Britta Gustafson

@brittagus

; I help at , made ; I like harp & queer history. . I’m . she/her

San Francisco, CA
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Joined June 2011
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  1. 9 minutes ago

    If you’re looking for something more to do: if you have a chance to sign up for National Lawyers Guild Legal Observer volunteer training, and if it’s a role you’re able to do, I recommend it. It’s just one of many kinds of helpful things, but it’s good.

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    8 hours ago

    . on addressing calls for 'civility' in tech: 1 Put the value of civility into context 2 Learn to recognize when calls for civility are actually requests to stop pointing out bias 3 Prepare for people deliberately abusing the concept of civility

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  3. Jul 6

    This is neat and reminds me of Invisible 5, an audio tour designed to be listened to while driving the freeway between SF and LA: - “the stories of people and communities fighting for environmental justice along the I-5 corridor”.

    ✨NEW✨ After wanting to have this for years, I just built this little app that will read you Wikipedia articles about the places you drive through on a road trip 🚗
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    Jul 6

    Code for America is hiring. Help us clear weed convictions off of people's records. Help us feed more hungry California families. Help us keep people out of jail for bullshit.

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    Jul 6

    This is a smart thread full of realistic failure modes that are all a zillion times scarier than my green card being lost in the mail:

    New USCIS policy means anyone who files for an immigration benefit that's denied, leaving them out of status, will be put into removal proceedings. Sound ok? It's not. Let's take some examples to drive the point home how awful this is.
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    Jul 1

    Anyone who remembers 1980s queer history, or doesn't, needs to read this. And makes me wonder: how much evidence of today's movements won't even get stuffed in an attic, now so much communication is online?

    This is a thread about what my friend found in her attic.
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  7. Jun 30

    I saw a mention of a “Sacred Harp” community group and looked it up, and it appears to be an American singing tradition with no actual harp involved at all! But it’s still interesting:

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  8. Jun 29

    This is a great story from a obituary for a Mission muralist, Tony Machado: - I’ve been inside that Bank of America but didn’t look closely at the mural, so now I need to go look again!

    “With Rios and Montez, Machado also painted Homage to Siqueiros in 1974 above the tellers’ area inside the Bank of America building at 23rd and Mission. Though commissioned by a bank, Cordova describes Homage as a “flagrantly anti-capitalism” work that “undermined their corporate sponsor.” Today, the anti-capitalist mural is insured for more than $1 million.”
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  9. Jun 28
    Replying to

    Forgot to cc - might be of interest to you too if you haven’t seen this one!

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  10. Jun 28

    Looking forward to “The History, Legacy, and Continued Impact of the Mujeres Muralistas” at on July 19: - their work and influence are all around where I live and so good! (Here’s a current favorite from Balmy Alley.)

    Mural about immigration from Central America to the US, with illustrations of women almost like angels looking over a border, guitarist, children, and houses
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    Jun 27

    We're so excited to announce our Q&A Panel for BLACK PANTHERS IN '68: We will be joined by Cornelius Moore, co-director of the California Newsreel, and organizer/scholar Erika Walker of SFSU's Department of Africana Studies. Screening tomorrow only!

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    Jun 26

    Life hack: carry a black sharpie in your purse at all times. Not only is it surprisingly useful, it means you're always able to mark over N*zi graffiti and *dentity *vropa stickers when you see them! Seen these at least twice in the bay area recently. Grab your sharpies.

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    Jun 26

    ARTIST: Augusta Savage (African American, 1892-1962) WORK: Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp), 1939 Savage once won an art fellowship to Paris but was later refused by the French when they learned she was black. The Harp was created for the 1939 World's Fair and then destroyed.

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    Jun 26

    You can now pre-order a print of this, OR download one to print yourself to take to a protest! 100% of profits will be split between & donated to and , I will only be retaining production & shipping costs.

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  15. Jun 23

    I would like a YouTube playlist that sequences “How It’s Made” videos making things with corresponding Red Hot Nickel Ball videos melting the things that were made. This would be very relaxing.

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  16. Jun 23

    When you sign up to volunteer at all of the SF Trans March, Dyke March, and main Pride event, you get the prize that is joy in your little bi heart, grateful to the organizers and activists and rioters working toward queer and trans liberation both long before me and now. 💗💜💙

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  17. Jun 22

    This is “O’Carolan’s Concerto” by Turlough O’Carolan, with playing a ukulele tuned like a mandolin. :D

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  18. Jun 21

    Thinking about a map project and excited about “Mapping the East Bay’s ‘Long Lost’ History” on Wednesday next week, with at :

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    Jun 20

    Okay I'm going to go on a bit of a rant about complexity in public policy. Working on SNAP (food stamps) for a number of years now I've seen just how complex this program is, but also how that complexity creates significant costs to the people whose lives it seeks to improve.

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  20. Jun 20

    Because if your group/org/company puts up a colorful icon, also put up something about how you build that into your practices and principles. <3

    The 18F Content Guide has recommendations for inclusive and respectful language in government services, including for gender and sexuality: - including making content gender-neutral where possible, and using singular “they” as a gender-neutral pronoun.
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