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Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Part 3: The Value of Going Slow, to Go Fast
In this final essay from Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Amber Hammargren explores how slowing down—allowing for stillness, rest, and reflection—makes…
Oct 30
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Amber Hammargren
Community Resistance — Rebuilding Trust in an Age of Division
Part 3 of The Four Domains of Cultural Resistance. Community resistance turns neighbors into a network. Small customs, shared tools, and clear care make…
Oct 29
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Sunday Signal — Issue 3 · October 26, 2025
This week we map the quiet capture of election security, share tools you can use tomorrow, celebrate archives doing the work, and practice “slow heat…
Oct 26
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Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Part 2: Consistency, Mastery, and the Industrial Model
Between the factory floor and the practice room lies a lesson: repetition can imprison or transform, depending on whether we remember we are human.
Oct 23
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Amber Hammargren
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Economic Resistance — Reclaiming the Means of Survival
Economic resistance is the practice of rerouting money, time, and skill toward community survival.
Oct 22
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Sunday Signal — Issue 2 · October 19, 2025
From the march to the classroom to the page, the work of freedom is the same: to stay present, to stay human, and to keep creating.
Oct 19
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Balancing Boredom & Busyness, Part One: The Speed of Learning
In a culture that measures growth in test scores and speed, Amber Hammargren reflects on what it means to learn and to teach at a human pace.
Oct 16
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Amber Hammargren
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Narrative Resistance — Defending Truth and Memory
Part One of The Four Domains of Cultural Resistance. When meaning itself becomes contested, every witness, teacher, and storyteller becomes a defender…
Oct 15
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Sunday Signal — Issue 1 · October 12, 2025
The archives are closed. The lights are out. But the signals haven’t stopped. In this issue: stories held close, fires still burning, and a practice of…
Oct 12
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Robert Daniel
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Language as a Practice: Calling Out the Authoritarian Dialect
As democracies falter and strongman politics resurges globally, ordinary language becomes the front line. This guide offers tools to recognize and…
Oct 9
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The First Practice of Freedom: Voting
A reflection on why voting in modern society remains the first practice of freedom. Every signature is an act of belonging, a simple, powerful choice to…
Oct 6
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The Fire We Shared: Reflections from the Torchlight Gathering
A reflection on what we built together and an invitation to help it grow.
Oct 5
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