Steve Laster

Speaker for the Institute of Things that Interest @SHLaster. Best read with coffee and a side of sarcasm.

[Steve Laster @SHLaster]

Syrian graffiti artist Aziz Al-Asmar painted this mural in solidarity with the Ukrainian people on the ruins of a home destroyed by Russian bombing in Syria. #StandWithUkraine

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We all deserve Oscars for our stunning performances as high functioning humans in a crumbling society. #RecklessEndangerment

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#Leadership

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No burden is as heavy as the weight of you own thoughts. #LightenUp

[Steve Laster @SHLaster]

It will cost you more to replace seasoned talent than it would have cost you to keep them. #PayPeopleWhatTheyAreWorth

[Steve Laster @SHLaster]

If you have chemistry, you only need one other thing . . . Timing. But timing’s a bitch. #LagomQuest

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How it is they didn’t do something, acceptance, rather than fight or flight? Slowly . . . As each new restriction and law was applied they became just another thing that would soon blow over. Only when a yellow star had to be worn outside did they begin to worry. #Parallels

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The symbolism is clear in this work created by Afghan street artist Shamsia Hassani picturing those identifying as female under the Taliban heel. #SystemicSexisum

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Granddaughters of the Holocaust survivors #NeverAgain

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I’m exhausted by my capability to survive without support, softness, or ease. How nice it would be to never have the word *resilient associated with my name again. #Debilitated

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The only day everybody loves you. #TooLate

[Steve Laster @SHLaster]

A few things about me; I notice wired vibes, bad energy, and sneaky shit. #TreadLightly

[Steve Laster @SHLaster]

“If you are going to kick the tiger in his ass, you had better have a plan to deal with his teeth" ~ Tom Clancy #NoLessonsLearned

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Over a third of Americans now don’t believe that over 6 million Jews were killled in the Holocaust. This remarkable sculpture by Marie Uchytilová commemorates 82 children from Lidice, Czechoslovakia that were exterminated on 2 July 1942. What you ignore you empower. #NeverAgain

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Meanwhile in Turkey, sanitation workers open a Library with all the books citizens discarded in their trash. #GotBooks

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Freedom is achieved the day that you realize you, individually, are worth whatever *it is, have alway been worth *it, will forever be worth *it, and are no longer willing to negotiate your value with anyone. #LiberateYourself

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The power of stepping away. #BreakTheChain

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NASA Headquarters building in Washington. D.C. was named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black female engineer. #Trailblazer

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Swiss artist Simon Berger just needs a hammer and a sheet of safety glass to make a fascinating shattered glass portraits. #GotArt

[Steve Laster @SHLaster]

“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” ~ Malcolm X