identity. To say it’s been difficult is a profound understatement. I liken what I’m going through to leaving a religion or cult. The thing that gets me through is the community around me.

I don’t know who need to hear this (me 🙋🏻‍♂️ it’s me!!), but everything is going to be ok.

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It’s really cool that more and more marketing emails look like order confirmations for potentially fraudulent sales. I love it. 😐

The death penalty is not only morally wrong, but it is financially irresponsible. A 2014 NV audit found that death penalty cases cost the state $532,000 more on average than comparable non-death-penalty cases.

I’m spending more time in my college social institutions course debunking MAGA misinformation than I am learning the materials for the course.

America needs a constitutional amendment that addresses privacy.

Being an atheist in the south is just so very difficult.

Maybe, just maybe our culture and the attitudes, behaviors, and values it supports and glorifies needs to have a long, hard look taken at it and them.

Sexual assault is always a choice. It is not just how boys or men are. Men are not inherently violent. Women and children are not property. No one is entitled to sex with another person.

Is it just me or are there two kinds of people in the South: those who have never sincerely apologized for anything and those who apologize habitually? I’m not sure who is worse.

I’m nostalgic for the days when we all just posted food and duck-faced selfies on social media.

Calling AI “super intelligence” says a whole lot about your own intelligence.

How do we get Americans to start standing up for each other like in this example of true greatness? E Pluribus Unum.

Now that we’ve watched our government run like a business, can we agree that businesses need stronger ethics and greater accountability? It’s time to bring social workers into business leadership to ensure people matter as much as profits. We cannot fix America without fixing American business.

1) We need more social workers. 2) We need social workers in business.

Every company in America with more than 50 employees should be required to staff a social worker.

In 10 months since quitting my corporate job I earned 16 college credits with a 4.0 GPA. I learned Bach’s English Suite 2. I learned to can veg from the garden my partner grows. I have found myself in these new skills and knowledge and something has shifted. I’m no longer afraid.

I’ve been ruminating about a heated disagreement I had with my social work professor this week when I referred to ICE detention centers as “practically concentration camps.” Then I watched @hcrichardson.bsky.social on @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social. Their voices give strength to my own. Thank you! 🙏🏻

I often think about the time Donald Trump bankrupted a casino.

So now I have a job, I’m a full time student, and serving on a board of directors. I set out to change my life last November and I have succeeded. Now to survive. 🥱🤣

We do not give young people enough credit! I’m so proud of my most recent test scores, I often wonder if the amount of work and emotional stress it causes is worth it. Going back to school at 40 is by far the most difficult thing I’ve ever done, but I do think I’m on the right path. Finally!

I believe the question we should be asking about AI is not about its ethics, but rather why so many of us feel we need it in the first place.

This Day in Labor History: September 15, 1845. Women working in the Pittsburgh textile mills met in Market Square to discuss the necessity of fighting to cut their days from 12 to 10 hours without a reduction in pay. The workers struck and a militant confrontation with capital resulted!

We can’t fix America without fixing American business. Democratize business. Join a union. Start a union.