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  1. a jpg. Warning: time to step it up. #Meudon #latergram #nofilter.

    #Wednesday #warning #sign #step

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  2. a jpg. #Inception bridge at twilight, naturally. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #bridge #dreamlike #twilight #memoryindex

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  3. a jpg. Cute little hotel in #Trocadero, not mine. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #hotel #corner #streets #intersection

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  4. a jpg. Another view up the Tour Eiffel. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #toureiffel #eiffeltower

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  5. a jpg. Looking up at Tour Eiffel. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #toureiffel #eiffeltower #stairs #nexttime

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  6. a jpg. In the neighborhood of Tour Eiffel. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #eiffeltower #toureiffel

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  7. @dret to be fair, #AS2 added JSONLD *before* drafts @W3C @SocialWebWG. WG made JSONLD optional. cc @sandro.
    PuSH impls today are Atom, RSS, h-feed. No RDF. https://indiewebcamp.com/PubSubHubbub#IndieWeb_Examples

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  8. a jpg. The Café Gourmand is one of the best French #dessert inventions because it comes with a little mini version of so many. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #espresso #raspberry #chantilly #almondcake #cremebrulee #pear #sorbet

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  9. a jpg. The most amazing #seared #scallops I've ever had. #platdujour #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #special #seafood #pescetarian #dinner #food

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  10. a jpg. Chilled rosé outside on a hot Tuesday. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

    #glass #table #reflecting overhead #striped #slats across the #wine glass.

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  11. a jpg. Green passageway along the #Seine river. #Paris #latergram #nofilter

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  12. a jpg. 🗽💪🏻🔥 Replica of lady liberty's flame (also Lady Di memorial). #Paris #latergram #nofilter

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  13. a jpg. Pain au Chocolat and an espresso upon arriving in Paris this past Tuesday. #latergram #nofilter.

    I've been in #Paris since Tuesday taking photos of nice things. Going to post more than usual here because it's one of those times where it's better to err on the side of posting more nice things rather than just one or so per day.

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  14. a jpg. Bad news can de-motivate; here’s some good:
    * 1970s #future #optimism space art https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/albums/72157669057850210

    #Pride2016
    * Orange County’s first ever Gay Pride Parade, today: http://www.prideoc.com/ and http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/06/24/with-orlando-in-mind-orange-county-prepares-for-first-ever-gay-pride-parade/
    * US Military unbanning transgender service members as of 2016-07-01: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/24/ban-transgender-troops-lifted-july-1/86347902/

    And last year:
    * Global Poverty Fell Below 10% for 1st Time in 2015
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    Keep making and sharing positive news.

    Previously: tantek.com/2016/042/t1/the-problem-to-solve-negative-news

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    #Brexit not victory for anyone.
    The shroud of the growing dark side of latent racism has fallen.
    Don’t gloat: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/british-lose-right-to-claim-that-americans-are-dumber

    Both recently deliberately stoked fears across US/Europe¹, and the aging² (but more likely to vote³) less educated⁴ sadly self-defeating⁵ are not to be underestimated — even financial markets⁶ and prediction markets were mistaken about Brexit outcome. Nevermind the polls.⁷

    We (in the US) must not underestimate these forces, or else we may suffer an even worse fate. The Republican Party already has (barring an improbable insurrection at their party convention next month).

    Think like a time-traveler.

    You wake up 2016-11-09 and Trump has won the presidency due to unexpectedly high turnout among the aging less educated, predominantly white, isolated/isolationist.

    Did you do everything in your power to prevent that outcome, or better, to promote an alternative outcome (Hillary being elected)?

    If not, what would you go back in time to change?

    You can travel back to 2016-06-25 to change what you did.

    How would you refocus your time and effort between then and now?

    These are the questions that Brexit has me asking myself.

    These are the questions I think we need to all ask ourselves.


    “I get things are bad. But what are we doing to fix it?” — Casey Newton, Tomorrowland (https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tomorrowland_%28film%29#Casey_Newton)



    References:

    ¹ Fears: http://www.npr.org/2016/06/25/483400958/from-brexit-to-trump-nationalist-movements-gain-momentum-around-world

    ² Old vs Young: http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/06/24/the_brexit_reveals_why_the_old_and_young_have_different_attitudes_about.html
    http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/brexit-referendum/britain-s-brexit-how-baby-boomers-defeated-millennials-historic-vote-n598481
    This itself may be a big enough divide to dig into further (no pun intended).

    ³ Turnout increased with age
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    ⁴ Less vs more educated
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    ⁵ Self-defeating:
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    ⁶ Market prediction failure:
    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-stocks-set-for-gains-after-brexit-polls-point-to-stay-vote-2016-06-23
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    ⁷ Polls failure: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/world/europe/brexit-polls-britain-european-union.html

    And just because I didn't know where else to put this, featured image from: https://twitter.com/rmayemsinger/status/746417220465483777
    “You MANIACS!” — @rmayemsinger

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