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mandascott.bsky.social
@mandascott.bsky.social
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Novelist: ANY HUMAN POWER Mytho-political thriller. Also Boudica: Dreaming
Podcaster @AccidentalGods
(R)Evolutionary Economist, Regenerative Smallholder
#Thrutopian narratives: toward a future we'd be proud to leave behind
#Shropshire
#LBTQIAA+ #Writer
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
What a topsy-turvy time we live in.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEW: ACLU lawyers name Emil Bove, now a federal judge, as possible witness in contempt inquiry.

The former DOJ official — who was Trump's criminal defense lawyer before that — is one of nine names submitted to Judge Boasberg.

This evening, at Law Dork:
ACLU lawyers name Emil Bove, now a federal judge, as possible witness in contempt inquiry
The former DOJ official — who was Trump's criminal defense lawyer before that — is one of nine names submitted to Judge Boasberg. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
Given the ongoing chaos, we urgently need all 8 billion of us to Fall in Love with a Future we’d be proud to leave as our legacy.

@robintransition.bsky.social has a new #book showing us how

accidentalgods.life/falling-in-l

#AccidentalGods #podcast

#Thrutopia
#BooksofBlueSky
#ThrutopianWriting
Falling in Love with the Future - with author, musician, podcaster and futurenaut, Rob Hopkins
We need all 8 billion of us to Fall in Love with a Future we’d be proud to leave to the generations that come after us. So how do we do it?
accidentalgods.life
July 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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thebulwark.com
Things have gotten so bad that some Republicans are speculating that the House might even change hands before the end of the session - due to a flood of retirements. Republican lawmakers are heading for the exits.

The latest Press Pass from @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOpLXg
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
How do we become the change we need to see in the world?

What are the actual, practical steps to grounding, connecting and resonating with the world?

accidentalgods.life/avoiding-bur

#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Dan McTiernan of the Alef Trust and the Being EarthBound podcast

#ClimateEmergency
Avoiding Burn Out, Fall Out, Drop Out (and Freak Out) with Dan McTiernan
Our guest today shares straightforward practices that any of us can do to help us with grounding, attunement, opening and integration so that we can be the nodes in the web of life. This is key: we ne...
accidentalgods.life
December 30, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
Sharing the wisdom of Britain's indigenous #spirituality these winter long-nights: the knowing of oak and river and mountain to bring us into deeper connection with the Web of Life.

accidentalgods.life/heart-of-oak

#AccidentalGods #Podcast w Philip Carr-Gomm of 'Tea with a
#Druid'.

#Druidry
Heart of Oak: Talking Druidry, Spirituality and the nature of Magic in the MetaCrisis with Philip Carr-Gomm
How is Druidry alive in the contemporary world? What are the values and practices that make it so suited to the inflexion point of the moment? Why - and how - does it mesh so well with other, more spi...
accidentalgods.life
December 26, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
If you were offered a portal, a way to step into the other-worlds, to reconnect with all that we have been and could be, would you take it?

accidentalgods.life/let-the-wild

#accidentalgods #podcast
#spirituality
#BooksofBlueSky
#WritersofBlueSky
#Books
#Writers
@tamsintheshed.bsky.social
Let the Wild Gods Rise! Bridging Between the Worlds with Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott
Let the Wild Gods Rise.  Easy to say and harder to do - but if you were offered a portal, a way to step into the other-worlds, to reconnect with all that we have been and could be, would you take it? ...
accidentalgods.life
October 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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patriotprogressive.bsky.social
They're turning the FBI into their personal intimidation squad.
www.axios.com/2025/1...
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Democrats say FBI is probing them over video urging soldiers to defy unlawful orders
"President Trump is using the FBI as a tool to intimidate and harass Members of Congress."
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Build a fairer, greener, independent Scotland. 👇
Join the Scottish Greens
Join the Scottish Greens today and be part of our growing movement.  Why should I join?  We are always told that the system is broken, but it’s not. It’s rigged. It's rigged in favour of corporations,...
www.greens.scot
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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scottishgreens.org
The UK has more than enough money to fund our public services and rebuild our infrastructure. But it's hoarded by a tiny minority.

The 50 richest families now hold more wealth than 50% of the population combined.

A tax on the wealth of the top 1% would raise over £70 billion.
Tax wealth not workers. Raise £70 billion for our public services.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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patriotprogressive.bsky.social
Now they're threatening to strip a war hero's pension after their court-martial fantasy collapsed. This petty retaliation proves they'll weaponize every government institution to punish critics. Crossing a Rubicon indeed—this is how democracies die.
Pentagon now wants to cut Mark Kelly’s pension in 'downshift' from call for court-martial
CNN reports the Pentagon is now looking at reducing the military rank and pension pay of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz) over a video he participated in that urged troops to disregard illegal orders.“It certainly is a downshift from yesterday when they were saying a court martial was in order,” said CNN Ch...
www.alternet.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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globalissues.org
#Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns

#EconomicCollapse
Gaza facing worst economic collapse ever recorded, UN trade agency warns
The Occupied Palestinian Territory is now in its deepest economic crisis ever recorded, with Gaza suffering an “unprecedented and catastrophic” collapse, according to a new report from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) presented in Geneva on Tuesday.
www.globalissues.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
How would it feel to wake every morning knowing that you were here to help all life to flourish? That as a species, we could still become self-conscious nodes in the web of life, to act for the good of all?

accidentalgods.life/of-beetles-w...

#accidentalgods #Podcast
#biomimicry
#WritersofBlueSky
Of Beetles' wings and Brittlestars: using Biomimicry to co-create a flourishing future with Michael Pawlyn
What is humanity for?  What happens if we rethink not just the way we plan buildings, but our entire role as beings on a living planet?  These are the central questions driving Michael Pawlyn's third ...
accidentalgods.life
October 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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mandascott.bsky.social
What is an #EcoCivilisation?

What are its values?

Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?

Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?

accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...

#AccidentalGods #Podcast
Eco-Civilisation: the future we deserve and how we will get there with Jeremy Lent
What is an eco-civilisation? What are its values and what are the frames within which it works? Why do we need it in the first place and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual? M...
accidentalgods.life
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Juries are not perfect.

Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.

But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.

They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announces she will not run for a fourth term. x.com/MurielBowser...
Muriel Bowser @MurielBowser It has been the honor of my life to be your Mayor. Together, we have built a legacy of success of which I am intensely proud. With a grateful heart, I am announcing that I will not seek a fourth term. For the next 12 months, let's run through the tape and keep winning for DC. 2:32 2:15 PM • Nov 25, 2025 • 8,936 Views
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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caitesq.bsky.social
My lawyer brain's immediate reaction is YOU DON'T NEED TO TALK TO THE FBI
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11h
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
What is the true vow of your life—the one it would kill you to break?

How do we discover what we are here for, what is our unique gift to the world, and how can we bring this to the table in ways that will transform our broken systems?

accidentalgods.life/walking-the-...

#Accidentalgods #podcast
Walking the wild, mythic Edge of Being with visionary elder and soul initiator Bill Plotkin
What is the true vow of your life, the one it would kill you to break? This phrase comes from the poem 'All The True Vows' by David Whyte, but there can be no better introduction to this week's guest,...
accidentalgods.life
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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mandascott.bsky.social
Do you love the dark?

Do you yearn for sunset with the night growing deeper all around you?

Our ancestors knew the world of magic that is only revealed when we put aside the lights, phones, torches and step out into the night

accidentalgods.life/the-magic-of

#AccidentalGods #Podcast
#NightMagic
The Magic of Darkness: learning to love life in the night with author Leigh Ann Henion
Do you love the dark? Do you yearn for sunset and the amber glow of a fire with the night growing deeper, more inspiring all around you? There's a world out there of sheer, unadulterated magic that is...
accidentalgods.life
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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mandascott.bsky.social
How do we bridge the worlds of technology, biodiversity and international law and bring them together in service of a new way of being built from the ruins of collapse?

accidentalgods.life/starting-in-...

#AccidentalGods #Podcast
#RegenerativeEconomics
#ReFi
#DAO
#TechForGood
Starting in the Ruins: Of Lions and Games with Crypto-Advocate and Changemaker Andrea Leiter
This week's guest, Andrea Leiter is one of those polymaths who brings not just breadth, but astonishing depth to the work of bridging the worlds of technology, biodiversity and international law bring...
accidentalgods.life
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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If you’d just serve the people instead of the donor class, you wouldn’t need the donor class. A million $20 donors beats one $10M donor every time.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
Schumer & Gillibrand facing mutiny from Dems over their outdated “corporate-friendly” playbook, refusal to back Zohran, etc.

Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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kurtbusiek.bsky.social
I even had free-to-me healthcare and education.

It was great, and it didn’t erase my ambition at all. It just let me focus that ambition on things beyond survival.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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kurtbusiek.bsky.social
I remember having a UBI. It was called “living with my parents,” and I had all my food/shelter needs covered, plus free access to a (shared) TV, music, books, a library card, cars I could borrow and more.

I still worked drudge jobs, because I wanted to buy lots of comics and take girls to movies.
suede.bsky.social SUEDE (NOT THE BAND) @suede.bsky.social · 7d
Always grinds my gears when people say "No one would work drudge jobs if there was a UBI"

But even staying completely capitalist, I disagree. If I received a baseline living-wage UBI, and then I was offered REWARDS for drudge jobs, I'd take it! I want to save up for treats and travel and hobbies!
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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transformpolitics.bsky.social
This removal of the judge in the Palestine Action case must be explained.

Otherwise it looks like the case is being 'fixed' in favour of the government and the Zionist lobby.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.

It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM