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mandascott.bsky.social
@mandascott.bsky.social
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Novelist: ANY HUMAN POWER Mytho-political thriller. Also Boudica: Dreaming
Podcaster @AccidentalGods
(R)Evolutionary Economist, #Regenerative Smallholder
#Thrutopian narratives: toward a future we'd be proud to leave behind
#LBTQIAA+ #Writer No DMs
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In the midst of collapse, as we watch our governments lay waste to our social agreements, it can be hard to imagine extending the franchise of legal rights and sovereignties to the More than Human world.

And yet we must - so here's how.

accidentalgods.life/kindling-qui...

#AccidentalGods
#Podcast
Kindling Quiet Romance: Reimagining the Law for Nature with Brontie Ansell of Lawyers for Nature
In the midst of collapse, it can be hard to imagine extending the franchise of legal rights and sovereignties to the More than Human world.  And yet, if we're to transcend this moment, it must be beca...
accidentalgods.life
February 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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democratswin.bsky.social
WHAT ARE YOU TODAY?
February 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
As the old paradigm splinters into rage-filled, grief-stricken fragments, how can we lay the foundation for the total systemic change we so badly need?

accidentalgods.life/healing-our-...

#Accidentalgods #Podcast
#Elderwisdom
#IndigenousWisdom
Healing our Fractured World: Re-Awakening Indigenous Consciousness with Marc-John Brown of the Native Wisdom Hub
As the old paradigm splinters into rage-filled, grief-stricken fragments, how can we lay the foundation for the total systemic change we so badly need? Even beyond the listeners to this podcast, it is...
accidentalgods.life
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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mlbiam.dev
Wow....and here all I've been hearing is that Talarico is the Dems only shot at winning TX senate.
usapolling.bsky.social Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 20h
Texas - Senate Polling:

🔴 Hunt: 46%
🔵 Talarico: 42%

🔴 Hunt: 46%
🔵 Crockett: 43%

🔴 Cornyn: 44%
🔵 Talarico: 43%

🔴 Cornyn: 45%
🔵 Crockett: 43%

🔴 Paxton: 46%
🔵 Talarico: 44%

🔴 Paxton: 45%
🔵 Crockett: 43%

U. Houston / Jan 31, 2026
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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democratswin.bsky.social
Despite ongoing inclement weather, the group plans to arrive at their final destination in Washington, D.C. tomorrow.

→ Read the full story: www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/bud...

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February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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anno1540.bsky.social
Flash:

“A Trump-linked US right-wing channel is launching in Ukraine in 2026 — at a time when Kyiv fights for survival. Normalizing ‘America First’ frames on Ukraine’s airwaves risks boosting war fatigue, anti-Western narratives, and indirect Kremlin messaging.”
english.nv.ua/nation/trump...
Trump-favored network Newsmax to launch Ukraine channel in 2026
U.S. television network Newsmax has signed a licensing agreement to launch Newsmax Ukraine, a localized news channel expected to begin broadcasting in the spring of 2026, the company said on its websi...
english.nv.ua
February 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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patriotprogressive.bsky.social
The GOP's quiet panic over Trump's indifference is the perfect punchline to their own tragic farce, realizing far too late that the narcissist they unleashed sees their entire party as disposable props.
Republicans Secretly Fuming With Trump as Midterm Disaster Looms
However, sources said the president quite simply “seems not to care.”
www.thedailybeast.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
We live in an ever-changing world, but how thin is the ice on which we are skating? And how can we change the ways we do things so we don’t fall into the void of extinction.

accidentalgods.life/what-ought-w

#AccidentalGods #Podcast with that utterly inspiring @david-farrier.bsky.social
What ought we be? Hope, despair and the resilience of life with Professor David Farrier
We live in an ever-changing world, but it is not always obvious what kinds of evolutionary change we are seeing in the broader web of life: in physiology, behaviour, language - and human responses to ...
accidentalgods.life
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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lovedetroit.bsky.social
Mainstream media's treating Trump with kid gloves is one reason why we are in this mess. Enough!
davekeating.substack.com Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 2d
Why did the American audience apparently hear different audio of JD Vance's appearance at the Olympics than the audio heard by the rest of the world?

NBC denies muting. But it's part of overall disturbing developments in the US corporate media world.
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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reclaimfinance.org
❗ With Donald Trump using energy as a lever for geopolitical domination, Europe’s dependence on US liquefied natural gas (LNG) is jeopardizing its strategic autonomy. This is happening with the support of European banks, which are backing the expansion of LNG in the US.

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US LNG and european autonomy: the dilemma facing european banks - Reclaim Finance
With Donald Trump using energy as a lever for geopolitical domination, Europe's dependence on US liquefied natural gas (LNG) is jeopardizing its strategic autonomy.
reclaimfinance.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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democratswin.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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scotlander.bsky.social
Just say NO to traitorous known felons!
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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www.themirror.com/money/us-deb.... #America is headed for bankruptcy because of Trump and his Republican co-conspirators.
US debt on track to surpass record-breaking deficit at the time of WWII: report
The majority of Americans are concerned about the economy and want lawmakers to address the mounting debt, but the deficit ratio to GDP growth is on track to surpass WWII levels
www.themirror.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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gailsimone.bsky.social
I was invited to a con in Puerto Rico soon after the hurricane. They were rebuilding everywhere, parts of the island were still without power. Trump was of course screwing them over.

I didn't feel it was right to go, but I was told repeatedly to please come, they needed tourism back.

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February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
mandascott.bsky.social
This from Susan Kavinsky is essential reading:

"We can no longer believe the cultural myths. We are not the land of the free. We don’t have a government of the people, by the people, or for the people, and we haven’t ever had one. At least not yet."

substack.com/@modernmytho...
The Aftermath of a Cultural Shadow Eruption
Assuming we survive this one
substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
mandascott.bsky.social
Yes. We're in the middle of Collapse and we *need* a system that brings Power to those with Wisdom and Wisdom to those with Power.

Starmer has (some) Power, though most of it is his handlers. He has no Wisdom.

The system is not fit for purpose.

How do we generate a new system?
February 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
How do we move beyond the predations of the capitalist death cult to a way of sharing, storing and accounting for value that serves a flourishing community on a thriving planet?

accidentalgods.life/step-by-radi

#accidentalgods #podcast
#economics
#modernmonetarytheory
#changeiscoming
#YourParty
Step by Radical Step: The Route to a Flourishing New Economy with Colleen Schneider
Our western (Trauma Culture) economies run on two falsehoods - we might go so far as to call them lies. Our guest this week is someone particularly well positioned to debunk these and show how how mon...
accidentalgods.life
September 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
Given the ongoing chaos, we urgently need all 8 billion of us to Fall in Love with a Future we’d be proud to leave as our legacy.

@robintransition.bsky.social has a new #book showing us how

accidentalgods.life/falling-in-l

#AccidentalGods #podcast

#Thrutopia
#BooksofBlueSky
#ThrutopianWriting
Falling in Love with the Future - with author, musician, podcaster and futurenaut, Rob Hopkins
We need all 8 billion of us to Fall in Love with a Future we’d be proud to leave to the generations that come after us. So how do we do it?
accidentalgods.life
July 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
mandascott.bsky.social
Reactionary Centrism in action. I experienced a lot less cognitive dissonance once I knew this was a thing and could see it in action

Brilliant podcast from on the whole topic @volts.wtf :

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Podcast Episode · Volts · 30/01/2026 · 1h 48m
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February 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
mandascott.bsky.social
Reactionary Centrism is a thing...

I undid a whole load of cognitive dissonance when I listened to this podcast - when we can see what they're doing, it has less traction, I feel.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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Podcast Episode · Volts · 30/01/2026 · 1h 48m
podcasts.apple.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social
Labour's priorities are upside down.
February 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
mandascott.bsky.social
It's a fine morning for a mooch on the hill

#DogsofBlueSky
#LurcherLove
A 6 month old red brindle lurcher with a dark mask and slightly broken coat is mooching through gorse on a hillside beneath an iron grey sky.
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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mandascott.bsky.social
How do we become the change we need to see in the world? What are the actual, practical steps to grounding, connecting and resonating with the world?

accidentalgods.life/avoiding-bur

#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Dan McTiernan of the Alef Trust and the Being EarthBound podcast.

#ClimateEmergency
Avoiding Burn Out, Fall Out, Drop Out (and Freak Out) with Dan McTiernan
Our guest today shares straightforward practices that any of us can do to help us with grounding, attunement, opening and integration so that we can be the nodes in the web of life. This is key: we ne...
accidentalgods.life
December 12, 2024 at 5:58 PM