London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 days ago'We're tired of calling the police, nothing gets done'
Shopkeepers in south London face daily thefts, with many feeling police response is inadequate.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 hours agoThe hardest thing about being the calm one in a family is that your steadiness becomes load-bearing. Everyone leans on it, nobody asks what holds it up, and the day you finally crack, people don't comfort you. They panic. Because your collapse threatens the architecture, and the architecture was always more important than you were. - Silicon Canals
The calm family member often bears the burden of emotional labor, managing others' feelings while suppressing their own.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoI'm 37 and the friendships in my life that have lasted are the ones where we stopped pretending - stopped curating what we showed each other, stopped performing the version of our lives that made sense on paper - and what replaced the pretending is the best thing I have built in the last decade - Silicon Canals
Authentic friendships emerge when individuals drop their facades and share their true struggles with each other.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoI'm 66 and I spent forty years trying to stay positive through everything - and what I actually created was a life where nobody knew me well enough to notice when I was drowning - Silicon Canals
Staying positive can lead to hidden struggles and emotional isolation, as individuals often mask their true feelings to appear strong.
Non-profit organizations
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
3 days agoHow Dissolving Your Nonprofit Can Strengthen the Sector | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Nonprofit leaders must sometimes choose to dissolve organizations intentionally rather than forcing survival in a weakened state.
Media industry
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
5 days agoPolitics in an Attention Economy | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Candidates must be cultural figures to succeed in today's American politics, navigating an attention economy shaped by algorithms.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
19 hours agoPsychology says the reason older people stop caring isn't emotional withdrawal - it's that they've finally learned to distinguish between what actually matters and what they were only caring about out of social obligation - Silicon Canals
Older individuals prioritize emotional connections over superficial relationships as they age, focusing on what truly matters in their lives.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days agoYoung people want to come together': experts respond to mass teen meet-ups in Clapham
Teenagers organized chaotic gatherings in London via social media, leading to disorder and arrests, prompting political outrage and calls for action against youth behavior.
fromTruthout
3 days agoRupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions
"We have a great opportunity in our movements to learn how to be opponents without being enemies," says Tanuja Jagernauth. This perspective emphasizes the importance of maintaining respect and understanding even amidst conflict.
Social justice
Left-wing politics
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
6 days agoHow to Undermine Authoritarian Control: On Empowering Parallel Institutions | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Civil society must demonstrate the necessity of democratic institutions and social services to protect them from dismantling efforts by ultra-elites.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says people who grew up poor and became successful often can't fully enjoy it - not because they're ungrateful, but because some part of them never stopped waiting for it to disappear - Silicon Canals
Successful individuals often struggle with feelings of scarcity and anxiety about their financial stability, despite their achievements.
Relationships
fromPortland Monthly
2 weeks agoFrom the Editor: Building Community Isn't Always Fun. Do It Anyway.
Proximity-based community organizing builds solidarity across differences through sustained engagement and shared material goals, fostering understanding that transcends initial disagreements.
fromInvestigative Post
2 days agoInvestigative Post event on reforming Buffalo and NY government.
John Kaehny has written and successfully lobbied for the passage of state and New York City laws related to government transparency and accountability, including the first open data law in the world in 2012.
NYC politics
London politics
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
4 days agoMet Police claim to have a 'clear plan in place' after teenagers rampaged through London - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
The Metropolitan Police warned of robust action against violence following a riot in Clapham, resulting in two teenage arrests.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoNot everyone who avoids asking for help is proud. Some of them asked once, received it with a lecture attached, and learned that the cost of support was a small erosion of standing they could never quite earn back. - Silicon Canals
Asking for help can lead to unintended consequences that affect relationships and self-perception.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says the loneliest people in life aren't the ones nobody likes - they're the kind, helpful people everyone appreciates but nobody thinks to check on because they seem so self-sufficient - Silicon Canals
Highly capable, helpful individuals often feel lonely because their strength creates an illusion that they do not need support.
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 week agoYou Don't Have to Be Unionized to Be United | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
The labor of this kind of organizing was invisible and deeply exhausting. In a precarious workplace, where a so-called 'performance review' could amount to job loss, organizing meant building a bridge while standing on it.
Social justice
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPeople who keep their circle small aren't antisocial. They genuinely learned that intimacy and popularity are opposing forces, even though loneliness occasionally shows up as the cost of admission - Silicon Canals
Intimacy and popularity are competing pursuits; small social circles reflect a natural structure of human relationships, not a failure of social development.
Online Community Development
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoNo One Is Coming to Help-Except Your Neighbors
Building community-led resilience networks and mutual aid groups nationwide enables neighbors to support each other through overlapping crises including climate change, inequality, and government violence.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoHow to Help Communities Rebound from Crisis and Disaster
Disaster psychology provides an empirically-based framework for building community resilience and growth during crises through understanding predictable psychological phases and natural recovery mechanisms.
US politics
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
2 months agoFrom Minneapolis to Portland: State Violence and How Communities Are Responding | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Rising state and federal violence endangers communities and democracy, prompting local coalitions to develop de-escalation, civil resistance, and community safety strategies.
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