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Ruth Glendinning

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https://www.futurestorylab.com/bene-esse #cronesofanarchy #generationjones Economic Product Designer // Poet // Bene Esse // Future Story Lab // Lexicon of Future // Anti-Fragile Playbook // Peace Economics // Originator S.L.O.W. Tech // #womenswork

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 20d

"Bene Esse is a rooted, regenerative response to economic trauma, built from the ground up, weaving threads of dignity, safety, and sovereignty." ~ Bene Esse: Rooting Peace in the Household #seedrootgrowsustainflourish

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What is a Peace Economy?

International Day of Peace 2025

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 1d

Bob Ross, "dedicated his life to making art accessible to everyone," said Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross Inc. "This auction ensures his legacy continues to support the very medium that brought his joy and creativity into American homes for decades."
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to raise money for public TV stations after funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations after federal funding cuts.

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 2d

Over 300 students within the Cincinnati Public School system do not have a place to sleep at night, oftentimes sleeping in their parents’ cars.

Cincinnati Public Schools is offering a secure lot for families to sleep in their vehicles on school property.

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School district opens parking lot for homeless students to sleep in

Over 300 students within the Cincinnati Public School system do not have a place to sleep at night, oftentimes sleeping in their parents’ cars.

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 2d

"Incorporating into a city would give the community the power to create a noise ordinance they hope will force the $5 billion Bitcoin company to quiet down." www.texastribune.org/2025/10/09/t...?

A North Texas community will vote to form a city in an effort to quiet down a crypto mine

Leaders of the effort say they moved to rural Hood County for its quiet country charm, which was shattered by what locals call “that roar” from the facility.

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 2d

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 2d

Ndlova Youth Choir’s Glorious IsiZulu Version Of Bohemian Rhapsody Transforms Queen Classic

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Ndlovu Youth Choir - Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Music Video) isiZulu version

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · Mar 4

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 2d

Jess Russell-Perry bought a five-and-a-half-acre plot for £89k in 2023, split between woodlands and meadow. With her partner, Gabe King, she has planted more than 650 trees on the meadow to extend the woods and dug ponds for water storage

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 2d

It’s ALWAYS about the money.

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As Trump Downplays Epstein, Wyden Unveils Details of Treasury’s Undisclosed Epstein File | The United States Senate Committee on Finance

As Trump Downplays Epstein, Wyden Unveils Details of Treasury’s Undisclosed Epstein File

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. When we were looking for programs to help Keith. We learned about the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP), a program created by a 1993 federal law that requires states to recoup funds from the estates of deceased Medicaid recipients.
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One Woman's Fight Against Texas' Medicaid Estate Recovery Program

Her mother had been in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now, the state wanted its money back: “It was like wild animals pouncing on meat."

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 4d

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

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The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 4d

The day after Ryan Walters officially resigned as Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, another state official is calling for a post-mortem on his spending at the State Department of Education.

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Oklahoma AG requests investigation of education department, 1 day after Walters resigns

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 5d

Back to Day One
For me, it’s been almost two decades, with the hardest and most essential work coming in the last five years.

I can’t predict my own future, but I am committed to keep doing the work, clearing the ego traps, and refreshing the screen.

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 5d

"I think that we are in some kind of final examination as to whether human beings now,... whether we're really qualified to take on the responsibility we're designed to be entrusted with...Does the individual have the courage to really go along with the truth?." ~ Buckminster Fuller

Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 5d

"They’ve shut down the government, yes. But they’ve also shut down empathy, decency, and care for the people who make this country run. Because while the Word says, “Choose life,” this government has chosen death." ~
Dr Stacey Patton

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When the Government Chooses Death

A Sunday Sermon on White Supremacy, Greed, and the Sin of the Shutdown

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 6d

"Learn how this knowledge can improve our physical & mental health, help us learn and flourish, and build stronger communities.

Many think of the arts as entertainment or an escape. A luxury of some kind. This book will show you the arts are so much more."

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Ruth Glendinning @futurestorylab.bsky.social · 6d

The big advantage he has is that he's an old white male, a protected class in the US.