The PassingOn Collective
@thepassingon.bsky.social
We're on a heart-centered mission to accompany people through loss and death, moving through to renewal, all in the company of our village. We believe in hospitality + authenticity + humor as survival strategies, especially in dark times.
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Many of us still cannot bear to talk about death. Even when we know it’s important. Even though we may want to. So why not? And what would we stand to gain if, instead, we learned to speak about dying more openly? www.vox.com/advice/42078...
The modern taboo that Americans just can’t seem to break
What if we were a little less scared to talk about death?
www.vox.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Many of us still cannot bear to talk about death. Even when we know it’s important. Even though we may want to. So why not? And what would we stand to gain if, instead, we learned to speak about dying more openly? www.vox.com/advice/42078...
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
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Some stranger somewhere remembers you because you were kind to them
July 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Some stranger somewhere remembers you because you were kind to them
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Everyone breaks
Some get up
Some do not
If you’re a lucky one
Reach back
Pull up the next
No one goes home
Until we all do
Some get up
Some do not
If you’re a lucky one
Reach back
Pull up the next
No one goes home
Until we all do
July 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Everyone breaks
Some get up
Some do not
If you’re a lucky one
Reach back
Pull up the next
No one goes home
Until we all do
Some get up
Some do not
If you’re a lucky one
Reach back
Pull up the next
No one goes home
Until we all do
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Sandy Hook parent says tragedies are inherently political: “You may not believe in climate change, but insurance companies absolutely do.”
July 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sandy Hook parent says tragedies are inherently political: “You may not believe in climate change, but insurance companies absolutely do.”
The best of humanity is in community 🧡
I just overheard someone giving their friend a pep talk about taking a night class : “I will sit in the parking lot and root you on. The whole three hours. You can do this.”
That’s the love and community we need. ❤️
Ps: she was wearing a #Pride shirt ❤️🙌
That’s the love and community we need. ❤️
Ps: she was wearing a #Pride shirt ❤️🙌
July 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The best of humanity is in community 🧡
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We need to make more space for the grief and the disorientation, I think.
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We need to make more space for the grief and the disorientation, I think.
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“I approach end-of-life planning as a form of self-protection. It’s a way of defining who is family to me and who I trust to make decisions on my behalf. It sure as hell isn’t the state or the people I’m related to by blood.”
xtramagazine.com/health/queer...
xtramagazine.com/health/queer...
How to queer your end-of-life planning | Xtra Magazine
We can be specific, creative and collaborative in our approach to end-of-life planning
xtramagazine.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“I approach end-of-life planning as a form of self-protection. It’s a way of defining who is family to me and who I trust to make decisions on my behalf. It sure as hell isn’t the state or the people I’m related to by blood.”
xtramagazine.com/health/queer...
xtramagazine.com/health/queer...
Now + onward, let’s keep each other safe.
You gotta believe that your community is worth fighting for, in whatever way you can. You gotta hold onto your people and your shared future together as an anchor. Hold onto those things that you love, and let that fill you so full to the top that there is no room inside of you for despair.
June 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Now + onward, let’s keep each other safe.
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To my friends and family in the LGBTQIA+ community, I want you to know that you are seen. You are seen, heard, acknowledged. Do not let anyone take your existence and humanity from you.
June 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
To my friends and family in the LGBTQIA+ community, I want you to know that you are seen. You are seen, heard, acknowledged. Do not let anyone take your existence and humanity from you.
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Friends, as much fun as it is to play "Goon, fiend, or wanker? with the Trump regime, the sad reality is that this regime is actively attacking the LGBTQ+ community. Please share this LGBTQ+ friendly one-pager of mental health resources widely #PrideMonth #MentalHealth #AltComms
June 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Friends, as much fun as it is to play "Goon, fiend, or wanker? with the Trump regime, the sad reality is that this regime is actively attacking the LGBTQ+ community. Please share this LGBTQ+ friendly one-pager of mental health resources widely #PrideMonth #MentalHealth #AltComms
Ours too.
June 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ours too.
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Oooh, we co-sign this.
Something my life has taught me over and over is that there's no replacement for simply feeling your own emotional experiences, with all their depth and pain.
Pretty much every improvement in my life came after I began making peace with some of my emotions.
Pretty much every improvement in my life came after I began making peace with some of my emotions.
May 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Oooh, we co-sign this.
🧡
Look at you…
Living and shit…
After you thought you couldn’t make it…
Keep going❤️
Living and shit…
After you thought you couldn’t make it…
Keep going❤️
May 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🧡
This is what we mean when we talk about villages. 🧡
May 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is what we mean when we talk about villages. 🧡
Can’t co-sign this enough.
Say it while you can!
Say it while you can!
Taking action to ensure your end-of-life and death care wishes can be daunting, but we assure you that it can be done, and we’re here to help!
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/en...
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/en...
May 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Can’t co-sign this enough.
Say it while you can!
Say it while you can!
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New blog! Legacy by @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social is a powerful anger and thought-provoking memoir that outlines the ongoing and pervasive racism present in healthcare, and how skin colour affects health outcomes and life expectancy.
💙📚
deadgoodreading.com/legacy/
💙📚
deadgoodreading.com/legacy/
May 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New blog! Legacy by @ucheblackstockmd.bsky.social is a powerful anger and thought-provoking memoir that outlines the ongoing and pervasive racism present in healthcare, and how skin colour affects health outcomes and life expectancy.
💙📚
deadgoodreading.com/legacy/
💙📚
deadgoodreading.com/legacy/
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At any given moment there is more right with you than wrong with you.
Even if you are a day away from dying.
This can sometimes be hard to accept.
However. It is a medical fact. 😊
#medicine #psychology #selfcompassion
Even if you are a day away from dying.
This can sometimes be hard to accept.
However. It is a medical fact. 😊
#medicine #psychology #selfcompassion
May 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
At any given moment there is more right with you than wrong with you.
Even if you are a day away from dying.
This can sometimes be hard to accept.
However. It is a medical fact. 😊
#medicine #psychology #selfcompassion
Even if you are a day away from dying.
This can sometimes be hard to accept.
However. It is a medical fact. 😊
#medicine #psychology #selfcompassion
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Find a deathcare planning workshop for the Transgender community, classes on cemetery symbolism & Victorian mourning jewelry, a puppet show, a death & arts festival, a feminist obituary writing class and MORE on our Death Positive Events calendar www.orderofthegooddeath.com/events/
Events | The Order of the Good Death
Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, and equitable end of life.
www.orderofthegooddeath.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Find a deathcare planning workshop for the Transgender community, classes on cemetery symbolism & Victorian mourning jewelry, a puppet show, a death & arts festival, a feminist obituary writing class and MORE on our Death Positive Events calendar www.orderofthegooddeath.com/events/
We’re all about making things as simple, accessible, and eco-conscious as possible…especially when we’ll *all* have to do it someday.
April 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We’re all about making things as simple, accessible, and eco-conscious as possible…especially when we’ll *all* have to do it someday.
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Architects and designers recently created urns for an exhibit during Milan design week in an effort to "redefine the concept of the urn.” www.dezeen.com/2025/04/04/a...
April 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Architects and designers recently created urns for an exhibit during Milan design week in an effort to "redefine the concept of the urn.” www.dezeen.com/2025/04/04/a...