Tejo, twilight

High up, pine grove.
Tejo surrenders, the Atlantic.
Twilight's dark blue, orange skyline.
Gentle late afternoon breeze, balmy pine scent.
Laments of birds parting the day.
Distant sounds, road, pine cones rattle, the world...

Thoughts slow, quietude.
Something stirs, a longing, a reaching.
Lights, fishing boat.
Memories awaken, faces, places, a restless dance.
Dissolves, an emptiness...

A gentle silence whispers.
Nameless journey, an end.
Night approaches.
It's already here, always was...

Those I've loved, the moments, joyful, sad, forgotten.
The certainty of a goodbye.
Loss, letting myself go...

Vision blurs, the pain.
I welcome it, embrace it, let it open me...

The first star...

A mini-guide to institutional language: how power uses language to obscure Truth

The way institutions talk is a carefully crafted method of communication designed to protect power and deflect accountability. Once you learn to recognize these patterns, you'll see them everywhere - in political speeches, corporate statements, media coverage, and even AI responses.

Let's start with a simple example:

When someone punches you in the face, that's a clear action with clear consequences. But imagine if the attacker said:

"We need to consider multiple perspectives on this physical interaction. The very concept of violence is socially constructed, and from certain cultural viewpoints, this could be seen as a form of greeting."

Reality as Information: A Theory of Consciousness Clusters and Reality Rendering

 What if our physical reality isn't fundamental, but rather a rendering of pure information? Like a cosmic video game where consciousness itself acts as the rendering engine, converting raw data into the reality we experience.

This idea emerged while contemplating quantum mechanics, particularly the double-slit experiment. When particles are observed, they behave differently than when unobserved. The fascinating part isn't just that observation changes behavior - it's that even the mere possibility of observation, even if no human ever looks at the data, causes this change. A recording device that's turned on but never watched still affects the outcome.

The Convergence: Where Power, Technology, and the Unknown Meet

We find ourselves at a unique moment in history where multiple forces are converging toward what appears to be an inevitable restructuring of global society. To understand our current situation, we must start with a documented reality that fundamentally changes how we view power structures: the existence of a shadow government. As Senator Daniel Inouye revealed during the Iran-Contra hearings, "There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."

The Dual Edge of Human Progress: Navigating the Perils of Our Own Mastery

As humanity continues to make remarkable strides in various fields, from technology and medicine to art and communication, it's becoming increasingly clear that our progress is a double-edged sword. While we celebrate our advancements and the benefits they bring, we must also confront the unsettling reality that we are simultaneously refining tools and methods that can harm, deceive, and manipulate on an unprecedented scale. This realization raises profound questions about the future of our species and the preservation of our core values in the face of ever-more sophisticated systems of control.