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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

“Aloha e ka lā" is a Hawaiian phrase that translates to "Hello sun," or "Greetings, sun." It's a common way to greet the sunrise, expressing appreciation for the day's illumination.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. - Mary Oliver

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

youtu.be/lv5HfKLLabE On Memorial Day, remember this about the one who sits in the Oval Office.

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cadet bone spurs's greatest hits

YouTube video by Tiedrich

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Does this remind you of the golden calf from Hebrew Scriptures?

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Salmon tostada, with Irish sharp cheddar, heirloom tomato, black beans, mango salsa, guacamole and vegan sour cream!

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Thee Quaker @theequaker.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today’s Daily Quaker Message. DailyQuaker.com/subscribe Hope has nothing to do with what you think is going to happen, and everything to do with where you point your life, sometimes in spite of the odds, rather than because of them. Citation: David LaMotte, 2025 Quaker musician and author

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Need more zen? Watch the sea otter cam livestream www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mg9... 🦦

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Sea Otter Cam | Vancouver Aquarium

YouTube video by Vancouver Aquarium

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.” - Mary Oliver Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal photographed from afar.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Chicken Cacciatore! My culinary achievement today.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm, but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves. - TS Eliot, 1948

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

President Donald Trump followed a bizarre rant against Pope Leo XIV with an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ.

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Trump, 79, Posts Himself as Christ After Bonkers Pope Attack

The image depicts Trump as Jesus healing a sick person with his touch.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

One of today’s joys - walking in a light rain and seeing this plumeria and palm tree.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Given what we all have been through this week, you deserve a photo of Kolohe and his squeaky pink pig.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Tostada with Canadian Bacon, sharp cheddar, heirloom tomato, corn, black beans, guacamole,vegan sour cream & mango salsa! Really ono!

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Rice pasta, tomato sauce with ground beef and Parmesan - comfort food!

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What a day of moral distress for those of us “regular people,” not in political or military power, who know this desire/threat of genocide is evil!

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

(To have) “Integrity compels Quakers to notice and address what goes against our testimonies of peace, equality, stewardship, simplicity, integrity, and community. That noticing and addressing — that action — is Quaker witness.” — New York Quarterly Meeting

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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is preparing for the next eruption of #Kīlauea volcano (ep. 44), increased visitation & potential for lava fountains & a wind shift from the south. If Kīlauea erupts during southerly winds it could cause volcanic gas (vog) & tephra to blanket the summit. IMG: #HVNP

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Cooking ‘uala (Hawaiian sweet potatoes) with coconut cream, garlic, butter and apple banana. It will be mashed.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

From the Southside to Eastside O’ahu

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Who has time for so much beauty? - Barbara Brown Taylor

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Mokapu’u Lighthouse Trail hike. The brown water near shore is storm run-off. It is usually turquoise and dark blue.

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Every war leaves our world worse than it was before. War is a failure of politics and humanity. Pope Francis

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"We are all meant to be mothers of God. What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the Divine Son takes place unceasingly, but does not take place within myself? ...This, then, is the fullness of time: when the Son of God is begotten in us." Meister Eckhart

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We no longer take up the sword against a nation, nor do we learn war anymore, having become sons of peace for the sake of Jesus. Origen

The image includes the quotation below, along with a picture of Origen (an older man with a long white beard holding a scroll of Scripture):

We no longer take up the sword against a nation, nor do we learn war anymore, having become sons of peace for the sake of Jesus.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

At Please Come Again Hawaiian Ice Cream shop: a scoop of Mango Sticky Rice and Miso Salted Caramel underneath. It was so Ono/Delicious.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Bought Banana bread, Molasses sourdough bread, Asiago & Romano cheese bread, Strawberry Cream mini pie, Passion Pear mini pie, and Peach Pear mini pie. Veggies too.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Doing a lot of reading with Substack book clubs these days.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Early Quakers (1660) wrote this about war:

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A lovely day for paddling, when the rain stopped!

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Truth for authority, not authority for truth. — Lucretia Mott, 1871 Quaker social reformer

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Alastair McIntosh @alastairmci.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This was read out today by the clerk at Glasgow Quaker Meeting - an epistle from the Quakers in Minnesota about what’s happening to vulnerable people under the Trump regime - the solidarity and spirituality to which they’re contributing.

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FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Cluster munitions indiscriminately harm and kill civilians. Yet the Trump administration is planning to replenish the U.S. arsenal of these weapons with a major new purchase from Israel. We joined 35 partners urging Congress to oppose the purchase of these immoral weapons ⬇️

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Thirty-Six Organizations Urge US to Stop Purchase of Cluster Munitions | Friends Committee On National Legislation

Faith communities and broader civil society organizations from across the United States urged Congress to oppose the planned purchase of cluster munitions, especially in light of the U.S.’ reported pl...

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

www.resistandunsubscribe.com We just dropped our subscription to the Washington Post, after Amazon Czar Jeff Bezos fired hundreds of writers and staff. Go to this website and unsubscribe; join the economic resistance movement from companies supporting ICE. #resistandunsubscribe #resistICE

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Resist and Unsubscribe

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Donald Trump wants ten billion dollars from the government he runs. And his unmanly obedient MAGA groupies get real quiet. Pls read, subscribe & share: johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/combover-c...

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Combover Caligula and the $10 Billion Shake-Down

Trump v. Every American Who Actually Pays Taxes

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

“The pastors’ group that I’m in, we got together, and we agreed that if violence breaks out in Springfield, we have a duty to go right to the front of it and to call for peace,” said Rev. Ruby. In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...

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Opinion | In Ohio, I Caught a Glimpse of the New Resistance

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Hauʻoli Aloha Pōʻalima! Happy Aloha Friday!

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FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Today, the world crosses a dangerous threshold. The last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia has been allowed to lapse. The expiration of New START does not make a new nuclear arms race inevitable — but it makes the path toward one far easier and more dangerous.

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Quaker Lobby Urges Diplomatic Action Following Expiration of New START Treaty | Friends Committee On National Legislation

Today, the world crosses a dangerous threshold. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) has been allowed to lapse. This was the last remaining bilateral agreement between Russia and the Un...

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

“Truth will not lose ground by being tried.” Isaac Penington wrote these words in a letter to a friend in 1670, encouraging her that truth will always prevail, saying, “Darkness is afraid of the light, because it has a secret sense that it cannot stand before it.” - DailyQuaker.com

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

We saw whales and dolphins when we were paddling a Hawaiian outrigger canoe yesterday! I took a photo of the dolphins.

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Michele Shields @micheleshields.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Sunrise today on the water. See the canoe of paddlers on the left?

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