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January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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As is probably visible with my attempts to “post through it,” I’ve been circling around the idea that Erik Hane just went ahead and found the prefect words for. Essential reading.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
There is no such thing as other people’s children
It is intolerable
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:40 AM
As is probably visible with my attempts to “post through it,” I’ve been circling around the idea that Erik Hane just went ahead and found the prefect words for. Essential reading.
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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"Last summer, the city of Portland paid millions to descendants of Black families forced from their homes by racist urban renewal projects."
"It was an effort decades in the making."
"And one of the driving forces was a local librarian."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Courts #Slavery
"It was an effort decades in the making."
"And one of the driving forces was a local librarian."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Courts #Slavery
A local librarian's research helped secure a settlement for descendants of displaced Black Portlanders
Byrd took her research and family history and created 'wearable history.'
www.streetroots.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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do not mistake
my silence
for forgiveness.
some things
i simply stopped
explaining.
[sometimes closure is quiet]
#poetry #micropoetry
my silence
for forgiveness.
some things
i simply stopped
explaining.
[sometimes closure is quiet]
#poetry #micropoetry
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
do not mistake
my silence
for forgiveness.
some things
i simply stopped
explaining.
[sometimes closure is quiet]
#poetry #micropoetry
my silence
for forgiveness.
some things
i simply stopped
explaining.
[sometimes closure is quiet]
#poetry #micropoetry
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I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
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My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
These Stories Teach Us How to Fight - Uncanny Magazine
Chicago, October 2025. I need you to know we tried. I bought whistles and saline eyewash for my friends, students. The theatre bought 150 whistles. They were gone in days. A neighbor 3D-printed hundre...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:53 PM
My latest essay for @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is live!!
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
My editor: "I've never published a more important essay." 🥹
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
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2) That adrenaline dump, the release when you're done, or where I was today, looking at my watch, thinking I was running out of time but only an hour had passed, in complete flow state, just hacking away at sentences, solving problems, and we both said: "Why would you give that up?"
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
2) That adrenaline dump, the release when you're done, or where I was today, looking at my watch, thinking I was running out of time but only an hour had passed, in complete flow state, just hacking away at sentences, solving problems, and we both said: "Why would you give that up?"
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A lot of time and effort has gone into survey research around what is the best protest sign slogan, message, wording etc and to be frank the research is pretty clear the most effective things you can do at a protest are express joy and express camaraderie, don't overthink it
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A lot of time and effort has gone into survey research around what is the best protest sign slogan, message, wording etc and to be frank the research is pretty clear the most effective things you can do at a protest are express joy and express camaraderie, don't overthink it
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The Focus Poster by Wendy Macnaughton and Courtney Martin
October 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Focus Poster by Wendy Macnaughton and Courtney Martin
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angry every day that of all countries the U.S. thinks it has the moral standing to say who should or should not have nuclear weapons. ask the 38,000 children who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki if the U.S., of all nations on the earth, has any right to pose as a moral arbiter here
June 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
angry every day that of all countries the U.S. thinks it has the moral standing to say who should or should not have nuclear weapons. ask the 38,000 children who died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki if the U.S., of all nations on the earth, has any right to pose as a moral arbiter here
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Im just starting to dig into the just-released "Make America Healthy Again" children's health report (link below). I'll live-skeet my impressions, which are already very complicated. (1/n)
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Im just starting to dig into the just-released "Make America Healthy Again" children's health report (link below). I'll live-skeet my impressions, which are already very complicated. (1/n)
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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something to think about
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
something to think about
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on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.
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“Griffen concedes” as if he had a %#!? choice. Will never ever forget these assholes. He shouldn’t be able to eat a fried shrimp in this state ever again. No one should help his wife find the right size at any store. May his grandkids grandkids only ever have middle school.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Griffen concedes” as if he had a %#!? choice. Will never ever forget these assholes. He shouldn’t be able to eat a fried shrimp in this state ever again. No one should help his wife find the right size at any store. May his grandkids grandkids only ever have middle school.
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if you see him on the streets, no you didn’t. Social death for all.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
IT’S OVER: Republican Jefferson Griffin Concedes in North Carolina Supreme Court Race
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
if you see him on the streets, no you didn’t. Social death for all.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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If you have a dictionary that you don't show love
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
April 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you have a dictionary that you don't show love
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
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ignore the bog of hands reaching out to pull you down into this feeling of worthlessness, they are fake. they are an illusion. the only truth is that we are ALL the greatest, and the real journey is simply an internal one where we finally arrive at knowing this
April 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
ignore the bog of hands reaching out to pull you down into this feeling of worthlessness, they are fake. they are an illusion. the only truth is that we are ALL the greatest, and the real journey is simply an internal one where we finally arrive at knowing this
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
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The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
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Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
February 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there.
The show must go on.
The show must go on.
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If you've been meaning to try my books, nows the time. Walk with me.
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My FIRST BUNDLE is available now! The first book in 4 of my different series on sale for $5*!
Sale ends in 3 days!
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(link includes 2025 Birthday Bundle) #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia #blacksky
February 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you've been meaning to try my books, nows the time. Walk with me.
My FIRST BUNDLE is available now! The first book in 4 of my different series on sale for $5*!
Sale ends in 3 days!
🥳💕 payhip.com/RWBirthda...
(link includes 2025 Birthday Bundle) #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia #blacksky
My FIRST BUNDLE is available now! The first book in 4 of my different series on sale for $5*!
Sale ends in 3 days!
🥳💕 payhip.com/RWBirthda...
(link includes 2025 Birthday Bundle) #booksky #romancesky #romancelandia #blacksky