Street Giraffe

Hello, I'm Pamela, blogger/facilitator @streetgiraffes 🚸 re: my 🦒 path: 🚧 #MediateOnesLife w/ 🚥 path🚦

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

TED Talk inspired by #NonviolentCommunication (#NVC)'s "giraffe"... https://t.co/ziGdIB6t8Y

[Louise Evans @the5chairs]

#followfriday "To counter Attack behaviors we need to be very vigilant about our thoughts and language." https://t.co/MQwNH4s9QB

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The irony would certainly not be lost on dear old "quality control" dad that I misspelled *politics* in my original post/link.

Corrected link: 
https://t.co/hVpXRDwUNq

Also posted here ⤵️
https://t.co/pcbA9kaRPS

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

This past weekend would have been my late father's 94th birthday and recently I wrote a bit about his influence on me, placed in the context of his life, his profession and current events (on blog's politics page - beneath the magnifying glass icon): 

https://t.co/p5pFcM0UUz

[Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 @celinegounder]

9⃣CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out.

They served under BOTH Democratic & Republican Presidents.

🚨🚨🚨This is not business as usual. 🚨🚨🚨

https://t.co/b6Cc2iFAts

@DrRichBesser @DrTomFrieden @RWalensky @DrMandyCohen

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

@JonathanShedler "One reason why research is so important is precisely that it can surprise you and tell you that your subjective convictions are wrong. If research always found what we expected, there wouldn’t be much point in doing research."
— #EugeneGendlin

(quote beneath, too)

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@1goodtern

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Much truth said in jest... #IPNB

[Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation]

Election Touchscreen Map Takes Deeper Look Inside Key Swing Voter | Onion News Network - https://t.co/UaZTc7JRdP

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

"When Trump tells people that journalists are 'the enemy of the American people,' or 'evil' ... he is not merely denigrating a professional class; he is directly attacking the rights of all Americans," writes @AdrienneLaF:
https://t.co/nfxKeb0S8h

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

From The New York Times:
A Pivotal Choice: #Trump vs. #Harris on #ClimateChange

🎁 ⤵️
https://t.co/PySJBJLJve

#KamalaHarris calls global warming an “existential threat.”

#DonaldTrump dismisses it as a “scam.”

[Tricycle: The Buddhist Review @tricyclemag]

"The Buddha didn’t call what he was doing 'Buddhism.' He described a path, an art, and a way of life in which we cultivate our innate capacity to be awake and aware." - Sister Dang Nghiem

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

@JohnKinyon: "He coined the term 'scary honesty,' because of how terrifying it can be to tell people what is true inside of us.

Part of learning how to be honest with people is dealing with them 'freaking out,' #MarshallRosenberg said #NVCsScaryHonesty ⤵️
https://t.co/NICoWxNjYi

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

#Need4SharedReality, a.k.a. a picture worth a thousand words

[Don Van Natta Jr. @DVNJr]

The greatest New Yorker cartoon of all time.

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

Gift 🎁 link: 
https://t.co/ZW6fPZLQQC

🚨 Gen. Kelly speaks to the NYT

"He said that, in his opinion, Mr. Trump met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, & had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law." #NVCsScaryHonesty

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

Growing up in New Jersey, attending events at Madison Square Garden was a rite of passage; similarly, traversing the inferiority of the Statue of Liberty, which is why @MaryLTrump's evoking the Emma Lazarus poem ⤵️ at its base occurs as a balm to a wound.
https://t.co/DpBejWLAno

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

WTF is happening at Madison Square Garden?! Mary Trump answers that and much much more! https://t.co/bGlXvzBjTM

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

"This is heart-breaking, but we cannot be broken—that’s exactly what they want." @MaryLTrump

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

So, we're really doing this again. Eyes wide open.

[Marshall Curry @marshallcurry]

For no particular reason, here's a short 7-minute Oscar-nominated documentary about pro-fascist rally that filled Madison Square Garden in 1939. https://t.co/tqm8qNUovr

[Buddhism Now @Buddhism_Now]

Looking for some Buddhism? Wu Wei (Serene Acceptance)
Wu Wei is a key concept within Daoism — and refers to a serene acceptance of events. It’s a wisdom we’re very uninclined to remember in our own times.
Film about 6 minutes.
https://t.co/fZ1EOYNxgs

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

A brown bear and her four cubs traveling to their den site near Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

📽: Gregory B. Balvin

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

“He just kept saying it was the “No. 1 show on television,” even after we corrected him. He repeated it on press tours too, knowing full well it was wrong. He didn’t like being fact-checked back then either.”

More as to #ThichNhatHahn's #beneficialregret: https://t.co/tFddLosIEi

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

"I want to apologize to America. I helped create a monster": The former marketing chief for NBC who helped promote a fake version of Trump as a successful businessman on "The Apprentice" expresses regret. https://t.co/CoTx8yLL1n

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

Note the distinction of 'humanizing' via self-connection (a.k.a. hearing another's 'please' or valuing both sets of needs) v more rudimentary self-empathy ⤵️

From “Getting Empathy” to “Getting Support with Self-Connection” by Newt Bailey – BayNVC #NVCsSCP
https://t.co/kBgXtzJde1

[Street Giraffe @StreetGiraffe]

NYT: What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage

In this popular essay from June 2006 — one of the most emailed New York Times articles ever — a wife tries to improve her husband by using exotic-animal training techniques. 🎁 ⤵️

https://t.co/UHZuF8s9Ad

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https://t.co/qKihA733Rp