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I'm a Quaker writer dedicated to crafting posts that provoke thought, spark curiosity, and embrace ambiguity. What you find here may mean more--or less--than it seems. โœŒ๏ธ (formerly @quaker4change on Twitter) (please, no soliciting via DM) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ’™โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒป๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ

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Photo Collage by Celina Pereira

I think itโ€™s telling that AFTER his 1954 censure, the disgraced demagogue Joe McCarthy still had a 34% approval rating!

05.11.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The trajectory of this Consumer Price Index graph is eerily similar to the shape of ๐Ÿ„rump's mouth.

13.09.2025 03:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The trajectory of this Consumer Price Index graph is eerily similar to the shape of ๐Ÿ„rump's mouth.

13.09.2025 03:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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You know how sometimes you HAVE to buy something even though you know you shouldn't spend the money?

08.09.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yachts and prayers.

30.08.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like he's protesting for Palestine as well. It's pretty eye awakening what Israel has been doing lately. Just openly committing genocide. At first I thought it was somewhat justified after how terrible October 7 attacks were. Then you start to see how brutal and sick what they are doing is.

28.08.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This morning, in the middle of a busy commercial district in Atlanta, I saw a man standing alone with a flag on a street corner, protesting for Black Lives Matter. Amid the rush of business as usual, his unwavering presence inspired me.

27.08.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Visualize an orange implosion.

22.08.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm just waiting for this regime to propose tearing down the Statue of Liberty. Sell the scrap copper and melt down the steel.

12.08.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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God hates this zipcode.

30.07.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rainer Maria Rilke, "Gold," The Sonnets to Orpheus, 1922.

06.07.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are a nation of immigrants run by anti-immigrants.

03.07.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The word obliterate is enjoying a real resurgence these days, and for me, the word will now forever be associated with the bombing of Iran.

27.06.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โœŒ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ‘

27.06.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I have a lifelong compulsion to mow the lawns of my neighbors, and the one next door to me is just screaming for attention, but I am letting it go! Progress not perfection.

26.06.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

After about a month of discomfort and illness I have finally fully recovered from Shingles, and am back at work. What a trial.

22.06.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When, oh-when, will it go away. Seems like an illness with a mind of its own. Thanks! ๐Ÿค•

17.05.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's Day 11 with a serious case of shingles. I am not getting well, and I'm starting to feel truly dejected. What a trial this illness can be.

17.05.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrrheum.2017.153

https://www.nature.com/articles/nrrheum.2017.153

I have fallen ill.

Shingles.

Just the absolute worst, most miserable thing ever. ๐Ÿ˜”

10.05.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The Underground Railroad is the greatest infrastructure project America has ever known."

Cory Booker

28.04.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications

Eliminating the National Endowment of the Humanities and defunding PBS is a crime against humanity.

youtu.be/fKy7ljRr0AA?...

05.05.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The Underground Railroad is the greatest infrastructure project America has ever known."

Cory Booker

28.04.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I take my food seriously. For example, I once drove 7 hours driving through an LA rush hour to have dinner at La Super-Rica Taqueria in Santa Barbara.
I wanted good tacos, and I wasn't settling...

21.04.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was wondering the same exact thing! It's rather embarrassing, how foolish we must seem to all the extra terrestrials out there.

18.04.2025 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™m pleased to see Harvard fighting back. Proud to be an alum. Not surprised theyโ€™re dropping the gloves thoughโ€” Massachusetts is tough! They brewed a bunch of tea in the hahbah back in the day.

18.04.2025 05:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That poster is my new screensaver โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’•โค๏ธ

09.04.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, agree

09.04.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Have them repeat back to you the lesson
Discuss actions
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒท

09.04.2025 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Omg that poster is PRICELESS. This was Rich Stadium in Buffalo, New York. I held the front wall.

09.04.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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