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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” has taken its rightful place as one of the most fascinating artworks to analyze in the whole of Western painting. Scholars describe “Las Meninas” as an embodiment of art itself within a painting: It is the philosophy of art depicted on canvas --Foucault

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"How do we create a world where checks don't need to be cut because harm never happens in the first place?" Ant Smith on connecting reparations with abolition on Quakers Today @friendsjournal.org 🎧 QuakersToday.org #Quakers #Reparations #Abolition

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In this essay, I explored a short walking path outside of Sunbury, PA. When I started, I had no idea where the writing would take me. Many thanks to Mario and @vwinslow.bsky.social at our monthly Quaker writers' workshop for their feedback!

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've been quiet here because I'm moving to South Africa 🇿🇦😍

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Americans are self-destructive. It is the age we are in, and we sold our souls long ago.

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“Why am I still organizing my financial life around keeping this money under my control?” Doing "less harm" is a great start, but what comes next? We explore this in our latest episode, "Quakers and Wealth." Listen at QuakersToday.org! 🌿🎙️ #Quakers #EthicalInvesting #Wealth @friendsjournal.org

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Friends Journal @friendsjournal.org · 11/08/2026

Christy Randazzo's Divine Ecosystem is deeply rooted in Quakerism, informed by extensive scholarship, and full of history, current events, people, and connections. Beginning with experience and ecosystems, rather than with the Bible or tradition, readers are offered a fresh take on theology.

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REVIEWED: Divine Ecosystem: A Quaker Theology

An exploration of theology with a Quaker guide who is endlessly curious, creative in making fresh connections, and fearlessly their own self.

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The Economist @economist.com · 21/07/2026

In Colson Whitehead’s new book, a furniture salesman navigates underground punk clubs on the Lower East Side and butts heads with the Mafia

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Colson Whitehead concludes his three-part love letter to New York

And reminds readers that crime fiction is the best urban genre

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 21/07/2026

‘Considerations of Marat’s life and legacy still yield some lessons. Populists thrive when representation fails, and when the powerful are not held to account. Turning politicians into icons will result in disappointment.’ Oliver Cussen on Jean-Paul Marat’s revolution. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Oliver Cussen · Doctor of the Incurable: Marat Unmade

Beyond the violence and immediacy of his language, perhaps Marat was popular for a more straightforward reason: he gave...

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is." ~ Nadine Gordimer

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Fear Not! Mitch McConnell is fine. I just delivered some of his favorite coal snacks to him.

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a Me @amejx.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I've been enjoying the Quakers Today Podcast, hosted by @petersontoscano.bsky.social , as they explore #Quakers & money. The best part so far was a prophetic listener comment by John Choe at the end of the June 16 episode. Thank you, John. www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak... #prisonabolition

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Quaker Podcast - Podcast Exploring Quaker Life & Religious Beliefs

Quakers Today, hosted by Peterson Toscano, features writers, musicians, and thinkers who are seeking wisdom and understanding in a rapidly changing world.

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I am thrilled that my weird essay about woods, cruising, birding, and the hot minks of Sunbury PA found a home in Thomasonian Journal. I look forward to digging into the other pieces. Here is mine: POSTED KEEP OUT! NO TRESPASSING readthomasonian.my.canva.site/issue-2/post...

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POSTED KEEP OUT! NO TRESSPASSING - Thomasonian

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I wish someone would start a war with me and then give me $300 billion. I'm even willing to take less.

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Recalling the terrifying moments when the mob attacked her shop and forced her to close, Spatini said, “They do not care that I am legally in the country.”

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“If capitalism is a system of violence against the planet and people…” Peterson Toscano and Diana Yañez ask what spiritual responsibility looks like when we benefit from extractive systems. @friendsjournal.org QuakersToday.org

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Who cares about one's name up in lights? I like seeing my name among fine-ass writers! I am thrilled that my meandering piece about woodland paths, trespassing, racial profiling, and conversion therapy will be on the pages/screen of the Thomasian!

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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The disorientating goal of the Israel lobby has been to loosen evidence thresholds, constrain critical thinking, and redefine racism and criminality. The effects have bled into dangerous new policing norms. Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-uk-...

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Listen: UK policing – from the Nowak murder to crushing protest – grows ever more rotten

Read by Matthew Alford

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This year Pride is Giving Shame. Shame on those liars who pursue violence and make the world unsafe for everyone. #LGBTQ #Trans #FreePalistine

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The conversation delves into the indigeneity of Palestinian Christianity, the metaphor of the olive tree as a framework for theology, and the importance of staying in the "long silence" of Holy Saturday during times of genocide and suffering. open.spotify.com/episode/7yrA...

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The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology with John and Samuel Munayer

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Nasser Abu Srour was incarcerated for over 33 years in Israeli prisons. He was released in October 2025, and yet, as he writes in a new memoir for @equatormag, “what can liberation possibly mean amid a genocide?” www.equator.org/articles/why...

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Nadav Weiman, the executive director, told me that Breaking the Silence is trying to counter the Israeli government’s narrative that atrocities and war crimes were committed only by bad apples. “It’s the entire system,” he said. “It is systematic crimes that we are doing.”

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

"How is it even decent to remain sane in this insane world we are so recklessly and callously deranging? It is a kind of madness to always hear the keening of the dead, this hurt canticle. It is a madness not to hear." -Anna Badkhen

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

For those of us who survived the ex-gay world, this is not just another hypocrisy story. Conversion therapy always gave adults permission to invade queer kids’ inner lives and call it care. They preyed on youth, then they imposed heterosexuality on us. That is institutionalized sexual abuse.

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The Yale Review @yalereview.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty; like a butterfly it seeks out color and basks in warmth." From the Archives: Virginia Woolf wanders the streets of London.

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Virginia Woolf: “Street Haunting: A London Adventure”

An essay by Virginia Woolf: “No one perhaps has ever felt passionately towards a lead pencil.…”

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Friends Journal @friendsjournal.org · 20/05/2026

"Prophetic imagination isn't about seeing what will happen tomorrow," says Ron Hogan, "but about recognizing what has gone wrong with the world today—and why." The miracle of Pentecost came with a promise that Spirit will help us all access such a transformative mindset. quaker.org/2026/05/18/i...

A woodcut illustration of the Holy Spirit, in the form of a great white bird, shining its light upon a crowd of men and women, represented by little flames at the crown of their heads.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

An example of how the term LGBTQ gets used in establishment media to flatten and obscure. Frank was notoriously hostile to trans rights, and wasn't particularly keen on queer communities broadly outside a swath of gentry white cis gays. The main trail he blazed was for his own power.

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"The (Lebanese) ministry said the toll is now 3,020 killed in the Israeli strikes, including 292 women and 211 children. Fighting began on March 2 with the Hezbollah militant group firing at Israel, two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran." www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

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Lebanon death toll tops 3,000 in latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

Lebanon's health ministry said the toll is now 3,020 killed in the Israeli strikes, including 292 women and 211 children.

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Sound like a current destructive leader.

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

What is relational finance, and why are Diana Yañez & I talking about it on the Quakers Today podcast? And what does Jennifer Aniston have to do with it?? youtu.be/P3qgL8UmMmA?... @friendsjournal.org

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Quakers Today and Relational Finance: Financial Experts vs. Spiritual Seekers?

YouTube video by Friends Journal Quakers

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Stop leaving money to the "experts"! 🛑 Quakers Today explores Relational Finance—a "priesthood of all believers" approach to our wallets. Let’s move from an extractive economy to one that nurtures community. 🤝✨ Full episode out now! 🕊️ @friendsjournal.org www.quakerstoday.org

Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Why is Jennifer Aniston on a Quaker podcast? 🎬 We’re using the movie "Friends with Money" to explore how financial disparity creates unspoken walls between friends. Let’s talk about relational finance and breaking down the barriers that keep us apart. 🧱✨ @friendsjournal.org @afsc-org.bsky.social

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

One of the deep roots of Mother’s Day is not brunch or flowers, but women organizing against war. In 1870, Julia Ward Howe called on mothers around the world to rise up and say: we did not raise our children for this.

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I feature Irish writers Manchán Magan, Shirley-Anne McMillan, and Damian Gorman as I guest-host Spirit in Action. You can hear it on an independent radio station near you or visit: www.northernspiritradio.org/spirit-actio... Thanks to @pendlehillusa.bsky.social & Dwight Dunston!

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I get skittish around conversations concerning money. My partner has to give me a heads-up the day before he wants to have a chat about our shared finances, taxes, or financial planning. This season of Quakers Today podcast stretches me. www.friendsjournal.org/quakers-and-... @friendsjournal.org

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Quakers and Money

In Season 6 of the Quakers Today podcast, host Peterson Toscano is joined by new co-host Diana Yañez.

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Friends Journal @friendsjournal.org · 07/05/2026

Going to Meeting for Worship was designed by Germantown Friends School to explain what happens at Quaker meetings to young students. Eileen Redden says it could also be helpful for monthly meetings, either in First-day class or whenever parents want to explain worship to kids.

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REVIEWED: Going to Meeting for Worship

A useful guide, prepared by a Friends school committee, for young families who want to know what Quakers do in silent worship.

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Brevity / Dinty W. Moore @dintywmoore.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

"When we think we have something to say we are usually wrong. We are fooling ourselves. Trip into discovery. Don't write what you know, discover something new." ~ Marie Howe

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A Spiritual Retreat for Eco-Writers: 13-17 July • Nourishing, farm-to-table meals • Facilitated spiritual practice sessions (designed just for writers) to feed your soul and stir your creative gifts • Opportunities to gather and play with other soulful writers thebtscenter.org/ecowriters/

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kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"This column is named after a tree, for Ficus sake. So it is with due respect that Banyan argues: some trees need to go. There is a better way to balance the trade-offs between nature and urbanisation than to do both badly."

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"It is impossible to avoid interpretation with proxy data, and the more proxies involved (and the more kinds of proxy), the greater the leeway for alternative interpretations. This is enough to fuel scientific controversy, even before politics are added to the mix." -Lorraine Daston

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Peterson Toscano @petersontoscano.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

“The forest gives me peace of mind,” said Cebu, who was involved with the planting of the forest two years ago. “I just like to sit in the shadow between the trees.” I would love to do a podcast episode about this story! groundup.org.za/article/lang... @groundup.org.za

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Langa learners escape the heat in their “pocket forest”

Siyabulela Primary School learners can escape their sweltering classrooms

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