Bara
@galgeek.bsky.social
formerly of Prague, San Francisco, New York… Chagrin Falls
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What if we thought of journalism as community service?
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
My @jskstanford.bsky.social year at Stanford centers on one question: What grows when you build a community newsroom inside a public library? I've been testing it in Brooklyn neighborhood. It's works.
We can do this in the 16,000+ library buildings in the U.S. Seriously.
medium.com/jsk-class-of...
We can do this in the 16,000+ library buildings in the U.S. Seriously.
medium.com/jsk-class-of...
I Have An Idea To Open 16,000 Newsrooms In The U.S.
What happens when journalism lives inside the public library?
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What if we thought of journalism as community service?
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
@terryparrisjr.bsky.social is doing exactly that with his project to set up journalism practices in local libraries. This is exactly the experimentation we need to increase civic information and public accountability.
A thousand thanks to the Portland Fire EMTs who showed up at our tiny floating home this morning to lift my ailing self from the floor after a silly fall.
November 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A thousand thanks to the Portland Fire EMTs who showed up at our tiny floating home this morning to lift my ailing self from the floor after a silly fall.
Please join me in signing this petition to stop silencing Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream!
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Unilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW!
When we sold Ben & Jerry’s to Unilever in 2000, the corporation set up an independent board so Ben & Jerry’s could continue its political statements and social justice work without corporate i...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Please join me in signing this petition to stop silencing Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream!
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“The Feast of All Saints or All Hallows: which is also Samhain, the pagan Celtic New Year festival when stored fruits and crops were blessed and the dead remembered.”
- November 1st introduction, The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, by Charles Kightly
- November 1st introduction, The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, by Charles Kightly
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“The Feast of All Saints or All Hallows: which is also Samhain, the pagan Celtic New Year festival when stored fruits and crops were blessed and the dead remembered.”
- November 1st introduction, The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, by Charles Kightly
- November 1st introduction, The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, by Charles Kightly
Portland Japanese Garden
Fall Color Tracker
note seasonal Tuesday openings!
japanesegarden.org/fall-colors-...
Fall Color Tracker
note seasonal Tuesday openings!
japanesegarden.org/fall-colors-...
2025 Fall Colors Tracker – Portland Japanese Garden
Witness the fleeting beauty of autumn at Portland Japanese Garden. Join as a member for endless visits this season, or reserve your single-day admission.
japanesegarden.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Portland Japanese Garden
Fall Color Tracker
note seasonal Tuesday openings!
japanesegarden.org/fall-colors-...
Fall Color Tracker
note seasonal Tuesday openings!
japanesegarden.org/fall-colors-...
What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
from Inversnaid (final stanza) by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
from Inversnaid (final stanza) by Gerard Manley Hopkins
September 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
from Inversnaid (final stanza) by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
from Inversnaid (final stanza) by Gerard Manley Hopkins
I don’t know Ibraheem, but I know Ibraheem and all children deserve to live in safety and with dignity. Ibraheem is one of the 2.38 million Palestinian children who have the right to a future. #letchildrenlive
September 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I don’t know Ibraheem, but I know Ibraheem and all children deserve to live in safety and with dignity. Ibraheem is one of the 2.38 million Palestinian children who have the right to a future. #letchildrenlive
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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So many great discoveries by women buried by chicken-shit men.
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
So many great discoveries by women buried by chicken-shit men.
… And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him.
Selection from "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Artist: Kreg Yingst (kregyingst.com) #kregyingst #psalmprayers #gerardmanleyhopkins #piedbeauty
Artist: Kreg Yingst (kregyingst.com) #kregyingst #psalmprayers #gerardmanleyhopkins #piedbeauty
September 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
… And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him.
All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change: Praise him.
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“In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, she has alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom of his VIP box at the US Open tennis tournament in New York in 1997.”
'It felt like tentacles': the women who accuse Trump of sexual misconduct
Allegations against president span decades, with Amy Dorris at least the 26th woman to come forward
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, she has alleged that Trump accosted her outside the bathroom of his VIP box at the US Open tennis tournament in New York in 1997.”
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution became law 105 years ago today — women got the vote.
Here's historian Heather Cox Richardson's short video on the 19th Amendment:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj1U...
Here's historian Heather Cox Richardson's short video on the 19th Amendment:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj1U...
The Nineteenth Amendment | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution became law 105 years ago today — women got the vote.
Here's historian Heather Cox Richardson's short video on the 19th Amendment:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj1U...
Here's historian Heather Cox Richardson's short video on the 19th Amendment:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj1U...
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters. Join me and thousands of other Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day. bit.ly/4m7g8h9 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Fund the Institute Of Museum and Library Services
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters
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August 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters. Join me and thousands of other Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day. bit.ly/4m7g8h9 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Rooted in Plum Village and the Earth Holder Community, the Beloved Community Care-Taking Council offers resources and a network of Circles forming around the world to support mindful action for social justice.
www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb...
www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb...
August 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Rooted in Plum Village and the Earth Holder Community, the Beloved Community Care-Taking Council offers resources and a network of Circles forming around the world to support mindful action for social justice.
www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb...
www.parallax.org/mindfulnessb...
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This new reporting further proves Meta is a company that is morally and ethically off the rails. Mark Zuckerberg rushed an unsafe chatbot to a mass market just to keep up with the competition, consequences for its users be damned.
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Metaâs AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
reut.rs
August 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This new reporting further proves Meta is a company that is morally and ethically off the rails. Mark Zuckerberg rushed an unsafe chatbot to a mass market just to keep up with the competition, consequences for its users be damned.
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This is just deeply depressing: women who spoke up during #MeToo often found their lives upended, as powerful men used defamation suits to target them, e.g. Roy Moore is still suing many of his accusers.
What Happened to the Women of #MeToo? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Happened to the Women of #MeToo? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Happened to the Women of #MeToo?
Tina Johnson accused Roy Moore of sexual assault. Then the world moved on, and left her behind.
www.newyorker.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is just deeply depressing: women who spoke up during #MeToo often found their lives upended, as powerful men used defamation suits to target them, e.g. Roy Moore is still suing many of his accusers.
What Happened to the Women of #MeToo? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Happened to the Women of #MeToo? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Parting in Wartime
How long ago Hector took off his plume,
Not wanting that his little son should cry,
Then kissed his sad Andromache goodbye –
And now we three in Euston waiting-room.
Frances Cornford (1886-1960)
How long ago Hector took off his plume,
Not wanting that his little son should cry,
Then kissed his sad Andromache goodbye –
And now we three in Euston waiting-room.
Frances Cornford (1886-1960)
August 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Parting in Wartime
How long ago Hector took off his plume,
Not wanting that his little son should cry,
Then kissed his sad Andromache goodbye –
And now we three in Euston waiting-room.
Frances Cornford (1886-1960)
How long ago Hector took off his plume,
Not wanting that his little son should cry,
Then kissed his sad Andromache goodbye –
And now we three in Euston waiting-room.
Frances Cornford (1886-1960)
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August 6 marks the 80th anniversary of #Hiroshima
and August 9 of #Nagasaki 🇯🇵
More info ➡️ betterworld.info/Hiroshima
Join the conversation and 📣 share widely!
We honor the legacy of the #Hibakusha and fight for a #NuclearBan ☮️
#Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80 #NuclearWeapons #TPNW
and August 9 of #Nagasaki 🇯🇵
More info ➡️ betterworld.info/Hiroshima
Join the conversation and 📣 share widely!
We honor the legacy of the #Hibakusha and fight for a #NuclearBan ☮️
#Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80 #NuclearWeapons #TPNW
July 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
August 6 marks the 80th anniversary of #Hiroshima
and August 9 of #Nagasaki 🇯🇵
More info ➡️ betterworld.info/Hiroshima
Join the conversation and 📣 share widely!
We honor the legacy of the #Hibakusha and fight for a #NuclearBan ☮️
#Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80 #NuclearWeapons #TPNW
and August 9 of #Nagasaki 🇯🇵
More info ➡️ betterworld.info/Hiroshima
Join the conversation and 📣 share widely!
We honor the legacy of the #Hibakusha and fight for a #NuclearBan ☮️
#Hiroshima80 #Nagasaki80 #NuclearWeapons #TPNW
I just donated to @fcnl to support peace, justice, and an earth restored. Would you join me? act.fcnl.org/donate/suppo...
Give to FCNL
Help us lobby Congress for a more peaceful world this year.
act.fcnl.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I just donated to @fcnl to support peace, justice, and an earth restored. Would you join me? act.fcnl.org/donate/suppo...
#EarthOvershootDay has come earlier each year it’s been calculated.
Can we start doing better already?
Can we start doing better already?
24 July is #EarthOvershootDay. That means humanity has used up Earth’s yearly natural resources budget in just 7 months. In 2024, the date was 1 August.
The date keeps creeping earlier—but the trend can be reversed: www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...
The date keeps creeping earlier—but the trend can be reversed: www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/up...
July 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#EarthOvershootDay has come earlier each year it’s been calculated.
Can we start doing better already?
Can we start doing better already?
“On this day in 1944 officers of the Wehrmacht attempted to overthrow the Nazi regime and assassinate Adolf Hitler; but the briefcase containing Claus von Stauffenberg’s bomb was moved before detonation, so that Hitler survived. The officers’ attempted coup was soon reversed….
July 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“On this day in 1944 officers of the Wehrmacht attempted to overthrow the Nazi regime and assassinate Adolf Hitler; but the briefcase containing Claus von Stauffenberg’s bomb was moved before detonation, so that Hitler survived. The officers’ attempted coup was soon reversed….
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In the latest episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast, historian IAN MILLIGAN discusses his book AVERTING THE DIGITAL DARK AGE with Internet Archive founder BREWSTER KAHLE. Moderated by TAKARA SMALL
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
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🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
July 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In the latest episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast, historian IAN MILLIGAN discusses his book AVERTING THE DIGITAL DARK AGE with Internet Archive founder BREWSTER KAHLE. Moderated by TAKARA SMALL
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...
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July 5 - 6 is World Firefly Day! Like a lot of insects fireflies are threatened by our actions. 🧪🐡Check out fireflyersinternational.net to find out how you can help gather data on these magical animals & help scientists track their populations.
My #linocut print shows 3 fireflies (Photinus pyralis,
My #linocut print shows 3 fireflies (Photinus pyralis,
July 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
July 5 - 6 is World Firefly Day! Like a lot of insects fireflies are threatened by our actions. 🧪🐡Check out fireflyersinternational.net to find out how you can help gather data on these magical animals & help scientists track their populations.
My #linocut print shows 3 fireflies (Photinus pyralis,
My #linocut print shows 3 fireflies (Photinus pyralis,
I am glad I found the time to read this piece this morning!
I recommend it.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/were-at-war-...
I recommend it.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/were-at-war-...
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I am glad I found the time to read this piece this morning!
I recommend it.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/were-at-war-...
I recommend it.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/were-at-war-...