Gary Gach
@interbeing.bsky.social
@sarahjeong.bsky.social reports for @theverge.com ICE tear- gassed a bunch of children in #Portland on Saturday at a family-friendly peaceful demonstration. shorturl.at/nIsp9
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
shorturl.at
February 3, 2026 at 11:53 PM
@sarahjeong.bsky.social reports for @theverge.com ICE tear- gassed a bunch of children in #Portland on Saturday at a family-friendly peaceful demonstration. shorturl.at/nIsp9
@chriscillizza.bsky.social breaks down
⚖️ What the Constitution says about who runs elections
🏛️ Why the executive branch has very limited power
🧠 Political & legal guardrails Trump can’t just bulldoze
& more. ( 6 mins )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ot...
#voting #election
⚖️ What the Constitution says about who runs elections
🏛️ Why the executive branch has very limited power
🧠 Political & legal guardrails Trump can’t just bulldoze
& more. ( 6 mins )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ot...
#voting #election
😳 Trump Says Republicans Should “Take Over” Voting | Chris CIllizza
YouTube video by Chris Cillizza
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
@chriscillizza.bsky.social breaks down
⚖️ What the Constitution says about who runs elections
🏛️ Why the executive branch has very limited power
🧠 Political & legal guardrails Trump can’t just bulldoze
& more. ( 6 mins )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ot...
#voting #election
⚖️ What the Constitution says about who runs elections
🏛️ Why the executive branch has very limited power
🧠 Political & legal guardrails Trump can’t just bulldoze
& more. ( 6 mins )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ot...
#voting #election
How #Trauma Drives the Politics of the #Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Overwhelming individual experiences &collective remembrance of atrocities provide fertile ground for divisive extremists
by Khaled Diab in @newlinesmag.bsky.social 16-min read
newlinesmag.com/argument/how...
Overwhelming individual experiences &collective remembrance of atrocities provide fertile ground for divisive extremists
by Khaled Diab in @newlinesmag.bsky.social 16-min read
newlinesmag.com/argument/how...
How Trauma Drives the Politics of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Overwhelming individual experiences and collective remembrance of atrocities provide fertile ground for divisive extremists
newlinesmag.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:39 PM
How #Trauma Drives the Politics of the #Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Overwhelming individual experiences &collective remembrance of atrocities provide fertile ground for divisive extremists
by Khaled Diab in @newlinesmag.bsky.social 16-min read
newlinesmag.com/argument/how...
Overwhelming individual experiences &collective remembrance of atrocities provide fertile ground for divisive extremists
by Khaled Diab in @newlinesmag.bsky.social 16-min read
newlinesmag.com/argument/how...
Hope for the best.
Expect the worst.
Life is a play.
We're unrehearsed.
– Mel Brooks
Expect the worst.
Life is a play.
We're unrehearsed.
– Mel Brooks
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Hope for the best.
Expect the worst.
Life is a play.
We're unrehearsed.
– Mel Brooks
Expect the worst.
Life is a play.
We're unrehearsed.
– Mel Brooks
Our job is to #love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
— Thomas Merton, born January 31st, 1915.
@thomasmertongbi.bsky.social
— Thomas Merton, born January 31st, 1915.
@thomasmertongbi.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Our job is to #love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.
— Thomas Merton, born January 31st, 1915.
@thomasmertongbi.bsky.social
— Thomas Merton, born January 31st, 1915.
@thomasmertongbi.bsky.social
The UN says it could run out of money by July & have to close its NY headquarters if countries – namely the US – don't pay annual fees amounting to billions of dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...
#Trump #BoardOfPeace
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...
#Trump #BoardOfPeace
U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The UN says it could run out of money by July & have to close its NY headquarters if countries – namely the US – don't pay annual fees amounting to billions of dollars.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...
#Trump #BoardOfPeace
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/w...
#Trump #BoardOfPeace
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene. #ICE @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene. #ICE @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 AM
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene. #ICE @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
An internal memo changed the standard from whether people are unlikely to show up for hearings to whether they could leave the scene. #ICE @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
@gregpalast.bsky.social & @thomhartmann.skystack.xyz in Fulton County, Georgia reporting on voter suppression
gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/the-real-s...
#voter #voting
gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/the-real-s...
#voter #voting
The real story of the FBI raid on Fulton County, Atlanta
You are watching the theft of 2026 before your eyes
gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
@gregpalast.bsky.social & @thomhartmann.skystack.xyz in Fulton County, Georgia reporting on voter suppression
gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/the-real-s...
#voter #voting
gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/the-real-s...
#voter #voting
I don’t know how to save the world.
I don’t have the answer I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past & present. I only know that without compassion & respect for all earth’s Inhabitants, none of us will survive. Nor will we deserve to.
– Leonard Peltier
I don’t have the answer I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past & present. I only know that without compassion & respect for all earth’s Inhabitants, none of us will survive. Nor will we deserve to.
– Leonard Peltier
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I don’t know how to save the world.
I don’t have the answer I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past & present. I only know that without compassion & respect for all earth’s Inhabitants, none of us will survive. Nor will we deserve to.
– Leonard Peltier
I don’t have the answer I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past & present. I only know that without compassion & respect for all earth’s Inhabitants, none of us will survive. Nor will we deserve to.
– Leonard Peltier
Humility, Not-Knowing, & Awe – by Jane Hirshfield
janehirshfield.substack.com/p/poems-in-a...
#poetry #art #activism #WalkForPeace
janehirshfield.substack.com/p/poems-in-a...
#poetry #art #activism #WalkForPeace
Poems in a Time of Crisis, Part Three: Humility, Not-Knowing, & Awe
Jane Hirshfield Substack piece on humility, selflessness, and Don't-Know Mind in times of activism, and the curative connection between our smallness and the sense of the vast.
janehirshfield.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Humility, Not-Knowing, & Awe – by Jane Hirshfield
janehirshfield.substack.com/p/poems-in-a...
#poetry #art #activism #WalkForPeace
janehirshfield.substack.com/p/poems-in-a...
#poetry #art #activism #WalkForPeace
How much has the past week eroded America's standing with other nations? – and could it get worse ?
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
How much has the past week eroded America's standing with other nations? – and could it get worse ?
The writers-owned #minneapolis @racketmn.com news media has lifted their pay wall for the day. You might start with their epic assemblage of neighbors' testimony ... racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket
A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota
racketmn.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The writers-owned #minneapolis @racketmn.com news media has lifted their pay wall for the day. You might start with their epic assemblage of neighbors' testimony ... racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
Meanwhile, 100s of clergy have arrived in Minneapolis
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
marchminnesota.org
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
marchminnesota.org
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Meanwhile, 100s of clergy have arrived in Minneapolis
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
marchminnesota.org
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
marchminnesota.org
Meanwhile, 100s of clergy, rabbis, etc. have arrived in Minneapolis
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Meanwhile, 100s of clergy, rabbis, etc. have arrived in Minneapolis
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
100s of clergy, rabbis, etc., march in Minneapolis. @jackjenkins.me reports ... religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
#ICE
#ICE
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:57 PM
100s of clergy, rabbis, etc., march in Minneapolis. @jackjenkins.me reports ... religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
#ICE
#ICE
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall
January 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall
Conversation with Arthur Sze, Poet Laureate of These States
www.pw.org/content/qa_s...
#poetry #translation
www.pw.org/content/qa_s...
#poetry #translation
January 21, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Conversation with Arthur Sze, Poet Laureate of These States
www.pw.org/content/qa_s...
#poetry #translation
www.pw.org/content/qa_s...
#poetry #translation
The current internet blackout in Iran is more complex than a hand merely pulling a plug out of a wall socket. Umud Shokri explains how –
www.meforum.org/mef-observer...
#Iran #IranInternetBlackout
www.meforum.org/mef-observer...
#Iran #IranInternetBlackout
How Iran Augmented Its Internet Shutdown Strategy in 2026
Unlike in the Past, This Time the Regime Did Not Sever Access but Instead Degraded Internet Function
www.meforum.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The current internet blackout in Iran is more complex than a hand merely pulling a plug out of a wall socket. Umud Shokri explains how –
www.meforum.org/mef-observer...
#Iran #IranInternetBlackout
www.meforum.org/mef-observer...
#Iran #IranInternetBlackout
As a Parallax author I'm just looking out for fellow Parallax authors. & now is the time for your noble, needful, vital book
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
As a Parallax author I'm just looking out for fellow Parallax authors. & now is the time for your noble, needful, vital book
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr & Venerable Thich That Hanh –
A remarkable friendship is spotlit by @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social engels.bsky.social – theconversation.com/building-bel.... @martinlutherkingjr.bsky.social @mlk50.com
A remarkable friendship is spotlit by @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social engels.bsky.social – theconversation.com/building-bel.... @martinlutherkingjr.bsky.social @mlk50.com
theconversation.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr & Venerable Thich That Hanh –
A remarkable friendship is spotlit by @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social engels.bsky.social – theconversation.com/building-bel.... @martinlutherkingjr.bsky.social @mlk50.com
A remarkable friendship is spotlit by @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social engels.bsky.social – theconversation.com/building-bel.... @martinlutherkingjr.bsky.social @mlk50.com
Counterbalancing darkness with light,
joy against grief,
insight amidst confusion,
solidity instead of dispersion.
#Peace #WalkForPeace
www.youtube.com/shorts/YSOW4...
joy against grief,
insight amidst confusion,
solidity instead of dispersion.
#Peace #WalkForPeace
www.youtube.com/shorts/YSOW4...
Monks stop in metro Atlanta on their 'Walk for Peace'
YouTube video by Atlanta News First
www.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Counterbalancing darkness with light,
joy against grief,
insight amidst confusion,
solidity instead of dispersion.
#Peace #WalkForPeace
www.youtube.com/shorts/YSOW4...
joy against grief,
insight amidst confusion,
solidity instead of dispersion.
#Peace #WalkForPeace
www.youtube.com/shorts/YSOW4...
Walk for Peace is a 120-day, 2,300-mile journey by 19–24 Buddhist monks — with loyal rescue dog, Aloka — walking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of #peace and #compassion.
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Walk for Peace is a 120-day, 2,300-mile journey by 19–24 Buddhist monks — with loyal rescue dog, Aloka — walking from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness of #peace and #compassion.