I stopped by Renee and Alex’s memorials today and was inspired to see all those who showed up to pay their respects and leave an “I voted” sticker. We have not forgotten. Accountability is coming.
LaUra Schmidt
@laura3schmidt.bsky.social
Founding Director: Good Grief Network; Author of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate Human Animal
Make sure everybody in your life has a plan to vote if they haven’t already done so. This No Kings tool contains all the information anyone needs to find their polling place.
Resource Guide & Community Response For No Kings Day — No Kings
A practical guide for activists and community organizers participating in No Kings Day. Learn how to prepare for protests, know your rights, stay safe, and organize effective community responses groun...
nokings.org
We are going through a season of change. Whether it's midterm elections, the upcoming holiday season, GGN's transition, or other events, we have numerous opportunities to gather in community. Your grief is welcome here. Register for free: linktr.ee/GoodGriefNet...
The election that we have been waiting two years for is tomorrow. This could be the most consequential midterms of our lifetimes and we can’t afford to take anything for granted. 🧵
Another piece with the same theme from @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump Just Told Us How He Intends to Steal the Midterms
The Alaska case is a red flag that Trump has no intention of accepting the results of an election that Republicans lose.
thenation.com
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · last wk.Major media outlets across the US are reporting how local election officials are preparing for the possible threat of federal interference and "that the Trump administration will somehow attempt to meddle with the voting process or the results.." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...
🚨 New🚨: Shell knew that burning fossils fuels could harm the climate as early as the mid-60s. An interactive online archive has made the paper trail showing how much the company knew, and when, more accessible then ever. buff.ly/jEo8Zej
Interactive Archive Shares Secrets of Shell’s Early Climate Research
Campaigners backing attempts to sue Shell over a typhoon in the Philippines have launched an online archive showing that the British oil major knew that burning fossil fuels could harm the climate as…
buff.ly
Full solidarity with colleague Prof Andreas Malm, banned from entering the UK for siding with Palestine Action. This is outrageous. He is one of the best and most principled academics. @andyburnham.bsky.social please reverse immediately. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Climate academic Andreas Malm barred from entering UK
Swedish author was due to speak alongside Palestine Action co-founder at event discussing ban on the group
theguardian.com
Only a few spots remain in our upcoming series Grief, Risk and Grace: A Decolonial and Experiential Approach. If you have been following this offering, now is the time to join. We're ready to welcome you into this group starting on Tuesday, October 27. Learn more & register here: bit.ly/4hEf2cQ
This is what we were posting about earlier. Please take your time and double-check your selections before submitting your ballot.
Tell State Regulators: Michigan's rivers aren't dumping grounds for Big Tech. Sign to demand stronger limits on data center wastewater. www.miclimateaction.org/take-action/...
Good Grief Network is transforming from a nonprofit organization and we’re still figuring out next steps. Be involved with future iterations of GGN, add an idea, and/or just connect at the next town hall on Thursday 22 October | 12pm to 1pm ET. Register here: bit.ly/4zhTdq5
Good Grief Network is dissolving as a non-profit at the end of this calendar year. But this is not a goodbye, we are iterating in the new year and want to hear from you about how you want to be involved. Read more in our latest newsletter: api.neonemails.com/emails/conte...
Palestinians tend to be left out of tallies of assassinated land defenders. On The Spill, @alleenbrown.bsky.social, @amywestervelt.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social talk about Global Witness’s annual report on assassinations of land defenders — and who is left out of the data. lnk.to/TheSpill
Drilled: The Spill
Drilled is a true-crime climate change podcast exposing how corporate corruption and political operatives built decades of climate denial and delay. The Spill is our new weekly show to bring you news...
lnk.to
There is a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Yes, you read that right. And we cannot trust RFK Jr. and the Trump administration to be prepared to deal with this. We need a Democratic public health doctor in the US Senate.
Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
axios.com
"Grief is there to remind us that our scars are real and that they reveal something to us about our own souls." sojo.net/articles/opi...
In Collective Grief, What Does Our Humanity Require of Us?
We mourn the loss of friends, and we cling to one another in the process.
sojo.net
“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart.” #Switzerland 🇨🇭 #ClimateEmergency
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
theguardian.com
In a collapsing world, we invite you to reach towards instead of away from one another. Even when we feel 😨 Two opportunities in October. How Theosophy Can Help Us Get Through the Polycrisis: bit.ly/4rAlEw6 Facing the Fire: Wildfire Grief and Anxiety: bit.ly/4xE99RH #supportgroup #wildfiresupport
New programs & events have been added to the October calendar! We can't navigate the intensity of these times alone - join one of our peer support spaces today. Many offerings are free or low cost: linktr.ee/GoodGriefNet... #goodgriefnetwork #peersupport #reimaginesummit #freshcoastfilmfestival
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, nsome compassion, some humor, and some style.” -MAYA ANGELOU
Honored, grateful, and excited to have the documentary, Good Grief: The 10 Steps, included at the Fresh Coast Film Festival (@freshcoastfilm) in mid October. Head up to Marquette. We'll see you there. freshcoastfilm.com #freshcoasting
When you move through your day to day, what feelings are most present for you?
“To find a new world, maybe you have to have lost one. Maybe you have to be lost. The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world, was always danced here at the edge of things, on the brink, on the foggy coast.” –Ursula K. Le Guin
The 10 Steps span introspection & action, grief & gratitude, acceptance & healing. Wherever you are in your personal journey through our collective crises, there is a place in our 10-Step program for you. Sessions: Tues Oct 6- Dec 8 | 10:30am-12:30pm PT | 1:30pm-3:30pm ET | FREE bit.ly/4hnVDf3
Ohio’s only national forest is being opened back up to fracking. The federal government just leased oil and gas rights beneath nearly 2,800 acres of Wayne National Forest for about $11 million, the first competitive lease sale there since 2017.
When was the last time you talked to someone about the state of the world?
You don’t have to face this moment alone. You cannot. Who are you talking to? Who are you being open and honest with?