Protest In Ithaca, NY
Indivisible Tompkins

https://indivisibletompkins.org/

Hey so I don't know how many people might be seeking a relatively low-paid job* at a very inclusive library in a mildly welcoming town, but my local library is expanding its physical premises and is now also hiring a new library clerk. This position is full time, doesn't require advanced degrees, and comes with good benefits and, if it's like my civil service job, also comes with a guaranteed pay raise of 2-3% every year.

*a bit less than 35K per year

Anyway my upstate NY people please spread this around!

#Hiring #GetFediHired #FediJobs #Classifieds #NYS #UpstateNY

https://hmloneonta.org/

Damn. A struggling small town newspaper. In print for 150+ years. But tariffs on Canadian products meant their paper costs 25% more now. That was the final nail in the coffin. The Cortland Standard, one of the 5 oldest family-owned newspapers in the USA, is shuttering.

#news #breaking #NYS #upstateNY

https://www.cortlandstandard.com/stories/goodbye-cortland-and-godspeed,133575

Support for Trump remains solid in Upstate N.Y. Support for his tariffs? Not so much
While some Americans living just across the Canada-U.S. border are standing behind the president and his trade war, many see it as unnecessary and fear it could harm their country's relationship with their closest neighbour.
#politics #trade #economy #UpstateNY #Canada #US
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/new-york-state-reacts-to-trump-tariffs-for-canada-1.7477918?cmp=rss

Omg so someone wrote a musical about bigots trying to cancel Drag Queen Story Hour, and it's debuting in Glens Falls NY! On June 6. On account of the story is about the Rockwell Falls Public Library in Lake Luzerne, NY, and will star Scarlett Sagamore, the original cancelled drag queen. I think this is a great way to deal with the confusion and trauma of such a series of events.

Indeed, they're still casting so spread the word, thespians!

#NY #upstateNY #Drag #DragQueens #theater #CommunityTheater #LGBTQIA #QueerCulture #DragQueenStoryHour #MusicalTheater #satire

https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/controversial-library-closure-inspires-new-musical-in-upstate-new-york

We will not be silent

The first college radio broadcast, in 1920, was under the personal call letters of Wendell W. King, a Black Union College student, the chief engineer and an avid amateur radio hobbyist from the age of 12.

WRUC did an excellent job telling his story, including the race-based discrimination he faced at #Schenectady General Electric. You can read it here:

https://www.union.edu/news/stories/201708/making-waves-race-radio-and-legacy-wendell-king-24

I love my little town.
I saw this at the supermarket I frequent and smiled so big.
Go home ICE.
No one wants you here.
The people have spoken!

More photos from the rally in Ithaca, NY

Protest rally against Ice

here was my first real attempt at a tracked milky way! Was able to do a 90 second exposure at 85mm!! Nuts!
#astrophotography #milkyway #getoutside #stars #galaxy #galaxies #adirondacks #adirondack #startracker #upstateny #starscape #teamnikon

Working on a fun #LocalHistory piece, and it turns out that I've written about "Lefty Pierce" before without knowing it – under his real name, he's featured in a fairly famous photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine of a group of #Albany newsboys. More to come. #AlbanyNY #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #UpstateHistory #AlbanyHistory #histodons

The pondabove the dam in Buttermilk falls was at a low level when I took this picture last weekend

This is the view down the valley from the road in front of my house (I filled the disk on my computer which got me to look at my old Lightroom catalog)