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Maggie Ardiente
@maggieardiente.bsky.social
Filipina American // Humanist 🙌🏽⚛️ // Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ // Director of Philanthropy @psr.org // President @humanists.bsky.social // #Resist
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It was only online but still energising to spend time with humanists from around world at today's @humanists.bsky.social general assembly. Colleagues from 🇵🇭🇺🇸🇬🇷🇦🇹🇦🇺🇮🇪🇳🇿🇲🇾🇵🇪🇲🇹🇫🇷🇬🇭🇫🇮🇱🇺🇷🇴🇬🇹🇳🇬🇳🇴🇨🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇮🇳🇨🇿🇩🇪🇨🇦🇰🇪 and more! @maggieardiente.bsky.social remains a presidential successor to be proud of and global humanism is thriving!
January 31, 2026 at 4:26 PM
🌎 For too long, Big Oil has made billions while our communities suffer from floods, fires, and rising temperatures.

💥 Join @psr.org during the #MakePollutersPay Week of Action and help hold fossil fuel companies accountable.
January 27, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The closest we've ever been. 🫣
The 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, captured by photographer Jamie Christiani.

IT IS 85 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Maggie Ardiente
77 years ago today, men and women from every country and every culture, every religion and worldview, came together to agree that some values were shared and should forever be protected as rights for all. They created The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. #HumanRightsDay #HumanRightsDay2025
Celebrating Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day offers the opportunity to reflect on what an enormous human achievement ‘human rights’ are and on the commitments they entail, from the empathy which underpins them, to the rule of la...
andrewcopson.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Maggie Ardiente
Despite recent headlines, Gen Z men aren’t suddenly finding religion.

Pew’s latest survey shows no spike in religious conversion among young men, and no real changes to religious affiliation in the U.S. over the past five years.

www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
Religion Holds Steady in America
Analysis of our polls and other data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults. Read more about religiousness by age and gender.
www.pewresearch.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I want the next White House press briefing room to be filled with reporters who are women. Every. Single. One. Of. Them. A. Woman.

Reporters who are men - do what you should do, step back, and back them up.

#Resist
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A tremendous loss for the global humanist community. I will miss Mary Jane so much. humanists.international/2025/12/reme...
Remembering Mary Jane Quiming: A Dedicated Humanist, Leader, and Friend
A committed humanist and deeply compassionate leader, Mary Jane Quiming will be profoundly missed by the global humanist community.
humanists.international
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, the biggest day of charitable giving in the world! Give an early gift to PSR today and double your impact! All donations today and tomorrow will be matched, up to a total of $10,000! 🙌
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Maggie Ardiente
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What a joyful visit! Thank you always, Andrew! 😍
Lovely to welcome @maggieardiente.bsky.social - my successor as President of @humanists.bsky.social - for a visit. Her first trip to the unparalleled English Midlands countryside! It was great to hear about the progress being made. Humanists International is safe in her hands.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
finally some good news www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/t...
‘Dreamgirls’ Will Return to Broadway After Global Star Search
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
sure, because prayer works 100% of the time 🫠
HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced that the Trump administration is launching a national prayer campaign by citing the time when the Founding Fathers ... explicitly rejected a call to prayer. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
September 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Well, this is terrifying. Going to find some comfort in a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Therapy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9V8...
Ben's Nuclear Arsenal Demonstration
YouTube video by Yo Ben Cohen
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
FFS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump Is Renaming the Defense Department the Department of War
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Finally saw the National Guard in DC (my new job is remote so I haven’t been out and about much).

I feel LESS safe in DC with them here.

#DC #HomeRule
August 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A great overview of the work and impact of Physicians for Social Responsibility @psr.org (my new job!) #health #climatesolutions #nuclearfreeworld www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UbF...
Challenge 2.0 American Health: Prognosis Poor
YouTube video by Paths to Understanding
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Things I’m actually scared of as a DC resident:

-rats
-tripping on a Metro escalator
-any escaped animal from the Smithsonian Zoo
-families on scooters
-street organizers asking me to sign a petition
-improv

#DC #HomeRule
August 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"There are more victims of [persecution for alleged] blasphemy and apostasy still languishing in jails and homes in my country. Please keep the government accountable and punish perpetrators." #MubarakBala #Humanism freedomhouse.org/article/nige...
A Nigerian Prisoner of Conscience Is Free, but Others Remain in Danger
International attention helped Mubarak Bala survive his incarceration for discussing humanism and religion online.
freedomhouse.org
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
His goal is to distract you from his inept leadership … and the Epstein files. 🫠

As a longtime proud resident of DC, I’m not worried. This is a city ready to resist. ✊🏽

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/u...
Trump Takes Control of D.C. Police, Citing ‘Bloodthirsty Criminals.’ But Crime Is Down.
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM