Passionate connector who believes biz can be a force for good. Author, "The Lost Art of Connecting." Sustainability and Impact Leader. Founder. CEO. Philanthropist. Angel Investor. Pup Lover. Substack: https://susanmcpherson.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mualwg5hg224I really hope I live long enough to be able to witness what the history books actually will say about these horrible individuals 🙏🏼 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mualwg5hg224https://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3muafqdcisk24Another example of how completely despicable the Trump administration truly is: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/arts/kehinde-wiley-painting-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.ldbE.Y0cjwe3NKZ5w&smid=nytcore-ios-share29 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3muafqdcisk24https://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3muae743ifc2nImagine "defending" Measles. What a quack! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3muae743ifc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mua6ugras225Sitting on my deck in Brooklyn, staring at this view is always a key reminder of what we are standing up for here in this country 66 days out from the election. 🗽29 Aug 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mua6ugras225https://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu7zkzqcys25In American politics, parties, political machines and racial groups don’t run for office. Individual men and women do. And it is those individuals, not their identities, that truly matter. Powerful piece from @polgreen.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/opinion/democrats-primaries-identity-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9FA.Vx4R.dHTtqSEgRspf&smid=nytcore-ios-share29 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7zkzqcys25https://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu6spw4mtc2sTrump & Co is taking people — from their homes, workplaces, courthouses, and the streets — on an extraordinary scale. They’re holding many of them for months before deporting them. Some are sent to countries they don’t know. Some are U.S. citizens. Some are dying in custody. https://newsnotnoisejessicayellin.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-the-government29 Aug 2026 02:17 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6spw4mtc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu5unbobx22iSome Facebook users are asking Burners to cancel their trips: “Stay Away! Unless you want to show up and help. Thank you. Love you Burners but maybe this is not your year.” Yup, Burning Man is feeling Climate Change's effects. By @anya1anya.bsky.social: https://www.curbed.com/article/burning-man-wildfires-evacuation-zone-local-opposition.html28 Aug 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5unbobx22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu5rnboq3c2bIt's a fallacy that the GOP is better on the economy: "One oversaw a double-dip recession with a savings & loan scandal that looted the Treasury. That was Bush I. Another oversaw near meltdown of the whole capitalist system. That was Bush II." And then came Trump! Sobering read from @atrupar.com: https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/disaster-republican-presidents?r=opib&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web28 Aug 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5rnboq3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu5ifncw4c2aStop the madness! 6 months today.28 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ifncw4c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu3pmmr5p22qI regret that I have no photos from that weekend, but I have a vivid memory of sitting there outside Disney's Contemporary Resort, watching my mother and Dolly smoke cigarettes together. I was 21 at the time, and I remember being stunned — I had no idea my mom was a smoker. My latest on Substack: https://susanmcpherson.substack.com/p/on-connectingwith-dolly?r=opib&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web27 Aug 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3pmmr5p22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu2syc75yc27Beautiful essay: "Dolly Parton was a writer. In the end, Dolly Parton is the greatest story that Dolly ever wrote." Thank you, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opinion/dolly-parton-appalachia-legacy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.-sZT.QxFQ1Q3hggEY&smid=url-share27 Aug 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2syc75yc27https://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mu2qxj6ngk2qSickening: ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/27/us/ice-immigrant-arrests-trump-deportation-dhs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.2JAc.jwoeqq6zYH4z&smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Aug 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2qxj6ngk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mtzueig6is2cJust your daily horrific reminder how devastating climate change is to hundreds of thousands if not millions of people across this planet. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/world/asia/nepal-flood-glacier-ice-avalanche.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.wdpP.CJ9fQHYCRCAI&smid=nytcore-ios-share27 Aug 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzueig6is2chttps://bsky.app/profile/susanmcp.bsky.social/post/3mtzlrovj322zRep. LaMonica McIver isn’t just fighting for reelection — she’s fighting for freedom https://19thnews.org/2026/08/lamonica-mciver-reelection-trial-freedom/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social via @19thnews.org27 Aug 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:cccus3n2vvic2f6x64blwk35/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzlrovj322z