#Bay Area events

[duckmeat-woohoo]

I’m gonna be at SJMADE Summer Fair 2024 this upcoming weekend, July 6-7!

You can find me in the Weird & Wonderful section at table K10.

Location: Santa Clara Convention, 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054

Saturday: 11am - 5pm Sunday: 11am - 5pm

Free admission and free parking!

[brettesims]

ART EVENT

A 21+ First Fridays Event:🍷 ✍🏾 Join me & my art mentor for a monthly drink & draw event @Oakstop_ ! Really happy to be back to hosting IRL events! 🔗 Link below to grab tickets👇🏾:

[belleyellsaboutturtles]

the bay area turtles of cabin 5 want to know if your turtles wanna surfboard with them!

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

What's surfing? Sparky asked in Smokey's mind. Ah, right, the fire spirit didn't know.

You get on a board, go out into water, and ride waves, Smokey summed up, and maybe he was a little more curt than usual, but that was for good reason. Water was not their friend. Yeah, they could shower and drink it and whatnot, but Smokey had never been able to swim and hosting a fire spirit had just made his aversion to water worse. (It wouldn't harm them, Sparky had explained. It could weaken them, depending on circumstances, but mainly the spirit was like a cat and just hated water.) Smokey looked from the turtles to the beach and the water beyond. Surfing meant going out on the water. Deep water. Where he definitely couldn't reach. The thought made him duck his head into his shell - just a little, but definitely noticeable. And if he fell, he'd definitely go under, then he'd be completely submerged in water and he can't swim-

He offered up a polite smile, although it may have been a little shaky around the edges. "I'm good!" He answered the turtles in front of him, putting on his best chipper voice. "Thank you though! Sorry to disappoint. I'm sure there are others around who would love to. Water isn't really...my...thing... Maybe another time!" Or never. Smokey liked land and he was very happy staying on the sand, thank you.

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

[igottatho]

News. Didn’t sleep much last night so I’ll have to do captions and more detailed stuff later, my sincere apologies.

Here’s a sumup for Feb 22, 2024:

Norway has divested $500 million from Israel bonds. A huge win for BDS movements. More info and the original tweet thread can be found here.

Hundreds of protestors begin again in the Bay Area, directly to Biden’s fund raiser in SF. All of the standalone images are from this event, as reported by Kqed, found via Instagram here. Descriptions for images are attached to each. Entire post contents are as follows: “kqednews Protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza gathered Wednesday night near a fundraiser in San Francisco for President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign. Hundreds of activists filled Alta Plaza Park as part of the demonstration organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement and the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Protestors chanted "free, free Palestine" and "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" and urged the president to end U.S. aid to Israel. "How dare he visit San Francisco only to rake in cash, ignoring residents of a city which passed a ceasefire resolution with a supermajority?", said Suzanne Ali, a Palestinian Youth Movement member, in a written statement. "While Biden charges donors $100,000 for a ticket to his cocktail party, bombs labeled 'Made in the USA' are raining down on civilians in Gaza for the fourth consecutive month, killing over 13,000 Palestinian children and counting." "We are demanding that there is a permanent ceasefire now," said Party for Socialism and Liberation member Ramsey Robinson, who spoke at the protest. "That's our money, stolen from the people, stolen from the taxpayers, and we want to let Joe Biden know that we know that." President Biden is reportedly making multiple campaign stops in San Francisco and Los Altos Hills between Wednesday and Thursday. But Robinson thinks that other than "the tiny number of the super rich," Biden isn't popular in the Bay Area. Read for more details at kqed.org/news”

Girl Scouts have received funding from Raytheon Tech and has made “stay neutral” merch. We hates a neutral ass bitch, sorry Girl Scouts, not sorry. Full story, from @prem_thakker : “Wow—Girl scouts wanted to make bracelets to help aid Palestinian kids. @girlscouts leadership threatened them, saying they must "stay neutral." After it was pointed out there've been similar efforts for Ukraine, they pivoted, saying the troop didn't follow "approval processes:” Prem then displays another image which says: “The last sentence hit her hard: "Unfortunately, if this direct violation of the organization's governing documents and policies continues, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri and Girl Scouts of the United States have no other choice than to engage our legal counsel to help remedy this situation and to protect the intellectual property and other rights of the organization." "I got a little scared; I'm not gonna lie," she said. "I wondered, what are they going to do to me?* For years, she had strived to give these girls the opportunities she had missed out on herself. The troop had formed a sisterhood, growing up together since kindergarten. Abuhamdeh reached out to the other parents. They decided the organization's values didn't align with what they were trying to teach their daughters.” I’m unclear where this image/quote was taken from, presumably from the original reporting of STLtoday.com

There’s additional tweets from Prem, which talk more about Girlscouts & weapons contractors here. The images at source are screencaps (from the girlscout website) which I’ll share here:

The last two images are the most important; the first depicts an image of a Palestinian boy holding a blanket he has apparently salvaged from rubble. The tweet from @Times of Gaza reports at 2:50 am of Feb 22, “Day 139 | During the past 24 hours: 9 massacres committed by the Israeli occupation • 97 people killed • 132 injured.” At 10:52 am @Times of Gaza reports: “UPDATE | 23 people killed in the Deir Al-Balah airstrikes. The death toll is expected to rise.”

This continued loss of life is irreplaceable and my heart mourns for them. FREE PALESTINE please God.

Eta: I added text to all images for my comrades who need it. I also added a couple new images for Girl Scouts info (I had to remove a redundant img of the Kqed insta, in order to include this info). Please LMK in the notes if it’s more helpful/ easier for yall for img notes or directly in my post. My brain is fried, I’m sorry this is such a haphazard post.

Biden and Raytheon info will have to wait til tomorrow. I also hope to get some info/ articles up about Israel and diamond trade - responsible for a huge portion of Israel’s GDP and stolen exploited resources from the Congo.

[irequirealobotomy]

the bay area turtles want to know if your turtles wanna surfboard with them!

@tmnt-fandom-family-reunion

Bo grinned, eagerly nodding. “Yeah!!” He said excited. Beside him, Donnie just shrugged, this was better than losing track of him every six seconds, and Bo was half terrapin. Whats the worst that could happen?

“Don’t let him get killed,” The mutant told the bay area turtles threateningly, glaring daggers at them before he patted Bo’s head and turned away, leaving them to have fun surfing.

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[therafanatics]

RAFAEL CASAL - HEART OF OAKLAND / A BENEFIT FOR OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS (2019)

Rafael Casal at the benefit and art event for the Oakland School.

Pics by: Drew Altizer Photography

[xiaozhan-appreciation]

Xiao Zhan singing Walk Gracefully Once (潇洒走一回) at The Greater Bay Area Film Concert 2023

[midshipmank]

is anyone planning anything for the bell riots this september yet

[transfloridaresources]

[Photo ID: Orange and purple colored graphic with various swirl textures. Illustrations of a Transformer character and a human are around the text that reads: Frenzy's Bananas Birthday Bonanza!!! Friday, September 29th 2pm-8pm. Join us for a day of fun, food, and festivities at Frenzy's fundraiser birthday bash! Ring toss, bracelet making, slime creation, candle carving, & more! Food will include GF and V options. Please alert us to any food allergies! Suggested $10 minimum donation for attendees. RSVP FOR LOCATION. /End ID] Please email TeamKombatikon@protonmail.com to get the location. Graphic and event courtesy of kaoncitymedix. Fundraising will support harm reduction work in the Tampa Bay Area. If you don't have money to donate, attend anyway! Come have a safe, fun queer/trans time :) Please share to spread the word!

[brettesims]

Drink & Draw BTS

Thanx to everyone who came out to my first Drink & Draw event! I had so much fun and an epic First Friday adventure after! Can’t wait until next First Friday yee ✍🏾✨🥂

~ B

[spirithotline]

catalog for anime impulse bay area folks! find me at table 206 this weekend july 29-30 B)

[handheldcatering]

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[spitblaze]

Dragonspiral for sure, the one cliff for Keldeo maybe, absolutely the Giant Chasm or whatever for Kyurem, maybe the shrine for Landorus

Because Sinnoh is (ig) the first region and the divine first footstep of creation for the world, the whole region stinks of spiritual energy. Alola might be the same tbh.

i never fuckin did the keldeo event so idk what the cliff is but yeah this all makes sense. I wonder how much of any other given region would do it

[cannabrer]

I'm the Artist Of The Month at Haze!

I’m the Artist Of The Month at Haze!

I’ll be the artist of the month for January at Haze Rio Vista! On the 7th from 12PM PST to 2PM PST, I’ll be there for questions and discussion about my artwork. I’m excited to see how everything turns out and to discuss my process with you!