Peterson Toscano

"He used friends, apprentices and sex workers as models, and didn’t flinch from painting their desperation..."

Got up, made breakfast, drank coffee, advertised my book and noticed we are at war

YouTube video by Peterson Toscano Donald Trump, transgender, and parents rights

When it comes to the rights of parents, Donald Trump is inconsistent and biased.
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Sees Fire

"A child sees fire where there should be earth."
By ganavya
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I am Imagine’s 2026 Artivist in Residence!

Everything Is Connected-Tue 24th March
Bubble & Squeak: Live podcast recording – Tue 24th March
The Weight of Carbon Dioxide & Chihuahuas:– Sat 28th March
A Queer Quaker Journey – Sun 29th March
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"Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?"~Ann Patchett

Love is, in fact, an intensification of life, the completeness, a fullness, a wholeness of life.... Life curves upward to a peak of intensity...at which all its latent creative possibility goes into action & the person transcends himself in encounter, response, & communion with another.
-T Merton

Wow!

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci

Quaker Podcast - Podcast Exploring Quaker Life & Religious Beliefs Quakers Today, hosted by Peterson Toscano, features writers, musicians, and thinkers who are seeking wisdom and understanding in a rapidly changing world.

🎧❗️NEW: Quakers and Finding Your Center in Turbulent Times

In this episode of Quakers Today, @petersontoscano.bsky.social explores how to maintain inner stability during social upheaval. Insights from Adrian Glamorgan & Kat Griffith, plus more... Download it wherever you find your favorite podcasts!

Thank you Vicki

"Remember, you don’t have to carry the whole world. You just have to carry what is yours to do. You can care about everything and then take care of the thing that you are led to care for."

Brilliant film, and well worth watching.

Quakers and Finding Your Center in Turbulent Times 🌊 Peterson Toscano explores how to maintain inner stability during social upheaval. Insights from Adrian Glamorgan and Kat Griffith, plus a look at the biology of fear. www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...

One of the Cottingley Fairies photos. A little girl is surrounded by what is very obviously paper cutouts of fairy pictures.

Another of the Cottingley Fairies photos. A little girl is looking at what is, again, very clearly a cutout drawing of a fairy.

Yet another of the Cottingley Fairies photos. Once again a little girl is looking at what is, again, very clearly a cutout drawing of a fairy.

The final Cottingley Fairy photo. This one is supposed to be maintained as real. Again, very clearly paper cutouts. If you go look at the wikipedia page about it you can even see the original drawing from the book they were from.

Whenever people gush over AI I'm going to think about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being utterly convinced that he'd discovered real scientific evidence of real fairies because he saw these pictures

Winter Cold and Collapsing Buildings Kill Palestinians in Gaza as Israel Blocks Shelter Supplies A family of three was killed while they slept by a collapsing wall. A one-year-old baby died from the cold. Over 30 Palestinians in Gaza have died from a lack of shelter this winter.

"Among the items Israel restricts are drainage equipment, heaters and solar equipment, and reconstruction items such as cement and timber, many of which are classified as “dual-use” items."

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A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Sissy Gagged: Sex, Gender, and Jesus We're fortunate to have Peterson Toscano back today as guest-host for Spirit In Action, is bringing us segments from his Bubble & Squeak podcast. This episode is about sex, gender, and Jesus - and wha...

All weekend across the USA, listeners are hearing Beverly Dale, Tina Beardsley, and Kyle Casey Chu (Panda Dulce) as I guest-host Spirit in Action.

We explore sex, gender, and Jesus—and how shame, pleasure, politics, and power shape our bodies.

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Make America Bad Bunny again

NEW Bubble & Squeak: Queer horror writer @ryanlasala.bsky.social & his book, The Dead of Summer. PLUS: A message from the evil spirit who possesses Donald Trump & a Sound Slice from Richmond, VA. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaom...

Wait, why write horror (esp about queer people,) when there is so much around us already? Queer horror author @ryanlasala.bsky.social explains on the latest Bubble and Squeak podcast. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! youtu.be/Yaom0wSwCGw?...

"I felt like a stranger in a city I used to know by heart... travelling through streets and neighbourhoods that had once been familiar to me, but I barely recognised anything. I kept asking the driver if we were there yet."

Check out “Nocturnal Activities,” a new short story by James Hannan on office flirtations, romantic stress, and trying to help mentally ill family members at www.unlikelystories.org/content/noct... #fiction #smallpress #litmag

“Evangelicals may have room for disagreement, but we have to start with the fact that we are called to love and welcome immigrants, not view immigrants as threats or burdens...”

“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works?” the apostle James (or, most likely, one of his followers) asked. “Surely that faith cannot save, can it?” (James 2:14-15)

Jean Hélion, The Seated Man, 1947

"ICE and Border Patrol have come to resemble militias that answer to the president and operate with seeming impunity. The killings in Minneapolis reveal how quickly this evolution has occurred and how deadly its consequences are. "

Thank you, Mahmoud. I will visit your page. People in the USA need to hear stories like yours.

What is the legacy of America’s ‘forever wars’ in the Middle East, and does Donald Trump’s chaotic foreign policy really mark a break from what came before?