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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-19: Flying home

I checked out, had breakfast with some never-before-met-face-to-face online friends at the Hilton, caught my shuttle to the Minneapolis airport, and hung out reading at my gate until John Aronno of Alaska Commons turned up & we shared experiences until … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-18: Netroots Day 3

My more narrative account of this day — such as it is — can be found on Bent Alaska under the title “Bringing Netroots home to Alaska.” I slept in a bit.  The day began with a look out my … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-17: Netroots Day 2

My more formal write-up of this day at Netroots Nation 11 in Minneapolis can be found on Bent Alaska, titled “A Big Wild Lesbian at Netroots Nation.” 8:15-8:50 AM. Morning News Dump with Lizz Winstead and Friends Didn’t pay much … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-16: Netroots Day 1

Good morning from Netoots Nation. More tweeting all day long. Mostly keeping it off Facebook – follow me or hashtag #nn11 on Twitter. #fb# Ill also still use hashtag #nn11lgbt for LGBT relevant stuff. #fb# 8:00-8:50 AM. Morning News Dump … Continue reading

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The Daily Tweets 2011-06-15: LGBT Netroots Connect

These are my tweets for the day; a less fractured narrative account of the day can be found in my post for Bent Alaska called “The day at LGBT Netroots Connect.” This was the LGBT preconference for Netroots Nation. For … Continue reading

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

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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Prepping for Netroots Nation — #nn11 #nn11lgbt

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

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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I’m going to Netroots Nation

Mel the reluctant political blogger is going to Netroots Nation after all — on full scholarship through the LGBT Netroots Connect initiative. Wanna know what I said on my scholarship application? Then read this post.

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Help John Aronno of Alaska Commons go to Netroots Nation

I was delighted to learn that John had applied for the scholarship for Netroots Nation 2011; & I’m even more delighted to support his candidacy — both as a progressive blogger per se, and as a tremendous ally to LGBT Alaskans. Please vote for him!

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