The Democratic Socialists of America have a big question to answer — a 24,000-person strong question. According to a recent announcement, that’s how many members the group claims to have, thanks in part to the interest in socialism prompted by the insurgent presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders and as a reaction to the election of a far-right president in Donald Trump. But, as 800 delegates descend on Chicago for the DSA National Convention this week, the group must figure out how its masses of card-carrying socialists will engage in electoral politics.
Local chapters have debated how much energy to put into running for office versus engaging in issue advocacy, and whether to align with Democrats or work on building a new political party.
Enter Jabari Brisport — a DSA-endorsed, Green Party candidate for New York’s 35th City Council District — who offers one potential path forward for the group.
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— og rob 🥀 (@ogrob__)July 31, 2017
Last year more than 127,000 different men, women, and children slept in the shelters. And in 2015, though the city managed to move 38,000 people from shelters to more permanent housing, the number of homeless increased. The administration’s most optimistic forecast sees no significant decrease in homelessness over the next five years; the aim is merely to keep it from growing.
Trylon and Perisphere - New York World’s Fair 1939 commemorative linen postcard. (via Yesterdays-Paper)
Night image of the Theme Center of the 1939 - 1940 NY World’s Fair.
The name “Perisphere” was coined using the Greek prefix peri-, meaning “all around”, “about”, or “enclosing” and "Trylon" was coined from the phrase “triangular pylon”.
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— Squirrel Girl (@unbeatablesg)July 23, 2017
Earlier this year, New York City Council members Vanessa Gibson and Daniel Garodnick introduced the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act, which would require public disclosure and dialogue on the New York Police Department’s purchase and use of surveillance equipment. The bill is in the weaker vein of similar legislation passed or under consideration by lawmakers in 19 cities across the U.S., where elected officials hope to write use policies and approve or deny the purchase of surveillance gear.
Criminal justice reform and civil rights groups have praised the POST Act for the transparency it brings to NYPD spy equipment purchases, but the bill already faces a steep path to passage as law. Mayor Bill de Blasio opposes it, meaning the city council will need to approve the legislation with at least 34 votes to override the mayor’s veto.
The tough odds haven’t stopped the NYPD from throwing itself into a bare-knuckles publicity campaign to push back against the proposed legislation.
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west side manhattan construction, june 2017
Project by Abhishek Singh is an AR recreation of the first level of Super Mario Brothers to be played first-person with the Microsoft Hololens headset:
Super Mario Bros meets Augmented Reality in this crazy life sized first person experience! I recreated the iconic first level, dressed up as Mario and then played it in Central Park (NYC). Built in Unity3D for the Microsoft Hololens. This video was recorded entirely through the hololens with no post production.
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