Forest Weld
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Forest Weld
@forestweld.bsky.social
Be not addicted to outrage and suspicion. Be instead enamored of brotherhood, empathy for those in worse circumstances unknown, and love.
January 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The real reason Venezuela matters
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January 8, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Remember the Unsung Resistance Fighters
Some punched above their weight
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January 6, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Happy New Year, everyone. Let us make it be so.
Pentatonix - Imagine (Official Video)
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January 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
"Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amounts of publicity or great power in government. When you help someone in any of thousands of ways, you help the world. Kindness is costless but also priceless."
— Warren Buffett
December 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pete Hegseth, Laura Loomer, Kristi Noem, Congressman Randy Fine of Florida, Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Indiana state senator Chris Garten, by their "Christmas" messages show themselves to be true acolytes of the Antichrist, wolves in sheep's clothing. Turn the other cheek.
December 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy!
And so, at this Christmas time, I greet you, with the prayer that for you, now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away.
(From the Christmas letter of Fra Giovanni Giocondo)
December 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I salute you.
There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much that, while I cannot give, you can take.
No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven!
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take peace!
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December 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited,” returned the nephew: “Christmas among the rest . And, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!”
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The End of It
Yes! And the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own, to make amends in!
I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!” Scrooge repeated. “The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead,” said Scrooge. “But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus!”

“Good Spirit, your nature intercedes for me & pities me. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows.
December 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“Spirit! This is a fearful place. In leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. Let us go!”
Again, it seemed to look upon him.
“If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion caused by this man’s death,” said Scrooge quite agonized, “show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you!”
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM