Sparkling Oyster
@sparklingoyster.bsky.social
Everyone has the power to create a better world right where they are.
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Your community is your tier of justice, learning, healing, and reform.
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And ultimately your measure of daily joy. It is more simple than you think and has a huge ripple effect.
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Your community is your tier of justice, learning, healing, and reform.
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And ultimately your measure of daily joy. It is more simple than you think and has a huge ripple effect.
July 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Everyone has the power to create a better world right where they are.
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Your community is your tier of justice, learning, healing, and reform.
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And ultimately your measure of daily joy. It is more simple than you think and has a huge ripple effect.
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Your community is your tier of justice, learning, healing, and reform.
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And ultimately your measure of daily joy. It is more simple than you think and has a huge ripple effect.
How do you find purpose in your life? New research gives a glimpse into how we are similar in searching for our uniqueness.
🎥 One of my fav offerings has been group film experiences with The Hidden Power Of Purpose. (A Nation Of Artists, Elliott Kotek, AARP) Each event sparked such fresh ideas!
🎥 One of my fav offerings has been group film experiences with The Hidden Power Of Purpose. (A Nation Of Artists, Elliott Kotek, AARP) Each event sparked such fresh ideas!
16 Ways People Find Purpose Around the World
A new study suggests that even across cultures, there is a lot of similarity in where humans find purpose in life and how it brings us fulfillment.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
July 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How do you find purpose in your life? New research gives a glimpse into how we are similar in searching for our uniqueness.
🎥 One of my fav offerings has been group film experiences with The Hidden Power Of Purpose. (A Nation Of Artists, Elliott Kotek, AARP) Each event sparked such fresh ideas!
🎥 One of my fav offerings has been group film experiences with The Hidden Power Of Purpose. (A Nation Of Artists, Elliott Kotek, AARP) Each event sparked such fresh ideas!
📻 Tune in! Today, PPS's Elena Madison joined @npr.org's 1A to talk about public spaces and their profound impact on our ability to connect with other people and to stave off loneliness. 🔗Click to listen to the whole segment! the1a.org/segments/in-...
In Good Company: Beating loneliness, building better public spaces
How can reimagining public spaces and neighborhood connect and inspire communities?
the1a.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
People are convicted wrongly for many reasons in our imperfect justice system more often than imagined. Our system is imperfect so we must keep paths open for wrongly accused & convicted.
Gratitude to honest pursuers of justice like @evidenceprof.bsky.social
Honoring James Langhorne for bravery.
Gratitude to honest pursuers of justice like @evidenceprof.bsky.social
Honoring James Langhorne for bravery.
Maryland approves $2.75 million to James Langhorne, who served almost 30 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a murder in Baltimore: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...
Maryland approves $2.75M to man wrongfully convicted of murder in Baltimore
James Langhorne, 51, of Baltimore, was released in February after serving almost 30 years in prison for a murder that he did not commit.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
People are convicted wrongly for many reasons in our imperfect justice system more often than imagined. Our system is imperfect so we must keep paths open for wrongly accused & convicted.
Gratitude to honest pursuers of justice like @evidenceprof.bsky.social
Honoring James Langhorne for bravery.
Gratitude to honest pursuers of justice like @evidenceprof.bsky.social
Honoring James Langhorne for bravery.
Cages are built by fear.
All power begins with connection.
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All power begins with connection.
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July 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Cages are built by fear.
All power begins with connection.
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All power begins with connection.
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Also pondering the future of #education
We do need educational reforms that place creativity forward and relax restrictions on exploration and free thinking. Learning is the space where, guided by a trusting facilitator, I can explore my unique gifts and offer them in service.
We do need educational reforms that place creativity forward and relax restrictions on exploration and free thinking. Learning is the space where, guided by a trusting facilitator, I can explore my unique gifts and offer them in service.
June 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Also pondering the future of #education
We do need educational reforms that place creativity forward and relax restrictions on exploration and free thinking. Learning is the space where, guided by a trusting facilitator, I can explore my unique gifts and offer them in service.
We do need educational reforms that place creativity forward and relax restrictions on exploration and free thinking. Learning is the space where, guided by a trusting facilitator, I can explore my unique gifts and offer them in service.
🎥Interested in hosting an uplifting film series?
Here's an engagement guide for hosting through Emergence Magazine
Here's an engagement guide for hosting through Emergence Magazine
Shifting Landscapes Film Series - Engagement Guide
Through reflection, discussion, and practice, our new Engagement Guide invites you to weave each film in our Shifting Landscapes series with your own story; open dialogue within community; and cultiva...
emergencemagazine.org
June 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🎥Interested in hosting an uplifting film series?
Here's an engagement guide for hosting through Emergence Magazine
Here's an engagement guide for hosting through Emergence Magazine
June 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
What is the single most important thing I can do in this very moment?
The 1st thing that pops up is the right answer.
The 1st thing that pops up is the right answer.
June 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
What is the single most important thing I can do in this very moment?
The 1st thing that pops up is the right answer.
The 1st thing that pops up is the right answer.
To walk the sidewalks of a town conversing with Leon was to meld into the harmony of our potential.
To dine with him was a feast of wisdom, humor & just enough discomfort to nudge your reluctances.
To be alive simultaneously a rich blessing.
@seasideinstitute.bsky.social
@stevemouzon.bsky.social
To dine with him was a feast of wisdom, humor & just enough discomfort to nudge your reluctances.
To be alive simultaneously a rich blessing.
@seasideinstitute.bsky.social
@stevemouzon.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
To walk the sidewalks of a town conversing with Leon was to meld into the harmony of our potential.
To dine with him was a feast of wisdom, humor & just enough discomfort to nudge your reluctances.
To be alive simultaneously a rich blessing.
@seasideinstitute.bsky.social
@stevemouzon.bsky.social
To dine with him was a feast of wisdom, humor & just enough discomfort to nudge your reluctances.
To be alive simultaneously a rich blessing.
@seasideinstitute.bsky.social
@stevemouzon.bsky.social
Resting Reef:
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Interested in creating new life when your pet moves on? An innovative approach.
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Interested in creating new life when your pet moves on? An innovative approach.
Resting Reef
pets.restingreef.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Resting Reef:
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Interested in creating new life when your pet moves on? An innovative approach.
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Interested in creating new life when your pet moves on? An innovative approach.
Ross Minor lost his eyesight at 8 years old. Today, he’s a hardcore gamer who runs YouTube and Twitch channels and consults for big studios.
@rossminor.bsky.social's ultimate goal? To make it so blind people can play any game.
www.wired.com/story/ross-m...
@rossminor.bsky.social's ultimate goal? To make it so blind people can play any game.
www.wired.com/story/ross-m...
June 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today was about reaching out, creating little vignettes of love with people I care about the most. I'm grateful for people showing up when I needed a little extra care. Feeling gratitude for all that we are and all that we can become.
June 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Today was about reaching out, creating little vignettes of love with people I care about the most. I'm grateful for people showing up when I needed a little extra care. Feeling gratitude for all that we are and all that we can become.
The purpose of healthcare is people, not profits.
“Three massive corporations, CVS Health (Caremark), Cigna (Express Scripts), UnitedHealth Group (Optum Rx) control 80% of the PBM market.”
So they inflate the cost of your meds, direct you to their own pharmacies, and collect fees along the way.
“Three massive corporations, CVS Health (Caremark), Cigna (Express Scripts), UnitedHealth Group (Optum Rx) control 80% of the PBM market.”
So they inflate the cost of your meds, direct you to their own pharmacies, and collect fees along the way.
Family Sues UnitedHealth’s Optum Rx and Walgreens Over Son’s Preventable Death
The price of 22-year-old Cole Schmidtknecht’s inhaler jumped from $70 to $500 overnight. Days later, he was gone.
open.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The purpose of healthcare is people, not profits.
“Three massive corporations, CVS Health (Caremark), Cigna (Express Scripts), UnitedHealth Group (Optum Rx) control 80% of the PBM market.”
So they inflate the cost of your meds, direct you to their own pharmacies, and collect fees along the way.
“Three massive corporations, CVS Health (Caremark), Cigna (Express Scripts), UnitedHealth Group (Optum Rx) control 80% of the PBM market.”
So they inflate the cost of your meds, direct you to their own pharmacies, and collect fees along the way.
Fascinating song facts.
Hold The Line by TOTO.
Discovered why preparing for the original song I had to learn and sing in The Righteous Gemstones.
Hold The Line by TOTO.
Discovered why preparing for the original song I had to learn and sing in The Righteous Gemstones.
Hold The Line by Toto - Songfacts
Hold The Line by Toto song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
www.songfacts.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Fascinating song facts.
Hold The Line by TOTO.
Discovered why preparing for the original song I had to learn and sing in The Righteous Gemstones.
Hold The Line by TOTO.
Discovered why preparing for the original song I had to learn and sing in The Righteous Gemstones.
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May 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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What is #writing?
A fresh enlightening perspective by Ocean Vuong.
A fresh enlightening perspective by Ocean Vuong.
This is what writing is about!
YouTube video by Oprah
youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
What is #writing?
A fresh enlightening perspective by Ocean Vuong.
A fresh enlightening perspective by Ocean Vuong.
Where We Go When Everything Breaks: #Placemaking Lessons from #Asheville Recovery
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How we anchor ourselves in just about any type of destruction.
Lessons on living and loving our way to a better place.
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How we anchor ourselves in just about any type of destruction.
Lessons on living and loving our way to a better place.
Where We Go When Everything Breaks: Placemaking Lessons from Asheville’s Recovery
When Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, it revealed a powerful truth: the places we gather are just as critical to disaster recovery as emergency responders. Ryan Smolar, Director of ...
www.pps.org
May 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Where We Go When Everything Breaks: #Placemaking Lessons from #Asheville Recovery
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How we anchor ourselves in just about any type of destruction.
Lessons on living and loving our way to a better place.
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How we anchor ourselves in just about any type of destruction.
Lessons on living and loving our way to a better place.
What’s up with Danny McBride and why won’t y’all go to those stinkin’ movie theaters? ✨✨✨
#TheRighteousGemstones
#TheRighteousGemstones
Danny McBride Talks ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Finale and His Note for Suburban Movie Theaters
The creator-star, signing off from his third HBO series, opens up about ending his megachurch comedy, his lessons from relocating to Charleston and what he thinks the movie studios should really be wo...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
What’s up with Danny McBride and why won’t y’all go to those stinkin’ movie theaters? ✨✨✨
#TheRighteousGemstones
#TheRighteousGemstones
Body As Healer,
with Peter Levine
Keys #healing #trauma stored in the body
Premiering Now
youtu.be/exDGisuOOe0?...
with Peter Levine
Keys #healing #trauma stored in the body
Premiering Now
youtu.be/exDGisuOOe0?...
Healing Trauma & Shame Stored in the Body, with Peter Levine
YouTube video by Sounds True
youtu.be
May 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Body As Healer,
with Peter Levine
Keys #healing #trauma stored in the body
Premiering Now
youtu.be/exDGisuOOe0?...
with Peter Levine
Keys #healing #trauma stored in the body
Premiering Now
youtu.be/exDGisuOOe0?...
Reposted by Sparkling Oyster
White smoke was sent up by the conclave and history has been made, as Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been named as the 267th pope.
Prevost, 69, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.
Prevost, 69, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.
May 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
White smoke was sent up by the conclave and history has been made, as Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been named as the 267th pope.
Prevost, 69, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.
Prevost, 69, is the first ever pope from the United States. He will be known as Leo XIV.
We’ll never say goodbye,
just say so long...
just say so long...
talked to danny mcbride, edi patterson and john carcieri about saying goodbye to THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES. god bless this ridiculous show: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Danny McBride and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Team Say Goodbye to the HBO Comedy: ‘F—, I’m About to Start Crying’
Danny McBride, Edi Patterson and John Carcieri break down the emotional series finale of HBO's 'The Righteous Gemstones'
variety.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We’ll never say goodbye,
just say so long...
just say so long...