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Retired Art Therapist for 25 years, retired clergy (UCC, a mainline progressive denomination). Currently living in Northeastern US.
I don't think I've read as brutal an indictment against a culture as this one by @pluralistic

This is Mycena rosoflava. A species of agaric mushroom in the family Mycenaceae. It is a wood-inhabiting mushroom native to New Zealand.

It is also quite beautiful in my opinion, which is the real reason why I'm posting it ...

📷 Photographed by Aucklander Jay Lichter at Hunua Falls in May 2024

my doctor asked if I was getting enough sleep and I laughed for so long she made a note
After watching the SOTU graphically depict scenes of violence ad nauseum last night, I went to bed. I dreamed the most beautiful visions of love, depicted as a tapestry of children's rights as human rights; of love's emmisary on earth righting the wrongs among us by deepening the human capacity to see love.
How many people here would be interested if I did a digital security/privacy advice blog somewhere?
Dear friends from outside the Twin Cities: Did you know that when the Feds detain you without cause at Whipple--protesters, observers, citizens, non-citizens, doesn't matter--they release you into the cold with no coat, no phone (they keep your phone--why???), no way to get home. You could freeze to death out there. But fortunately a group called Haven Watch is waiting, a bunch of volunteers who usher released detainees into their warm cars, give them coats, burner phones
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/01/26/inside-the-group-that-helps-ice-detainees-released-from-whipple-find-warmth-phones-and-rides?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPotn5jbGNrA-i2b2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHtrmFWmLK5XP5S27MD9np9VBm1ypwEePRksKGmNa3qxth1aWI3fpr6YaTV9q_aem_bbpOYVn9u2lkNx2S4CatBw

“‘Were you scared?’ Cooper asked.

‘I was terrified, but I was more worried about this not being documented.’”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/stella-carlson-cnn-interview-pretti-filming-witness/

True heroism and bearing witness: the woman who documented the killing of Alex Pretti

Stella Carlson, who recorded the horror up close, speaks out in an extraordinary CNN interview.

Mother Jones

Pretty sure everyone who saw me post about #AmandaGorman’s poem the other day knew this quilt top was coming

I’d also like to thank @kristinHenry, who’s recent ink drawings of the MN flag gave me inspiration when I was looking for the perfect complement to Gorman’s words

#Quilting #Protest #Minneapolis

Meta blocks links to ICE List across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Mark Zuckerberg's social media platforms are assisting the Trump administration.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/meta-blocks-links-to-ice-list-across-facebook-instagram-and-threads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social