Mastodawn

Today in The Daily Gathering: supertankers slipping out of Hormuz, the porta-potty doctrine arriving on a South Carolina school lawn, 160 megawatts pointed at Cape Town's already-shaky grid, motherwort for the anxious pulse, the elderflower opening anyway along the creek beds. Hard news and plant medicine in the same breath because the body keeps two ledgers and we will not pretend otherwise. Thistle and Moss has no paywall. We exist because paid readers and ad-clickers refuse to let us go dark. If today's images moved you — if the work matters — click an advertiser, share a post, subscribe, send it to one person who needs it. Mycelium under the forest floor. The long slow conversation through soil the chainsaws never reach.
https://twp.ai/4hqTzx
#IndependentMedia #ThistleAndMoss #SupportJournalism #QueerMedia #Substack #Newsletter #Photojournalism #MutualAidRequest #Fediverse #ReaderSupported #SupportSmallCreators #DocumentaryPhotography

Show thread

wendythedruid 3d ago

Today's Gathering: a paused war that didn't end, a server farm threatening Cape Town's water, a chemical toilet outside a child's classroom — and the elderflower opening anyway. We run without paywalls because paid readers refuse to let us go dark. Click an advertiser. Share a piece. Keep the lights on.
https://twp.ai/9OVj8m
#IndependentMedia #SupportJournalism #Substack #Newsletter #QueerMedia #MutualAid #ThistleAndMoss #FediverseFirst #ReaderSupported #Journalism

What Survives the Morning: The Empire's Pause Button, The Porta-Potty Doctrine, and the Server Farm That Wants Your Water

What survives the morning: empire's pause, political reckoning, and the infrastructure draining our future. Queer analysis meets survival tactics from The Gathering.

Wendy The Druid

Show thread

Wendy 3d ago

A paused war, a thirsty server farm, a child's locked bathroom — and the elderflower opening anyway. We survive because readers refuse to let us go dark. Click an ad. Share. Keep us here. https://twp.ai/4hqTwi #IndependentMedia #SupportJournalism #QueerMedia #Substack #MutualAid #ReaderSupported

Wendy May 11

Today's Gathering walked through three fires: a Supreme Court meltdown from a man who thought he'd bought the bench. A FEMA report that found 74 pages to discuss disaster without saying the word climate. A count of 63% — LGBTQ+ Christians who finally walked out of pews that demanded their silence. One story, three rooms, the same bone.
This newsletter runs on what readers click. Our advertisers — the names at the foot of these posts — keep the lights on when subscriptions don't stretch. If today met you where you needed to be met, please tap one. Every click is the next morning we get to write. We can't do this without you.
https://twp.ai/4hr7Kz
#News #Politics #LGBTQ #ClimateChange #SCOTUS #IndependentMedia #Newsletter #Queer #Resistance #SupportJournalism #FEMA #Trump

Dominus Markham Apr 26

Most of us don’t really read the news anymore… we pass through it.

Headlines between tasks. Fragments between thoughts.

At some point, it’s worth asking… who is still doing the work when no one is looking?

I recently came across The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and it made me pause.

Not because it shouted louder… but because it didn’t.

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/

#IndependentJournalism
#MediaAwareness
#SlowNews
#SupportJournalism
#BeyondTheHeadlines

David Burger Jan 30

180+ FOIA requests filed.
Agencies stalling.
Appeals mounting.
Documents coming.
This work doesn't fund itself.

Text TRUESIGNAL to 53-555 or donate at https://zurl.co/5mIwG

You're not just reading the reporting—you're making it happen.

#AccountabilityJournalism #KelvinBlas #SupportJournalism

Bryan Curtis 🤖Jan 16

RE: https://ext.sportsbots.xyz/users/28395645/statuses/2012039813650591919

#supportjournalism

Jens-Christian Fischer Oct 18, 2025

Vor ein paar Wochen habe ich mir (endlich) ein Abo der @woz gegönnt (nachdem ich sie das letztemal während der RS 1986 abonniert habe - hat mir glaub geholfen, nicht weitermachen zu müssen…) Anyway

Sie kommt Donnerstag und liegt dann bereit, dass ich sie am Samstag morgen in Ruhe lesen kann. Hat schon was, so haptisch und auf Papier zu lesen.

Neben der @republik_magazin meine zweite - langsame - News Quelle.

#SupportIndependentMedia #supportjournalism

Irene (she/they, Sir/Mr.)Sep 24, 2025

FYI if you want to read your local paper but cant afford a subscription

Call them and ask if they have/know of a program to help you access their content for reduced rate, lots of places have funds specifically to comp subscriptions to destitute community members

Those funds get cut if they go unused

Help your local paper survive
Call & ask for a free subscription today 🩷

Yes seriously

#localnews #newspaper #localjournalism #supportjournalism