Gene Cowan ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

@genecowan
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Graphic designer, socially distanced since 1966.
Something Called a "Blog"http://genecowan.com
Ancient Flash-dependent Sitehttp://g-world.org
Current โ€œGive Me a Jobโ€ Sitehttp://cowancreative.com
Live Vestaboard Feedhttps://digital.vestaboard.com/84f41737V78c1V409aV905eV647808421cfb

โ€œBillionaires are not only accumulating immense wealth, they are also major contributors to the climate crisis. Research by Oxfam International found that a person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a single day than someone in the bottom 50% produces in an entire year. As they grow richer, the climate crisis gets worse.โ€

https://act.gp/4bR9uYn

#ForbesBillionaires #Taxthesuperrich

The GOPโ€™s Nazi Problem

How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?

The Atlantic
Queer, trans Ohioans turn to guns for safety

Queers on Gears offers a safe space for people to learn how to defend themselves with firearms.

Advocate.com
Trump's minions have quietly disappeared most federal data on gender identity

Some agencies went even beyond what the president ordered on day one.

Mother Jones
Army Sec. Was Told Trump Wouldnโ€™t Want to Stand Next to Black Female Officer: Report

Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll was told Donald Trump wouldn't want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, per The New York Times.

Rolling Stone
The idea that one should be forced to verify one's age or identity to use one's own computer absolutely baffles me.

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity".

Three countries voted against it.
The US, Argentina, and Israel.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rxqng5pyno

Slavery reparations: What does the UN vote mean?

African and Caribbean nations want countries which benefited from slavery to pay compensation but it will not be straightforward.

"Your #NoKings marches are cute, but nothing is going to change until we do something serious, like a general strike."

โ€“Person posting on social media who is not active in organizing a general strike
Tomorrow is No Kings 3.
My husband wants me to be safe.
He made a lanyard for my whistle because he thought it should be around my neck instead of on my keychain.
He carefully braided this twine even though neuropathy makes this task more difficult for him than it would be for most.
I am touched by his thoughtfulness.
Resistance by braiding.
Who knew that was even a thing?
I couldn't have purchased a more beautiful lanyard.