It's Walt Whitman's birthday today. For Whitman, democracy was not possible within barrack-like institutions. There could be no true democracy without rebellion. Above all, there could no democratic spirit without brotherhood & sisterhood, without communities based on intimacy & friendship.

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

Live alone in a big city and was desperately lonely, I can't socialise without some structure and cant do most sports, so I joined a local church. It gives me something to do Sundays and sometimes during the evenings. Still an atheist but less lonely.

Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈

Right, that's motivated me to instantly change my default search engine.

An event I'm running in Cardiff in July - The Inner Work of the Climate Crisis www.tickettailor.com/events/green...

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.~R.D. Laing, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘭f

New profile pic. The contemplative minister..

My one post reflection on the Welsh election: When there is a viable left of centre party that is not Labour it can win elections. This could be true of the wider UK. Especially if there were proportional representation.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dyma ganlyniad terfynol Etholiad Senedd Cymru. Plaid Cymru yw'r blaid fwyaf, gyda Reform yn ail gan wthio Llafur Cymru i'r trydydd safle

🚨🗳️ Canlyniad etholaeth Caerdydd Penarth newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/etho... #Senedd2026

You know what to do.

Vote. Vote against transphobia. Vote against hate. Vote.

I've written some reflections on the recent Yearly Meeting of Quakers in Britain. What if the pain caused by our theological diversity never heals? Might it be a thorn in our flesh that keeps us dependent on God's grace? jollyquaker.com/2026/05/05/t... #Quaker #theology

🚨OBJECTION, OBJECTION!🚨 We have OBJECTED to a retrospective application for a load of tatty advertising hoardings on Cowbridge Road East in #Riverside #Cardiff #Caerdydd. To learn more and add your objection, go here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess... #AdvertisingShitsInYourHead

"Part of what can help us to sustain hope in difficult times is the ability to imagine what a new creation might look like. Can we nurture a practice of hopeful imagination in a way that builds confidence and hope while avoiding naïve optimism?" Tangled Roots, p.151.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

#JulianofNorwich: "God feels great delight to be our Father &...great delight to be our Mother &...our true Spouse & our soul the loved Wife. Christ feels great delight that he is our Brother & Jesus...that he is our Liberator. These are the 5 great joys that God wants us to enjoy." bit.ly/453ossb

Wandering around town today on a day off and decided to buy this.

More than 1,000 people, including Irish author Sally Rooney and climate activist Greta Thunberg, have signed a letter in defiance of the ban on Palestine Action. The letter simply states: “We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action.” novaramedia.com/2026/04/27/s...

BREAKING 📰 More than 130 scholars, writers and artists defy ban on Palestine Action in letter to judges composed of only six words – “We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action” Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, and Brian Eno are among the signatories www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

BREAKING 132 Leading Public Figures Risk Terrorism Charges with Letter to the Court of Appeal. The letter is now open for public signatories via the Defend Our Juries website. View & Sign the letter here: www.defendourjuries.net/open-letter Press Release: defendourjuries.net/press-releas...

You will someday see there is no use for incessant internal chatter and no reason to constantly attempt to figure everything out. Eventually you will see the real cause of problems is not life itself. It’s the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes problems.~Michael Singer

#EarthDay protest at the Senedd.

"I see no salvation for the world save in a God-inspired socialism." Basil Viney (1892-1979) Unitarian minister

"I write.. as one more convinced than ever that what the world most lacks is the marriage of the unembitted and non violent left wing of politics with assurance of the real being of God." Basil Viney (1892 - 1979) Unitarian minister

Today CCA North West were outside Barclays bank in Liverpool reminding customers that Barclays continues to fund large scale climate emissions and deforestation.  If you want to know more about our local groups or our vigils, check out our website christianclimateaction.org

This is a valid point: whenever you see this sort of high-pressure sales tactic turned on a technology, you can be CERTAIN that it's a fake—actually useful new tech sells itself! And don't underestimate the effectiveness of FOMO as a tool in the hands of a con artist.

Our polling does suggest why someone born in the 1980s might find the idea of having a favorite dinosaur self-evident, but the typical American might not: we Millennials just happened to grow up at the peak of the dinosaur renaissance: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...

Brontosaurus isn't even a valid dinosaur name, and neither is Pterodactyl, and they are not dinosaurs. Personally I've always had a soft spot for Microceratus or Styracosaurus. 🤓

Project Hail Mary was lovely, but I still prefer the book.

I don’t think I listen to music enough nowadays. It's always podcasts and I think I'm not letting my soul breathe enough doing that.

Anglican priest, 84, among more than 500 arrested at Palestine Action protest ‘I can’t imagine why a Christian wouldn’t support Palestine Action… at 84 I can still do my small bit by being arrested, going to court and potentially going to prison.’ www.thetablet.co.uk/news/anglica...

May the Wisdom of God bless your rest and your sleeping.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

523 Arrests in London The Met are yet to justify to the public why they U-turned on their policy to not make arrests following the High Court ruling that the proscription of Palestine Action is unlawful. There has been no legal status change since Feb 13. Why the arrests now?

BREAKING: Mass arrests under the Terrorism Act in Trafalgar Square, as hundreds defy the ban on Palestine Action. The police are knowingly unlawfully arresting peaceful protestors for holding placards which say: "I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action"

“Love and justice are not two. Without inner change, there can be no outer change; without collective change, no change matters." Rev. angel Kyodo williams

At the Senedd climate and nature hustings.

This is appropriate Easter viewing, right?

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Wishing you Easter hope and courage as bearers of the risen Christ-light. If you want to join us as we try to live out our calling to light the darkness of climate inaction, check out our website christianclimateaction.org

A poem for Easter by e e cummings

This was such a sweet episode open.spotify.com/episode/7HAF...

In an act of worship and grief for the crucifixion of the world, as the climate emergency worsens, we are calling on the Church to do more to tackle climate change. We need to Stop Crucifying Creation.  As Christians, as the Church, we need to speak out in the name of the God of love.

Sometimes it causes me to tremble.

Happy Birthday to Auntie Marj (my grandmother's cousin) who turns 112 today. (Yep, really)

Organizations such as ILGA-Europe recently reclassified the UK as having "no functioning legal or administrative process for legal gender recognition." This places the UK alongside countries like Hungary and Russia in European rights rankings. rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/categories/l...

#MarcusJBorg: "Jesus was not primarily a teacher of information (what to believe) or morals (how to behave) but a teacher of a way or path of #transformation ...from a life in the world of conventional wisdom to a life centered in God." bit.ly/453ossb

Hi, on this #TDOV, I’m Rachel … the first out trans priest in a senior role in the Church of England. I am also a writer, award-winning poet and theologian, and a broadcaster. Being trans is great, ordinary, and frankly not the most interesting thing about me. I love being me! #TransDayOfVisibility

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us.~Richard Rohr