Rian Ada Hunter, Ph.D.
@doctorada.bsky.social
Possibilitarian. Stewarding Hope. Native Oregonian, transplanted in Oklahoma. Spiritual Director. Avid Gardener. Classical singer. Passionate about the interconnections between faith, liberty, regenerative agriculture, food security, and wellbeing. 💙👩🌾🎶📸
Ferdie likes his “keys.” I like my sofa cover. 😂 Life with puppies! 🐶 💕💕
#corgis #cardiganwelshcorgi #puppies #corgipuppy #souldog
#corgis #cardiganwelshcorgi #puppies #corgipuppy #souldog
May 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Ferdie likes his “keys.” I like my sofa cover. 😂 Life with puppies! 🐶 💕💕
#corgis #cardiganwelshcorgi #puppies #corgipuppy #souldog
#corgis #cardiganwelshcorgi #puppies #corgipuppy #souldog
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I need to spend more time here and less time on FB…so toxic these days. So, here’s a pic of Ferdie! My 13-week-old Cardigan Welsh Corgi, sent to me, I have no doubt, by my beloved Trily, who passed away earlier this year. Bittersweet, but more sweet than bitter. 💕
#corgis #cardigan #souldogs
#corgis #cardigan #souldogs
May 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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Few things are more professionally satisfying than taking a building that almost no one would have felt comfortable stepping foot into & creating a welcoming & inviting space. ☺️ #restoration #renovation #commercialrestoration #carpentry #finishcarpentry #retail
March 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Few things are more professionally satisfying than taking a building that almost no one would have felt comfortable stepping foot into & creating a welcoming & inviting space. ☺️ #restoration #renovation #commercialrestoration #carpentry #finishcarpentry #retail
Signs of Spring! Potted up last Fall and set into the greenhouse this Winter, I moved them out to enjoy this warm weather. The honey bees were thrilled—food! 🌸🌸🌸
#springflowers #gardening
#springflowers #gardening
February 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Signs of Spring! Potted up last Fall and set into the greenhouse this Winter, I moved them out to enjoy this warm weather. The honey bees were thrilled—food! 🌸🌸🌸
#springflowers #gardening
#springflowers #gardening
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I am leading a course on the United Methodist Social Principles at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church over the next four Wednesday nights on February 19th, 26th, March 5th & March 12th.
Dinner at 5:30pm & Classes at 6:30pm. Sign up in the Great Hall.
mailchi.mp/5d298f78b491...
Dinner at 5:30pm & Classes at 6:30pm. Sign up in the Great Hall.
mailchi.mp/5d298f78b491...
February 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am leading a course on the United Methodist Social Principles at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church over the next four Wednesday nights on February 19th, 26th, March 5th & March 12th.
Dinner at 5:30pm & Classes at 6:30pm. Sign up in the Great Hall.
mailchi.mp/5d298f78b491...
Dinner at 5:30pm & Classes at 6:30pm. Sign up in the Great Hall.
mailchi.mp/5d298f78b491...
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Someone, who used to know better, told me today that it’s patriotic to support the president even if you don’t always agree. This is the excuse being used by many to explain their acquiescence. Actually, this is what a patriot is: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in “a battle of our own.”
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Someone, who used to know better, told me today that it’s patriotic to support the president even if you don’t always agree. This is the excuse being used by many to explain their acquiescence. Actually, this is what a patriot is: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
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Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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Dear Canada and Mexico,
We’re so, so sorry.
— Sane America
We’re so, so sorry.
— Sane America
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Dear Canada and Mexico,
We’re so, so sorry.
— Sane America
We’re so, so sorry.
— Sane America
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
I’m enjoying Winter, don’t get me wrong, but I’ll be delighted to see these beauties again when Spring rolls around. From my garden last year. Roses are my favorite. 🥰
(pics by yours truly)
#roses #gardening #regenerativegardening #bloomscrolling #soil #flowersforfriday #gardeningfeed
(pics by yours truly)
#roses #gardening #regenerativegardening #bloomscrolling #soil #flowersforfriday #gardeningfeed
February 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m enjoying Winter, don’t get me wrong, but I’ll be delighted to see these beauties again when Spring rolls around. From my garden last year. Roses are my favorite. 🥰
(pics by yours truly)
#roses #gardening #regenerativegardening #bloomscrolling #soil #flowersforfriday #gardeningfeed
(pics by yours truly)
#roses #gardening #regenerativegardening #bloomscrolling #soil #flowersforfriday #gardeningfeed
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Something beautiful from the garden. “Dortmund,” a beautiful climber from Canada that does surprisingly well in my Oklahoma garden. Pic by me. 💕👩🌾
#bloomscrolling #flowersforsunday
#redrose
#nikonphotography #Zf
#bloomscrolling #flowersforsunday
#redrose
#nikonphotography #Zf
January 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Something beautiful from the garden. “Dortmund,” a beautiful climber from Canada that does surprisingly well in my Oklahoma garden. Pic by me. 💕👩🌾
#bloomscrolling #flowersforsunday
#redrose
#nikonphotography #Zf
#bloomscrolling #flowersforsunday
#redrose
#nikonphotography #Zf
Empathy is the capacity to choose compassion. It is normal. We call a person without empathy a sociopath.
#empathy #realchristianity
#empathy #realchristianity
January 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Empathy is the capacity to choose compassion. It is normal. We call a person without empathy a sociopath.
#empathy #realchristianity
#empathy #realchristianity
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I’m done calling anyone a Christian who says empathy is a sin. Christianist—that’s the term I’m using. Because there is nothing Christ-like about this nonsense. And certainly nothing Christian in mocking the compassion of Christ.
#sinofempathy #unchristian
#sinofempathy #unchristian
January 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I’m done calling anyone a Christian who says empathy is a sin. Christianist—that’s the term I’m using. Because there is nothing Christ-like about this nonsense. And certainly nothing Christian in mocking the compassion of Christ.
#sinofempathy #unchristian
#sinofempathy #unchristian
"I would be contributing to their false propaganda that they continue to gaslight the nation and everyone, that it was a peaceful protest."
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/g...
#biglie #gaslitnation #resist
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/g...
#biglie #gaslitnation #resist
One of the Jan. 6 defendants has turned down Trump's pardon
Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and spent 60 days behind bars for her role in the Capitol riots, says she no longer believes the lies President Trump promoted.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"I would be contributing to their false propaganda that they continue to gaslight the nation and everyone, that it was a peaceful protest."
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/g...
#biglie #gaslitnation #resist
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/g...
#biglie #gaslitnation #resist
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Today, Pres. Trump gave a sweeping legal reprieve to nearly 1,600 defendants who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those convicted of violent crimes & seditious conspiracy.
More than 150 police officers were assaulted during that attack. Some eventually died.
More than 150 police officers were assaulted during that attack. Some eventually died.
January 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today, Pres. Trump gave a sweeping legal reprieve to nearly 1,600 defendants who attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those convicted of violent crimes & seditious conspiracy.
More than 150 police officers were assaulted during that attack. Some eventually died.
More than 150 police officers were assaulted during that attack. Some eventually died.
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A number of the J6 prisoners who Trump pardoned or commuted on Monday had been given terrorism enhancements when sentenced. So, Trump is literally letting terrorists free.
Remember that.
Remember that.
January 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A number of the J6 prisoners who Trump pardoned or commuted on Monday had been given terrorism enhancements when sentenced. So, Trump is literally letting terrorists free.
Remember that.
Remember that.
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Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
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we knew Democrats might be caught on their back feet, but when Senate minority leader issues anodyne declarations so utterly inapt in the current climate, it’s time to look for a single charismatic voice, one well-versed in law and unafraid to trim her sails contrarian.substack.com/p/harris-was...
Harris was Right: We Need to Hear from Her
We need a real law-and-order advocate to denounce Trump’s lawlessness
contrarian.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
we knew Democrats might be caught on their back feet, but when Senate minority leader issues anodyne declarations so utterly inapt in the current climate, it’s time to look for a single charismatic voice, one well-versed in law and unafraid to trim her sails contrarian.substack.com/p/harris-was...