Monthly Archives: June 2011

The Daily Tweets 2011-06-11: Right 2 Survive & Portland’s Rose Parade

Posted on Sun, 12 June 2011 by Mel Green

My first night in Portland was spent with homeless activists — some actually homeless, others housed people who support homeless rights — on the streets of downtown Portland on the eve of Portland’s annual Rose Parade. There’s apparently some city … Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-10: Packing for Netroots

Posted on Sat, 11 June 2011 by Mel Green

Packing for 7 AM flight for weekend in PDX, followed by #nn11lgbt & #nn11 in Minneapolis. See all you AK Netroots folks in MN next week! #fb # Enjoyed witty social repartee w/ classic AK homophobe @ http://bit.ly/lMvTTp – check … Continue reading →

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My first Anchorage Pride, 1983 — and (some of) Identity’s early history

Posted on Sat, 11 June 2011 by Mel Green

Crossposted at Bent Alaska My first Pride in Anchorage, just short of a year after I first arrived in Alaska, was in June 1983. This was my second Pride march overall — my first had been in Boston in 1981, … Continue reading →

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Prepping for Netroots Nation — #nn11 #nn11lgbt

Posted on Fri, 10 June 2011 by Mel Green

A couple of weeks ago I announced that I’m going to Netroots Nation 11 on full scholarship through the LGBT Netroots Connect initiative. Now it’s time to finish preparing for it — if only because I’m about to fly outta here.

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An indictment of the Christian heresy followed by Palin & friends

Posted on Mon, 6 June 2011 by Mel Green

Andrew Sullivan has it right. With a few extra words from Paul Tillich, and applied to the Christian dominionist nationalism practiced & preached by the radical right.

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-05: Crushing on Dr. River Song

Posted on Sun, 5 June 2011 by Mel Green

Yep, I’m a Whovian now.  I also really like Dr. Song. Graham Norton has been spoiling me. Last wk: kd lang. This wk: Alex Kingston — my latest crush Dr. River Song on “Doctor Who.” Mmmmmm. #fb # (I’ve never … Continue reading →

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-04

Posted on Sat, 4 June 2011 by Mel Green

RT: @Mari_Kurisato: Noomi Rapace set a high bar for Millenium Trilogy. Also high bar for being "jam my fist in my mouth" hot. / oh yeah #fb #

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-03: The Netroots Nation 11 mobile phone app is just as cool as bow ties

Posted on Fri, 3 June 2011 by Mel Green

Yesterday morning in the wee hours, I discovered the Netroots Nation 11 app in the iTunes store. I downloaded it. I added my contact info and discovered that I was the fourth person to have done so. I hope others are coming!

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