God bless the grass that grows thru the crack They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back The concrete gets tired of what it has to do It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru And God bless the grass -Malvina Reynolds genius.com/Malvina-reyn...

Defending trans people is obviously morally just and ethical. Beyond that it just is tactically the correct thing to do because the GOP is going to say the same thing about Dems no matter what and either you can respond with 'well my opponent has some points' or 'look at this hateful shit'

I am so excited about next week’s guest on the channel… I literally don’t know if I can wait until Wednesday to post it, but I will try… This will be my last interview for a while as I rustle up some new volunteers to come on! Who would you like to have on?

Remember Flock the browser? I actually really liked it back in the day. I loved all the blogging integrations.

Question: How long has Elon actually been "crazy?"

Priorities.

Satire and ridicule are important tools for a civil society working to stave off authoritarianism.

From Stephen Colbert's Late Show:

I mean my God what is in those files?

@penaddict.com I've got a couple days in SF this week and would love to visit a couple rad stationary stores and test a few things out. Have you recommended places in the past or have a few you think would be fun to check out? I'm a few notches above beginner when it comes to this hobby. Thanks!

Loving this book: Dilla Time by Dan Charnas. What a creative way to tell the story of Dilla’s influence on popular music through biography, Detroit colonial history, and ethnomusicology done in a very approachable way. Would highly recommend (still reading but feel confident this will continue).

Now, let's remember what else the so-called Christians in Congress are OK with: *Court finding of fraud *Court finding of defamation *Court finding of sexual assault *Constant lying in public *Never attending church services *Rewarding the wealthy *Mean-spirited behavior *Mocking the downtrodden

Looking forward to a trip to Northern California next week to visit a couple Quaker meetings: San Mateo and Santa Cruz. If folks are around, I will be guiding a discussion on remix in Santa Cruz on August 2. More info here:

"The obsession with discrediting King is older than the FBI itself. J. Edgar Hoover… inherited his suspicion of Black leaders from mentors in military intelligence who surveilled King's father & grandfather…" ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p... /via @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social & Bishop William J. Ba

What a little organic intelligence research can get you. /via @motherjones.com

Colbert comes out swinging. Gonna be a fun 10 months...

I love this!

"In small towns, as well as cities like Harrisburg, there is an underreported but epic struggle being waged for the hearts and minds of everyday people, with ripple effects for the entire nation." @liztheoharis.kairoscenter.org via @salonnewsroom.bsky.social www.salon.com/2025/07/21/t...

The only way to prevent AI-produced slop from becoming the default is to refuse to watch, play, read, or listen to stuff like this.

Some of our findings from a recent foraging trip in the Guilford woods.

New post up on gatheringinlight.com. A Reflection on why the Samaritan's seeing led to a different action than the others in the parable and what does attention have to do with compassion. www.gatheringinlight.com/attention-an...

Great episode of Plain English with @dkthomp.bsky.social and @jayvanbavel.bsky.social on What Experts Are Saying About Smartphone Use and Mental Health: https://overcast.fm/+AA1LefljUfY

"Our salvation begins with our quest for liberation and a search for our true personhood, a wholeness of being. In this search, our vision of new possibilities and a new human being is centered in Jesus Christ." –Rev. Pauli Murray #paulimurray @yalebooks.bsky.social @paulimurraycenter.bsky.social

RIP Alasdair MacIntyre. I owe a lot to your work, not just from a academic and professional perspective, but also from a personal and spiritual one as well. Thank you.

Here's a lovely version of How Can I Keep From Singing from my friend, and one of my favorite folk artists, Seth Mountain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtMkv_zb73E

Watching the doc “Breaking the Bird” about #Twitter. It’s really interesting to travel back and learn the behind the scenes of what brought so much change about. It’s also weird to post this on #bluesky.

Wesspresso via Lelit Bianca

I moved to Ghost from Substack after @caseynewton.bsky.social reported on Substack’s terrible policies, many others moved as well. Here is a great thread from @theradr.bsky.social about her move. I second point she makes about how great @ghost.org is too. I love the platform.

Really enjoyed the conversation with @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Last night at the Carolina Theater in Greensboro. Jeff, I didn’t speak up but wanted to thank you for helping me find joy in reading fiction. Until I found your work, I really struggled to enjoy fiction but your work was a gateway.

Winter loves the RSP. So will you: 165 prospects at QB, RB, WR, & TE The most in-depth scouting reports you'll find. Pre-draft publication evals talent first. Post-Draft factors draft capital/fit Pleasantly shocking readers since 2006. www.mattwaldman.com

Why is our own participation in scapegoating so difficult to perceive and the participation of others so easy? To us, our fears and prejudices never appear as such because they determine our vision of people we despise, we fear, and against whom we discriminate. Rene Girard

I think the whole "America must endure this dark night before a beautiful dawn" would hit a lot harder if the night wasn't a light switch that could be switched back on at any time by president golf

My hope (currently) for the Browns draft this year: Hunter (2) & Milroe (33). #dawgpound

Just ordered mine! Can't wait.

Thanks for offering this at Saturday's @woodbrooke.bsky.social event and for sharing the text more widely! I really appreciate how you took us to the past and future and in the process reminded us to attend to the living Presence now.

I was asked to offer a playful, imaginative presentation as a last thought for our day long conference looking at George Fox's 400th birthday (last year). My question is where Friends might be at the time 2052. This is what I shared: www.gatheringinlight.com/where-do-we-... #quakerstudies

it’s weird that we’re staring down the second unprecedented economic catastrophe in five years and instead of a novel coronavirus that will go on to kill millions of people this one is just “no one was willing to tell him no”

#Cavs Jarrett Allen with the best shirt I've ever seen. "Let em meow"

Excited to announce that my book is out, earlier than scheduled. This was so much fun to write, given my lifelong interest in reading. The spirituality of reading. Reading for spiritual growth.

Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 34 MILLION! 👏 LETS DO THIS!

George Fox at 400 conference underway! So excited to hear from all the folks speaking and looking forward to sharing a bit of my imaginative piece at the end of the day on the topic: "Where do We Go From Here?"

Two great articles by Quakers in two days: Quaker parenting www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

Last week, Les III, a local artist painted a portrait of me. He's the artist in residence at Greenhill here in GSO and is practicing doing portraits of folks in two hours. The goal is to try and capture something of the person in that moment, without getting lost in detail. Here's my portrait:

Quaker minister, Ashley Wilcox, wrote a beautiful essay in @nytimes.com Modern Love column about why she got married even while she just discovered she had ALS. #quakers #modernlove www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/s...

Thank you to Private Eye, which arrived yesterday #Quakers #WestminsterQuakers #metpolice @quaker.org.uk

The Home Secretary downplays "heavy-handed policing," including Friday's Quaker Meeting House raid. But the government could end this by repealing Public Order Act 2023 and parts of Policing Act 2022. Time 45.30 👇https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0029k8y/sunday-with-laura-kuenssberg-30032025

For the Quakers reading this blog and those interested in Quaker studies, this Saturday there's a really great online mini-conference put on by Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre looking at the Quaker tradition at Fox's 400th birthday (2024). www.gatheringinlight.com/george-fox-a...

#Cavs star Donovan Mitchell using platform to highlight local heroes www.news5cleveland.com/sports/baske...

Cackling glee over literally condemning millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable to death due to eliminating USAID; on the verge of tears over his falling stock price. This is Elon Musk in a nutshell.