Rev. Monica
@mddobbins.bsky.social
A UU minister and fierce peacemaker in Salt Lake City. PoGo friend code 5443 1027 8351
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Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].
February 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].
Absolutely disgusted to hear @vanhollen.senate.gov on @the1a.org this morning making excuses for the Democratic party - all their hopes on the midterms, as if our democracy won't be a pile of splinters two years from now.
February 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Absolutely disgusted to hear @vanhollen.senate.gov on @the1a.org this morning making excuses for the Democratic party - all their hopes on the midterms, as if our democracy won't be a pile of splinters two years from now.
What's needed right now is a general strike of all federal workers, from the highest levels all the way down. A demonstration, all at once, of what will be lost. Could our communities come together to support striking workers?
February 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What's needed right now is a general strike of all federal workers, from the highest levels all the way down. A demonstration, all at once, of what will be lost. Could our communities come together to support striking workers?
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Real fun to be a regular plane passenger sitting in an airport today.
A Delta flight carrying ~80 passengers from Minnesota appears to have crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport. No casualties reported as of this time. Numerous photos and videos have been released showing passengers safely exiting the plane, which flipped upside down. At least 8 people injured.
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Real fun to be a regular plane passenger sitting in an airport today.
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Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA.
February 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA.
"A mass demonstration, as anyone who has ever organized any successful campaign will tell you, is the last step you take, not the first... the big rally isn't the spark that launches your movement. It's the victory lap." Srdja Popovic, Blueprint for Revolution
February 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"A mass demonstration, as anyone who has ever organized any successful campaign will tell you, is the last step you take, not the first... the big rally isn't the spark that launches your movement. It's the victory lap." Srdja Popovic, Blueprint for Revolution
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It's always just white supremacy.
February 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's always just white supremacy.
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As Dorothy Thompson famously noted in 1941,
“Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t…go Nazi."
That’s one reason to shore up connection to your inner life. (If you’re not directly targeted by this admin.)
But it’s not the only one.
“Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t…go Nazi."
That’s one reason to shore up connection to your inner life. (If you’re not directly targeted by this admin.)
But it’s not the only one.
February 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As Dorothy Thompson famously noted in 1941,
“Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t…go Nazi."
That’s one reason to shore up connection to your inner life. (If you’re not directly targeted by this admin.)
But it’s not the only one.
“Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t…go Nazi."
That’s one reason to shore up connection to your inner life. (If you’re not directly targeted by this admin.)
But it’s not the only one.
Ezra Klein this morning: "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him."
February 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ezra Klein this morning: "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him."
In case it needs to be said: "woke" doesn't cause plane crashes.
January 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In case it needs to be said: "woke" doesn't cause plane crashes.
Remember that overwhelm is their strategy rn. Pace yourself. Read long form. Take walks. Cook. Dip in and out when you need to.
January 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Remember that overwhelm is their strategy rn. Pace yourself. Read long form. Take walks. Cook. Dip in and out when you need to.
I went to the great lake
and asked the water
do you have anything to tell us about what's to come?
and she said
"come in waves -
it is not one big swell that changes the shore"
and asked the water
do you have anything to tell us about what's to come?
and she said
"come in waves -
it is not one big swell that changes the shore"
January 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I went to the great lake
and asked the water
do you have anything to tell us about what's to come?
and she said
"come in waves -
it is not one big swell that changes the shore"
and asked the water
do you have anything to tell us about what's to come?
and she said
"come in waves -
it is not one big swell that changes the shore"
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I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
January 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I love this so much!
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.
This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
Reading through "62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year" and noting all the ones I want to add to my TBR list makes me realize that shopping for books is a distinct hobby from reading them 😁
Opinion | 62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year (Gift Article)
An eclectic list of works that influenced, intrigued and entertained our guests.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Reading through "62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year" and noting all the ones I want to add to my TBR list makes me realize that shopping for books is a distinct hobby from reading them 😁
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imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio
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NEW via me and @yonat.bsky.social: Faith leaders are expressing dismay over new Trump will allow immigration raids at churches.
Trump's faith advisers defended the idea, but Rev. Gabe Salguero said news is “sending a deep chill down the spine" of Latino evangelicals religionnews.com/2024/12/12/f...
Trump's faith advisers defended the idea, but Rev. Gabe Salguero said news is “sending a deep chill down the spine" of Latino evangelicals religionnews.com/2024/12/12/f...
Faith leaders express dismay amid report Trump will allow immigration raids at churches
(RNS) — ‘I have 30 kids in a Sunday school class — I don’t know who is documented and undocumented,’ said one Latino pastor.
religionnews.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM
NEW via me and @yonat.bsky.social: Faith leaders are expressing dismay over new Trump will allow immigration raids at churches.
Trump's faith advisers defended the idea, but Rev. Gabe Salguero said news is “sending a deep chill down the spine" of Latino evangelicals religionnews.com/2024/12/12/f...
Trump's faith advisers defended the idea, but Rev. Gabe Salguero said news is “sending a deep chill down the spine" of Latino evangelicals religionnews.com/2024/12/12/f...
Return of the Biblically Accurate Angel ™️ tree topper!
BE NOT AFRAID 👁️🗨️👁️🗨️👁️🗨️
BE NOT AFRAID 👁️🗨️👁️🗨️👁️🗨️
December 5, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Return of the Biblically Accurate Angel ™️ tree topper!
BE NOT AFRAID 👁️🗨️👁️🗨️👁️🗨️
BE NOT AFRAID 👁️🗨️👁️🗨️👁️🗨️
Busy reading this, will rejoin society in a few days (as per usual when reading @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social )
Rarely do I finish a book and immediately go back and start it all over again. Absolution is like an onion, peel back layers and uncover more about what’s weird and wonderful about this series. Questions not given answers, but more perspective and depth. Another gem by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Busy reading this, will rejoin society in a few days (as per usual when reading @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social )
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One of the pathologies you see in a lot of punditry/discourse is some implicit assumption that in a deep sense Democrats *should* win every election and when they don’t it shows how bad they are, or how annoying libs are of whatever. But America’s a pretty conservative place!
December 2, 2024 at 7:34 PM
One of the pathologies you see in a lot of punditry/discourse is some implicit assumption that in a deep sense Democrats *should* win every election and when they don’t it shows how bad they are, or how annoying libs are of whatever. But America’s a pretty conservative place!
We must live lives of unstoppable hope. - Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna #advent
Unstoppable Hope (Advent I)
We must live lives of unstoppable hope.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:53 PM
We must live lives of unstoppable hope. - Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna #advent
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Two vital pieces of info b4 Black Friday:
1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them.
2. Amazon workers are on strike
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...
1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them.
2. Amazon workers are on strike
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...
Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday
Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis
www.google.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Two vital pieces of info b4 Black Friday:
1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them.
2. Amazon workers are on strike
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...
1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them.
2. Amazon workers are on strike
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. - Meister Eckhart
May this day bless you with love, comfort, laughter, and gratitude.
May this day bless you with love, comfort, laughter, and gratitude.
November 28, 2024 at 5:20 PM
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. - Meister Eckhart
May this day bless you with love, comfort, laughter, and gratitude.
May this day bless you with love, comfort, laughter, and gratitude.
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Jimmy Kimmel just DESTROYED Donald Trump’s entire administration. 🤣
November 25, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Jimmy Kimmel just DESTROYED Donald Trump’s entire administration. 🤣