Magda Underdown-DuBois

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

Heart-wrenching testimony given by a Minneapolis survivor of ICE.

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Black background with a candle. Text Reads: Instructions on Living in Broken World lean into community seek out love applaud the good you see keep paying attention talk to your neighbors dance to the music and embrace art look for love and small joys take breaks and relish in nourishing your body donate what you can linger at the dinner table with friends check in with your people let yourself grieve love one another as deeply as you can the storm is upon us and we must hold on don't give up. we are here together still we rise

Photo of a Nashville barbershop with Christmas lights along the awning and roof antenna. Plus a giant skull wearing a Santa hat with skeleton hands peeking over the roof

Sketch of a plant, with the words: Pick one object in the room and imagine it is fiercely on your side. @lidapavlova_magic A mug, a chair, a curtain- anything. Let it guard you in silence.

#dailygratitude & ##glimmers 1. Compassionate guard asking harassing patron to leave 2. Supportive team helping with new insomnia 3. Lil Sis willing to road trip Down Home with me 4. Guided sleep meditation 5. Eye pillow made by @kayeo.bsky.social

YouTube video by Honey Potts who needs profit motive, when we could have love motive? #betterworld #pleasureactivism #honeymagic

More love please...

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I didn't quite hit 50 books this year, but I tried. If you'd like to see the whole list, welcome to my #presentationparty

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Gorgeous.

Thankful 2024

Hello American comrades & everyone else, if you need this today, I made a Thankful playlist... open.spotify.com/playlist/43H...

Enjoy.

"One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone. " -bell hooks

Me! White woman with black framed glasses and elflocks, sticking her tongue playfully at the camera

Drawing of a ghost holding a candle with the text: "shout out to anyone who is currently using a great percentage of their energy on keeping a tiny flame of hope alight every single day while a shitstorm of uncertainty and heaviness swirls around them. "

#dailygratitude & #glimmers 1. Dentist reschedule w/ no charge 2. Team support in political nonsense 3. 4.5 days off work this wk 4. All of the other flickering lights in storm #community 5. State Farm Insurance support

St. Bernard wearing a bib collar that reads Winston, TPC.

Side shot of a St. Bernard named Winston

Yorkshire Terrier with reddish & black fur named Vinnie

"I know you love my flowers and clouds. Don't forget about my puppy dogs. Sometimes the act of letting them adopt you can save both of y'all." - your Mama

Right!? It is amazing what kind of release just stepping away from Meta feels like. I mean, I still have to do FB for work, but that is different.

Photo of a SmokeKnight charcoal Prius with a plethora of stickers

Driftwood and a blue wineglass gracefully draped with cobwebs

Samhain Altar with white cloth. Other items include 3 ofrenda pictures, 2 candles, a bowl of incense, a spoon crossed with a railroad spike, an icon of St. Anne, offering bowl, 2 sprigs of lavender, a piece of snakeskin, a buffalo nickel, and a coyote

#wants 1. To heal & learn from my car wreck body, mind, and soul 2. To balance healing with other adulting tasks 3. To feel safe in a car 4. A new cord for my phone charger 5. Time & energy to make cheesy stuffed peppers

Yard sign which reads, "Love your neighbor, y'all- www.roomintheinn.org"

T-shirt with words in the shape of a flag on a pole reading, "Live like a book Tennessee would ban" First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville

Chalkboard with pink words reading, "World Smile Week= Empathy- The ability to understand and share the feelings of others (pity) Compassion- sympathetic pity and concern for the suffering and misfortune of others. "

#dailygratitude 1. All of the social justice Work that the FUUN does. 2. Including the tshirt highlighting #intellectualfreedom 3. Walking away from my car accident w/ few injuries 4. All of the love & support I have been offered to heal from this event 5. State Farm online access

2 pictures of bathroom signs: 1. Traditional women's room labeled Fe 2. Traditional men's room labeled Mn Text Reads "Ah yes. Iron and maganese. Two of the 118 genders"

Me relaxing on the couch. White woman with elflocks and glasses and blue handkerchief.

Kermit the Frog dressed as Elton John. Text reads "Doing my best to stay whimsical"

#fullmoonneeds 1. Clear thinking for my interview tomorrow 2. For my body to be done w/ this cough 3. To accept my Story Time program as it is right now 4. For the ppl I love to have the food they Need 5. For all ppl to be well

#sosayweall #blessedbe

Magical!

Me dressed as Annie Lennox

Me dressed as Annie Lennox, part 2

Annie Lennox 1992

🎶 Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves 🎶

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Dynamic clouds above library and playground

White flower blossoms collecting raindrops

Pansies in a brick flowerbed

"I am have some big feelings today. Maybe you do, too. We all need to take our turn with it. " - Your Mama

Where is this?

Photo of Spooky decorations including headstones, a black robed figure and a path of bones

Photo of Spooky decorations including gravestones with a path of bones leading down to a bonfire in the woods

Photo of an ofrenda made of orange & yellow marigolds, with candles & lanterns lit on tree stumps under it.

A person's feet wearing a pair of socks featuring a triceratops. The text reads: "Trick Rawr Treat"

#dailygratitude & #glimmers 1. Made it to Halloween Revels on Saturday! 2. Celebrated 17 yrs of dating life w/ Gentleman Raven 3. Steroids for my cough 4. New chat friend 5. Planning for Thanksgiving '25

Honestly, yes.

Orange butterfly on pink flower in the midst of a pollinator garden

Crawling rabbit-sapient sculpture in the woods at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens

Orange, pink, and white flowers in pollinator garden

"Whether it be wild or sculpted, the Green is here to inspire your creativity. The weather is perfect right now. Come on outside and feel it. " - Your Mama

Photo of red hot peppers with a sign: "one strawberry per child please. Thank you!"

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." - Anne of Green Gables, framed by images of various fall things like pumpkins and acorns and leaves

Teal background with the text, "If you ever feel heavy because you care deeply about injustice, suffering and ecological destruction, remember that a trillion dollar proganda machine was built to make you numb and it didn't work on you. "

#dailygratitude 1. That my kin understand that I need to cancel traveling this month 2. No Kings had such a good turnout. 3. To Portland for setting such a good example 4. I had enough energy for kitchen time 5. Knowing I already have the day off tomorrow

Mabon altar with spiderweb cloth, dried apple slices, boline, wooden spoon, bowl containing an apple piece & a dash of tea, candle, pocket knife, mini cinnamon broom, an Easy button, & spells

I finally updated my altar. It was lovely to spend some quiet time journaling too.

I love those colors!

That was lovely. Thank you for sharing.

Mural on Dickerson Pike in Nashville, TN. Blue & Pink snakes entwined with yellow stars and the words "Solidarity"

"Your best is what you can do without harming your mental and physical health, not what you can accomplish when you disregard it. " - @DarkAcademia

Quilled paper art showing a set of wings in rainbow colors, a heart, and the words "Love is love"

#wants 1. To knock through these barriers & create a budget 2. To clarify my signal re: women 3. To crunch more leaves 4. To have a successful interview next month 5. To enjoy myself at the Goth Party on Sat

Bisexual crescent moons of blue, purple, & pink

Poster in the style of Obama's Hope campaign featuring a green frog and it says Hop

Photograph of orange peppers in a plastic bowl. A sign sticking out of it says, "FREE Spicy Pumpkins Try One!* Trick or Treat".

#dailygratitude & #glimmers 1. 2 good celebration days for Gentleman Raven 2. Perfect fall weather 3. Decreasing cough 4. Successful family yard sale 5. Revolutions that defeat fear with humor & compassion

Young woman standing in a meadow with the text, "if you don't want to have your photos taken because you think you aren't pretty enough, just remember... your face is a combination of hundreds of people who were in love throughout time. You are beautiful. "

"Your best is what you can do without harming your mental and physical health, not what you can accomplish when you disregard it. " - @_DarkAcademia

"In Irish when you talk about emotion, you don't say, 'I am sad'. You'd say, 'Sadness is on me'- 'Tá brón orm'. And I love that because there's an impossible implication of not identifying yourself with the emotion fully. I am not sad, it's just that sadness is on me for a while. Something else will be on me another time, and that's a good thing to recognise." -P.O. Tuama

#wants 1. Good homes for what is left of Dede's knitting collection. 2. Solid & content celebration for my Raven's birthday 3. Energy & motivation to study for my interview in Nov 4. Fun plans for 31 Oct 5. Energy for baking

Wildflowers in orange & pink colors

Spiderweb with a background of green tree branches

Beautyberries

"I know it is sprinklin' this week, but I m coolin' it down so we can spend some time together. Have you said howdy to your pollinators or spider neighbors lately? My beautyberries are 'bout gone, but I have some more surprises comin'. Just you wait. " - Your Mama

You know, it would probably work. Toddlers hate it when you don't take them seriously.

Altar of various fall items including a spiderweb cloth, boiling, dried apples, a mini cinnamon broom, & dried nutshells

"Not enough adults are understanding that they have to create moments of happiness in their lives. Find things to be excited about. Create plans to look forward to. Decorate the house during the holidays. Make a playlist you only listen to on Tuesdays. Keep your favorite snacks stocked in case of a bad day. You have more control over your joy than you think. " - DeeLaSheeArt

Drawing of a blackbird exclaiming, "Real artists are still making cool shit!" Into a rainbow background

#dailygratitude & #glimmers 1. Having enough presents for Raven's upcoming birthday 2. Becky Chambers' Wayfarers trilogy 3. Someone is willing to adopt my veggies when I don't have the energy to cook them 4. Gaining more options to get rid of my cough 5. Having a renewed sense of calm re: work

In the book, "Blueprint for Revolution" by Srđa Popović, he talks about important laughter is for conquering the paralysis of fear & worry. Empathy is always the answer & also realize these are just human beings overstepping their bounds & can be stopped.