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And this is our current dog, Maggi Mae. She’s a sweetie.
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Pray for those impacted by back-to-back typhoons in the Philippines last week.

In response, UMCOR has awarded solidarity grants to the Manila and Baguio episcopal areas of the UMC to support their relief efforts.

Support our international disaster response efforts: bit.ly/umcoridr
July 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Introducing our new Sustainable Response Technology (SRT) Library! ☀️

As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins, these tools will equip United Methodist responders with renewable power and water sources when infrastructure access is cut due to disasters or other situations.

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Introducing Our New Sustainable Response Technology Library!
YouTube video by General Board of Global Ministries
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June 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Heather Cox Richardson ✨
Podcast ✨ Letters from an American

"I have not been able to stop thinking today of the significance of the timing of the Republicans’ push for this bill, and what it says about how dramatically the U.S. has changed in the past 60 years."

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
May 21, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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May 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Every April, during the week of the new moon, people around the world turn off their lights to raise awareness about light pollution for International Dark Sky Week.

In 2021, an entomologist joined us to explain why nighttime lighting can be so harmful to insects.
Nighttime Streetlights Are Stressing Out Urban Insects
New findings suggest that streetlights are contributing to the decline of insect populations.
www.sciencefriday.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Climate change appears to be a forbidden phrase within the Trump administration, but that won’t curb its obvious effects on national security.
Will Security Challenges Force Trump to Confront Climate Reality?
Climate security is adjusting to a denialist U.S. administration.
foreignpolicy.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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If a typical picture is worth a thousand words, this reaction by the leader of Italy to sitting next to an obvious madman is worth several trillion
April 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Heather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North Church
Heather Cox Richardson Speech - 250 Year Lantern Anniversary - Old North Church
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April 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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2 if by D.C. If you missed Heather Cox Richardson’s @hcrichardson.bsky.social amazing speech at The Old North Church last night. You can watch it here www.oldnorth.com/lanternservi...
April 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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April 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Help me out. If someone, say an ICE agent, obeys orders from someone , say a president who is violating the Constitution, is that individual committing a crime?
Didn’t the Nuremberg trials determine ‘I was only following orders’ is a crime?
April 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Trump is destroying US weather forecasting and research because he dislikes the word "climate":

"While the phrase 'climate change' refers to manmade influence on climate via planet-warming pollution, 'climate' in NOAA parlance is simply weather observed over time..."

www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/c...
Trump’s budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately | CNN
The cuts could cripple US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate weather and climate data and expert analysis. It could also halt research on deadly weather, including seve...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Planes and helicopters are crashing. Stocks are plunging. Secret war plans are accidentally being sent. Federal workers are “accidentally” fired and then rehired. Immigrants are “mistakenly” deported. And Social Security numbers are “accidentally” released.

Welcome to the Trump administration!
Stocks, Tariffs, Mistakes, and Accidents Reveal Trump’s Incompetence
YouTube video by The Keith Boykin Channel
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April 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And this is our current dog, Maggi Mae. She’s a sweetie.
April 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
My beloved Ky has been gone seven years. I miss her every day.
April 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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April 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.
March 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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We're still soliciting applications for this position as tenured associate professor of History / associate director of UMass' Slavery North initiative 🗃️ careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
March 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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2022 Barack humor...
March 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Our global response is strengthened by gifts to the UMCOR Sunday offering, which covers our administrative costs and enables us to dedicate 100% of additional funds to the church's humanitarian relief and recovery efforts.

Give generously on March 30, 2025: donate.gcfa.org/umcor

#BeUMC
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I verified this contact information. Please share widely so we can get the word out to active duty military and National Guard.
February 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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It’s the National Blackout Day! ✊🏾

1. Don’t buy anything today.

2. Wait until tomorrow to spend your money.

3. If you absolutely must buy something, please support a black-owned business or local small business.
National Blackout Day: Friday, February 28
YouTube video by The Keith Boykin Channel
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February 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM