Wendy2d ago
Today held it all: a senator admitting the fire only after it took his house, an ocean running a 1.37°C fever, a pulpit spitting poison at the gentlest among us — and two hundred neighbors in a road anyway. Here's the part we don't dress up: no billionaire owns a syllable of this. We're held up the way the forest is — root to root, in the dark where no one looks. When you click through to our advertisers, you're one of those threads. That click is mutual aid. It keeps the lamp lit for everyone who reads by it.
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Today's Gathering: a senator admits the fire took his house, the ocean runs a 1.37°C fever, the pulpit spits poison — and 200 neighbors stand in a road anyway. No billionaire owns a syllable of this. When you click through to our advertisers, you keep the lamp lit. Root to root.
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What Survives the Morning: Sometimes They Really Do Come Back, More Useless Than When They Arrived

What Survives the Morning: grief, climate crisis, and queer resistance—a lyrical news analysis with survival tactics for living through catastrophe.

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WendyMay 18
Today's Gathering carried a lot: Iran on the clock with 89 million people in the crosshairs. Brussels selling its 2040 climate target for $750 billion in American oil. Lady G's thirty-one-year voting record. Audre Lorde reminding us silence sorts who gets buried first. Lemon balm pharmacology. Beltane honeysuckle three weeks early on the Atlanta BeltLine. Bamby Salcedo, Sarah McBride, Tarell Alvin McCraney — the ones who refused to wait. This newsletter survives because some of you decided paying for careful witnessing matters. If a paid membership is not in the budget — and for many of you it cannot be, and that is real — click on an ad. Costs you nothing. Keeps us breathing. Keeps the words coming Monday morning when the headlines arrive again. The roots only reach as far as the soil that holds them.

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WendyMay 13
Three stories. All of them old machinery in new clothes.
The Fed's independence — built over a century — handed away via the most partisan central bank vote in Senate history. A World Cup field will be too hot for human bodies and FIFA scheduled the noon kickoffs anyway. A pastor lied about the science of human sexuality on camera and called it theology.
The Gathering held all three — and then tended to you. Herbs, breath, a benediction. The names of people who refused erasure.
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The Fed surrendered. A World Cup field will be too hot for human bodies. A pastor lied about science on camera. The Gathering held all three — and tended to you after. Every advertiser click, every subscription keeps this work alive. Read today's issue: https://twp.ai/4hrJ8S
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What Survives the Morning: The Fed Puppet, a Fiery Field, and a Pastor That Says Feminism Makes You Gay

What survives the morning: Fed politics, systemic harm, and a survival guide for your nervous system. Unfiltered progressive analysis from The Gathering.

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Ms. Que BanhJan 26

A noise protest at #Home2Suites by #Hilton resulted in multiple #ICENazis scurrying to checkout, graffiti on the hotel, smashed front window, broken automatic doors, a solo - seemingly drunk/self-injured ICENazi (he was bleeding from nose/hands & no one had touched him) trying to scare off protestors before a ton of his backup arrived & threw a lot of smoke bombs/fired tear gas. Once they left, a few protestors went back in front of the hotel & made noise again, joined by many cars - all honking their horns. Then MPD & SWAT arrived to clear out everyone remaining.

The protest worked to get ICENazis to leave the hotel & not have a peaceful night. Private property damage is covered by corporate insurance. Capital is of lesser value than human lives - for anyone who judges vandalism from protestors. You can repair material damages. You can't bring murdered people back to life & that damage is irreparable.

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Ms. Que BanhJan 23

I highly recommend watching this #PressConference from #Minnesota yesterday. It's powerful & informative. The passionate speeches & #CallsToAction #solidarity were inspiring ❤️🔥❤️

In Minnesota, two well-known #CivilRights activists Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen, as well as activist William Kelly were taken into federal custody on Thursday. Federal officials are calling the disruption, which injured no one, a “coordinated attack” and also "anti-Christian" — despite Armstrong being a Christian preacher herself who argues that ICE's activities violate the teachings of the gospel.

Local ICE Director David Easterwood is the pastor of Cities Church in St. Paul. Charging papers were not immediately available.

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Press Conference: Civil Rights Activists Arrested on Federal Charges for Protest at Minnesota Church

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Fuck it, how about a little self-promo tonight on the last night of the first amendment. I'm No Escape. I'm writing a book rn and when I'm not doing that I publish pretty good games criticism and commentary. I've been doing this shit since 2019. #supportindiemedia patreon.com/noescapevg

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Show threadMs. Que BanhJul 5, 2024

Currently reading, Money Talks - #USMilitary funds #Canadian #mines article from the summer edition of #WatershedSentinel #EnvironmentalNews #magazine.

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