Wesley Wolfbear
@wolfbear.org
Community Building and Narrative Change
through GFX Design & Gatherings
Creative Director @fcnl.bsky.social
Baltimore • Washington DC • Los Angeles
through GFX Design & Gatherings
Creative Director @fcnl.bsky.social
Baltimore • Washington DC • Los Angeles
Was really hoping they'd break the glass ceiling and not the glass steagall
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Was really hoping they'd break the glass ceiling and not the glass steagall
Portrait of Lincoln, Alexander Hesler. 06/03/1860.
Recolor and denoise by me.
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Recolor and denoise by me.
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Portrait of Lincoln, Alexander Hesler. 06/03/1860.
Recolor and denoise by me.
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Recolor and denoise by me.
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.).] [Study for statue of Lincoln Memorial depicting Lincoln seated in chair, elevation. Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect, 1912 LOC 2019643191
September 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.).] [Study for statue of Lincoln Memorial depicting Lincoln seated in chair, elevation. Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect, 1912 LOC 2019643191
U.S. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Harris & Ewing, 1930 LOC 2016889614
September 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
U.S. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Harris & Ewing, 1930 LOC 2016889614
John Russell Pope's Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln at the Soldier's Home Site, View from the Capitol, 1912
September 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
John Russell Pope's Competition Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln at the Soldier's Home Site, View from the Capitol, 1912
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Reminder: There are more of us who believe in peace and justice than there are those who seek to foster war and hatred.
Peace, Justice, and Music: FCNL Hits the Road with Neil Young | Friends Committee On National Legislation
When Neil Young’s team invited FCNL to table at his shows this summer, we knew exactly what messages to uplift:War is not the answerLove thy neighbor (no exceptions)From Michigan and Ohio to New…
buff.ly
September 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reminder: There are more of us who believe in peace and justice than there are those who seek to foster war and hatred.
Insane that the animated series Common Side Effects made their villain a "Swiss" Capitalist Psychopath named Jonas BACKSTEIN.
How common of a name would Jonas Backstein be in Switzerland?
How common of a name would Jonas Backstein be in Switzerland?
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Insane that the animated series Common Side Effects made their villain a "Swiss" Capitalist Psychopath named Jonas BACKSTEIN.
How common of a name would Jonas Backstein be in Switzerland?
How common of a name would Jonas Backstein be in Switzerland?
@sambiddle.com love the slide archive and looking forward to diving in. it looks like nothing is avail on internet archive and was curious status on TIFF archive availability.
July 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
@sambiddle.com love the slide archive and looking forward to diving in. it looks like nothing is avail on internet archive and was curious status on TIFF archive availability.
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A sad and sobering development: A bishop in California has lifted the obligation to attend Mass amid fears of ICE raids on churches.
Congress must pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to defend religious freedom and human dignity.
Congress must pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to defend religious freedom and human dignity.
July 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A sad and sobering development: A bishop in California has lifted the obligation to attend Mass amid fears of ICE raids on churches.
Congress must pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to defend religious freedom and human dignity.
Congress must pass the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to defend religious freedom and human dignity.
"We don’t step in and out of peacebuilding, we carry it in our bodies ... We are not observing the crisis from a distance. We are living inside it. And we are doing so while being asked to deliver outcomes, remain neutral, absorb shocks, stay creative."
www.peaceinsight.org/en/articles/...
www.peaceinsight.org/en/articles/...
Peacebuilder perspectives: Between burnout and hope
Kessy Ekomo Soignet highlights the emotional cost local peacebuilders face as they continue their efforts in the face of restricting environments and underfunding. But she also shares a message of hop...
www.peaceinsight.org
July 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"We don’t step in and out of peacebuilding, we carry it in our bodies ... We are not observing the crisis from a distance. We are living inside it. And we are doing so while being asked to deliver outcomes, remain neutral, absorb shocks, stay creative."
www.peaceinsight.org/en/articles/...
www.peaceinsight.org/en/articles/...
Welcome to BlueSky, @religioncomms.bsky.social!
The challenge: Get people vested in your social justice causes. It’s a matter of consistently sharing your organization’s stance on the important issues. Share what's working during our Third Thursday Talk – July 17 from 1-2 p.m. ET. Details and Zoom link: religioncommunicators.org/third-thursd...
July 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Welcome to BlueSky, @religioncomms.bsky.social!
"This budget proposal is a country in need of moral surgery."
Sen. Warnock
Sen. Warnock
June 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"This budget proposal is a country in need of moral surgery."
Sen. Warnock
Sen. Warnock
big miss on this headline @thebaltimorebanner.com
Surely, there was another headline we could have gone with here given the reporting itself is much broader and names from the top that white population decrease follows nationwide trends. Ending with a note on concerns for immigrants doesn’t cancel the xenophobia this headline evokes.
June 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
big miss on this headline @thebaltimorebanner.com
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if you have any friends or mutuals who are talking about this using the frame that “Israel controls U.S. foreign policy,” please talk to them so I don’t have to because I am already exhausted reminding these people that the U.S. is a global hegemon
June 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
if you have any friends or mutuals who are talking about this using the frame that “Israel controls U.S. foreign policy,” please talk to them so I don’t have to because I am already exhausted reminding these people that the U.S. is a global hegemon
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When Maryland lawmakers approved the Greenspace Equity Program two years ago, they wanted to support parks in poor and polluted communities.
This year, they scrapped the process and boosted one of Baltimore's richest and greenest neighborhoods instead.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
This year, they scrapped the process and boosted one of Baltimore's richest and greenest neighborhoods instead.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Maryland wanted to make poor areas greener. It boosted a rich neighborhood instead.
Maryland wanted to make poor areas greener but instead it boosted the already rich and green neighborhood of Roland Park in Baltimore.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When Maryland lawmakers approved the Greenspace Equity Program two years ago, they wanted to support parks in poor and polluted communities.
This year, they scrapped the process and boosted one of Baltimore's richest and greenest neighborhoods instead.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
This year, they scrapped the process and boosted one of Baltimore's richest and greenest neighborhoods instead.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Synology support has been really A+
May 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Synology support has been really A+
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My talk for YIVO has been posted, it'll be on zoom on May 8th 1pm EST. It'll be based on the results of my research here in recent months looking for traces of immigrant Jewish and Klezmer musicians in YIVO's landsmanshaft and mutual aid society collections.
yivo.org/NY-Mutual-Aid
yivo.org/NY-Mutual-Aid
Immigrant Jewish Musicians and New York Mutual Aid Societies, 1920s-1960s | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
In this lecture, Dan Carkner will give an overview of the relationships between immigrant Jewish musicians and Jewish mutual aid societies in New York City from the 1910s to the 1960s.
yivo.org
April 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My talk for YIVO has been posted, it'll be on zoom on May 8th 1pm EST. It'll be based on the results of my research here in recent months looking for traces of immigrant Jewish and Klezmer musicians in YIVO's landsmanshaft and mutual aid society collections.
yivo.org/NY-Mutual-Aid
yivo.org/NY-Mutual-Aid
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"In the face of tyranny, every act of democratic participation is an act of moral courage, and every one of us can be a part of the change we need."
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social in @rns.org
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social in @rns.org
A springtime for moral courage
(RNS) — There are countless actions we can take to uphold our democracy.
buff.ly
March 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"In the face of tyranny, every act of democratic participation is an act of moral courage, and every one of us can be a part of the change we need."
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social in @rns.org
@bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social in @rns.org
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We’re so excited to have 300+ amazing young advocates here in DC to lobby their members of Congress to protect food assistance and healthcare!
#lovethyneighbor #SLW2025
#lovethyneighbor #SLW2025
March 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We’re so excited to have 300+ amazing young advocates here in DC to lobby their members of Congress to protect food assistance and healthcare!
#lovethyneighbor #SLW2025
#lovethyneighbor #SLW2025
Blue Eyed Ninja S01e05, The Tale of Ronin and the Bride, should win an Emmy.
March 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Blue Eyed Ninja S01e05, The Tale of Ronin and the Bride, should win an Emmy.
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Farmworkers mourn the passing of @repraulgrijalva.bsky.social, the son of immigrants who became a community organizer & passionate advocate for farmworkers. In Congress, he coauthored bills to protect field workers from extreme heat & achieve immigration reform.
Read more @ ufw.org/raulgrijalva
Read more @ ufw.org/raulgrijalva
March 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Farmworkers mourn the passing of @repraulgrijalva.bsky.social, the son of immigrants who became a community organizer & passionate advocate for farmworkers. In Congress, he coauthored bills to protect field workers from extreme heat & achieve immigration reform.
Read more @ ufw.org/raulgrijalva
Read more @ ufw.org/raulgrijalva
I still can't help but laugh when I see CAP's logo
March 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I still can't help but laugh when I see CAP's logo
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Hank Sapoznik, a key figure in the klezmer revival, is releasing a new guide to the landscape of historical Yiddish New York.
sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...
sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...
The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City
sunypress.edu
March 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hank Sapoznik, a key figure in the klezmer revival, is releasing a new guide to the landscape of historical Yiddish New York.
sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...
sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-...
silencing palestinian voices does not make jews or israel safer.
March 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
silencing palestinian voices does not make jews or israel safer.