Maggie
@maggiedegroot.bsky.social
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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Some Chicagoans have pooled money in their neighborhoods or through local organizations while others have simply bought out taco stands or tamale vendors.
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown to give them a 'day without fear'
Some Chicagoans have pooled money in their neighborhoods or through local organizations while others have simply bought out taco stands or tamale vendors.
nbcnews.to
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Some Chicagoans have pooled money in their neighborhoods or through local organizations while others have simply bought out taco stands or tamale vendors.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Don’t forget to set your clocks aside tonight. Forget them in the back of the sock drawer. Box them unlabeled in the attic for ten unopened years. Hit snooze and bury them twelve feet deep in the backyard.
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Don’t forget to set your clocks aside tonight. Forget them in the back of the sock drawer. Box them unlabeled in the attic for ten unopened years. Hit snooze and bury them twelve feet deep in the backyard.
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Ira Madison III recently experienced an apartment fire and now has to do the work of rebuilding his life. If can toss him a few dollars, there is a GoFundMe gofund.me/b33e69b96
Donate to Help Ira rebuild after apartment fire, organized by Ira Madison
On September 20, I lost everything I owned in a devastating apartment fire. Thankful… Ira Madison needs your support for Help Ira rebuild after apartment fire
gofund.me
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Ira Madison III recently experienced an apartment fire and now has to do the work of rebuilding his life. If can toss him a few dollars, there is a GoFundMe gofund.me/b33e69b96
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BREAKING: Robert Redford, magnetic Hollywood icon known for his roles in classics like ‘All the President’s Men,’ dies at 89.
Robert Redford, magnetic Hollywood icon and Sundance founder, dies at 89
Redford was best known as a go-to leading man of the late 1960s and 1970s, instantly recognizable for his windswept hair and widely beloved for his easy charisma.
nbcnews.to
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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your brush with fame is hunting you like a monster in a horror movie. hope you can outrun it! www.theverge.com/internet-cul...
Anonymity is dead and we’re all content now
Your 15 minutes of fame may be more unpleasant than you ever imagined.
www.theverge.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
your brush with fame is hunting you like a monster in a horror movie. hope you can outrun it! www.theverge.com/internet-cul...
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Still not over this story by @eminietfeld.bsky.social –– absolute must read not least for the fact that...
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Still not over this story by @eminietfeld.bsky.social –– absolute must read not least for the fact that...
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
"The situation reveals one of the fundamental imbalances of surrogacy: When a surrogate breaks contract, her IPs can stop paying her and stop paying the medical bills for her pregnancy."
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devastating, but important reporting from @justcalma.bsky.social this morning
www.theverge.com/features/611...
www.theverge.com/features/611...
The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it
The US wants to manufacture chips again — but there’s a dark, overlooked history.
www.theverge.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
devastating, but important reporting from @justcalma.bsky.social this morning
www.theverge.com/features/611...
www.theverge.com/features/611...
Please do not bring back "sheroes"
February 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Please do not bring back "sheroes"
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I'm sorry I was so weird the other night that's how I am every night
February 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I'm sorry I was so weird the other night that's how I am every night
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VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!
Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books (Gift Article)
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!
lol ok
January 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
lol ok
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Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
Social media platforms are not built for this
We have simultaneously too much and too little information.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
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every climate-exacerbated natural disaster burns, blows or washes away the facade and reveals how deeply broken, backwards and inequitable our systems are
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
every climate-exacerbated natural disaster burns, blows or washes away the facade and reveals how deeply broken, backwards and inequitable our systems are