I’m so impressed with the leadership at UnidosNow for prioritizing pleasure & #wellness for their staff during such challenging times. This was one of the loveliest workshops I’ve ever led—outdoors, next to a pond filled with ducks, geese and turtles, underneath the shade of cypress trees. What’s the word for a stunningly beautiful moment lined with sadness? #clay #art #crafts #nature #healing #grief #community
Play with our new piece set: RhosGFX!
Many thanks to its designer of the same name - RhosGFX (https://bsky.app/profile/rhosgfx.bsky.social) - for contributing it!
New desalination technology being tested in California could lower costs of tapping seawater
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-03-21/desalination-tech-tested
Join monastics from Blue Cliff and Deer Park Monasteries for a historic event as New York City officially co-names West 109th Street between Riverside and Broadway as “Thích Nhất Hạnh Way.”
Friday, April 11
11:30am
Intersection of W 109th & Broadway
"You can walk mindfully on the busiest street" - Thich Nhat Hanh, How to Walk
There you go again, Naomi Shihab Nye, making me cry.
"And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and I thought, This
is the world I want to live in. The shared world."
https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/03/naomi-shihab-nye-gate-4-prose-poem.html
Rescued from a hoarder’s home, Basilio is easing up and learning to enjoy life again. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/03/28/our-lives/adoption-dog-basilio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #dogsforadoption
Montreal archdiocese launches real estate arm ‘for community benefit,’ heritage preservation
The creation of the Roman Catholic Real Estate Corp. of Montreal, announced Thursday, is the first non-profit subsidiary created by a Catholic archdiocese.
#realestate #community #religion #Montreal #Canada #MontrealArchdiocese
https://globalnews.ca/news/11101136/montreal-archdiocese-real-estate/
Hey everyone, it's Lily. I need to share something really heavy that's been weighing on me lately. Last night, around 10:10 PM, I was hit with a storm of hateful comments that targeted everything from my age and my religious beliefs to the work I do in the Mastodon community. It was shocking and painful to see these messages splashed across my friend’s Discord server in the exposing channel for everyone to see.
What made it even worse was that one of these hateful posts wasn’t just about insults—it actually revealed my personal information. This person went ahead and shared my photo, my home address, and even the name of my school. Although the moderators on that server managed to ban him, he wasn’t done. He threatened to leak our private Discord chat online, sending some of the harshest and most disturbing messages I’ve ever received. He even warned that he’d expose my family’s accounts and target my cousin Nicholas.
This situation has affected not only me but also the people I care about. My sister Mina, who some of you might know as Mint, ended up in tears after she was kicked out of her social media group. Her friends changed the group password, and her best friend Dave ended up blaming her for what was happening—all because of this mess that started with me.
I'm sharing this because it's been incredibly overwhelming and I feel like you all deserve to know what’s been going on. It’s hard not to feel broken up inside when something like this happens, and I’m still trying to figure out how to move forward. I really appreciate everyone who’s reached out to offer their support during this tough time. Thank you for being here for me.
New Zealand Heads for 100% Renewables!
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/19/new-zealand-heads-for-100-renewables/ #solarpunk #cyberpunk #solarpunkart #sciencefiction #future #community #ecopunk
B.C. city buys health clinic to help community retain and recruit new doctors
Dawson Creek is looking at team care to serve the needs of the community.
#health #city #doctors #community #BC #DawsonCreek
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dawson-creek-health-clinic-1.7481933?cmp=rss
Wondering if any other potters use an app like Claymate to document their work especially when working with new clay and/or glazes.
My pottery instructor mentioned it to us this evening and seems like a great idea.
I like that Claymate is all local too vs needing to signup for online service.
New Zealand musician sentenced to community work for biting ex-girlfriend https://www.byteseu.com/866907/ #actions #assaulting #been #biting #Community #describing #excessive #exgirlfriend #for #found #guilty #hours #judge #Musician #new #NewZealand #relationship #selfdefence #Sentenced #service #to #toxic #with #Work #zealand
Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns - Carbon Brief
https://www.carbonbrief.org/glacier-melt-threatens-water-supplies-for-two-billion-people-un-warns/
Plone 6.1 is here and it is a significant release. Plone 6.1.1 comes hot on its heels. What do these releases mean for users, editors, developers and decision makers?
Find out more at https://plone.org/news-and-events/news/news-for-2025/plone-6-1-is-here and https://plone.org/news-and-events/news/news-for-2025/plone-6-1-1-improvements
Read these two articles (and watch the videos) to find out what's new & improved, and how these releases make your Plone experience even better.
#plone #cms #opensource #community
Another 10k round the reservoir, in shorts for the first time this year. If it weren’t for the midges (got a faceful this morning) it really would be the perfect place to run - no roads nearby, no dogs, open views, good accessible paths and cafe, free parking for 90 minutes.
And I’d like to award them for Best Parking Payment Machine. Totally intuitive, large clear display screen, works fast.
All in all, I think this place is a hugely beneficial #community asset. Good vision #DwrCymru
𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹
School boards. Zoning commissions. County clerks.
That’s where authoritarianism wins quietly.
Flip the local script.
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰.
#Community #Civics #Local #Power #Solidarity #Democracy
1/3 There must be suspicions that the Clan Donald Trust are hoping for a quick sale of their #Armadale Estate on Isle of #Skye to avoid a #community buyout/....
#ClanDonald
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c871z5gvl8do