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Maia Duerr

@maiaduerr.bsky.social

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writer, anthropologist, zen buddhist practitioner, engaged dharma, career alchemist. 📕 Work That Matters (2017, Parallax Press) Grateful to be a guest on Tewa homelands (Northern New Mexico). https://maiaduerr.substack.com/

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · Jun 1

This is a good time to remember that #anarchism and #mutualaid is baked into #Buddhism.

www.buddhistdoor.net/features/rad...

Radical Openness in Volatile Times - Buddhistdoor Global

In a time of great upheaval, a key quality of the Dharma is its ability to give us support and stability—if we are open to it.

www.buddhistdoor.net

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Justin Whitaker @justinwhitaker.bsky.social · 1d

One of the best aspects of #Buddhism in #America, imho, is its openness to building connections across whatever divides are out there--suffering anywhere is suffering we vow to overcome. Thanks @maiaduerr.bsky.social for this piece at @buddhistdoor.bsky.social

www.buddhistdoor.net/features/bud...

Buddhist Solidarity with Apache Stronghold - Buddhistdoor Global

At Oak Flat, Buddhist practitioners stand with Apache Stronghold to defend Indigenous sacred land, bringing compassion and awareness to the front lines of environmental justice

www.buddhistdoor.net

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 5d

my hometown!

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 7d

Santa Fe's No Kings protest this Saturday will start at Federal Plaza @ 10 am and end up at the Roundhouse with a community block party featuring local groups, art, music, and calls to action from 11 am–2 pm

See you there!

Reports @santafereporter.bsky.social

No Kings 2.0 Rally set for Saturday at the Roundhouse

March through the Plaza begins at 10 am at the Federal Courthouse

sfreporter.com

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 10d

Actually since i posted this months ago, I am less inclined to think of this as an effective resistance strategy. This regime is looking for any excuse to gut gov't services, and my witholding tax only makes that easier for them.

Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 10d

Mr. Trump can say whatever he wants about Columbus Day/ Indigenous Peoples Day. I don't recognize him as the president either.

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 10d

Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay!

This is a good day to support Indigenous organizations that work hard every day to protect land and waters, to remedy longstanding inequities, and to decolonize. Please consider donating to Native-led nonprofits today.

Donate to TWU --> bit.ly/TWU-give

Tewa dancer wearing traditional clothing and moccasins, holding a painted rattle. The scene is outside on a patio, with blue sky in the background.

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 12d

We put together a list of #IndigenousPeoplesDay events happening this weekend and Monday, Oct 13, here in Northern #NewMexico -- a day to celebrate our histories + cultures, and our enduring presence as stewards of earth, air, + waters. How are you celebrating?

tewawomenunited.org/2025/10/indi...

Native design poster on black background, words:
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
Santa Fe Plaza, New Mexico

artist: George Toya

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 12d

Coming Sunday morning on Postcards from #NewMexico… a walk into the forest to witness the magical transformation from green to gold.
Sign up here to receive it in your in-box: postcardsfromnewmexico.substack.com

Background photo of gold and yellow aspen leaves on the ground. Text: "Aspen Vista: a photo collection"
Available October 12th, 2025 (Substack preview)

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 14d

beautiful

Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 14d

the only real enemy is the three poisons -- greed, hatred, and ignorance -- which live inside each of us.

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 15d

We are so excited for this Saturday, Oct 11, and our "Love Shouldn't Haunt You" Skate Jam! Valdez Park, Espanola #NewMexico
Please come if you can for all or part of the afternoon. This is an all-ages big community celebration and we'd love to see you there!

tewawomenunited.org/events/love-...

Purple, green, and orange poster with details for Oct 11 event:
1:30 – 3 pm: Free Workshop for Youth (10 – 17) with Illastr8
3 – 6 pm: Main event, music by MydNyte — all ages and wheels welcome!

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 15d

A beautifully brutally honest post about what it's like to be on the frontlines of #Chicago right now, by a seasoned and skillful organizer.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15d

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 16d

This past week, for 3 days and nights people gathered at the Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe in #SantaFe to read names of more than 65,000 Palestinians in #Gaza killed as well as the 800 civilians (Israeli + other nationalities) killed on Oct 7, 2023.

Unfathomable.

This must stop.

#NewMexico

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 16d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 16d

How to fuck up a #publichealth system. Thanks, RFK Jr.

#covid

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w...

Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall

www.nytimes.com

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 18d

How can we work with questions as a practice? How do we ask the kinds of questions that have the potential to liberate our lives?

Enjoy the exploration and discover a question that will open up your possibilities…

#Buddhism #meditation #questions

maiaduerr.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

The Art of Asking Liberating Questions

questions as a transformative practice

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 19d

I miss the days when ballparks weren't named after corporations.

Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 19d

I feel like last year's MLB playoffs happened just a few weeks ago. What a weird year this has been.

Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 19d

Boycott.

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Tina - Release the #EpsteinFiles|Resistbot: Text RESIST to 50409 @porpentina2017.bsky.social · 20d

I agree with @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social, our government has become a place where there is no regard for human rights let alone human dignity.

The question posed in this article is “What kind of monsters grab children & take them outside without clothes?“ & then respond with “Fuck them kids.”?

Snapshot: The Attack in Chicago

The night-time raid on a Chicago apartment building and its residents is an ugly escalation by an immoral regime—and an attack on all decent people

www.americaamerica.news

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 20d

Starbucks had the largest pay ratio gap in the S&P 500 at 6,666 to 1 last year. CEO Brian Niccol reportedly pocketed $95.8 million while the average worker earned $14,674, the 8th-lowest median pay of any S&P 500 firm, according to @ips-dc.org report. ips-dc.org/report-execu...

Executive Excess 2025

CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared at the 100 largest low-wage corporations.

ips-dc.org

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 23d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 20d

I hope this guy is racking up charges at the Hague. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

U.S. Military Attacked Boat Off Venezuela, Killing Four Men, Hegseth Says

www.nytimes.com

Maia Duerr @maiaduerr.bsky.social · 23d

Dragon Room to the left? Love that spot.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23d

Two stories I hope to read soon: how Hegseth's agenda weakens the military and how people in the military are responding to that agenda.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23d

like, the fact that they felt this spectacle was necessary is itself evidence that they don't have the military support that they want

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