A Global, Legitimate and very Sexy Threat: BIG Revolutionary Slide Show!

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The International Business Times has called the Occupy Movement “global in nature” and a “legitimate threat.” It is that. It is also a feast of photography, and the first world-wide movement supported by the new communication technologies that fueled the Arab Spring. Gil Scott Heron was right. The revolution will not be televised. But…it will be tweeted. Photos from Amsterdam, Belgrade, Berlin, Denver, Durban, Hong Kong, London, New York, Rome, Taipei, Tokyo, San Francisco, Santiago, Sydney and Vancouver.

Purple Rose: Tasty Gay Mexican Fare…

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Nutritious and delicious! The Purple Rose in Fort Bragg, on California’s north coast. Gay owned and operated. Great menu, fun ambiance, cute chef, and an extensive Tequila bar. Enjoy!

 

Tiny Sexy Camera

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Theft at the Eureka Valley Branch of San Francisco Library: Harvey Milk Plaque stolen!

According to The Bay Area Reporter and other news sources, a plaque of the late gay political icon has been lifted from its home in front of the Eureka Valley branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Photographer Daniel Nicoletta, who came up as a youth working in Harvey’s Castro Camera store and on his campaigns, suspects a motive beyond mere profit. He told the B.A.R. “It definitely stinks of a political message to me. It’s not just some random vandalism by people hanging out in that plaza.”

Mendocino Gothic

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#OccupyMordor, porque no podemos permitir que haya un anillo único para gobernarnos a todos

Occupy Mordor! “Because One Ring Should Not Be Allowed to Rule Them All.” via Juventud Sin Futura – and friend of this site Guo-Juin Hong.

#OWS comes to small college towns: #OccupyCarbondale and #OccupyArcata

Photo via Occupy Carbondale

The Occupy Wall Street movement is spreading globally and regionally. Small college towns across the United States demonstrate contrasting responses. Protesters in Carbondale, Illinois have been huddling under a model of Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome on the campus of Southern Illinois University. Campus police are considering removing the dome. According to Freshman Derrick Burns: “We had about 20 tents set up. Now look – zero, it’s a shame.” Read more and see video here.

"2:40 and still no police" Photo via Occupy Arcata

Meantime in Arcata, California, home of Humboldt State University, 20 days into a camp-out, there have been some individual arrests, but the protests enjoy wide community support and the City Council is meeting to discuss installation of portable toilets and other amenities at the encampment.

Jam the Giant Poodle and Horse Friend

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Amazing Mantid

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San Francisco Sunrise

Thursday morning, a Mission sunrise shot from my pre-dawn commute.
As one of my friends remarked when she saw this picture, one of the few perks of starting work early is getting to see the sun rise.
-AidanAbroad

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