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People power is working, and Elon Musk is proving it.
Stung by people power protests, Elon Musk targets my group and a close friend
Standing up with courage in the face of fear
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March 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Despite all the bad news at the national level, we can still move forward in our communities. Seattle’s recent election victory for a social housing initiative is a case in point. My latest at The Raven, theraven.substack.com/p/building-sol…
https://theraven.substack.com/p/building-sol…
March 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
From Samantha Power, one of the young visionaries emerging in the bioregional movements, shares her vision for how we can build new nature states within the shell of old nation states, In these first days Trump 2.0 it is particularly relevant. open.substack.com/pub/theraven/p…
https://open.substack.com/pub/theraven/p…
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Rather than subsidizing repeated rebuilding in vulnerable areas, we should prioritize retreat and creation of parks and green spaces that buffer sea level rise, says adaptive urbanist Brian Stone, director of Georgia Tech Urban Climate Lab.
The Lunacy Of Rebuilding In Disaster-Prone Areas
The need to retreat
theraven.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Google being evil.

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Google’s role in Israel’s oppression of Palestinians
YouTube video by TRT World
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January 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If any left thinker understands tech stuff it’s Yanis Varoufakis, who has been warning us about technofeudalism. Here he unpacks the DeepSeek uproar. youtube.com/watch?v=aotK...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Brian Stone is the thinker I’ve been looking for. Stone tells us what cities must do to adapt to our ever more turbulent climate. For this, he says, we need to overturn most of our current thinking about urban planning. This article summarizes Stone’s transformative approach.
Radical Adaptation: Unlearning How to Plan a City
Preparing for a disrupted climate
theraven.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I recall how IBM technology was used by the Nazis to manage the Holocaust. Now Microsoft, which grew off its PC operating system contract with IBM, is following in its path, helping Israel commit its genocide against the Gazans. The tech giants are rushing to cash in. Genocide Gates is getting his.
The Israeli Military Is One of Microsoft's Top AI Customers, Leaked Documents Reveal
Microsoft is a major provider of cloud services and artificial intelligence for the Israeli military, according to internal documents.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Bioregioning. Signifying the active process of making a bioregional life. The art of living in place, in tune with natural realities. Three recent videos provide a basic education on bioregioning and the bioregional concept.
The basics of bioregioning: Three videos for your watch list
Building regenerative communities
theraven.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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January 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Taking control of money and finance is crucial to building the future in place, the theme of The Raven, and that is what public banking is all about. Ellen Brown, the leading public banking authority in the U.S., details the operations and benefits of the only state public bank in the U.S.
How public banking beats Wall Street - The Bank of North Dakota
The only state public bank in the U.S.
theraven.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The events of the world rush as a cascade, overwhelming our powers of comprehension. The contradictions reach a ripping, tearing breaking point. How do you live in such a world? I have four touchstones which keep me going. My latest at The Raven.
Four touchstones for dealing with a world careening into chaos
How to go on in a time a crisis
theraven.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just posted a solstice meditation at The Raven, my substack where I try to plot courses through our troubled world. How dark times will produce the light.
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A solstice meditation: Out of the darkness comes the light
A turning point approaches
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December 20, 2024 at 3:48 PM