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@ourbetterangels.bsky.social
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Compassionate human. Activist & Greenpeace alum itching for the Left to break out of its boxes. A creative/ idea factory: can't help it. M.Divinity: hopelessly deep thinker. Enviro: lover of the Mothership. Former actor & Singer. 🥸😎

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Rebecca Joy Bingham @rebeccabingham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Keep asking.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Who is doing anything about the rising murders of young black people by hanging?!
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
WHY aren't progressives and Dems hammering away at the fact that the GOP's Big Ugly Bill is taking away healthcare for another 10 million American children and adults right after the midterms?!
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
4) …driving unprecedented turnout & mass pressure on GOP legislators to STOP this?! This moment requires EVERYONE’S ACTION and HELP! Put away the armchair maps.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
3) …ALL HANDS ON DECK?! WE know most Americans aren’t getting accurate info—and most centrists don’t want a stolen-election coup either. --So WHY aren’t we: alerting everyone we know; recruiting boots to knock EVERY door in key districts & states—human face to face (screw mass texts & dialers)...
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
2) …perhaps false-flag-justified martial law in tow. My poll-chair counterpart friend in AZ is prepared to die throwing his body over the ballots. I realize I should get my affairs in order, too. -Yet, instead of speculating & kvetching, WHY isn’t every “informed” soul here sounding the alarm for...
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
1) As a Detroit polling-station chair, I find much of the midterm-outcome speculation, especially about ’28 political maps, bizarrely tone-deaf. Like tea-drinking on the deck of the Titanic. They ARE coming for our ballots on 11/4—with every federal force & armed militia friend they can muster...
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
2) But I believe we diminish our own humanity when we celebrate the suffering and deaths of even emotionally incapacitated people like these. We erode the compassion that distinguishes us from them—and our ability to simply sit with pain they wrought. A repost of a short piece I wrote earlier.
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The Haunting
In the next post, I’ll share an essay from my recent pilgrimage to one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s monasteries which is home to a statue honoring both him and Dr.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
1) We’ll be hearing and reading comments from many celebrating the death of Lindsey Graham, as well as Mitch McConnell's "condition." I admit I loathed them and the choices they made that hurt so many, including the damage they did to truth, decency, and our democracy. To each our own, of course...
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
OMG! Do yourself a favor and hear what this man has to say to these white legislators in Louisiana. -This has to have sunk in their thick skulls and hollow hearts on some level.
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Nick Perri (@xplicitpolitix)
Klan members left stunned as intelligent and articulate black man calls them out for their racism and cowardice. Credit TT: @idowordz2
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
100%!!! 🥰🤣
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Sam (@sam1461337)
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Accountability brings consequences. And consequences are the only language corruption understands. Money and political power do not outrank the Constitution. They just need a wake up call and it’s coming at the midterms.👇
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Who knows the law related to this? Given Fox/Faux/Fix defaults to the they're "just an entertainment network" excuse when being sued for defamation, as with the Dominion voting machines --can't they be forced to change their name from Fox "News" to make that clearer to all consumers? If not, why?
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I like the way Jim puts this. We're not two countries, but negative forces like the Steve Bannon's try to convince people that we're separate, and some other good points. 👏
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Jim Carrey DESTROYS Trump #jimcarrey #trump #democrats
YouTube video by Celebs AgainstTrump
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
After we survive all of this --what shall we do with our big oil and big tech "friends." ...🤔 I've thought that Guantanamo should become the new "(Former) Billionaires Island." 😁
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We're all clear that these "detention centers" aren't intended for immigrants, right? --Who else here is likely to be on the permanent guest list?
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Oh, be still my heart! 😍😁
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Golly. Got MRI? :-(
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
😮... 🤯... 😵‍💫... 😮... Just one wow! after another...
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
2) When so much of life around us goes on as normal, how do we maintain the sense of urgency required to create and implement effective grassroots strategies to defeat this regime?
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We’ll Wear Costumes Later
Synchronicity may be telling me to go ahead and offer a suggestion.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
1) What if the most dangerous thing right now isn’t what’s happening—but how normal it still feels?
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
4) The original post that inspired the #UntilThereAreBombs :
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#2: Introduction, Part II – Urgency
Building Critical Mass Requires the Discipline of Urgency
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
...Why aren’t we protesting every day? Why aren’t we striking? Why aren’t we sitting in? Because we can grab moments of normalcy That feel safe and assuring While the constitution figuratively burns Unconsciously waiting Until bombs hit our homes So, for now, we will take one latte grande, please
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Until There Are Bombs
This powerful poem was written by a friend who said it was inspired by my introductory Urgency post.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
2) The resistance isn't moving with the urgency required because, even among those of us paying attention, we can live in partial denial that this IS a war -- as life goes on as normal around us.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
1) A friend wrote a powerful poem, "Until There Are Bombs" who said she was inspired my my A Substack post, "Urgency."
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
2) Using #Crosstianity or #Crosstian makes a clear distinction between those who twist religious language for power and those who try to follow Jesus in caring for the vulnerable and welcoming the stranger. Crosstians will hate it -but the truth may start more cracks in their Cathedral of Cards.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
1) When talking about Xian nationalism please use GBShaw's term #Crosstian or #Crosstianity: a warped version of Christianity focused on the "look": the cross and public piety, but without Judeo-Christian ethics or Jesus's social gospel teachings. Discussed in my Substack "Looking Left Project."
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Part II of my short series discusses how to bring down the Crosstian right's Cathedral of Cards. lookingleftproject.substack.com/p/crosstiani...
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Crosstianity II: The Moral Fault Lines Laid Bare
Why Biblical Literacy Has Become a Tactical Necessity
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
If we skillfully and repeatedly point out the contrast between the left’s compassionate social vision and the Crosstian right’s defiance of what Jesus actually taught, more people will start to see it, as well.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When the symbol of the cross replace the teachings behind it, George Bernard Shaw called that “Crosstianity.”
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
That’s why I wrote about what G.B.Shaw call “Crosstianity”—when the symbol of the cross replaces the teachings behind it.
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Crosstianity: The Right’s Achilles Heel
— And Why the Left Still Doesn’t Get It
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
But movements built on fear and moral contradiction often contain the seeds of their own collapse.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Many Americans assume Christian nationalism is politically unstoppable.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I hope you'll check out my latest post. The teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. King have much to offer us during these times.
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In the Shadow of Two Teachers
Over the winter holidays, I spent nearly two weeks at Magnolia Grove Monastery in rural northern Mississippi — about an hour south of Memphis, where Dr.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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Post #5: Our Laundry List - Internal Affairs
Ripping off the Band-Aid!
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Please check out my new "Looking LEFT!" post on a very cool strategic organizing model for growing the tipping point, and why talking to people outside the "Blue zone" is so important. --And if you like it, please share!
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The Concentric Circles Strategy: How Critical Mass Grows
Grow the Middle. Win the Future.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Looking LEFT!: "Urgency": lovelookingleft.substack.com/p/post-2-int...
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Post #2: Introduction, Part II – Urgency
Building Critical Mass Requires the Discipline of Urgency
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My new "Looking LEFT!" Substack blog's introductory post I: "The Art of War: Balancing Inner & Outer Work: Reflection, Assessment, Discipline & Strategy." open.substack.com/pub/lovelook.... --Check it out! :-)
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#1: Introduction, Part I – The Art of War
Balancing Inner & Outer Work: Reflection, Assessment, Discipline & Strategy
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My new Substack blog, Looking LEFT! "An unflinching look at the political left --what’s working, what’s not, and how...we can inspire, rebuild trust and broader coalitions, and, using both heart & winning strategy, create a far more perfect union for all. lovelookingleft.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome to the Looking LEFT Journey!
Begin here: Who This Blog is For & What Lies Ahead...
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
ACTION: Call Senators to add amendment to DHS funding bill: NO accessing voter records- as in GA and attempts in Minneapolis. All part of attempt to steal the election. Call your senators!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Rude awakening be coming to the clan that George Bernard Shaw referred to as "Crosstians" their beliefs and actions ain't got nothing to do with Jesus or the core Social Gospel teachings of Christianity.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 05/07/2025
You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.
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ourbetterangels.bsky.social @ourbetterangels.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Progressives & moderates need "family counseling" & until then, the movement & country are f'd -Seriously! We need well-facilitated trial grassroots sessions where members of both factions air their resentments, misconceptions & learn we agree on most goals. Get it toGETHER, on same page & ScRiPt!
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ChrisCatMom🐈📎 @christhecatmom.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
My feelings exactly!
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🌒💀 evelynn 💀🌘 @ladyartaud.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
the cruelty of this administration is almost unfathomable. these are depraved people
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