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consultant, designer, your chief reframing officer, living the neuro spiced life. 🚂🌳🫖🖌️🌆🌖 ♐️♎️♉️ agencyk.life

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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Come see me give my first @ignitephilly.bsky.social talk on October 21. 😁 😎 🫣 Join the fun crowd at Johnny Brenda's for a series of 5 minute talks that spark awe, laughter, action, or a combo (in my experience). events.ticketleap.com/tickets/igni...
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Rapid five-minute presentations, accompanied by 20 slides ticking down at 15-second intervals, inspire the crowd with ingenuity, humor, and imagination—ideas that are a call to action, that turn the p...
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s 2045, wherein the shift to sleep-cycle lighting, chronotype-informed work, and doze-zones are just a few of the ways we’re serving the magical power of being well rested. medium.com/@karaml/from...
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Into the unknown? Calls for appreciation of what is already here - in you, your team, + your environment. From there it’s letting go + shifting into discovery and play with all that already have. #pioneer #affirming #ukiyo And there are your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Pioneer - finding, stretching, promoting
Affirming - approachable, positive environment, acknowledging 
Ukiyo - in the moment, detached from life’s bothers
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Given the biases of scientists historically (e.g. men seeing themselves in what their looking at and dismissing other data), wouldn’t we want the most diverse and self-aware (emotionally intelligent) folks working on any theoretical “thinking” technology?
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"It was the sound of a body insisting on what it needed, and a culture insisting, more loudly, that the need did not matter." aeon.co/essays/a-hun...
aeon.co
A hungry woman is easier to dismiss than a well-fed woman | Aeon Essays
From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s 2045, and industry invites artists, makers, crafters, and researchers from various domains to experience their materials to maximize their reuse. medium.com/@karaml/from...
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Things needing a detox? Direct attention to where the needle can be moved, steadily, and welcome contributions to grow that progress. #mushroom #commanding #inclusive And there are your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Mushroom - interconnected, remediation
Commanding - results-focused, taking charge, showing confidence 
Inclusive - open to input, diplomatic, facilitating dialogue
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Put them everywhere: www.ecoportal.net/en/switzerla...
ecoportal.net
Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm do...
High in the Swiss Alps, on a concrete dam wall more than 8,000 feet above the sea, someone bolted thousands of solar panels to a place almost no one thought
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s 2045, cobblers are popular, and meet-cutes at clothing swaps and laundromats are common for both love and platonic connections. medium.com/@karaml/from...
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The strength in flexibility is like confidently taken action - it inspires others to expand their possibilities. And there are your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Wireless - foundation for others, distributed
Disinvoltura - relaxed precision
Energizing - enthusiasm, network building, rallying others
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Science is a lot of mundane tasks like test repetition - The Work is the noticing and wondering about the results and the crafting of the next test. Writing is getting words on a page - The Work is identifying the threads and weaving them together across the piece
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
You CAN build the brain you want to live in when you acknowledge the the tiny choices available to you daily.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s 2045 and social clubs - an ecosystem of creative making - are the work of some and the hobby of others. medium.com/@karaml/from...
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Embracing the seasonality of your context invites openness even in little ways, and those tiny patterns create a universe of change. #dandelion #metanoia #Fern And that’s your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Dandelion - collaborative healing, wide reaching, regenerative 
Metanoia - transformation of the heart
Fern - fractal, small scale solutions that impact the whole
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Nicola Black @nicolablack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We’re doing something fun at joinwip.com! Recently, we experimented with a new, full-day, online Writing Retreat event. It was so good we’re doing it again! But this time, we’re opening it up to everyone! Pre-registration is open now thru 9/21. 🥳 workinprogress.kit.com/writing-retr...
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WIP Writing Retreat Pre-Registration
Pre-register for the next WIP Online Writing Retreat for access to claim your seat a full week before we open to the public. Seats are limited.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You are already a part of the we, building, reshaping, and enhancing. We are not always aware of the flow of influence, but allow it as a breeze flutters leaves. #snowball #inclusive #aspen And that’s your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Snowball - mutual accountability, momentum for change
Inclusive - open to input, diplomatic, facilitating dialogue 
Aspen - networked, sensitive, resilient
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Why Japan is so good at trains, and what we could learn from their experience to improve our transit. worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...
worksinprogress.co
Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine
Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It’s 2045, and data literacy has improved as well as the conversations about societal tradeoffs. Here’s how we got there. medium.com/@karaml/from...
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s time to be intentional, crafty even. Working within your spheres of influence, this steady effort with inspire others and you in turn. #deliberate #humble #energizing And that’s your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Deliberate - clarity, disciplined analysis, sense of stability 
Humble - fair-minded, maintaining composure, modeling modesty
Energizing - enthusiasm, network building, rallying others
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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Travel pics, snail mail, and 🚂🎫 From the Future — Trains & Connection medium.com/@karaml/from...
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Precision is relative to the target. When grounded in trust and the reality of being one among many moving in alignment, you can flow in your creative actions. #disinvolutra #Fern #deliberate And that’s your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Disinvoltura - relaxed precision
Fern - fractal, small scale solutions that impact the whole
Deliberate - clarity, disciplined analysis, sense of stability
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Community childcare to foster healthier families - AKA activities for kids so parents can have a date night: www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/f...
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Parents' Night Out! : NYC Parks
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The future can be as mundane and fantastical as the present. With that in mind, l’ve been imagining aspects of 2045 from a lens of hope, with a focus on quality of life defined by access to health, creativity, and connection. medium.com/@karaml
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Transformation is all around and so we’re called to refine and delight in the how of our engagement. Focus on your style, the playful intersection for you of where aesthetics meets function. #fire #lessbutbetter #metanoia And that’s your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Fire - transformation, persistent ambition 
Less but better - refined, driven by function
Metanoia - transformation of the heart
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Rest is idleness with an alibi. Idleness has no alibi, and wants none." idle.news/blog/on-the-...
idle.news
On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness | The Idle Gazette
Why the wellness industry loves rest, fears idleness, and has spent a great deal of money to keep you from noticing the difference.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Solar fish farm? www.ecoportal.net/en/an-island...
ecoportal.net
An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar farm and soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home
An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels. Soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home and were all thriving.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s 2045, and we’ve evolved an ecology approach to the understanding and development of science and technology. It’s pretty great. medium.com/@karaml/from...
medium.com
From the Future — The 4 Techs Framework
Infrastructure technology, pocket technology, surface technology, and ambient technology are four of the arenas that technology tools have…
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Being precise + at ease, is the practice of hope. Even as we go into the unknown, dreaming + acting from our values ripples into the how and the what of our contribution to the future. #disinvoltura #pioneer #waveparticle And that’s your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Deliberate - clarity, disciplined analysis, sense of stability 
Starfish - non-hierarchical, resilient, self-management 
Commanding - results-focused, taking charge, showing confidence
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Check if a brand you dig is about to be in decline - or already jumped the shark: ledger.worseonpurpose.com/methodology
ledger.worseonpurpose.com
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It's 2045, and public transit is a point of pride and treated as such. It’s as if the city is everyone’s personal chauffeur. From the Future medium.com/@karaml/from...
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From the Future — A Culture of Transit
Public transit is free. It’s a generator of economic activity, and though a low bar, removing the fee increased ridership and accelerated a…
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/07/2026
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It’s so obvious, to you. Validate through groundwork conversations and invitations to spot gaps, ensuring you’ve identified the root and not just another symptom. #sagacious #mushroom #dandelion Your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Sagacious - wise, clever
Mushroom - interconnected, remediation
Dandelion - collaborative healing, wide reaching, regenerative
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Slow and indulgent morning
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's 2045, and machine learning has found its place to support humans and quality of life. How did we get there? medium.com/@karaml/from...
medium.com
From the Future — Human-ing AI
Reorienting the potential and value of machine learning first and foremost to the qualitative improvement of the lives of the people and…
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Reminder: the disability community is the only minority group that anyone can join at any time.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Y’all it seems there are folks who get really in their feelings when they see other people living with integrity. That’s sad. I want to know what books/movies/shows show the journey into integrity well?
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
When do you feel like an artisan? What elements of your craft indulge your sense of trust and clarity of purpose? How might you support that in others? #deliberate #starfish #commanding Your tools to better leadership.  #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Deliberate - clarity, disciplined analysis, sense of stability 
Starfish - non-hierarchical, resilient, self-management 
Commanding - results-focused, taking charge, showing confidence
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I haven't owned a car since 2006. For your consideration - the costs to your wallet ($1000 / month+) yourbrainonmoney.substack.com/p/the-best-f...
yourbrainonmoney.substack.com
The best financial advice I can give you is to sell your car
What if the key to financial wellness isn't a budget app — but where you live?
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We have the technology, we just aren't using it to our (and the planets) greatest potential spectrum.ieee.org/led-light-po...
spectrum.ieee.org
We’re Squandering LEDs’ Potential to Save Our Night Skies
Bad decisions have turned efficient technology into a driver of light pollution. There is a better way
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Imagine it's 2045 and surprisingly everything has turned out pretty good. How did we get there? From the Future — The Contribution Mindset medium.com/p/from-the-f...
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From the Future — The Contribution Mindset
Work is something we all do in various ways. Contribution can look different on different days, but in general every person contributes to…
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Coy cat thrift find.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Fascinating look at the ripples from decisions decades ago, the expectations they've set, and the opportunities now. youtu.be/Q1G3D55LD-E?...
youtu.be
This Building Explains the 'American Dream' Scam
YouTube video by Justine Underhill
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Healing and collaboration are born of trust. Self-trust, importantly, is appreciating your strengths and the value of small steps towards the outcome you seek. Iteration is the exercise for resilience. Your tools to better leadership. #dandelion #waveparticle #starfish #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Dandelion - collaborative healing, wide reaching, regenerative 
Wave / Particle - duality, valuing process and outcome
Starfish - non-hierarchical, resilient, self-management
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
FYI - your body doesn't know precise temperatures, only relative. So you can have your AC set to 82 on a 94 degree day and it will feel cooler and save you $.
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Utilitarian, but make it elegant. This looks like embracing the microcosm of it all to embrace & model self-management, and letting yourself be open to clever insights and activations. This week’s tools to better leadership. #lessbutbetter #starfish #sagacious #insights #leadershiptarot
Six cards are shown from the Leadership Tarot deck. The text on the six cards is as follows in order from top left to bottom right. 
Context - the leader’s perspective on the setting for the leadership 
Style - How the leader approaches their role or relationships with those they collaborate with 
Vibe - The tone set - as an outcome - for the leadership themselves and their team
Less but better - refined, driven by function
Starfish - non-hierarchical, resilient, self-management 
Sagacious - wise, clever
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Kara @karaml.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
People who are looking for answers about something they don't know much about are easily impressed by something that appears competent. Things we humans mistake for competence: - money (or symbols of it) - "realistic" renderings - parroting back what we said
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