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When to post links to Twitter and Facebook
Photo credit: Yuma
Bit.ly, the link shortening and tracking service, released new data showing the best and worst times for posting links to Facebook and Twitter. This was reported on at http://mashable.com/2012/05/09/best-time-to-post-on-facebook/.
Key Points
Don’t post links on the weekends or from 8PM – 8AM ET. Read More
The Cost of Winning a Senate Race
Photo credit: Flickr user, hsivonen, http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsivonen/
To illustrate the large difference in the amount of money needed to win a US Senate seat (quite a lot) and the amount needed to win a state Senate seat (much, much less), a recent Mother Jones article used some calculations that I thought were somewhat lacking – so I decided to make improvements.
To skip straight to the findings, click here.
I don’t disagree with the main thrust of the Mother Jones article, which is that super-PACs are setting their sights on state capitals, not just federal races, and certainly not just the 2012 presidential race. This is alarming because Read More
Photos from May Day Picket Actions with Occupy Wall Street
Today was May Day and though the day isn’t yet over, I’m pretty sure that Occupy Wall Street’s goal of “halting the flow of capital” wasn’t really achieved. That does not lessen, however, how awe-inspiring it was to see thousands of people take to the streets in support of labor and immigrant rights.
My photographer friend and I joined a couple of picket actions that happened in various locations throughout the city. The locations were mostly offices for large corporations that profit from exploitative working conditions or from repression or corruption. Read More
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Bank of America Parodied
There is a fantastic website that looks like a copy of Bank of America’s website. If you look closer, you realize that something is up. The design elements are the same, but something is not quite right.
It seems that the goal of the parody website, Your Bank of America, is to embarrass the bank while shining a light on the bank’s role in the financial crisis, its harmful consumer practices, its lack of support for small businesses, its investments in dirty energy, and the likelihood that it will need to be bailed out in the future. Read More
New Yorkers Call for Fair Elections
Photo credit: The Story of Stuff Project
Last week, I joined residents, activists, and politicians in Brooklyn’s Borough Hall to call for fair elections in New York State. This was one in a series of town halls that happened across the state. Read More
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Zakir Hussain Blew My Mind
I got the chance to catch a performance by Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. It was absolutely mind-blowing.
Do yourself a favor and watch the video. As the program declared, Zakir is “the preeminent classical tabla virtuoso of our time.” The performance also included delights like the doyra, the ghatama (clay pot), acrobatic dancing, flutes, a sarangi player, and rhythmic singing of syllables that reminded me of jazz scat singing.
“They should have fixed those potholes a long time ago”
Participatory budgeting in Spanish Harlem
This is what I overheard a young man say to his buddy when they were looking over a sample “participatory budgeting” ballot outside the offices of NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito. A community organizer sitting at a folding table set up on the sidewalk was encouraging the two passers-by to go inside and vote. The young man’s buddy pointed to the ballot and exclaimed “that playground is right up the street!” They seemed excited at the the chance to vote for specific projects that would happen right there in the neighborhood.
Today I watched a steady stream of East Harlem residents visit the offices of NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito. They came to vote on how the council member should spend $1 million from her discretionary funds. Read More
