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Quaker with a focus on outreach, nonviolence, and the Christian roots of Friends. Sharing stories of Quakers as senior editor of @friendsjournal.org and blogger at Quakerranter.org. Bio, etc.: MartinKelley.com He/him. Let your life preach.

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Just staying at his club hosting parties should be enough grounds for impeachment ffs.

01.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

28.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 3622 πŸ” 976 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 15
This picture represents just how much of a ass Jack Dorsey is, showing that he can't even use the caps button when announcing mass layoffs.

This picture represents just how much of a ass Jack Dorsey is, showing that he can't even use the caps button when announcing mass layoffs.

pressing a shift key uses minimal energy but if you calculate it over a lifetime you'll find the average thought leader wastes 7.8 years with caps. you could spend that time using ai to write your next unemployment memo. next up: ditching punctuation andmaybespaces and whtbtvwls

27.02.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At least Quakers get to claim the Flexible Flyer. hiddencityphila.org/2016/02/flex...

27.02.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a laptop with a full batter so I should be fine. I'm used to unusual work settings. I only need a laptop and often work while kids are activities like scouts. But this is weird even for me.

23.02.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The worst part for me is that it doesn't seem quite worth it to reverse the route through the remaining storm and then pick him up at the end of his shift so I'm camping out at a nearby Wawa parking lot. The libraries would open in a few hours but are closed due to weather.

23.02.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My oldest son's first day of work started today of all days at 6am. It's considered an essential service so I drove him the 40+ miles through the blizzard down a mostly two-lane road. We kept it to about 35-40 mph and it was fine as long as you didn't need to use your brakes.

23.02.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hoopes Pleads Guilty to Assaulting an ICE Agent, Faces Up to 20-Year Sentence - Friends Journal Sentencing is scheduled for May 12, 2026.

Robert β€œJacob” Hoopes has pled guilty to β€œaggravated assault on a federal employee with a dangerous weapon,” a charge stemming from his participation in a protest against ICE in Portland last summer.

At his sentencing, Hoopes may face up to 20 years in prison and/or a fine as high as $250,000.

19.02.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Write For Friends Journal - Submit Writing For Quaker Publication Friends Journal is an independent magazine serving the entire Religious Society of Friends. We welcome articles, poetry, art, photographs, and more.

Anyway, @friendsjournal.org is planning an issue on the Quaker peace testimony today. More info on our submissions page. www.friendsjournal.org/submissions/...

19.02.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is the Quaker peace testimony stretching so far that it now includes violent protest? I hope not. But judging by Facebook reactions maybe that's the case.

19.02.2026 03:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The family too. I know them personally by acquaintace, like them. But they've been telling everyone for months that Jacob is pure as driven snow and that Quakers should help fund his defense because of course he's innocent. Where does this leave us now?

19.02.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of feelings on this. The initial response of a lot of Friends was that he couldn't have done any of this, because of our peace testimony. They were outraged at a heavy-handed police tactics apprehending him. Yet what do you expect of someone suspected of assaulting a federal officer?

19.02.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hoopes Pleads Guilty to Assaulting an ICE Agent, Faces Up to 20-Year Sentence - Friends Journal Federal property damage charges dropped; sentencing scheduled for May 12.

It's not often that you can talk about Quaker breaking news, but, well here we have some.

19.02.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.

It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.

18.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 9706 πŸ” 3814 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 64

This is so delightful.

18.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I miss the days when the internet was more random. I was just looking up a professional service provider and found an 11 year old video of them as a high school senior basketball player being interviewed after winning a game. Totally irrelevant to my search but fun nonetheless.

18.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This may end up being a massive own goal for the Trump administration.

17.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 2763 πŸ” 556 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 86

The idea that the Chamber of Commerce is "left-wing" is beyond insane. It is completely disconnected from reality. Chamber of Commerce was to the right of Reagan.

18.02.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 2476 πŸ” 389 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 13
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πŸ‘€ Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

16.02.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 5892 πŸ” 1864 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 136
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Even Now the Ax Is Lying at the Root of the Trees The Bible Study column runs four times a year in the February, May, August, and November issues.

β€œI had no slight esteem of the holy scriptures,” George Fox wrote in his Journal, β€œbut they were very precious to me, for I was in that spirit by which they were given forth, & what the Lord opened in me I later found was agreeable to them.”

Join us for another round of Friends Journal Bible Study!

16.02.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The word "peace" is used often by officials of all kinds worldwide. I've always wished that a reporter would ask them for their definition of the word "peace." If it's absent of justice, it isn't peace.

16.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort

12.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 4704 πŸ” 1196 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 93
Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist

Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist

Trump Defends Racist Video As Racist

06.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 2881 πŸ” 455 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 26
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The end of decline Some Quaker meetings are not just growing but getting younger

From Craig Barnett on #Quakers: β€œIt is important that we start to tell ourselves a true story about what is happening now.”

A lot of Friends brushed off the decline for the last few decades so my default state is skeptical but I have been hearing a lot of stories like this from over.

06.02.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons

04.02.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 1517 πŸ” 530 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 25

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

05.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 15314 πŸ” 4643 πŸ’¬ 445 πŸ“Œ 250

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

04.02.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 19453 πŸ” 5622 πŸ’¬ 416 πŸ“Œ 287

Some day, after the documents from last ten years are thrown open, we're all going to pretend to be shocked by so much that has been pretty obvious.

03.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bending Spoons got rid of unsustainable pricing tiers, rewrote code to be fast, dropped gimmicky features the old leadership had implemented chasing VC money (eg a Slack clone they had bolted on). Every step was criticized but the app is so much better now.

29.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bending Spoons did the same thing when they bought Evernote a few years ago and while it undoubtedly sucked for the employees it really turned the product around.

29.01.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0