Monday⌗

14 April 2025

17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Hegel’s Economics Georg Lukacs

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

19:00 (7 pm) - Reading and Writing Workshop w/Nancy’s Spirit

Bring any writing, old, new, fictional or factual, on any topic, poetry or prose, to read and discuss. For latest writing prompt see the #writing-workshop channel on the Discord.

20:00 (8 pm) - The Funny Hour

Similar to the Bring the Music hour but with stand up and funny videos where the whole community participates.

21:00 (9 pm) - Morning Contempleation w/Joe Korea

Hiking up and around the Buddhist Haedong Yonggungsa Temple along the Busan coast.

Tuesday⌗

15 April 2025

17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Capitalism and Automation

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

19:00-20:30 (7-8:30 pm) - The Read Hour

Join the us every Tuesday for a short story discussion. See this week’s reading in the #the-read-hour channel on Discord.

This week’s reading: Is it ok to be a Luddite by Thomas Pynchon

Related: The Luddites Were Onto Something

21:00 (9 pm) - My Korean Guru w/Joe Korea

Talk about hiking up and around the along the Busan coast and our serendipitous joining local pensionists working out in their gym in the forest.

Wednesday⌗

16 April 2025

17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Capitalism and Automation Part 2

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

20:30-21:30 (8:30 pm) - Spirituality and Activism w/Texas Tom

AGENDA: *How to Respond to the Time We Are Living Through: An Ecumenical Gathering of Eight Spiritual Leaders and Activists Sharing Their Insights

During this webinar sponsored by Aspen Chapel. Speakers include the following:

Tim Shriver - chairperson of the Special Olympics, educator, filmmaker, best selling author, founder of the Dignity Index, and activist.

Marianne Williamson - spiritual leader and best selling author, progressive activist, and former presidential candidate.

Cynthia Bourgeault - a modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, spiritual author, retreat leader, and pioneer of the Centering Prayer movement which unites classic Christian mystical teaching with contemporary practices of mindfulness.

Matthew Fox - spiritual theologian, an Episcopal priest, founder of the Creation Spirituality Institute, best selling author, and an activist for gender justice and eco-justice. 

Cyprian Consiglio - Christian monk, musician, composer, author and teacher. He is involved in inter-religious dialogue.

Andrew Harvey - internationally known spiritual leader and author, he is the founder of the Institute of Sacred Activism.

Shane Claiborne - prominent speaker, activist, and author. Shane heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of peoplecommitted to living as if Jesus meant the things he said.

Sherri Mitchell - a Penobscot lawyer, author, teacher, and activist from Maine, and author of “Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom” that provides a roadmap for the spirit and a compass of compassion for humanity.

Thursday⌗

17 April 2025

17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: today

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

19:00 (7 pm) - Bring the News w/Whomever Brings It

If you come across an article or bit of news that you feel the group would find interesting read it aloud (or ask someone to) and open the floor to discussion.

21:00 (9 pm) - “Texas Tom” Webber’s Night Owl Roost

Please check #zoom-links channel on Discord for separate Zoom link.

Friday⌗

18 April 2025

17:00 (5 pm) - Dis & Datinformation w/Ann Li

Reading: Singularities+

Join us for a daily topical conversation about cultural and political economic research subjects plus discussion about scholarly articles posted to the TAC Discord server.

18:00 (6 pm) - Open Dialogue

19:00 (7 pm) - The After Hours Show S02E47

On tonight’s show:

20:30 (8:30 pm) - A Guided Tour of the Wild Wild West w/Susanna

This week’s episode: The Night of Druid’s Blood

I haven’t shown the episode here and it’s considered one of their “most bizarre”.😱

22:00 (10 pm) - Open Dialogue

Saturday⌗

19 April 2025

14:00 (2 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Reading: Theories of Surplus Value

21:00 (9 pm) - Bring the Music

Bring tunes you want to share, check #music Discord channel for this week’s theme.

23:00 (11 pm) - Fast as a Speeding Bullet w/Joe-pan

Join us on a bullet train traversing Kyushu in order to catch a ferry boat to the UNESCO biosphere island of Yakushima.

Sunday⌗

20 April 2025

14:00 (2 pm) - Art Attack Zoom Group w/Texas Tom (separate Zoom)

14:00 (2 pm) - Weekly Marx Reading Group

Reading: Karl Marx Capital Volume I Chapter 22 (2024)

16:00 (4 pm) - A Star Trek:The Next Generation Watch Party & Discussion w/Prof. Jon (Donate)

This week’s episode: Conspiracy

Picard must deal with suspicions that there is a growing conspiracy within the upper ranks of Starfleet.

? pm - Sunday Soul Social (Following Star Trek) w/Lane

? pm - Island Hopping (Following Sunday Soul Social) w/Joe-pan

After much delay after missing the boat, the literal ferry boat that is, we tour the UNESCO biosphere island of Yakushima where establishments are only open on Sundays and Thursdays.

Note: all times are EST.

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