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Peterson Toscano

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A Quirky Queer Quaker. Hosting Quakers Today & Bubble&Squeak podcasts. Ask me about gender non-conforming Bible characters. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦&πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ www.petersontoscano.com

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If you received a thank-you note from 100 years in the future, what would it say? πŸ–‹οΈ What are you doing today that the future will be grateful for? Comment or Call 317-QUAKERS to share your answer! πŸŽ™οΈ #Future #Legacy #Imagination #Quakers @friendsjournal.org @afsc-org.bsky.social

06.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Quakers Today podcast EP: Finding Your Center in Turbulent Times 🌊 I explore how to maintain inner stability during social upheaval. Insights from Adrian Glamorgan and Kat Griffith, plus a look at the biology of fear. Listen or Watch www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak... πŸ¦‹ @friendsjournal.org

06.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bodies of Change: From Global Equity to Queer Horror Peterson Toscano is guest-host today, and he's leading across a vast tapestry of people & subjects, starting with issues surrounding Period Poverty & Menstrual Cups.

Just premiered the new Spirit in Action on stations nationwide! πŸ“» We talked about Women's period products, queer eco-horror, & the beginning of the end. w/ @ryanlasala.bsky.social @catherinepierce.bsky.social
Stream it here: www.northernspiritradio.org/spirit-actio...

06.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you received a thank-you note from 100 years in the future, what would it say? πŸ–‹οΈ What are you doing today that the future will be grateful for? Comment or call 317-QUAKERS to share your answer! πŸŽ™οΈ #Future #Legacy #Imagination #Quakers @friendsjournal.org @afsc-org.bsky.social

05.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quaker Lobby Condemns Attacks on Iran and Calls for Deescalation, Diplomacy, and Congressional Action | Friends Committee On National Legislation Washington, D.C. – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) strongly condemns the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the dangerous pursuit of a war of regime change.

"The [@fcnl.bsky.social] strongly condemns the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the dangerous pursuit of a war of regime change."

"As Quakers, we believe there is that of God in every person," the statement continues. "Bombs cannot build the just and lasting peace that true security requires."

02.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The world sucks, so you get a cat:
Javier Mayoral, Sleeping Cat, 2021

03.03.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 139 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Michael Dobson Β· Flash and Thunder: Marlowe’s Betrayals As Stephen Greenblatt’s Dark Renaissance shows despite itself, it is not Marlowe’s life story that we still need,...

β€˜It is not Christopher Marlowe’s life story that we still need, but his plays and poems: we might well want to avert our eyes from the bathetically dismal life of the man who wrote them.’

Michael Dobson on Stephen Greenblatt’s new study of the playwright.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

03.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it.” ~ Margaret Atwood

03.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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REVIEWED: Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers In the midst of chaos and destruction, the early Quakers offered their seventeenth-century neighbors confirmation that God was still present.

With the chaos, destruction, and uncertainty of the 1640s, many in England expected the End Times and the Second Coming.

Erica Canela writes about how Quakers tapped into that energy and shared their message of direct access to Christ with the many English men and women eager to hear it.

03.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"He used friends, apprentices and sex workers as models, and didn’t flinch from painting their desperation..."

01.03.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got up, made breakfast, drank coffee, advertised my book and noticed we are at war

28.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Donald Trump, transgender, and parents rights
Donald Trump, transgender, and parents rights YouTube video by Peterson Toscano

When it comes to the rights of parents, Donald Trump is inconsistent and biased.
youtube.com/shorts/N8tq8...

25.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sees Fire

"A child sees fire where there should be earth."
By ganavya
open.spotify.com/track/2IXIyV...

24.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am Imagine’s 2026 Artivist in Residence!

Everything Is Connected-Tue 24th March
Bubble & Squeak: Live podcast recording – Tue 24th March
The Weight of Carbon Dioxide & Chihuahuas:– Sat 28th March
A Queer Quaker Journey – Sun 29th March
imaginebelfast.com/event/everyt...

24.02.2026 08:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?"~Ann Patchett

20.02.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Love is, in fact, an intensification of life, the completeness, a fullness, a wholeness of life.... Life curves upward to a peak of intensity...at which all its latent creative possibility goes into action & the person transcends himself in encounter, response, & communion with another.
-T Merton

23.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!

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β€œThe old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
― Antonio Gramsci

05.07.2025 03:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quaker Podcast - Podcast Exploring Quaker Life & Religious Beliefs Quakers Today, hosted by Peterson Toscano, features writers, musicians, and thinkers who are seeking wisdom and understanding in a rapidly changing world.

πŸŽ§β—οΈNEW: Quakers and Finding Your Center in Turbulent Times

In this episode of Quakers Today, @petersontoscano.bsky.social explores how to maintain inner stability during social upheaval. Insights from Adrian Glamorgan & Kat Griffith, plus more... Download it wherever you find your favorite podcasts!

21.02.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Vicki

19.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Remember, you don’t have to carry the whole world. You just have to carry what is yours to do. You can care about everything and then take care of the thing that you are led to care for."

18.02.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Brilliant film, and well worth watching.

17.02.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quakers and Finding Your Center in Turbulent Times 🌊 Peterson Toscano explores how to maintain inner stability during social upheaval. Insights from Adrian Glamorgan and Kat Griffith, plus a look at the biology of fear. www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...

17.02.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
One of the Cottingley Fairies photos. A little girl is surrounded by what is very obviously paper cutouts of fairy pictures.

One of the Cottingley Fairies photos. A little girl is surrounded by what is very obviously paper cutouts of fairy pictures.

Another of the Cottingley Fairies photos. A little girl is looking at what is, again, very clearly a cutout drawing of a fairy.

Another of the Cottingley Fairies photos. A little girl is looking at what is, again, very clearly a cutout drawing of a fairy.

Yet another of the Cottingley Fairies photos. Once again a little girl is looking at what is, again, very clearly a cutout drawing of a fairy.

Yet another of the Cottingley Fairies photos. Once again a little girl is looking at what is, again, very clearly a cutout drawing of a fairy.

The final Cottingley Fairy photo. This one is supposed to be maintained as real. Again, very clearly paper cutouts. If you go look at the wikipedia  page about it you can even see the original drawing from the book they were from.

The final Cottingley Fairy photo. This one is supposed to be maintained as real. Again, very clearly paper cutouts. If you go look at the wikipedia page about it you can even see the original drawing from the book they were from.

Whenever people gush over AI I'm going to think about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle being utterly convinced that he'd discovered real scientific evidence of real fairies because he saw these pictures

14.02.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 620 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7
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Winter Cold and Collapsing Buildings Kill Palestinians in Gaza as Israel Blocks Shelter Supplies A family of three was killed while they slept by a collapsing wall. A one-year-old baby died from the cold. Over 30 Palestinians in Gaza have died from a lack of shelter this winter.

"Among the items Israel restricts are drainage equipment, heaters and solar equipment, and reconstruction items such as cement and timber, many of which are classified as β€œdual-use” items."

www.dropsitenews.com/p/winter-col...

19.01.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

03.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 4752 πŸ” 2569 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 31
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Sissy Gagged: Sex, Gender, and Jesus We're fortunate to have Peterson Toscano back today as guest-host for Spirit In Action, is bringing us segments from his Bubble & Squeak podcast. This episode is about sex, gender, and Jesus - and wha...

All weekend across the USA, listeners are hearing Beverly Dale, Tina Beardsley, and Kyle Casey Chu (Panda Dulce) as I guest-host Spirit in Action.

We explore sex, gender, and Jesusβ€”and how shame, pleasure, politics, and power shape our bodies.

www.northernspiritradio.org/spirit-actio...

14.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Make America Bad Bunny again

09.02.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW Bubble & Squeak: Queer horror writer @ryanlasala.bsky.social & his book, The Dead of Summer. PLUS: A message from the evil spirit who possesses Donald Trump & a Sound Slice from Richmond, VA. Hear it open.spotify.com/episode/7mAJ... or watch it on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yaom...

09.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0