Tag Archives: black lives matter

Godspeed you black empress

Posted on July 5, 2020 by markweiss86
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BAMR mural Sacramento auspice for Palo Alto BLACK LIVES MATTER

Posted on July 2, 2020 by markweiss86

Demetris Washington artist known as BAMR has a mural in Sacramento from 2018 with the diamond image or icon featured in the “B” of his mural here.I also like his version of Edgar Al Poe raven and tell tale heart.Flows … Continue reading →

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PROTECT THE MURAL

Posted on July 1, 2020 by markweiss86

k I think the BLACK LIVES MATTER mural in front of City Hall 250 Hamilton is a high water mark for culture here in the last 25 or 30 years. Kudos to the makers, staff, volunteers and leaders. In that … Continue reading →

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The rail: Good week for Avenue Beat from Quincy and Nashville, bad week for TJ DeStefano of San Jose and Palo Alto: fuck 2020 low key ok?

Posted on June 30, 2020 by markweiss86

 Or as the woman once said: some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug  Debug. like dis:

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b 2 B VS Liverpool champs oh sit down

Posted on June 28, 2020 by markweiss86

i start my morning by walking the dog then sitting to read The New York Times. I had two tear sheets from yesterday’s news. Actually I carried a bit of it in my bath robe because I could not find … Continue reading →

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Yesterday, last year or medieval?

Posted on June 20, 2020 by markweiss86

Aram James a retired public defender and also an activist in our community – – a former Gunn football player from the 1960s, who, also as much as anyone else avidly followed my three attempts at running for city council, … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto wokely

Posted on June 20, 2020 by markweiss86
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God bless Brianna Noble the woman on horseback at Oakland Black Lives Matter protests

Posted on June 9, 2020 by markweiss86

thanks to Oakland Roots soccer club for hipping me to this via their mural in their blast: also not sure I already said this but what about Ruth Bader’s use of the quote of boot on my deck and women’s … Continue reading →

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Mayor Fine opens meeting but does not resign; votes to close session, for labor negotiations, per agenda and as exception to Brown Act

Posted on June 8, 2020 by markweiss86

bw Gunn graduate and PhD in communications and robotics Leila Takayama Conversation with Kamla bhatt   Toggling between channels 23 and 26 makes me want to Outro this short item with a Beatles song one after 909 I guess it … Continue reading →

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Drop the fucking mic, mayor of Palo Alto

Posted on June 6, 2020 by markweiss86

    I saw the mayor of Palo Alto speak today. Not really, I got there too late to see the podium. I could barely hear the speakers. There were 10,000 people at Hamilton and Ramona, 250 Hamilton. I taped … Continue reading →

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