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Sharing original content on pragmatic activism, disability advocacy & everyday art-- thru an engaged Buddhist lens. "Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what is the use of seeing?" Thich Nhat Hanh
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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · Mar 17
“Nonviolent action... is the most effective way to confront adversity.” #ThichNhatHanh

Mom 🔹Med School Prof 🔹 Disability Ally & Researcher 🔹 Yogi 🔹 Bodhisattva (budding) 🔹Djembe (developing) 🔹Rawls' "original position" (believer) 🌻
Littel red "Never Give Up" book, rubik's cube & tink of screwdrivers on small mahogany helix-shaped end-table by window.
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My friend has a new book coming out- democracy and buddhism - what’s not to like? I ordered 2 copies -1 to share with my sangha.
@buddhistcoalition.bsky.social
jeremydavidengels.bsky.social Jeremy David Engels @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social · 18d
Here’s the cover to my forthcoming book—what do you think, friends?
Amazing to work with @parallax.org

The book is for anyone who cares about democracy and wants to do what they can to promote both inner and outer freedom.

Will keep you posted about upcoming events!

#mindfulness #democracy
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Watch the expressions.
#Election2025 was just the beginning.

People are waking up.
Join our peaceful civil resistance: www.visibilitybrigade.com#about-us

@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @atnj.org #BlueWave
(Englewood NJ; 11/22/25. Media credit: M Rauch, D Glazer) @njindivisible.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @thegodpodcast.com @jesscraven101.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social @omzach.bsky.social @spintastic1.bsky.social #nj #newjersey #signsoffascism #fdt #resistance #nokings
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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“A cloud is in my tea.” (Thich Nhat Hanh)

@pemachodron.bsky.social
@plumvillage.bsky.social
@buddhistuniversity.net
#buddhism #mindfulness #nature #farms
fall lettuce in fields
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Rorschach:
Arabesque?
Woman with arms outstretched (no head)?
#trees #nature #fall
(Abma’s Farm- Wycoff NJ)
toll tree with leaves on trunk and inner limbs, but bare outer limbs
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Smith College Nature Path
( Northampton, Massachusetts)
Be kind to yourself button found on a tree branch on nature walk Smith College
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Bronx Republican and Bronx Conservative Party signs?
Can’t be the glasses- my eyes were checked recently.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social
Sign saying the Bronx, Republican Party, and the Bronx conservative party a top of brick building seen this week in the Bronx
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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GOP IN DEEP SH*T
-14% on Marist Generic Ballot (Nov 19, 2025)
Our resistance is working.
Join us: @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
@thegodpodcast.com
#epstein #fdt #nokings #democracy #resist #resistance
maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/a-look...
The Democrats currently have a 14-point lead against the Republicans among registered voters nationally on the 2026 generic congressional ballot question. This has changed considerably. Since 2022, voters have divided about which party’s candidate they would support. Asked at the tail end of the nation’s longest government shutdown, a plurality of Americans say they place most of the blame for the shutdown on congressional Democrats. However, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans do not walk away unscathed, with six in ten blaming either the President or the GOP in Congress. 2026 Midterm Elections If the 2026 election for Congress were held today, which party's candidate are you more likely to vote for in your district: NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll Registered Voters. Interviews conducted November 10th through November 13th, 2025, n=1,291 MOE +/- 3.1 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding. A majority of registered voters nationally (55%) say they would support the Democratic candidate for Congress in their district, if the 2026 congressional elections were held today. 41% would support the Republican, and 3% would back another candidate. Among independents, the Democrats (61%) have a +33-point advantage over the Republicans (28%). This is the first time in more than three years that Democrats have had a notable advantage on the congressional generic ballot question. When last asked in November of 2024, registered voters divided, 48% to 48%. The last time the Democrats had a noteworthy advantage on this question was in June of 2022 when the Democrats were +7 among registered voters. 39% of Americans blame the Democrats in Congress for the government shutdown. 34% place responsibility on President Trump, and 26% blame congressional Republicans. While 80% of Republicans blame congressional Democrats, 49% of Democrats blame President Trump. An additional 40% of Democrats point a finger at the Republicans in Congress. Among independen…
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social @spintastic1.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social #doge #ice #prices #fdt #nokings #resistance #resist
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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These vines at our local reservoir well themselves into the fencing. We should be like these vines having the strength and perseverance to overcome obstacles.
#Nature #photography
Fall vines into weave themselves onto the fencing around our local reservoir
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Going like hotcakes…Signs of Fascism in suburban NJ.

Easy action for newbies - see toolkit:
www.visibilitybrigade.com

@atnj.org @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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How did you spend Friday night?
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @njaij.bsky.social @atnj.org
Flyers in English and Spanish about New York rights and laminated private. Employees only signs for Bergen County establishments for our action tomorrow.
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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This is what decency and being authentic and competence looks like.
mikiesherrill.bsky.social Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social · 17d
Forget polls — I’m a mom of teenage boys, so when I saw teenagers at our rallies going crazy in the audience, I knew things were going well.
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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The People Spoke: #Election2025 #BlueWave
Keep Active:
@50501movement.bsky.social @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
✔️Ignoring Due Process
✔️Labeling Minorities as Enemies
✔️Normalizing Political Violence
✔️Controlling the Media
✔️Using Fear to Gain Power...

@atnj.org (Media: D Glazer, M Rauch)
November 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Everytown, USA
Signs of Fascism:
✔️ Suppressing the Vote
✔️ Using Fear to Gain Power
✔️Replacing Science with Idealogy
✔️ Controlling the Media...

#AntiFascism #BlueWave #WeThePeople
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social
Signs of Fascism- held by Bergen County NJ residents, the Saturday after the landslide vote, in downtown Westwood NJ: Suppressing the Vote," "Using Fear to Gain Power," "Replacing Science with Idealogy," and "Controlling the Media" shown. Kudos to Dana Glazer & Michelle Rauch for their photographic editing & artistry.
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I'm attending NJ Victory 2025's event, “A Perfect Landing: 2025 Volunteer Thank You Call with Special Guest: Governor-Elect MIKIE SHERRILL” - www.mobilize.us/njvictory202...
A Perfect Landing: 2025 Volunteer Thank You Call with Special Guest: Governor-Elect MIKIE SHERRILL · NJ Victory 2025
Join us for one final Volunteer Zoom for the 2025 campaign to reflect on all that we accomplished together - and look forward to what comes next!
www.mobilize.us
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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“Our appointment with life is in the present moment.” Thich Nhat Hanh

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Yellow sign mid fall leaves on a green post the sign reads caution and then there’s a picture of a turtle and then crossing
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Pope Leo
To be called woke in a world that sleeps through suffering is no insult. Pope Leo
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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⏳ Call b4 final votes":
Cortez-Masto- www.cortezmasto.senate.gov
Kaine- www.kaine.senate.gov
Hassan- www.hassan.senate.gov
Shaheen- www.shaheen.senate.gov
Rosen- www.rosen.senate.gov
Durbin- www.durbin.senate.gov
Angus King- www.king.senate.gov
objectioneverything.substack.com/p/objection-...
Objection: The Shutdown Is *Not* Over
The Senate took step one tonight. There are four more, and nothing has reopened.
objectioneverything.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Military on civilians. Vote suppression. Ignoring due process. Media control. THIS IS FASCISM.

Real mindfulness engages the world's suffering. Waking people up IS the practice.

Join us: visibilitybrigade.com
#mindfulness #Buddhism
@buddhistcoalition.bsky.social @llunrr.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Military on civilians. Vote suppression. Ignoring due process. Media control. THIS IS FASCISM.

Real mindfulness engages the world's suffering. Waking people up IS the practice.

Join us: visibilitybrigade.com

#mindfulness @buddhistcoalition.bsky.social #Buddhism @llunrr.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Sound up for LLUNR 🔔

Using military on civilians - THIS IS FASCISM
Controlling the media - THIS IS FASCISM
Ignoring due process - THIS IS FASCISM
Suppressing the vote - THIS IS FASCISM

The patterns are undeniable. The threat's real. WAKE UP.

Find an action near you: www.visibilitybrigade.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Longhouse garden - I don’t know trees very well, but these were shortish trees next to one another exactly the same leaf form, but the most beautiful display of yellow
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Every town, everywhere.
This is what we need to awaken Americans from their slumbering the US descent into fascism.

Join a non-violent civil resistance group near you: @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social

#Resist #BlueWave @50501movement.bsky.social
Signs of Fascism- parade of every day suburban nights through a Bergen County downtown with signs of fascism, e.g. controlling the media rejecting election results using the military on civilians, etc.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM