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Today there are more of us.
No Kings. No Cults. The Threshold has been Crossed
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June 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The Lords Prayer in Color
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June 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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See me.
Know that I matter too.

That’s what The Gathering is.
Not agreement.
But alignment.
A pull toward each other in the face of every system that tries to keep us apart.
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I took my first protest photo in December 2014 at the March to End Violence in Portland, Maine. I brought a sign. I brought my camera. I didn’t know it then, but I was beginning something. Not just...
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April 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A million to a billion is more than a level up. I explore what that looks like in my latest Substack post

https://open.substack.com/pub/aimuntethered/p/whats-a-billion-really?r=eltkp&utm_medium=ios

#WealthInequality #Billionaires #EconomicJustice #LateStageCapitalism #Spiraltruth #WealthGap
A visual comparison showing how long it takes to receive $1 million versus $1 billion if handed $1 per second. On the left, it says “11 days to earn $1 million” and on the right, a pyramid of money with text reading “31 years to earn $1 billion.” Below, it says “To reach the wealth of Elon Musk? 666,350 years.” A graphic showing a walking figure moving from Boston to Washington, D.C. as a metaphor for 1 million steps. On the right, a view of Earth with the caption “19 times around the Earth” to represent 1 billion steps. A note at the bottom says “Elon Musk’s wealth = 6,650 times around the Earth.” An illustration of rows and rows of tiny green T. rexes (about one thousand) representing the weight of 1 billion pennies. A small rectangle in the corner compares it to the weight of 1 million pennies with a single T. rex. Red arrows label “The weight of 1 billion pennies” and “The weight of 1 million pennies.”
March 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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What if we could see our impact as clearly as footprints in fresh snow?
Where would we walk more gently, more boldly, more consciously?

#SundaySelfReflection #IntentionalLiving #ConsciousConnection #RippleEffect #YouMatter #SoulQuestions #aimuntethered
A galaxy spiral with vivid pinks and violets radiates from the center of the image. A large, translucent circle overlays the starscape, holding the reflective question: “If I could see my impact on the world as clearly as footprints in snow, where would I go more carefully? And where would I step with more confidence?” A dreamlike arctic scene at sunset, with swirling pink and purple clouds reflected on still water and a snow-covered shore. Three soft circles contain follow-up questions: • “What traces have I already left behind that I’m proud of?” • “Where might I be leaving marks without realizing their weight or reach?” • “What would it mean to walk with more intention—and more trust—in the path ahead?”
March 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Tolerance, Snowflakes, and the power we have.
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Snowflake to Snowflake
There’s a kind of magic that happens when people get curious.
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March 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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These quotes are a small thread through time that reminds me that resistance isn’t chaos. It’s how justice breathes.

Feel free to save them, share them, use them as anchors when things feel heavy. #resist #humanityfirst #dignityaalways #weareallconnected #aimuntethered
A final slide with silhouettes of people raising their arms across the bottom. The top half features a copper gradient with the words: “The arc only bends if we push it.” Below, in soft text: “Write. Speak. Cook. Care. Love. Hope. Connect. Interrupt. Create. Imagine. Whatever your tool, use it!” At the bottom: “Justice isn’t handed down. It’s held up.” Watermark @aimuntethered in the lower right.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Final quote slide with parchment texture. The quote reads: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Attributed to Edmund Burke with a note indicating the attribution may not be confirmed. Watermarked @aimuntethered.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A quote centered on parchment background: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Credited to Martin Luther King Jr., quoting Theodore Parker. Bottom corner watermark reads @aimuntethered.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#QuoteThread #Justice #Resistance #PowerConcedesNothing #PushTheArc #TruthTellers #HistoryRepeats #AimUntethered #UntetheredVoices
A textured parchment background with the quote: “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” George Bernard Shaw in bold gold-toned text. Subtle watermark @aimuntethered.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A parchment-style quote slide featuring Martin Luther King Jr.’s words: “A nation that continues to spend more on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” The quote is centered, cleanly styled, and watermarked @aimuntethered in the bottom right.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A quote centered on a parchment background reads: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Credited to Martin Luther King Jr. in gold-toned text. Watermarked @aimuntethered.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A parchment background with a bold, centered quote: “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.” Attributed to Thomas Jefferson in smaller text, with a note that the quote is attributed. Watermarked @aimuntethered.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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A parchment-textured slide with a quote in clean, centered font: “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” Below it, the text reads, “Douglas, again, because he saw it all,” adding a personal tone. Watermark @aimuntethered in the bottom right.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Parchment background with centered black text: “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” — Frederick Douglass The watermark @aimuntethered appears in the bottom right.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#HistoryRepeats #HumanityFirst #SpeakUp #PushTheArc #CollectivePower #TruthMatters #Untethered
A parchment-textured background with the quote: “Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance.” — Woodrow Wilson The watermark @aimuntethered appears in the bottom right.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Liberty isn’t handed down. It’s held up.
These quotes have been hitting me different lately, so I gathered them up and gave them a home.
Resistance isn’t chaos, I am learning. It’s how justice lives.
#QuoteThread #Justice #Resistance #HoldTheLine
A stylized graphic with bold, layered stripes in gold and copper tones. Silhouettes of people standing together with raised hands span the bottom. The text reads: “Liberty isn’t granted. It’s reclaimed. Some quotes that remind us: resistance is how justice breathes.” The handle @aimuntethered appears in the corner.
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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“I don’t remember his exact words, just the general tone, mild judgment, maybe discomfort. Tattoos weren’t for him. And that’s the point. They weren’t.”
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A friend once told me about a sign in someone’s bathroom that read, “It’s not about you.” There’s something deeply human about being reminded of that while sitting in the most humbling room in the hou...
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February 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I’m plunking some writing over on Substack, would love for you to join me over there, too!
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History & genealogy buff, & storyteller. Into family roots, cooking up traditions, and sharing spicy takes on social issues. A bit of Disney, a lot of photography, and 30+ years HIV+ and thriving. Unt...
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February 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM