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I'm attending Manatee County Democratic Party's event, “Volunteer @ No Kings” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
"A real humanist can be identified more by his trust in the people, which engages him in their struggle, than by a thousand actions in their favor without that trust." - Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
"But the wicked have a different head for numbers than most. Any bad they do will end up on the side of never-mind. What’s done to them weighs double." Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead
Screen shot of a court order that says, "Apparent also is the government's ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence. Thirty-three-year-old Thomas Jefferson enumerated grievances against a would-be authoritarian king over our nascent nation. Among others were: 1. "He has sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People." 2. "He has excited domestic Insurrection among us.” 3. "For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us." 4. "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our Legislatures." "We the people" are hearing echos of that history."
I once worked for a judge, so maybe have more faith in the judicial system than it deserves. But I'm encouraged by this U.S. District of W. Texas order granting habeas to asylum seeker Liam Ramos. Does it change much? No, but every act of resistance counts. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In NL, 156,000+ signed a petition urging the Dutch national team to boycott the World Cup. "We do not want our footballers . . . to implicitly support Pres. Donald Trump's violent terror policy against innocent migrants (whether or not holding a US passport)." actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
Just called my FL senators (Republican) re: vote no on additional funding for ICE, bc every little bit helps. Left a msg w/Rick Scott. Ashley Moody's main voicemail was full and then when I stayed on a line for an operator, it hung up. Not surprised. Sample script: unitedwedream.org/actions/call...
They are your studies; they are part of what you are part of; do not let them be taken from you by those who would close them off by weird jargon and pretentions of expertise. - Boaventura de Sousa Santos, The End of the Cognitive Empire
It was such an inspiration to facilitate this workshop and an honor to work with community advocates on ways to build power and defend human rights. Let's keep building and resisting in 2026. It's so much better than despair.
Dawn breaking over rooftops in Amsterdam
Marking the end of the longest night of 2025. Now, each day more light will come.
"As important as those values of right and justice are in the modern world, law is not only, or maybe even fundamentally, based on them. A large part of what has driven the development of the legal structures we take for granted is the economic demand for law." - G. Hatfield, Rules for a Flat World
Just finished this book, was chilling how it was an early example of global capitalism’s continued obfuscation of modern day slavery. It’s baked into business models.
“Liberty has sons who are not all legitimate or to be admired. Those who applaud it only when it justifies their privileges and shout nothing but censorship when it threatens them are not on our side.” - Albert Camus, Resistance, Rebellion and Death, 1961
“We knew that there could be no lasting peace so long as there were large populations in the world living under primitive conditions and suffering from starvation, disease, and denial of the advantages of modern science and industry.” - Harry Truman, 1945
"A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence [against] foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home." Judge Immergut, quoting James Madison, halts sending Natl Guard troops to OR tinyurl.com/29fx8vv5
“She moved in a silent ferocity of dignity which barely escaped being ludicrous.” - James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain
A civil society win! After the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition exposed the huge presence of fossil fuel lobbyists at COPs 28 and 29, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) now requires non-govt attendees to publicly confirm their full alignment w/ the Paris Agmt and Kyoto Protocol.
Excerpt from Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire - The oppressor is solidary with the oppressed only when he stops regarding the oppressed as an abstract category and sees them as persons who have been unjustly dealt with, deprived of their voice, cheated in the sale of their labor—when he stops making pious, sentimental, and individualistic gestures and risks an act of love. True solidarity is found only in the plenitude of this act of love, in its existentiality, in its praxis. To affirm that men and women are persons and as persons should be free, and yet to do nothing tangible to make this affirmation a reality, is a farce. (Location 126)
I first read this book 30 years ago, and yeah, it's still relevant.
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra performing their national anthem at the Concertgebouw.
Moved by the music and resilience of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, who played their national anthem - while standing - as their last song. Conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson’s only words in English were, “The fight for the liberty of Ukraine is the fight for a democratic world.”
When guiding questions are future oriented, as in 'What’s possible?' and 'How do we create it?' people are mobilized to focus on more transformational change. Focusing on problems is limiting; focusing on possibilities is liberating. - David Ehrlichman, Impact Networks
"It is simply a privilege of my age to care enough and, at the same time, little enough, to tell the truth." - Claire Messud, This Strange, Eventful History
New call for papers from @wochenschauverlag.bsky.social: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/08/08/c...
A graphic poster showing a black and white butterfly with a crown symbol above it. The text says "NO KINGS
Slow down ICE by helping local businesses put up signs to clearly mark “Staff Only” areas that can’t be entered without a warrant. Protect your community while showing solidarity with immigrant workers and customers: act.indivisible.org/...
Nothing, but she nonetheless told me it was “shit damn good fun”
Woman wearing headphones smiling and sitting on an airboat
Woman riding on an airboat with wind blowing her hair and 3 people riding in front of her
An airboat ride was my mom’s additional 80th birthday request. Because Florida.
Line of people on a boat in open water with fishing poles over the side.
I asked my mom what she wanted to do for her 80th birthday and this was her answer.
Sign on a tree that says, Prayer is the best way to meet the Lord. Trespassing is faster.
Spotted this on my morning run today. Welcome to Florida.
Rainbow flags and sign saying Trump-free boat
Amsterdam pride, wow, so much joy and sparkles and survival. Here for it.
Man pointing at glaciers
Glacier hike with @burrito.space
Snowy mountain in pink hues and clouds
Colder than predicted weather and a late finish meant a risky hike down so hitched down to meet a heroic uber driver to get back to camp. Thinking that TDF fans are the best fans. Also 🙏 for kindness of strangers, and this hitchhike sunset view.