#socialchange — Public Fediverse posts

We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages

http://jimmyhmiller.com/change-our-languages

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844037

#HackerNews #languagechange #linguisticdiversity #communicationinnovation #multilingualism #socialchange

We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages

http://jimmyhmiller.com/change-our-languages

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844037

#HackerNews #languagechange #linguisticdiversity #communicationinnovation #multilingualism #socialchange

We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages

http://jimmyhmiller.com/change-our-languages

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844037

#HackerNews #languagechange #linguisticdiversity #communicationinnovation #multilingualism #socialchange

We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages

http://jimmyhmiller.com/change-our-languages

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844037

#HackerNews #languagechange #linguisticdiversity #communicationinnovation #multilingualism #socialchange

Yesterday a guy was ogling some girls while walking down the middle of the aisle not looking where he was going so I shoulder, checked him and kept walking like nothing happened. I don’t care if the old man could’ve fallen on to the ground don't be an entitled pervert it wouldn't be a problem than
#justgirlythings #socialchange

TIFF 2026 Review: Future Tense – “The premise feels unique, even if time travel in films is not.” Read it here https://bit.ly/4AcvxEb by @PetDocHill

#FutureTense #film #timetravel #scifi #socialchange #TIFF #TIFF2026

TIFF 2026 Review: Future Tense – “The premise feels unique, even if time travel in films is not.” Read it here https://bit.ly/4AcvxEb by @PetDocHill

#FutureTense #film #timetravel #scifi #socialchange #TIFF #TIFF2026

TIFF 2026 Review: Future Tense – “The premise feels unique, even if time travel in films is not.” Read it here https://bit.ly/4AcvxEb by @PetDocHill

#FutureTense #film #timetravel #scifi #socialchange #TIFF #TIFF2026

TIFF 2026 Review: Future Tense – “The premise feels unique, even if time travel in films is not.” Read it here https://bit.ly/4AcvxEb by @PetDocHill

#FutureTense #film #timetravel #scifi #socialchange #TIFF #TIFF2026

https://www.europesays.com/people/218169/ EBay’s first full-time employee left the company after its IPO and built a $5.9 billion fortune; he has now donated about $1.2 billion into social-change projects | World News #$59BillionFortune #eBay #ImpactInvesting #JeffBezos #JeffSkoll #NetWorth #Philanthropy #skoll #SkollFoundation #SocialChange

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130 Years

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frencholiveoil #ameliakosciulek #carolinemishelleaghajanian #famouscabaret #fire #francais #france #French #frenchcancandance #jump #maincontentsearchaccount #moulinrougestaple #OliveOil #paris #socialchange #War #world #year
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2797181/the-french-cancan-dance-has-been-a-moulin-rouge-staple-for-130-years/

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130 Years

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frencholiveoil #ameliakosciulek #carolinemishelleaghajanian #famouscabaret #fire #francais #france #French #frenchcancandance #jump #maincontentsearchaccount #moulinrougestaple #OliveOil #paris #socialchange #War #world #year
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2797181/the-french-cancan-dance-has-been-a-moulin-rouge-staple-for-130-years/

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130 Years

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frencholiveoil #ameliakosciulek #carolinemishelleaghajanian #famouscabaret #fire #francais #france #French #frenchcancandance #jump #maincontentsearchaccount #moulinrougestaple #OliveOil #paris #socialchange #War #world #year
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2797181/the-french-cancan-dance-has-been-a-moulin-rouge-staple-for-130-years/

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130 Years https://www.diningandcooking.com/2797181/the-french-cancan-dance-has-been-a-moulin-rouge-staple-for-130-years/ #AmeliaKosciulek #CarolineMishelleAghajanian #FamousCabaret #fire #francais #france #French #FrenchCancanDance #FrenchOliveOil #jump #MainContentSearchAccount #MoulinRougeStaple #OliveOil #paris #SocialChange #War #world #year

The French Cancan Dance Has Been a Moulin Rouge Staple for 130 Years https://www.diningandcooking.com/2797181/the-french-cancan-dance-has-been-a-moulin-rouge-staple-for-130-years/ #AmeliaKosciulek #CarolineMishelleAghajanian #FamousCabaret #fire #francais #france #French #FrenchCancanDance #FrenchOliveOil #jump #MainContentSearchAccount #MoulinRougeStaple #OliveOil #paris #SocialChange #War #world #year

In addition to private and public production, social production is the third way to make something happen.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/02/the-third-way-to-make-something-happen

#MeetingDesign #impact #society #SocialChange #SocialProduction #participation

In addition to private and public production, social production is the third way to make something happen.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/02/the-third-way-to-make-something-happen

#MeetingDesign #impact #society #SocialChange #SocialProduction #participation

In addition to private and public production, social production is the third way to make something happen.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/02/the-third-way-to-make-something-happen

#MeetingDesign #impact #society #SocialChange #SocialProduction #participation

In addition to private and public production, social production is the third way to make something happen.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/02/the-third-way-to-make-something-happen

#MeetingDesign #impact #society #SocialChange #SocialProduction #participation

Autistici/inventati: Manifesto – who we are and what do we want (2002)

https://www.inventati.org/who/manifesto

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487786

#HackerNews #Autism #Manifesto #Tech #Community #Innovation #SocialChange

Autistici/inventati: Manifesto – who we are and what do we want (2002)

https://www.inventati.org/who/manifesto

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487786

#HackerNews #Autism #Manifesto #Tech #Community #Innovation #SocialChange

Autistici/inventati: Manifesto – who we are and what do we want (2002)

https://www.inventati.org/who/manifesto

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487786

#HackerNews #Autism #Manifesto #Tech #Community #Innovation #SocialChange

Autistici/inventati: Manifesto – who we are and what do we want (2002)

https://www.inventati.org/who/manifesto

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487786

#HackerNews #Autism #Manifesto #Tech #Community #Innovation #SocialChange

How has time spent alone changed by age over the last decade, and what does it mean for wellbeing?

Parth Pandya explores this question in a new #ResolutionFoundation spotlight, in collaborative work with the #ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?story_id=816

#YoungAdults #Loneliness #SocialChange #Demography #Population #SocialScience #Generations #Ageing #WFH #Society #PopulationChange #WorkingFromHome #PublicPolicy #LabourMarket #Wellbeing #TimeUse

How has time spent alone changed by age over the last decade, and what does it mean for wellbeing?

Parth Pandya explores this question in a new #ResolutionFoundation spotlight, in collaborative work with the #ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?story_id=816

#YoungAdults #Loneliness #SocialChange #Demography #Population #SocialScience #Generations #Ageing #WFH #Society #PopulationChange #WorkingFromHome #PublicPolicy #LabourMarket #Wellbeing #TimeUse

How has time spent alone changed by age over the last decade, and what does it mean for wellbeing?

Parth Pandya explores this question in a new #ResolutionFoundation spotlight, in collaborative work with the #ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?story_id=816

#YoungAdults #Loneliness #SocialChange #Demography #Population #SocialScience #Generations #Ageing #WFH #Society #PopulationChange #WorkingFromHome #PublicPolicy #LabourMarket #Wellbeing #TimeUse

How has time spent alone changed by age over the last decade, and what does it mean for wellbeing?

Parth Pandya explores this question in a new #ResolutionFoundation spotlight, in collaborative work with the #ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_news/?story_id=816

#YoungAdults #Loneliness #SocialChange #Demography #Population #SocialScience #Generations #Ageing #WFH #Society #PopulationChange #WorkingFromHome #PublicPolicy #LabourMarket #Wellbeing #TimeUse

#aepfelundbirnen von @ThiloSeibt
.
Bei dem #photopicnic der @BlaueAmpel zeigte ich neue Fotografien zum #GesellschaftlicherWandel
.
Äpfel und Birnen, zwei Dörfer mit dem selben Namen,
Man sollte die beiden nicht miteinander vergleichen.
.
At the #photopicnic organised by @BlaueAmpel, I exhibited new photographs on the theme of #SocialChange
.
Apples and pears – two villages with the same name;
you shouldn’t compare the two.
.
#photo #photographyisart #photography #exhibition #foto #fotografie

#aepfelundbirnen von @ThiloSeibt
.
Bei dem #photopicnic der @BlaueAmpel zeigte ich neue Fotografien zum #GesellschaftlicherWandel
.
Äpfel und Birnen, zwei Dörfer mit dem selben Namen,
Man sollte die beiden nicht miteinander vergleichen.
.
At the #photopicnic organised by @BlaueAmpel, I exhibited new photographs on the theme of #SocialChange
.
Apples and pears – two villages with the same name;
you shouldn’t compare the two.
.
#photo #photographyisart #photography #exhibition #foto #fotografie

Ottawa filmmaker uses AI to accelerate life-saving content

Open this photo in gallery: In 2025, social entrepreneur Firdaus Kharas received the Order of Canada from Mary…
#Canada #Ottawa #adveditorial #AI #appwebview #contentcreation #misinformation #noastack #ordid4037111718 #publichealth #socialchange #videoproduction
https://www.europesays.com/canada/158002/

Hey folks, letting you know that the #Newkind Australian Social Change Conference is coming up, running from 30th Sept through to 4th October this year in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, in Redbank, Victoria.

This is genuinely one of the best events I've ever attended, and I'm very fortunate to be speaking again this year. The event prices includes all meals, entertainment, and a place for you to camp, with an option of tent hire available. The conference is family friendly.

I'll personally be presenting on urban plant fibres, enshittification trends, and will also be helping at the repair cafe. There are talks and workshops examing the racial justice, wealth inequality, indigenous knowledge, Polynesian dance, degrowth, and more.

https://www.newkindconference.com/

Retoots appreciated.

#victoria #narrm #melbourne #sustainability #degrowth #socialchange

Hey folks, letting you know that the #Newkind Australian Social Change Conference is coming up, running from 30th Sept through to 4th October this year in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, in Redbank, Victoria.

This is genuinely one of the best events I've ever attended, and I'm very fortunate to be speaking again this year. The event prices includes all meals, entertainment, and a place for you to camp, with an option of tent hire available. The conference is family friendly.

I'll personally be presenting on urban plant fibres, enshittification trends, and will also be helping at the repair cafe. There are talks and workshops examing the racial justice, wealth inequality, indigenous knowledge, Polynesian dance, degrowth, and more.

https://www.newkindconference.com/

Retoots appreciated.

#victoria #narrm #melbourne #sustainability #degrowth #socialchange

Hey folks, letting you know that the #Newkind Australian Social Change Conference is coming up, running from 30th Sept through to 4th October this year in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, in Redbank, Victoria.

This is genuinely one of the best events I've ever attended, and I'm very fortunate to be speaking again this year. The event prices includes all meals, entertainment, and a place for you to camp, with an option of tent hire available. The conference is family friendly.

I'll personally be presenting on urban plant fibres, enshittification trends, and will also be helping at the repair cafe. There are talks and workshops examing the racial justice, wealth inequality, indigenous knowledge, Polynesian dance, degrowth, and more.

https://www.newkindconference.com/

Retoots appreciated.

#victoria #narrm #melbourne #sustainability #degrowth #socialchange

Hey folks, letting you know that the #Newkind Australian Social Change Conference is coming up, running from 30th Sept through to 4th October this year in Dja Dja Wurrung Country, in Redbank, Victoria.

This is genuinely one of the best events I've ever attended, and I'm very fortunate to be speaking again this year. The event prices includes all meals, entertainment, and a place for you to camp, with an option of tent hire available. The conference is family friendly.

I'll personally be presenting on urban plant fibres, enshittification trends, and will also be helping at the repair cafe. There are talks and workshops examing the racial justice, wealth inequality, indigenous knowledge, Polynesian dance, degrowth, and more.

https://www.newkindconference.com/

Retoots appreciated.

#victoria #narrm #melbourne #sustainability #degrowth #socialchange

What do you think is the biggest reason some young people become involved in robbery or theft? 😱

#socialjustice #poll #socialChange #mastodon #poverty #crime

What do you think is the biggest reason some young people become involved in robbery or theft? 😱

#socialjustice #poll #socialChange #mastodon #poverty #crime

What do you think is the biggest reason some young people become involved in robbery or theft? 😱

#socialjustice #poll #socialChange #mastodon #poverty #crime

What do you think is the biggest reason some young people become involved in robbery or theft? 😱

#socialjustice #poll #socialChange #mastodon #poverty #crime

தமிழர்களின் அழிவு நெருங்குகிறது😱 எதனால் இந்த அழிவு வருகிறது❓ காப்பாற்றுவாரா முதல்வர் விஜய் ❓

நெற்றிக்கண் - NETRIKANN : #Netrikann #TamilCommunity #KuzhanthaiChami #PublicHealth #CulturalPreservation #CommunityExtinction #SocioEconomicImpact #TamilIdentity #FutureOfTamils #Awareness #SocialChange Video Description: In this eye-opening video, renowned public health expert Kuzhanthai Chami reveals alarming predictions regarding the future of the Tamil community. He warns…

https://senkettru.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%b3%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%81-%e0%ae%a8%e0%af%86%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%81%e0%ae%99%e0%af%8d/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

தமிழர்களின் அழிவு நெருங்குகிறது😱 எதனால் இந்த அழிவு வருகிறது❓ காப்பாற்றுவாரா முதல்வர் விஜய் ❓

நெற்றிக்கண் - NETRIKANN : #Netrikann #TamilCommunity #KuzhanthaiChami #PublicHealth #CulturalPreservation #CommunityExtinction #SocioEconomicImpact #TamilIdentity #FutureOfTamils #Awareness #SocialChange Video Description: In this eye-opening video, renowned public health expert Kuzhanthai Chami reveals alarming predictions regarding the future of the Tamil community. He warns…

https://senkettru.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%b3%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%81-%e0%ae%a8%e0%af%86%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%81%e0%ae%99%e0%af%8d/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

தமிழர்களின் அழிவு நெருங்குகிறது😱 எதனால் இந்த அழிவு வருகிறது❓ காப்பாற்றுவாரா முதல்வர் விஜய் ❓

நெற்றிக்கண் - NETRIKANN : #Netrikann #TamilCommunity #KuzhanthaiChami #PublicHealth #CulturalPreservation #CommunityExtinction #SocioEconomicImpact #TamilIdentity #FutureOfTamils #Awareness #SocialChange Video Description: In this eye-opening video, renowned public health expert Kuzhanthai Chami reveals alarming predictions regarding the future of the Tamil community. He warns…

https://senkettru.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%b3%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%81-%e0%ae%a8%e0%af%86%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%81%e0%ae%99%e0%af%8d/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

தமிழர்களின் அழிவு நெருங்குகிறது😱 எதனால் இந்த அழிவு வருகிறது❓ காப்பாற்றுவாரா முதல்வர் விஜய் ❓

நெற்றிக்கண் - NETRIKANN : #Netrikann #TamilCommunity #KuzhanthaiChami #PublicHealth #CulturalPreservation #CommunityExtinction #SocioEconomicImpact #TamilIdentity #FutureOfTamils #Awareness #SocialChange Video Description: In this eye-opening video, renowned public health expert Kuzhanthai Chami reveals alarming predictions regarding the future of the Tamil community. He warns…

https://senkettru.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/%e0%ae%a4%e0%ae%ae%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%8d%e0%ae%95%e0%ae%b3%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%a9%e0%af%8d-%e0%ae%85%e0%ae%b4%e0%ae%bf%e0%ae%b5%e0%af%81-%e0%ae%a8%e0%af%86%e0%ae%b0%e0%af%81%e0%ae%99%e0%af%8d/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Have People Changed?

https://lynnefisher.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/have-people-changed/

Have People Changed?

https://lynnefisher.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/have-people-changed/

Have People Changed?

https://lynnefisher.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/have-people-changed/

Have People Changed?

https://lynnefisher.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/have-people-changed/

Your viral lefty memes might feel like resistance, but #mainstreaming their part of the problem.

Comedy and sarcasm drive engagement, clicks, data collection and on the #dotcons ad revenue. Mocking the system while feeding its algorithms doesn't weaken it - it strengthens it.

Real resistance isn't better content for their platforms. It's building and moving to the #openweb.

#StepAway, and bring your community with you.

#OMN #4opens #Fediverse #SocialChange

Your viral lefty memes might feel like resistance, but #mainstreaming their part of the problem.

Comedy and sarcasm drive engagement, clicks, data collection and on the #dotcons ad revenue. Mocking the system while feeding its algorithms doesn't weaken it - it strengthens it.

Real resistance isn't better content for their platforms. It's building and moving to the #openweb.

#StepAway, and bring your community with you.

#OMN #4opens #Fediverse #SocialChange

Your viral lefty memes might feel like resistance, but #mainstreaming their part of the problem.

Comedy and sarcasm drive engagement, clicks, data collection and on the #dotcons ad revenue. Mocking the system while feeding its algorithms doesn't weaken it - it strengthens it.

Real resistance isn't better content for their platforms. It's building and moving to the #openweb.

#StepAway, and bring your community with you.

#OMN #4opens #Fediverse #SocialChange

Your viral lefty memes might feel like resistance, but #mainstreaming their part of the problem.

Comedy and sarcasm drive engagement, clicks, data collection and on the #dotcons ad revenue. Mocking the system while feeding its algorithms doesn't weaken it - it strengthens it.

Real resistance isn't better content for their platforms. It's building and moving to the #openweb.

#StepAway, and bring your community with you.

#OMN #4opens #Fediverse #SocialChange

Book Review: The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Title: The Beginning Comes After the End
Publication Info: Haymarket Books (2026)
Other Books Read by This Author:

• Wanderlust: A History of Walking
• A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

Summary/Review:

The Beginning Comes After the End is a balm in a time of rising authoritarianism, supremacist movements, environmental degradation, and climate crises.  While this collection of essays is a work of hope, I think it would be wrong to characterize it as blindly optimistic.  Solnit reminds us of the real gains made since World War II in movements for civil rights and liberation, environmentalism, and indigenous repatriation.  The movements of the past and their interconnections serve as examples of the world being changed for the better.  And while destructive forces are now intent on destroying these gains, it helps to remember that their backlash is rooted in their belief that these things they hate are powerful and world-changing.  Solnit’s work offers a vision that points us back toward that better world.

Favorite Passages:

Only in the long view can you see the patterns emerging, the way the present builds on the past, the way past surprises guarantee more surprises are coming, the ingredients of change over years, decades, centuries. If you don’t see time on the scale of change, you don’t see change.

The assumption is that we might be at the end of something, even the end of time, for those fond of apocalypse and doom, but we couldn’t possibly be at the beginning of something else. We assume that the present is not in labor to bring forward a future unlike itself. And it is easier to see the old world dying, than the new world being born

Ideas have power, and while those who support them often dismiss that power, those who fear them recognize they can change the world . . . Ideas are seeds in that they are beginnings; if they succeed, they do so as they take on more tangible and concrete forms

The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean that we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.

Recommended books:

• No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
• We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang

Rating: ****

Book Review: The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Title: The Beginning Comes After the End
Publication Info: Haymarket Books (2026)
Other Books Read by This Author:

• Wanderlust: A History of Walking
• A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

Summary/Review:

The Beginning Comes After the End is a balm in a time of rising authoritarianism, supremacist movements, environmental degradation, and climate crises.  While this collection of essays is a work of hope, I think it would be wrong to characterize it as blindly optimistic.  Solnit reminds us of the real gains made since World War II in movements for civil rights and liberation, environmentalism, and indigenous repatriation.  The movements of the past and their interconnections serve as examples of the world being changed for the better.  And while destructive forces are now intent on destroying these gains, it helps to remember that their backlash is rooted in their belief that these things they hate are powerful and world-changing.  Solnit’s work offers a vision that points us back toward that better world.

Favorite Passages:

Only in the long view can you see the patterns emerging, the way the present builds on the past, the way past surprises guarantee more surprises are coming, the ingredients of change over years, decades, centuries. If you don’t see time on the scale of change, you don’t see change.

The assumption is that we might be at the end of something, even the end of time, for those fond of apocalypse and doom, but we couldn’t possibly be at the beginning of something else. We assume that the present is not in labor to bring forward a future unlike itself. And it is easier to see the old world dying, than the new world being born

Ideas have power, and while those who support them often dismiss that power, those who fear them recognize they can change the world . . . Ideas are seeds in that they are beginnings; if they succeed, they do so as they take on more tangible and concrete forms

The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean that we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.

Recommended books:

• No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
• We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang

Rating: ****

Book Review: The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Title: The Beginning Comes After the End
Publication Info: Haymarket Books (2026)
Other Books Read by This Author:

• Wanderlust: A History of Walking
• A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

Summary/Review:

The Beginning Comes After the End is a balm in a time of rising authoritarianism, supremacist movements, environmental degradation, and climate crises.  While this collection of essays is a work of hope, I think it would be wrong to characterize it as blindly optimistic.  Solnit reminds us of the real gains made since World War II in movements for civil rights and liberation, environmentalism, and indigenous repatriation.  The movements of the past and their interconnections serve as examples of the world being changed for the better.  And while destructive forces are now intent on destroying these gains, it helps to remember that their backlash is rooted in their belief that these things they hate are powerful and world-changing.  Solnit’s work offers a vision that points us back toward that better world.

Favorite Passages:

Only in the long view can you see the patterns emerging, the way the present builds on the past, the way past surprises guarantee more surprises are coming, the ingredients of change over years, decades, centuries. If you don’t see time on the scale of change, you don’t see change.

The assumption is that we might be at the end of something, even the end of time, for those fond of apocalypse and doom, but we couldn’t possibly be at the beginning of something else. We assume that the present is not in labor to bring forward a future unlike itself. And it is easier to see the old world dying, than the new world being born

Ideas have power, and while those who support them often dismiss that power, those who fear them recognize they can change the world . . . Ideas are seeds in that they are beginnings; if they succeed, they do so as they take on more tangible and concrete forms

The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean that we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.

Recommended books:

• No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
• We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang

Rating: ****

Book Review: The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Title: The Beginning Comes After the End
Publication Info: Haymarket Books (2026)
Other Books Read by This Author:

• Wanderlust: A History of Walking
• A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster

Summary/Review:

The Beginning Comes After the End is a balm in a time of rising authoritarianism, supremacist movements, environmental degradation, and climate crises.  While this collection of essays is a work of hope, I think it would be wrong to characterize it as blindly optimistic.  Solnit reminds us of the real gains made since World War II in movements for civil rights and liberation, environmentalism, and indigenous repatriation.  The movements of the past and their interconnections serve as examples of the world being changed for the better.  And while destructive forces are now intent on destroying these gains, it helps to remember that their backlash is rooted in their belief that these things they hate are powerful and world-changing.  Solnit’s work offers a vision that points us back toward that better world.

Favorite Passages:

Only in the long view can you see the patterns emerging, the way the present builds on the past, the way past surprises guarantee more surprises are coming, the ingredients of change over years, decades, centuries. If you don’t see time on the scale of change, you don’t see change.

The assumption is that we might be at the end of something, even the end of time, for those fond of apocalypse and doom, but we couldn’t possibly be at the beginning of something else. We assume that the present is not in labor to bring forward a future unlike itself. And it is easier to see the old world dying, than the new world being born

Ideas have power, and while those who support them often dismiss that power, those who fear them recognize they can change the world . . . Ideas are seeds in that they are beginnings; if they succeed, they do so as they take on more tangible and concrete forms

The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean that we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.

Recommended books:

• No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi Klein
• We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang

Rating: ****

https://www.europesays.com/africa/336557/ Poverty in Madagascar: Photo Essay Inspired Social Change #Madagascar #PovertyInMadagascar #slums #SocialChange

A quotation from Mark Twain

Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine. I had mine, the king and his people had theirs. In both cases they flowed in ruts worn deep by time and habit, and the man who should have proposed to divert them by reason and argument would have had a long contract on his hands.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 8 “The Boss”

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85029/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #aconnecticutyankee #convention #culture #custom #heritage #ideas #socialchange #socialconventions #tradition

A quotation from Mark Twain

Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine. I had mine, the king and his people had theirs. In both cases they flowed in ruts worn deep by time and habit, and the man who should have proposed to divert them by reason and argument would have had a long contract on his hands.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 8 “The Boss”

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85029/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #aconnecticutyankee #convention #culture #custom #heritage #ideas #socialchange #socialconventions #tradition

A quotation from Mark Twain

Inherited ideas are a curious thing, and interesting to observe and examine. I had mine, the king and his people had theirs. In both cases they flowed in ruts worn deep by time and habit, and the man who should have proposed to divert them by reason and argument would have had a long contract on his hands.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 8 “The Boss”

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85029/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #aconnecticutyankee #convention #culture #custom #heritage #ideas #socialchange #socialconventions #tradition

Communes as "laboratories for social change"? I think that's one of their most important functions.

#communes
#socialchange

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/03/28/communes-and-social-change/

Dealing with #mainstreaming people is exhausting - not because most have bad intentions, but because decades of life inside a #deathcult system leave us carrying habits of fear, distrust and learned helplessness.

We need better social ways to mediate this mess: compassion, yes, but also clarity, boundaries and collective care.

That's part of the work of #OMN, the #openweb and the #4opens. #NothingNew #SocialChange