RAT-

Despite recent assurances to the contrary, nearly six months have elapsed since a gunman, using a bump stock, killed 58 people and injured 851 in about 10 minutes. The ATF has previously determined, (under Bush, Obama, and Trump), that because the "device does not initiate an automatic firing cycle by a single function of the trigger, it is NOT a machine gun." It appears that it requires pressure applied from behind and pulling the trigger to fire 90 rounds per minute, and to maintain its status as NOT a machine gun. I understand that, (looking for new sources of revenue), a bump stock manufacturer has been testing a new product on donald trump's phone, enabling rapid-fire tweets that are also justifiable based on pressure felt from behind.

A-TAT-

The indignation this week over "sham" elections is a bit hypocritical coming from a nation in which two presidents (in less than 20 years) took office having received less than 50% of all the individual votes counted.

TAT-

The more I learn, the more I read, the more I write, the more I discover - the more I am reminded that the only quality in which I have any active hope of pursuing excellence is hard work in the service of good. With enough hard work, perhaps I will on occasion stumble across an insight that may have some slight potential for advancing Humanity. And that "slight potential" is the downside. Because the more I learn, the more I read, the more I write, the more I discover, and the more I work hard in the service of good - the more significant my personal progress impacting the relatively small contributions I offer.

TAT-

There are moments, I wonder: Is the World worth saving? Or more correctly: Is Humanity worth saving?

Because I believe skepticism and uncertainty are critical to progress, I have to question. Because I am a member of Humanity, and, (more importantly), a representative of sentience, and, (even more importantly), a momentary particular of Life, I have to believe that Humanity, Sentience, and Life are worth saving.

For many, the order of importance above intuitively feels upside-down; believing that their rightful place is to preside over lower-level sentience and all non-sentient Life. But why should intellect dominate? How does an arbitrary evolutionary improbability give one the right to step outside of Nature? And, (as is already the case), if one believes that their intellect is greater than another individual's intellect, when does power begin to define this "other" as lower-level sentience?

If anything, We, (all of Humanity, past, present, and future), have had, still have, and always will have a responsibility to maintain and nurture, or at the very least, refrain from wanton disregard.

When I observe unwarranted superiority---(All superiority is unwarranted!)---that leads to wanton disregard, I have to wonder, (on our current trajectory, not if, but) when will Humanity finally succeed in destroying Life, having forgotten that we are but a momentary (and totally dependent) particular within that greater harmony?

BOOM!

Fear is
Reality is
God is
In the Future

Willingness is
Devotion is
Empathy is
Compassion is
Sacrifice is
Resentment is
Hate is
What is Love

Certainty is
Deceit is
Treachery is
Corruption is
Truth is
Not Truthful

Health is
Nature is
To Bloom is
Growth is?
Evolution is
Entropy is
Decay is
Beauty

Experience is
Knowledge is
To Question is
Skepticism is
Uncertainty is
Wisdom

I am
Sensation is
This Moment is
Past Moments are
Interpretation is
Incomplete

I am
Love is
Truth is
Beauty is
Wisdom is
God is
In the Future