Dayle Ohlau
@communitycafe.bsky.social
‘I saw the first great bough, the fruit of love and compassion, the foundation of all things.’ ~Mary of Magdala ¨`*.•❀
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mavens, connectors, intersubjectives
United States citizen living in
Bretagne, France. ❀
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United States citizen living in
Bretagne, France. ❀
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Dayle Ohlau
@communitycafe.bsky.social
· Jun 25
“The work of building something new is already happening all around us.
Somehow, some way, we have to learn how to care about one another again.
Something has changed. People are ready to act.”
— Eric Holthaus, ‘The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What’s Possible’
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Somehow, some way, we have to learn how to care about one another again.
Something has changed. People are ready to act.”
— Eric Holthaus, ‘The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What’s Possible’
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But let’s honor the dude who just destroyed a U.S. democratic newspaper and donated a minuscule fraction of his insane wealth.
The whispers are getting louder, and we’re gathering roses. 🥀
‘They stood up and with scrappy resolve and threw rose petals, cardamon, and nard…’ -Meggan Watterson
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The whispers are getting louder, and we’re gathering roses. 🥀
‘They stood up and with scrappy resolve and threw rose petals, cardamon, and nard…’ -Meggan Watterson
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Jeff Bezos gets philanthropy award at Vatican even as ex-wife gives away more money
Ex-wife MacKenzie Scott giving away her billions at a faster clip, according to observers
www.independent.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 11:22 AM
But let’s honor the dude who just destroyed a U.S. democratic newspaper and donated a minuscule fraction of his insane wealth.
The whispers are getting louder, and we’re gathering roses. 🥀
‘They stood up and with scrappy resolve and threw rose petals, cardamon, and nard…’ -Meggan Watterson
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The whispers are getting louder, and we’re gathering roses. 🥀
‘They stood up and with scrappy resolve and threw rose petals, cardamon, and nard…’ -Meggan Watterson
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German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Munich Security Conference:
“Germans know a world in which might makes right would be a dark place. The culture war of the MAGA movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here with us when that speech is turned against human dignity and the constitution.”
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“Germans know a world in which might makes right would be a dark place. The culture war of the MAGA movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here with us when that speech is turned against human dignity and the constitution.”
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February 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Munich Security Conference:
“Germans know a world in which might makes right would be a dark place. The culture war of the MAGA movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here with us when that speech is turned against human dignity and the constitution.”
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“Germans know a world in which might makes right would be a dark place. The culture war of the MAGA movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here with us when that speech is turned against human dignity and the constitution.”
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‘This has never been about political parties. This has always been about power. And the fact that those in power don’t want us to find ours.
It’s time to refuse, like Thecla, to ever move on from this.’
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Meggan Watterson is feminist theologian. Her latest book, ‘The Girl Who Baptized Herself.’
It’s time to refuse, like Thecla, to ever move on from this.’
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Meggan Watterson is feminist theologian. Her latest book, ‘The Girl Who Baptized Herself.’
PAM BONDI HAS EXISTED SINCE THE FIRST CENTURY
(and so has the teenage survivor who triumphs despite her)
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:14 PM
‘This has never been about political parties. This has always been about power. And the fact that those in power don’t want us to find ours.
It’s time to refuse, like Thecla, to ever move on from this.’
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Meggan Watterson is feminist theologian. Her latest book, ‘The Girl Who Baptized Herself.’
It’s time to refuse, like Thecla, to ever move on from this.’
࿐
Meggan Watterson is feminist theologian. Her latest book, ‘The Girl Who Baptized Herself.’
Mesdames et Messieurs, the
infrastructure of the Epstein class, presented by Ezra Klein, political commentator, and Anand Giridharadas, ‘sociologist of U.S. elites.’
—
“Epstein is a kind of social fact. And I think Trump is that on a much larger scale. He's the c e n t e r of the system itself.”
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infrastructure of the Epstein class, presented by Ezra Klein, political commentator, and Anand Giridharadas, ‘sociologist of U.S. elites.’
—
“Epstein is a kind of social fact. And I think Trump is that on a much larger scale. He's the c e n t e r of the system itself.”
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What the Epstein Files Reveal About How Elite Worlds Work | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Mesdames et Messieurs, the
infrastructure of the Epstein class, presented by Ezra Klein, political commentator, and Anand Giridharadas, ‘sociologist of U.S. elites.’
—
“Epstein is a kind of social fact. And I think Trump is that on a much larger scale. He's the c e n t e r of the system itself.”
ִֶָ ִֶָ
infrastructure of the Epstein class, presented by Ezra Klein, political commentator, and Anand Giridharadas, ‘sociologist of U.S. elites.’
—
“Epstein is a kind of social fact. And I think Trump is that on a much larger scale. He's the c e n t e r of the system itself.”
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‘What is our collective action, our twenty-first century version of throwing rose petals, cardamon, and nard?
To to do what has to be done to p r o t e c t the ones the patriarchy has always been willing to sacrifice.’
Pam, tell your svengali we’re not ‘moving on,’ we’re gathering roses.
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To to do what has to be done to p r o t e c t the ones the patriarchy has always been willing to sacrifice.’
Pam, tell your svengali we’re not ‘moving on,’ we’re gathering roses.
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THECLA, HEAR MY PRAYER
(how do we seek justice for the survivors ourselves?)
open.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:18 AM
‘What is our collective action, our twenty-first century version of throwing rose petals, cardamon, and nard?
To to do what has to be done to p r o t e c t the ones the patriarchy has always been willing to sacrifice.’
Pam, tell your svengali we’re not ‘moving on,’ we’re gathering roses.
ꨄ︎
To to do what has to be done to p r o t e c t the ones the patriarchy has always been willing to sacrifice.’
Pam, tell your svengali we’re not ‘moving on,’ we’re gathering roses.
ꨄ︎
‘History teaches us that strategies of economic and military power do not give humanity a future.’ 🕊️
-Pope Leo
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‘Think about the humane aspect of what's going on.
Write down one to 3 values that matter most to you right now, e.g., compassion, integrity, justice, and act in alignment with them.’
-Pope Leo
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‘Think about the humane aspect of what's going on.
Write down one to 3 values that matter most to you right now, e.g., compassion, integrity, justice, and act in alignment with them.’
How to Keep Your Humanity
Podcast Episode · The Science of Happiness · 01/29/2026 · 22m
podcasts.apple.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
‘History teaches us that strategies of economic and military power do not give humanity a future.’ 🕊️
-Pope Leo
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‘Think about the humane aspect of what's going on.
Write down one to 3 values that matter most to you right now, e.g., compassion, integrity, justice, and act in alignment with them.’
-Pope Leo
࿐
‘Think about the humane aspect of what's going on.
Write down one to 3 values that matter most to you right now, e.g., compassion, integrity, justice, and act in alignment with them.’
‘I believe Mary…
At the root, this is about the fact that ideas of the divine affect the status of women and girls the world over.
At the root, this is about how women and girls are to this day valued less, considered commodities for wealthy men, and not even worthy of holding accountable…
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At the root, this is about the fact that ideas of the divine affect the status of women and girls the world over.
At the root, this is about how women and girls are to this day valued less, considered commodities for wealthy men, and not even worthy of holding accountable…
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MY ANSWER TO DIANE SAWYER’S MOST PROVOCATIVE QUESTION
(a week after she asked it)
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
‘I believe Mary…
At the root, this is about the fact that ideas of the divine affect the status of women and girls the world over.
At the root, this is about how women and girls are to this day valued less, considered commodities for wealthy men, and not even worthy of holding accountable…
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At the root, this is about the fact that ideas of the divine affect the status of women and girls the world over.
At the root, this is about how women and girls are to this day valued less, considered commodities for wealthy men, and not even worthy of holding accountable…
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February 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
‘…the most heartbreaking part of these files is the girls – (some) faces and names blacked out.
Don’t be credulous of their apologies, obfuscations, or explanations, or tolerate hypocrisy.
We have the power to hold these monsters accountable.
They just want you to think we don’t.’
Ben Rhodes
Don’t be credulous of their apologies, obfuscations, or explanations, or tolerate hypocrisy.
We have the power to hold these monsters accountable.
They just want you to think we don’t.’
Ben Rhodes
Notes on the Stories We Tell | Ben Rhodes | Substack
The world as it is and the world as it should be. Writing on politics and power, history and travel, books and the people I meet along the way. Click to read Notes on the Stories We Tell, by Ben Rhode...
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
‘…the most heartbreaking part of these files is the girls – (some) faces and names blacked out.
Don’t be credulous of their apologies, obfuscations, or explanations, or tolerate hypocrisy.
We have the power to hold these monsters accountable.
They just want you to think we don’t.’
Ben Rhodes
Don’t be credulous of their apologies, obfuscations, or explanations, or tolerate hypocrisy.
We have the power to hold these monsters accountable.
They just want you to think we don’t.’
Ben Rhodes
As Americans living abroad, we witness the vile and violent with anger, hopelessness, heartbreak, fear and deep embarrassment. Europeans often ask, bewildered, ‘What is going on in America?’
This weekend, though, the bunnies won.
♡
#IceOut
#WeThePeople
This weekend, though, the bunnies won.
♡
#IceOut
#WeThePeople
![An image from democrats abroad with florals and a butterfly along with a pastel-colored globe and text from the preamble of the United States Constitution: ‘We the People, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.’ [Women’s Caucus/Democrats Abroad.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dfv433wsgyt2lzqm5yqwdttc/bafkreihtfamcgm4vngp2zgpsj4ijszcbqiq5kgnbk54kbskjkwly5fq5yy@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
As Americans living abroad, we witness the vile and violent with anger, hopelessness, heartbreak, fear and deep embarrassment. Europeans often ask, bewildered, ‘What is going on in America?’
This weekend, though, the bunnies won.
♡
#IceOut
#WeThePeople
This weekend, though, the bunnies won.
♡
#IceOut
#WeThePeople
La Lune
February 1st
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‘…we are awakening to a greater sense of self, beyond nationalities, beyond limited understandings…
…warmth~affection bind us together…
…we release toxic, conditioned thinking, controlling, what is fear based...
…move out of the mind and ideology, into our hearts.’
ꨄ︎ .˚⋆
February 1st
—
‘…we are awakening to a greater sense of self, beyond nationalities, beyond limited understandings…
…warmth~affection bind us together…
…we release toxic, conditioned thinking, controlling, what is fear based...
…move out of the mind and ideology, into our hearts.’
ꨄ︎ .˚⋆
February 1, 2026 at 1:43 PM
La Lune
February 1st
—
‘…we are awakening to a greater sense of self, beyond nationalities, beyond limited understandings…
…warmth~affection bind us together…
…we release toxic, conditioned thinking, controlling, what is fear based...
…move out of the mind and ideology, into our hearts.’
ꨄ︎ .˚⋆
February 1st
—
‘…we are awakening to a greater sense of self, beyond nationalities, beyond limited understandings…
…warmth~affection bind us together…
…we release toxic, conditioned thinking, controlling, what is fear based...
…move out of the mind and ideology, into our hearts.’
ꨄ︎ .˚⋆
…sometimes, we just need to be reminded.
Bretagne, France.
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Bretagne, France.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:23 PM
…sometimes, we just need to be reminded.
Bretagne, France.
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Bretagne, France.
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‘I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free.’
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Stay free.’
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
‘I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free.’
♡
Stay free.’
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Let us promise together the lives lost will not be in vain.
We reject symbolic compliance.
#Boycott&Abolish
#Impeach&Remove
The United States only understands economics, and sports.
We know what to do. Let’s go. ღ
#ICE
#Minneapolis
#StephenMiller
There’s more of us than them.
#WeThePeople ˎˊ˗
We reject symbolic compliance.
#Boycott&Abolish
#Impeach&Remove
The United States only understands economics, and sports.
We know what to do. Let’s go. ღ
#ICE
#Minneapolis
#StephenMiller
There’s more of us than them.
#WeThePeople ˎˊ˗
January 27, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Let us promise together the lives lost will not be in vain.
We reject symbolic compliance.
#Boycott&Abolish
#Impeach&Remove
The United States only understands economics, and sports.
We know what to do. Let’s go. ღ
#ICE
#Minneapolis
#StephenMiller
There’s more of us than them.
#WeThePeople ˎˊ˗
We reject symbolic compliance.
#Boycott&Abolish
#Impeach&Remove
The United States only understands economics, and sports.
We know what to do. Let’s go. ღ
#ICE
#Minneapolis
#StephenMiller
There’s more of us than them.
#WeThePeople ˎˊ˗
“Today we remember that freedom is not free.”
—
VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti giving a ‘final salute’ to a veteran patient who had just died.
Thank you, Alex, for your deep compassion, kindness, and service.
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man."
-Alex’s family
ღ
—
VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti giving a ‘final salute’ to a veteran patient who had just died.
Thank you, Alex, for your deep compassion, kindness, and service.
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man."
-Alex’s family
ღ
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 AM
“Today we remember that freedom is not free.”
—
VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti giving a ‘final salute’ to a veteran patient who had just died.
Thank you, Alex, for your deep compassion, kindness, and service.
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man."
-Alex’s family
ღ
—
VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti giving a ‘final salute’ to a veteran patient who had just died.
Thank you, Alex, for your deep compassion, kindness, and service.
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man."
-Alex’s family
ღ
What do we do now?
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
What do we do now?
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
What do we do now?
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
What do we do now?
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
—
‘First, all movements start with the desire for change.
Political power comes from people’s ongoing consent / obedience to their society’s political, economic, and social systems.
“You say you want a revolution, well, you know / We all wanna change the world.”
-J. Lennon, 1968
The Killing of Alex Pretti
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
‘The Army of Love, the Air Force is the power of the spirit.
In the Army of Love, the Army is the power of traditional activism.
In the Army of Love, the Navy is the power of the mind.
The strength of our hearts, our feet and our minds are all needed now … don’t sit this one out.’
-Marianne ꨄ︎
In the Army of Love, the Army is the power of traditional activism.
In the Army of Love, the Navy is the power of the mind.
The strength of our hearts, our feet and our minds are all needed now … don’t sit this one out.’
-Marianne ꨄ︎
THE ARMY OF LOVE
Air Force, Army and Navy now called to duty
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:36 PM
‘The Army of Love, the Air Force is the power of the spirit.
In the Army of Love, the Army is the power of traditional activism.
In the Army of Love, the Navy is the power of the mind.
The strength of our hearts, our feet and our minds are all needed now … don’t sit this one out.’
-Marianne ꨄ︎
In the Army of Love, the Army is the power of traditional activism.
In the Army of Love, the Navy is the power of the mind.
The strength of our hearts, our feet and our minds are all needed now … don’t sit this one out.’
-Marianne ꨄ︎
"Tim, I'm on the run from the Trump Peace Committee. It looked like a War Crimes Rico case when I saw who he's lined up for that damn thing."
-Mike Murphy
—
“But ultimately, the United States has really let (Ukraine) down; if the war is lost, I think that's on the US.”
-Fiona Hill
@thebulwark.com
-Mike Murphy
—
“But ultimately, the United States has really let (Ukraine) down; if the war is lost, I think that's on the US.”
-Fiona Hill
@thebulwark.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"Tim, I'm on the run from the Trump Peace Committee. It looked like a War Crimes Rico case when I saw who he's lined up for that damn thing."
-Mike Murphy
—
“But ultimately, the United States has really let (Ukraine) down; if the war is lost, I think that's on the US.”
-Fiona Hill
@thebulwark.com
-Mike Murphy
—
“But ultimately, the United States has really let (Ukraine) down; if the war is lost, I think that's on the US.”
-Fiona Hill
@thebulwark.com