“once a while, we do need to stop and acknowledge that we don’t have an infinite number of afternoon walks around the neighborhood, or trips to the playground, or opportunities to catch a movie. The people we care most about are not going to be there forever.”
24.02.2026 09:26 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 3
“What we have coming up is a year of bold visions, courageous stances, quick and decisive actions, risk-taking, and fanning the small sparks we’ve been nurturing so they become engulfing infernos of equity and progress”
17.02.2026 09:30 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Philosophically speaking, of course it is; it was outdated as soon as it was invented. We’re talking about a system that really shouldn’t even exist. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need so many nonprofits or foundations, or even any.”
10.02.2026 04:33 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
“even the most radically progressives among us, need to get over the delusion that many of the inequities in our world can be addressed without money. Saying that MLK didn’t have corporate money is ridiculous and inaccurate.”
03.02.2026 05:01 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
“I don't care what the reasons have been for your foundation not treating the rise of fascism like the serious humanity-ending threat that it is. It is not too late to get involved and help defeat it.”
27.01.2026 06:07 — 👍 20 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
I think it will be great if we map out and categorize all the ways that white moderation manifests. Doing so will help us identify when we’re engaged in white moderation, and help us find ways to mitigate it. I’m going to call this project the White Moderation Genome Project (WMGP)”
20.01.2026 06:36 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Shane: I know. But it’s killing me. Clandestine meetings. Pretending we don’t know each other. Sexy times after work hours in my cubicle/supplies closet roleplaying as a Mountie interrogating a maple syrup counterfeiter. I want more than this.
13.01.2026 07:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“The work you do is like going skinny-dipping on a moonless night: You create significant ripples, even if you don’t see them and may never.”
05.01.2026 06:06 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 3
“With the increase in Artificial Intelligence, all these and other forms of poverty porn, othering, and saviorism will be easier to produce, and possibly harder to identify and counter. Let’s all be on the lookout in the coming year. Yay, something to look forward to in 2026!”
16.12.2025 06:35 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Take naps and stay hydrated, and if you make some silly mistake, just remember that you're human, and that no matter what you do, you're amazing...and probably still vastly more competent than the majority of people in power right now.”
09.12.2025 07:19 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“She loved food. She cussed a lot. Society often puts people who are most affected by injustice on pedestals, treat them like fragile baby birds, or define them only by the oppression they face. But we are more than that.“
02.12.2025 10:11 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Thanking people and feeling thanked may cause people to be placated instead of justifiably angry, which prevents them from addressing systemic issues more meaningfully.”
25.11.2025 06:25 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
“give multi-year general operating dollars (MYGOD), fund faster, give more, remove barriers they impose on nonprofits —do what conservative funders have been doing for decades for their grantees. Get over these paternalistic, condescending philosophies and assumptions and act like true partners.”
18.11.2025 07:50 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Thank you Rachel. Your kind words and recommendation made my week. Much appreciation.
18.11.2025 07:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
“The past few months (years) we have all been inundated with terrible news about awful things happening all over the world. While we should continue paying attention to them and act when we can, it’s important to acknowledge that awesome things are also taking place.”
11.11.2025 07:42 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“We have seen how toxic many of the ‘best practices’ we’ve entrenched in fundraising over the past few decades have been […] Maybe during philanthropic advising’s nascent stage, we can prevent some of these pitfalls before they gain too much ground.”
04.11.2025 06:42 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“as a sector that prides itself on its collective mission of fighting inequity and injustice, we also cannot absolve ourselves of the responsibility of grappling with difficult conversations about the tech we use and how we may be complicit in furthering the things we’re seeking to counter.”
28.10.2025 06:07 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2
“No!” said another leader, “We don’t need research! Or summits! Money! We need money! Our programs run on money! We’re all so tired trying to get you to understand!”
“Got it!” said the program officer, writing “self-care” on the easel paper.
“Of all the crappy funding practices funders sometimes pull, requiring nonprofits to justify line items variances on their financial reports is one of the most archaic, inane, insipid, ludicrous, and banal of them all.”
14.10.2025 06:56 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“I don’t want the asshole tech-bros' sad dystopian visions to be the dominant ones. I want the visions I’ve read about on countless nonprofits’ websites.”
07.10.2025 06:29 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
“we’ve tried being nice and cordial and courteous and diplomatic. If anything, our white moderate tendency to gravitate toward civility has strengthened and enabled fascists.”
30.09.2025 04:26 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0A message and a Lesson from Norway 🇳🇴 💙💙
28.09.2025 03:38 — 👍 1591 🔁 854 💬 45 📌 163
Our work is not done…
📌 Sinclair Broadcast Group is still refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its ABC affiliates nationwide.
Folks, you know what to do.
Google Sinclair-owned networks and channels in your city and act accordingly.
Urging ALL Californians to vote YES ON 50. Take those five Republican seats without an OUNCE of mercy, just like they did to us in Texas! Be our get back!!!!!
23.09.2025 15:16 — 👍 238 🔁 85 💬 5 📌 4
“negative emotions get misdirected to ourselves and the people closest to us, often without our being conscious of it. This is a tactic and goal of fascism, as a populace that is constantly on edge and emotionally dysregulated is easier to control.”
23.09.2025 06:19 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
18.09.2025 18:00 — 👍 6130 🔁 1426 💬 52 📌 49
“All of us—nonprofits leaders, donors, funders, volunteers, clients—are like people living together in a village that is half on fire and rapidly spreading. In this situation, a retail-like mentality would be silly, if not downright destructive.”
16.09.2025 05:54 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.
Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.
We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.
My latest piece.
“it is better to take any action at this point than to remain frozen while fascists and their enablers mobilize so effectively”
09.09.2025 07:28 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Jesus Christ, I don’t have time for this. If you want to help nonprofits be more effective when they’re most needed, then help remove barriers preventing them from doing their work. But I need to stop arguing with right-wing trolls who want things to remains status quo. So goodbye.
09.09.2025 04:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
