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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 1d

A hard but vital question to ponder until we can bring ourselves to addressing and responding: How can we engage our humanity to stop our inhumanity? This deep probing article seems to me to be quite reasonable and helpful.

Just Security @justsecurity.org · 1d

From Saddam Hussein’s draining of southern Iraq’s marshes to Russia’s attacks on a Ukrainian dam and nuclear power plant, calls are increasing to recognize mass environmental harms as international crimes.

@leilasadat1.bsky.social outlines a role for the proposed #CrimesAgainstHumanity treaty:

Case for Environmental Harm as a 12th Crime Against Humanity

Addressing the global environmental crisis requires urgent action. This treaty offers an opportunity to confront it directly and decisively.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 2d

not surprised but glad he went there, since all this is true. (also I wish I’d never heard of “prosperity theology”; alas)

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.

www.theatlantic.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 2d

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 2d

Watch the official trailer for Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal ✨

In theaters November 27 via @focusfeatures.bsky.social

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 3d

Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art."
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2025 was awarded to László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”

www.nobelprize.org

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 2d

OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
wordswithoutborders.org/.../view/lsz...

László Krasznahorkai - Words Without Borders

László Krasznahorkai is the recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction.

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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 3d

"This is me. This is Jane."

As we look back on what Dr. Jane accomplished, let's also look forward – and let's see how we can advance the mission she started. Because the Jane Goodall Institute and its chapters are bigger than any one person.

#RememberingJane #ThankYouJane

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 3d

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 4d

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 4d

Beautifulness!

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 4d

I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop “left-wing” terrorism. He is staging it.

His troop deployments are a false flag — meant to provoke a response in order to justify harsh crackdowns.

This is now very obvious.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 5d

Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Portland And Beyond

This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: “I’d do it if it was necessary.

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Gina Kellogg @gsew.bsky.social · 4d

Resist like this. Be strong like this. Support others like this.

#womensart
#artyear #resistance #support #bestrong
#artsky #photosky

Cliff photo from Meat Cove, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s all about strength to not be worn down and to be supportive of others.

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Incredibly important & extremely articulate argument here. Worth re-reading a few times to appreciate the gravity, strength & calm weight of reasoning—reasonableness itself— in the midst of reckless power. “Deference,” indeed, “is not blind obedience.” Grateful.

Nancy Gertner @ngertner.bsky.social · 5d

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Portland Judge’s Vital Lesson: Deference Is Not Blind Obedience

Judges can’t defer to determinations “untethered to facts.”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 5d

Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do — hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 5d

This is not a picture of sitting and doing nothing.

This is a picture of peering into the depths of what so many fear to see, fear to admit, fear to face.

James Baldwin said “it is the innocence which constitutes the crime” (The Fire Next Time, 1963, p. 6).

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s a toast to hope…that we can outlast the Hatfields & McCoys, defuse the tinderbox, & find ways to reinvigorate what Lincoln called “a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people” (1st Inaugural) & then asked: “Is there any better or equal hope in the world?"

Jerry at JMGVines @jjtb4v.bsky.social · 6d

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t live in Greenwood, but think this is a great idea and one that I hope spreads to other towns and cities. We need civic dialogue circles! Great plan, too, to pair snacks and security assurances. All the best!

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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 6d

This quote comes from a conversation in 2018 on Democracy Now!
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