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Activist for a more humane, democratic, free, egalitarian, ecological world. Believes in community, cooperation, & values collective action. A nurse practitioner, focused on plant based nutrition, exercise, sleep, social support. ACLM. Loves rock climbing.
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Ann Arbor May Day:Certainly the biggest May Day event I've ever been to in Ann Arbor ! (and I've been to a few).

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

I just sent this note to the DNC: "A democratic Democratic Party has to have room for difference. We got in line behind Kamala Harris in 2024, and unity seemed to make sense at that time. I was not always happy with aspects of the campaign, but I donated regularly and I knocked on doors. But. . .

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

substack.com/@palanajana/...

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Very creative, San Francisco! 8647 ✊

submitted 64 days ago • 279 comments

Arriving at Ann Arbor’s #TeslaTakedown

submitted 85 days ago • 19 comments

Last night I was proud to join with many from my county who turned out to speak up against the fascist actions of ICE, and show our support for Washtenaw county commissioners who are defending our community against the increasingly illegitimacy of the federal administrative branch.

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Quite upset that James Roberts blocked the district court's order to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US after he was illegally deported to the Salvadorian mega prison in an "administrative error" I think this is how democracy dies.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks Wisconsin

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

I just came from Ann Arbor for Public Power, the organization working for the full municipalization of the City's electrical grid. Always nice to be with people doing big picture thinking!

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

So apparently the IRS has indicated that due to cuts in their staff the United States will loose $500 Billion in tax revenues, mostly taxes not paid by the super rich.

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

At breakfast with a friend, I got confused for a moment when they were talking about their sister and mother, both she. Which she were they talking about? As we reinvent pronouns I wish we could develop ordinal pronouns. e.g. pronoun for first she referenced and different pronoun for the second she

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Waking up to more bad news.

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 121 days ago • 958 comments

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

submitted 121 days ago • 78 comments

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Friday 2/27 take a break from consumerism.

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

‼️ Friday, Feb. 28 - just hours away - BUY NOTHING for 24 HOURS ‼️

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

My Friend Diana gave me a book "Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel" by Loretta Ross. I've started to read it and so far, it's a good read, with important messages to those of us who would are working for social change.

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

As we watch things get broken we must resist the breaking of things that cause suffering. But once things are broken and it comes time to rebuild we must ask what it is that we want to rebuild, and how should we build anew?

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Let's get this circulated!! 😤

submitted 137 days ago • 813 comments

Today I went to a rally in Lansing Mi. Maybe 2500 or more people which is about the biggest rally I've seen in Lansing. A rally in defense of government functions against the sledgehammer politics of Trump, and the illegitimate power grab by Musk.

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

Number 1 new release Animal Agriculture vs Planet Earth. Climate Change and a whole lot more.

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

" We all remember Gramsci’s famous quote at moments like this: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born.” But we often forget that he immediately added, “Now is the time of monsters.”"- Ryan Grim Seems an accurate description of where we are today.

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