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Pittsburgh! #NoKings #StandTogether

OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.

The image is taken from an angle, and you can see the ocean tilting 30 degrees in the distance, with a huge crowd in front of it. In the foreground, you can see the giant American flag that is being held up by hundreds of protesters clustered around its edges.

This is the human banner from the air. It's sign made from masses of people standing together to form letters. It reads "No Kings Yes on 50." There is an American flag in the middle and a thick border around the banner. (Prop 50 is a California state proposition to gerrymander the state to create more blue districts, in order to combat the Texas law that gerrymanders their state to create more red districts.)

I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

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"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we're actually not that afraid."

Here's the award winning categories in the last Best Personal Academic Websites Contest 🏆✨

Entries for 2025 Contest celebrating the websites of faculty, researchers, scientists, grad students is open now.

Win an award for your website, #AcademicSky 🔗 theacademicdesigner.com/category/con...

A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.

Mellon Foundation The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

So relieved to see that Mellon will be providing emergency relief funding the US’s state and jurisdictional humanities councils.

If I learned one thing during my years at NEH, it was how crucial these organizations are to our public humanities infrastructure.

www.mellon.org/news/america...

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Senate Contact List A handy list with names and contact info.

As a former staffer, I answered hundreds of constituent calls. These calls do shape how Reps vote and make decisions.

I made a list of all the Senators by state with contact info for each of their many state offices. Let's flood the zone with our outrage.

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I’m trying to participate here but it’s challenging when I mostly just watch YouTube & sort thru Insta’s discover section and not really engage or comment on any post on mostly all platform (ok LinkedIn I still engage.)The world is on fire, tuning out social helps me make change in reality

Ok. All in on this BS (Bluesky) here’s a #LEGO model animated video I made today.

Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Bluesky

I'm thrilled to share that my colleague Nicole Matthews and I will be presenting at AI for Marketers Summit in November on the topic of "Building Brands in Higher Education using ChatGPT."

Learn more: bit.ly/3NLM0Jq

Commercial shooting for the community college I teach at

Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Bluesky