β Celebrating Black History β¦ and Black Futures 💚 β Diary List β Members (staff) β Profile/mission statement:
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β Daily Kosβ The Brief β Diary List β Members (staff) β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded January 28, 2021 by Walter Einenkel β A one-hour weekly political conversation hosted by Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld highlighting on-the-ground leaders of the progressive movement.
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β DKG Solidarity β Diary List β Members (staff?) β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded February 8, 2021 by peregrine kate β [founding diary: 'This is about solidarity' -- why Daily Kos Guild members are going publicβ]
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<big><big>DK groups that make and fix things β¦ </big>with yarn, wood, metal, words, history, relationships, communities/people, the earth, dataβ¦</big> Pale listing are for inactive groups β 10 or 12 months without a new or reblogged diary. Commenters please post links to more and theyβll be edited in. Feel free to mention if any links are rong. ;-)
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β Blogging Aggies of dkos β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2012 by Methinks They Lie β A place for all things farming, sustainable agriculture, soil, water, and growing good, nutritious food.
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β Caregiving Kos 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Shadan7 β For those who are now (or have been) in the role of being a care-giver for a loved one. Intended to be a support group and information resource for all care-providers and the many challenges they face.
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β Community Fund Raisers 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2012 by KelleyRN2 β "Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." ~ Desmond Tutu
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β Community Quilt Project 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Sara R β Community Quilts are a way of sharing care, compassion and support for community members who are facing illness or other hardships.
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β Cooking with Kos β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Gemina13 β For those who love to cook--a place to discuss recipes, favorite food blogs, favorite foods and cuisines, and, of course, how progressive politics and food go together. Come and join us! Just be sure to bring enough to go 'round.
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β Daily Kos for What Aleβs Ya β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by esquimaux β Also known as "Friday Night Beer Blog". For discussion of fine malt beverages, and brewing and drinking them. Not limited to Fridays.
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β Daily Kos Quilt Guild Auction Alliance β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2013 by glorificus β A group to support actions of the Daily Kos Community to create a better world through quilts. Spreading warmth and love.
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β Dialogue Workshop β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by etbnc β A place to practice collaborative conversations. Also an intermittent series. This is only temporary. Unless it works.
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β DK Lending β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Odysseus β This group is to organize and promote peer-to-peer lending and cooperative business models here at Daily Kos.
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β DK Feeding America 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by rb137 and noweasels, comes together for a blogathon a few times a year to help raise money to fill foodbanks.
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β DK Preppers 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2017 by AuntieB β DK Preppers: A place to discuss practical ways to get through emergencies, both short term and long. Topics may include skills for growing, storing and sharing food, lost and historical skill sets, sustainability issues, living and leaving safely, and growing community.
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β DK Quilt Guild β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Sara R β A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time.
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β DK VA Service Project 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2014 by Sara R β Dedicated to organizing donations of comfort items to VA hospitals, especially around the time and place of Netroots Nation conventions
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β dk5 diaries that are helpful to make it work β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
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β DK5 Workarounds β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2015 by 2thanks β We explore the tools of DK5, find workarounds, share, discuss, demonstrate, learn, practice, and make mistakes. We empower members of the community to connect, unite, and act. Current project: Exploration of Sig Lines: Concepts, design, storage, and placement.
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β Dream Menders β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Glen The Plumber β We are Bay Area residents concerned about the fading away of the American Dream. Inspired by Van Jones' "Rebuild the Dream" campaign, we organize to bring people together to work toward getting our economy back on track and restore the American Dream. We are not affiliated with a political party, candidate, or association, but we collaborate with other organizations both locally and nationally to advance the American Dream movement. Visit us at: Dream Menders.
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β Environmental Foodies 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Patric Juillet β For all who eat and are concerned about the environment, food security and food safety, and lots of recipes.
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β Erase the Hate 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by psychodrew β We are a group of Kossacks who oppose prejudice and discrimination of all kinds.
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β Foodies Unite β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
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β Foraging β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by wide eyed lib β For Kossacks interested in learning more about the edible and medicinal plants and fungi growing all around us.
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β Gallery Kos β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Sara R β A virtual space for fine art by Kossack artists.
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β Genealogy and Family History Community 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by edwardssl β We are a Group interested in the research, analysis and discussion of genealogy and family histories, our own and others. We invite all those who desire guidance in getting started in their research, those who are looking for suggestions for getting past a problem in their on-going projects (brick walls), those willing to share resources, or those who simply want to talk about their projects (and we KNOW how family historians love to talk about their projects). All family backgrounds welcome and enthusiastically encouraged to participate, but keep in mind this Group is not for the purpose of locating missing relatives or adoption information. Please be mindful of Dkos copyright rules if/when posting information from an outside source. PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS TO BE NO DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND/OR PERSONAL INFORMATION OF LIVING PERSONS.
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β The Inoculation Project β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by hyperbolic pants explosion β Solid science education is the best inoculation against ignorance. TIP is an ongoing, volunteer effort to combat the anti-science push in conservative America by crowdfunding science and math projects in red-state classrooms and libraries. We publish every Sunday morning, 10 AM ET.
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β Itzel Alert Network 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2012 by Noddy β The weather is brutal. If it's not murderously hot, it's freezing cold, or flooding. There are tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards. Power goes out, and suddenly you're cut off. Beyond that, some of us have disabilities or illnesses that we're dealing with alone. It would be nice to know someone has our back. The Itzl Alert Network is a community where we can meet potential buddies in our geographic areas to check in on us if we aren't reporting in here, to make sure we're OK, and if something does happen to us, to check in with us. A buddy system. Itzl is my hearing assistance dog, and he alerts me to the things I need to know. He has my back. In the Itzl Alert Network, we'll have each others' backs.
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β iPhone Photography β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2013 by bsegel β The iPhone can take amazing photographs. This group is a place for iPhone Photographers to show off and share their work with fellow enthusiasts.
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β Knitting Guild β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Frankenoid β A group for knitters of all abilities. The Knitting Guild will organize knit-along or fund-raising projects, publish how-to guides, and indoctrinate newcomers in the Way of the Needle.
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β KOS Art Expo 21 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2019 by Tortmaster β This is an artists' working group that contributes art and poetry to Daily Kos Art Salons and Daily Kos Art Expos...
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β Kos Photographers β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by LiberalGuerilla β Now more than ever visuals create dramatic impact in politics. This group is a place for shutterbug Kossacks to share, even if it's just for fun, even if it's just to let the rest of us see where you are in America the Beautiful.
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β Logic and Rhetoric at Daily Kos β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2012 by Brown Thrasher β A group to promote clear thinking, rational discussion, and the recognition and proper use of good rhetoric on Daily Kos.
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β Original Fiction, Poetry & Memoir for Fun & Progress β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2019 by mettle fatigue β ''Something familiar, something peculiar...'' from the 'pens' of kosaks, with a touch of originality, diversity, progressive outlook . . . our light and sometimes darker tales of life, myth, adventure, romance, nature, history, parody, society, pastiche, science fiction, epic poetry, lyrical saga, legend, ballad, cat&doggerel, satire, farce, fantasy, homage or mash-up of literature, familial or personal memory and musings, children's tales born of elsewhen or otherwhere, in prose or in verse, at great length serialized, or briefer material in single diaries, for the entertainment and pleasure of ourselves and friends (especially those who cannot afford kindles & ebooks), and to help fundraise a little for the Community Needs List diary series folks. We post on whatever days & times are best for the individual writer, just leaving a couple of hours between them any day there's more than one member posting. We don't reblog into the group, but FreeWriters, R&BL, and ClassicalPoetry generously reblog almost everything of ours.
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β Personal Storytellers β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Socratic Method β Personal Storytellers is a group dedicated to learning more about fellow kossacks via the art of sharing personal stories. Every life is an adventure, and through sharing those adventures I hope to bring kossacks closer together.
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β Postcards to Voters β diaries β members β Profile/mission statement:
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β Photography β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by trs β This is a group for photographers, photography geeks, diaries of original photography, or those just interested in looking at original photo diaries and maybe learning a bit about the process.
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βΌ Practical Survivalism and Sustainable Living 💚 βΌ Diary List β Members β profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by tonyahky β Practical Survival and Sustainable Living is a group devoted to discussing the skills and strategies one would need to survive a variety of emergency scenarios, from short-term to long-term situations in both urban and rural settings. Pull up a chair, and share your knowledge, skills, and ideas!
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β Rational Survivalist and Prudent Preppers 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2015 by DrillSgtK β A group of diaries giving rational, sane, non-paranoid "FEMA-CAMP", advice on preparing for disasters and surviving difficulties. This is not about "The End Of The World As We Know It" as much as "The End Of The World As YOU Know It".
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β Rebel Songwriters β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2012 by JayRaye β Writing songs of struggle in the tradition of the IWW.
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β Regenerative Culture for an Altered Planet 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2019 by J Graham β We will meet the challenges of our times by fighting negativity and creating a more beautiful world. We know we are in a marathon, not a sprint, so we need to take care of ourselves to take care of our neighbors and our world. The Regenerative Culture for an Altered Planet group is intended to joyfully embrace diversity and to care for the physical, mental, emotional, and cultural needs of all those who are building a better world. We are solutions focused. [Regular meetings β Thursdays, 5pm leftkost, 8pm east.]
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β Remembering LGBT History 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2012 by Chrislove β Much of history is hidden, especially for groups outside the mainstream of dominant culture. This group is devoted to the recovery of LGBT history, and it welcomes anyone interested in the subject.
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β Saturday Morning Garden Blogging β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Frankenoid β A Convocation of Those With Grimy Fingernails
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β Saturday Morning Home Repair β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by claude β A weekly forum of advice and encouragement for Kossak DIYers repairing and improving their homes.
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β Seed Sharers 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Miep β This is a group for gardeners, farmers, and anyone else who wants to offer, trade, gift, give, or ask for plant seeds. We can also talk about our work with plants here. It will be okay to go off topic.
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β Serving Communities: Giving Time 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by willowby β about the value of service to others, with a focus on volunteers and contributions of non-profit organizations.
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β Shelterbox β Diary List β Members (none) β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by TexMex β This series is about raising funds for the International NGO known as Shelterbox.
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β Shutterbugs β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2013 by BlueJessamine β Shutterbugs is a venue for photographers to push beyond existing formats in search of new ways to diary creative imagery. Readers are encouraged to contribute their own images in comments.
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β Southwestern USA Gardeners β Diary List β Members (none) β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Miep β This is a group for people who want to write about the challenges of gardening in the southwest USA, and offer tips, solutions, complaints, and other feedback.
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β Sunday Bread and Other Food β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by Something the Dog Said β A place at Kos for folks who to like to talk about food, read about food or eat food. Built around Sunday Bread, but hopefully being much, much more than that!
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β Urban Homesteading 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by DawnG β Who says you need acerage to grow your own food? In the Urban Homesteading group we'll discuss several methods of food production almost anyone can take advantage of. Whether you're just growing tomatoes on your apartment patio or raising hens on your quarter acre lot.
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β Volunteering for a Better World 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by StateOfGrace β Many Kossacks volunteer their time and efforts to all sorts of causes, both political and non-political. This group is dedicated to promoting and highlighting diaries about social responsibility and compassion through volunteering. It is a forum for those who are interested in learning more and/or educating others about volunteerism of all kinds.
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β Volunteerism for a Better World 💚 β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2017 by mettle fatigue β for reblogging and originating diaries about being hands-on part of the less-remembered vital organizations and efforts in realworld daily life communities and neighborhoods, such as: β hunger relief β help for homeless people β tutoring underprivileged kids β teaching in adult literacy β public library volunteerism and support β classroom assisting β BigSister/BigBrother & other mentoring β ombudsmen for the aged and disabled and for foster kids β cleaning up local and national parks, hiking trails, rivers and wild spaces β animal protection & rescue β hotline volunteers (for health issues, domestic violence, rape, runaways) β tree planting & sustenance and reforestation rurally and in urban areas β interfaith and intercultural mutual support β community gardening β community arts β city & county council govt mtg attending β tai chi in parks and around the community β symphony and concert and community music support β and so on ...
THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL. h/t to kosak StateOfGrace's 2011-2014 group, Volunteering for a Better World and to Erase the Hate
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β What Are You Working On? β Diary List β Members β Profile/mission statement:
Group founded 2011 by jlms qkw β This group is for all things hand-made, home-made, and creative in a variety of mediums. Some of them are even edible.
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For past diaries in the new-groups series, click on NewDKGroups in the TAGS list (up in the left margin of this diary). Most have some basic DK how-to in them, some have lists of existing groups (shorter lists than this time!), e.g., music groups.
To follow this series, for automatic delivery of future diaries (if any) to your Activity Stream, hover on that tag so the outline of a heart is displayed, and click on the heart so it goes solid orange.