@michaelwhuff.bsky.social
Background in philosophy, theology and biology. Look for and support what's good, beautiful, true, and serves the common good (especially "the least of these"). Reject that which is self-serving and cruel. I enjoy cooking and learning about foods.
“Do you know why this world is as bad as it is?…It is because people think only about their own business, and won't trouble themselves to stand up for the oppressed, nor bring the wrongdoer to light. I never see a wicked thing like this without doing what I can, ”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“Do you know why this world is as bad as it is?…It is because people think only about their own business, and won't trouble themselves to stand up for the oppressed, nor bring the wrongdoer to light. I never see a wicked thing like this without doing what I can, ”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
“If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way. And that is as true for us cabmen as it is for the church-goers.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“If a thing is right it can be done, and if it is wrong it can be done without; and a good man will find a way. And that is as true for us cabmen as it is for the church-goers.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
“…you'll never be a rich man."
"…I have heard the commandments…and I never noticed that any of them said, 'Thou shalt be rich'; and there are a good many curious things said in the New Testament about rich men that would make me feel rather queer if I was one of them.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
"…I have heard the commandments…and I never noticed that any of them said, 'Thou shalt be rich'; and there are a good many curious things said in the New Testament about rich men that would make me feel rather queer if I was one of them.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“…you'll never be a rich man."
"…I have heard the commandments…and I never noticed that any of them said, 'Thou shalt be rich'; and there are a good many curious things said in the New Testament about rich men that would make me feel rather queer if I was one of them.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
"…I have heard the commandments…and I never noticed that any of them said, 'Thou shalt be rich'; and there are a good many curious things said in the New Testament about rich men that would make me feel rather queer if I was one of them.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
“…you did right, my boy, whether the fellow gets a summons or not. Many folks would have ridden by and said it was not their business to interfere. Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it; you did right, my boy.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“…you did right, my boy, whether the fellow gets a summons or not. Many folks would have ridden by and said it was not their business to interfere. Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it; you did right, my boy.”
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
The elections give us hope. America does not side with dictators and will not willingly submit.
But: the regime will not step aside or change course just because they’re unpopular. That’s not the way dictatorships work. It will double down on cruelty.
We must keep on and say “NO!” every way we can.
But: the regime will not step aside or change course just because they’re unpopular. That’s not the way dictatorships work. It will double down on cruelty.
We must keep on and say “NO!” every way we can.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The elections give us hope. America does not side with dictators and will not willingly submit.
But: the regime will not step aside or change course just because they’re unpopular. That’s not the way dictatorships work. It will double down on cruelty.
We must keep on and say “NO!” every way we can.
But: the regime will not step aside or change course just because they’re unpopular. That’s not the way dictatorships work. It will double down on cruelty.
We must keep on and say “NO!” every way we can.
So far, an interesting book about an important idea and a city that made it central to its culture.
October 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So far, an interesting book about an important idea and a city that made it central to its culture.
We are free to use and share this image to publicize and promote the Oct 18, 2025 NO KINGS national gatherings that will take place all across the U.S.
October 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We are free to use and share this image to publicize and promote the Oct 18, 2025 NO KINGS national gatherings that will take place all across the U.S.
Benjamin R. Cremer:
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Benjamin R. Cremer:
A reminder that all the choices and variety you think you have —
is illusory
is illusory
September 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A reminder that all the choices and variety you think you have —
is illusory
is illusory
If you grew up with Disney and had feelings of fondness and affection for it, but now feel that it has let you — and America — down, consider writing and mailing a physical letter to Disney to let them know. It may have more impact than a social media posting or email.
#Disney
#Disney
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you grew up with Disney and had feelings of fondness and affection for it, but now feel that it has let you — and America — down, consider writing and mailing a physical letter to Disney to let them know. It may have more impact than a social media posting or email.
#Disney
#Disney
Better an “elderly white hippy” than a hairless Nazi (or, actually, any kind of fascist).
August 25, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Better an “elderly white hippy” than a hairless Nazi (or, actually, any kind of fascist).
Fannie Lou Hamer
August 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Fannie Lou Hamer
“But a man who does good of his own free will is a man who cannot be bossed — and that . . . can be a dangerous thing.”
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“But a man who does good of his own free will is a man who cannot be bossed — and that . . . can be a dangerous thing.”
The Beaverton library public library’s summer adult reading program has surpassed its goal for hours read! That means that Friends of the Beaverton Library will be making a donation to the Safe Route Immigration program (a service of Lutheran Community Services Northwest). Good job, Beaverton!
August 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Beaverton library public library’s summer adult reading program has surpassed its goal for hours read! That means that Friends of the Beaverton Library will be making a donation to the Safe Route Immigration program (a service of Lutheran Community Services Northwest). Good job, Beaverton!
Truth and reality are not his friends. He has, at best, a passing familiarity with them. Most days, though, I’ m not sure he even has that.
August 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Truth and reality are not his friends. He has, at best, a passing familiarity with them. Most days, though, I’ m not sure he even has that.
“It isn’t fear that will defeat them. Not fear or faith or hope or even love, but rage.”
July 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“It isn’t fear that will defeat them. Not fear or faith or hope or even love, but rage.”
“Don’t you get it yet? The minute we decide that one person doesn’t matter anymore, they’ve won….One, even the smallest, weakest , most insignificant one, matters.”
July 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Don’t you get it yet? The minute we decide that one person doesn’t matter anymore, they’ve won….One, even the smallest, weakest , most insignificant one, matters.”
"The first kill would be the hardest, but the next would be easier, and the one after that easier still, because it's true: Even the most sensitive person can get used to even the most insensitive thing.
Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit."
Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit."
July 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"The first kill would be the hardest, but the next would be easier, and the one after that easier still, because it's true: Even the most sensitive person can get used to even the most insensitive thing.
Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit."
Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit."
How to participate in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library through the city of Beaverton (Oregon) public library.
beavertonlibrary.org/595/Dolly-Pa...
beavertonlibrary.org/595/Dolly-Pa...
July 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to participate in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library through the city of Beaverton (Oregon) public library.
beavertonlibrary.org/595/Dolly-Pa...
beavertonlibrary.org/595/Dolly-Pa...
“Our relation to other human actors must be rooted in God’s body-and-soul concern for all peoples. We must see others—even our enemies—with love and through the lens of the imago Dei, a lens we…distort when we consider God…the special servant of our nation or program to the exclusion of others.”
June 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Our relation to other human actors must be rooted in God’s body-and-soul concern for all peoples. We must see others—even our enemies—with love and through the lens of the imago Dei, a lens we…distort when we consider God…the special servant of our nation or program to the exclusion of others.”
On James Baldwin’s Go Tell it onThe Mountain
June 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
On James Baldwin’s Go Tell it onThe Mountain