So wise! And a helpful read for those who struggle with pleasure-work balance

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

BREAKING: Over 200 faith leaders and activists are protesting the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) summit in Washington, D.C. They’re calling out CUFI’s role in fueling U.S. militarism, backing war with Iran, and supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Follow @therealnews.com for more

It fills me with #pride 🌈 to be in this newsy segment! My church! My choir! #loveyourneighbor #loveperiod #fiercelove #revolutionarylove #selflove #queerstian #belovedofgod #grateful @revdrjacquilewis.bsky.social @middlechurch.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfap...

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The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.

What those ICE officers did was ASSAULT on US Representatives. May they be so charged. Let’s go @balint.house.gov, please exert your oversight on any and all ICE facilities or leased facilities in VT. Don’t back down. This is second mile time. #WWJD #AbolishICE

I’m old enough to remember that there was no Dept of Homeland Security prior to 9/11. That was another moment when fear was used for the fascist, billionaire agenda. Everyone loves Sen. Leahy, but I believe he brought the ICE data processing center to Williston, VT. #shame #AbolishICE

Stuck at home May Day checklist: -change W4 to stop paying federal taxes atm -rescue snapping turtle from busy rode with help from strangers -donate to NWTRCC -invite friends to Trans Joy dance party at #TeslaTakeDown -hug goat babies #resist #rewild Thx for the image @nationaltaxstrike.bsky.social

Vermont Rite of Passage: 22 years and first time getting stuck in the mud. So Vermonty, 2 folks tried to push me out. One neighbor walking the road was an old work colleague. And the tow truck MacGyver was my activist friend’s dad. #community #mudseason #vtlife #LoveYourNeighbor

A Columbia University student who was arrested while finalizing his citizenship papers is free this morning. Photo via Liz Crampton / @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

MOHSEN IS FREE!!!! Federal Building, Burlington VT

Happening now: we sit vigil for the release of Mohsen Mahdawi. #freeMohsen #freeThemAll #stopICE

TOMORROW: curious about how to stop financially supporting the regime? Come to the National Tax Strike info webinar 4/29, 8 pm ET. Folks have been participating in war tax resistance for decades. Learn from them what it's like to strike, the risks, and protections. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Locals: On Monday, 8 workers were detained by armed Border Patrol agents on their farm in Richford, VT. Tomorrow (4/24) at 6pm, we'll be rallying at Burlington City Hall to demand their freedom. Sign the petition to add your voice– actn.et/36HLvri0 – and SHARE WIDELY #resist #stopice #fiercelove

I have tried to follow #popefrancis guidance when asked for $ on the street. Give, look the person in the eye, and offer your hand. I did this today. We talked about the pope. I passed by the man again later. He said, “I’ve been sick since I was 16. Schizophrenia. I don’t want to bother nobody.” 🙏🏻

Good Friday is the story of a man unjustly arrested and rushed to judgment. Diana Butler Bass tells it for our time, using only pictures from the last two weeks, and it hits so heavy open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...

Hey St. Albans, VT, make good on that sign: All Are Welcome Here #freemohsen #freespeech #freerumeysa #stopice Hundreds stood on this rural road outside the Northwest State Correctional Facility in the cold and snow to protest the abduction of Mohsen Mahdawi tonight. #resist

This Tax Day, we're left wondering 1) How will the Courts hold this administration accountable for refusing to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvadorian gulag and 2) How can we as people of conscience financially support a government that does not respect or uphold our Nation's highest law?

Happening now! #freerumeysa #freespeech #btv #fiercelove #loveyourneighbor

I share this because I want to lift up the heroic #serenity of this woman, Elsy, grabbed by ICE thugs. She knows her rights. She sweetly calms her daughter. She is dignified. She does not deserve this. Her calm presence outshines these armed cowards in face masks. #shameonthem

To my MAGA neighbor: I don't think we've had a chance to meet, but I believe we both live in X, if we are on the same email forum. Because we are neighbors, and not just anonymous people on the internet, I thought I'd let you know that I received your message.

I’ve been trained well in the Spectrum of Allies. In a campaign, we focus on who can be moved into action, and we ignore active opposers. This is #resist 101. But what about loving our neighbors? All of them. #recovery teaches me love myself and my qualifier/alcoholic. So MAGA neighbor, what now?

So last week I posted the #TeslaTakedown announcement to my neighborhood email forum. One neighbor emailed me back for the address, another sent a response calling me a total LOONEY, small-minded, etc. I’ve been mulling over a response. #recovery tells me didn’t cause it, can’t cure it.

#recovery is a program of no shame. Fell off the wagon? Let me give you a hand back on, friend. No questions asked, we’re just glad to have you back. So I’m back: recovering and #resist -ing, one day at a time. Voted for Trump, but have regrets? Join us at #TeslaTakedown. We’re glad you’re with us.

It’s terrifying to be in Elon Musk’s crosshairs. I’ve spent the last 48 hours dealing with the aftermath of these tweets. Everything he has said about me and Troublemakers is an outright lie. The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️

I watched just a wee bit of the #sotu address last night, and wanted to scream #stfu But the bully’s insults were minor incidents, compared to the major catastrophes: #globalfascism #climatecrisis #speciescollapse Let’s protect our hearts, feel the feels, and keep up the good work #resist #rebuild

#recovery helps me live guilt-free. Not free from mistakes, or free from conflict, or free from learning a better way to be and do life. #step10 can be a daily practice. Confession, amends, and repeat. Lament, dig deeper, and repeat. Voted for DT? Apply Step 10 & #resist #stopmusk #nokings

#vermont #resistance

People do this with alcohol abuse ALL THE F’ING TIME. The alcoholic in my life was never that, it was “she has a problem with alcohol” #recovery #alcoholismisadisease #sobersky #alanon And indeed these family patterns play out in the public sphere too #inallouraffairs

If you're GenX, please look into whether you are fully vaccinated for measles. People vaccinated between 1968 and 1989 likely only got one dose with no booster. My doctor did a titer and found I wasn't immune. I got both doses, just to be safe. It's likely free if you have insurance.

This is my prayer for you tonight: The recently & unjustly fired federal workers. The returning Palestinians remaking their lives. The ones arrested by ICE. The babies with measles. And all facing desperate times, no matter what. May you feel the presence and support of Love and Spirit. #resist

This Joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me…The world didn’t give it, the world can’t take it away! A gospel song written for those who have endured, and know that Joy comes from within. I recently led this song, and we zipped in Fear after Joy. #nofear #resist #screamitout #recovery

Thoughts & Prayers vs. Reactive Actions How are we called to respond in crisis? There’s a certain bashing that the left does of the my Thoughts & Prayers are with you group. #recovery tells me there’s a middle path: Asking for guidance before taking action. #pray and #resist 🙏🏻 and ✊🏻

Hitting bottom. Again. And again. And again. It happens, pretty common, pretty human. Dictators be dictating. Again. And again. And again. #neveragain works for some people, maybe some societies (Germany 👀). Don’t be surprised! it’s a #coup Let’s not fear calling ‘em #fascists #LFG Art: Trinh Mai

Every accusation is a confession sounds a lot like a #recovery phrase I ❤️: When you point your finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at you. I don’t expect the finger pointers in the Oval Office to enroll in Greeders Anonymous anytime soon. So in the meantime, #resist #protest

If you missed tonight’s town hall with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, and @keeanga.bsky.social on resisting the shock and awe politics of the far right and their billionaire enthusiasts, you can watch the video here:

“My vision can be so limited…In fact, some of the most wondrous events grow out of what appear to be disasters.” -Courage to Change, Feb. 17 e.g., Just ask the dozens of wolves who live in Chernobyl. The ones apparently thriving despite the radiation. #reimagine #anotherworldispossible #rewilding

Prophecy

There’s a line I hear “in the rooms” but not sure if it’s #recovery speak: The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. History says: The power of an autocrat snowballs when people obey in advance. Watching Dems right now is like:

I heard Sen. Welch speak yesterday at the NOFA-VT conference to hundreds of farmers, students, & agriculturists of all types. He named the #constitutionalcrisis 👏🏻 and how “really, really bad” it is in DC rn. Meanwhile, he neglected to mention that he voted YES on DT’s pick for Sec. of Ag 🤯😡🤣 #resist

There is no 💩 fairy at the dog park, nor in life. In #recovery, we take an inventory of ourselves and make amends. No one else gonna pick up our 💩 and magically disappear it. #workyourprogram #workforliberation

Hey Elon, you need to #StopElon This doesn’t end well (see below) Only you can choose your own path of #recovery No one can force you to stop greeding/drinking/drugging #12steps #sobersky #attractionnotpromotion

What gets us to take up #recovery? To radically change our lives? Often #hittingbottom When the rug is pulled out from under us. Are we on the road to many, many people hitting bottom- funding freezes, benefits retracted? My hope is that some will stop drinking the MAGA Kool-Aid and find a new way.

Here’s a doozy of a #recovery slogan for you: #choosehowtolose This gorgeous podcast with @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social and @choosedemocracy.bsky.social makes the heretical claim, we are losing. Or even, we have lost. But let’s grieve #together. Let’s lose with love. #resist #unshakeablehope

As a former resident of Philadelphia, I approve this message 🤣🤣🤣

In #recovery we learn that we can’t go it alone. We need the group, we need a #sponsor (aka mentor), we need someone to call in the middle of the night or the middle of the crisis. #community not individualism #resist with friends We got each other.

Today I’m thinking about the slogan, progress not perfection. And if #recovery could be a tool to dismantle toxic whiteness. Found this artistic rendering of Tema Okun’s piece (credit: Melanie G. S. Walby). Don’t drink the poisons! #choices instead of one right way #considerthesource vs objectivity

"The prophetic rarely comes from the usual suspects. It emerges from the odd or strange & typically from groups on the margins of society… Some might say the prophetic is queer." tinyurl.com/ybt2bjce Read from Cassidy Hall, originally published in #ONEING. #DailyMeditations