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Sharing original content on pragmatic activism, disability advocacy & everyday art-- thru an engaged Buddhist lens. "Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what is the use of seeing?" Thich Nhat Hanh

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · Mar 17

“Nonviolent action... is the most effective way to confront adversity.” #ThichNhatHanh

Mom 🔹Med School Prof 🔹 Disability Ally & Researcher 🔹 Yogi 🔹 Bodhisattva (budding) 🔹Djembe (developing) 🔹Rawls' "original position" (believer) 🌻

Littel red "Never Give Up" book, rubik's cube & tink of screwdrivers on small mahogany helix-shaped end-table by window.

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 58m

Nirvana

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 59m

“Yo- you hear that? Some humans are trying to crash our party .”

A group of deer on a suburban lawn, appear to be having a convocation and looking over their shoulders

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 1h

Shakespeare Garden, Central Park. (NYC- Oct 9)

#flowers #photography #nature #joy

If you could describe a flower suite, that’s what I would call these. Orange and yellow tiny little things in the middle of Green leaves

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 16h

more of this, every town, every day

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 17h

"While I've been solving problems, Jack Ciattarelli has been running for governor for nearly 10 years straight." @mikiesherrill.bsky.social

Jack: a decade of self-service, not public service
2 losses, still running. This is about his ambition, not NJ

@atnj.org @njyoungdems.bsky.social

Mikie Sherrill: While I've been solving problems, Jack Ciattarelli has been running for governor for 10 years straight.

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 17h

Saying the quiet part out loud

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 18h

Across faiths, opioid profits are immoral
𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐦: Right livelihood- earn w/o harm
𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐦: Tzedek, tzedek tirdof- pursue justice, not gain from suffering
𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: What does it profit a man to gain the world & lose his soul?
𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦: Halal wealth is earned with mercy, never thru harm
@atnj.org

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 19h

This man is unfit for public office-or to be around the women of NJ:
@atnj.org

www.insidernj.com/womens-organ...

Women’s Organizations Condemn Jack Ciatterelli Video - Insider NJ

Today, women’s organizations across New Jersey expressed outrage over a video of Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli summarizing a conversation with President Donald Trump. In the vide...

www.insidernj.com

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 20h

Jack is unfit, not only b/c of this racist xenophobia- but also b/c of his crude, aggressive misogyny www.insidernj.com/womens-organ...

Women’s Organizations Condemn Jack Ciatterelli Video - Insider NJ

www.insidernj.com

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 1d

Wow - you nailed it.

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 1d

This man should not be anywhere near a position of power… Or women for that matter.

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 1d

Right makes might.

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 1d

Tariff impacts, health care hikes, Gateway rail stoppage-
Regardless of question, Jack's:
"I'm not familiar...."
"I don't know exactly what the impact..."
"I don't know if the % is that high..."

@atnj.org
www.facebook.com/reel/1230859...

30K views · 711 reactions | Dodge and weave, Jack. Anything to avoid answering for his 100% support of Donald Trump that hurts NJ families. | New Jersey Democratic State Committee

Dodge and weave, Jack. Anything to avoid answering for his 100% support of Donald Trump that hurts NJ families..

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 1d

this is very funny

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michnutrish.bsky.social @michnutrish.bsky.social · 2d

@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @karenb4good.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @samschifrien.bsky.social @omzach.bsky.social @briantylercohen.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @velshimsnbc.bsky.social #nj #newjersey #fdt #resistance #insurance #nokings

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 2d

Yes - and of those who supported it, and those who are silently complicit, and those who refuse to stay silent like this pastor

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 2d

CHAT GPT analyzed Jack's reference to his female opponent:
"If it’s a sex-based insult like “b****” (implied, since he’s running against a woman)

Possible phrase: “𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃****!”

Tone: overtly 𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗗𝗘 & 𝗔𝗚𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘

Toxic Masculinity. Unfit.

@atnj.org

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 2d

I am not a pollster- but a different vibe today

90 minutes on eastbound Rt. 4 overpass- Paramus New Jersey

VERY ATYPICAL- All happy honks & 👍👍. Just one F**k You -

@atnj.org @indivisiblenj5.bsky.social
@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social

Vote for Mikey spelled out on a highway overpass

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 2d

Make Jack A 3x Loser
Jack Doesn’t Have NJs Back
👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 3d

T̴r̴u̴m̴p̴ ̴c̴r̴i̴t̴i̴c̴s̴ Defenders of Democracy take to NJ bridges for ‘rush-hour resistance’ (fixed headline)
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/06/t...

@visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @atnj.org @50501movement.bsky.social @njindivisible.bsky.social

Trump critics take to NJ bridges for 'rush-hour resistance' • New Jersey Monitor

Visibility brigades, which started in Paramus in 2020, have become popular nationally as Trump critics try to reach unengaged citizens.

newjerseymonitor.com

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 3d

"...𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞...𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞..." (𝐂𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐑 2024, 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫)

Zip-tied children / Don't Fear The Reaper / Dept. of War /

The "𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞"is now. Action's the Antidote. Join #NoKings Oct 18: www.nokings.org
@atnj.org

www.imdb.com/title/tt1727...

Civil War (2024) ⭐ 7.0 | Action, Thriller

1h 49m | R

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 3d

Cool as a cucumber.

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 4d

I quit the Washington Post a while ago. I start my morning with the Economist, then come to The Atlantic and finish with The Guardian- 2/3 non-US based. @theatlantic.com @theguardian.com

KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 4d

When the pillars of civil society speak out change will come: members of the clergy, the military, and current and former government officials.

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KarenB4Good @karenb4good.bsky.social · 4d

🆘 Democracy's On A Defibrillator 🆘
Action is the Antidote.
This weekend our cars were rolling billboards.
Fight Fascism. Stop the ICE Threat. Together We Win.
This is YOUR wake-up call. #BeBraveWithUs @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social

Join an Oct 18th #NoKings event: www.nokings.org

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