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Medha Murtagh on Substack If your hope for US democracy bucket is feeling a little low, top it up with this.

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David Mallett, creator of 'The Garden Song,' remembered as poet and performer "He made every word count." The musician passed away in December after a musical career that stretched back more than 60 years.

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I’ve been following this guy for 38 years. So far, so very good! ❤️

A blue, tan, and white Eastern Bluebird is perched on a thin branch. There are green leaves and a thicker branch behind him.

In the midst of the chaos, the craziness, the turmoil, never stop seeing the beauty in the world...

Also this💙 Self care IS an act of rebellion💙🇺🇸💪🏴‍☠️

Jack and the Beanstalk review – dancing chickens meet the mother of all dames Nottingham Playhouse This uplifting production feels both improvised and polished, with John Elkington’s Dame Daisy camping it up to perfection as Jack’s mother It’s not often that a latecomer to the stalls is heckled by a pantomime dame – and a…

Jack and the Beanstalk review – dancing chickens meet the mother of all dames

This about sums up my hectic Tuesday…but these are at the top of the list!

There’s a lot to think about here…and 1000% worth the time and reflection.

Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…

“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”

November 30, 2024 Cas Mudde, a political scientist who specializes in extremism and democracy, observed yesterday on Bluesky that “the fight against the far right is secondary to the fight to strengthen liberal democra...

Our Liberal Democracy defined and articulated.

Will we strengthen it by not obeying in advance? Or will we sit by helplessly and watch the Kleptocracy-in-progress change America?

Every morning I feel this weight.

@hcrichardson.bsky.social

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Christian, If You're Celebrating Deportations, You Shouldn't Be Celebrating Christmas Christian,

Christians, if you’re celebrating mass deportations of distraught, exhausted human beings seeking refuge, you probably shouldn't be sweetly singing about a baby with "no crib for a bed."

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#Wicked

Trees in the fog with white words overlaid reading, In times of dew darkness, we not only need light- we need to be light for one another. Parker J. Palmer

Jack Smith Moves to Dismiss Charges Against Trump in 2020 Election Case The special counsel asked a federal judge in Washington to dismiss the indictment that had charged Donald J. Trump with plotting to overturn his loss in the 2020 election.

Breaking News: Jack Smith, the special counsel, has moved to dismiss the indictment charging Donald Trump with plotting to subvert the 2020 election.

Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Beauty, Human Evil and the Idea of Israel Marilynne Robinson is one of the great living novelists. She has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Humanities Medal, and Barack Obama took time out of his ...

Happy birthday to Marilynne Robinson! Check out this great podcast interview from The Ezra Klein Show: https://buff.ly/40XMdjE @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

I posted in my feed a helpful article. Learning new platforms always has a learning curve. This one does seem trickier, but I think it’s because we are give. More control over the algorithms and interactions.

Alice Brock, Restaurant Owner Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83 Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts diner was immortalized in Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 song “Alice’s Restaurant,” died on Thursday — just a week before Thanksgiving, the holiday during which the story at the center of the song takes place. She was 83.

🔥 🗣️STURGILL SIMPSON: “This toxic patriarchal energy is an age coming to an end… that energy is clawing for its survival bc it knows it’s dying. We’re heading to something beautiful, we just have to go through some dark shit first. So love everybody.” (H/T @wutangforchildren.bsky.social )

Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky It’s not just an Alf pics repository.

I learned some stuff about Bluesky I did not know by reading this.

Maybe worth passing it on to others so we can all start getting the full benefit of the 🦋.

Great call - follow @feministnews.bsky.social and share your "difficult woman" story.

Sunday Musings Kingdom face-off?

Today is the Feast of Christ the King. (I confess: I don't much like it.)

The whole "king" business is a problem, esp given that Christian nationalist theology centers on understanding Jesus as Warrior, Judge, and King.

Is there a different way?

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When Logic Takes a Backseat Reflections on the Human Cost of Ignorance and Irrationality

When poor decisions ripple outward, they don’t just harm the decision-maker. They create a chain reaction that affects communities, institutions, and even history. Let’s explore how irrational behavior shapes the world in ways we often underestimate.

It’s almost time. Oh, the humanity! ih1.redbubble.net/image.366524...

I’m sure as hell not laughing. I work and advocate every day for families who have no healthcare, live in campgrounds in the summer to save for winter heat and utilities if they can even find a decent rent and consider bananas a luxury food item. Economic injustice is what’s taped to this fkn wall.

Support for parents comes in all forms and everyone can do it.

'You're doing such a good job': A stranger tells a mom just what she needs to hear Emma Carlson Berne was at a restaurant, feeling overwhelmed with her three young children. Then a stranger came over with words she's never forgotten: "What a beautiful family."

Emma Carlson Berne was at a restaurant, feeling overwhelmed with her three young children. Then a stranger came over with words she's never forgotten: "What a beautiful family."

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

Just in case I forgot to post Daniel Hunter's fantastic guide here. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...