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Roland Maurice
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Art, food, farming, climate, localism, collapse aware, spiritual curiosity, all wrapped up in one aging queer package.
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“We protect what we fall in love with.”

Love roots us.
It steadies us.
It gives us the courage to stop looking away and start tending what matters.

This is how we show up: not from fear, but from devotion.

#EarthHeart #WeProtectWhatWeLove #LifeboatAcademy #robinwallkimmerer
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “We protect what we fall in love with.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Blommande mandelträd (blossoming almond tree) by John Sten, circa 1918 (oil on canvas)
#johnsten #expressionism #painting #art
The painting uses vibrant colors and bold brushstrokes in an expressionistic style. A large tree with pink and white blossoms dominates the right foreground. In the background, there are buildings with a red-tiled roof and green grass in the middle ground, set against a dark sky.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Carnations fired from a mortar, mural attributed to Banksy, 2017 (graffiti art, located in Travessa do Judeu, Lisbon, Portugal, alludes to 1974 Carnation Revolution)
#Banksy #art #graffiti #graffitiart #contemporaryart #politicalart #carnationrevolution
A stencil graffiti shows a person in army attire firing a mortar that releases red carnations and smoke against a bright orange wall.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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In 1989 Canada was shocked when 14 young women were killed at Montréal’s École Polytechnique in a gender-based attack. Lest we forget.
#endviolenceagainstwomen

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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada - AC Component
This year in Canada we once again mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. We will take time and remember the 14 innocents who were murdered because they were women. ...
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December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Mantra of the day: increasing understanding and compassion is just plain old practical.
#dailyreflection #personalreflection
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A lot of what looks like “chaos” is just playground logic scaled up: bullies, stooges, and too many people staying quiet.

But silence isn’t neutral.

Bullies only win when the rest of us don’t show up.

Integrity needs presence. Safety needs all of us.

#ShowUp #CollectiveIntegrity #LifeboatAcademy
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya, 1814 (oil on canvas)
#franciscogoya #oilpainting #politicalart #warart
A dramatic scene depicting the execution of Spanish civilians by a French firing squad during the Peninsular War. A central figure in a white shirt with outstretched arms is brightly illuminated by a lantern, contrasting sharply with the dark, faceless soldiers and the pile of bloodied bodies in the foreground.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Collapse is here. Our work at the Lifeboat Academy matters now more than ever. Support, collaborate, or connect—every bit counts.
#CourageInTheCracks #RelationalEconomics #Farmastery #NextEconomy #ReturnOnRelationship
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Courage in the Cracks
An invitation to the work of re-making an economy that sustains life and living things
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December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Noticing is a practice of integrity.
When we choose to see what’s actually happening—inside us and around us—the whole landscape shifts.
Complicity thrives on inattention.
Liberation begins when we look directly.

#Noticing #Integrity #CollectiveCare #LifeboatAcademy
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “What we choose to notice changes everything.” — adrienne maree brown
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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An empty answer to a good question.
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Today, Elizabeth May asked a simple question: How deep is the deficit now that the Liberals have created a brand-new subsidy for oil and gas companies? No answer. But we won't stop pushing until this government stops pouring public money into Big Oil
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Mantra for the day: learn to live well within uncertain times.
#personalreflection #dailyreflection
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Octavia Butler reminds us that change is never one-way:
“All that you touch, you change.
All that you change changes you.”

A gentle cue toward reciprocity, presence, and moving through the world with care.

#Interbeing #MutualBecoming #FieldNotes #OctaviaButler
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you.” — Octavia Butler
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Diversity United by Fernando Sánchez Castillo, 2020 (5000 bronze figurines of August Landmesser refusing to salute in a crowd of Germans, 1936)
#augustlandmesser #fernandosanchezcastillo #art #artinstallation #bronze #fightoligarchy
Single figurine of August Landmesser. Detail of a large art installation featuring thousands of identical figurines of August Landmesser arranged in rows, accompanied by a photo of the inspiration, Landmesser, in a crowd of Germans at a World War II rally. A large art installation featuring thousands of small, gray, identical figurines of August Landmesser arranged in rows, with two slightly larger figurines in the foreground, set against a wall with a section covered in yellow sticky notes.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Crowfoot reminds us what “The Myth of the Bottleneck” taught last week: when life narrows, don’t grip harder — choose what’s good.
Even a handful of earth is enough to carry you through.

#HoldOn #BottleneckWisdom #Crowfoot
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Hold on to what is good, Even if it's a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, Even if it's a tree that stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, Even if it's a long way from here. Hold on to your life, Even if it's easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, Even if someday I'll be gone away from you". ― Crowfoot
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Bullies only win when the rest of us don’t show up.
This week’s anchor: choosing integrity over avoidance.
Full article: emotusoperandi.medium.com/bullies-stoo...

#ShowUp #CollectiveCourage #Resilience
Bullies, Stooges, Lackeys and the Rest of Us
Everything you need to know about global politics you learned in elementary school
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December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Unknown title (Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park) by Edwin Smith, mid-20th century (photography)
#edwinsmith #savillgarden #photography #art
A black and white photograph of a garden path winding through a wooded area, with large tree trunks and flowering plants in the foreground and along the path.
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Vortex (installation view) by Tomoko Shioyasu, 2011 (paper)
#tomokoshioyasu #papercuttapestry #installationart #art #papercutart
An intricate, large-scale paper cut tapestry by Japanese artist Tomoko Shioyasu, featuring dense, organic patterns resembling the flow of water or cellular structures.
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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#fightoligarchy #elbowsup #gallowshumor #funnybuttrue
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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What if you saw something familiar as if it were brand new?
Sometimes the world feels stuck because we've stopped noticing the small shifts.
A pause can bring the landscape back into motion.

#LookAgain #FreshEyes #EverydayWonder #NoticingMatters #SlowSeeing #RachelCarson #SeeingWhatsAlreadyMoving
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” — Rachel Carson
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Soil is a reminder that life moves long before we can see it.
Care, patience, and steady tending create the flow we depend on.
Sometimes the work is happening underneath our feet.

#Grounded #SlowWork #RegenerativeCulture #wendellberry
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer, by which disease passes into health, age into youth, death into life. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.” — Wendell Berry
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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View of Ancient City (Antikes Stadtbild) by Paul Klee, 1927 (ink and pencil on paper on board)
#paulklee #bauhaus #drawing #art
The drawing depicts a landscape with various architectural forms, including buildings and a tower, rendered in a schematic and somewhat childlike perspective using geometric shapes and rhythmic patterns.
December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Under himlen den blå (Under the Blue Sky) by David Svensson, 2020 (old book covers, canvas)
#davidsvensson #readymade #contemporaryart #art #bookcovers
The artist uses the physical book covers, which often feature canvas, dyed paper, and sometimes leather surfaces. Composition: The covers are laid open and flat, presenting both the outer and inner sides as abstract, puzzle-like arrangements. Aesthetics: The pieces showcase different formats, paper qualities, and aged color variations (shades of yellow, brown, red, blue, and gray), highlighting the history and memory embedded in the materials.
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Real movement in any project often starts with something simple: people meeting each other.
Connection brings things back into flow.
#lifeboatacademy #margaretwheatley
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "The most radical thing we can do is introduce people to each other." — Margaret Wheatley
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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In nature, nothing is wasted.
What looks like a mistake often becomes the thing that carries the work forward.
Compost is part of the process — not a detour.

#LifeboatAcademy #Farmastery #RegenerativePractice
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” — Henry Ford
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Kimmerer’s reminder lands softly but precisely: restoration is empty without relationship. What lasts is the reciprocity we build with place — the ongoing, living exchange that outlives any single intervention.

#BraidingSweetgrass #Reciprocity #RelationalEcology
A social post from @lifeboatacademy which says: "Restoring land without restoring relationship is an empty exercise. It is relationship that will endure and relationship that will sustain the restored land." - Robin Wall Kimmerer
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM