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@beccabk.bsky.social
my favorite color is purple. my paternal grandmother made coffee for communists. i make a good spreadsheet. i aim to spark compassion, curiosity, and creativity. i want to be there with a tambourine when the sea parts.
If it seems too good to be true, sometimes it is. Catch me over at fosstodon.org/@rwidom if you'd like.
December 14, 2024 at 1:34 PM
If it seems too good to be true, sometimes it is. Catch me over at fosstodon.org/@rwidom if you'd like.
Todays reading: www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
The Summer Day
Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean— the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my han...
www.loc.gov
December 13, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Todays reading: www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
Today's listening, in honor of Minister Orpheus Gaur, who designed the Baphomet display for the New Hampshire State House this holiday season (look it up!), www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7n...
GRANITE STATE OF MIND (Jay-Z Parody - The SSP)
YouTube video by SuperSecretProject
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Today's listening, in honor of Minister Orpheus Gaur, who designed the Baphomet display for the New Hampshire State House this holiday season (look it up!), www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7n...
Today's reading: antidotezine.com/2024/12/11/b...
International Antifascist Solidarity: The Budapest-Komplex | Antidote Zine
In June 2024, a German antifascist was extradited from Germany to Hungary in a hasty operation intended to deny them all legal recourse. On the anniversary ...
antidotezine.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Today's reading: antidotezine.com/2024/12/11/b...
Today’s listening (in honor of Frances Thompson and other activists from Memphis through the centuries) www.podbean.com/ep/pb-r8hv4-...
RMOD - The Daughters of The Blues (11 May, 2023)
When one refers to "Blues Royalty", you have to include Howl'n Wolf and Little Walter. Since their passing, their legacy continues in the hands of their daughters. In a very special moment caught live...
www.podbean.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Today’s listening (in honor of Frances Thompson and other activists from Memphis through the centuries) www.podbean.com/ep/pb-r8hv4-...
Today’s reading: poets.org/poem/quilts
Quilts
Like a fading piece of cloth
poets.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Today’s reading: poets.org/poem/quilts
Today's listening: archive.org/details/78_o...
OLD NEVADA MOON : PATSY MONTANA : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Performer: PATSY MONTANA; The Prairie RamblersWriter: PennyVocal with String Band Accomp.Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Four stylii were used to...
archive.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Today's listening: archive.org/details/78_o...
Today's reading: onbeing.org/poetry/traum...
trauma is not sacred | The On Being Project
violence is not special pain is not holy suffering does not make angels abuse defines no one you are more than the things that hurt you you are more than the people you have hurt do not make an altar ...
onbeing.org
December 10, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Today's reading: onbeing.org/poetry/traum...
Today's listening (in honor of the Fat Flea organizers in NYC and Trans Stitchin organizers in Omaha): www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsdc...
Counting Crows - Omaha HQ Audio
YouTube video by CountingCrows3
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Today's listening (in honor of the Fat Flea organizers in NYC and Trans Stitchin organizers in Omaha): www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsdc...
Today's reading: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I’m voting against the military budget | Bernie Sanders
While so many Americans struggle to get by, the US is spending record-breaking amounts of money on the military
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Today's reading: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today's listening, in honor of the Montana Two Spirit Society and Liz Welch from Mama Dragons,
youtu.be/3u7UZPxu7H0
youtu.be/3u7UZPxu7H0
Robbie Robertson Showdown At Big Sky (Official)
YouTube video by Robbie Robertson
youtu.be
December 8, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Today's listening, in honor of the Montana Two Spirit Society and Liz Welch from Mama Dragons,
youtu.be/3u7UZPxu7H0
youtu.be/3u7UZPxu7H0
Today's reading: "I have become so many mountains" by Connie Fife
www.google.com/books/editio...
www.google.com/books/editio...
Speaking Through Jagged Rock
"A Cree woman standing on the cusp of the 21st century. Looking through the eyes of a poem, she poses difficult questions which invite the reader to answer for themselves. Past, present and future bro...
www.google.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Today's reading: "I have become so many mountains" by Connie Fife
www.google.com/books/editio...
www.google.com/books/editio...
Yesterday's listening (in honor of Cori Bush): youtu.be/IfqLZ2NfFoU
Julia Lee - Show Me Missouri Blues - 1946
YouTube video by warholsoup100
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Yesterday's listening (in honor of Cori Bush): youtu.be/IfqLZ2NfFoU
Yesterday's reading (I forgot to post and now I'm out of order, but maybe it's also that this one really stuck with me.): www.crisesnotes.com/the-first-ca...
“The First Cause of Stability of Our Currency is the Concentration Camp”: Central Banker Solidarity on the road to Hitler’s Czechoslovakian gold
The forgotten story of Nazi Germany's rise, German central bank head Hjalmar Schacht, the BIS & Bank of England head Governor Montagu Norman
www.crisesnotes.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Yesterday's reading (I forgot to post and now I'm out of order, but maybe it's also that this one really stuck with me.): www.crisesnotes.com/the-first-ca...
Today's reading: allpoetry.com/A-Worker-Rea...
A Worker Reads History by Bertolt Brecht
Comments & analysis: Who built the seven gates of Thebes? / The books are filled with names of kings.
allpoetry.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Today's reading: allpoetry.com/A-Worker-Rea...
Today's listening: youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc?...
Sweet honey in the rock - Ella's Song
YouTube video by Geepereet
youtu.be
December 5, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Today's listening: youtu.be/U6Uus--gFrc?...
Today's reading (in honor of Sydney Duncan, counsel of record, and 64 trans folks sharing their joy): transequality.org/sites/defaul...
transequality.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Today's reading (in honor of Sydney Duncan, counsel of record, and 64 trans folks sharing their joy): transequality.org/sites/defaul...
Todays listening: youtu.be/dx9s0z_S_9M?...
Shea Diamond - "I Am America" [Official Lyric Video] #WEREHERE
YouTube video by Shea Diamond
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Todays listening: youtu.be/dx9s0z_S_9M?...
Today’s reading in honor of Gabriel Arkles and Elana Redfield (“Frances Thompson: if you dont know her, look her up. Trans people have always been part of this conversation and we always will be.”): mlk50.com/2024/05/30/t...
They charged Frances Thompson with indecency when all she wanted to do was live a safe life
Frances Thompson was a seamstress, an activist and a Hoodoo practitioner in late 19th century Memphis. Illustrations by Ahmad George for MLK50 “Am I not a woman and a sister?”19th century abolition…
mlk50.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Today’s reading in honor of Gabriel Arkles and Elana Redfield (“Frances Thompson: if you dont know her, look her up. Trans people have always been part of this conversation and we always will be.”): mlk50.com/2024/05/30/t...
Today's listening (in honor of Dr. Sharbreon S. Plummer and Roland L. Freeman): www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25...
Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam
YouTube video by Aaron Overfield
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Today's listening (in honor of Dr. Sharbreon S. Plummer and Roland L. Freeman): www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25...
today's reading: truthout.org/articles/the...
The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society
Attacks on Palestine solidarity are the opening salvo in the right’s stated plan to suppress social justice groups.
truthout.org
December 3, 2024 at 11:56 AM
today's reading: truthout.org/articles/the...
Today's reading (a day late for world aids day): www.metmuseum.org/perspectives...
Queer Activist Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gran Fury’s weapons of mass production.
www.metmuseum.org
December 2, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Today's reading (a day late for world aids day): www.metmuseum.org/perspectives...
Todays listen: soundcloud.com/danielkahnth...
Freedom Is a Verb
Listen to Freedom Is a Verb by Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Todays listen: soundcloud.com/danielkahnth...
Today's listening (in honor of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiuS...
Prince - Uptown (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Prince
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Today's listening (in honor of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar): www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiuS...