The latest from #TeamCrystal
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#ChooseEachOther
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Hone your skills, aim your
heart toward #kindness and
stockpile second chances.
Under the weight of destruction,
we will need the strong shelter
of forgiveness and the deeper wells
that give the sweet water of welcome:
“We have a place for you.” - S.P.Dennison
www.uuworld.org/articles/pra...
Kanwal Sibal @KanwalSibal • 6h X The Iranian ship will not be where it was if we had not invited it to talk part in our Milan exercise. We were the hosts. I am told that as per protocol for this exercise ships cannot carry any ammunition. It was defenceless. The Iranian naval personnel had paraded before our president. The attack by the US submarine was premeditated as the US was aware of the Iranian ship's presence in the exercise to which the US navy was invited but withdrew from participation at the last minute, presumably with this operation in mind. The US has ignored India's sensitivities as the ship was in these waters because of India's invitation. We are far from politically or militarily responsible for the US attack. Our"responsibility" is at a moral and human plane. A word of condolence by the Indian Navy ( after political clearance) at the loss of lives of those who were our invitees and saluted our president would be in order.
Some context to the Iranian boat that was targeted by US off Sri Lanka coast
Former Indian FM: “US was aware of the Iranian ship's presence in the exercise to which the US navy was invited but withdrew from participation at the last minute”
Born Just Fine by too soon #ancestor Rev. Meg Barnhouse
youtu.be/feH1pRWQ828?...
"Don't need to be born again, and neither do you my friend. You were precious from the start."
#MorningMusic #fortification
“We have survived by serving our people, protecting our stories, and holding space when few others would.” -Yvonne Blake, owner of Hakim’s Bookstore
Support Black-owned #Bookstores
#NAB2
#BlackFutures
"And everyone has come to greet the reckoning
The place where our hearts got smaller and smaller
Now grows to hold the pain
The brokenness that leads to change" - Aly Halpert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0g4...
#SheIsOnHerWay
#MorningMusic #Fortification #hope
Black square with a bicolored circle. the half that is black has transparent photos of people gathering in protest and the words THE FREEDOM SIDE in block yellow letters. the bottom half of the circle is yellow and holds an image of the globe in black and white tilted with hands emerging from the globe to hold a white sign with purplish letters reading RISING MAJORITY
"Although in power, hate is not the majority."
Who's side are you on, beloveds?
#TheFreedomSide
Building a powerful, anti-capitalist, anti-racist, pro-feminist Left for Radical Democracy. #RisingMajority
www.instagram.com/rising_major...
"But sometimes we forget that all the right ideas and plans won’t make you feel less alone. We need to build a culture and an experience that can and does.
People don’t want to be convinced, they want to feel claimed by a “we” that doesn’t dissolve who they are but magnifies it in a shared power."
"May we know love and understanding; may we be willing to give it—and be willing to hold it for ourselves.
May we continue to build towards community in which we all can be free. And may we protect ourselves and others fiercely until that day comes. Amen."-Rev. Ali
#Prayer for this day&these days
Graphic with a deep purple gradient background and soft circular line accents. At the top, large white text reads: “2026 WARE LECTURER ANNOUNCED.” Centered is a circular portrait of Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde. She is a white woman with short light brown and gray hair, wearing glasses and smiling gently. She is dressed in clerical attire with a white collar and a purple clerical shirt. The circular frame behind her has a marbled purple texture. Along the bottom curve of the circle, white text reads: “RT. REV. MARIANN BUDDE.” Below the portrait, white text reads: “UUA GENERAL ASSEMBLY SATURDAY, JUNE 20.” Beneath that: “8 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. CDT / 6 p.m. MDT / 5 p.m. PDT.” At the bottom left is the UUA flaming chalice logo with the words “Unitarian Universalist Association.” At the bottom right is the text “http://UUA.ORG .”
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, will deliver the 2026 Ware Lecture at UUA General Assembly on June 20.
Known for calling for mercy for trans children and immigrant families, Budde continues her public witness for justice.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4cdj2yT
#UUAGA
In the center, pale pink Camellia nestled in a circle of brown/gray drift wood, shiny green laurel leaves on the edges of the picture
#beauty pause in the midst of relentless domination culture
#camellias #FlowersThatDoNotWaitForSpring
“We need to see increasing efforts by members of Congress to impeach Secretary Hegseth and everyone can put pressure on their lawmakers to support that effort."
⬆️@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov @repemilyrandall.bsky.social
#WhiteChristianNationalism cannot be national military policy
Please don’t forget to vote today! Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina are kicking off the 2026 midterm cycle with their primary elections.
"Why aren’t we talking about why so many men when given power continually choose to use that power to rape women?
WHY AREN’T WE TALKING ABOUT THAT?!" - Celeste Davis, Matriarchal Blessings
celestemdavis.substack.com/p/epstein-fi...
#ItsThePatriarchy
With casual ease
we drop bombs and destroy lives
and call it freedom
#haiku #haikufeels
everybody stay clear on the fact
that several fascist autocrats
are using the needless death of innocent human beings
as a power grab / attempt to manipulate public opinion
when their popularity is low.
Spotted in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood
Spilling children’s blood like table wine…
“Unfortunately, "Rev." is not an available prefix for Senator Maria Cantwell and Senator Patty Murray. Please select the best match to deliver your message.”
Past time to move beyond the binary @murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
Saturday February 28, 2026 Trump And Israel Bomb Iran and Kill Ayatollah While most Americans were sleeping, Trump and Israeli troops launched attacks on over a dozen sites in Iran including the compound of Ayatollah Khamenei. Iran's state media confirmed he died in his office. Trump and Netanyahu have said they want regime change, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard has said they will launch the “most-intense offensive operation" ever and have already launched strikes on U.S. bases in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordon. The US and Israel hit 500 taraets in 24 of Iran’s 31 provinces including killing 85 girls at an all girls school. The Strait Of Hormuz is closed, which will likely cause oil prices to rise globally. Due to media limitations the extent of damage isn't known, and congress is very much in reactive mode.
Drawing of the Day:
Trump and Israel bomb Iran and kill the ayatollah without a plan for what’s next. Counterstrikes are ongoing and some of the targets hit included an all girls school where 85 girls died.
It's Women's History Month.
And what better way to kick it off than to celebrate the first Black woman to get her medical degree exactly 162 years ago today.
Her name is Rebecca Lee Crumpler
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
To kick off Women's History Month, I'm sharing a booklet that we made for our Radical Black Women of Harlem walking tour. It's free to download and you can organize your own self-guided tours using the booklet. bcrw.barnard.edu/publications... - made this when I was a researcher in residence.
in celebration of Black Children's Book Week at Community Book Center in #NewOrleans✨
#ReadingIsFUNdamental
#BlackHistory
#BlackFuture
“He talked about no shame in growing up poor, he talked about dignity in struggling through deprivation, he talked about jobs, health care, and he actually talked about standing up to the strip miners coming after your land.”
dailyyonder.com/jesse-jackso...
"Can you tell us, are these killings that are mostly carried out by the state or by —
SARA QUDAH: Mostly by the state. Some of them by organized crime groups, but mostly by the states."
#TheFourthEstate
#TargetedByTheState
since 2012, Orbán has “hijacked public institutions, attacked the independence of courts, and left almost no independent media standing. He has criminalized basic democratic activities by civil society organizations, attacked the rights of LGBT people, and….”
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
When the music is love ✨
parkerwoodland.myshopify.com
#ParkerWoodland
#AbolitionistPunkBandRock
#AbolishICE
The result is a #GreenColonialism that naturalizes dispossession, often in the name of climate justice, creating new dynamics of extraction and appropriation of raw materials, natural goods, and labor, all in service of a so-called “green” energy transition.
nacla.org/green-capita...
"ICE kills — full stop. Whether ICE is targeting people in the streets, where they work or live or behind closed doors in one of its nearly 200 abuse-ridden detention centers across the country – ICE is an inherently violent agency jeopardizing families and community safety."-Detention Watch Network
