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Missing Jacksonville, Tampa, Louisville, Tucson -- not in any hurry to go to Florida....

Me with Vita on our porch.

Vita passed away yesterday...

Lewandowsky, S., et. al.
(2025). The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Not everyone can do the actions in the upper right quadrant. But, we need to find structures of support to enable these actions.

A chart showing the axis of acceptance against the axis of political support/dissent.

This is a very useful graphic on what scholars need to think about in the United States today. What is to be done? How to keep a career going at what cost? From the Anti-Autocracy Handbook p. 12 h/t Ladd Keith

Thank you for posting this!

The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding

Highly recommend my fellow American scholars read the new Anti-Autocracy Handbook on this 4th of July, a "call to action, resilience, and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom in the face of mounting authoritarianism." zenodo.org/records/1...

Today's a good day to read instead of doomscroll.

partial list of chapters and cover for the Routledge handbook of Urban Design Practice.

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice is coming out this fall. Look for my chapter "LGBTQ Inclusive Urban Design"

Samuel Alito’s “Pride Puppy” Ruling Is a Disgrace to the Supreme Court The justices who signed on to this decision should be ashamed of themselves, and some of them should know better.

Alito's opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor is poisonous homophobia that gives parents a de facto right to ban books in public school classrooms. It's violently stigmatizing toward LGBTQ families and filled with lies and bigotry. Every justice who joined it should be ashamed. slate.com/news-and-pol...

I sent the director a note about music: "Good Life" Inner City, "Back to Life" Soul II Soul' "Tears Run Rings" Marc Almond. Also "Like a Prayer" by Madonna had just come out -- as well as "Me, Myself and I" De La Soul. At least that was my Target City Hall playlist...

Marsha P. Johnson Taught Us How to Defy This Anti-Trans Wave "Despite Trump’s attempts to erase trans people, I know he cannot because I know my community’s history."

For your Juneteenth reading pleasure. Here’s why 2025 is the Summer of Marsha P. Johnson for me. time.com/7295713/how-...

In ‘Fight Back,’ the Audience Learns to Act Up

I just found out you can play the younger me in a theatre project that recreates an ACT UP NY Meeting from March 1989. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/t....

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Happy birthday!

One last post about KC LGBTQIA Pride Fest. I did not see any #UMKC presence there. The university did not participate from what I can see. In the past - LGBTQIA programs had a booth.

3. At the Quaker table at KC LGBTQIA Pride Fest, I met folks from central Kansas that were happy to see a Quaker presence. Most Quakers in Kansas affiliate with Mid-America Yearly Meeting which is not LGBTQIA welcoming. Thus, I think this was a successful out Queer Quaker experience.

2. I only knew 2 songs that I heard from the stage:
a badly off-key version of Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" and Charli XCX's "I Love It" which made everyone dance. In my time at Pride Fest I did not hear "You Make Me Feel Mighty Real" or any Ten City songs.

Signs that I am an older cis-gnder gay man that sat at the Quaker outreach table at KC LGBTQIA Pride Fest:
1) It was so loouddd. and this was just in the afternoon.

Stop by KC Pride Fest Saturday afternoon, I'll be at the Penn Valley Friends Meeting booth. #Pride #Quaker #KansasCity

Please reach out to AFSC which is there. Look for the Quaker star.

There are other early Wilburite takes on Gurney from US Yearly Meetings. Interested if Gurney was consistent in noting the insufficiency? I'm just a casual reader of Friends theology. I'm curious to see what you find in more systematic study.

An earnest expostulatin with those professed members of the Society of Friends in New England : who have adopted or became responsible for the unsound doctrines ... An earnest expostulatin with those professed members of the Society of Friends in New England : who have adopted or became responsible for the unsound doctrines ...

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You'll have to counter the Wilburite arguments? For example "An earnest expostulatin with those professed members of the Society of Friends in New England : who have adopted or became responsible for the unsound doctrines promulgated by the late Joseph John Gurney"

This thread is essential reading on #science and public health policy. Thank you Gregg!

Fascinating post on how payroll taxes in French metropolitan areas provided the funding for French cities to reverse the ridership declines of the 1960s & pave the way for system expansion & high ridership in most cities today.

#KCMSA #BistateCorridor #NorthLoop
Close the Loop proposal: info.umkc.edu/63rd-st-stud...

North Loop proposals: Transit Hub as Linear Park
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Transit hub proposal. #KC #MARC #NorthLoop

Student work on a North Loop Transit Hub is available on the studio website: info.umkc.edu/63rd-st-stud... An analysis of past value increases Downtown - the potential for value capture. #KC #TOD #NorthLoop