HopeNote - Mon Jun 1st edition Dear sis chats, shares good movies I should see. Shares that the New York Times has a "Good List" newsletter. We all need more "good" in our lives, so - here you go! h/t Blood. www.nytimes.com/series/the-g... :ps:

HopeNote, Friday edition Finding joy in friends old interacting with friends not yet made! @deviantollam.bsky.social gets to hang at NinjaPenguin20 and the world is that much more hopeful, better, and good. Thanks you good souls - perhaps I+Boo will cross paths and gather at the 25th? :ps:

HopeNote/Thurs Ed./Pt. 2: community. education. knowledge. DYK there are folk who want things to get better for everyone & offer free via YouTube many excellent lessons? "Knowledge weighs nothing. Carry all you can" as they say. So share far & wide, then support what you love while you can. :ps:

Here's a 'Hope Note', because oh how absurdist our timeline has become. Music matters. Community matters. KEXP keeps hope alive. I know I am not alone - and a 14 day streaming archive offers everyone a chance to feel hope in community. :ps:

on a Tue - 7th best day of the week (ask @djjohnrichards.bsky.social) a dad gets something "punk, female, and loud" for his girl; Vile's "Apathy" spun w/love. Cause music matters, music heals, & just might save us all. at ECAs Field Day Smash Mouth's "All Star" spun a few times. ergo Hope lives :ps:

"Hope persists beyond hate" damn well said good soul Mychal. Thanks. Between this & g.s. @djjohnrichards.bsky.social spinning "I Will Be Your Shield" by g.s. @billybragg.bsky.social this morn - yeah. bit of a recharge. That & kiddo leaning into loving/using Rocky's voice: 'no no no bad bad' 👎:ps:

Hope. Was it hearing good soul @djjohnrichards.bsky.social for the first time in a few weeks? Or sharing good soul @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social latest good news? Por qué no los dos? Community = support, love, goodness. Find it at #KEXP, and also this video - youtu.be/IppQH8Bd3r8?... :ps:

Hope lives. Hope fights. DJ plays protest songs & rallies to the good fight. Hope sounds like Billy, Peter, Bruce, Tracy singing truth - you should get mad. 14 day archive - go listen. Support what u love - $$ promised then stolen away. Donate if u can. :ps: @djjohnrichards.bsky.social #kexp

Mon hope - good souls John R & Morgan take a grind & turn it into magic. Public radio fund raising (tote bags 4 life!) into refocusing on what I love & want in Rumbly's future. He meets folks & says "hi friends" Music Matters. Everywhere. You Have Friends. :ps: #kexp @djjohnrichards.bsky.social

Hope. Good loving & kind community meets another good loving & kind community - hope grows! #KEXP + #PepToc ~ @djjohnrichards.bsky.social opens w/kids saying 'it's ok to be nervous - go do something u like, enjoy.' Jessica & Ashera - here's $9.03 ~ Because kids matter. :ps: www.peptoc.org/donate

Today's moment of Hope, shared from my Blood to you: After Turning Off the News open.substack.com/pub/juliebar...

Hope is Teach saying "y'all did GREAT! To celebrate you can bring a stuffie to class!' so Rumbly brings 1 year old Birbsie to visit class, showing off the love of science that kurzgesagt inspires! So good kids learning good stuff & SCIENCE - gives me hope. :ps: @kurzgesagt #kurzgesagt

Hope = nerdfighteria I mean, just a bunch of good souls goofing about, ya know - making the world better. see "foundation to reduce world suck" see "don't forget to be awesome" see "knowledge weighs nothing - carry as much as you can" Hope. :ps:

Hope= Monks walk by ~ Amiga stood @ intersection; bike cop rode by, says: "There is no point in feeling this and not sharing it. This is important. Thousands of people are in Alexandria to see them, and that means something." All around us is hope. love. joy. May you find some, then share :ps:

This is why I tune in. Why I share to as many as I can. Hell, I *preach* the goodness of a community that believes AND acts with kindness, love, understanding and hope. If #KEXP doesn't work for you, know that I truly wish you also find a community that lifts you up in these absurdist times. :ps:

A daily reminder: there's so much hope in our world. You are not alone. Did your morning DJ open their set with Sir Ian McKellen's monologue from Shakspear's play "Sir Thomas More"? Oh... huh. Well... 14-day streaming archive at KEXP. #kexp #TheLateShowwithStephenColbert #djjohnrichards

Do you personally know someone who works for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? U.S. Customs and Border Protection (BCP)? U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)? You know, it's always a great day to punch a Nazi in the face. :ps:

It's always a good thing to visit the heart and soul of a kind and giving community. KEXP, Seattle, WA USA Nov '25 :ps: #kexp

... yeah. Hope still lives. Brisk & chilly here in the p.en; Sufjan Stevens spins on The Morning Show's feed (14 day archive at kexp.org); 1,000s of snapshots from an excellent visit to the PNW to sort & share Woke up today, so we keep fighting for my kiddo's future. You are not alone. :ps:

'if you love, then you will grieve' ~ how to share a Very Good Thing that causes you to cry, your heart to ache, brings all the feels like a freight train? @djjohnrichards.bsky.social hosts his annual "Mom Show" on #KEXP out Seattle yonder; 14 day streaming archive. :ps: kexp.org/events/kexp-...

PUPDATE: Selfie sabotaged by yawn

ha ha ha - I do so love the optimism! :- )

"What's up?" you ask? well, @my-liquid-head.bsky.social has shared just a fabulous image! ah - infrared!!! so - Thanks!! :ps:

The excitement on this owlet’s face after spotting mom is something I think about often. Pure joy and love. Nature is beautiful. #wildlifephotography #owlsome #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #birding #birds #nikoncreators

EFF is always so proud to represent security researchers doing important work. Our Coders' Rights Project often works with DEFCON presenters, and two of our clients are presenting today about schools, bathroom vape detectors, and audio recordings. www.wired.com/story/schoo...

Watching rey & nyx' DefCon talk re: IoT surveillance hell is Stephen, but have me h hope that Rumbly's future will probably be fine to awesome. Let's hope/help them keep on doing what they do! (EFF donations ftw!) face it nyx, you'll collab w/ @deviantollam.bsky.social someday soon! :ps:

... how many tracks did YOUR morning DJ take to get from AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell' to 'Movin' Right Along' from Kermit & Fozzie? Oh, your DJ didn't do that? They DON'T do that? Huh. KEXP - 14-day streaming archive. Support what you love. Music matters. :ps: @djjohnrichards.bsky.social did it in 6.

Good soul @djjohnrichards.bsky.social opens the Morning Show on KEXP w/ "Everything Is Coming Up Roses" by World News - "a meditation on cautious optimism in the wake of disaster." - KEXP Playlist folks making things better in the face of mind boggling challenges. Hope still lives. :ps:

EMPATHY - KINDNESS - RESPECT = Savage Love... Go watch this now. Share widely. Share often.We must not forget. there are so many more incredible folk doing great things & making the world better for EVERYONE. Everyday. hmmm... perhaps, a la "blood donors" we can be "E|K|R" donors? :ps:

So many of us came so very unwillingly to this place of viewing the Supreme Court as unworthy of being viewed as a judicial body. Unworthy of veneration, unworthy of respect. So profoundly reluctantly. But, good lord have they earned it.

I met this marvelous individual in person. I can't tell you their whole life story, but I can tell you this... 1. They are real (not a bot, etc) 2. They are special 3. If you are seeking a roommate near Raleigh you could make a really big difference in their life right now. ... please share, NC 💚

Hey - look - go give this track a listen. :ps:

My days start with hope & community & music. Music matters. 14-day streaming archive - where you can soak in the new awesome track from the band World News - "Everything Is Coming Up Roses" good soul @djjohnrichards.bsky.social constantly makes me remember - I am not alone. Hope still lives. :ps:

"The most exquisite instrument - Robert Smiths' voice" ~ good soul Trent Reznor Come on over & enjoy @djjohnrichards.bsky.social & KEXP's "International Curesday" - 14-day streaming archive if needed! Much love for The Morning Show's goodness they bring us. Damn fine souls all of them!! :ps:

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... oh - look - you can add more good folk to your intentional perusing! glad you're here, good soul Sars. :ps:

we must not forget our humanity, and good soul Sars has for 20+ years shared her gift of thoughtful, curious reflection. So many good folk doing amazing things for those who might not even know they need help, hope. :ps:

curious & foolish animals, aren't we? 'we have high confidence that 123 xyz' ~ good soul @stonekettle.bsky.social's excellent writing on the concept behind that phrase - highly recommended; his take on our love of guns in America is damn good too. :ps:

Just read this yesterday, so here's a huge "thanks!" to good soul @simonwillison.net for sharing. A glance at future challenges we get to grapple with. He'll be on my weekly read list, so I can keep learning... :ps:

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

Antifascism has never been easier at MSP Terminal 2

Does your radio host a kids dance party occasionally? No?? Oh. Well #KEXP does - @djjohnrichards.bsky.social seems to think music matters, & that the kids are alright (though he's bounced a few of them off the stage) 14-day streaming archive - check it out! :ps: kexp.org/events/kexp-...

h/t good soul Jeremy for sharing, and for the amazing amount of hope this has given me today. Soooo many good people doing great things. Hope still lives. :psP

today's message from the 'big empty' (the universe) - connections, with a side of community. Good/great ideas, eh? began w/a vid of DeviantOllam's & then a post from good soul DJJohnRichards. both helped me see that hope still lives. It's as if being a good human is totally doable or some shit.

"...Celebrating Love. Building Community." #EstherDay !!!!! Of course those who sit w/their feels & gather w/like hearted souls, their words find the focus on love. (Hope lives. nerdfighters rock. I'm grateful for good souls John & Hank) (I wonder about the #kexp #themorningshow crossover here ...)

Happy Esther Day! Proof that the world is filled with, and overflowing!, with love. We must not forget. :ps:

Did your morning DJs open their show with a smashing set of vocal only clips from an amazing set of songs? No? Head over to KEXP to get your Mo-Jo going, 14-day streaming archive. :s: #kexp, #musicmatters, #themorningshow

So we are here - breathing. Music makes a difference - helps ground my self in truth. I hope Rumbly gets to love all the music he wants. :ps: