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Michael Morrell

@genuinemichael.bsky.social
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Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter

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Jessy Edwards @jessyedwards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Puerto Rico is in a water crisis, as a US board slashes the island's social/infrastructure spend to protect corporate bondholders, and a developer tries to build a $2.5B private city on acres of untouched coastline. As one councilmember explains, much of this exploitation can be traced back to NYC.
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How Do You Protect Puerto Rico From NYC's Vulture Capitalists?
City Councilmember Alexa Avilés is urging the state government to rein in New York's "vulture funds" and opportunistic developers, while calling on Congress to dismantle the island's financial oversig...
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two years ago today, the floodwaters of Helene engulfed us in western North Carolina. I haven't known what to say about such a strange anniversarry; thankfully @sarahskinner.bsky.social gives voice to the heart of it: "A time of war was upon the people. In far off lands, and even between siblings..
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Earnest prayer may be our best inoculation against managed consciousness, the drowsy reductionism that insists nothing is real except what can be monetized or measured.
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Indy Auntie @indyauntie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reading this thread from @genuinemichael.bsky.social and article from @sarahskinner.bsky.social is a good way to begin your new week with a reflective, compassionate mindset that is much needed in these difficult days.
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Rev. Dr. Ruth Shaver @thefunrevucc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow. 💕❤️
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two years ago today, the floodwaters of Helene engulfed us in western North Carolina. I haven't known what to say about such a strange anniversarry; thankfully @sarahskinner.bsky.social gives voice to the heart of it: "A time of war was upon the people. In far off lands, and even between siblings..
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Earnest prayer may be our best inoculation against managed consciousness, the drowsy reductionism that insists nothing is real except what can be monetized or measured.
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥💥BOOM💥💥 Costco took its $184M in rebate refund and used it to lower costs targeting products that would have the most impact for members!! Kudos Costco!! www.seattletimes.com/business/cos...
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Costco clinches $184M in tariff refunds, with more expected
The big-box retailer said the money was reinvested to give "value back to our members." It’s more than a third of the total tariff refunds the company expects.
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Wendy the Woke @nomorex61.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“changes have hindered the C.D.C.’s ability to respond to outbreaks as measles spreads at home and Ebola abroad“ This is dam scary, but please read. It’s almost as if they want millions of children to die. The GOP is putting your children in danger. #Sheshed www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew." — Isaiah 6:2 Coming soon: A custom rosary, made by the Sisters of Carmel.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal and his government has committed genocide in Gaza. The United States should stop all military assistance to Israel. Saying this is not antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)
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Carly @nautiluscarly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Drexel University obtained the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, kept it for 15 years, and is gutting and closing it next week, two years before its 200-yr-anniversary. (The physical museum, the Academy itself, was formed in 1812).
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you’ve been circling the Contemplative Enneagram Summit since I wrote about it, this is the weekend: September 26–27 (starting TOMORROW), live on Zoom, with Russ Hudson opening and Suzanne Stabile closing.
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Contemplative Enneagram Summit
A two-day online journey. Join us live to explore the Enneagram as a contemplative path of self-awareness, inner transformation, and deeper rootedness.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you’ve been circling the Contemplative Enneagram Summit since I wrote about it, this is the weekend: September 26–27 (starting TOMORROW), live on Zoom, with Russ Hudson opening and Suzanne Stabile closing.
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Contemplative Enneagram Summit
A two-day online journey. Join us live to explore the Enneagram as a contemplative path of self-awareness, inner transformation, and deeper rootedness.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Praying with Angels, though? Really? I’m too deconstructed (or too Protestant) for that!" If you’re a card-carrying ex-vangelical, progressive, or even garden-variety Protestant who files angels somewhere between Precious Moments figurines & dodgy History Channel specials, you’re in good company.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Praying with Angels, though? Really? I’m too deconstructed (or too Protestant) for that!" If you’re a card-carrying ex-vangelical, progressive, or even garden-variety Protestant who files angels somewhere between Precious Moments figurines & dodgy History Channel specials, you’re in good company.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What you believe and what you disavow — politically, religously, et al — isn’t the most interesting thing about you. But it isn’t entirely incidental, either. What do you see as the interrelationship between belief, attitude, and action? What do you think is the most interesting thing about you?
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Angels, though? Yep. They’re depicted in our world’s spiritual lineages as messengers of the Divine, as helpers of humanity and the more-than-human creation. Art: Archangel Michaēl, Katy Jang
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Angels, though? Yep. They’re depicted in our world’s spiritual lineages as messengers of the Divine, as helpers of humanity and the more-than-human creation. Art: Archangel Michaēl, Katy Jang
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don’t need to tell you these are heavy days. Many of us wake up braced for whatever the headlines will bring, our nervous systems frayed and our hope running on fumes. The siren’s song is to retreat into numbness, doomscrolling, or a spirituality that serenely floats above it all. 🎨 Daniel Mitsui
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don’t need to tell you these are heavy days. Many of us wake up braced for whatever the headlines will bring, our nervous systems frayed and our hope running on fumes. The siren’s song is to retreat into numbness, doomscrolling, or a spirituality that serenely floats above it all. 🎨 Daniel Mitsui
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Saint Michaēl the Archangel, loyal champion of God & Beloved Community I turn to you with confidence and seek your powerful intercession. For the love of God, Who made you so glorious in grace and power, and for the love of the Mother of Jesus, the Queen of the Angels, be pleased to hear our prayer
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Saint Michaēl the Archangel, loyal champion of God & Beloved Community I turn to you with confidence and seek your powerful intercession. For the love of God, Who made you so glorious in grace and power, and for the love of the Mother of Jesus, the Queen of the Angels, be pleased to hear our prayer
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to ban private equity funds from owning or controlling medical practices. This is a big deal. Here’s what you need to know about the shady private equity industry and how it operates.
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This One Thing Is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich
Private equity is shutting out millions of people from buying their own homes.In 2021, private equity investors bought n
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Unlike Macklemore, these support acts don’t have big followings and they are giving up their chance to perform to stadiums to push back against censorship, not of themselves but of a fellow artist. Respect.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
But “free speech,” amirite?
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Three men whose fortunes depend on building AI faster just publicly asked to be slowed down. Musk. Altman. Amodei. The President called them "negative forces." That's the tobacco executives asking for the warning label...and the government saying relax. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census
A version of a federal rule proposing to exclude certain noncitizens from...
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am capable of copious quantities of shamelessness and remorse, in equal measure. I contain multitudes. 
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Growing up, I developed a taste for coffee, like I was supposed to. I developed a taste for beer, like I was supposed to. But cigarettes are where I drew the line! Don’t get me wrong, I’ll smoke cloves if the social situation calls for it. Cloves are like the mocha frappuccinos of cigarettes.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2026
NEW on “Paper Trail”: More likely than not, there are ”forever chemicals” in your blood. Here’s the thing: 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into people’s blood for decades — and continued making them. We found out how they kept this secret. Listen to the full episode:
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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trump's thugs are rounding people up & not giving them them any rights. This could happen to anyone of us! If one group or person doesn't have rights, no one does. #ICELawlessness We fought the Revolutionary war & created the Constitution & the Bill of Rights to address tyranny like this.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
RIP Wendell Berry (August 5, 1934 - August 31, 2026). Thank you for a life richly lived, prophetic in place and simplicity. May you enter yet deeper rest, as you become an Ancestor-Cirrostratus among the great Cloud of Witnesses, bringing rain to the compost of our lives. Hail the traveler!
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
𝐃𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 🚨 Trump's #ICE thugs are spending millions of dollars on robotic dog-like robots to hunt down & abduct our friends & neighbors. They are also purchasing electric shock gloves. He is building a private army & not 1 elected Republican is pushing back!
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/08/2026
It's so damn hot down there. A guerrilla thermometer campaign found NYC subway platforms hitting a 132°F heat index—well past the point where heatstroke sets in. It's a public health crisis. Over to you, MTA:
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Just how ridiculously, hellishly hot are New York City's subways? Jack can tell you.
A young transplant raises awareness of a very old problem.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We & the media are NOT talking enough about how a Florida grand jury found that $10 million was funneled from a settlement intended to benefit Florida taxpayers to Ron DeSantis’s wife’s illegitimate “charity” (that never registered with the IRS), where it was laundered before it got to the FLA GOP.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is creepy as hell. Masked, armed ICE agents lurking around workers, waiting to isolate someone. Like pedophiles at a school gate searching for a child left alone. This is intimidation, not safety. Know your rights. Record safely: PAXIS.app Keep PAXIS free: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Record-breaking investment in renewables could cement Canada as new clean energy superpower" www.euronews.com/2026/08/18/w...
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Major boost for green energy as Canada plans €43 billion investment
The slated green energy plans could light, heat and cool all the homes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver combined.
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
And we wonder why the United States is trailing the world in renewable energy adoption, when it’s now more cost-effective to open new renewable energy plants than to continue running fossil fuel plants. Look no further. 
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Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We have to stop this from happening. 
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
EMERGENCY EPISODE: Harmeet Dhillon just announced the DOJ will deploy 1,000 election observers for the midterms. The DOJ wants you to think this is business as usual, but I break down why this deployment is laying the groundwork for what comes after Election Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZjB...
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BREAKING: Trump DOJ Announces 1,000 Monitors to Watch You Vote
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 16/08/2026
A must-listen for all those who rightfully fear the current crop of techbros and their fascistic views: @nprfreshair.bsky.social's @tonyamosley.bsky.social interviews @gilduran.com, author of "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy". www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...
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Silicon Valley billionaires’ war on democracy : Fresh Air
Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place. D...
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬🚨 Veronica Escobar(D-TX) introduced an amendment to the DHS funding package to block #ICE from apprehending, detaining, or deporting US citizens. Congressional Republicans initially agreed, but then the White House intervened & demanded if be removed. 🧵
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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