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Hildy Gottlieb
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Futurist, writer, speaker, explorer. Dog person.
Mostly I post at LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/hildygottlieb/
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I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A podcast all about this question:
What actually creates social change?
rss.com/podcasts/cre...
Creating the Future | Podcast on RSS.com
What does it take to create visionary social change? If we want to see a future that is more humane, more equitable, more healthy, more loving, more compassionate – what does it take to create that?.W...
rss.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
What does it really take to resist authoritarianism?
What does it look like to "not obey in advance?"

nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-not-o...
How to Not “Obey in Advance”—Actions for Resisting Authoritarianism - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
These are not normal times for nonprofits and movements. But these times also provide an opportunity to recommit to mission and advance the values that we hold dear.
nonprofitquarterly.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dear April Fools Day:
Not this year. I'm having a hard enough time fact-checking everything I see.

We are all at the breaking point. We will believe anything. And in the same breath, not believe anything.

Please give us a break this year.

Signed,
I just can't
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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More of this!
March 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We need to STOP saying that Trump lies.
Instead, he is MAKING THINGS UP.

LYING makes him sound machiavellian - strong, smart, conniving.

MAKING THINGS UP sounds more like a 5 year old who says they saw a dragon at the park. And that isn't strong or conniving or smart; it's acting like a child.
March 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
HYBRID PUBLISHING:
If you published your book using a hybrid publisher...
💥What did you like about the process?
💥What did you not like?
💥Would you recommend that publisher, and if so, why?

I know I will have other questions later on, but for now - these are a start. Anyone?
March 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This single phrase has been helping us navigate these truly insane times: "Future me knows how to do this."

In this week's newsletter, we shared an exercise for asking "Future You" for that wisdom. It's been helping our team and we hope it helps you.

creatingthefuture.org/e-journals/2...
March 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you brandish weapons and enter my home, claiming it as your own...
And I fight back with all my might...
Is the whole thing my fault for having a home in the first place?
#Ukraine
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Also pondering...
Normally if an elected official or appointee is caught in a scandal, they resign in disgrace. Wondering what it would take to be scandal enough for this crew...
February 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thinking out loud.
Wondering what rounding up anyone who looks foreign is doing to US #tourism. Or US-based conferences with an international draw. Probably too early to tell, but...
February 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What happens if the executive branch defies court orders? A must-read legal analysis.

#democracy #constitutionalcrisis
What Happens If Trump Defies Court Orders?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
In addition to calling my congressional reps, I’m calling my STATE and LOCAL legislators. They have the power to either comply or resist right now.

Unlike federal, those officials are our neighbors. And they are easy to beat in the next election. They are all on my list right now.
February 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
5 ways your #nonprofit can resist and rebel against the attack on ALL nonprofits (and the constitution)
creatingthefuture.org/e-journals/2...
What “Do not obey in advance” means for YOU – Creating the Future
creatingthefuture.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Actions have consequences
February 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My husband has always observed that I am my most articulate when someone pisses me off. I guess I should thank the new president for making me more articulate than I could ever imagine...
February 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The ever wise Anand Giridharadas asks, "Where the hell is the opposition?" While Rome is burning, where are the Democrats?

(Also a strong recommendation to follow @anandwrites.bsky.social )
RANT: Where the hell is the opposition?
We need an extraordinary pro-democracy opposition. We don't have one
the.ink
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What will your nonprofit do during this attack on all US non-profits?

Here are some steps you can take right now.
What “Do not obey in advance” means for YOU – Creating the Future
creatingthefuture.org
January 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
When the shock settles down, it is time for us to fight like the lives of everyone in our communities depends on it. Because it does.
President Trump’s order freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans sent officials at schools, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and many others into a frantic scramble to understand the extent of the directive. Here's what to know.
Order to pause federal spending creates deep uncertainty for schools, nonprofits and companies.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM