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Gary Gach
@interbeing.bsky.social
author, teacher, Bay swimmer he/his
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@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
@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
😳 Trump Says Republicans Should “Take Over” Voting | Chris CIllizza
YouTube video by Chris Cillizza
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 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...
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
Hope for the best.
Expect the worst.
Life is a play.
We're unrehearsed.

– Mel Brooks
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 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
February 1, 2026 at 1:31 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
U.N. Says It’s in Danger of Financial Collapse Because of Unpaid Dues
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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
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
“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
Conversation with Arthur Sze, Poet Laureate of These States

www.pw.org/content/qa_s...

#poetry #translation
January 21, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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
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
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
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr & Venerable Thich That Hanh –
A remarkable friendship is spotlit by @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social engels.bsky.socialtheconversation.com/building-bel.... @martinlutherkingjr.bsky.social @mlk50.com
theconversation.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Counterbalancing darkness with light,
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
January 15, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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