Gary Gach

Our job is to #love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.

— Thomas Merton, born January 31st, 1915.

@thomasmertongbi.bsky.social

U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues

The UN says it could run out of money by July & have to close its NY headquarters if countries – namely the US – don't pay annual fees amounting to billions of dollars.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...

#Trump #BoardOfPeace

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene. #ICE @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

The real story of the FBI raid on Fulton County, Atlanta You are watching the theft of 2026 before your eyes

@gregpalast.bsky.social & @thomhartmann.skystack.xyz in Fulton County, Georgia reporting on voter suppression

gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/the-real-s...

#voter #voting

I don’t know how to save the world.

I don’t have the answer I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past & present. I only know that without compassion & respect for all earth’s Inhabitants, none of us will survive. Nor will we deserve to.

– Leonard Peltier

Poems in a Time of Crisis, Part Three: Humility, Not-Knowing, & Awe Jane Hirshfield Substack piece on humility, selflessness, and Don't-Know Mind in times of activism, and the curative connection between our smallness and the sense of the vast.

Humility, Not-Knowing, & Awe – by Jane Hirshfield

janehirshfield.substack.com/p/poems-in-a...

#poetry #art #activism #WalkForPeace

How much has the past week eroded America's standing with other nations? – and could it get worse ?

Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota

The writers-owned #minneapolis @racketmn.com news media has lifted their pay wall for the day. You might start with their epic assemblage of neighbors' testimony ... racketmn.com/voices-of-th...

Beyond Black and White: Notes from Tehran These on-the-ground notes from Iran reject oversimplification and one-sided narratives: "There is layer upon layer."

Beyond Black &U White: Notes from #Tehran

themarkaz.org/beyond-black...

#Iran

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

Meanwhile, 100s of clergy have arrived in Minneapolis
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

marchminnesota.org

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

Meanwhile, 100s of clergy, rabbis, etc. have arrived in Minneapolis

religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

100s of clergy, rabbis, etc., march in Minneapolis. @jackjenkins.me reports ... religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

#ICE

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#book #weeknightWriters #writers #poetry #sufi

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall

Conversation with Arthur Sze, Poet Laureate of These States

www.pw.org/content/qa_s...

#poetry #translation

How Iran Augmented Its Internet Shutdown Strategy in 2026 Unlike in the Past, This Time the Regime Did Not Sever Access but Instead Degraded Internet Function

The current internet blackout in Iran is more complex than a hand merely pulling a plug out of a wall socket. Umud Shokri explains how –

www.meforum.org/mef-observer...

#Iran #IranInternetBlackout

As a Parallax author I'm just looking out for fellow Parallax authors. & now is the time for your noble, needful, vital book

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr & Venerable Thich That Hanh –
A remarkable friendship is spotlit by @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social engels.bsky.social – theconversation.com/building-bel.... @martinlutherkingjr.bsky.social @mlk50.com

YouTube video by Atlanta News First Monks stop in metro Atlanta on their 'Walk for Peace'

Counterbalancing darkness with light,
joy against grief,
insight amidst confusion,
solidity instead of dispersion.
#Peace #WalkForPeace
www.youtube.com/shorts/YSOW4...

#WalkForPeace #Peace

buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id...

Walk for Peace is a 120-day, 2,300-mile journey by 19–24 Buddhist monks — with loyal rescue dog, Aloka — walking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of #peace and #compassion.

US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House It came as European allies rallied behind Denmark after renewed US insistence it must have Greenland.

#Greenland appears to be considered seriously as an addition to the shopping cart – bbc.in/4sIQcfw

US-Venezuela Policy, #FAFO
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Happy New Years

poets.org/poem/journey...

from THE INVISIBLE SUN
– Attar, translated
by Sholeh Wolpe

You do what you always do
and never worry about the angel
of death at your heels.

Life dashes faster than you think.
don’t be deaf to these words.

The cotton you’ve stuffed in your ears
is cut from your own shroud.

#sufi #poetry

Richard Brautigan once published poems on packets of seeds in an edition called "Plant This Book."

En dash – space on either side – rather than Em dash — with no space—on either side.

Dharma 101: The Branches of Buddhism Exploring the rich diversity of Buddhist traditions can deepen your connection to the dharma. Gary Gach unpacks the core philosophies and practices of Buddhism’s four major branches.

Lion's Roar magazine is running this new text clarifying different branches of Buddhism, by someone with the exact same name as me. tinyurl.com/yc8fzjxm
( Questions? Comments ? Criticism ?? )
#buddhism #vipassana #zen #pureland #vajrayana

Instant classic anthology. 135 contributors from various sectors, aligned on the vector of Awakening. Eclectic as heck. American Book Award. ❤️

Only $15.

Buy one, buy a bunch for gifts.

More info:
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Order from the publisher:
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