Ayad Akhtar to Jeffrey Goldberg: If Ralph Waldo Emerson came back today, he “would not recognize the validity of a lot of what we take as being important. I think Emerson would be confused that we don't talk about the soul." #TAF25 bit.ly/4n0Uv2p

We are facing a comprehensive campaign from the federal government to undermine our elections, and it’s something we all need to be prepared for heading into 2026. Join us for a live virtual event on protecting the integrity of the vote on Thursday, September 18, at 3 p.m. ET. RSVP: bit.ly/46gWk3V

So much joy!

Wow

why this MFer look like a combination of siegfried and roy

“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.

My family history includes ancestors who chose conviction over community. It resonates with what many of us are going through today, sparking this reflection. #community #conviction #ancestors

In a new study published in the journal iScience, researchers detected biophotons emitted by the human brain from outside the skull for the first time. What’s more, emissions of biophotons from the brain changed when participants switched between different cognitive tasks...

Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in record-high Colorado helicopter rescues

Our city is one that understands humanity. That’s why we recognize the world here. #ColdplayDenver

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

In an act of integrity and resistance, a supervisor in the Nashville federal prosecutor’s office resigned over how the Abrego Garcia case was being handled. The charges are bogus, pure political theater meant to justify a wrongful abduction.

The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Grace is a constellation of love that aligns around us without reason.

My first Substack post! I wasn't sure when this day would come, but please join me on the journey! #grace #angels #TransformativeLangaugeArts #writing #RightLivelihood #worth #deserving

Coffee drinker PSA: regularly clean your coffee maker. All of it. Take all the things apart and clean them. #coffee #clean

Adam Sandler's routine for Conan O'Brien's Mark Twain Prize show is exactly what I needed today ... so funny! #MarkTwainPrize #AdamSandler #ConanOBrian #comedy #balm #Netflix

The level of conspiracy theory thinking among our leaders would make even the most stalwart Flat Earther of the 1970s blush. This is from a disinformation researcher I follow and respect. www.reneediresta.com/deep-lore-di...

This could happen to anyone.

We'll likely see more and more of this across the full spectrum of social media and in every group that promotes peace, love, and understanding.

@heidibarr.bsky.social 's new collection landed in the midst of spring today! So much wisdom. #poetry #wisdom #mystery

For congregations that have outgrown spoken Joys & Concerns, which ways of sharing the personal in worship work best for your congregation? Or have you done away with this practice entirely? For any denomination that wrestles with this question. #UnitarianUniversalism #UU #worship

Time to delete our 23 and me data? www.cbsnews.com/news/23andme...

From salamanders and salmon to bears and mountain lions, David Herasimtschuk's images illustrate not only the beauty of the forests and their creatures but the symbiotic relationships that are vital to the forests’ health and the planet’s welfare.

Critical reading for our times #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #journalism #Books #BookRecommendations #LibelLaws www.harpercollins.com/products/mur...

So many men confuse masculinity with cruelty.

I feel pretty good about promoting the @dweb.bsky.social principles. Which have very little to do with decentralization “tech” and a lot to do with agency, shared benefits, and respect. getdweb.net/principles/

Appreciate West World covering this too. About 2k-2.5k people rallied and marched around Denver! #Denver #50501 #50501movement #NoKings

Cold and a little snowy at times, but a good turnout! #NoKings #50501 #50501movement #denver #DenverPost

I created a second starter pack of Colorado journalists and news organizations on Bluesky. The first, limited to 150, is in our profile. Who should be added?

For our world to be healthy, all of our subsystems, our cosmologies if you will, also need to be healthy. This means that each Religion needs to be as healthy as it can be so that the people of the Earth, and perhaps the Earth itself, may flourish.

OPINION: Years of advancing a government more representative of the people are being rolled back (or intentionally undercut) by a new administration that looks like an exclusive club of white men. https://religionnews.com/2025/01/24/the-budgets-coming-to-congress-would-bend-the-moral-arc-away-from-…