Ryo Shimao Ishii

‘To transform the world we must begin with ourselves’ 🌗 Sharing insights and inspiration that help me with my own holistic journey. IG @returnthisway

[CBS News @CBSNews]

More than 6,300 children have been detained by ICE during President Trump's 2nd term. 97% have no criminal records. https://t.co/o0Qtz6Fb2F

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals.

As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them.

Go Knicks.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

CBS 60 Minutes, under self-proclaimed "Zionist fanatic" @bariweiss, interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu again.

Interviewer @MajorCBS didn't ask a single question about the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity. He didn't ask a single question about Israel's secret stash of nuclear weapons. He let Netanyahu ridiculously claim Israel has the "most discriminating military on the planet in history" without any pushback. He let Netanyahu falsely claim that Israel's beeper attacks in Lebanon had "no collateral damage." He had very little to say about Israel's well-documented human rights abuses in Gaza, had very little to say about Gaza in general, and even said at one point: "Let's go to Gaza real quick."

Perhaps worst of all, he let Netanyahu claim that Iranians love him and call him "beloved Bibi" with zero pushback. No mention of Israel's attacks on Iranian civilians and civilian infrastructure.
https://t.co/0U2qNllaUp

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Kyle Kulinski: “If you’re talking more positively about Marjorie Taylor Green than AOC, you’ve just lost the plot. AOC votes how you would want her to vote way more often than MTG does. You can give MTG more credit, but then you’re just a fucking useful idiot for MAGA fascists”

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

I’m sorry, but I’m not gonna be nicer about this. Neocon boomers are mortgaging my generations future by amassing trillions in debt, turning America into a pariah on the global stage, and getting our troops killed for another failing war.

I have to watch these neocons lie about the state of this war on TV every single day. Then, the moment I push back and assertively ask, “hey, what’s the actual goal here?” I have a legion of neocon boomers telling me I should know my place. Or I should wait my turn to talk with the grown ups.

Fuck that, genuinely.

I’m not claiming to have all of the answers or be all knowing. But young people deserve a seat at the table to fight for our interests as well. 95% of media is made up of boomers in suits who created these problems, and being nicer isn’t going to fix them.

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

“The global elites believe nothing, they feel nothing. They exhibit the core traits of psychopaths. They disdain as weakness the virtues of empathy, honesty, compassion — they live by the creed of me, me, me.”

— @ChrisLynnHedges

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

“The savagery in Iran, Lebanon and Gaza is the same savagery we face at home. Those carrying out the genocide, the unprovoked war on Iran are the same people dismantling our democratic institutions. There is no appeasing these monsters.”

https://t.co/ZuuBwbQMOy

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.  Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.

I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution.

Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city — you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

This war must end. Our Senators and Congressman must not know a moment’s peace until this ends.

[Maine Newsroom @MaineNewsroom]

2/28 Democratic Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner told me in Fort Kent on Saturday that President Trump's attacks on Iran had Americans "looking down the barrel of another stupid war" meant to make him look tough for voters. #maine #MEpolitics

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

The United States has bombed seven countries in the past 12 months.

Venezuela
Syria
Iraq
Nigeria
Somalia
Yemen
Iran

[Acyn @Acyn]

Hasan: The people who cannot get through a single day without hating on late-night comedians and overweight soldiers and Muslim politicians and Mexican immigrants and Palestinian refugees and black women and transgender kids and peaceful protesters and Mr. Potato head, they are lecturing us on hate? Really?

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike against the “tyranny” of Trump and the greed of the ultra-rich. An estimated 300,000 filled the streets for the “No Kings” march, powerfully rejecting the federal government’s “Operation Midway Blitz” against the city.

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

“A lot of us who served are disgusted with this administration, that the president’s rhetoric is paving the way for martial law and a rise of authoritarianism. That’s what we stand against. We’re supposed to be defending freedom and the Constitution.”

https://t.co/TaWEHXU4f9

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

Resist the machinery of fascism — no matter who drives it 🌎✊🏾

https://t.co/GhdQxcJ9Bo

@briantylercohen

[Variety @Variety]

Comedian David Cross released a fiery statement on his website condemning the comedians who agreed to perform at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival:

"I am disgusted, and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. That people I admire, with unarguable talent, would condone this totalitarian fiefdom for...what, a fourth house? A boat? More sneakers?"

"We can never again take seriously anything these comedians complain about (unless it's complaining that we don't support enough torture and mass executions of journalists and LGBQT peace activists here in the states, or that we don't terrorize enough Americans by flying planes into our buildings). I mean that's it; you have a funny bit about how you don't like Yankee Candles or airport lounges? Okay great, but you're cool with murder and/or the public caning of women who were raped, and by having the audacity to be raped, were guilty of 'engaging in adultery'? Got any bits on that?"

"These are some of my HEROES! Now look, some of you folks don't stand for anything so you don't have any credibility to lose, but my god, Dave and Louie and Bill, and Jim? Clearly you guys don't give a sh*t about what the rest of us think, but how can any of us take any of you seriously ever again? All of your bitching about 'cancel culture' and 'freedom of speech' and all that shit? Done. You don't get to talk about it ever again. By now we've all seen the contract you had to sign. You're performing for literally, the most oppressive regime on earth. They have SLAVES for f*ck's sake!!!"

https://t.co/0jAgUq56e9

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING:

🇮🇱🇺🇳 Netanyahu visibly SHAKEN as majority of UN delegates storm out of General Assembly hall

He was also booed.

The UN speaker has to calm down the situation: "Please ORDER in the hall"

Netanyahu began to boast about the murders Israel carried out, such as the killing of Iranian nuclear scientists.

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

Our practice is not to follow our heart. It is to train our heart. #Buddha

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

I often consult various resources on meditation and while many lack specific guidance on framing or approach, I’ve found Joseph Goldstein to be a refreshing exception (IMHO). I hope others will find his insights as invaluable as I do 🫶🏾✨

https://t.co/PQ3RbtglGv

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

That becomes the inclination of the mind, so it's not as if we're going through our life experience, and everything is just what it is in the moment and it has no repercussions. We are actually cultivating in one way or another, the patterns and inclinations of our lives.

[Ryo Shimao Ishii @returnthisway]

So if we are frequently lost in the wanting mind, lost in the aversive mind, what happens through repetition of these mind qualities is those particular neural pathways get deepened. We're actually deepening those grooves, what we frequently think about, ponder upon, practice. ↓