Todd Vickers 🇺🇸💙🇨🇦🇺🇦
@toddvickers.bsky.social
Author: The Relevance of Kabir, Truth Like Fire & The Paradox of Self Realization. Occasional Satire
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Dancer, Burner, philosophical and lil kinky. Humanity needs free people.
If you love more, you should love more people.
https://linktr.ee/toddvickers
Dancer, Burner, philosophical and lil kinky. Humanity needs free people.
If you love more, you should love more people.
"This is what a #philosopher does. But instead of plants, we are talking about #ideas..."
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The Garden of Mind
Alaina, a ten-year-old girl, spent the morning working and enjoying the garden with her aunt Hannah who had made a special little spot just for her to grow her own plants.
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September 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"This is what a #philosopher does. But instead of plants, we are talking about #ideas..."
thesparkmag.substack.com/p/the-garden...
thesparkmag.substack.com/p/the-garden...
Perhaps we should stop thinking in terms of apex predators and start thinking in terms of apex parasites.
I mean this literally.
I mean this literally.
September 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Perhaps we should stop thinking in terms of apex predators and start thinking in terms of apex parasites.
I mean this literally.
I mean this literally.
Perhaps we should stop thinking in terms of apex predators and start thinking in terms of apex parasites.
I mean this literally.
I mean this literally.
September 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Perhaps we should stop thinking in terms of apex predators and start thinking in terms of apex parasites.
I mean this literally.
I mean this literally.
When he experiences harmless lovemaking outside the bounds of the expectations of the crowd in which he was raised, he learns that the fears put into him by his #culture were a way of gatekeeping. They lied to him.
#sex #relationships
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#sex #relationships
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Men Can’t Learn This From Norms
Sexual gatekeepers miss the point
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September 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
When he experiences harmless lovemaking outside the bounds of the expectations of the crowd in which he was raised, he learns that the fears put into him by his #culture were a way of gatekeeping. They lied to him.
#sex #relationships
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#sex #relationships
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"In other words, the “good” religious people are needed for the evil to succeed."
#religion #fascism #morals
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#religion #fascism #morals
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The Good Christian Paradox
They come to you in sheep’s clothing.
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September 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
"In other words, the “good” religious people are needed for the evil to succeed."
#religion #fascism #morals
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#religion #fascism #morals
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Watch Newsom's fiery interview:
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Gavin Newsom Just Detonated a Political Earthquake on Trump's Corruption
It’s time to fight fire with fire!
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September 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Watch Newsom's fiery interview:
www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/gavin-news...
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Do you understand the significance of this change?
I'm an unbeliever but I remember Bible school on Sunday School, that's not what it says. That interpolation is a threat.
I'm an unbeliever but I remember Bible school on Sunday School, that's not what it says. That interpolation is a threat.
September 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Do you understand the significance of this change?
I'm an unbeliever but I remember Bible school on Sunday School, that's not what it says. That interpolation is a threat.
I'm an unbeliever but I remember Bible school on Sunday School, that's not what it says. That interpolation is a threat.
"... the epithets that #conventional people have been conditioned to cast upon those who live in such freedom, especially #men, the one that is most #Orwellian is to say that this is somehow “disrespectful” of #women. It is also the most telling."
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If it’s Bad for Women, It’s Bad for Men
A free woman choosing you matters more
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September 2, 2026 at 4:54 AM
"... the epithets that #conventional people have been conditioned to cast upon those who live in such freedom, especially #men, the one that is most #Orwellian is to say that this is somehow “disrespectful” of #women. It is also the most telling."
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Ted Cruz: "Texans will vote GOP because of Biden's 'flood' of immigrants."
Hey Ted, the Senate had a bipartisan plan to secure the border, but Mike Johnson refused to bring it to the floor for a vote. Sit the fuck down!
#ProudBlue #Pink #SheShed
Hey Ted, the Senate had a bipartisan plan to secure the border, but Mike Johnson refused to bring it to the floor for a vote. Sit the fuck down!
#ProudBlue #Pink #SheShed
August 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Ted Cruz: "Texans will vote GOP because of Biden's 'flood' of immigrants."
Hey Ted, the Senate had a bipartisan plan to secure the border, but Mike Johnson refused to bring it to the floor for a vote. Sit the fuck down!
#ProudBlue #Pink #SheShed
Hey Ted, the Senate had a bipartisan plan to secure the border, but Mike Johnson refused to bring it to the floor for a vote. Sit the fuck down!
#ProudBlue #Pink #SheShed
Trump tried to fuck 🇨🇦. They did not consent and they went home.
#Canada
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#Canada
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Unlearn16 (@unlearn16)
We will trade 5 cobra chickens for all those mustangs you don’t want.
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August 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Trump tried to fuck 🇨🇦. They did not consent and they went home.
#Canada
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#Canada
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Do you know how to think? Okay, think on this.
August 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Do you know how to think? Okay, think on this.
Trying to understand #MAGA.
When their ideas are more important than the facts of their own life.
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When their ideas are more important than the facts of their own life.
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Trying To Understand MAGA
They are relating to stories “about” life, not life itself.
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August 26, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Trying to understand #MAGA.
When their ideas are more important than the facts of their own life.
substack.com/@thesparkmag...
When their ideas are more important than the facts of their own life.
substack.com/@thesparkmag...
The United States demonstrates one of the worst aspects of #religion. The tendency to insist something is true because oneself and others emphatically demand it. That inclination does not stop at religion.
August 24, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The United States demonstrates one of the worst aspects of #religion. The tendency to insist something is true because oneself and others emphatically demand it. That inclination does not stop at religion.
"Whether we know it or not, when we get on social media we enter a Skinner box, an environment designed to shape our actions through rewards and punishments, like an animal in a behavioral experiment."
August 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
"Whether we know it or not, when we get on social media we enter a Skinner box, an environment designed to shape our actions through rewards and punishments, like an animal in a behavioral experiment."
“If those who have #money, also lack #intrinsic #sensibility, they and the people around them will suffer. Those that have lots of money may seem freer because they are able to discard people. But is that to be envied?
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The Misguided Envy of Wealth
What we imagine and what it is are not the same
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August 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“If those who have #money, also lack #intrinsic #sensibility, they and the people around them will suffer. Those that have lots of money may seem freer because they are able to discard people. But is that to be envied?
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Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious.
Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious.
But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION.
Boycot #delta
Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious.
But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION.
Boycot #delta
August 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Delta Airlines charging me for my bag? That's obnoxious.
Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious.
But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION.
Boycot #delta
Delta Airlines charging me to book a seat? That's obnoxious.
But Delta Airlines working with ICE to ship people to concentration camps is COLLABORATION.
Boycot #delta
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“To receive an alternate point of view is no small thing. The whole world just got bigger.”
Read more in the comments
#philosophy #relationships #freedom
Read more in the comments
#philosophy #relationships #freedom
August 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
“To receive an alternate point of view is no small thing. The whole world just got bigger.”
Read more in the comments
#philosophy #relationships #freedom
Read more in the comments
#philosophy #relationships #freedom
"Perhaps consider all the things that “might” be assigned to any one of us explaining why we are late. There are far more possible wrong answers than there are correct ones."
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Surprising Suppository: Self-Deception
Why you don’t have to obey your own thoughts
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August 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
"Perhaps consider all the things that “might” be assigned to any one of us explaining why we are late. There are far more possible wrong answers than there are correct ones."
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open.substack.com/pub/thespark...
"Self deception can be agonizing. Most of us have watched someone add meaning to an event that clearly goes beyond the facts; it is much easier to see when other people do it."
#identity #philosophy #culture #relationships
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#identity #philosophy #culture #relationships
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Surprising Suppository: Self-Deception
Why you don’t have to obey your own thoughts
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August 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"Self deception can be agonizing. Most of us have watched someone add meaning to an event that clearly goes beyond the facts; it is much easier to see when other people do it."
#identity #philosophy #culture #relationships
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#identity #philosophy #culture #relationships
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How do writers makethe best use of AI?
"You keep every idea and every direction as your own, and you turn the machine into a critic and an editor."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmEditing #AI
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"You keep every idea and every direction as your own, and you turn the machine into a critic and an editor."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmEditing #AI
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AI as Critic, Not as Author
There are two ways a writer can use these new tools, and they are not close to the same thing.
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August 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
How do writers makethe best use of AI?
"You keep every idea and every direction as your own, and you turn the machine into a critic and an editor."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmEditing #AI
open.substack.com/pub/thespark...
"You keep every idea and every direction as your own, and you turn the machine into a critic and an editor."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmEditing #AI
open.substack.com/pub/thespark...
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Masked thugs are rampaging through our neighborhoods & abducting people.
They're ripping apart families, stealing children away from their parents & parents away from their children.
Don't become numb to it.
The abducted are given no rights & they can do this to anyone, even you. #ICELawlessness
They're ripping apart families, stealing children away from their parents & parents away from their children.
Don't become numb to it.
The abducted are given no rights & they can do this to anyone, even you. #ICELawlessness
July 30, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Masked thugs are rampaging through our neighborhoods & abducting people.
They're ripping apart families, stealing children away from their parents & parents away from their children.
Don't become numb to it.
The abducted are given no rights & they can do this to anyone, even you. #ICELawlessness
They're ripping apart families, stealing children away from their parents & parents away from their children.
Don't become numb to it.
The abducted are given no rights & they can do this to anyone, even you. #ICELawlessness
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Holy shit! Jim Jordan is reduced to stammering when Kasie Hunt presses him on why he continues to support Max Miller despite credible allegations that he abused his ex-wife and toddler daughter
July 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Holy shit! Jim Jordan is reduced to stammering when Kasie Hunt presses him on why he continues to support Max Miller despite credible allegations that he abused his ex-wife and toddler daughter