Good Morning Digital Neighbors! Hello all you Friends & Refugees at Rubin Report, Phamily & Dawn Patrol at Phetasy, Triggeratti, Fascinating People and Bigots at the Nometry, Seekers of Sanity & Civility at Tusli, Quarterlings at the Quartering and of course our own homegrown ADD Irregulars and Weird Shit Niche' Vagabonds at Padre's. I thought that introduction might serve as an illustrated guide to communities where I roam when I visit Locals.
Among these communities, I have been with the Rubin Report the longest, since it earliest days as I waited for @DaveRubin to found it after the while Patreaon fiasco. I joined Phetasy and Triggernometry during the early days of the Shamdemic when I needed a laugh and some perspective on how upside down our society when overnight. Yes, yes, I know the death were real and the illness is too, the SHAM is how the government handled it and the mostly "safe & effective" supplement everyone was expected to take to remain a contentious citizen. I tend to really appreciate @BridgetPhetasy "this is my vaccine passport" shirt. I joined Tulsi's community when it first opened, but left because I found my time stretched too much to attend to all these communities, but I think I am just going to accept that Locals is a good way to support Content Creators I appreciate and visit them as time permits. I hope to make the best of my return visits to her community. I wish the best of luck the all the Qurterlings in the founding of their Locals and wish Jeremy @TheQuartering good fortune in not waiting to be canceled by the "Rightthink" communities of the Enemedia and Legacy Tech Oppressors.
A quote about community and of course a barn for this fine Autumn day. Peace Localites and all your varied and wonderful communities.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. - Mitch Albom
Tennessee Autumn Barn by Cheryl Davis
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
Padre - Tom Miller invites you to a Coffee Talk, Speakeasies, Schmoozes, Tea Times, Afterhours and other gatherings.
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM (CST)
Occurs every day starting 1/1 until 12/31/2027
Coffee Talk - Daily beginning at 6:00 AM Central Time Zone - USA
White Pilled Wednesday - A break from the heaviness of news and current events to focus upon things more personal & positive for the first hour of Coffee Talk.
Afternoon Chats - Most Tuesday, Friday & Sundays 2:00 PM Central
Other chats as posted in the community.
Quite apart from the fact that I utterly admire, even love, her, this is the best possible response to an idiot, who, in his defense, asked a pretty good question.
https://x.com/TBifford/status/2087992591279407133/video/1?s=61

Said the Disciple to the Lover, “Sir, before I left the world I heard certain men who were held in high esteem and thought to know the will of the Beloved say that those who loved the Beautiful did not love the Beloved but loved idols, yet in the Garden of the Beloved we are ever striving to create beauty for the pleasure of the Beloved. Were they then speaking the truth?”
The Lover answered, “Those who said this had never glimpsed the form of the Beloved nor ever truly sought Him, for all beauty is but the reflection of the beauty of the Beloved, although seen very dimly as in a dark and faulty mirror, even as all goodness is a dim reflection of the goodness of the Beloved. So it is that those who love beauty and goodness recognize dimly in them the form of the Beloved and though often in ignorance those who are seeking the Beautiful and the Good are seeking after the Beloved.”