On June 28, 1969, police raided the #StonewallInn, a New York City bar that welcomed the most marginalized members of the fledgling queer "community": young, poor, and #BIPOC #LGBTQ+ people.
Fed up with being on the receiving end of state violence, drag performers, trans and gender nonconforming people, homeless youth, and queer people of color fought back.
The scuffle became a weeklong riot and marked a pivotal turning point in the movement for LGBTQ+ rights in the United States.
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https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/commandojugendstil/
A wonderful series on different aspects #sustainable #city in our #climate #future .
#art #illustration #climateChange #HopePunk #futurism #creativeCommons
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A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment
In 2014, I read a political science paper that nearly convinced me to quit my lifelong career as an activist: "Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens," published in *Perspectives on Politics*:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/28/mamdani/#trustbusting
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"Corporate America’s profits are slipping. Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed that corporate post-tax profits dropped in the first quarter by 3.3% — by far their biggest fall since the pandemic.
When companies make less money, it’s often a harbinger of an economic slowdown. In this case, it also raises the more profound question of whether the Trump 2.0 agenda is deliberately aimed at companies’ bottom line.
This sounds outlandish. The stock market is on the brink of an all-time high, so Corporate USA is worth more than ever. But it makes sense. After-tax profits account for an unprecedented 10.7% of gross domestic product, when in the last 50 years of the 20th century, they never exceeded 8%. The only time approaching their current share of the economy was in 1929 on the eve of the Great Crash. If the nation is to deal with inequality, money must be redistributed from somewhere; corporate profits are an obvious source of funds."
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-27/maga-doesn-t-mean-making-profits-great-again
I know this is EXTRAORDINARILY BAD TIMING but I am writing it to pin to my profiles.
So, I do a lot of stuff. I work in critical infrastructure. I volunteer operate career clinics. I teach and speak on the topics. I have not tooled my life to become wealthy by any means - I try to do ethical and interesting stuff.
Leaving X two years ago really hit my ability to be able to reach audiences. The hard fact is, I use the money I make on side gigs like commercial speaking to be able to do community stuff and run a free conference.
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My commercial prices are negotiable. I do not charge for community speaking. I cannot currently speak commercially in Australia and I am personally eating the cost of travel to the US for engagements.
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The US deciding to know less about hurricane path forecasting is not surprising but still disappointing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/noaa-cuts-hurricane-forecasting-climate
Caroline Dias Goncalves, the University of Utah student who was abducted by Stephen Miller’s mass deportation agents following a routine traffic stop earlier this month, has finally been freed after two agonizing weeks in ICE custody. In remarks following her release, the Dream.US scholar described her 15 days in a Colorado private prison as the… Continue »
The endlessly corrupt Supreme Court has just given Trump more dictatorial powers.
It's not over, but the fascists are close to the finish line.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-scotus
Here's an example from Australia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Street_Mall
Tom Lorenz
alxd of Story Seed Library
Jen Sorensen
Cory Doctorow
Miguel Afonso Caetano
Lesley Carhart 
Havyhh2
Gabe Ortíz
Dan Gillmor
Brent Toderian
Doesn't Exist.
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