Abel Kloster
@abel-kloster.bsky.social
Agroforestry • water harvesting • restoration forestry
Mediterranean • maritime • high desert
www.resiliencepermaculture.com
Kalapuya territory
Mediterranean • maritime • high desert
www.resiliencepermaculture.com
Kalapuya territory
There is a community of the spirit
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
July 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There is a community of the spirit
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
Join it and feel the delight
Of walking in the noisy street
And being the noise.
- Rumi
For those being told they need to remove “climate change” from government funded documents, all in favor of replacing it with the phrase “ white boy summer”.
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
For those being told they need to remove “climate change” from government funded documents, all in favor of replacing it with the phrase “ white boy summer”.
The bravery of journalists to reveal what would have come up in federal court if those indicted had not been kidnapped and sent to CECOT.
Trump Ally Bukele Reportedly Set to Arrest Journalists Who Revealed His Secret Pact With Gangs | Common Dreams
One critic said the Salvadoran president "wants to silence" the acclaimed digital news site El Faro "because they're shattering the myths of the Bukele administration."
www.commondreams.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The bravery of journalists to reveal what would have come up in federal court if those indicted had not been kidnapped and sent to CECOT.
Undaunted by DOGE, these determined young people are fundraising to drive across the country and continue their service. Despite their entire program being shut down, they declare “we can't rely on previous systems to help our communities, we must take it upon ourselves and support one another.”
Donate to Help Blue 2 Complete Their Year of Service, organized by Anna Gibbons
You can help a hard-working team of young volunteers complete their year of se… Anna Gibbons needs your support for Help Blue 2 Complete Their Year of Service
www.gofundme.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Undaunted by DOGE, these determined young people are fundraising to drive across the country and continue their service. Despite their entire program being shut down, they declare “we can't rely on previous systems to help our communities, we must take it upon ourselves and support one another.”
“You just gotta put your money where your mouth is and you gotta live by your conscience, and you gotta know that your livelihood cannot overpower your conscience.”
Principal Jaime Cook
Principal Jaime Cook
Try that in a small town
ICE disappeared a mother and 3 children. Neighbors of Trump's Border Czar said hell no.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“You just gotta put your money where your mouth is and you gotta live by your conscience, and you gotta know that your livelihood cannot overpower your conscience.”
Principal Jaime Cook
Principal Jaime Cook
Here is the censorship search prompt being used at the Agricultural Research Service, the in-house research arm of the USDA:
DEI:
search terms: equity OR DEI OR DEIA OR equitable OR inclusive OR BIPOC OR "people of color" OR disadvantaged OR "social justice" OR "environmental justice" OR...
DEI:
search terms: equity OR DEI OR DEIA OR equitable OR inclusive OR BIPOC OR "people of color" OR disadvantaged OR "social justice" OR "environmental justice" OR...
April 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Here is the censorship search prompt being used at the Agricultural Research Service, the in-house research arm of the USDA:
DEI:
search terms: equity OR DEI OR DEIA OR equitable OR inclusive OR BIPOC OR "people of color" OR disadvantaged OR "social justice" OR "environmental justice" OR...
DEI:
search terms: equity OR DEI OR DEIA OR equitable OR inclusive OR BIPOC OR "people of color" OR disadvantaged OR "social justice" OR "environmental justice" OR...
What if there was always a journalist in the room for discussions on war? The big reveal is that the whole administration is likely using signal. Americas involvement in Yemen has never been approved by congress. I’d like to see deportations to El Salvador with no due process be as big a scandal.
March 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What if there was always a journalist in the room for discussions on war? The big reveal is that the whole administration is likely using signal. Americas involvement in Yemen has never been approved by congress. I’d like to see deportations to El Salvador with no due process be as big a scandal.
The Oregon rest stop bathrooms, long festooned with indicators of the public mind, have begun to center around a theme.
March 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The Oregon rest stop bathrooms, long festooned with indicators of the public mind, have begun to center around a theme.
Of course, federal funding for the further restoration of the Klamath River has been cancelled - but what a blessing that the dams were removed before this administration.
Opinion | A Story About Salmon That Almost Had a Happy Ending (Gift Article)
How tribal leaders, commercial fisherman and a few small environmental groups won an uphill campaign against dams.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Of course, federal funding for the further restoration of the Klamath River has been cancelled - but what a blessing that the dams were removed before this administration.
Burning the wild strawberry patch. Great day for fire in the valley foothills!
March 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Burning the wild strawberry patch. Great day for fire in the valley foothills!
Reposted by Abel Kloster
Reminder that instead of attending Donald Trump's first address to Congress tonight I'll be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live at 6 PM PT. You don't need a Facebook account – or to be an Oregonian – to tune in. Look forward to seeing you all soon.
Oregon Statewide Town Hall with Senator Wyden
Event by People's Town Hall and Senator Ron Wyden on Tuesday, March 4 2025 with 2.5K people interested and 1.7K people going. 51 posts in the discussion.
www.facebook.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reminder that instead of attending Donald Trump's first address to Congress tonight I'll be hosting an open-to-all town hall on Facebook live at 6 PM PT. You don't need a Facebook account – or to be an Oregonian – to tune in. Look forward to seeing you all soon.
Reposted by Abel Kloster
I just checked the homepages of Weather dot Com and Weatherunderground: neither of them have a single mention about the cuts to NOAA. If I ran a business that relies on access to free *quality* government data, I’d sure dedicate a massive portion of my business resources towards fighting NOAA cuts.
March 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I just checked the homepages of Weather dot Com and Weatherunderground: neither of them have a single mention about the cuts to NOAA. If I ran a business that relies on access to free *quality* government data, I’d sure dedicate a massive portion of my business resources towards fighting NOAA cuts.
The USDAs “first traunch” (stupid word attempt to make something sound legit) covered less than 1% of contracts already obligated to farmers.
Comment: NSAC Responds to “First Tranche” Release of Popular Conservation Funding - National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Laura ZaksNational Sustainable Agriculture Coalitionpress@sustainableagriculture.netTel. 347.563.6408 Comment: NSAC Responds to “First Tranche” Release of Popular Conserv...
sustainableagriculture.net
February 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The USDAs “first traunch” (stupid word attempt to make something sound legit) covered less than 1% of contracts already obligated to farmers.
Cloud forest oaks of Costa Rica.
February 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Cloud forest oaks of Costa Rica.
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act added more than 19 billion dollars to NRCS cost share programs to help farmers implement practices on their land. Now, that funding is cut and farms funded through IRA are left with the debt from their 2024 installations. In Iowa alone that amounts to $11,000,000.
USDA Freezes Conservation Funds, Other Programs, Leaving Some Farmers in Financial Limbo
Farmers are learning their conservation payments are frozen because those contracts were funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The White House has frozen IRA dollars across the federal gov...
www.dtnpf.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act added more than 19 billion dollars to NRCS cost share programs to help farmers implement practices on their land. Now, that funding is cut and farms funded through IRA are left with the debt from their 2024 installations. In Iowa alone that amounts to $11,000,000.
A department of peace building. Amidst the need for resistance on so many fronts, it is also important to advance a positive alternative. Thank you @ilhanmn.bsky.social
Rep. Ilhan Omar Reintroduces the Department of Peacebuilding Act, Continuing the Legacy of Dennis Kucinich, Mark Dayton, and Barbara Lee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is proud to reintroduce the Department of Peacebuilding Act, legislation to establish a cabinet-level Department of Peacebuilding (DoP) dedicated to ...
omar.house.gov
February 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A department of peace building. Amidst the need for resistance on so many fronts, it is also important to advance a positive alternative. Thank you @ilhanmn.bsky.social
This (archived) report on USAID’s work in South Africa suggests why musk, whose rhetoric is that of someone born into and steeped in the apartheid regime, zeroed in on it first for the chopping block.
Mission to South Africa | Archive - U.S. Agency for International Development
As the Cold War was winding down in the 1980s, international attention turned to the apartheid regime in South Africa. The United States passed the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, authorizin...
2012-2017.usaid.gov
February 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This (archived) report on USAID’s work in South Africa suggests why musk, whose rhetoric is that of someone born into and steeped in the apartheid regime, zeroed in on it first for the chopping block.
When the strategy is to put forward an impassable bill that seeks to prevent something that is already illegal it is time to rethink tactics.
Schumer: "Today Leader Jeffries and I are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems and protect Americans across the country ... we call our legislation, 'stop the steal'"
February 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
When the strategy is to put forward an impassable bill that seeks to prevent something that is already illegal it is time to rethink tactics.
“You are not authorized to access this page”. - the US government.
Climate Smart Commodities website going dark is very bad news for many good folks doing the work to advance resilient food systems in the USA.
Climate Smart Commodities website going dark is very bad news for many good folks doing the work to advance resilient food systems in the USA.
www.usda.gov
January 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“You are not authorized to access this page”. - the US government.
Climate Smart Commodities website going dark is very bad news for many good folks doing the work to advance resilient food systems in the USA.
Climate Smart Commodities website going dark is very bad news for many good folks doing the work to advance resilient food systems in the USA.
Reposted by Abel Kloster
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
Reposted by Abel Kloster
The report I wrote about the climate and environmental justice travesties we can expect from Trump 2.0, plus some mitigating actions that can be taken at the state and local levels, is finally out!
tinyurl.com/DefendAdvanc...
tinyurl.com/DefendAdvanc...
Defending and Advancing Climate Justice Policies – Just Solutions
tinyurl.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The report I wrote about the climate and environmental justice travesties we can expect from Trump 2.0, plus some mitigating actions that can be taken at the state and local levels, is finally out!
tinyurl.com/DefendAdvanc...
tinyurl.com/DefendAdvanc...