#OnThisDay in 1989, Deng Xiaoping sent tanks into Tiananmen Square to carry out the #TiananmenMassacre, killing untold thousands. Xi Jinping has banned discussion of this history & the regime's suppression of #democracy but outside of #China, we remember... www.history.com/this-day-in-...

George III of England (1738), #RosalindRussell (1907), Charles Collingwood (1917), Geoffrey Palmer (1927), Ruth Westheimer (1928), Mortimer Zuckerman (1937), Cecilia Bartoli (1966), Angelina Jolie (1975) Alexei Navalny (1976) & Earvin 'Magic' Johnson (1992) were born #OnThisDay...

#LéonBlum formed his first government #OnThisDay in 1936 after the Front Populaire won a sweeping victory in parliamentary elections in #France, initiating important reforms such as collective bargaining & the right to strike; vive le #FrontPopulaire~! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9...

Queens for #Palestine will be marching in the Queens Pride Parade on Sunday, June 7; meet us at 89th St. & 37th Ave. in Jackson Heights between 11 a.m.—12 noon; bring flags, banners, placards & friends~! 🍉 docs.google.com/forms/d/1-rJ... www.meetup.com/queens-for-p... www.jotform.com/form/2614657...

Portugal & Austria were able to defeat #Germany's bid for a seat on the #UNSecurityCouncil in good part because of the #BundesrepublikDeutschland's unconditional support for #ApartheidIsrael's #GazaGenocide & violent ethnic cleansing of the West Bank: apnews.com/article/un-s...

Cathy Marino-Thomas & me at the Queens Pride Parade 13 years ago yesterday (6.2.13)

I marched with the Queens Pride House contingent in the Queens Pride Parade 13 years ago yesterday (6.2.13)

I was on a panel on "Indivisibility of Justice and Global Solidarities: From Palestine to Standing Rock, Puerto Rico to Missouri" at the 2017 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders & Sexualities nine years ago yesterday (6.2.17) berks.confex.com/berks/berks1...

#PenelopeWilton was born in Scarborough Yorkshire #OnThisDay in 1946, starring in many plays, TV shows & films but only coming to worldwide attention as Isobel Crawley sparring with Dame Maggie Smith as Lady Violet in "Downton Abbey": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelop...

I'm enjoying some succulent organic plums I bought yesterday at my local health food store; they're loaded with antioxidants & they help stabilize blood sugar as well as keep the bowels moving~! #Pflaumen #plómur #plommer #plommon #prunes #prugne #자두 health.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-of-...

I'm enjoying four #quaileggs — a wonderful delicacy loaded with ovomucoid protein — a natural anti-allergenic... #Wachteleier #vaktelägg #oeufsdecaille #uovadiquaglia #메추리알 www.webmd.com/diet/what-to... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail_e...

I'm enjoying four #quaileggs — a wonderful delicacy loaded with ovomucoid protein — a natural anti-allergenic... #Wachteleier #vaktelägg #oeufsdecaille #uovadiquaglia #메추리알 www.webmd.com/diet/what-to... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail_e...

I attended the Lambda Literary Awards ceremony 12 years ago today & the Lammys 'after' party, where Efrain Gonzalez took this photo of me on the rooftop where I was enjoying the view of #NewYorkCity with #LGBTQ literati from around the country & around the world... (6.3.14) www.lambdaliterary.org

I'm watching the debate among the three candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 7th House district & they're all saying they're progressive & independent though Julie Won is trailing Claire Valdez & Antonio Reynoso, who are neck & neck in the polls in NY7 🗳️

"A pregnant #elephant died after a local allegedly fed her a pineapple stuffed with fire crackers" six years ago; this was #AnimalCruelty of a truly horrific order; #elephants are among the most intelligent of all animals~! (cartoon by Carlos Latuff) www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/p...

#JeffersonDavis was born #OnThisDay in 1808, becoming Confederate president in 1862; his #WhiteSupremacy lives on in #DonaldTrump's #MAGA — though we shouldn't forget the role that Genocide #JoeBiden & many Democrats have played in advancing white supremacy~! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffers...

Deng Xiaoping ordered troops into Tiananmen Square #OnThisDay in 1989 to commence the Tiananmen Square Massacre in which countless thousands of unarmed protestors were murdered by the PRC regime for demanding #democracy in China; #NeverForget~! www.history.com/this-day-in-...

Wallis Warfield Simpson married the former #EdwardVIII #OnThisDay in 1937; the Duke & Duchess of Windsor may have had style, but they were right-wing #Nazi sympathizers & the #UnitedKingdom was better off without Edward VIII as king during World War II~! www.history.com/this-day-in-...

I just lightly steamed some organic #spinach — which is loaded with Vitamin A, Vitamin K, potassium & other nutrients — & drizzled some olive oil on it; vives les #épinards~! #spinaci #Spinat #시금치 www.webmd.com/diet/health-... www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/spinach

Thursday: "community leaders, historians, artists & advocates gather in Round Rock to dedicate an Official Texas Historical Marker honoring Barbette, one of the world's most celebrated performers of the early 20th century": cbsaustin.com/news/local/r...

Freda Josephine McDonald was born #OnThisDay in 1906, creating a sensation in #Paris. Joséphine Baker; the 'Black Venus' was not only a great artist but also a participant in the #CivilRights movement; here she is singing "Rêves": www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5C... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephi...

I spoke with Bil Browning about Barney Frank on Out-FM yesterday & then with Daniel Lee about poetry & politics: outfm.org/liberation/i...

#GeorgeV was born #OnThisDay in 1865, reigning as king from 1910 to 1936; rescinding his invitation to the tsar to come to #England resulted in the execution of Nicholas & Alexandra & their children; the king never recovered from the shock & the guilt he felt... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V

#DonaldTrump's secretary of defense was on the front page of Monday's Dong-a Ilbo 동아일보 (6.1.26). #PeteHegseth is the least qualified secretary of defense in US history & no South Korean official should be posing for pictures with this transphobic fascist~! #한국 #조선 #대한민국 www.donga.com/en/article/a...

#KeirStarmer now has the lowest approval rating & the highest disapproval rating of any prime minister in British history; not mentioned by the iPaper (6.2.26): the role played by the #Zionist's support for #ApartheidIsrael & its #GazaGenocide in the collapse of his moral authority...

#VladimirPutin should be prosecuted for war crimes for his genocidal war on the people of #Ukraine which will secure his place in history — not as the heir to Peter the Great but rather as the dictator who ensured #Russia's terminal decline as a great power (Globe & Mail, 6.3.26)

"Gaza has changed the world forever. It has shown us... that all the lofty platitudes of the West about universal human rights are hollow & useless. That our leaders are morally bankrupt & utterly worthless," writes Kenn Maurice Orfanos: kennorphan.substack.com/p/gaza-has-c...

I'm breaking my fast with #dairyfree coconut yogurt, organic raw blue agave nectar, wild blueberries, organic walnuts & 100% cacao unsweetened chocolate chips, eating for the first time in 16 hours; read the Mercy for Animals report on #AnimalCruelty in the #dairy industry: dairy.mercyforanimals.org

#Patagonia is suing #PattieGonia over trademark infringement; if the company really cared about the #environment, they wouldn't be going after an environmental activist working to raise consciousness in the #LGBTQ community about the environment~! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...

Seb & me in Jackson Heights 12 years ago yesterday (6.1.14)

Jefferson Davis (1808), George V of England (1865), Jan Peerce (1904), Josephine Baker (1906), Alain Resnais (1922), Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) (1925), #AllenGinsberg (1926), Raúl Castro (1931), Penelope Wilton (1946), Anderson Cooper (1967) & Rafael Nadal (1986) were born #OnThisDay...

Rodrigo Salazar took this shot of the Queens Pride House contingent in the Queens Pride Parade 13 years ago today (6.2.13)

I marched in the Queens Pride House contingent in the Queens Pride Parade 12 years ago yesterday (6.1.14)

Oliver Hummel, Michael Crossfox (president of the Queens Pride Lions Club) & me 12 years ago yesterday (6.1.14)

#BariWeiss fired #ScottPelley for speaking truth to power as the self-proclaimed '#Zionist fanatic' fires #60Minutes veteran staff left & right in order to make #CBSNews a propaganda vehicle for #DonaldTrump & #ApartheidIsrael; this is the end of CBS News... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...

#RazanNajjar was murdered by Israeli snipers eight years ago, yet the #NewYorkTimes printed a deliberately misleading headline; today, #ApartheidIsrael continues to pursue genocide in Gaza — funded with $3.8 billion a year in US taxes + $50 billion+ more 🍉 electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-ab...

Korean words for vegetables... #보리차 #도전 #한국어 #조선말 #한국말 #한국 #조선 #대한민국 #남한 #남조선

Elizabeth II was crowned queen of #England in Westminster Abbey #OnThisDay in 1953; I don't believe in monarchy, but even a republican can appreciate QEII's diligence & the coronation portrait by the great photographer Cecil Beaton... #photography en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronat...

Ryan Janek Wolowski interviewing Brooke Cerda Guzmán & me after the Queens Pride Parade 13 years ago today (6.2.13)

Thomas Howard executed for treason at 36 #OnThisDay in 1572; the 4th Duke of Norfolk conspired to assassinate #ElizabethTudor & put #MaryQueenOfScots on the throne of #England but the Ridolfi plot was foiled — a turning point in the history of Europe... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...

I curried organic shiitake mushrooms, steamed organic spinach & tossed it all on sourdough spaghetti, sprinkling za'atar on the funghi in solidarity with all those in Iran, Lebanon & Palestine under fire from #ApartheidIsrael — funded with $3.8 billion a year in US taxes + $50 billion in new funding

I awoke from a #dream five years ago today in which I was writing an essay in German about Ludwig van Beethoven; I can only remember writing, "Beethoven's Musik habe ich als Kind gespielt" & "Friedrich Schiller's Gedicht inspiriert mich..." (6.2.21) #Träume #träumen de.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_die_...

#EdwardElgar was born #OnThisDay in 1857; in the US, he's known for the "Pomp & Circumstance March" No. 1 but in #England, it's sung to a text entitled "Land of Hope & Glory" & always concludes the BBC Proms in London, as here in 2014: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2-4... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_...

Republican Sen. #JosephMcCarthy made false accusations of Communist infiltration of the CIA #OnThisDay in 1954; #JoeMcCarthy's heirs are the #Zionists who use false charges of anti-Semitism to silence critics of #ApartheidIsrael's occupation of Palestine~! www.history.com/this-day-in-...

I marched with the Queens Pride House contingent in the Queens Pride Parade 12 years ago today (6.1.14) (photo via Rodrigo Photography)

Marquis de Sade (1740), Edward Elgar (1857), Johnny Weismuller (1904), Constantine II of Greece (1940), Stacy Keach (1941), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Mark Elder (1947), Jerry Mathers (1948), #GilbertBaker (1951), Dana Carvey (1955), Wayne Brady (1972) & Dominic Cooper (1978) were born #OnThisDay...

"Pig Little Lies" is on NJPBS now; it's a very compelling story of a family of pot-bellied pigs & the moral of the story is, don't adopt tiny little baby pigs if you're not willing to take care of them for the rest of their lives when they get bigger & harder to handle... 🐖 🐷

Jonathan Cook tweeted five years ago, "For obvious reasons (its moral clarity), this cartoon in the #BostonGlobe provoked a severe backlash from the Israel lobby. The Globe is usually too cowardly to run anything so critical of Ӏsrael"; since then, #ApartheidIsrael has accelerated the genocide... 🍉

#ChristianeVulpius was born in Weimar #OnThisDay in 1765, becoming the lover & then the wife of #JohannWolfgangVonGoethe — speaking to the dictum that behind every great man is a good woman, even one who had to endure disdain from the local elite... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christi...

I marched with the Queens Pride House contingent in the Queens Pride Parade 12 years ago today (6.1.14)