Cruel and Unstable This pyramid’s Unable and Bound For a F All !

For a civil society, show someone your appreciation for their service! Especially if they rarely receive appreciation.

substack.com/@solarunited... We need to legalize plug in solar in Oregon!

On the Burnside Bridge, Blcksmth umbrella project ☂️☂️☂️

Blcksmth umbrella project in Portland—we did it!!!☂️☂️☂️

I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Spring All In Call: "Connecting the Dots: Climate Justice in the Age of Techno-Fascism". RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/sprin...

Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? Important article from the guardian, new analysis on the limits of growth: degrowth, green new deal or … #limitsofgrowth #climatechange

Fun Times at the 50501 No Kings Civic Action Fair! Listened to the Mayor, Humble Boys, Visioning Portland, Xtermination Rebellion, and The Traveling Typist! The Frog Brigade was there too. ;)

At the 50501 PDX Civic Action Day Benson Highschool “ Migration is Beautiful” @50501movement, #NoKings

At the PDX 50501 Civic Action Event which was awesome! #BLCKSMTH @50501 #NoKings

You've marched, you've rallied, you've donated, you've boycotted. Now what? Join us at the Neighbors for Change Civic Action Fair for tools to create sustainable change. Register and join us on Saturday, Feb. 7th, for this free event with the link below: neighborsforshange.eventbrite.com

robertreich.substack.com/p/what-are-h... —Also a woman temporarily blocking traffic and trying to leave…😢😭🌹

Freedom of Speech is not a firehose of digital information. Freedom of speech is a ‘fair-flowing fountain’ , to borrow a phrase from Euripides . Its justification is of quality, not quantity. The qualities are truth and risk.” — Timothy Snyder in Freedom p. 190 #freedomofspeech #timothysnyder

“There can be no virtue without freedom, and no peace without justice.” —Frederick Douglass 1859. “The Habeas Corpus secures every man here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume.” –Thomas Jefferson

I’m loving this Bill Mckibben book about the rapid growth of solar power. With Xmas coming, someone should rewrite the story w/Trump as Scrooge and the ghosts scolding him about Climate Change and Solar Salvation! #ScroogeTrump, #solar, #Xmas, #Climatechange, #billmckibben

www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/sna... Let’s do it right in PDX And don’t let our neighbors go hungry…Thank you so much, Heretic Coffee!

Dark Money at its darkest, in our very own Whitehouse.

Hate Speech should not be protected under “freedom of speech” . It only protects the bully and allows intimidation . The democratic “ right to assemble” and freedom to come to a consensus, is what the work of democracy is about. One is about interaction and creation, the other is about creating fear

www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c... A tipping point refers to irreversible, catastrophic changes to our life system on earth.

With the #portlandfrog having a moment, I thought this might be a good time to share this frog #storyteller from Albuquerque, New Mexico!

Catching the Moon…

youtu.be/x1btBm-081A This description of what we are going through seems to me to be the clearest with implications for what we can do now.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... Ketanji “Lovely One” will be MCL’s “Everybody Reads” Choice! Pivotal: perfect timing

faithandleadership.com/shane-lopez-... I was intrigued by this article on hope and its role in creating resilience for beginning again.

Hiawatha Peacemaker Told his vision To All 5 Nations: Trade goods, not Arrows. but the Twisted Tadodaho loved lawlessness and revenge, hair writhing with snakes spitting venom. Only the unity of 14 Chiefs would subdue him, Comb his hair, Free his mind of greed to keep the fire Teaching Peace.

Sun-Day in Portland! I especially loved the River Spirit puppet which reminds me of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. The speaker shown is Jeff Merkley. #Sun-day, #pdx, #billmckibben, #solarpower, #3rdact, #jeffmerkley

My Bluesky Vibe October 18, we have a simple message: No thrones. No crowns. #NoKings 🔊 Turn it UP NoKings.Org

I've never been the Book of the Day! Imagine that! bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/here-comes...

The North Star To go, when you don’t know The circuitous path Needs a sign Because all you have and known Is where you are So then you go and Look to The North Star! Only with Courage Can your heart move so far As far as to Hope.

Aptera Motors Corp. Files for Proposed Direct Listing on Nasdaq → aptera.us/proposed-dir...

A photo I saved from last year to remind us to keep playfulness and hope in our 💗s! What is the opposite of “fear, uncertainty and doubt”? It’s courage, knowledge and hope. Reverse evil, and live!

“ it’s an old story, it’s like this—U spend a day and U have it.You feel there is a storm waiting above every storm & a silent 💗 in every 💗 and your way is a river deepening; & each night has many undelivered stars. U become a listener, U can’t lose what U give away; & U live each day for keeps.”

www.npr.org/sections/goa... Another study that supports the premise for #UniversalBasicIncome Humanity needs to change their strategy for having a peaceful and prosperous world.

Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social is a great American institution--Ira Flatow has carried on a smart colloquy about science and engineering for decades now, and I've always enjoyed the times when I've been able to be a part of it, never more than last Friday! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sol...

Source to Sea: “First Descent” My crayon image is from awe-inspiring aerial photo by Matt Baker of rainbow kayaks in a circle preparing to do 1st descent of undammed Klamath River 310 miles organized by Rio to Rivers to celebrate healing and renewal for the River and Native people, and the Salmon.

The Black Lives Matter Portland 2020 were so powerful and profound. A naked lady doing yoga came out. An officer shot her foot, & She responded by sitting down, as if to say, “ you have all the power—By exposing myself as completely vulnerable to you, I expose your lawlessness and cruelty.”

This makes me so sad. Shocked scared, they chose denial, and chose for us…

🗣️ Last week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a special address that made one thing very clear - clean energy is transforming the world and is unstoppable. 👇 All we need now, is an unstoppable movement to keep powering us into a solar-powered future. 🧵 Here's what he had to say:

Allies: These 3 allies together confronted the white supremacist, Christian, who was threatening 2 young Muslim girls on Max in PDX, May 2017. Rick and Taliesen both died, Micah barely survived. The hidden knife was sharp, the technique practiced. A tragic day, but the girls were saved.

Waterfall: Creative Energy Tissue paper art #paperart #art

Oregon Hero: Beatrice Morrow Cannady 1920’s editor of The Advocate, First Black woman lawyer graduated in Portland, brought black artists and musicians to PDX, had interracial, interfaith teas at her house, campaigned for civility and education.

Title:The Vote “ The vote is the most powerful nonviolent instrument or tool that we have in a democratic society, and we must make it easy and simple for people to use it.” –John Lewis

Latest Wild Card of #freedom cards: Space: the Geometry of Being— A crucial aspect of who we are and what we can do is where we are, and our relationships to people, resources, even the sun. This configuration is from a NASA solar origami array showing how space can be designed for power.

My four wild cards for my oracle Freedom deck: Life Force, Possibility, Space and Time. These are the foundations for everything else. I am still learning what Space means to me.

Roses near my house. My daughter Rosemary painted these for me and made it into a card. 💗