25w34 Fit battery, glean bins, electric wheelchair,
more of ME — scroll down past eclectics
— eclectics ‘WE HEADLINES’ from this week’s media —
eclectic deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
“Remember, the States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do.”
Trump has described the states as “agents” of the federal government before in this context, but without casting them as subservient to him personally.
This is a rather novel take on the Constitution, to put it mildly. https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/politics/mail-voting-trump-states-rights-analysis
There’s a third way to have a good life beyond [1] happiness and meaning.
Zooming out: The pursuit of joy or [2] purpose leading to a good life is backed by decades of studies. But recent research pinpoints another way: living a [3] psychologically rich life.
And that means? A life marked by [3a] new experiences, [3b] perspective-shifting insights and even [3c] discomfort. To kick-start your psychologically rich life today, follow these four tips. https://www.washingtonpost.com/the-seven/2025/08/20/what-to-know-for-august-20/?utm_campaign=wp_the7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
What is a good life, and how can we create it?
Forty-plus years of research has pointed to two answers.
The first says that a good life is a happy life, one created by [1] pursuing comfort, satisfaction and more joy than sadness.
The second says that a good life is a meaningful life, one [2] grounded by purpose, connection and making the world better.
But recently, researchers have proposed a third answer: A good life is a psychologically rich life, marked by [3a] novel experiences, [3b] perspective-shifting insights and complexity, but also [3c] more discomfort and challenges than a happy life or a meaningful life.
“We wanted to capture more explorative, adventurous, creative types of good life,” like those of artists and poets, said Shigehiro Oishi, a psychologist at the University of Chicago who first conceptualized psychological richness.
Happiness, Oishi said, can be thought of as a batting average — it goes up and down with good and bad experiences. Psychological richness, on the other hand, is more akin to career highlights — how many interesting stories and experiences we have over our lifetime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/08/20/how-to-live-good-life/
Sooknanan said the injunction halting any FTC probe was merited because Media Matters is likely to succeed on its claim that the FTC is being used to retaliate against it for a critical article on a Trump supporter.
“The court’s ruling demonstrates the importance of fighting over folding, which far too many are doing when confronted with intimidation from the Trump administration,” said Angelo Carusone, chairman and president of Media Matters. https://apnews.com/article/ftc-trump-administration-media-matters-1d1750656ba5b7eb3f44463f107b034c Harv not necessarily confronted with intimidation gives ‘it’ up in lieu of a better life time on issues where he judges not in his interest to pursue his ‘correct’ position, but incorrectly muddy his lifetime.
— life.flow.productivity of 168 hours available —
— into Sundaystudy/build website.life.flow expression
used 31 hours to