January 2012
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November 2011
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It's not "they," it's "we"
climateadaptation:
Yesterday I posted a cluster of posts on the Obama administration allowing wolves to hunted, as well as wolves connection to climate change. A lot of people are aghast, and the below comment sums up the majority sentiment:
mrhighway-brightside reblogged your photoset: “Hunters Have Killed More than 180 Wolves in the…
What the fuck? They shouldn’t take them off the endangered...
September 2011
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“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...”
– Albert Einstein (via quote-stuff)
June 2011
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May 2011
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Activism, the internet, and trying to be less...
squashed:
We bloggers have gotten awfully good at identifying problems. We’ve made a hobby of spotting the deficiencies in other people’s actions, words, and thoughts. We’re less good at solving those problems. This sometimes makes the internet an unpleasant place. (I’m certainly guilty of this unpleasantness at times.)
To some extent, we’re limited by the medium. You can write things on the...
April 2011
9 posts
Vision: Chin Up Progressives, Things are... →
Even though sometimes it feels dire out there, it’s always good to remember that progressives across the world are working, fighting and protesting creatively to uphold justice and the basic tenets of democracy. Right now, more than ever, these happenings seem to be converging, and we can be heartened by domestic and international movements — such as US and UK Uncut — that push back at...
“Thousands marched against war in New York City on April 9. Two thousand...”
– Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: “Stop Blacking Out Progressive Protests” (via ryking)
this is something we ought to be able to change
20 Measures for a Successful Local Living Economy →
One last point about the WI Supreme Court...
mohandasgandhi:
What happened the other day is something you just don’t see in politics… you just don’t. Kloppenburg gained 19 of the Republican counties and jumped up from being over 30 points down since the primaries. That’s huge, especially for a Supreme Court election that most people ignore. The very fact that this election happened right after Scott Walker’s budget proposal and his...
Global Medical Relief Fund: One child at a time →
neighborhoodr-statenisland:
How one Staten Island woman has changed over 100 young lives
Montanti, who is single, has been doing this for nearly 15 years. “My charity is very personal. It becomes a global family. All these children.I say ‘my children’ so often. Because I feel that that they are. I love all of them,” she tells Pelley.
One of those children is nine-yr.old Wa’ad, an Iraqi boy...
Tax Day Activism
squashed:
Two things are rapidly approaching.
1) Budget and debt ceiling deadlines. Some sort of budget compromise is imminent. 2) Tax Day: April 15. Or, technically, April 18 this year. The anti-tax forces will doubtlessly want to use this to revitalize and re-energize the Tea Party.
It is also a critical moment for those of us who care about antipoverty measures to make our voices heard.
As...
December 2010
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September 2010
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August 2010
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July 2010
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Constant Spiritual Flux: Two Wolves →
An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life…
He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me, it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One wolf is evil — he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego.
The other is good—-he is joy, peace,...
Change Now
Sometime last week, before I went to the Sister’s Outdoor Quilt show I ran into several different posts, with slightly different takes about what we can do to change the world. I ponder on this on a regular basis — shockingly I don’t make big progress.
I had intended to think about the subject and write some kind of post on my bus ride to and fro from Sisters. I failed...
June 2010
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May 2010
4 posts
302/1000 →
other-stuff:
constantflux:
caraobrien:
Please sign the petition to end executions in Iran and spread the word!
The Iranian government has recently begun a crackdown on political activity in advance of the 1 year anniversary of the 12 June presidential election. In an attempt to intimidate protestors, executions of political dissidents and members of religious minorities have been taking...
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April 2010
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“If you look at Kiva.org…people with a very modest amount of money can make a...”
– President Bill Clinton (via kivateam) (via constantflux)
March 2010
10 posts
Dear fellow tumblrs,
abcsoupdot:
caraobrien:
secrets0ciety:
I am making this post with the hope that together, we can start making changes in our lives (and the lives of others) with the goal of making this world we live in a better place to be. I have thought of some things that each of us can do to better ourselves and our communities, and I urge us all to choose at least one of the following ‘missions’ to...
Squashed: Disagreeing on the Internet →
purplegem:
abcsoupdot:
The Internet is both the best and worst thing to happen to human communication since the telephone. It means that brilliant and diverse people who may never meet face to face can find each other and share their thoughts, hopes, and ideas. And it means that those people who would, in all probability, get along wonderfully in real life, treat each other atrociously. Too...
“Oftentimes, when people are miserable, they will want to make other people...”
– Lemony Snicket: The Wide Window (via quote-book) (via insearchofthemoon)
fRee yoUr mINd: One day balance will be restored →
Life on this planet is currently under much duress. Species are becoming extinct at a rate that is almost unfathomable, and it breaks my heart. But I try, each day, to conduct myself in a manner that promotes sustainability, in hopes that one day this earth will once again be a place where the…
We can do it
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20 Argument Tactics to Avoid for Effective... →
Some examples of mistakes commonly made while arguing — things to keep in mind when trying to encourage others (and yourself) to change and to change the world.
1. “That makes no sense”
You can’t expect anything positive to come from telling a person that you think what they’re saying is stupid. A better choice of words would be, “I don’t understand” or “this does not make sense...
February 2010
9 posts
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you...”
– Maya Angelou (via thechocolatebrigade) (via whisperingwillow)