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Go birds!
**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**
Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.
Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.
September 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Go birds!
Here’s a podcast episode that goes a little deeper into the “why” behind Quakers’ reparations projects www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
September 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Here’s a podcast episode that goes a little deeper into the “why” behind Quakers’ reparations projects www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
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A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
www.inquirer.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
Hundreds of migrating Broad-winged hawks above Hawk Mountain Sanctuary today. Happy broad wing day! 🪶
September 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Hundreds of migrating Broad-winged hawks above Hawk Mountain Sanctuary today. Happy broad wing day! 🪶
PSA: The new Covid vaccine is rolling out. You can get your shot because getting Covid sucks, or to protect your neighbors, or to spite RFK Jr., or even all three! May as well get your flu shot, too, for the same reasons.
September 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
PSA: The new Covid vaccine is rolling out. You can get your shot because getting Covid sucks, or to protect your neighbors, or to spite RFK Jr., or even all three! May as well get your flu shot, too, for the same reasons.
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Rooted and Reimagined is "neither a rejection of inherited Quaker tradition nor a formation of a new tradition," says our corresponding editor Alfred Mbai, "but a recovering of the radical spirit of Quaker faith in the context of Africa today. "
REVIEWED: Rooted and Reimagined: A Quaker Theology in African Soil
John Muhanji's inspiring, challenging, and necessary new book sets the foundation for further study into African Quakerism.
www.friendsjournal.org
September 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Rooted and Reimagined is "neither a rejection of inherited Quaker tradition nor a formation of a new tradition," says our corresponding editor Alfred Mbai, "but a recovering of the radical spirit of Quaker faith in the context of Africa today. "
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MS NOW: Troops fighting against Iran and alleged drug smugglers say they're being asked to violate international law.
Orgs that help service members leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats and inside Iran.
Orgs that help service members leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats and inside Iran.
Troops fighting against Iran and drug smugglers say they're being asked to violate international law
Organizations that help service members apply to leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats and targets...
www.ms.now
August 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
MS NOW: Troops fighting against Iran and alleged drug smugglers say they're being asked to violate international law.
Orgs that help service members leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats and inside Iran.
Orgs that help service members leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats and inside Iran.
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Quaker here (unprogrammed, urban) and I got United Church of Christ — not a bad fit, really. Thanks for the interesting thought exercise! Here’s something to ponder: do we belong to a church because that’s where we feel most culturally/aesthetically comfortable, or… (1/2)
May 23, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Quaker here (unprogrammed, urban) and I got United Church of Christ — not a bad fit, really. Thanks for the interesting thought exercise! Here’s something to ponder: do we belong to a church because that’s where we feel most culturally/aesthetically comfortable, or… (1/2)
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Unreal stuff, here. One of the best and most harrowing magazine stories I've read. Strongest possible recommendation with all the obvious caveats re: you wanting to read something like this.
My colleague Aaron Parsley just won a Pulitzer for this story, written days after he survived the July 4 floods that killed his nephew. It's one of the most gutwrenching and memorable things you'll ever read. Please do.
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
www.texasmonthly.com
May 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Unreal stuff, here. One of the best and most harrowing magazine stories I've read. Strongest possible recommendation with all the obvious caveats re: you wanting to read something like this.
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We live in an era where factual recounting of leading figures’ (Musk, Trump, Hegseth) words and actions plus the most rudimentary dot connecting sounds incredibly evil, so many people assume it can’t be true, or don’t want to deal with the implications of it being true, and therefore simply do not.
People don’t wanna put two and two together with what he did to usaid and him putting up those maps of global birthrates and saying white people are being replaced
April 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
We live in an era where factual recounting of leading figures’ (Musk, Trump, Hegseth) words and actions plus the most rudimentary dot connecting sounds incredibly evil, so many people assume it can’t be true, or don’t want to deal with the implications of it being true, and therefore simply do not.
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
March 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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"How would I answer the question that came to me so often as a grade-school child, 'Are you a boy or a girl?'" Mico Sorrel considers, and they discern: "My truth in this moment is that I am both/and, and I am neither/nor. I need to remain open to continuing revelation for the remainder of my years."
Are You a Girl or a Boy?
A Friend finds a place of wholeness.
www.friendsjournal.org
March 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"How would I answer the question that came to me so often as a grade-school child, 'Are you a boy or a girl?'" Mico Sorrel considers, and they discern: "My truth in this moment is that I am both/and, and I am neither/nor. I need to remain open to continuing revelation for the remainder of my years."
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I do not think the police have ever raided the Quakers and been on the correct side of history
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
March 6, 2026 at 11:06 AM
I do not think the police have ever raided the Quakers and been on the correct side of history
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“It is a time for action, and what matters most is that that action, whatever what we call it, is effective.”
Important from @kimkelly.bsky.social this morning.
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Important from @kimkelly.bsky.social this morning.
lithub.com/kim-kelly-on...
Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)
On January 23, thousands of people across the state of Minnesota took part in a massive day of action to protest ICE’s violent occupation of their home. Despite subzero temperatures, the day saw be…
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January 31, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“It is a time for action, and what matters most is that that action, whatever what we call it, is effective.”
Important from @kimkelly.bsky.social this morning.
lithub.com/kim-kelly-on...
Important from @kimkelly.bsky.social this morning.
lithub.com/kim-kelly-on...
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ICE does not belong in our communities.
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
January 25, 2026 at 12:51 AM
ICE does not belong in our communities.
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
We will defend our communities in Minneapolis and across the country in our struggle for peace and justice.
#AbolishICE
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When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...
God. Cheese. Burger.
An exercise in ecstatic American theology
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...
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Jiwasa is a fundamental principle and linguistic code in the Aymara language that means “communal we.” In many ways, Ruben Hilari Quispe reflects, it relates with Quaker testimonies such as community, integrity, peace, and harmony with nature.
Jiwasa, the Communal We
Recovering a lost foundation of Aymara culture.
www.friendsjournal.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Jiwasa is a fundamental principle and linguistic code in the Aymara language that means “communal we.” In many ways, Ruben Hilari Quispe reflects, it relates with Quaker testimonies such as community, integrity, peace, and harmony with nature.
Hermit thrush reminds you to check in on your hermit friends this season 🪶
December 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hermit thrush reminds you to check in on your hermit friends this season 🪶
I was heading back to the car after a very quiet winter bird walk when this fellow dropped in to make it worth my while 🪶
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I was heading back to the car after a very quiet winter bird walk when this fellow dropped in to make it worth my while 🪶
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NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
For the Rev. David Black, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition
(RNS) — ‘I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,’ the Rev. David Black said.
religionnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
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holy shit
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
holy shit
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From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
