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Anne Reis | SoundsVegan.com<p>Disabled By Society just shared this. Thought you might like it. ♥️</p><p>Enjoy your weekend!</p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DisabledBySociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledBySociety</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DisabilityInclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityInclusion</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/DEIB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEIB</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"does the plan have to be this <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cruel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruel</span></a> to the most vulnerable <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>? As I see it, the cruelty is a feature, not a bug.</p><p>After all, gratuitous, seemingly gleeful <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> has been a hallmark of DOGE’s operations...</p><p>We’re mostly talking about poorly socialized young <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a> suddenly given the power to ruin other people’s lives, taking their cues from a leader who has declared that “the fundamental weakness of Western society is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a>.”<br><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/smears-sadism-and-social-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sme</span><span class="invisible">ars-sadism-and-social-security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Martin Rust<p>Someone please tell him it's <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> he's begging for.<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DrALJONES</span></a></span> <br>Has anyone suggested yet, Dr Jones, that the fundamental weakness of western civilization is Elon Musk and other people like him?<br>That is to say morbidly rich entitled fuckwits with too much power and wealth and too little empathy.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WesternCivilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternCivilization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersBalls</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Imagine •voting• for a dictator because you were ANNOYED by people demonstrating <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a>.</p><p>We are truly stupid people.</p>
Melancholic Mediocrity :v_bi:<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> is really the very essence of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a>. I'm sorry but if you lack empathy, you aren't human, you are a malignant tumor -- hellbent on destroying its host (society).</p>
Mark T. Tomczak<p>We really gotta stop listening to people who call our greatest strength our greatest weakness.</p><p>Setting the heart pieces aside, setting the morality aside, setting the edicts of whatever God you believe in (because almost all of them, through their prophets, call us towards empathy) aside?</p><p>Empathy let us hunt the mammoth and live. It let us survive the long winter. It let us keep the knowledge of what was good and baneful with the tribe when the knowledge lived in the heads of those too old or infirm to hunt, fish, or gather. It let us grow into predators of terrifying ferocity and efficacy without winnowing our own gene pool past the survivability threshold. It let us augment our own capacity with that of the wolf. With that of that of the horse. With that of the auroch. It let us find the path to turn competitors scrabbling for resources into awe-inspiring nations. To turn bloody fields into festival grounds. To turn monsters into neighbors. When we pierced the secret of the atom and discovered life and death themselves inside it, empathy is the only reason we ever had a smidgen of a prayer of a chance of choosing life, four generations on, still going.</p><p>Do not listen to people who call our greatest strength our greatest weakness. Their ideas are not only dangerous; they're profoundly, <em>profoundly</em> stupid.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.fixermark.com/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.fixermark.com/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.fixermark.com/tags/WaitThisGuySeriouslyThinksHeCanGetToMars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaitThisGuySeriouslyThinksHeCanGetToMars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.fixermark.com/tags/WhoTheHellIsGonnaCheckYourOxygenGaugeForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhoTheHellIsGonnaCheckYourOxygenGaugeForYou</span></a></p>
Power_to_the_People (he/him)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@antifaintl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antifaintl</span></a></span> Fantastic juxtaposition - powerful support for the case that capitalism is a Darwinian selection system for predators &amp; sociopaths </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hannaharendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hannaharendt</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Empathy Problem: too much <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> might cause one to get too caught up in feelings, leading to unhealthy relationships, where a person's feelings control everything.</p><p>Misusing Empathy: People can use empathy to trick others, so when <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/feelings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feelings</span></a> become more important than truth, the most sensitive people can end up controlling everything.</p><p>Scripture: The Bible says to "weep with those who weep,” but strong feelings can lead people in the wrong direction.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JoeRigney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeRigney</span></a></p>
Witty Dragon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@mrbadger42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mrbadger42</span></a></span> It's ok, the world is now showing no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> towards him.</p><p>I hope all his companies fail miserably and close down. If he lives based on the value of his shares, this value is going down by the hour; and at some point he will have to pay back all the gazillion loans he takes... Oh my oh my, someone will feel the same panick unemployed people feel when another bill comes. He will finally understand what it is to be poor.</p><p>Imagine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> on a queue for the dole 😂😂😂😂<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>Fascinating how people (<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> et al) with no empathy (in fact, who celebrate its absence) nevertheless want it, expect it from others.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭</p><p>"Einstein was a socialist. He believed in socialism because, as a convinced equalitarian, he was opposed to the class division in capitalism and to the exploitation of man by man which he felt this system facilitated more ingeniously than any previous economic organization."</p><p><a href="https://monthlyreview.org/2024/05/01/einsteins-why-socialism-and-monthly-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">monthlyreview.org/2024/05/01/e</span><span class="invisible">insteins-why-socialism-and-monthly-review/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/einstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>einstein</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>Deep empathy is the ability to enter the “mind space” of another person. The separateness between you and them fades away. In a sense, your identity merges with theirs, which enables you to feel what they are experiencing. In other words, deep empathy is an experience of connection.<br>—Steve Taylor, DisConnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty and How Connection Can Heal the World<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>…empathy is more than just a cognitive or imaginative ability. It’s also the ability to feel what other people are experiencing. Here we could think in terms of “shallow” and “deep” empathy. Shallow empathy is when we guess or read other people’s feelings, whereas deep empathy is when we actually sense their feelings.<br>—Steve Taylor, DisConnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty and How Connection Can Heal the World<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>With their strong desire for power, it’s inevitable that hyper-disconnected people feel attracted to politics… Their ruthlessness and lack of empathy make it relatively easy for them to attain political power.<br>—Steve Taylor, DisConnected: The Roots of Human Cruelty and How Connection Can Heal the World<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nuremberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuremberg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
Futurist Jim Carroll<p>"Intentional kindness: humanity's superpower" - Futurist Jim Carroll, with a shoutout to Drew Sullivan, APB Speakers</p><p>The image in today's Inspiration features my good friend Michael Simon; the phrase, "intentional kindness," comes from one of my speaker bureau agents, Drew Sullivan. One teaches us the importance of finding moments of joy when we need it most and the importance of 'giving back'; the other involves intentionally making those moments of joy for others because they truly matter.</p><p>It's a long post, but I want you to read it.</p><p>Why? We seem to be living in a world in which the core values of human decency seem to be disappearing at the speed with which societal norms are unraveling. As an example, I have read that one of the latest trends with the tech oligarchs - folks like Elon Musk and the young men who worship them - is that they find it to be fashionable to use denigrating words and phrases. They seem to think that it is all one big joke and that somehow, this provides them a boost to their 'machismo' - far from it. Most recently, their childish immaturity has extended to the regular use of the 'retard,' as if that somehow empowers them and makes them stronger</p><p>I do not know what darkness lies in the depths of their soul, but I know I and others will fight this darkness with all our might.</p><p>So let me start with my friend Michael. Here's a photo from a few weeks ago when we were both wrapping up a wonderful ski day.</p><p>I've known Michael since he was 2 years old.</p><p>Now 29, he is a special needs young adult who has a unique genetic condition that has limited his full abilities - and yet, he has achieved capabilities that experts have said might never be possible. &nbsp;It was said he could never ski - he learned to ski. It was said he would never be able to master a snowboard. Today, he 'shreds' with the best of them. &nbsp;</p><p>He has accomplished many other things in his life - and he has the most infectious smile of any person I have ever known.</p><p>You can't see Michael smile and, in these moments of despair, worry, and concern, find some joy some sort of joy creeping into your own heart. Michael's smile is a crucible of joy and a cauldron of inspiration.</p><p>We all need more moments like this. We should all find the joy around us because those are the moments that matter. You can help to 'generate it by getting involved, giving back, and supporting those who are under attack, marginalized, or who need attention and help. That's why social causes are even more important today than they were before.</p><p>Read the rest of the post.</p><p><a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindness</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humanity</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empathy</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Connection</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compassion</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Joy</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Purpose</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href="https://futurist.info/tags/Intentionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intentionality</span></a></p><p>Original post: <a href="https://jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-inspiration-giving-back-intentional-kindness-humanitys-superpower/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-i</span><span class="invisible">nspiration-giving-back-intentional-kindness-humanitys-superpower/</span></a></p>
b-rain<p>Gelebte Empathie ist Widerstand.<br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/datenpunks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datenpunks</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Since forever, but accelerated by COVID, which started FIVE years ago, healthcare professionals have been burning out.</p><p>The reason: moral injury.</p><p>It’s a whole thing.</p><p>Look it up.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MoralInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoralInjury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>