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Exhibit One. Until we invest in the inferior education, healthcare, housing for our #black and brown citizens, the U.S. will never change. On this day, we arrive at the Sutter Ave. station in #Brownsville Brooklyn, one of the highest concentrations of public housing in the US.
📷 @dpevs, my dear friend of almost 30 years, is having a reading of his memoir, Damn Shame, tonight, 6/16, at 6pm at the Drama Book Shop, 226 W. 39th St. If you can’t make it, you can buy the book online. 27 years ago David and I were in an... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xc9Ug0Riu00
📷 Kudos to @thelivingmichaeljackson for his well-deserved #Tony for best #book of a #musical, “A Strange Loop.” Almost 20 years in the making, the artist met with audience members last month after the performance I saw. The sidewalks were... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xc99maQ8a00
📷 Give it up for my fave, the wildly talented Madeline, aka, MuMu @musicofmumu. She dropped her latest #musicvideo today, “The Bitch In Me” and it’s a blast. If you had a good day, watching this will make your day better. If your day... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xc59HaCSi00
📷 #tattoo parlor Charlotte, NC (at Charlotte, North Carolina) instagram.com/p/CeKItkcO009/… tmblr.co/ZKGq-xc3q_oUGu00
📷 Another excellent #play to run to if you are in #newyorkcity. Samuel D. Hunter’s riveting and soulful play, “A Case for the Existence of God.” The exceptional actors, Will Brill and Kyle Beltran, capture the human struggle of not getting... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xby8kTlay00
📷 Less than 24 hours after Politico leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s initial draft majority opinion to strike down the Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing federal constitutional protections of #abortion rights, thousands gathered at #newyork’s... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xbxWgR2uW00
📷 “Business leaders need to get out of their corner offices and talk to people on the street and see how other people see them.” @gilliantett on her brilliant and much-needed new book, “Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life.”... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xbtb09byy00
📷 This morning. #centralpark #newyorkcity (at Central Park) instagram.com/p/CcT9wm_ODG6/… tmblr.co/ZKGq-xbr3dAs8u00
Essential Reading: Tired of when the conversation turns to crypto and you, like millions, are still pretty clueless?
Help is on the way.
Check out @kevinroose's crash course on #cryptocurrencies, #web3 #nft's and more @nytimes.
nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
📷 Liza, left, and her friend, Tanya, are selling #Ukrainian signs and t-shirts tonight and Friday at the #Ukrainian East Village Restaurant on 2nd Ave between 8th and 9th Streets #newyorkcity. Tanya, a graphics artist, designed the... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xbi4DZdKm00
Essential Listening: @BrookingsInst Fiona Hill on the Russian War and Putin’s obsessive & deluded paranoid strategy on going full-on Syria & Chechnya in #Ukraine. Her reading list, starting with Bloodlands, is terrific. @ezraklein podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR…
📷 #skiing the #icy #tundra. (at Ski Butternut) instagram.com/p/CZnrFpKODdH/… tmblr.co/ZKGq-xbVXHpBim00
📷 World #AIDS Day: From the archive: An excerpt from the 2004 speech, “The Tragedy of Today’s Gays,” by the late #writer and #activist, @LarryKramer. Having had a recent review of his speech, a more apt title could be, “The Tragedy of... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xbA9S0_yu00
latimes.com/california/story… Useful strategies for allies who witness #hatecrimes. 5-D's: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct.
Kazuo Ishiguro and Venki Ramakrishnan: imagining a new humanity @FT
“We’re a bit like the ground that is being excavated. The data is the product. Somebody who buys that data is the customer. We’re just things being harvested.” on.ft.com/3coRlDW
📷 “The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come. Bye now. You are fabulous, each and every one. And I bless you: More Life. The Great Work Begins.” ― @Tony Kushner, #Angels in #America #newyork #usa #election2020... tmblr.co/ZKGq-xZDChW8qa00
📷 #fifthavenue Boarded up but open for #business. #newyork #retail #election2020 #trump #biden (at 5th Ave the Fashion District) instagram.com/p/CHSs8UajRWT/… tmblr.co/ZKGq-xZCvWgBqe00
Dino, a @JusticeColumbia Through #Code participant, on how learning to code has made him feel like an intellectual rock star. #prisonreform #education #technology @Columbia centerforjustice.columbia.ed…
Brilliant, historic speech by @AOC that illustrates true leadership and courage to heal our savagely wounded country.
Rep @AOC: "I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly he does not want to. Clearly when given the opportunity he will not & I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language towards women."
#Justice Through #Code Instructor and @Entrepreneur Mattan Griffel on his career path and impact. @ycombinator @Columbia @LangCenter_CBS