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When we change the story, we change the world. [Storytelling & community]: mightyforces.co [Books]: amandahirsch.com

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AI tally:

Economic growth: ~0
Kids driven to kill themselves: >0

25.02.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In: Unions
Out: The State of the Union

25.02.2026 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, what's everyone doing tonight instead of watching a criminal madman air personal grievances and try to tell you that your reality isn't real?

24.02.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 11
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Tell Your Senators: Vote NO on Voter Suppression | Indivisible

Ways to get civically engaged instead of watching That Man lie on national television for an hour:

1️⃣ Check in on your neighbors and help them with shoveling
2️⃣ Contact your Senators and ask them to oppose the SAVE Act
3️⃣ Tune into @moveon.org and @meidastouch.com's People’s State of the Union

25.02.2026 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

In: Loving each other

Out: Bro’ing out in locker rooms

24.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Orange watercolor of abstract shape outlined in black ink - text reads, β€œan eternal flame”

Orange watercolor of abstract shape outlined in black ink - text reads, β€œan eternal flame”

Behold, the breakfast doodle

24.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The utterance of "A.I.'s inevitability" is one of the most stark pure performatives I've seen in my time working in higher ed. Every time it is uttered, it is clearly not reporting a fact about the world but instead actively trying to create the reality it narrates. We can and must refuse.

22.02.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1070    πŸ” 324    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 29

Stunning!!!

21.02.2026 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή

21.02.2026 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I prefer this Troy McClure.

21.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In: Looking away from figure skating because you’re afraid they’ll fall

Out: Whatever other people do

21.02.2026 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In: Being a good friend

Out: Beginning your fundraising text, β€œFriends,”

21.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The generic white bro-ness of it all. Is that new world order we requested here yet?

20.02.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition To Block Proposed ICE Detention Facility In NY Launched By Rep. Pat Ryan Opposition to a proposed federal immigration detention facility in Orange County has escalated as Congressman Pat Ryan announces the launch of a Hudson Valley-wide petition urging residents to reject ...

Speak up! Fight back! #HVStrong #Indivisible #Iceout

dailyvoice.com/new-york/bri...

14.01.2026 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why does she….

15.01.2026 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Junk In, Junk Out: What to Expect From the Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Medication Abortion What to expect from the Senate HELP Committee hearing on medication abortion: undermining decades of scientific consensus on the safety of mifepristone

A politically motivated hearing will launder debunked claims and bad data through a Senate committee in an effort to undermine decades of scientific consensus on the safety of mifepristone and restrict access to medication abortion.

14.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Caring Economy Requires Building Bridgesβ€”Not Burning Them - YES! Magazine Solutions Journalism Explore a diverse range of articles in the YES! Media archive. From justice to sustainability, discover insightful perspectives on shaping a better world. #YESMedia

❀️ If you're grappling with how to show up right now in the face of fascism, I found this read on heart-centered organizing useful:

www.yesmagazine.org/issue/love-a...

14.01.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Democrats Have a Superweapon. They Use It to Beg Endless fundraising texts are engineered to manipulate you. How to stay steady when it's coming from your own side. The Democratic Party can text millions of Americans every single day. Think about th...

"The Democrats Have a Superweapon. They Use it to Beg" β€”Β  THANK YOU to writer Paul Shattuck (who has a wonderful newsletter about sustainable resistance paultshattuck.substack.com)

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

09.01.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Getting lots of reports of full DC and local office voicemail boxes. Keep it up πŸ˜ŽπŸ“žπŸ”₯

08.01.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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YES.

This: β€œThe many can and will defeat the money.”

09.01.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YES

02.01.2026 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2025 sucked in so many ways… *and*, I can’t remember a better Christmas-to-New Years stretch than this one. I’ve felt suspended in a beautiful place of anticipation and savoring the birth of the new. I’m almost sad for it to be over tomorrow…

01.01.2026 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 2025 Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck Playlist 2025 Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck Playlist - Christmas music, Chanukah music, hip holiday music

Well Bluesky, even though I'm experiencing a crippling headache for the 8th day in a row, I still posted my annual Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck playlist for you. Enjoy, you filthy animals.

wiredformusic.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

29.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

If you live in DC and are active on normie social media sites, you should be flooding the zone with videos of boring peaceful life in the city.

12.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7447    πŸ” 1680    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 83

I feel like we can cool it already with the advice to β€œdo the thing that scares you,” because living in America right now is some John Carpenter-level shit.

23.07.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just back from a huge, joyful #NoKings protest in NY’s Hudson Valley. A little kid led the crowd in a call and response. An older man yelled β€œHenry Miller, not Stephen Miller.” There were dancing paper mΓ’chΓ© cats.

This is what democracy feels like.

14.06.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My grandmother was a young pregnant Jewish woman alone on a train in Poland during WWII when a German soldier told her to get off at the next stop because there wouldn't be any soldiers waiting at the station. She survived because, in that moment, a soldier chose the right thing over obeying orders.

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Love these so much.

14.06.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And also the dog is a cat 😞

14.06.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0