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Not a long update today- Just a quick passage from a book I have been reading for a Political Psychology class.
From Helplessness: On Development, Depression & Death
by Martin E.P. Seligman
“Historians have made us aware of “revolutions of rising expectations.” When the lower strata of society are ground underfoot, revolution tends not to occur; when people [...]

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I had to calm down overnight before I could post this entry. Angry, frustrated, and mostly saddened from what I learned yesterday. A year or two ago in a Social Liberation class at Portland State, the book “The Blood Runs Like a River Through my Dreams” by Nasdijj was suggested. After being deeply [...]

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A new book I received from my brother Saturday. Looks like it just
came out in the last month or so.
Fair Wind & Plenty of it : A Modern-Day Tall Ship Adventure
by Rigel Crockett
A very quick read, as I probably only spent 5 hours or so on its 400
pages. It is the nonfiction tale of [...]

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