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DearMoney: From Scarcity to Agency Why Personal Financial Health is a Social Change Strategy

The idea that we have to suffer in social change or else we’re not “pure” is outdated and makes the work less effective, nor more. open.substack.com/pub/dearmone...

Ah shit! We let pedophiles decide our beauty standards. Post the release of the harrowing Epstein files, and the powerful men in media and fashion, considered possible accomplices, it feels fair to say this with more gusto!

God I loved this piece.
"Ah shit! We let pedophiles decide our beauty standards." open.substack.com/pub/jameelaj...

Can you believe that we can do that? We can actually do that. In a world full of Epsteins, do this.

Lovely people, I heard the best idea ever and I have to share it. And by people I mean my women:

A woman in a DearMoney workshop shared that she has a joint bank account with 4(!) friends and they put some money in every month. They use it for:

Flowers
Help
Weekends away
No questions asked
Joy

Seriously, this. Parents writing me “please talk to my child about a job for them” - why not support your child to learn how to reach out? Not a good look.

Sometimes I just feel so happy I get to do so many interesting things and meet so many beautiful people. Just wrapped a DearMoney webinar and it was lovely. Just a little gratitude post.

Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants Responding to critics of policy, Pedro Sánchez says Spain is choosing path of ‘dignity, community and justice’

Moral clarity is sexy.

“dignity, community and justice"

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I feel sickened by the fact that we still give more space to all the names of assholes in the Epstein files vs the girls, the children, who were raped over and over again by these thugs. We already know one committed suicide. I want to know how they are now, who is helping them find ways through.

Five Ways You Can Oppose the Trump Regime Right Now Let’s go fight fascism together.

"It’s not hopeless, even though the Trump Regime wants us to believe their agenda is inevitable. But we do need to scale our resistance and increase the pressure."

Here are five things we can all do via @melissaryan.bsky.social

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nursesonja • 7h & Threads Let us not forget, it was the same administration that reduced us to wearing trash bags as protective gear while we watched the hospital go up in flames around us during the pandemic that just murdered one of our own on the streets in broad daylight. As a nurse & as a person, I will never forgive. I will never forget. I will never back down. This was never about border control. This is about total control. O240 Q5 G34 → 21

The nurses are pissed

Just some birds on a pool's edge, having a break and a bath. Let's keep sharing beauty when ugliness is everywhere.

A few hours after another U.S. citizen was murdered:

‘Up there with Denmark’: Australian miracle leads the world in renewables Hard work and “really good wind” have helped South Australia become a world leader on renewables. But the state is determined to go further.

“In little more than two decades, renewable energy in the South Australia grid has leapt from about 1 per cent to almost 75 per cent in net terms, and the state is within reach of achieving its goal – its legislated target – of 100 per cent green power by 2027.”

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I would love to connect with anyone working on marketing in a mindful way.

We are building a small, for-purpose venture to help bring peace vs anxiety in peoples’ relationship with money. So I don’t want to shout at people, I want those who need it to find us.

Who has good ideas on this?

In our work with people in our social change space, we have noticed a few trends. We have identified three Money Archetypes. Take the 3 min quiz to find out which one you likely are dear.money/money-archet... (and no, you will not have to give your email to get the result!)

The Big 2026 Money Reset: 'The Big Four' How to lay the financial groundwork for a better 2026: Part 1 of our practical series to help you reshape your finances this year

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From Survival Brain to Learning Brain: a new way to relate to money Dear reader,

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What could a new social contract look like? Great recent conversation for @eurosky.social on tech, social media, democracy and politics. You know, the small stuff

Panel: Digital Commons, Civic Futures - The Social Contract for the Next Web This is "Panel: Digital Commons, Civic Futures - The Social Contract for the Next Web" by Eurosky on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

What could a new social contract for the web look like — one grounded in openness, accountability, and civic trust? @alexandrageese.bsky.social, Felix Styma, @geurkink.bsky.social and @gaurivangulik.bsky.social discussed this and more in this panel. vimeo.com/1140379449?s...

Where your money beliefs come from And how to let go of what no longer serves you

This one is a little personal: I would be so grateful if you could read and share, or tell me about your relationship with money? Part of the purpose of this work is to know we are all sharing this anxiety!

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What if money didn't have to feel so hard? Welcome to DearMoney letters, where we share money stories, reimagine wealth, and build shame-free personal finances.

What if money didn't have to feel so hard?
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What if money felt calm, not chaotic? Dear Money shares gentle letters on reimagining wealth, untangling money stories, and building shame-free financial systems. No hustle. No money-bros. Just radical care, reflection, and grounded wisdom.

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Looking forward to this on Wednesday, hope to see many of you there!

@eurosky.social‘s live event has its own starter pack now:

#EuroskyLive

5 proven ways to reduce anxiety - and how that applies to your finances Dear reader,

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The turtle and the pilot fish: How the EU and Italy can help each other in the Mediterranean Italy and the EU must work more closely together in the “Wider Mediterranean” on energy, migration and security. Here’s how they can do it.

In "The turtle and the pilot fish", @arturovarvelli.bsky.social and @kellyp90.bsky.social took on Giorgia Meloni's Mattei Plan and concluded that Rome and Brussels can't achieve their (investment, energy, security) goals in the "wider Mediterranean" without each other.

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It suggests concrete, structural & actionable ways to address the yawning power gap & has this cracking opening line:

“Food systems will not be transformed unless power is confronted - not as an abstract concept, but as concrete control over land and water, markets and labor, taste and narratives.”

DearMoney Letters (@dearmoneyletters)

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