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So proud to be a part of this concert in Chicago, Sunday October 12. I wonder what else could be happening over there...

In case you can't tell what just happened, JK Rowling instructed her followers to take photos of anyone in a women's restroom who doesn't match their idea of Western feminine beauty standards. Short hair? Thick cheekbones/jaw? Too tall or broad-shouldered? You're now "a man" and will be harassed.

All our noises are like objects’ noises and theirs are like ours. Trash can lions’ roars, screams of microwaved potatoes. Connect the dots… we are all dots, it is all dots.

American flag flying upside down (in distress) with Space Needle in background

Sticker on a Lumen field sign reading "anti-fascist, anti-racist, always Seattle", with a swastika drawn on top of it.

Don't assume Seattle is progressive as a whole my dear friends. It is what we make of it…

To my dear Canadian friends. This is from one of my cult-free ND cousins.

Smiling Karen Thomas and Susan Maughlin Wood holding up Susan's score for SATB with divisi "Consolatus Lux"

UUC Loft Choir performing "Consolatus Lux" (unaccompanied)

I think I have more than enough fingers to count where this ranks in proudest moments. If you were able to catch either of the livestreams, let me know what you thought! I appreciated all who were able to come out in person.
Thank you Karen P. Thomas and UUC Loft Choir!
Full heart.

Live stream here: www.uuchurch.org/live-stream

Good morning in a few hours!*
I finally get to share my “consoling light!”
UUC 35th Ave NE (across from the Wedgewood library)
9:30am and 11:15am
*spring ahead!

Kraaahsss nahhhhv 1987-

Layered photo of “Open” sign inside window and person with umbrella walking in front of Burgermaster sign outside

Painted window: purple paw print with “W” for Univ of Wa Huskies, surrounded by hearts

Painted windows: “Thank you Seattle for 73 years”

Original Burgermaster closing after 73 years (and a couple of fakeouts)

Coastal Fire: A Common Diary (soundtrack), by Susan Maughlin Wood 7 track album

Oh, how it sucks to be right.

Some nostalgia for your further emotional processing: punchbeam.bandcamp.com/album/coasta...

ICE cold, brittle, reflecting the ancient heat of an angry sun? Or, in such bleak times we might see our way through to pierce the heart and remind it to beat WE have the great and humble power to ba... ICE cold, brittle, reflecting the ancient heat of an angry sun? Or, in such bleak times we might see our way through to pierce the heart and remind it to beat WE have the great and humble power to...

My choral piece “Consolatus Lux” premieres Sunday March 9, 9:30 and 11:15am. We have the great and humble power.

Oligarchy in the open: What happens now as the U.S. is forced to confront its plutocracy problem? Professors Archon Fung of Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School say Trump’s brazen embrace of billionaire ruling partners could be an inflection point in America’s long slid...

How is the new plutocracy different from the old one? @lessig.bsky.social and me on money, politics, and billionaires in the Trump era in this podcast @harvardash.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

I have such grief for all good-hearted government workers right now.

I think the ones in NY were already “acting” in their positions, meaning T appointees?

Surely whatever was on the site used to match this plaque from the monument, which says LGBTQ i2.wp.com/americanfiel...

Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

I had to check for myself, but YES the NPS has REMOVED the T from LGB(whatever) on their Stonewall info site. Yes, THAT Stonewall, where TRANS woman Marsha P. Johnson was a key figure. The Ts are disappearing everywhere, folks. Why do you think that is?
www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm

ICE cold, brittle, reflecting the ancient heat of an angry sun?
Or, in such bleak times we might see our way through to pierce the heart and remind it to beat

WE have the great and humble power to banish the darkness. “Consulatus Lux” premieres Sunday March 9 University Unitarian, 9:30 and 11:15am

YES, lets do this.... @adamsmith.house.gov
#dayoftransparency

As a parent I feel there should be room for nuance and education regarding treatment for minors who are trans. But there is NO ROOM NOW for anything but courage in the face of this open attack on US citizens from within the US.
Don't obey in advance.
Trans Rights Are Human Rights.

Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.

MORE BARGING

I doubt we will see much coverage of protests in the streets outside of these and indie sources.
Add Aljazeera to the list. AP and Reuters are still ok. Any others to recommend?

I got through to Jayapal's office and they were very receptive. Both Cantwell and Murray's voicemail messages were garbled; Cantwell's said it is full, and I left a msg on Murray's that may or may not go through. So many reports of garbled message lines, is that what happens when the vm is full?

I saw her speak in person and we all should listen. Right now.

Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency Rebecca Solnit 02 Feb 2025 — 6 min read We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and our powers? What can we learn from those who've faced similar crises, what's distinct about this one, and what equipment is at hand? The title of this newsletter I'm launching today, the lovely oxymoron of "Meditations in an Emergency," I borrowed from a poem by the great gay poet Frank O'Hara. It felt like exactly the description for what I hope to do here: think for and with you about the emergencies we're in and what to do about them, to meditate on causes, meanings, openings. Sometimes even in an emergency, or rather especially in an emergency, meditation as gathering ourselves and deepening our understanding is exactly what we need to do. It's worth noting that the word emergency is built out of emerge, as in to exit or rise out of something, the opposite of merge, when things come together. An emergency is when things come apart--it can be breakage but also opening. and it's related to the words emergence and emergent. "Emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of multiplicity of simple interactions," writes Adrienne Maree Brown in her book Emergent Strategy.

The first paragraphs of the first essay, just up a moment ago, very much about this moment and its larger context and where our powers lie in the face of this coup attempt.

So now we’re at the point where legacy media will print the *Opposite* of your OpEd and put your name on it.

Whatever you’re doing to resist, for the love of humanity keep doing it and more.