Wise Words ✍️ "The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go on as if you had never arrived." - Ann Patchett, American novelist & memoirist, born this day 1963 #authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting

Facts matter... #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist #Afghanistan

C'mon humans, we can do better! “The younger generation is...the most emotionally involved in the problems, and have contributed the least to their causing, and, then, are also going to suffer most as a result.” 🌎 > 💰 #environment #climatecrisis #GoodNewsToo www.theguardian.com/environment/...

C'mon United!! Stuff Everton! ⚽️👹😃 #MUNEVE #football #soccer #manchesterunited

Wise Words ✍️ "Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire, French writer, philosopher, satirist & historian, born this day 1694 #authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting

Wise Words ✍️ "A word after a word after a word is power." -- Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic & inventor, born this day 1939 #authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting

So true! 😺 #cats #catsofbluesky #catdad

Wise Words ✍️ "If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.” -- P.J. O'Rourke, American author, journalist & satirist, born this day 1947 #authors #birthdays #readingcommunity #amwriting

C'mon humans, we must do better! "Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial." 🌎 > 💰 #environment #climatecrisis #future www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Read books, ban intolerance! 📚 #books #readingcommunity #amwriting

Wise Words ✍️ "You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips." -- Oliver Goldsmith, Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, born this day 1730 #authors #birthdays #books #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amwriting

Read on! 📚 #books #readingcommuity #amwriting

C'mon UNITED!! Stuff Spurs!! 👹 ⚽️ 😀 #TOTMUN #football #manchesterunited

Great tune to kick off the weekend! Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Neil Young, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn... Enjoy! 🎸 🎶 😎 #Friday #music #GoodVibes open.spotify.com/track/0bIGNG...

Wise Words ✍️ "Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present." - Albert Camus, French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, playwright, journalist, activist & Nobel Prize recpient, born this day 1913 #authors #birthdays #books #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #amwriting

Republican shutdown, now in its 2nd month, keeps causing more suffering and pain... #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

More and more, I have a sinking feeling about this country... #NoKings #resist #photography

Read books, ban intolerance! 📚 #books #authors #freedom forreadingaddicts.co.uk/judge-orders...

C'mon, humans, we can do better! 🌎 > 💰 #environment #climatecrisis #NoKings www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...

Aw, crap, did I miss my bus again? #nature #photography #Sunday #goodvibes

Wise Words ✍️ “They were careless people, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald #books #authors #NoKings

When in Lodi, CA... Getting my Zin on! #wine #California #weekend #GoodVibes #photography

Republican shutdown keeps causing pain... 🤡 🚘 #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Compassionate Conservatives... 🙃 #NoKings #pro-democracies #resist

Happy Halloween! Get spooky, be safe & enjoy with a good friend! 👻 🐈‍⬛️ 🎃 #Halloween #Friday #GoodVibes #photography

Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year. UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year. Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

As true today as ever... #authors #books #NoKings #resist

Endless Republican shutdown is killing us... 🫨 #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Unabashed book promo on National Black Cat Day! 🐈‍⬛ #cats #catsofbluesky #catdad #blackcats #books #booksky #amwriting #photography

Tolkien had it right! #books #readingcommunity #GoodVibes

“[I]n America the law is king. "For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” - Thomas Paine, American Founding Father #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist

Wise Words ✍️ "The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing." - John le Carré, British author & espionage novelist extraordinaire, born this day 1931 #authors #birthdays #books #amwriting #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Yes! 🌎>💰 #environment #climatecrisis #future www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

C'mon United, sink Liverpool today!! ⚽️👹😃 #football #soccer #LIVMUN

We the People! Proud to partipate in the "I love America" rallies with so many others yesterday... 🇺🇸 ⚖️ 😃 #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Me training my cat....😉🐈❤️ #Cats #Caturday #Catlovers #CatsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyCats

Baltimore No Kings sign waves throughout the city during the annual running festival. #baltimore #nokings #freespeech #democracy

Run for Democracy! Several No Kings events in #Baltimore today, including this marathon near Patterson Park 🚫 👑 🇺🇸 nokings.org #NoKings #resist #photograhy

Get your protest on! Millions of Americans expected to partake today. Find a protest near you! NoKings.org 🚫 👑 🇺🇸 ⚖️ 😄 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Why No Kings protests tomorrow are so important. Be a true patriot & join in! 🇺🇸 ⚖️ 😀 nokings.org #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Find a protest near you! nokings.org 🇺🇸 ⚖️ 😀 #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist

Pumpkin-spiced morning in Baltimore! #Baltimore #photography #GoodVibes

Freedom of the press victory! 🇺🇸 ⚖️ 😃

Know your rights when you're protesting... 🇺🇸 ⚖️ ✌️ ACLU.org #NoKings #pro-democracy #resist

BREAKING: The NYT fights back!

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.