@lolo4quart.bsky.social
Believing in the power of talking with each other and not at each other.
Let’s see if it can happen here.
Let’s see if it can happen here.
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« The behavioral incentive that sustained American leadership: credibility with allies, predictability in commitments, adherence to international law; has been replaced by transactional opportunism » … Looking forward to reading the other parts… open.substack.com/pub/johanuni...
The World Ahead 2026: Part 1
The Behavioral Mechanics of a Fracturing Order
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
« The behavioral incentive that sustained American leadership: credibility with allies, predictability in commitments, adherence to international law; has been replaced by transactional opportunism » … Looking forward to reading the other parts… open.substack.com/pub/johanuni...
Trying to understand tarifs and bailouts:I am not an expert when it comes to how farming works in the USA but this analysis from Tangle makes me think that a lot has to change. I encourage you to subscribe to the Tangle newsletter. www.readtangle.com/the-12-billi...
@tanglenews.bsky.social
@tanglenews.bsky.social
The $12 billion farm bailout.
Plus, what's the latest on the measles outbreak?
www.readtangle.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Trying to understand tarifs and bailouts:I am not an expert when it comes to how farming works in the USA but this analysis from Tangle makes me think that a lot has to change. I encourage you to subscribe to the Tangle newsletter. www.readtangle.com/the-12-billi...
@tanglenews.bsky.social
@tanglenews.bsky.social
Yes to all the feelings expressed in that thread. None of this is normal and yet we are not screaming it loud enough www.threads.com/@grapeylyle/...
Lyle Fass 🔹 (@grapeylyle) on Threads
I’m sitting in Iceland, watching people live their calm, beautiful lives while I scroll through these Epstein email posts, and I genuinely don’t know how anyone is supposed to process what’s happening...
www.threads.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Yes to all the feelings expressed in that thread. None of this is normal and yet we are not screaming it loud enough www.threads.com/@grapeylyle/...
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For over 20 hours now Senator Merkley has been talking and trying to get the Republicans to come to their senses and talk the president into negotiating. I am a CASA and my 3 kiddos are going to lose their SNAP benefits in November if the government does not reopen. Shame.
TUNE IN: I’m STILL on the Senate floor exposing Trump’s attempts to trample on the Constitution. www.youtube.com/live/BPJcq9u...
Merkley CONTINUES Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For over 20 hours now Senator Merkley has been talking and trying to get the Republicans to come to their senses and talk the president into negotiating. I am a CASA and my 3 kiddos are going to lose their SNAP benefits in November if the government does not reopen. Shame.
@melaniekebler.bsky.social I hope that the city of Bend can soon be working on such a plan. It is truly needed and even if a small percentage of people participate, it brings awareness to what can work and what needs to be improved. And we can also learn from the experience in Ashland.
Ashland is offering residents and businesses the chance to practice their wildfire evacuation plans this Saturday.
Ashland plans practice wildfire evacuation drill for Saturday
Ashland is holding a wildfire evacuation drill for people and businesses to rehearse what they would do in a real evacuation, from gathering their belongings to practicing their evacuation route.
www.opb.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
@melaniekebler.bsky.social I hope that the city of Bend can soon be working on such a plan. It is truly needed and even if a small percentage of people participate, it brings awareness to what can work and what needs to be improved. And we can also learn from the experience in Ashland.
This is how low this country is falling. What’s next Idaho? A ban on books that help each student feel seen and included? Oh wait…😳
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f....
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f....
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is how low this country is falling. What’s next Idaho? A ban on books that help each student feel seen and included? Oh wait…😳
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f....
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f....
I am ashamed to be living in a country where this happens. In my town, a rainbow sidewalk was damaged purposefully by tire marks. You have to have poor self esteem to be threatened by the fact that the World around you is diverse.
Went to downtown DC to watch them remove the Black Lives Matter mural and wrote about how the removal of such symbols reflects government policy priorities. How the removal of the BLM mural reflects the administration’s desire to remove Black people and history from large segments of American life.
Republicans Tear Down a Black Lives Matter Mural
Symbols aren’t just symbols.
www.theatlantic.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I am ashamed to be living in a country where this happens. In my town, a rainbow sidewalk was damaged purposefully by tire marks. You have to have poor self esteem to be threatened by the fact that the World around you is diverse.
For a dose of realism and clarity, listen to @mariaressa.bsky.social and Jon Stewart.
Then, for a little pick me up, listen to the energy in @benwikler.bsky.social‘s talk with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
He should have been elected party chair
youtu.be/jsHoX9ZpA_M?...
www.youtube.com/live/AyXba-v...
Then, for a little pick me up, listen to the energy in @benwikler.bsky.social‘s talk with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
He should have been elected party chair
youtu.be/jsHoX9ZpA_M?...
www.youtube.com/live/AyXba-v...
Jon Stewart & Maria Ressa On the US’s Authoritarian Slide | The Weekly Show
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
youtu.be
March 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
For a dose of realism and clarity, listen to @mariaressa.bsky.social and Jon Stewart.
Then, for a little pick me up, listen to the energy in @benwikler.bsky.social‘s talk with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
He should have been elected party chair
youtu.be/jsHoX9ZpA_M?...
www.youtube.com/live/AyXba-v...
Then, for a little pick me up, listen to the energy in @benwikler.bsky.social‘s talk with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
He should have been elected party chair
youtu.be/jsHoX9ZpA_M?...
www.youtube.com/live/AyXba-v...
Respect to John Larson, House Representative for Connecticut District one and member of the ways and means committee for saying the quiet parts out-loud.
youtube.com/watch?v=0MJD...
youtube.com/watch?v=0MJD...
Larson Demands Answers from Musk-Trump and House Republicans on Social Security
YouTube video by Rep. John Larson
youtube.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Respect to John Larson, House Representative for Connecticut District one and member of the ways and means committee for saying the quiet parts out-loud.
youtube.com/watch?v=0MJD...
youtube.com/watch?v=0MJD...
Listen to @chrismurphyct.bsky.social. What is happening to our country has nothing to do with your political affiliation. It is about rich bullies who are making sure that you stay at the bottom while they grab power and enrich themselves. Sickening.
youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
youtube.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Listen to @chrismurphyct.bsky.social. What is happening to our country has nothing to do with your political affiliation. It is about rich bullies who are making sure that you stay at the bottom while they grab power and enrich themselves. Sickening.
youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...
Excellent speech here from Claude Malhuret. It is both extremely devastating that this is where we are at today and also it’s great to see that Europe is rising to combat the rise of madness in the USA
March 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Excellent speech here from Claude Malhuret. It is both extremely devastating that this is where we are at today and also it’s great to see that Europe is rising to combat the rise of madness in the USA
Getting the message out again and again that biology is clear that there is no such thing as just two sexes. Diversity starts in-utero.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT25CLdEC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT25CLdEC/
#transrightsarehumanrights #protecttranskids #biology #fyp #keepspeakingout #transparent #science #resist #resistance
TikTok video by BeezayDad
www.tiktok.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Getting the message out again and again that biology is clear that there is no such thing as just two sexes. Diversity starts in-utero.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT25CLdEC/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT25CLdEC/
As I wallow in sadness about what is happening to the USA, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social directed me to a film that put my sorrow in perspective. Watch this short film.
February 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
As I wallow in sadness about what is happening to the USA, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social directed me to a film that put my sorrow in perspective. Watch this short film.
😡This new regime is emboldening white, racist men to crush others. It is 🤮
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
😡This new regime is emboldening white, racist men to crush others. It is 🤮
Not much hope in this essay from @timothysnyder.bsky.social but a reminder that we have to stand up for our rights or we can choose to allow them to be trampled.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Crossing a line
Borders between one kind of life and another
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Not much hope in this essay from @timothysnyder.bsky.social but a reminder that we have to stand up for our rights or we can choose to allow them to be trampled.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Yes, we can all do our part. It is easy to be overwhelmed with what is happening at the federal level but we need to focus our attention on our state, our county, our city, wherever we can have an impact.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Yes, we can all do our part. It is easy to be overwhelmed with what is happening at the federal level but we need to focus our attention on our state, our county, our city, wherever we can have an impact.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Every post I read today feels like a dystopian world and yet it is the reality we live in.
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Every post I read today feels like a dystopian world and yet it is the reality we live in.
Boom! 10,000 letters sent to Congress in just a few days. Help us get to 11,000 letters and stop the Treasury takeover here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Pass the "Stop the Steal" bill to prevent anyone from meddling with our payment systems and data
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
February 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Another beautiful/sad essay from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
« There were coyote tracks at the Missouri mine. […].No one understood how such a distant predator got in or how to keep it out. But that’s true about a lot of places in America these days. »
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
« There were coyote tracks at the Missouri mine. […].No one understood how such a distant predator got in or how to keep it out. But that’s true about a lot of places in America these days. »
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
The Miners
The men who would strip the future for parts.
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Another beautiful/sad essay from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
« There were coyote tracks at the Missouri mine. […].No one understood how such a distant predator got in or how to keep it out. But that’s true about a lot of places in America these days. »
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
« There were coyote tracks at the Missouri mine. […].No one understood how such a distant predator got in or how to keep it out. But that’s true about a lot of places in America these days. »
open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...
Reading and listening to the following talks and articles helps me keep my head above water
@hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/6Xzjqr495EI?...
@aoc.bsky.social
youtu.be/6s62pP857nU?...
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/6Xzjqr495EI?...
@aoc.bsky.social
youtu.be/6s62pP857nU?...
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Reading and listening to the following talks and articles helps me keep my head above water
@hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/6Xzjqr495EI?...
@aoc.bsky.social
youtu.be/6s62pP857nU?...
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/6Xzjqr495EI?...
@aoc.bsky.social
youtu.be/6s62pP857nU?...
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Infuriating. Extremely petty. But if you are truly american, a coat of paint will never erase what we believe in and what all those words stand for.
The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.
February 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Infuriating. Extremely petty. But if you are truly american, a coat of paint will never erase what we believe in and what all those words stand for.
Yes. Not understanding the apathy either…
February 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yes. Not understanding the apathy either…
I am reading Democracy in Retrograde and discovering @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social and she is another reminder that hope is a choice. This article echoes what is developed in the book. open.substack.com/pub/emilyiny...
Feeling Helpless? That’s Exactly What They Want.
Viktor Frankl found purpose in the darkest times, his lesson is more urgent than ever
open.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am reading Democracy in Retrograde and discovering @emilyinyourphone.bsky.social and she is another reminder that hope is a choice. This article echoes what is developed in the book. open.substack.com/pub/emilyiny...