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Based at St. James's Church since 1982. We host weekly events featuring world leaders in contemporary spirituality and wellbeing. #alternatives #London linktr.ee/alternatives London Joined July 2009-
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Friends in London, join me on March 30th at 7P at Royal Geographic Society in London . I will be sharing my thoughts on how to lead an Awakened Life. We will explore practical ways to experience transformation & healing. I hope to see you there! More info tickettailor.com/events/alterna…
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Wack job @RonPlacone seems to think tech industry monopolies are - get this - a BAD thing, and has asked me to share a link to a petition to pass antitrust legislation. I, for one, love and embrace our Big Tech overlords. But here's the link anyway: antitrustsummer.com
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This is kind of random but I just remembered a segment I did years ago about a tribute band. I was out of line and went way too hard. It was an emotional time and what I thought was funny just kinda came off arrogant and ill informed. Sorry for that.
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I think I’m officially the only person in America not doing wordle. I’m available for interviews.
The national anthem should be neither of those things. If I’m at a sporting event I walk out until it’s over and if I’m watching it on TV I mute it until it’s over. Also, since I’m a big hockey guy I’ll share this too: No, I don’t mute “O Canada”.
It is beyond criminal that George W Bush isn’t in jail.
So, over the past two years I did A TON of online sleuthing about different ways to leave the country and where to go. I’ve been toying with the idea about doing a podcast series on what I’ve learned. Update: I’m going to.
Ya know, why not start early? I’m gonna bring back house shows in 2023, new hook though: I make dinner beforehand. I’ve got some dishes I’m proud of and would love to share ‘em. If you would like to book me for dinner and a house show, e-mail me.
For the price Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter he could’ve provided clean water for the world or ended extreme hunger globally. Either would’ve saved millions of lives.
But they're solar powered brain chips!
The guy making a brain chip cares so much about free speech, you say? Not buying it
@AnaKasparian Remember when I showed that you lied about me by sharing a deceptively edited troll video that cut off my actual words? x.com/aaronjmate/sta… I'm sure it's a coincidence that you have no response and are now pivoting to new lies, citing the same troll.
@AnaKasparian Does continuing to smear me & ignoring the actual facts qualify you as a McCarthyite hack? Yes. And because you minimize the Syria Dirty War too, it also makes you A Sadist. As @kthalps noted, video was deceptively edited, cutting off my actual words: