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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 18h

“…but it’s not gospel. It is not handed down by Moses. The numbers can be wrong.” #TooBigToRig #Nov3 — www.washingtonsun.com/newsletters/...

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“…this is a make or break decade for this country. It just is. It's one of those moments where everything's on the line.” “…people will, I think, take to the streets if their will is being frustrated by illegal maneuvers.” J'espère.ღ — #Nov3 @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @nicollewallace.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com

Pete Buttigieg: We're in a "Make or Break" Moment

Podcast Episode · The Best People with Nicolle Wallace · September 28 · 50m

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

‘Do not look away.’ — “…the bigotry that has tarnished American immigration history is rampant once again in our nation … recognize the evil that is being carried out in our name and fight every dimension of it.” -Cardinal Robert McElroy — In five weeks we can say, pas plus—no more. [Bill Kristol]

thebulwark.com

‘We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation’

What we saw in Springfield, Ohio.

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“…an evisceration.” ღ+ ‘Musk, Alex Gibney’s new documentary about Elon Musk, is scheduled for a limited U.S. theatrical release on October 9th. HBO Max will carry the 4-hour film after the run; a premier date has yet to be announced.’ [Deadline] #MuskDocumentary

youtu.be

MUSK | Official Trailer HD

YouTube video by Elevation Pictures

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Parker Palmer — “Political suppression always leads to a bored populace; uprisings come from people who refuse to be bored to death. Look up, people: the swine are airborne as we speak.” #MAGA #Project2025 Bored with MAGA? Outraged?•No Kings Day October 17 •Vote November 3 …while we still can.

open.substack.com

Good Lord, These People Are Boring!

Let’s send MAGA packing before they bore us to death...

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thucydides Trap — Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, 431 BCE. China ⬆️ United States ⬇️ President Xi gave a historical vocabulary tonight for warning U.S. efforts to resist China’s growing power could turn rivalry into collision. [Rueters] Who’s going to explain it to him? Natalie? #Xi

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meggan Watterson ࿐ In any given moment, in any situation life hands you, you can stand very still in the center of yourself and know what exists within you. It’s your freedom. 𖧷

open.substack.com

THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE

(an excerpt from my first book)

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

YLE — ‘Scientists are fighting NIH grant censorship. Researchers backed by the ACLU filed a suit alleging NIH uses a 235-keyword blacklist to flag already peer-reviewed grants for termination. ⤷ Russell Vought, Project 2025 and head of OMB, has sought to limit and control research funds.’

open.substack.com

Where are the fall vaccines? Plus Covid-19 and norovirus, and what another measles death means

The Dose (Sept 22)

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

…les cloches en France. ღ “Church bells across France will ring out together for seven minutes at 10 am on Friday for Pope Leo’s arrival. On Saturday, he will celebrate an outdoor Mass at the Place de la Concorde, and along the Champs-Élysées. 600,000 had registered to attend by Sept. 16th.”

connexionfrance.com

Churches will ring their bells for seven minutes this Friday

Pope Leo XIV is visiting France from September 25

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

…yet another Sunday morning of legacy media propaganda. ⤷ “Joe Biden removed the press credentials from over 400 different agencies.” -Steve Scalise on ABC, 9.20 Never happened. — “Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire

From Radical Tea Towel:

The French Revolution

Text:

Vive la révolution .ᐟ

Storming of the Bastille
14th July 1789

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité .ᐟ

From Radical Tea Towel:

A drawing of Thomas Paine, writer, political radical, and one of the most powerful popular voices of the Atlantic revolution.

Text: "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."

radicalteatowel.com

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Shanah Tovah .ᐟ ࿐ Yom Kippur Day of Atonement The holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar centering on repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness, and spiritual renewal. ⤷ Reconciliation with those harmed is essential. “Yeshua doesn't hear the prayers of those who wage war." -Pope Leo 🕊️

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

En France — 11% of all service stations are without fuel. “These rises are directly linked to the continued conflict in Iran, the Middle East, and the Strait of Hormuz blockade. France imports most of its diesel, so any disruption to supplies can quickly increase prices.” #USWar #Trump #Hegseth

connexionfrance.com

One in nine service stations run out of petrol or diesel

As shortages worsen Macron holds talks with 2027 candidates

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Dorothy Day Guild — A virtual prayer service for peace on September 21st, the United Nations International Day of Peace. Dorothy Day was a pacifist. She protested war and conflict frequently and was jailed several times for her beliefs. 8 pm Eastern | 7 pm Central | 6 pm Pacific ⤷link below

Image: Dorothy Day B&W photo, protesting for peace with red letters, ‘Pray for Peace.’

Text:

JOIN US!
INTERNATIONAL
DAY OF PEACE
PRAYER SERVICE
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Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfkLSBbmVNOssgeGJzaB9bYgiNf9rxlkTCPCDsmdByXDnoVw/viewform

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thomas Merton September 9, 1961 — ‘I fear the ignorance and power of the United States. It has quite suddenly become one of the most decadent societies on the face of the earth. If somebody doesn't understand the country pretty soon and communicate that understanding—the results will be terrible.’

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Le retour? — gilets jaunes ~ yellow vests ‘The call to arms, spurred on by a cost of living crisis and climbing petrol costs, are remarkably similar to the original issues that sparked the initial wave of protests in 2018. ⤷ It may cast a looming shadow on the upcoming presidential election.’

connexionfrance.com

Is France set for a return of the ‘gilets jaunes’ protests?

Online calls for populist movement to be revived in October

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Harming nature is a sin against creation and the Creator.” -The Vatican — “Nepal's flood was not a 'natural' disaster. Nothing about it was natural. Big emitters need to compensate poorer nations for such climate-induced damage.” ⤷ The U.S. emitted more CO₂ cumulatively since the industrial era.

prospectmagazine.co.uk

Nepal’s flood has reignited the climate reparations debate

In 2022, a landmark decision promised countries hit by climate-related disasters financial support. Too little has been delivered

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

‘…to the builders.’ — ‘We must construct something new: a modern pro-democracy movement that can create its own communications infrastructure (just as the right has done), achieve narrative dominance, elevate compelling leaders, and talk to voters like adults.’ -Sarah Longwell #MustRead ღ

Image: book cover, ‘How to Eat an Elephant, One Voter at a Time,’ by Sarah Longwell.

Image: Sarah’s book blurbs on the back of the book:

"Longwell has captured the political realignment of our age in real time, showing the moment in which American politics suddenly shifts from one era to the next. Those eager to have a say in the future of our democracy must listen to the voters who will build it. A must-read."
- HEATHER COX RICHARDSON, professor of history at Boston College and bestselling author of Democracy Awakening

"The definitive road map out of the
authoritarian hellscape envisioned by Donald Trump and his merry band of enablers. When the history of this moment is written, Longwell's contributions to understanding why voters choose politicians they know are bad will be second to none.
I cannot recommend this book more urgently."
-NICOLLE WALLACE, anchor of
Deadline: White House

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

…spotted at the climate march over the weekend in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ♡ ˎˊ˗

Image: a white t-shirt with black lettering worn by a climate march participant in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It reads:

EAT
PLANTS
PLANT
TREES

[Photo: Annie Glenn Ashfield]

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

English Peasants’ Revolt The people had had enough. — ‘Crowds attacked tax collectors, eventually organizing into larger movements—burning houses, castles and records, documenting their obligations to their lords, holding strong views about the working of political authority.’ #TheUprising

open.substack.com

Medieval history wasn’t just kings and obedience – ordinary people fought back

The English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 wasn’t an isolated outburst. Across medieval Europe, ordinary people challenged the authority of rulers who failed to live up to their end of the bargain.

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

b r a v o 𖣂 — Climate Scientist David Ho: “I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last 3 years doing fossil fuel extraction research @ BP and ExxonMobil. Neither is acting responsibly; they are racing to maximize extraction as the window to act closes, gambling with our lives.” [More below]

Image: contination of David Ho’s post:

“Do not underestimate the scale of this climate crisis. We are watching feedback loops accelerate, ice sheet collapse, ocean heat content, methane release, that could lock in irreversible warming. We have all witnessed the data, and it is not slowing down.

The people running these companies believe that climate change could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a fringe worry. Publicly, many executives soften their language to sound reasonable, but privately, the fear is real. No other industry poses this level of danger to civilization.”

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Viet Thanh Nguyen — The Burning Towers Foreshadowed a Burning World. “When historians and storytellers look back on the decline and fall of the American empire, they might identify 9/11 as the beginning of the long end.” | |

Image: ‘A man stands in the rubble of the World Trade Center and calls out, asking if anyone needs help on Sept. 11, 2001.

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[Photo by Doug Kanter/AFP via Getty Images.]

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox ღ — “…with an encounter inside a cathedral at Orvieto, Italy, of Luca Signorelli's monumental fresco ‘The Preaching and Deeds of the Antichrist,’ Fox saw Trump—how evil captivates ordinary people, glorifies power, and turns communities against themselves.” [Publishes 10.13]

matthewfox.org

TRUMP AND THE MAGA MOVEMENT AS ANTICHRIST: Recognizing the Archetype of Evil in Our Time — Welcome from Matthew Fox

Available for Pre-Order: Release Date: October 13, 2026 Matthew Fox, Foreword by Caroline Myss, Afterword by Andrew Harvey Every day in America, we debate events, motives, and politics, yet often...

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

…woah to the souls who value only power, profit and greed. “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.” -Sextus Empiricus ࿐

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“…extreme heat cannot be treated as simply a weather event. It shapes decisions about transport, housing, public health, public space, and planning. Extreme heat claims more than 1/2 million lives every year. This is not an individual burden; it is an existential challenge we must all rise to.” —

theguardian.com

We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego

Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“It affects food supplies.” — The Panama Canal is now cutting back on ships that can pass through because of a lack of precipitation. In Central America, drought emergency declarations in Honduras, El Salvador and Panama. ⤷ Unprecedented ocean warmth globally. < snow > rain #ClimateCrisis ˎˊ˗

ctvnews.ca

Supercharged El Niño heading for record strength; Canada’s winter may ‘take a holiday,’ climatologist says

For Canadians, one expert said the most noticeable effect will likely be a milder winter dominated by Pacific rather than Arctic air

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

‘…it’s not a time for celebration.’ — “Labor Day was born in the struggle of working people, but its radical history has been buried. Today, honor the workers who care for your loved ones, pick your crops, deliver your mail, teach your children, pick up your trash and make life livable for all.”

thirdact.org

Labor Day Should Be About the Working Class!

For many people it means the end of summer, the start of the school year, sales, picnics and family get togethers – but for millions of workers facing layoffs, increasing...

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Laos, Obama, and UXO — “America today is experiencing what it has at times imposed on the world: a corrupt autocracy, militias roaming the streets, relentless gaslighting, the sanctioning of political opponents. The pathway out is not merely political: it is also moral and spiritual.” -Ben Rhodes

open.substack.com

Reckoning with War

Ten Years Since Obama visited Laos

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

El Niño. — ‘The dark, red tongue spreading in the Pacific is growing at a rate not seen in living memory and the uncertainty over what is driving it have alarmed experts.’ “Never before in the 50-year history of the World Meteorological Organization have we launched such a major mobilisation." ⊹

abc.net.au

The strongest El Niño in living memory is starting to show its might

The dark, red tongue spreading in the Pacific is growing at a rate not seen in living memory. The uncertainty over what is driving it has alarmed experts.

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"What is a legacy? It's planting seeds ｡˚｡ in a garden you never get to see." ~Lin-Manuel Miranda ｡˚｡ bon week-end ღ

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“Empathy—the most radical of human emotions. // The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.” -Gloria Steinem ⤷ Pierre Damas Bel, 20, Haitian immigrant and newly enrolled OH college student is dead.“Why aren’t we all in the streets?” [@ 15:35]

podcasts.apple.com

Trump’s Election Crackdown Has a Problem: Voters Are Fighting Back

Podcast Episode · Bulwark Takes · September 3 · 27m

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“…the planet is in uncharted waters, and those waters are heating up … and the world is in the danger zone of extreme weather.” — ⤷ “…an intense #ElNiño can alter the position and shape of California’s coastline, sometimes very quickly; they may not return to their former width or location.” [USGS]

wired.com

We’ve Got a ‘Supersized’ El Niño on Our Hands

The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide.

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wendell Berry, 1934 - 2026 — “Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” [Parker Palmer] ˚ ⋆ 🩶.˚⋆

⤷ To paraphrase lines Auden wrote on the death of Yeats, ‘Earth receive an honored guest, Wendell Berry is laid to rest.’

Image: B&W photo of a younger Wendell Berry doing what inspired so many, writing, leaned back in a chair with his feet on a desk in front of a very large window, Gaia always nearby. ღ

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Joyeux anniversaire .ᐟ ⋆｡˚ ˚｡⋆｡˚｡⋆ᬊ᭄꧂ ⋆｡˚ ˚ George Whitman, 1951. “The building had been condemned, but George took a chance and a home for wandering readers and writers was born. Generations of booksellers and tumbleweeds all united by one thing: a love of books.” ღ — @shakespeareandcompany.com

Image: sepia photo of owner George Whitman in 1951, standing in front of Shakespeare & Co in Paris. The building had been condemned, yet George took a chance and opened the shutters. J’adore. Happy~Happy 🎈 to all the ‘tumbleweeds, writers, and book lovers across the planet.

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Abilu Tangwa Cameroonian geography teacher, climate and environmental activist — “Our ‘small’ actions matter: One tree can cool a city by 2-8 °C [35–46 °F]. One mangrove forest can protect 1000s from floods. One community saying NO to deforestation can save a generation.” #ActNow 𖣂

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“If you want money for people with minds that hate, all I can tell is, brother, you have to wait.” -John and Paul — #NonviolentRevolution #CivilDisobedience 💯+ C’est possible. liberté égalité fraternité .ᐟ Nobody stays home in November, especially women. ⤷Shared earlier on Blue Sky:

Image: a text shared from another platform from Elon Musk:

“It's becoming clear that the 19th amendment was absolutely the worst mistake the United States has ever made.

Repeal it now.”

7:16 PM • Aug 25, 2026 • 453.4K

The m a n with the most money on the planet doesn’t want women to have the right to vote.

Nobody stays home in November. ♀

V O T E

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“What might we stand to gain if we were to slow down and try to find things that are more meaningful to us, that bring us something that we can’t get from this fast-paced commercial world?” ⤷ Schaub hopes her project will shine a light on the implications of modern clothing. Needed: flax & loom ღ

theguardian.com

‘I wanted to find the slowest fashion imaginable’: the woman growing her own dress

Looking for an alternative to fast fashion, Eve Ogden Schaub decided to create a garment from homegrown flax

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

‘…their search for balance includes trying to become a particular kind of person in body and soul, traces of transcendence every day.’ — ‘Sister Miriam told me when the podcast started, she hoped it would encourage listeners to “go deeper in their spiritual life—Catholic, religious, or not..”’ 🤍ˎˊ˗

theatlantic.com

Why Are So Many People Listening to a Podcast About Living in a Convent?

Dominican Sisters Open Mic has gone viral, in part because of its hosts’ unabashed joy.

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“…climate shocks are opening opportunites for social change and climate a c t i o n. This relationship is strongest for political moderates referred to as the moveable middle. ‘Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action,’ is a focus on the positive side of disaster.” #ApocalypticOptimist

danarfisher.com

How Climate Shocks Motivate Social Change

Even though September begins on Tuesday, this summer of climate shocks has yet to slow down: record-breaking heat and extreme weather are continuing across much of the northern hemisphere and thous…

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Some are preachers, some are gay, some are addicts, drunks, and strays, but not a one is turned away when it’s family. Some are lucky, others ain’t, some are fighters, others faint. Winners, losers, sinners, saints, it’s all family.” -Dolly Parton/Carl Perkins ‘Family,’ 1991 ˚ ⋆ 🩷.˚⋆

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Boeing. — ‘In November of 2025, the Department of Justice dropped its case.’ ‘The last four Boeing CEOs have received compensation and retirement benefits totaling almost $500 million.’ ‘Pursuit of money at all costs.’ ⤷ A Rory Kennedy film, executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.

youtu.be

Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

‘The early twentieth century was a time of great radicalism in the United States of America, with Eugene Debs, an American socialist, co-founding the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905.’ -Pete, Radical Tea Towel Debs was a 5 x presidential candidate, too. H o p e is a muscle. ღ #WeThePeople

Image: radical tea towel in muted blues and greys with the text by Eugene Debs:

"I can see the dawn of a better day of humanity. The people are awakening. In due course of time they will come into their own."

Eugene Debs was an American socialist activist and trade unionist. He was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.

#WeThePeople ˎˊ˗
—
radicalteatowel.com

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The People’s Emergency Briefing — ‘The scientists’ presentations were filmed and shown to a cross section of the population; their reactions, filmed. By the end, they had a 50-minute film called the People’s Emergency Briefing. Now they want everyone over 16 from every part of society to see it.’ ღ

euronews.com

The inside story of a climate briefing that made experts cry

The People’s Emergency Briefing has been screened nearly 2,000 times around the UK - and Germany is preparing its own.

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité .ᐟ — 🩶 ˎˊ˗

Image: B&W photo of young woman at.a protest holding a sign above her head reading:

‘THEY WANT 1939 GERMANY THEY'LL GET
1789 FRANCE.’

Vive la France .ᐟ .˚⋆

[m e r c i Veronica, vero1986]

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Crispr 🍒 — “…gene-editing technology can grow healthier more abundant food in a warming world, with less deforestation, agri-chemicals, or greenhouse gas. Pairwise is already developing a pipeline of new crops customized for better resistance to heat, drought, storms, and disease.’ #ClimateCrisis ⊹

wired.com

Seedless Blackberries and Cherries That Grow on Bushes Vie to Be the Future of Food

Startups and Big Ag are using Crispr gene editing to create crops that taste better and grow on a hotter planet. But will they find a market?

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Excellent. And heartbreaking. — Reagan tells Gorbachev in Reykjavík we are a ‘nation of immigrants’ and wants to move ‘human rights’ to the top of their agenda, realizing both of which the United States of America has now lost the right to voice. 1/2

youtu.be

The Brink Of War | Official Trailer | In Theaters Aug 14 | Angel

YouTube video by Angel

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Your Local Epidemiologist — Summer Covid ⤷ Your Local Epidemiologist is a public-health newsletter and media platform founded by Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and data scientist. She translates evolving medical/public-health research into plain-language guidance. 1/2

Image: Covid-19 graph showing summer uptick.

Text:

“Covid-19 summer wave continues to rise

Covid-19 levels remain low, but emergency visits are increasing in 43 states. We are clearly in a wave that has come like clockwork every summer since the pandemic, for reasons that still puzzle
epidemiologists.

As expected, hospitalizations have begun to increase after the typical lag in testing trends, but they remain at a record low.

COVID-19
Influenza
35 percent of tests positive
30
25
20
15
10
5
• RSV
Dec.
2024
Apr.
2025
Aug.
Dec.
Apr.
2026
Aug.
Test positivity rate for Covid-19 (and flu and
RSV).

[Source: CDC]

What this means for you: If you don't want to get sick, the time to wear a mask in crowded, indoor areas is starting.”

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Dayle Ohlau @communitycafe.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

parfait ღ — “The United States of America is a plutocratic polyarchy, i.e., political decision-making influenced in multiple ways by very wealthy people. Switzerland, Norway, Denmark and France, just to name a few, are still sufficiently democratic.” -Hélène Landemore, Yale University #Cronyism

Image: a cartoon by Steve Sack depicting a Wizard of Oz - type scene with a house in a tornado surrounded by US dollars swirling about with the caption:

‘NO,TOTO, I DONT THiNK WE’RE IN DEMOCRACY ANYMORE...’

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