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If you could start a new business right now, what would it be? —Questioner The Cards Are on the Table (Mostly) Dear Questioner, Funny you should ask. You do have the darnedest timing, because I’ve been thinking about starting a business for a hot minute. Not the sort of thinking that has produced a logo, a five-year plan, or even a respectable folder of notes.

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A Coffee & Conversation dispatch on expensive gas, accountable AI, reachable voters, courtroom alarms, and why democracy still needs all hands on the mug. Monday, 28 September 2026 Privacy note: Civilian names have been replaced with requested pseudonyms or privacy-safe terms. Private messages and all contributions from Debbie R have been omitted. ☕ THE FIRST SIP Monday’s Coffee & Conversation began exactly where a proper civic coffee klatch ought to begin: with the Chicago Bears, the unnerving price of petrol, and the knowledge that the national news had once again arrived wearing muddy boots.

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Do you believe in karma? —Questioner Dear Questioner, Do I believe in karma? Ohhhh, absolutely I do. Not necessarily in the “someone cut me off in traffic and immediately drove into a hedge” sense—though I do enjoy a well-timed cosmic consequence as much as the next person—but in the deeper sense. Karma is not simply, “What you put out comes back to you.” That is the bumper-sticker version.

25.Sep.2026 | A ‘9-2-5’ Coffee & Conversation dispatch on keeping the press free, the voters protected, the boundaries firm, and the Calypso Coffee responsibly layered. EASTERN ILLINOIS INDIVISIBLE 16 MINUTES AGO Friday, 25 September 2026 — where the coffee was hot, the legal updates were hotter, and the room reminded itself that urgency is real, but panic is not a strategy.

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How do you write what people actually want to read? —Questioner Dear Questioner, Honestly, I am not certain I offer articles that people want to read. I do not spend much time chasing whatever is meant to be palatable, reassuring, shareable, or easily consumed between a sponsored post and someone’s argument about whether a tomato is a fruit. What I offer, I hope, is what people…

24.Sep.26 | War crimes to voter rides, this week’s Sorting Soup served clarity, courage, “Vote Chonk”, & a practical plan for taking democracy to the streets; one table at a time. EASTERN ILLINOIS INDIVISIBLE 24 MINUTES AGO Thursday, 24 September 2026 | 5:00–6:30 p.m. 🫒 The Antipasto Before we ladled out the headlines, the questions, the righteous frustration, and the practical civic nourishment, Sorting Soup gathered as it always does: not to spiral alone, but to make sense of the world together.

24.Sep.26 | From press-pass pushback and Texas voter-roll trouble to ICC reality checks, cyber vigilance, and the reminder that urgency is real—but panic is not a strategy EASTERN ILLINOIS INDIVISIBLE JUST NOW Morning Recap — Thursday, September 24, 2026 A privacy-conscious community recap. Civilian names have been removed or replaced with requested call-signs; private/direct-message material is excluded. ☕ THE FIRST SIP…

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22.Sep.2026 | A Coffee & Conversation morning of legal eagle eyes, voter-roll vigilance, AI side-eye, and the neighbour-to-neighbour work that keeps democracy moving. Eastern Illinois Indivisible COFFEE & CONVERSATION Morning Recap — Tuesday, 22 September 2026 A roomful of neighbours, organisers, truth-tellers, and determined early risers met the day with equal parts vigilance, wit, care, and action. Hosted by Sir Talliver Guidelight…

21.Sep.26 | A big-tent Monday of voting plans, press freedom, pumpkin artillery, and the steady work of keeping democracy caffeinated. Eastern Illinois Indivisible Coffee & Conversation Recap · Monday, 21 September 2026 “Urgency is real. Panic is not a strategy.” — Ella Everwell, Self-Care Sage & Co-Facilitator of Sorting Soup Hosted by Sir Talliver Guidelight with Barrett Badger, and moderated by…

20.Sep.26 | Sorting Soup Book Club Sunday morning call on burnout, brave boundaries, shared responsibility, and staying in the work without losing ourselves to it. Eastern Illinois Indivisible SEP 20, 2026 Sorting Soup Book Club — The Main Call Recap Sunday Morning, 20 September 2026 | 9:00 a.m.–10:13 a.m. CT A spoonful of solidarity, a chapter on burnout, and a roomful of people refusing to confuse exhaustion with failure.