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Joan Trumpauer Mulholland – A Symbol Of Hope
I’m a little embarrassed to say that I had never heard of Joan before yesterday. She was trending on Reddit yesterday. She is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961, and was confined for two months…
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I Found Hope Yesterday
It is said that Community, Purpose, and Hope are the pillars of a “happy” life. (Don’t get me started on the word happy. I’ve been fighting with it my whole life. But that’s for another time.) I have been lucky enough to find Community and Purpose. And for that, I have the Houseless community to…
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Why We Stay Stuck: The Comfort of Our Own Little Hell
I was thinking about this guy this morning, who is probably going to lose his house. His mom died a couple years ago and neither he or his siblings did anything about her estate. She owned this house outright. None of his brothers or sisters wanted the house, but he needed the house. So he…
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Finding Humanity in Loss: Reflections on Community, Pain, and Resilience in the Houseless World
Being banned from Facebook is a little bit like losing my community. Yes. It’s toxic,. It’s frustrating. But it was also beautiful, supportive and inspirational. But I am always thankful to lose things in that it helps me connect in a small way with others who have lost everything. The death of a child, the…
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And Now I’ve Been Banned From Nextdoor
I’m not going to lie. Getting banned from all these social media channels has done wonders for my mental health. I think I had an unhealthy relationship with all of them. Sage’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Now I’ve been…
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From Bench to Breakthrough: Crystal’s Journey of Resilience and Hope
I hardly know where to start with this story. Each of these leads are so powerful I don’t know which is the best hook to start this story off. I guess it’s a story of triumph over tragedy. Subscribe now Let’s go back to last summer… Crystal was pregnant and sleeping on a bench in…
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Sage’s AI Archive Bot
I want to show you an AI bot I made all around my life. It’s my AI Archive. It has my entire blogging history (back to 2005), the three books I have written, my entire Facebook timeline (1477 posts), and anecdotal stories about my life. (I intend to transcribe all my podcasts as well.) I…
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BAD DOG FACTORY IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!
Donate $35 or more in the next two weeks and get a free Bad Dog Factory t-shirt made by the Bad Dog Factory crew. (offer ends Tuesday, September 10, 2024). With a tremendous amount of help and resilience, I am thrilled to announce that we have officially opened the Bad Dog Factory, a makerspace dedicated to…
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Podcast: They Pulled Another Gun On Me
In this episode, Sage shares two intense and deeply personal encounters that highlight the challenges and dangers of working with houseless communities. Sage recounts recent incidents where he was threatened by individuals with guns while simply trying to provide basic necessities, such as water and supplies, to those in need. These experiences lead him to…
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Burning Rage: The Heartbreaking Cycle of Arson and Despair in Our Community
This is a photo of Randy’s shed raging in flames. This happened yesterday, I believe: It was located on the Church of the Nomadic Spirit land (probably 20 feet from where Hermaine was shot and killed). He used it to store bicycles. I wasn’t there when the fire happened. In fact, no one even mentioned…
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The Spiritual Path Is Personal
As I was standing before a powerfully beautiful shrine in Tokyo I felt nothing. It was a hot, crowded Sunday morning. You would think that would make things worse. But suffering of any sort often helps me find a connection. I might think it’s simply because I’m from the west and I’m not tuned into…
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Boarding Up Our House
Yesterday we boarded up all the windows on our house that shelters homeless people. Today I will be finishing that work on boarding up the doors. I will also be signing a no trespassing document so the police can arrest anyone at the house from this point forward. In all the years I’ve done this…
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This is what burning wire looks like.
Here’s what the smoke looks like when you burn wire. It’s dense, dark and smells like cancer. I took this picture just now. Our neighbors were yelling out their windows about the smoke. I was yelling about burning wire on my property. This is one of the reasons we are boarding up this house next…
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SATM Podcast 122 Donald Trump is Going To Be The Next President of the United States
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 122 Based on the CNN Donald Trump Town Hall, Donald Trump is as good as ever. His base loves him. And Joe Biden is no match for this guy.
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Suzanne Thomas was found dead in a scrapyard in Canton April 26 2023.
Suzanne Thomas was found dead in a scrapyard in Canton April 26 2023. I’ve been meaning to talk about this for some time. But it’s a bit of a difficult subject for me. Suzanne was a close friend of our homeless community. She lived at our tent village for quite some time. She also was…
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5 People Have Already Moved Into This Church
We’ve been starting to clean out this church. It has sat completely empty for years. Random people come and go. But nothing really significant was happening there. Within a couple weeks of us working in the church we now have no less than 5 people living in this church. How could it go from having…
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Jordan Neely, Homelessness and Mental Illness
I hope you have had a chance to read about Jordan Neely. He was the mentally ill, Black, homeless man that was choked to death on a New York subway by a blond Marine man. Every one of those details matter to the story. Race, mental illness, inner city, homelessness, gender. All these things matter.…
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SATM Podcast 121: I Lost My Election Biggly
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 121 We’re going to look at my election for Akron city council and why I lost so spectacularly. We’ll also look at who won and who else lost. I’d like to talk a little about where I’m thinking about going from here.
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I React To Jordan Neely, a New York City Homeless Man, Being Choked To Death on the Subway
This is the original video: https://fb.watch/kjoDdWC4Fi/
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I Lost
I’m sorry. I tried really hard. And I know that there are some people that wanted to see me win. But clearly, most of Ward 8 did not see it that way. That’s fine. I absolutely respect their decision. This is not the first time I’ve lost. Far from it. I’ve lost more times than…
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SATM Podcast 120: Insanity In Akron
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 120 We are going to look at the forced mental health treatment courts in Akron Ohio.
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A Freighter Full Of Hope
Something I don’t currently talk much about (because there is so much else to discuss) is my deep love of technology. I am currently obsessed with AI and what it means for the future of humanity. Here is an image I created with an AI image creator called Midjourney. The prompt I gave it was:…
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Akron: You are radicalizing your Black community.
Here’s a picture of me and Imokhai Okolo. It was taken in mid-March of this year. Imokhai has been betrayed by his city. Jayland Walker was murdered in extreme cold blood with 94 bullets all meant for his unarmed body. The city of Akron did something similar to Imokhai. They looked to destroy his character.…
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SATM Podcast 119: April 20 2023 – where we are with Jayland Walker today
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 119.I tried to be understanding and empathetic of the police. They chose to makes us hate them. Here are the links I referenced in this show: If you have missed any shows they are now archived in a podcast. You can check them out on my blog. Or you…
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I respond to Trump’s Homeless Relocation Plan
The main video was published here: https://youtu.be/FRp6la-A6e4
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We Must Love Our Police Officers
The more radical I become in my activism the more extreme my positions of love become. I often like to tell you to love pedophiles. I do that because I know it’s the hardest challenge of love for many of you (unless of course you have a loved one that is a pedophile, like I…
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Who Cares?
This is the memorial that was created near where Jayland Walker was shot and killed. It’s at East Wilbeth and South Main. I took this picture at a very peaceful protest last night. I kept coming back to this little tree. I’d take pictures from different angles. Like in hopes that it would tell me…
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Tara Mosely is exactly what Akron needs right now.
Look, if you know, you know. Tara Mosely is exactly what Akron needs right now. We are entering a time of sadness, desperation, isolation and hopelessness. I’m telling you, Jayland Walker’s murderers will not be indicted We will, yet again, learn that the laws of the system are only here for one thing: To protect…
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SATM Podcast 118 – We Think We Are So Smart and So We Get Brainwashed
Sage Against The Machine Podcast Episode 118. We have to realize that the global corporate powers are using highly sophisticated mechanisms to convince us to think a certain way. The minute you think you are not susceptible to their manipulations they have instantly won.
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Will You Play Well With Others?
I was out talking to voters yesterday and a woman asked me this question: “Will you play well with others?” That’s a really good question. It represents a deep understanding of who I am. I really appreciated the question. She is wondering if I will be able to work with other members of city council…
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