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MUSIC HAPPΞNING: Happy 85th birthday to Black American Country singer Linda Martell (June 4, 1941) 🎞 Linda Martell sings 'Bad Case of the Blues' on Hee-Haw, 1970

Marjane Satrapi November 22, 1969—June 4, 2026 'Persepolis' 2007

BΞΛT HΞΛVΞN: Happy 100th birthday to American Beat poet, Allen Ginsberg June 3, 1926—April 5, 1997

June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead a major military operation in the U.S. during the Civil War. She guided 150 Black Union soldiers on the Combahee River Raid in South Carolina, destroying millions in Confederate supplies and liberating nearly 800 enslaved people. #USHistory

I moved from S.F. to L.A. 20 years today.

Jean-Michel Basquiat transformed his anger into art, using raw, expressive strokes and bold symbolism to challenge racism, power structures, and societal inequality.

“I wasn’t attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived.”―Agnès Varda

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#TGIF

I am war.

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 by Yoko Ono, 1970 Music composed by John Lennon

#FridayFeeling

Sociologist Randall Blazak #MidtermElection2026

Valie Export May 17, 1940—May 14, 2026 🎞 Body Actions, Finger Poem (Sehtext: Fingergedicht), 1973

ΜØØĐ courtesy of Elizaveta Polyakova & Dominic Kiessling

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❝Creativity is dangerous to fascism because when we are creating, we are not consuming or generating ad revenue while doomscrolling or mindlessly swallowing state propaganda as truth.❞‬—Yumi Sakugawa

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

...and Beautiful, variety show, 1969 hosted by Redd Foxx

#VotingRightAct1965

Save The Catalyst Santa Cruz, California scbuysthecataylst.com

RΞMΞMBΞRING Jamaican singer-songwriter Millie Small October 6, 1947 – May 5, 2020 🎞 Millie's practice session with The Vanguards, 1966.

MUSIC HΞΛVΞN: Happy birthday to English composer and legendary electronic musician Delia Derbyshire May 5, 1937—July 3, 2001 ❝I did rebel. I did a lot of things I was told not to do.❞

Happy heavenly birthday to American folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger May 3, 1919—January 27, 2014 🎞 Pete singing 'We Shall Overcome' in Berlin, 1967

45-year old Guido Reichstadter is occupying the top of Washington’s Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge to protest the war on Iran.

The only thing that separates you from being at peace or suffering. #WednesdayWisdom

#MondayMotivation