Don't scratch that itch . . .

It's the Satyr's day . . . a cool front with a Fall label is headed toward Okieland tomorrow. Hope reigns eternal.

Finding peace, equinamity amid the turmoil, is not impossible. It begins with a willingness for its presence. An allowing. A posture of mind that says “this, too.”

“AIs don’t need to start from scratch. They are already inserted into our own systems, and they can take our systems over from within.” The real threat of AI is not the robot takeover of Hollywood, but by the millions of bureacrats, many bereft of ethics, utilizing it. – Yuval Noah Harari quoted in Noēma, 10/11/24.

First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. – Leonard Cohen

In spite of good economic news Americans largely remain ignorant. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American.

Joy is a prerequisite for enlightenment.

In 1918 the first Oktoberfest was held in Munich, Germany.

The Way

cannot be told

Lao Tzu told.

Imagine, if you can . . .

It's Frig's (Freya's) day . . . here in Okieland the heat hammer is amid it's (hopeful) final encore this weekend and in Florida the cleanup continues in the aftermath of Milton.

More powerful hurricanes, more heatwaves, worse flooding, enduring droughts, and other devastation are inevitably coming our way no matter what we do. But every step taken now to cut carbon emissions can lessen how bad things eventually get. At the federal level and in several states, always having to overcome Republican obstruction, Democrats have moved in the right direction in dealing with climate. Speed, however, is of the essence. And we’re just not moving fast enough. – Meteor Blades (Timothy Lang)

Does it really need to be said? OK. I'll say it: The government, Republican or Democrat, DOES NOT control the weather.

It was on today's date in 1962 that Pope John XXIII convened the first session of the Second Vatican Council, also known as Vatican II – a watershed event. There is talk of a Vatican III, but Pope Francis has said it's not time, yet, because all of II has not been completed.

Saoirse Ronan is making the rounds promoting her latest film “The Outrun.” If you've ever wanted to get a more personal perspective – I admit to my fan status – check out her recent appearance with Jimmy Kimmel. (there's a disruptive commercial break you can get even by a click over).

Another fave: it's Elmore Leonard's birth date. He was born on this date in 1925 New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tonight in 1975 Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC.

And, today in 1971, Imagine was released as a single by John Lennon.

Wilding

Though you think sweet, yonder in your church,

the gentle talk of your students,

sweeter, I think, the splended talking

of the wolves in the glen.

– Irish, author unknown, twelfth century

Alive in the wilderness...

It's Thor's day . . . Milton is headed out to sea

Creatives born on this date

Giuseppe Verdi was born in a village in 1813 Parma, Italy.

The playwright, screenwriter, director and Nobel Prize Laureate Harold Pinter was born in 1930 London.

Among the first creators of modern jazz, Thelonious Monk was born in 1917 Rocky Mount, N.C.

Underneath the covers, no perfume is sufficient. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from An American.

Wilding

I know I live half alive in the world. Half my life belongs to the wild darkness. – Galway Kinnell