Mackenzie Howson
@mackenziehowson.bsky.social
she/her
writer | creator | intentional living | sustainability | community
writer | creator | intentional living | sustainability | community
These reflections help guide how I structure my month ahead, because the vision I craft for the year doesn't actualise by accident. It happens when I carve time out in my calendar to review my vision, assess progress made, + look ahead for how to best support it in the months to come.
July 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
These reflections help guide how I structure my month ahead, because the vision I craft for the year doesn't actualise by accident. It happens when I carve time out in my calendar to review my vision, assess progress made, + look ahead for how to best support it in the months to come.
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Not much to offer different than what I'm reposting beyond: you will be okay; you have no choice.
I'll post the video again, highly recommend. Dooming is a privilege. Those who've been oppressed b4 already know optimism is not optional: it's "itll be ok" or die.
You gonna die? To **these** hos?
I'll post the video again, highly recommend. Dooming is a privilege. Those who've been oppressed b4 already know optimism is not optional: it's "itll be ok" or die.
You gonna die? To **these** hos?
July 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Not much to offer different than what I'm reposting beyond: you will be okay; you have no choice.
I'll post the video again, highly recommend. Dooming is a privilege. Those who've been oppressed b4 already know optimism is not optional: it's "itll be ok" or die.
You gonna die? To **these** hos?
I'll post the video again, highly recommend. Dooming is a privilege. Those who've been oppressed b4 already know optimism is not optional: it's "itll be ok" or die.
You gonna die? To **these** hos?
In light of today's news + the uncertainty, if not outright fear, it evokes, I'm reflecting on + finding hope in the gathering we had this morning in our community food forest. Shared coffee, food, discussions about community, food security, foraging + edible local plants. Much needed connections.
June 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
In light of today's news + the uncertainty, if not outright fear, it evokes, I'm reflecting on + finding hope in the gathering we had this morning in our community food forest. Shared coffee, food, discussions about community, food security, foraging + edible local plants. Much needed connections.
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Stop what you’re doing and watch this immediately.
Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.
They are demanding action from Mark Carney.
Their testimony is our failure.
Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.
They are demanding action from Mark Carney.
Their testimony is our failure.
May 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Stop what you’re doing and watch this immediately.
Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.
They are demanding action from Mark Carney.
Their testimony is our failure.
Canadian doctors returned from Gaza and are sharing what they witnessed and lived.
They are demanding action from Mark Carney.
Their testimony is our failure.
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Today's gratitude is for a leader in our community who is engaging ppl in our neighbourhood to create a food security plan. Yes. Yes. Yes.
March 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Today's gratitude is for a leader in our community who is engaging ppl in our neighbourhood to create a food security plan. Yes. Yes. Yes.
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I can’t stop thinking about this framing when it comes to climate. And I don’t mean “doom” as in “I feel badly about this situation,” but as in “it’s too late.” Someone responded to my post about the impact of climate activism yesterday calling it hopium. Two people who follow me liked it.
Doomerism is libs' and lefties' way of obeying in advance.
March 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I can’t stop thinking about this framing when it comes to climate. And I don’t mean “doom” as in “I feel badly about this situation,” but as in “it’s too late.” Someone responded to my post about the impact of climate activism yesterday calling it hopium. Two people who follow me liked it.
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President Trump says “we need Greenland for international safety and security” and an upcoming visit there by US Vice President JD Vance has angered Greenlanders. Behind all this is a bigger story about growing competition in the Arctic. #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains ⤵️
March 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
President Trump says “we need Greenland for international safety and security” and an upcoming visit there by US Vice President JD Vance has angered Greenlanders. Behind all this is a bigger story about growing competition in the Arctic. #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains ⤵️
Eyes open. I can't help but think that causing 'elbows up' in Canada is meant to be a distraction from seeing this. Story after story of people being illegally deported, ignoring judges' rulings, and people literally disappearing from contacts + records.
They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Eyes open. I can't help but think that causing 'elbows up' in Canada is meant to be a distraction from seeing this. Story after story of people being illegally deported, ignoring judges' rulings, and people literally disappearing from contacts + records.
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What you allow, you endorse.
March 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What you allow, you endorse.
1/ Had a counselling appointment this morning. I am hyper aware we need better national mental health supports. I mean, the things I'm working through are 'just' regular human things we need to work through AND I have access to benefits.
March 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1/ Had a counselling appointment this morning. I am hyper aware we need better national mental health supports. I mean, the things I'm working through are 'just' regular human things we need to work through AND I have access to benefits.
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nobody is immune to propaganda, but it does help if you can develop a moral framework independent of a book you read when you were twelve
March 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
nobody is immune to propaganda, but it does help if you can develop a moral framework independent of a book you read when you were twelve
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The American experiment to see if you can replace complex government departments with five twenty-something Call of Duty players who bleed Red Bull, say “noice” unironically, and think women should take sexual harassment as a compliment continues to go…not well.
Bro big or bro home, dudes.
Bro big or bro home, dudes.
March 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The American experiment to see if you can replace complex government departments with five twenty-something Call of Duty players who bleed Red Bull, say “noice” unironically, and think women should take sexual harassment as a compliment continues to go…not well.
Bro big or bro home, dudes.
Bro big or bro home, dudes.
Ah, this headache calls for rest. A long shower. Warm beverages. A cozy audio-book. Wrapped up in soft clothes and blanket. "Doing" the bare minimum. And that's what happens when you're inexplicably awake at 4:17am. + now it's time for tea.
March 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Ah, this headache calls for rest. A long shower. Warm beverages. A cozy audio-book. Wrapped up in soft clothes and blanket. "Doing" the bare minimum. And that's what happens when you're inexplicably awake at 4:17am. + now it's time for tea.
Overwhelm isn’t a sign you’re failing—it’s a sign you need clarity. When everything feels too much, I ask myself: "What’s the one small step I can take right now?" What’s yours?
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Overwhelm isn’t a sign you’re failing—it’s a sign you need clarity. When everything feels too much, I ask myself: "What’s the one small step I can take right now?" What’s yours?
Having one of those days where I know what I should be doing, but continue to stare blankly at the screen...wondering whether I should blame staying up too late, the state of the world, too much caffeine...or not enough. I'm reminded of Anna in Frozen 2...just need to pick the next right thing.
a cartoon character is sleeping on a bed with her eyes closed and her mouth open .
ALT: a cartoon character is sleeping on a bed with her eyes closed and her mouth open .
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March 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Having one of those days where I know what I should be doing, but continue to stare blankly at the screen...wondering whether I should blame staying up too late, the state of the world, too much caffeine...or not enough. I'm reminded of Anna in Frozen 2...just need to pick the next right thing.
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Young people have every reason to be enraged.
March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Young people have every reason to be enraged.
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If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
March 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
A song to belt out whilst getting ready in the morning. open.spotify.com/track/45aBsn...
Rise + shine 🔅
Rise + shine 🔅
This Is Me
Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman Ensemble · The Greatest Showman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · Song · 2017
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March 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A song to belt out whilst getting ready in the morning. open.spotify.com/track/45aBsn...
Rise + shine 🔅
Rise + shine 🔅
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This morning is a morning of overwhelm + muddled focus. Ugh. So. 1 put on music, dance, sing, tidy. 2 drink water. 3 brain dump everything. 4 reassess priorities. 5. pick one thing + take a small action. Repeat as needed. It helps.
March 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This morning is a morning of overwhelm + muddled focus. Ugh. So. 1 put on music, dance, sing, tidy. 2 drink water. 3 brain dump everything. 4 reassess priorities. 5. pick one thing + take a small action. Repeat as needed. It helps.
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#3E #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #Protest #Strategy #Organize Remember their goal is to exhaust you and make you feel hopeless. In order to effectively resist the effects of this shock doctrine, you should be aware of its design and its counter.
“In recognizing our fatigue as deliberately engineered, we expose the system’s fundamental fear: that despite their best efforts to wear us down, we will always find ways to resist together.”
—Rashida James-Saadiya
truthout.org/articles/tru...
—Rashida James-Saadiya
truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump’s Attacks Are Designed to Exhaust Us. Here’s How We Fight Back.
Our fatigue under Trump is deliberately engineered. We must understand burnout as a tool of control in order to resist.
truthout.org
March 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#3E #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #Protest #Strategy #Organize Remember their goal is to exhaust you and make you feel hopeless. In order to effectively resist the effects of this shock doctrine, you should be aware of its design and its counter.