Peterson Toscano
@petersontoscano.bsky.social
A Quirky Queer Quaker. Hosting Citizens Climate Radio, Quakers Today, Bubble&Squeak. Producer of The Seed & Climate Changed podcasts. Ask me about gender non-conforming Bible characters. www.petersontoscano.com
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"Sponsored by the U.S. Government during WWII, AMERICANS ALL stresses the importance of bolstering democracy through fair treatment, equality, justice and understanding between different races, religions and creeds."
Who knew they were so woke in the 1940s?
WORLD WAR II ANTI-DISCRIMINATION & RACE RELATIONS U.S. GOVERNMENT MOVIE 76064
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November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Sponsored by the U.S. Government during WWII, AMERICANS ALL stresses the importance of bolstering democracy through fair treatment, equality, justice and understanding between different races, religions and creeds."
"Detail validates a fiction, giving the impression of a world that can be priced and measured, touched and tasted. But for some writers it’s more than ballast – it represents priceless cargo, and the whole reason for the expedition."
‘What makes “Audition” distinctive is a precision, a sharpness of focus, bare of corroborating detail. It’s hard to exaggerate how unusual this is in modern literature.’
Adam Mars-Jones on Katie Kitamura.
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#ManBookerPrize2025
Adam Mars-Jones on Katie Kitamura.
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#ManBookerPrize2025
Adam Mars-Jones · Transdimensional Cuckoo: On Katie Kitamura and Richard Price
Detail validates a fiction, giving the impression of a world that can be priced and measured, touched and tasted. But...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"Detail validates a fiction, giving the impression of a world that can be priced and measured, touched and tasted. But for some writers it’s more than ballast – it represents priceless cargo, and the whole reason for the expedition."
"But the history of holding donors to account for the $100-billion is a disappointing one. It was raised at these podiums many times, by many leaders. And we are forced to find more creative ways to make our point. So let me try this."
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"But the history of holding donors to account for the $100-billion is a disappointing one. It was raised at these podiums many times, by many leaders. And we are forced to find more creative ways to make our point. So let me try this."
Time to clean your water bottle
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a blue super sparrow water bottle is sitting on a track
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November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Time to clean your water bottle
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"In recent years, trans people have been caught in a manufactured storm because we make effective political theater. The same playbook that turned immigrants, gay people, & women seeking healthcare into wedge issues has found new life targeting trans people."
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The midterms proved that respecting trans lives isn’t optional; it’s essential to democracy
If people truly understood how this machine operates — how far-right strategists deliberately engineered fear and misinformation toward the goal of creating a Christian nationalist state — they might ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"In recent years, trans people have been caught in a manufactured storm because we make effective political theater. The same playbook that turned immigrants, gay people, & women seeking healthcare into wedge issues has found new life targeting trans people."
www.losangelesblade.com/2025/11/05/t...
www.losangelesblade.com/2025/11/05/t...
I say Friends need to take Biblical matters into their own hands and design their own specialty Bibles.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I say Friends need to take Biblical matters into their own hands and design their own specialty Bibles.
"a rather restless horde..." Sounds like audiences I've encountered at Pride events.
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"a rather restless horde..." Sounds like audiences I've encountered at Pride events.
Well, do we??
I love the framing of this episode, which highlights three possible paths for approaching the Bible: the Scholar, featuring Sarah Ruden; the Pastor, featuring Ashley Wilcox; and the Artist, engaging the Bible as play. (yeah, that would be me.)
Thank you, Zack, for having me on!
I love the framing of this episode, which highlights three possible paths for approaching the Bible: the Scholar, featuring Sarah Ruden; the Pastor, featuring Ashley Wilcox; and the Artist, engaging the Bible as play. (yeah, that would be me.)
Thank you, Zack, for having me on!
This week, we’re asking the question “Do Quakers read the Bible?” The answer is not a simple 'yes' or 'no', but a journey into a faith that has been both wounded and liberated by the very same pages.
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Do Quakers Read the Bible?
One of the most asked questions about Quakers is “Do they read the Bible?” The answer is not a simple 'yes' or 'no', but a journey into a faith that has been both wounded and liberated by the very same pages.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Well, do we??
I love the framing of this episode, which highlights three possible paths for approaching the Bible: the Scholar, featuring Sarah Ruden; the Pastor, featuring Ashley Wilcox; and the Artist, engaging the Bible as play. (yeah, that would be me.)
Thank you, Zack, for having me on!
I love the framing of this episode, which highlights three possible paths for approaching the Bible: the Scholar, featuring Sarah Ruden; the Pastor, featuring Ashley Wilcox; and the Artist, engaging the Bible as play. (yeah, that would be me.)
Thank you, Zack, for having me on!
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"How do we write joy without all the implied exclamation marks, the gooey language, the purpling of our prose? How do we make, of joy, a story that is alerting, alive, and credible?" ~ Beth Kephart
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"How do we write joy without all the implied exclamation marks, the gooey language, the purpling of our prose? How do we make, of joy, a story that is alerting, alive, and credible?" ~ Beth Kephart
One of the most extraordinary Bible stories that most people never hear. A surgically-altered, gender-variant hero organizes a brilliant campaign to rescue an imprisoned prophet.
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
One of the most extraordinary Bible stories that most people never hear. A surgically-altered, gender-variant hero organizes a brilliant campaign to rescue an imprisoned prophet.
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
See more on YouTube: youtu.be/-XXHAy7-J44?... #bible #queertheology #eunuchs
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Was Hurricane Melissa Super Hurricane? Is Category 6 needed? I took a deep dive in my weekend Forbes piece citing
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Let me know your thoughts after reading it
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Let me know your thoughts after reading it
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Revisiting The Category 6 Conversation After Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa may be the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Atlantic basin. It has also ignited discussion about the need for a Category 6 designation.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Was Hurricane Melissa Super Hurricane? Is Category 6 needed? I took a deep dive in my weekend Forbes piece citing
@katharinehayhoe.com @michaelemann.bsky.social @bmcnoldy.bsky.social @weatherprof.bsky.social Rheeda walker
Let me know your thoughts after reading it
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
@katharinehayhoe.com @michaelemann.bsky.social @bmcnoldy.bsky.social @weatherprof.bsky.social Rheeda walker
Let me know your thoughts after reading it
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’Just published: my short story “What Is Actually There” in Friends Journal.
A story about silence, attention, and seeing what’s truly before us.
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#QuakerWriting #ShortStory #Faith #LGBTQArt
A story about silence, attention, and seeing what’s truly before us.
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#QuakerWriting #ShortStory #Faith #LGBTQArt
What Is Actually There
Tiresome ministry by an older Friend becomes something more.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
’Just published: my short story “What Is Actually There” in Friends Journal.
A story about silence, attention, and seeing what’s truly before us.
@friendsjournal.org
#QuakerWriting #ShortStory www.friendsjournal.org/what-is-actu...
#QuakerWriting #ShortStory #Faith #LGBTQArt
A story about silence, attention, and seeing what’s truly before us.
@friendsjournal.org
#QuakerWriting #ShortStory www.friendsjournal.org/what-is-actu...
#QuakerWriting #ShortStory #Faith #LGBTQArt
This episode! This conversation! Wow, the power of a scholar speaking truth.
New episode of The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope with Sara Ruden! Tune in for this conversation on Truth, Power, and Responsibility wherever you get your podcasts.
October 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This episode! This conversation! Wow, the power of a scholar speaking truth.
When your spiritual home doesn't feel like a place you can breathe. Curtis Spence explores BIPOC affinity spaces within North American Quaker communities.
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
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#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
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#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
When your spiritual home doesn't feel like a place you can breathe. Curtis Spence explores BIPOC affinity spaces within North American Quaker communities.
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
Quakers Today Podcast @friendsjournal.org
www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
#Quaker #AffinitySpace #DecolonizeFaith
Explore the intense dynamics between Joseph and his brothers as they confront him over the ketonet passim. Discover the deeper reasons behind their violent actions and the garment's symbolic significance. #Bible
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Sibling Rivalry: The Tale of Joseph's Garment in Genesis. Why his garment sparked rage.
YouTube video by Peterson Toscano
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October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Explore the intense dynamics between Joseph and his brothers as they confront him over the ketonet passim. Discover the deeper reasons behind their violent actions and the garment's symbolic significance. #Bible
youtube.com/shorts/2wD-g...
youtube.com/shorts/2wD-g...
“We’ve been able to resurrect some of the ancient life that shows what this wetland was like prior to urbanization."
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Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
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October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“We’ve been able to resurrect some of the ancient life that shows what this wetland was like prior to urbanization."
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
What a shitty, glorious time to be alive!
I feel both honoured and horrified to be an adult on planet Earth in 2025.
I feel both honoured and horrified to be an adult on planet Earth in 2025.
a blue cartoon character standing in a corner of a room
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October 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
What a shitty, glorious time to be alive!
I feel both honoured and horrified to be an adult on planet Earth in 2025.
I feel both honoured and horrified to be an adult on planet Earth in 2025.
Why is the USA so Racist?
Voices from the past define our present political situation. “The roots of racism are very deep in America. Historically, it was so acceptable in national life that today it still only lightly burdens the conscience.” -MLK
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Voices from the past define our present political situation. “The roots of racism are very deep in America. Historically, it was so acceptable in national life that today it still only lightly burdens the conscience.” -MLK
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Why is the USA so Racist?
Racism is a faith. It is a form of idolatry
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October 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Why is the USA so Racist?
Voices from the past define our present political situation. “The roots of racism are very deep in America. Historically, it was so acceptable in national life that today it still only lightly burdens the conscience.” -MLK
petersontoscano.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/w...
Voices from the past define our present political situation. “The roots of racism are very deep in America. Historically, it was so acceptable in national life that today it still only lightly burdens the conscience.” -MLK
petersontoscano.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/w...
Who’s someone you’ve met in fiction who embodies Quakerness?
I’m choosing Gumby—curious, kind, and quietly persistent. He bends without breaking, meeting the world with imagination, compassion, and a calm that feels like Quakerism in motion. #Quaker #Spirituality #Gumby
I’m choosing Gumby—curious, kind, and quietly persistent. He bends without breaking, meeting the world with imagination, compassion, and a calm that feels like Quakerism in motion. #Quaker #Spirituality #Gumby
a cartoon character holding a piece of paper and a pencil
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October 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Who’s someone you’ve met in fiction who embodies Quakerness?
I’m choosing Gumby—curious, kind, and quietly persistent. He bends without breaking, meeting the world with imagination, compassion, and a calm that feels like Quakerism in motion. #Quaker #Spirituality #Gumby
I’m choosing Gumby—curious, kind, and quietly persistent. He bends without breaking, meeting the world with imagination, compassion, and a calm that feels like Quakerism in motion. #Quaker #Spirituality #Gumby
I have this video queued up to watch later today.
Yes more queer joy!!!!
Yes more queer joy!!!!
lord @friendsjournal.org put us in a vidya show. we, surprisingly, don't discuss facial hair and poofy coif tips. but we DO talk about queer joy in worship, so there's that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Ci...
Reviving Queer Worship: A Journey Through Time and Community
YouTube video by Friends Journal Quakers
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October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I have this video queued up to watch later today.
Yes more queer joy!!!!
Yes more queer joy!!!!
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Leaving home for college offers young adults opportunities to consider the religious beliefs on which they were raised.
Staff writer Sharlee DiMenichi spoke with students and administrators at several colleges to learn how young Quakers are making connections with one another on their campuses.
Staff writer Sharlee DiMenichi spoke with students and administrators at several colleges to learn how young Quakers are making connections with one another on their campuses.
Quaker Spaces on Campus
Offering comfort and meaning to college students.
www.friendsjournal.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Leaving home for college offers young adults opportunities to consider the religious beliefs on which they were raised.
Staff writer Sharlee DiMenichi spoke with students and administrators at several colleges to learn how young Quakers are making connections with one another on their campuses.
Staff writer Sharlee DiMenichi spoke with students and administrators at several colleges to learn how young Quakers are making connections with one another on their campuses.
"Harmonious coexistence within Nature (“HCWN”) goes further. It places humans as part of Nature, and it translates global aspirations into a locally grounded paradigm, rooted in African ecocentrism and relational values." -Stefania Falcon
The concept of living in harmony with Nature has been a recurring theme in global policy for three decades. South Africa has powerful tools for renewal. The next steps require us to move from managing Nature to belonging within it, from an extractive mindset to a reciprocal one.
Are rights of Nature and harmonious coexistence the future of environmental law?
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October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Harmonious coexistence within Nature (“HCWN”) goes further. It places humans as part of Nature, and it translates global aspirations into a locally grounded paradigm, rooted in African ecocentrism and relational values." -Stefania Falcon
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“We may believe that only certain conditions will make us happy. But ... the conditions for happiness are already there, available inside and around us. We have eyes that can see, legs that can walk, lungs that can breathe.” ~ Thich Nhất Hanh
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“We may believe that only certain conditions will make us happy. But ... the conditions for happiness are already there, available inside and around us. We have eyes that can see, legs that can walk, lungs that can breathe.” ~ Thich Nhất Hanh
Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan talks about activism and how Quaker Meetings help us in overcoming fear.
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Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan talks about activism and how Quaker Meetings help us in overcoming fear.
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
@eileenflanagan.bsky.social @friendsjournal.org