Shaun Chamberlin

@DarkOptimism@mstdn.social
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Author • Ex-chair of the Ecological Land Co-op • @xr arrestee • Consulting scholar at #SterlingCollege, Vermont • Resident of #TheHappyPig, Ireland • Savourer

#DarkOptimism #SurvivingTheFuture #LeanLogic #ConversationsForOurTime

Websitehttps://darkoptimism.org
The best thing ever!https://leanlogic.online
My physical communityhttps://darkoptimism.org/projects#TheHappyPig
My online community — join us :)https://survivingthefuture.darkoptimism.org/
@jeffjarvis
The late David Fleming called it #TheDevilsVoice, which feels about right:
https://leanlogic.online/devils-voice/
Israel is killing doctors so Gaza can never heal from genocide

Medicide is a central part of Israel’s goal of making Palestinian life in Gaza impossible.

Al Jazeera
"The opposite of oppression is expression"

Sharing the mystical blessing that is #AzulThome with the world.

For those called.

School and Sanctuary for the Soul:
A Foundation Course in the Art of Dying Alive and Living from the Deep

https://mcusercontent.com/7f53211851746b84650724ed6/files/1d0d8088-af84-6e01-b97b-7a2cddf03f15/VOYAGE_FOUNDATION_2025_TEXT_2.pdf

e218 roundtable - surviving the future

https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/e218-roundtable-surviving-the-future

A conscient roundtable about the Surviving the Future 2025 course led by @DarkOptimism Shaun Chamberlin.

I asked five of my fellow learners to share some of their most impact stories and how they plan to apply this knowledge.

@david_megginson
Thank you, David. I'll remember that example of gratitude's power.

And I value #AngelaDavis' potent remix of the #SerenityPrayer too, as we learn to navigate that tricky old trick!

"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."

Cultivating #gratitude is preferable to some unexamined sense of entitlement.

It has its dangers though. Cultivating gratitude for an abusive relationship, for example, may not be the way to go.

That's why I reflect daily both on what I am grateful for AND on where I need to cultivate #unacceptance.

#inanabusiverelationshipwithmyomnicidalculture #popularhashtagsofMastodon

The Opt Out Project

I absolutely *love* that after Home Secretary #YvetteCooper branded non-violent #PalestineAction as a terrorist group for OPPOSING genocide (meaning that any of us expressing support for them can be sentenced to 14 years in prison), direct action against Israeli weapons of genocide simply continues under a new name.

And the name this new direct action group goes by is... #YvetteCooper!

Well played, friends 😆

https://www.planetcritical.com/p/compliance-wont-protect-you

Compliance won't protect you from the UK's witch hunt

Protesting genocide is now an act of terrorism in the UK

Planet: Critical

#BeyondGM's promising crowdfunded last-ditch legal action to prevent GMOs going legally unlabelled in UK food IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME is already one third funded.

If you like being able to choose whether to eat GM food, spread the word!

https://stophiddengmos.uk/

Stop Hidden GMOs – Follow the Law. Protect the Environment. Respect the People.