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Hinter dem Namen: „The Gathering“ ist das, was unter der Erde vor sich geht, während der Lärm die Luft beherrscht.

Der myzelartige Faden, der im Dunkeln Zucker von Wurzel zu Wurzel weiterleitet – ohne etwas zu verlangen, alles miteinander verbindend –, sodass, wenn ein Baum getroffen wird, der ganze Bestand es bereits weiß, ihn nährt und stützt.

Das sind wir. Kein Milliardär hat Einfluss auf unsere Waage, nur du. Wir nehmen die Hitze und die Lüge und das im Arm gehaltene Neugeborene gemeinsam auf – sie gehören zum selben Sommer.

Wenn du auf einen unserer Werbepartner klickst, wirst du zum Zucker, der durch die Wurzel fließt. Das ist keine Transaktion. Das ist gegenseitige Hilfe.

So überlebt der ganze Bestand einen getroffenen Baum.
Gus am bris an latha – bis der Tag anbricht. Geh behutsam, und geh trotzdem.

https://twp.ai/4hsPRR
#GegenseitigeHilfe #UnabhängigeMedien #Gemeinschaft #Solidarität #Stolz #LGBTQ #Queer #SupportIndie #Fediverse #EarthBased #GrassRoots #Nachrichten

What Survives the Morning: "I Love the Inflation": The Day the Bastard Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

What Survives the Morning: HR insights from the trenches. Discover practical, real-world advice for navigating workplace challenges with an insider's guide to thriving in HR.

Wendy The Druid
“Keep the Game Beautiful”: Why ICE Crackdown & FIFA Greed Could Spoil the World Cup

“People are really, really afraid … that ICE will go and raid communities where people are watching and gathering together” to watch the FIFA World Cup, says Nelini Stamp. She is an organizer with the Our Copa campaign, a grassroots initiative that aims to protect immigrant fans, center the sport’s working-class roots, and host accessible local watch parties during the World Cup. “We will keep each other safe as much as possible during these games,” says Stamp.

Democracy Now!
Behind the name: The Gathering is what runs underground while the noise owns the air. The mycelial thread, passing sugar root to root in the dark — asking nothing, connecting everything — so that when one tree is struck, the whole stand already knows, and feeds it, and holds.
That's what we are. No billionaire's thumb on our scale, just yours. We take the heat and the lie and the held newborn all together — they belong to the same summer.
When you click one of our advertisers, you become the sugar moving through the root. That's not a transaction. That's mutual aid. That's how the whole stand survives a struck tree.
Gus am bris an latha — until the day breaks. Go gently, and go anyway.
https://twp.ai/4hsPRR
#MutualAid #IndependentMedia #Community #Solidarity #Pride #LGBTQ #Queer #SupportIndie #Fediverse #EarthBased #GrassRoots #News
The Gathering is the white thread under the leaf-litter — miles of it, knitting root to root so when one tree is struck the whole stand sends what it can. No billionaire, no board, no mattress ad between the fury and the blessing. Clicking our partners is how the network keeps feeding itself. Click one. Keep the lights on for the next reader.
https://twp.ai/4hsRVC
#MutualAidRequest #IndependentMedia #SupportSmallPublishers #Community #LGBTQ #Solidarity #QueerMedia #GrassRoots #News #Resist
What Survives the Morning: The Word for Mother in Every Language

Explore the word for mother across languages—a lyrical meditation on survival, connection, and what endures. Plus: free summer gummies from Cycling Frog.

Wendy The Druid
Beyond the rodeo: How the Ponoka Stampede spurs grassroots community groups
For one week every summer, the Ponoka Stampede is more than just the town's biggest annual event, it becomes a vital financial lifeline for many local community organizations.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ponoka-stampede-non-profits-9.7229266?cmp=rss
NFNL Division 3 – Round 9 Review

BUNDOORA, VIC. (NFNL HQ). — Round 9 of the Northern Football Netball League's Division 3 football marked the time in the season when each team had played eight games and the halfway point of the season.

VicNews
The 2025 Victoria Anarchist Bookfair is Confirmed! - Victoria Anarchist Bookfair

The Victoria Anarchist Bookfair is an annual gathering of anarchist and anarchist adjacent booksellers, presses, and authors, including zinesters and other intrepid self-publishing individuals and groups. We also, on a case by case basis, consider applications of artists and artisans working in a variety of mediums who also promote anarchist values. Finally, we also foster relationship building by including  participation by anarchist and anti-authoritarian affiliated activist and cultural organisations.

Victoria Anarchist Bookfair
Toronto protests impending death of Sneaky Dee's with graffiti and cartoon dongs
The revived plan to redevelop Toronto's beloved Sneaky Dee's with a condo tower has stirred up strong emotions among the dive bar's loyal patrons. And while some are pleading with City Hall and organizing grassroots campaigns to halt the planned change, others are letting their anger boil over for all to see.An application fi...
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/06/toronto-protests-death-sneaky-dees/

Indiana's grassroots are (slowly) coming together to push back against the TOXIC capitalist oligarchs who've been funding both parties. Those officials funded by big money will not save us - so WE must save ourselves!

#IndianaPolitics #Grassroots #FightTheOlgicarchy

the only way to prevent co-optation is for our orgs to be #grassroots & #marxist. our analysis is one of few things moneyed interests can't co-opt.

if you're a creative person that's a part of this discussion on signal, discord, or somewhere on the fediverse, dm me -- i'd like to join 👀 #ai #socialism #scientificsocialism