Keith Purtell

@KeithPurtell
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Worker rights, Landscape photos, Nature, Web dev, Non-Violent Communication (NVC). “Not the land-owner or the shopkeeper” https://bit.ly/3HdjvmR http://bit.ly/3tkY33F / “Most of the social problems we’re experiencing are because billionaires don’t want to pay their taxes.”—Hawk
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Odd things kept happening. Facebook compliments ignored by family. Greeting cards ignored. But the truth finally came out... https://keithpurtell.com/family-secrecy.php
Family secrecy - Struggling for answers

A long-held plan to secretly ostracize family members comes to light. What can the targeted family members do?

These Favored Things
The French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) is the most prominent figure who famously urged people not to trust their own certainty. Through his "Essays," he revived Pyrrhonian skepticism, arguing that human reason and senses are inherently deceptive and insufficient for grasping absolute truth.
Montaigne argued that because human faculties are limited and fallible, people should avoid the arrogance of claiming absolute knowledge.

John Nelson Darby (1800–1882), a 19th-century Plymouth Brethren leader, is widely credited with popularizing the modern "pre-tribulation #rapture" theory around 1830. He developed this concept within the framework of Dispensationalism. —Google

Rapture is not in the Bible. It's a modern fantasy.

Politicians in #Oklahoma determined to punish abuse survivors… https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
The Victims Who Fought Back

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

ProPublica
The Metta Prayer of Loving Kindness

The Metta Prayer is a beautiful mantra that emphasizes loving kindness for yourself and others. Use it in your daily routines.

Living Marvelously

Tomorrow, 7 March, grassroots and civil society unions and organizations from over 30 countries will convene in #Amsterdam to support The Hague Group, a global bloc of states formed to coordinate measures in defense of international #law and #solidarity with the people of #Palestine

https://act.progressive.international/peoples-congress-follow-online/

#BDS #TheHagueGroup #news #tiktok #resistance #protest #activism #humanrights #icc #UN #internationallaw #iran #genocide #FreePalestine #cdnpoli #mastodon
@politics @socialmedia @democracy

Fired, But For the Wrong Reason (Joyce Vance/Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/fired-but-for-the-wrong-reason
http://www.memeorandum.com/260306/p32#a260306p32

Fired, But For the Wrong Reason

Today, Donald Trump fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

Trumpy talk about an 'imminent' threat from Iran is bogus, and his war violates the UN Charter

The U.S. and four other nuclear-armed nations spend trillions to upgrade and expand their arsenals of thousands of nukes while war is made on Iran, which has zero.

https://www.unchartedblue.com/trumpy-talk-about-an-imminent-threat-from-iran-is-bogus-and-his-war-violates-the-un-charter/

Trumpy talk about an 'imminent' threat from Iran is bogus, and his war violates the UN Charter

The U.S. and four other nuclear-armed nations spend trillions to upgrade and expand their arsenals of thousands of nukes while war is made on Iran, which has zero.

Uncharted Blue
CPJ calls for immediate release of jailed journalists in Iran amid escalating conflict - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, March 3, 2026 –The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned about the safety of all journalists imprisoned in Iran amid the ongoing regional escalation and reiterates its calls on Iranian authorities to release them immediately and unconditionally.  A near-total internet blackout and severe communication disruptions have effectively cut off detainees from...

Committee to Protect Journalists
Greed has become so prevalent in the U.S. business sector that it's not enough to describe it as the elephant in the room. Instead, it is the Patagotitan; a huge dinosaur.