#january-8 — Public Fediverse posts

[4/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 6-7:30PM – Zoom Call – Join from anywhere
MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE – December Monthly Member Call
At MPA, we fight for a world where everyone has what they need, contributes what they can, and nobody is left behind. Be part of our movement! Join #MainePeoplesAlliance members, both returning and new, for our monthly virtual call.
RSVP: mainepeoplesalliance.org/event/january-2026-member-call/

JAN 8, Thur 7:30-8:30PM – ZOOM Event
Join from anywhere
YOUTH ADVOCACY TEAM - Join us on Thursdays at 7:30pm to volunteer with the Youth Advocacy team! This team works on the Vote16 campaign, tracking bills during the legislative session, and much more. Have an idea for a project? This is the place to bring it!
FMI: democracymaine.org/civicrm-event/2257

JAN 8, Thur 8-9:00PM – Virtual event
Join from anywhere
End the #Occupation of #Venezuela and Our Cities
Trump is waging war and committing murder to enrich his #billionaire backers. We are fighting to stop him. Stand with us and take action this Saturday.
We know the bombs over Venezuela and DHS Secretary #KristiNoem’s untrained #ICE militia in our cities are about billionaires making themselves richer no matter the human cost. We stand united demanding an end to the Venezuelan occupation and the removal of reckless untrained ICE agents from our communities. Join this call to learn more about Saturday's National Day of Action and how you can get involved.
FMI: mobilize.us/mayday/event/881039

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbweolaurs2u

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #MayDay #ICEOut #NoWarForOil

[4/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 6-7:30PM – Zoom Call – Join from anywhere
MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE – December Monthly Member Call
At MPA, we fight for a world where everyone has what they need, contributes what they can, and nobody is left behind. Be part of our movement! Join #MainePeoplesAlliance members, both returning and new, for our monthly virtual call.
RSVP: mainepeoplesalliance.org/event/january-2026-member-call/

JAN 8, Thur 7:30-8:30PM – ZOOM Event
Join from anywhere
YOUTH ADVOCACY TEAM - Join us on Thursdays at 7:30pm to volunteer with the Youth Advocacy team! This team works on the Vote16 campaign, tracking bills during the legislative session, and much more. Have an idea for a project? This is the place to bring it!
FMI: democracymaine.org/civicrm-event/2257

JAN 8, Thur 8-9:00PM – Virtual event
Join from anywhere
End the #Occupation of #Venezuela and Our Cities
Trump is waging war and committing murder to enrich his #billionaire backers. We are fighting to stop him. Stand with us and take action this Saturday.
We know the bombs over Venezuela and DHS Secretary #KristiNoem’s untrained #ICE militia in our cities are about billionaires making themselves richer no matter the human cost. We stand united demanding an end to the Venezuelan occupation and the removal of reckless untrained ICE agents from our communities. Join this call to learn more about Saturday's National Day of Action and how you can get involved.
FMI: mobilize.us/mayday/event/881039

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbweolaurs2u

#MaineEvents #MaineResists
#ResistICE #NoWar #StopICETerror #MayDay #ICEOut #NoWarForOil

[3/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 5:30-6:30PM – #EllsworthME
Moore Community Center, 125 State St, Ellsworth, Maine
JORDAN WOOD: Town Hall at the Moore Community Center
Democratic House Candidate Jordan Wood is coming to meet you. We'll be at the Lewiston Public Library. Come out to meet Jordan, learn why he's the strongest candidate to defeat Paul LePage, and hear about what his plans as your next Congressman: sweeping campaign finance reform, passing the Ultra-Millionaire Wealth Tax, enacting universal childcare and addressing the affordability crisis head on. Bring your friends and family! FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/875936/

JAN 8, Thur 5:30PM – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress Street, Portland, Maine

FROM PORTLAND TO MINNEAPOLIS:
STOP ICE TERROR
In support of #ReneeNicoleGood, killed by ICE Jan 7, 2026, in Minneapolis, and of the Minneapolis community as they protest the surge of ICE in their city..

Join us on Monument Square in vigil for Renee and to protest #ICE terror across America. Dress warm, bring signs. FMI: shorturl.at/GVgvj

JAN 8, Thur 6-8:00PM – Virtual Event
Join from anywhere
AI Data Centers: Local Perspectives and Community Impacts
Hosted by the Clean Economy Coalition of Color, join the National Wildlife Federation’s Environmental Justice, Health, and Community Resilience and Revitalization program for a roundtable discussion on the recent growth in AI data centers and its impact on local communities.
Join us and hear from community leaders about the effects of data centers on their communities and how local residents are fighting to be involved in critical decisions about their community’s future.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/870215/

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbwehskpa22r

#MaineEvents #MaineResists #ResistICE #NoWar #NoAI #NoDatacenters #StopICETerror

[3/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 5:30-6:30PM – #EllsworthME
Moore Community Center, 125 State St, Ellsworth, Maine
JORDAN WOOD: Town Hall at the Moore Community Center
Democratic House Candidate Jordan Wood is coming to meet you. We'll be at the Lewiston Public Library. Come out to meet Jordan, learn why he's the strongest candidate to defeat Paul LePage, and hear about what his plans as your next Congressman: sweeping campaign finance reform, passing the Ultra-Millionaire Wealth Tax, enacting universal childcare and addressing the affordability crisis head on. Bring your friends and family! FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/875936/

JAN 8, Thur 5:30PM – #PortlandME
Monument Square, 456 Congress Street, Portland, Maine

FROM PORTLAND TO MINNEAPOLIS:
STOP ICE TERROR
In support of #ReneeNicoleGood, killed by ICE Jan 7, 2026, in Minneapolis, and of the Minneapolis community as they protest the surge of ICE in their city..

Join us on Monument Square in vigil for Renee and to protest #ICE terror across America. Dress warm, bring signs. FMI: shorturl.at/GVgvj

JAN 8, Thur 6-8:00PM – Virtual Event
Join from anywhere
AI Data Centers: Local Perspectives and Community Impacts
Hosted by the Clean Economy Coalition of Color, join the National Wildlife Federation’s Environmental Justice, Health, and Community Resilience and Revitalization program for a roundtable discussion on the recent growth in AI data centers and its impact on local communities.
Join us and hear from community leaders about the effects of data centers on their communities and how local residents are fighting to be involved in critical decisions about their community’s future.
FMI: mobilize.us/mobilize/event/870215/

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbwehskpa22r

#MaineEvents #MaineResists #ResistICE #NoWar #NoAI #NoDatacenters #StopICETerror

[2/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 3:30-4:30PM (& every Thur)– #KennebunkME
Rt 1 & Fletcher St, front of Kennebunk Library
Weekly Stand Out To Speak Against Government Actions designed to benefit the powerful. Hosted by Democrats of Kennebunks & Arundel, one of the more active Democratic memberships in Maine.

JAN 8, Thur 4:00PM (2nd & 4th Thursdays) – #RocklandME
Main St & Park St, Rockland, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 8, Thur 5-6:00PM (& every Thur) – Rockland & Zoom
First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway, Rockland, Maine
PEACE GATHERING – In response to the war in Ukraine, we invite you to join us in a weekly Gathering For Peace. We gather for an hour for Meditation and Prayer followed by Sharing & Reflection. There will be information on actions people can take to help alleviate the suffering of those affected by war. Please join us! When we gather together, our individual voices, intentions, and actions gain power. Zoom details at link.
FMI: uurockland.org/about/calendar or scan QR code above.

JAN 8, Thur 5-7:15PM – Phone Bank from home
Join from anywhere
SHENNA BELLOWS for GOVERNOR PHONE BANK
Join the Shenna Bellows for Governor team making calls to voters to identify supporters and volunteers ahead of the June primary.
Direct outreach to voters is the proven method of engagement. Thank you for taking the time to talk to your fellow-Mainers about the campaign and why you see Shenna’s leadership as critical to Maine’s future and to reversing the democratic backslide in this country. We look forward to getting to work together. FMI: tinyurl.com/sxx32amv

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbwehskpa22r

#MaineEvents #MaineResists #ResistICE #NoWar

[2/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 3:30-4:30PM (& every Thur)– #KennebunkME
Rt 1 & Fletcher St, front of Kennebunk Library
Weekly Stand Out To Speak Against Government Actions designed to benefit the powerful. Hosted by Democrats of Kennebunks & Arundel, one of the more active Democratic memberships in Maine.

JAN 8, Thur 4:00PM (2nd & 4th Thursdays) – #RocklandME
Main St & Park St, Rockland, Maine
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – www.mvprights.org/events

JAN 8, Thur 5-6:00PM (& every Thur) – Rockland & Zoom
First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway, Rockland, Maine
PEACE GATHERING – In response to the war in Ukraine, we invite you to join us in a weekly Gathering For Peace. We gather for an hour for Meditation and Prayer followed by Sharing & Reflection. There will be information on actions people can take to help alleviate the suffering of those affected by war. Please join us! When we gather together, our individual voices, intentions, and actions gain power. Zoom details at link.
FMI: uurockland.org/about/calendar or scan QR code above.

JAN 8, Thur 5-7:15PM – Phone Bank from home
Join from anywhere
SHENNA BELLOWS for GOVERNOR PHONE BANK
Join the Shenna Bellows for Governor team making calls to voters to identify supporters and volunteers ahead of the June primary.
Direct outreach to voters is the proven method of engagement. Thank you for taking the time to talk to your fellow-Mainers about the campaign and why you see Shenna’s leadership as critical to Maine’s future and to reversing the democratic backslide in this country. We look forward to getting to work together. FMI: tinyurl.com/sxx32amv

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbwehskpa22r

#MaineEvents #MaineResists #ResistICE #NoWar

[1/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 12-1:00PM (& every Thur) – #BrunswickME
143 Maine St, in front of Tontine Mall
WEEKLY VIGIL FOR PEACE
We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media. PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick:
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org

JAN 8, Thur 12-1:00PM (& every Thur) – #PortlandME
Lincoln Park, corner of Federal & Pearl across from County Courthouse.
STAND FOR Free Speech, Justice, Constitution, Liberty...hold one of our Stand For signs or bring your own. If you make your own, please be serious, positive and about the Constitution and protecting the rule of law.
We're standing for something; not blaming, shaming, or trying to be clever.
Please join us and wear red, white, blue if you can.

JAN 8, Thur 3:00PM (& every Thur) – #DamariscottaME #NewcastleME
Damariscotta-Newcastle Bridge, US 1 Business, Damariscotta
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – mvprights.org/events

JAN 8, Thur 3-4:00PM ET – Virtual Event
Join from anywhere
WHAT'S the PLAN with Leah and Ezra
The chaos out of the White House is meant to overwhelm us. Our antidote is community.
Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin every Thursday to break down the week’s biggest political stories, answer your questions, and map out strategies for taking action. This is people-powered politics in real time. Questions can be submitted via the Q&A function during the live event. Real talk. Real people. Real action. That's the plan.
FMI: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/874938/

JAN 8, Thur 3:00-4:30PM (& every Wed) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses
Freeport Rush Hour Brigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. mobilize.us/mobilize/818177

FMI - https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbwehskpa22r

#MaineEvents #MaineResists #ResistICE #NoWar

[1/4] #PineTreeActivism Events for #January8

JAN 8, Thur 12-1:00PM (& every Thur) – #BrunswickME
143 Maine St, in front of Tontine Mall
WEEKLY VIGIL FOR PEACE
We stand together to bear witness for deeply held beliefs in justice of all kinds and to offer a source of public education not available in mainstream media. PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick:
FMI: peaceworksbrunswickme.org

JAN 8, Thur 12-1:00PM (& every Thur) – #PortlandME
Lincoln Park, corner of Federal & Pearl across from County Courthouse.
STAND FOR Free Speech, Justice, Constitution, Liberty...hold one of our Stand For signs or bring your own. If you make your own, please be serious, positive and about the Constitution and protecting the rule of law.
We're standing for something; not blaming, shaming, or trying to be clever.
Please join us and wear red, white, blue if you can.

JAN 8, Thur 3:00PM (& every Thur) – #DamariscottaME #NewcastleME
Damariscotta-Newcastle Bridge, US 1 Business, Damariscotta
Weekly Stand Out for Peace – mvprights.org/events

JAN 8, Thur 3-4:00PM ET – Virtual Event
Join from anywhere
WHAT'S the PLAN with Leah and Ezra
The chaos out of the White House is meant to overwhelm us. Our antidote is community.
Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin every Thursday to break down the week’s biggest political stories, answer your questions, and map out strategies for taking action. This is people-powered politics in real time. Questions can be submitted via the Q&A function during the live event. Real talk. Real people. Real action. That's the plan.
FMI: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/874938/

JAN 8, Thur 3:00-4:30PM (& every Wed) – #FreeportME
Desert Rd/Exit 20 AND Mallett Dr/Exit 22 Overpasses
Freeport Rush Hour Brigade – We are providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. mobilize.us/mobilize/818177

FMI - https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.org/post/3mbwehskpa22r

#MaineEvents #MaineResists #ResistICE #NoWar

📜#Histoire d'un jour - 8 janvier 1973 : Procès du Watergate, la justice face à un pouvoir corrompu https://www.election-politique.com/election.php?ref=1203

#Anniversaire #Birthday #8Janvier #January8 #8deEnero #8Gennaio #8Januar #1月8日 #8يناير #USA #Watergate #scandale #scandal #politique #politics

Song of the Day January 8 2024

In honor of the birth of Dame Shirley Bassey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Bassey

Shirley Bassey - "Goldfinger"

https://youtu.be/pcMyGLsKLIw?si=3FnQEsRHueceT5_A

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #January8 #Goldfinger #ShirleyBassey #DameShirleyBassey #MovieSoundtrack #BondTheme #JamesBond #007 #Music #1960s

In 1955 the potential importance of the decision as to what to wear for work was demonstrated to catastrophic effect when a Swedish munitions factory blew up – the explosion was caused by a spark of static electricity from a female worker’s nylon underwear. She was literally dressed to kill.

10 weird and wonderful things that happened on 8 January:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2022/01/8-january.html

#ThisDayInHistory #onthisday #OnThisDate #otd #8January #January8

In 1955 the potential importance of the decision as to what to wear for work was demonstrated to catastrophic effect when a Swedish munitions factory blew up – the explosion was caused by a spark of static electricity from a female worker’s nylon underwear. She was literally dressed to kill.

10 weird and wonderful things that happened on 8 January:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2022/01/8-january.html

#ThisDayInHistory #onthisday #OnThisDate #otd #8January #January8

Lori Regattieri (@followlori on the other site): "The internet ecosystem has been turned into a propaganda marketplace by the major tech platforms, which incentivize a variety of behaviors by groups and individuals that degrade the public discourse" https://techpolicy.press/january-8-and-the-information-crisis-in-brazilian-democracy/ #Brasilia #January8 #disinformation #fascism #socialmedia

Lori Regattieri (@followlori on the other site): "The internet ecosystem has been turned into a propaganda marketplace by the major tech platforms, which incentivize a variety of behaviors by groups and individuals that degrade the public discourse" https://techpolicy.press/january-8-and-the-information-crisis-in-brazilian-democracy/ #Brasilia #January8 #disinformation #fascism #socialmedia

Hundreds of #Bolsonaro supporters have been arrested and state governors read the riot act for disloyalty to the elected government. #January8 has, if nothing else, highlighted the anti-democratic nature of #Bolsonarismo.

#Brazil #Democracy
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/01/10/brazil-swift-and-robust-response-to-the-insurrection-highlights-the-strength-of-democracy/

Hundreds of #Bolsonaro supporters have been arrested and state governors read the riot act for disloyalty to the elected government. #January8 has, if nothing else, highlighted the anti-democratic nature of #Bolsonarismo.

#Brazil #Democracy
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/01/10/brazil-swift-and-robust-response-to-the-insurrection-highlights-the-strength-of-democracy/

Never take #Democracy for granted
The #January8 riot attack on #Brazil’s National Congress shows the consequences of choosing corrupt, populist, and fearmongering leaders.

https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/01/09/never-take-democracy-for-granted/

Never take #Democracy for granted
The #January8 riot attack on #Brazil’s National Congress shows the consequences of choosing corrupt, populist, and fearmongering leaders.

https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/01/09/never-take-democracy-for-granted/

The sacking of key democratic institutions in #Brasilia has parallels with the #January6 assault on the U.S. Capitol but was different in one key way: the position of the military.

#January8 #Brazil #Bolsonaro
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/01/09/democracy-under-attack-in-brazil-5-questions-about-the-storming-of-congress-and-the-role-of-the-military/

The sacking of key democratic institutions in #Brasilia has parallels with the #January6 assault on the U.S. Capitol but was different in one key way: the position of the military.

#January8 #Brazil #Bolsonaro
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/01/09/democracy-under-attack-in-brazil-5-questions-about-the-storming-of-congress-and-the-role-of-the-military/

Song of the Day January 8 2023

In honor of the birthday of Cynthia Erivo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Erivo

Cynthia Erivo - "Stand Up"

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #January8 #CynthiaErivo #StandUp #HarrietTubman #Harriet #MovieSoundtrack #OscarNominatedSong

Thomas Aikenhead: the thread about the tragic death of the last person executed for blasphemy in Britain

On this day in 1697, January 8th, 20 year old Thomas Aikenhead was executed in Edinburgh by hanging. His crime was blasphemy and he was the last person to be executed for this reason in the British Isles.

Despite being his being a first offence, the punishment for which was being sack-clothed and imprisoned, the prosecutor Lord Advocate Sir James Steuart was intent on the death penalty. He wished to make an example of Aikenhead to serve as a warning to others.

Thomas Aikenhead was born in 1676, the son of Helen Ramsey and James Aikenhead, a surgeon and burgess of the city of Edinburgh. In 1696 he and was a student at the city’s University.

In December of that year he was indicted for his accused crimes on the evidence of his friends:

[He] had repeatedly maintained, in conversation, that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras: That he ridiculed the holy scriptures, calling the Old Testament Ezra’s fables, in profane allusion to Esop’s Fables; That he railed on Christ, saying, he had learned magick in Egypt, which enabled him to perform those pranks which were called miracles: That he called the New Testament the history of the imposter Christ; That he said Moses was the better artist and the better politician; and he preferred Muhammad to Christ: That the Holy Scriptures were stuffed with such madness, nonsense, and contradictions, that he admired the stupidity of the world in being so long deluded by them: That he rejected the mystery of the Trinity as unworthy of refutation; and scoffed at the incarnation of Christ

Proceedings against Thomas Aikenhead for Blasphemy, T. B. Howell, 1816

Aikenhead himself, two ministers of the Kirk and two privy councillors made appeals on his behalf, but the Privy Council put the matter in the hands of the Kirk’s General Assembly. This body demanded “vigorous execution [to curb] the abounding of impiety and profanity in this land“. As a 19th century broadside put it:

Mercy was asleep, as well as Justice and Science, so the dreadful sentence was executed

Broadside printed by John Muir of Princes Street, Glasgow, c 1821-39

On the morning of 8 January 1697, he wrote his final letters and was marched to his execution spot, the gallows on the Gallow Lee, between Edinburgh and Leith. We known this location these days as Shrubhill and at that time it was a scrubby, sandy promontory on the main route between the two burghs. We can see it clearly marked below on John Adair’s 1682 map.

Thomas gave a fairly lengthy final testimony before his sentence was carried out, the closing paragraph of which was;

…as the Lord in his providence hath been pleased in this exemplary manner to punish my great sins, so it is my earnest desire to him, that my blood may give a stop to that raging spirit of atheism which hath taken such footing in Britain, both in practice and profession. And of his infinite mercy recover those who are deluded with these pernicious principles. And for that end that his everlasting gospell may flourish in these lands, while sun and moon endureth.

The last words of Thomas Aikenhead, 8th January 1697

Enlightenment Edinburgh, this was not.

Footnote: you may see images online, purporting to be a painting of Thomas Aikenhead. Do not be misled! This is a painting made 70 years after Thomas’ death of the French philosopher and art critic Denis Diderot! As far as I’m aware there are no contemporary images of Thomas Aikenhead, and perhaps none made after the fact either.

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