Timeless poem by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social
"...for all the time and sea between us
i feel the shock of losing you
it is a devastation
i would have loved you
but my species
we are terrified of love."
adriennemareebrown.net/2017/11/25/f...
RIGHT NOW -- Veterans are being arrested in #washingtondc after peacefully demanding an end to the War on Iran. @vetsaboutface
Exhausted by the news? Spend an hour with people who get it. It’s the perfect weekly recharge. Meet us this Saturday, April 25th, from 9:30-10:30am at the corners of 75th and Metcalf in Overland Park, KS.
Bring a sign and a can of chicken for Peggy’s Pantry KC. Let’s refuel together. 💙🪧
Say NO to New Nuclear Bombs! Despite our huge stockpile, the National Nuclear Security Administration is pushing to ramp up production. A public hearing will be scheduled in KC because 80% of the parts are made here. Thu. May 7 @ 5:30 - 8 p.m. @ Hillcrest Community Center
Mayapples blooming over a bed of dead leaves
Mayapples are blooming
Wow! Hard to watch but so worthy of watching. White Right: Meeting the Enemy, a documentary by Deeyah Khan www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvt5...
And then there's the so-called "Sarajevo Safari" www.wlrn.org/2026-03-18/w...
Bridging the Gap Kansas City silent online auction opened April 17! Bid on these items and more: Spend an afternoon with Robin Wall Kimmerer, have a 6-8 foot tall Serviceberry tree professionally planted in your yard, get KC Current Tickets, or have lunch with Mayor Lucas
Bridging the Gap Kansas City silent online auction for a great cause! Spend an afternoon with Robin Wall Kimmerer, have a 6-8 foot tall Serviceberry tree professionally planted in your yard, get KC Current Tickets, or have lunch with Mayor Lucas my.onecause.com/event/organi...
Also thinking about the ~$2 billion in restitution, fines, and penalties related to financial crimes "forgiven" due to Trump's pardons mostly benefiting white-collar, corporations and political allies (based on analyses from House Judiciary Committee and legal watchdogs) youtu.be/ugQ27Z6NiwE?...
V-Dem's Marina Nord explained that only military coups have outpaced the US in terms of speed of deterioration of democracy. "If you exclude civil wars and military coups it's only one or two cases, but one prominent case is Adolf Hitler in Germany which managed to dismantle democracy in 53 days."
May Day Rise Up No Work, No School, No Shopping on May Day Missouri Workers Center
Kansas City — Friday, May 1 | 5:30pm | Washington Square Park (100 E Pershing Rd)
St. Louis — Friday, May 1 | 5:30pm | Aloe Plaza (Market St & N 18th St)
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The recording of our ‘State of Democracy’ seminar with @socentral.no l is now live! 🎥
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social's Marina Nord breaks down the #DemocracyReport2026, showing how global freedom has regressed to 1978 levels and why 74% of the world now lives in autocracy.
Within one year, the USA’s Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) score has declined by 24%; its world rank dropped from 20th to 51st place out of 179 nations. The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history. www.v-dem.net/documents/75...
The Trump Administration just proposed gutting protections on toxic coal ash, a move that could contaminate our groundwater with heavy metals like mercury and lead.
Let’s be clear: this is about letting polluters off the hook.
Nobody will be immune from the impacts of the increased deregulation. There is no "your water" or "my water" and we're experiencing a fresh water crisis globally
Let’s replenish the shelves for El Centro and Center of Grace tomorrow!!
Three drop off locations and most needed items listed below ⬇️
Nonviolence Webinar | Hosted by Peace Voice
How are movements around the world using strategic nonviolence to confront authoritarianism and defend democracy?
Saturday, April 18, 2026 from 12 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific Online
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1/7. We Americans have a hard time seeing ourselves in the world, and so even when we want to criticize our fascist oligarchs we fail to see the international networks of which they are nodes.
"The future won’t be decided by rural America or urban America winning an argument. It will be decided by whether ordinary people realize they’ve been living inside the same struggle all along" ruralurbanbridge.org/blog/who-ben...
JoCo Mutual Aid is hosting a mini-food and hygiene item drive THIS Saturday to quickly replenish shelves at El Centro and Center of Grace. Find most needed items and drop off locations below. 💙
UPDATE: L.L.Bean YOUR voices were heard.
After significant pushback from the outdoor community, L.L. Bean is joining the Save the Forest Service movement. Their LinkedIn statement says it all:
TODAY: The House is expected to vote on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.
Tell your representative to vote NO and stop the regime from gobbling up mass surveillance data to punish Trump’s enemies and round up immigrants. 👇
Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
[Via @itep.org]
Hey Missourians, did you know Mark Twain National Forest is in acute danger due to new extraction proposals and aggressive timber targets that threaten the streams communities depend on for clean water? This resource gives you a script you can use to contact your reps
A mini collage made from old magazines, boxes, glue, markers, and junk mail. A woman rows a boat in a lake among mountains and tress with horseback riders on the shoreline. The words say, "We could have predicted a lot of what happened."
A mini collage made from old magazines, boxes, glue, markers, and junk mail. Crumbled and bombed out buildings pour smoke surrounded by rubble. The words say, "How many have there been? How many more must there be?" A QR code is included.
Craftivism. A mini collage made from old magazines, boxes, glue, markers, and junk mail. "We could have predicted a lot of what happened."
Eyewear embedded with facial recognition tech is a recipe for disaster.
Send a message to Meta now at aclu.org/eyewear_not_spywear
We want to help you host actions in defense of immigrants in your community. Join us, @detentionwatchnetwork.org, and more partners for today’s training as we build momentum for the national day of action on April 25 to oppose Trump’s mass detention agenda.
"by forcing the government to confront the question before they make wars of whether enough people will fight them, actually constrains wars before they happen, as opposed to fighting an antiwar movement after they’re on."
"To grasp the exponential nature of renewable energy rollout, consider that a total of 1GW of solar was deployed globally in 2004. Last year, the same amount was added every 12 hours". From today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social
"To grasp the exponential nature of renewable energy rollout, consider that a total of 1GW of solar was deployed globally in 2004. Last year, the same amount was added every 12 hours".
From today's
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
KC Creatives for Change is hosting an Arts and Advocacy Fundraiser benefiting AIRR KC!!
Enjoy food, drinks and performances while raising money to make a difference in our community. Featuring the work of 16 local artists!
Sunday, April 19th | 4:30pm
Donate here: secure.ngpvan.com/pRSShIBx0UiW...
