Author Archives: Mel Green

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 2011-06-14: From Portland to Minneapolis

After four nights in Portland — one camping on the street along the Rose Parade route with Right 2 Survive, another with my friends Genny & Deirdre, & two more with my beloved ex-partner Ptery at Dignity Village — it … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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