This came in the mail today, just in time to wear on Earth Day tomorrow! Got it at ourparks.org for the benefit of national public lands. There are stickers and magnets and stuff too! @altnps.bsky.social

Big shoutout to Kelty this week. They’re donating 5% of every purchase to the Conservation Alliance in support of saving the US Forest Service. Kelty is one of the four companies that actually founded the Conservation Alliance back in 1989, alongside Patagonia, REI, and The North Face.

Spring in Philadelphia.

My mom’s big sister had a year’s worth of inspirational messages on a rotating set of cards in her kitchen. They’re in my mom‘s kitchen now. I really like the message for today, Mom’s 94th birthday!

Germany just activated its largest ever solar installation — one farm, 1.5 million homes, zero carbon. The #CottbusSolarPark covers 3,500 hectares and produces 2.1 tw-hours annually, replacing two coal plants that operated on this same land until 2022. #SolarPower #ActOnClimate #Renewables

#ShowMeYourKnits #knitting #knitsky 🧶 Theme of the week is cowls, sharing two that are reversible. First, my first try at double knitting. Second, a fun and easy slip-stitch cowl!

Are you following this? More and more companies that define themselves around the availability of public lands are jumping on board to help save the Forest Service. You can help by thanking those on board and encouraging those that haven’t stepped up to do the right thing. Link ⬇️

#FO #Knitting #knitsky 🧶 Finished the “rescue” socks a couple of days ago! And got a summer tee going for travel today. All set to join in the round!

What can resistance organizers learn from the recent election in Hungary? This weekly newsletter always has useful tips, clarifying perspective, and encouragement!

“Nonviolent movements succeed by strategically pressuring the pillars of support for an injustice to withhold or withdraw things like information, cooperation, funding, labor and more.” @wagingnonviolence.org @riverasun.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/2026/01/10-r...

In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.

I think this is good for mental health/ self-care too. 💗

Took a little stroll around the back yard this morning. Enjoy #bloomscrolling!

I’ll have what Hungary’s having.

I’ve criticized NYT and others for mindlessly sharing obvious propaganda, effectively spreading the message. Well credit to NYT for reporting on Trump’s sharing an image of himself as Jesus without sharing the image itself. They …

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

“Planet Earth, you are a crew.”

Last December hubby ran a marathon at Rehoboth Beach. He wasn’t so happy with it so we’re back for another try tomorrow. Meanwhile, for fun, I did a 5k today!Well, I walked and ran. Given that I did nothing to prepare, I’m happy with my 14:40 pace. Tomorrow, the real runners will have their day!

It’s cables for #ShowMeYourKnits this week! I don’t think I’ve shared this one yet. Was a gift for my sister’s hubby.

Way to go Oregon! Gov. Tina Kotek signed a sweeping immigrant justice package yesterday eight new laws covering schools, hospitals, workplaces, courts, and law enforcement. This is what state-level resistance looks like.

Creative. 🌹

The other day, I accidentally left my “bag of bags” at the food co-op. It’s of sentimental value, as I bought it in 2017 to support altNPS. A clerk reported that it had been there in the morning but was gone by the time I got there. Buying two t-shirts to make up for the loss, so there!

It’s a bit late imo. But it’s the right thing to do.

Go #Pittsburgh!

“Who Would Jesus Bomb?” 🌈 Rainbow Girls www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQa3...

Renowned Iranian composer, Ali Ghamsari and tar virtuoso, announced he will stay at the Damavand Combined Cycle Power Plant. His plan: Create music there as a symbolic effort to shield Iran's infrastructure from attack. @iranscreenshot

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A day of peace and joy to everyone celebrating Easter today! Our garden daffodils are at peak display, the hyacinths add fragrance and the tulips are beginning … it’s the official beginning of indoor garden flowers for me, yay! (I get to cut any fallen flowers for inside 😁.)

Keep an eye open!

Always appreciate some hopeful news in the mix!

Hey Philly! We have a LOT of good stuff going on this April! April 18, 10am Mural Community Paint Day! H.A Brown School luma.com/o89g7h05 April 19, 10am Native Plant Extravaganza Campbell Square luma.com/hcxmpgok April 22, 7pm Biodiversitease! StarBolt biodiversitease.eventbrite.com

#knitting #knitsky #showmeyourknits 🧶 The theme is socks! Liv kicked it off with Jaywalkers so I dug up a pic of mine from 2008. The yarn was Cherry Tree Hill Yarn Supersock Merino in “fall foliage”. Also sharing current socks with “rescued” yarn. Both now at the cuff section, yay!

“Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

Artemis crew!

I heard someone say that we should be registering voters at gas stations.

Last week while I was visiting my mom in Virginia, her very old wisteria began to come to life. We were finally able to sit on the porch after a particularly nasty winter. We’re not far from the Rappahannock River and we enjoyed watching a bald eagle and some ospreys flying by.

Activate your silent allies & neutralize the persuadable opposition: “Campaigns don’t succeed by getting everyone to agree with us! Most successful campaigns never get their active opposition to change their minds.” --Daniel Hunter, “Climate Resistance Handbook” trainings.350.org/climate-resi...

In my own bed tonight after a week away, listening to the rain through an open window. It feels good!

My friend’s daughter is on the team. She is coordinating the reentry aircraft and will be on one of them! This is very exciting and I’m appreciating all of the behind-the-scenes folks who work so hard to make this happen!

Oh my gosh, love this!!’

Patriotism (pro-democracy): if you subscribe to a media outlet with a paywall, make an effort to give away articles that are well-written and well-informed. Not everyone can afford to subscribe, so share whatever you can! 💗

Friends, do you subscribe to media with a paywall? If so, you can give some of their better work away for the benefit of the community. NYT, WaPo, whatever. For the sake of democracy, please share good and informative work! And if you want to read it, add “Gift links/gift articles” to your feeds.

(Gift link) “… for a few hours on a sunny yet bitterly cold Pennsylvania Saturday in late March, it was about more than the sum of its parts — it was something spiritual.” Get ready, keep May 1 open on your calendar. 😁

#showmeyourknits 🧶 #knitsky #knitting The week’s theme is color work. I’m not good at stranded work (yet). Must wait till the Knitting Muse demands it. But who doesn’t love what is essentially garter stitch stripes if it look like this? 🙂 An early mosaic baby blanket from about 18 years ago.

“… the fact that the rallies were in local plazas and the marchers headed down hometown streets also, presumably, makes it more difficult for critics to dismiss the protests as the province of radical liberals from the East and West coasts.”

The party is on is Philadelphia where #NoKings protesters come energized with electronic music!

Great reminders!