Laura Connealy
@laurac19.bsky.social
Librarian, crayon and tissue paper artist, environmental advocate, tango dancer, live music follower, Aptera enthusiast ,student of freedom, enlightenment and community.
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Freedom of Speech is not a firehose of digital information. Freedom of speech is a ‘fair-flowing fountain’ , to borrow a phrase from Euripides . Its justification is of quality, not quantity. The qualities are truth and risk.” — Timothy Snyder in Freedom p. 190
#freedomofspeech #timothysnyder
#freedomofspeech #timothysnyder
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Freedom of Speech is not a firehose of digital information. Freedom of speech is a ‘fair-flowing fountain’ , to borrow a phrase from Euripides . Its justification is of quality, not quantity. The qualities are truth and risk.” — Timothy Snyder in Freedom p. 190
#freedomofspeech #timothysnyder
#freedomofspeech #timothysnyder
“There can be no virtue without freedom, and no peace without justice.” —Frederick Douglass 1859.
“The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.” –Thomas Jefferson
“The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.” –Thomas Jefferson
December 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“There can be no virtue without freedom, and no peace without justice.” —Frederick Douglass 1859.
“The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.” –Thomas Jefferson
“The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.” –Thomas Jefferson
I’m loving this Bill Mckibben book about the rapid growth of solar power. With Xmas coming, someone should rewrite the story w/Trump as Scrooge and the ghosts scolding him about Climate Change and Solar Salvation! #ScroogeTrump, #solar, #Xmas, #Climatechange, #billmckibben
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I’m loving this Bill Mckibben book about the rapid growth of solar power. With Xmas coming, someone should rewrite the story w/Trump as Scrooge and the ghosts scolding him about Climate Change and Solar Salvation! #ScroogeTrump, #solar, #Xmas, #Climatechange, #billmckibben
www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/sna...
Let’s do it right in PDX
And don’t let our neighbors go hungry…Thank you so much, Heretic Coffee!
Let’s do it right in PDX
And don’t let our neighbors go hungry…Thank you so much, Heretic Coffee!
Portland coffee shop offers free SNAP breakfast 'until everyone’s benefits are reinstated, or we go broke doing it'
The Heretic Coffee owner said Portland has recently been depicted as “some kind of rioting, looting, burning-down city” and “this act is just one small glimpse of the real Portland.”
www.goodgoodgood.co
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/sna...
Let’s do it right in PDX
And don’t let our neighbors go hungry…Thank you so much, Heretic Coffee!
Let’s do it right in PDX
And don’t let our neighbors go hungry…Thank you so much, Heretic Coffee!
Dark Money at its darkest, in our very own Whitehouse.
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Dark Money at its darkest, in our very own Whitehouse.
Hate Speech should not be protected under “freedom of speech” . It only protects the bully and allows intimidation . The democratic “ right to assemble” and freedom to come to a consensus, is what the work of democracy is about. One is about interaction and creation, the other is about creating fear
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hate Speech should not be protected under “freedom of speech” . It only protects the bully and allows intimidation . The democratic “ right to assemble” and freedom to come to a consensus, is what the work of democracy is about. One is about interaction and creation, the other is about creating fear
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
A tipping point refers to irreversible, catastrophic changes to our life system on earth.
A tipping point refers to irreversible, catastrophic changes to our life system on earth.
The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN
The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...
www.cnn.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
A tipping point refers to irreversible, catastrophic changes to our life system on earth.
A tipping point refers to irreversible, catastrophic changes to our life system on earth.
With the #portlandfrog having a moment, I thought this might be a good time to share this frog #storyteller from Albuquerque, New Mexico!
October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
With the #portlandfrog having a moment, I thought this might be a good time to share this frog #storyteller from Albuquerque, New Mexico!
Catching the Moon…
October 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Catching the Moon…
youtu.be/x1btBm-081A
This description of what we are going through seems to me to be the clearest with implications for what we can do now.
This description of what we are going through seems to me to be the clearest with implications for what we can do now.
Has A New "Long, Twilight Struggle" Begun? The End of World War II History
YouTube video by Tad Stoermer
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
youtu.be/x1btBm-081A
This description of what we are going through seems to me to be the clearest with implications for what we can do now.
This description of what we are going through seems to me to be the clearest with implications for what we can do now.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Ketanji “Lovely One” will be MCL’s “Everybody Reads” Choice! Pivotal: perfect timing
Ketanji “Lovely One” will be MCL’s “Everybody Reads” Choice! Pivotal: perfect timing
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening?
Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump’s growing power, she faces an intense battle ahead
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Ketanji “Lovely One” will be MCL’s “Everybody Reads” Choice! Pivotal: perfect timing
Ketanji “Lovely One” will be MCL’s “Everybody Reads” Choice! Pivotal: perfect timing
faithandleadership.com/shane-lopez-...
I was intrigued by this article on hope and its role in creating resilience for beginning again.
I was intrigued by this article on hope and its role in creating resilience for beginning again.
Shane Lopez: Hope is an ancient virtue
The author of “Making Hope Happen” says that hope can be cultivated and shared.
faithandleadership.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
faithandleadership.com/shane-lopez-...
I was intrigued by this article on hope and its role in creating resilience for beginning again.
I was intrigued by this article on hope and its role in creating resilience for beginning again.
Reposted by Laura Connealy
Hiawatha Peacemaker
Told his vision
To All 5 Nations:
Trade goods, not Arrows.
but the Twisted
Tadodaho loved lawlessness
and revenge,
hair writhing with snakes spitting venom.
Only the unity of 14 Chiefs would subdue him,
Comb his hair,
Free his mind of greed
to keep the fire
Teaching Peace.
Told his vision
To All 5 Nations:
Trade goods, not Arrows.
but the Twisted
Tadodaho loved lawlessness
and revenge,
hair writhing with snakes spitting venom.
Only the unity of 14 Chiefs would subdue him,
Comb his hair,
Free his mind of greed
to keep the fire
Teaching Peace.
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hiawatha Peacemaker
Told his vision
To All 5 Nations:
Trade goods, not Arrows.
but the Twisted
Tadodaho loved lawlessness
and revenge,
hair writhing with snakes spitting venom.
Only the unity of 14 Chiefs would subdue him,
Comb his hair,
Free his mind of greed
to keep the fire
Teaching Peace.
Told his vision
To All 5 Nations:
Trade goods, not Arrows.
but the Twisted
Tadodaho loved lawlessness
and revenge,
hair writhing with snakes spitting venom.
Only the unity of 14 Chiefs would subdue him,
Comb his hair,
Free his mind of greed
to keep the fire
Teaching Peace.
Sun-Day in Portland! I especially loved the River Spirit puppet which reminds me of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. The speaker shown is Jeff Merkley.
#Sun-day, #pdx, #billmckibben, #solarpower, #3rdact, #jeffmerkley
#Sun-day, #pdx, #billmckibben, #solarpower, #3rdact, #jeffmerkley
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sun-Day in Portland! I especially loved the River Spirit puppet which reminds me of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. The speaker shown is Jeff Merkley.
#Sun-day, #pdx, #billmckibben, #solarpower, #3rdact, #jeffmerkley
#Sun-day, #pdx, #billmckibben, #solarpower, #3rdact, #jeffmerkley
Reposted by Laura Connealy
I've never been the Book of the Day! Imagine that!
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/here-comes...
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/here-comes...
Here Comes The Sun—Just In Time
Pioneering environmentalist Bill McKibben says we have only one shot at preventing runaway climate change.
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've never been the Book of the Day! Imagine that!
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/here-comes...
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/here-comes...
The North Star
To go, when you don’t know
The circuitous path
Needs a sign
Because all you have
and known
Is where you are
So then you go and
Look to
The North Star!
Only with Courage
Can your heart
move so far
As far as to Hope.
To go, when you don’t know
The circuitous path
Needs a sign
Because all you have
and known
Is where you are
So then you go and
Look to
The North Star!
Only with Courage
Can your heart
move so far
As far as to Hope.
September 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The North Star
To go, when you don’t know
The circuitous path
Needs a sign
Because all you have
and known
Is where you are
So then you go and
Look to
The North Star!
Only with Courage
Can your heart
move so far
As far as to Hope.
To go, when you don’t know
The circuitous path
Needs a sign
Because all you have
and known
Is where you are
So then you go and
Look to
The North Star!
Only with Courage
Can your heart
move so far
As far as to Hope.
Reposted by Laura Connealy
Aptera Motors Corp. Files for Proposed Direct Listing on Nasdaq → aptera.us/proposed-dir...
August 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Aptera Motors Corp. Files for Proposed Direct Listing on Nasdaq → aptera.us/proposed-dir...
A photo I saved from last year to remind us to keep playfulness and hope in our 💗s! What is the opposite of “fear, uncertainty and doubt”? It’s courage, knowledge and hope.
Reverse evil, and live!
Reverse evil, and live!
August 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A photo I saved from last year to remind us to keep playfulness and hope in our 💗s! What is the opposite of “fear, uncertainty and doubt”? It’s courage, knowledge and hope.
Reverse evil, and live!
Reverse evil, and live!
“ it’s an old story, it’s like this—U spend a day and U have it.You feel there is a storm waiting above every storm & a silent 💗 in every 💗 and your way is a river deepening; & each night has many undelivered stars. U become a listener, U can’t lose what U give away; & U live each day for keeps.”
August 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“ it’s an old story, it’s like this—U spend a day and U have it.You feel there is a storm waiting above every storm & a silent 💗 in every 💗 and your way is a river deepening; & each night has many undelivered stars. U become a listener, U can’t lose what U give away; & U live each day for keeps.”
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Another study that supports the premise for #UniversalBasicIncome
Humanity needs to change their strategy for having a peaceful and prosperous world.
Another study that supports the premise for #UniversalBasicIncome
Humanity needs to change their strategy for having a peaceful and prosperous world.
Researchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medical
To save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another.
www.npr.org
August 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Another study that supports the premise for #UniversalBasicIncome
Humanity needs to change their strategy for having a peaceful and prosperous world.
Another study that supports the premise for #UniversalBasicIncome
Humanity needs to change their strategy for having a peaceful and prosperous world.
Reposted by Laura Connealy
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social is a great American institution--Ira Flatow has carried on a smart colloquy about science and engineering for decades now, and I've always enjoyed the times when I've been able to be a part of it, never more than last Friday!
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sol...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sol...
Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?
Solar power adoption has been rising fast. Amid recent federal efforts to limit clean energy, will it make a dent in our climate impact?
www.sciencefriday.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social is a great American institution--Ira Flatow has carried on a smart colloquy about science and engineering for decades now, and I've always enjoyed the times when I've been able to be a part of it, never more than last Friday!
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sol...
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sol...
Source to Sea: “First Descent”
My crayon image is from awe-inspiring aerial photo by Matt Baker of rainbow kayaks in a circle preparing to do 1st descent of undammed Klamath River 310 miles organized by Rio to Rivers to celebrate healing and renewal for the River and Native people, and the Salmon.
My crayon image is from awe-inspiring aerial photo by Matt Baker of rainbow kayaks in a circle preparing to do 1st descent of undammed Klamath River 310 miles organized by Rio to Rivers to celebrate healing and renewal for the River and Native people, and the Salmon.
August 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Source to Sea: “First Descent”
My crayon image is from awe-inspiring aerial photo by Matt Baker of rainbow kayaks in a circle preparing to do 1st descent of undammed Klamath River 310 miles organized by Rio to Rivers to celebrate healing and renewal for the River and Native people, and the Salmon.
My crayon image is from awe-inspiring aerial photo by Matt Baker of rainbow kayaks in a circle preparing to do 1st descent of undammed Klamath River 310 miles organized by Rio to Rivers to celebrate healing and renewal for the River and Native people, and the Salmon.
The Black Lives Matter Portland 2020 were so powerful and profound. A naked lady doing yoga came out. An officer shot her foot, & She responded by sitting down, as if to say, “ you have all the power—By exposing myself as completely vulnerable to you, I expose your lawlessness and cruelty.”
August 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Black Lives Matter Portland 2020 were so powerful and profound. A naked lady doing yoga came out. An officer shot her foot, & She responded by sitting down, as if to say, “ you have all the power—By exposing myself as completely vulnerable to you, I expose your lawlessness and cruelty.”