BB and OSF blogs

BB = Bathtub Bulletin  & OSF = Occupy San Francisco

ChatGPT and Self-Observation – September 15, 2026 (BB)

Why I like ChatGPT – September 12, 2026 (BB)

Op-Ed: A Modest Proposal for a More Group-Centered Prosperos – August 14, 2026 (BB)

What was the Pope’s 1452 declaration? – July 20, 2026 (OSF)

What was the Pope’s 1452 declaration? – July 20, 2026 (BB)

What does the Bible say about tulpas or angels? – July 20, 2026 (BB)

Was Spinoza expelled from his temple? – July 20, 2026 (BB)

My conversation with ChatGPT about the struggle between those with institutional power and those who have exciting new ideas – July 18, 2026 (BB)

ChatGPT on Homo Novus – July 7, 2026 (BB)

Gabor Maté: We Choose Partners with Same Level of Trauma Resolution – July 6, 2026 (BB)

ChatGPT on word-tracking – June 30, 2026 (BB)

My conversation with ChatGPT about “stink beetle” I saw today – June 29, 2026 (BB)

On China’s Rise – June 26, 2026 (BB)

I asked ChatGPT about the dangers of AI – June 17, 2026 (BB)

My weekly ChatGPT Translation: “People sometimes hide memories from themselves out of shame.” – June 10, 2026 (BB)

ChatGPT on Nithya Raman – June 10, 2026 (OSF)

ChatGPT knows how to Translate! – June 8, 2026 (BB)

My Conversation with Google AI – May 2, 2026 (BB)

The Ten Commandments Translated – March 29, 2026 (BB)

A Multi-Person Presidency or a Rotating Presidency; A Multi-Person Dean or a Rotating Dean [of The Prosperos] – March 18, 2026 (BB)

God as non-anthropomorphic Consciousness – October 28, 2025 (BB)

Use of the “F” word as an approbatory intransitive verb – July 22, 2025 (BB)

Is reincarnation real? – July 20, 2025 (BB)

“Blessed are the meek.” – February 9, 2025 (BB)

Psalms 37: “Fret not thyself because of evildoers.” – February 6, 2025 (BB)

“Op-Ed: Gender dysphoria is a disease of our bipolar societ” – December 13, 2024 (BB)

“Everybody has the right to feel sexy … even Jesus, even Buddha, even Muhammad, even Mary Baker Eddy” – November 4, 2024 (BB)

Dream Sharing: Trump Suspends Campaign – October 14, 2024 (BB)

Op-Ed: Trump should stop being a threat to democracy – September 17, 2024 (OSF)

Gus’s reaction to his father’s speech – August 22, 2024 (BB)

The implications of morphic resonance for Translators and RHSers – August 16, 2024 (BB)

The “magnificent Normal”? – August 5, 2024 (BB)

Letter to S.F. Chron: “Worth fighting for” – July 16, 2024 (OSF)

Letter to S.F. Chron: “Worth fighting for” – July 16, 2024 (BB)

Déjà vu – July 12, 2024 (BB)

Phylogenetic Egos – June 1, 2024 (BB)

Do you have a sense of destiny? – December 12, 2023 (BB)

Op-Ed: Democratic “Not a Debate” Debate – December 8, 2023 (OSF)

Op-Ed: Democratic “Not a Debate” Debate – December 8, 2023 (BB)

William Fennie on the “Zonta flaw” – December 2, 2023 (BB)

Note to Translators – August 11, 2023 (BB)

Life is like a Tibetan mandala – June 9, 2023 (BB)

Op-Ed: Thinking and thoughts – May 31, 2023 (BB)

RHS-ing for Everyone – May 20, 2023 (BB)

Op-Ed: SF Progressives need to recruit candidate for 11th District prior to coronation of Ms. Pelosi’s daughter Christine – April 11, 2023 (OSF)

Op-Ed: My own Mauna Loa eruption – December 5, 2022 (BB)

Encore: “The Myth of Normal”: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture – November 24, 2022 (BB)

“The Prosperos is organized to promulgate … genuine democracy” [except in the running of the school] – November 10, 2022 (BB)

My Translation of a blackout – October 26, 2022 (BB)

Op-Ed: “Ordered freedom” and “common good” – October 23, 2022 (BB)

Op-Ed: Rick Thomas, President of the Trustee, justifies the Dean coup – June 27, 2022 (BB)

Op-Ed: Trustees block High Watch Straw Poll on New Dean – June 25, 2022 (BB)

High Watch Straw Poll for New Dean – June 21, 2022 (BB)

Dean Watch Straw Poll – May 6, 2022 (BB)

The Love Syllogism – May 3, 2022 (BB)

Support High Watch Straw Poll for Dean – April 20, 2022 (BB)

Op-Ed: High Watch Should Have a Voice – April 13, 2022 (BB)

Zonta Nominates Himself for Dean of The Prosperos – April 11, 2022 (BB)

The Prosperos Dean Search – April 4, 2022 (BB)

On Gratitude – February 23, 2022 (BB)

AP Ontology – February 18, 2022 (BB)

Famous People – January 28, 2022 (BB)

The Prosperos takes the road most travelled – November 23, 2021 (BB)

Pandemic leads to Pandemonium (or is it the other way round?) – September 25, 2021 (BB)

Truth is happening right now! – August 29, 2021 (BB)

Translation as art – August 25, 2021 (BB)

The origin of the use of the term “gai” for homosexual– August 22, 2021 (BB)

On the subject of vaccines and many other things – August 16, 2021 (BB)

Being a f**ker – August 14, 2021 (BB)

My God! – August 10, 2021 (BB)

Op-Ed: Love can be just as exhilarating (and deadly) as sex – June 7, 2021 (BB)

BB Blog: Psyche, Heal Thyself! – May 29, 2021 (BB)

The Boomer Generation – February 21, 2021 (BB)

Omniscience is Omnipotence – February 17, 2021 (BB)

Gender Dysphoria – December 16, 2020 (BB)

“Look up, look up, look up!” – December 2, 2020 (BB)

Separation Anxiety – November 15, 2020 (BB)

The word “dean” – October 25, 2020 (BB)

Virgin Birth – September 23, 2020 (BB)

Right-wing Prosperos – September 14, 2020 (BB)

Op-Ed: Progressive groups cut off nose to spite face – September 5, 2020 (OSF)

Op-Ed: Biden as von Hindenburg to Trump as Hitler? – September 2, 2020 (OSF)

On Consciousness – September 1, 2020 (BB)

Has The Prosperos become a “safe space”? – August 23, 2020 (BB)

On love and marriage and teaching – August 19, 2020 (BB)

What would you say if you had 60 seconds at the Democratic National Convention? – August 13, 2020 (OSF)

I was a teenage collaborator – August 11, 2020 (BB)

Newsom to appoint progressive replacement if Harris wins VP? – August 11, 2020 (OSF)

TYT coordinates with Biden campaign – July 30, 2020 (OSF)

Translation works: Federal officers to pull out of Portland in a major reversal for Trump administration – July 29, 2020 (BB)

What is the opportunity for Prosperos in this time of crisis? – July 28, 2020 (BB)

Papal Infallibility [vis-a-vis The Prosperos Executive Council] – July 20, 2020 (BB)

Diary from July 7, 2020 – July 12, 2020 (BB)

San Francisco Berniecrats urge Sanders to un-suspend his campaign – May 27, 2020 (OSF)

Dizzy, Jesus and Group Dynamics – May 20, 2020 (BB)

It’s my birthday. No it isn’t! – May 7, 2020 (BB)

Meditator as Editor – April 20, 2020 (BB)

Translation is Straight Thinking in the Abstract – March 31, 2020 (BB)

The Etymology of Desire – March 30, 2020 (BB)

What is the ontological response to fight, flight or freeze? – March 29, 2020 (BB)

O, My Corona – March 25, 2020 (BB)

Phonebanking for Bernie, woman gives birth to baby girl – March 22, 2020 (BB)

The Ascendency of Political and Biological Corruption? – March 18, 2020 (BB)

Open Call for Translation of the Corona Virus – March 10, 2020 (BB)

Consciousness is not Passive – March 7, 2020 (BB)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead – January 3, 2020 (BB)

The Grinch Who Stole The Prosperos – December 25, 2019 (BB)

Fellow Traveler – November 15, 2019 (BB)

Truth as a 4th Way Teacher – November 11, 2019 (BB)

Meaning of Matthew 11:11 – November 3, 2019 (BB)

Fellow Traveler – September 27, 2019 (BB)

What is Translation? – August 12, 2019 (BB)

A God-centric variation of the Truth Syllogism – November 17, 2018 (BB)

Keeping track . . . keeping a journal – November 11, 2018 (BB)

Was Jesus a man or was he God incarnate? – October 4, 2018 (BB)

Another Shakeup in The Prosperos Leadership – September 18, 2018 (BB)

“Companions at the Crossroads” Prosperos Assembly Talk – September 12, 2018 (BB)

Editorial Comment – August 29, 2018 (BB)

God is an Anarchist; Being is the Monarch – July 29, 2018 (BB)

The World’s Coming to an End – July 28, 2018 (BB)

Mommy and Me:  My First Duality – April 11, 2018 (BB)

A Critique of Religions, mostly Islam and Christianity – December 7, 2017 (BB)

Perhaps the Real Challenge in AI is not Consciousness but is . . . – November 11, 2017 (BB)

Why the United States is an Exceptional Country – October 13, 2017 (BB)

Lifelong Learning (and Unlearning) – May 12, 2017 (BB)

Super Consciousness by Colin Wilson; Book Review by Mike Zonta, H.W., M. – May 5, 2017 (BB)

Two Insights about RHS – April 14, 2017 (BB)

Westworld:  Artificial Intelligence on the Loose – December 3, 2016 (BB)

Consciousness is the Answer – November 23, 2016 (BB)

Generational Study from Advance Seminar Class – November 19, 2016 (BB)

Shock Administered!!! – November 10, 2016 (BB)

Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5 (Overheard on Muni Metro) – October 6, 2016 (BB)

My Assembly Talk – September 9, 2016 (BB)

From I-It to I-Thou – August 5, 2016 (BB)

The Democratization of America; the Democratization of The Prosperos; the Democratization of Myself – July 29, 2016 (BB)

Why I Don’t Fear a Donald Trump Presidency – July 22, 2016 (BB)

The First Step of RHS – June 20, 2016 (BB)

Fuck God! – June 9, 2016 (BB)

On being 70 – May 11, 2016 (BB)

Heart is One – April 14, 2016 (BB)

I.Q. test for Intuition Quotient? – February 22, 2016 (BB)

The higher self:  capitalist versus socialist mode – November 14, 2015 (BB)

Translation teaches us the subjective truth — because there is no objective truth! – October 13, 2015 (BB)

Napoleon complex  – August 30, 2015 (BB)

Death as the jettisoning of the booster rocket of the body – October 23, 2014 (BB)

Aloha Retreats – August 20, 2014 (BB)


On Gratitude – February 23, 2022 (BB)

AP Ontology – February 18, 2022 (BB)

Famous People – January 28, 2022 (BB)

The Prosperos takes the road most travelled – November 23, 2021 (BB)

Pandemic leads to Pandemonium (or is it the other way round?) – September 25, 2021 (BB)

Truth is happening right now! – August 29, 2021 (BB)

Translation as art – August 25, 2021 (BB)

The origin of the use of the term “gai” for homosexual– August 22, 2021 (BB)

On the subject of vaccines and many other things – August 16, 2021 (BB)

Being a f**ker – August 14, 2021 (BB)

My God! – August 10, 2021 (BB)

Op-Ed: Love can be just as exhilarating (and deadly) as sex – June 7, 2021 (BB)

BB Blog: Psyche, Heal Thyself! – May 29, 2021 (BB)

The Boomer Generation – February 21, 2021 (BB)

Omniscience is Omnipotence – February 17, 2021 (BB)

Gender Dysphoria – December 16, 2020 (BB)

“Look up, look up, look up!” – December 2, 2020 (BB)

Separation Anxiety – November 15, 2020 (BB)

The word “dean” – October 25, 2020 (BB)

Virgin Birth – September 23, 2020 (BB)

Right-wing Prosperos – September 14, 2020 (BB)

Op-Ed: Progressive groups cut off nose to spite face – September 5, 2020 (OSF)

Op-Ed: Biden as von Hindenburg to Trump as Hitler? – September 2, 2020 (OSF)

On Consciousness – September 1, 2020 (BB)

Has The Prosperos become a “safe space”? – August 23, 2020 (BB)

On love and marriage and teaching – August 19, 2020 (BB)

What would you say if you had 60 seconds at the Democratic National Convention? – August 13, 2020 (OSF)

I was a teenage collaborator – August 11, 2020 (BB)

Newsom to appoint progressive replacement if Harris wins VP? – August 11, 2020 (OSF)

TYT coordinates with Biden campaign – July 30, 2020 (OSF)

Translation works: Federal officers to pull out of Portland in a major reversal for Trump administration – July 29, 2020 (BB)

What is the opportunity for Prosperos in this time of crisis? – July 28, 2020 (BB)

Papal Infallibility [vis-a-vis The Prosperos Executive Council] – July 20, 2020 (BB)

Diary from July 7, 2020 – July 12, 2020 (BB)

San Francisco Berniecrats urge Sanders to un-suspend his campaign – May 27, 2020 (TYT)

Dizzy, Jesus and Group Dynamics – May 20, 2020 (BB)

It’s my birthday. No it isn’t! – May 7, 2020 (BB)

Meditator as Editor – April 20, 2020 (BB)

Translation is Straight Thinking in the Abstract – March 31, 2020 (BB)

The Etymology of Desire – March 30, 2020 (BB)

What is the ontological response to fight, flight or freeze? – March 29, 2020 (BB)

O, My Corona – March 25, 2020 (BB)

Phonebanking for Bernie, woman gives birth to baby girl – March 22, 2020 (BB)

The Ascendency of Political and Biological Corruption? – March 18, 2020 (BB)

Open Call for Translation of the Corona Virus – March 10, 2020 (BB)

Consciousness is not Passive – March 7, 2020 (BB)

The Tibetan Book of the Dead – January 3, 2020 (BB)

The Grinch Who Stole The Prosperos – December 25, 2019 (BB)

Fellow Traveler – November 15, 2019 (BB)

Truth as a 4th Way Teacher – November 11, 2019 (BB)

Meaning of Matthew 11:11 – November 3, 2019 (BB)

Fellow Traveler – September 27, 2019 (BB)

What is Translation? – August 12, 2019 (BB)

A God-centric variation of the Truth Syllogism – November 17, 2018 (BB)

Keeping track . . . keeping a journal – November 11, 2018 (BB)

Was Jesus a man or was he God incarnate? – October 4, 2018 (BB)

Another Shakeup in The Prosperos Leadership – September 18, 2018 (BB)

“Companions at the Crossroads” Prosperos Assembly Talk – September 12, 2018 (BB)

Editorial Comment – August 29, 2018 (BB)

God is an Anarchist; Being is the Monarch – July 29, 2018 (BB)

The World’s Coming to an End – July 28, 2018 (BB)

Mommy and Me:  My First Duality – April 11, 2018 (BB)

A Critique of Religions, mostly Islam and Christianity – December 7, 2017 (BB)

Perhaps the Real Challenge in AI is not Consciousness but is . . . – November 11, 2017 (BB)

Why the United States is an Exceptional Country – October 13, 2017 (BB)

Lifelong Learning (and Unlearning) – May 12, 2017 (BB)

Super Consciousness by Colin Wilson; Book Review by Mike Zonta, H.W., M. – May 5, 2017 (BB)

Two Insights about RHS – April 14, 2017 (BB)

Westworld:  Artificial Intelligence on the Loose – December 3, 2016 (BB)

Consciousness is the Answer – November 23, 2016 (BB)

Generational Study from Advance Seminar Class – November 19, 2016 (BB)

Shock Administered!!! – November 10, 2016 (BB)

Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5 (Overheard on Muni Metro) – October 6, 2016 (BB)

My Assembly Talk – September 9, 2016 (BB)

From I-It to I-Thou – August 5, 2016 (BB)

The Democratization of America; the Democratization of The Prosperos; the Democratization of Myself – July 29, 2016 (BB)

Why I Don’t Fear a Donald Trump Presidency – July 22, 2016 (BB)

The First Step of RHS – June 20, 2016 (BB)

Fuck God! – June 9, 2016 (BB)

On being 70 – May 11, 2016 (BB)

Heart is One – April 14, 2016 (BB)

I.Q. test for Intuition Quotient? – February 22, 2016 (BB)

The higher self:  capitalist versus socialist mode – November 14, 2015 (BB)

Translation teaches us the subjective truth — because there is no objective truth! – October 13, 2015 (BB)

Napoleon complex  – August 30, 2015 (BB)

Death as the jettisoning of the booster rocket of the body – October 23, 2014 (BB)

Aloha Retreats – August 20, 2014 (BB)