OWLS Dr. Joel

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My little memorial for @JeanHouston (Rest in Audacious Peace)

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We will be in @CityOfFriscoTx for @SWPsychological convention talking about burnout, time, prevention, and emerging adulthood

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[OWLS Dr. Joel @OrgWellness]

So much of what we focus on is lying. We are obsessed with lying. Everything in the news is about lying or truthfulness. Fake news. Best source. What really happened? Who said what? Why are we fed lies? All of this obsession is because, deep down, we suspect we may be lying to ourselves--at some level. When we turn to this possibility, instead of defending against it, we have the possibility of waking. (Adapted from Gurdjieff)

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Season 2 \ Episode 1
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@cyantist NO MIND

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

On Valentine’s Day 36 years ago, Carl Sagan requested NASA to turn Voyager 1's camera back toward home for one last look.

From 3.7 billion miles away, Voyager captured this image.

Here is how Carl Sagan described it:

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

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from Eddington "We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'." So...ahem...why COMPLETELY 😲 cancel the Conference? Why not, at least, put it online? Why not do some webinars?
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why migration surged during the Biden years. The short version: the increase wasn’t caused by a single U.S. policy change. It was the result of global pressures, pre‑existing trends, and bottlenecks in the U.S. immigration system that collided at the same time.

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⭐ Summary (in plain language)
Migration increased under Biden because global displacement hit record levels, COVID‑era restrictions created pent‑up demand, U.S. asylum courts were already overwhelmed, and several Trump‑era deterrence policies ended or were blocked in court.
These forces began before Biden took office, accelerated during the pandemic, and then surged when borders reopened.

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📌 1. The surge began before Biden took office
According to FOIA‑released data analyzed by the Cato Institute:

- The “border crisis” started in 2020, not 2021.
- Encounters were already rising sharply due to economic collapse in Latin America, hurricanes, and COVID‑19 disruptions.

This matters because it shows the increase wasn’t triggered by a single Biden policy.

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📌 2. Global migration hit historic highs
The Migration Policy Institute notes that Biden’s term coincided with record levels of global displacement, driven by:

- Economic collapse in Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and parts of Central America
- Political repression and violence
- Climate‑driven disasters
- Post‑pandemic instability

These global pressures produced millions of people on the move across the Western Hemisphere.

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📌 3. Pent‑up demand after COVID border closures
During 2020–2021, Title 42 expulsions created:

- No legal consequences for repeat crossings
- A backlog of people waiting to attempt entry

When restrictions eased, many of those people attempted to cross at once.

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📌 4. Changes to Trump‑era deterrence policies
Some Trump policies that sharply reduced crossings were:

- Blocked by courts
- Reversed by the Biden administration
- Replaced with new systems that took time to implement

Examples include:
- Ending “Remain in Mexico”
- Narrowing interior enforcement priorities
- Expanding humanitarian parole programs

These changes did not cause the entire surge, but they signaled a shift that smugglers exploited in their messaging.

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📌 5. The U.S. asylum system was already overwhelmed
Before Biden took office:

- The asylum backlog was over 1 million cases
- Court wait times were 4–7 years
- There were not enough judges, officers, or detention beds

This meant:
- People who arrived could not be processed quickly
- Many were released with court dates years in the future
- Word spread that the system was overloaded

This created a pull factor, even though the underlying cause was structural, not policy‑driven.

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📌 6. Smuggler misinformation amplified the surge
Cartels and smuggling networks aggressively marketed:

- “The border is open”
- “Biden will let you in”
- “Come now before policies change”

These claims were false, but they were effective.

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📌 7. Legal pathways were expanded—but slowly
Biden attempted to create:

- More refugee processing
- Parole programs for specific countries
- The CBP One app for appointments

But these rolled out after the surge was already underway, and capacity was limited.

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📌 8. Why the numbers look so extreme
Two factors inflate the raw encounter numbers:

1. Repeat crossings under Title 42
Because Title 42 expulsions carried no legal penalty, many people tried multiple times.

2. Encounters ≠ successful entries
Many of the “encounters” were:
- Immediate expulsions
- Turnbacks
- Duplicates

Still, the total volume was historically high.

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📌 Bottom Line
The increase in migration under Biden was driven by global crises, pre‑existing trends, and structural weaknesses, not a single U.S. policy.
The best evidence shows:

- The surge began before Biden
- Global displacement reached record highs
- The U.S. system was already overloaded
- Policy changes and smuggler narratives shaped timing, not the root causes

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SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE.

Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country.

Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed. We must rein in ICE.

Here’s what we are demanding:

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The solution is so simple and so obvious but we complicate through fragmenting mindsets borne from asynchronous technology instead of nurtured human-to-human connection and the rhythms of life that brought us to now. #returntous #thewizardofus #socialcapital #rhythmentrainment #deepcoupling

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In a moment when social strain is rising, political divides feel sharper than ever, and technology seems to be rewiring our attention and our relationships, it’s easy to wonder whether we can still find our way back to one another. The good news is yes—and there are proven programs designed to help us heal, reconnect, and rebuild the social capital our communities desperately need.