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[brooklyndadshow]

Climate Week is here! Cue music!

Today I have my first event for Climate Week! I've been getting psyched up for representing my company, Unified Ground, at Climate Week for weeks. This year feels different than other years - a lot different. I feel much more connected to my environmental justice community and community of people of color in energy and justice than I have before. Conferences and climate week in particular can feel so overwhelming. Honestly a lot of coporate things that don't feel like they have anything to do with change. This year, I'm connected to so people and projects so all the events feel natural for me to be a part of. Here's what I wrote on LinkedIn today:

NYC Climate Week is Here! 🎉 It’s going to be a full exciting week of events starting with opening night of the Climate Film Festival tonight!! I’m feeling really connected to my environmental justice community and I’m looking forward to seeing so many people in person.  If you want to know all the places I’ll be, send me a message and I can send you the full schedule. Here are the key events you can find me at: 

Climate Film Festival: I’m Moderating the panel "SHORTS: Power Shift: Defying Fossil Fuels" on Sunday, September 21st at 12:30 PM at DCTV.  I’ll also be attending films and the closing ceremony on Sunday. (https://climatefilmfest.eventive.org/schedule/shorts-power-shift-defying-fossil-fuels-66bc11ef3bea91005c3b6dd8 )

Make It in Brooklyn Climate Tech Pitch Contest: Pitching Unified Ground’s business in front of industry judges on Tuesday, September 23rd at 6 PM at Hana House. (https://lu.ma/ghfgy25v) 

New Climate Futures @Newlab: We have a small display as part of the Founder’s Fellowship program and I’ll be at the conference on Thursday, September 26th from 10 AM to 6 PM at Newlab. (https://www.newlab.com/new-climate-futures )

Climate Karaoke 🎤: If you know me well you know my love of Karaoke so no way I was going to pass up this event at one of my favorite spots Planet Rose Thursday, September 26th at 8 PM. (https://lu.ma/climatekaraoke )

Climate Justice Lives Here! Festival - Finishing the week in Brooklyn where Climate Justice Lives!!  Pier 4 Brooklyn Army Terminal, September 28th 2-7pm (https://www.uprose.org/event/save-the-date-climate-justice-action-in-september-2024/ )

Hope to see you! 🌱

#ClimateWeek #NYC #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Innovation #PanelDiscussion #PitchCompetition #Conference #Karaoke #climatejustice #environmentaljustice #ClimateJusticeLivesHere

Now I wouldn't be me if I didn't add some fun creative for Climate Justice and Climate Week. So Created some ClimateWeek songs and images!

[blackhistorychatgpt]

Struggle for equality - past, present, future

For last Black History month I started up this blog to use chatgpt to create history around black history. I'm going to be doing that again this month but adding imagery using midjourney and dalle3.

To start off, I wanted to show images of the past, present, and the future of the struggle for equality. I'll put the prompts in the comments. Please like, share, and subscribe. So much more to come.

You can also check out my creative on all other channels here - https://linktr.ee/brooklyndad

[iamnomad98]

Democrat Twitter: one of the most annoying spaces on the site

[halfthebrain]

pls pls pls give me more Papa!Harvey and BrooklynDad!Mike. They’d totally trade in that bachelor pad for a nice brownstone home. Mike would bat his eyelashes twice and Harvey would cave.

I mean Harvey is still Harvey and the house is stupid expensive with an underground parking garage somehow that he can access through their backyard entrance. He doesn’t want to rely on Ray too much anymore because he likes to pick up their little daughter himself.

Maybe they have two kids, maybe one. Who knows. During summer break they actually go on vacation together. Both make a point to work less.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

“Asking someone what they’re talking about proves society is broken. Somehow. Don’t think about the logic, just nod and retweet.” - BrooklynDad, professional mouthpiece, and derogatoryapparently, apparently.

Needless to say, Ancap got blocked for his post.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3671740

https://crimeresearch.org/2015/06/comparing-death-rates-from-mass-public-shootings-in-the-us-and-europe/

[beardedmrbean]

Hmmm about HawaiiDelilah Twitter person…don’t native Hawaiians have a passive aggressive (or heavy disdain) towards the us government? Since you know….the government overthrown their monarchy and they can’t find their first king due to fear of the us government stealing it at the time.

Also aren’t Hawaiian frustrated with the ship jones act, ugh the law that particularly fucked over Hawaiian trade systems hence why shit is so expensive there.

I know their blue as a Smurf, but I don’t really see them bootlicking Biden when he done shit for several days prior. And that 700 dollars per person after giving Ukraine billion of dollars.

I would say so many curse words and slurs towards Biden that would make a sailor blush.

Gonna start near the end and then possibly bounce around, the $700 sounds a lot less insulting when you realize those went to everyone in the burn zone and were meant to be a 'we know you've lost everything, which includes your clean pants, food, medications, personal hygiene products, ect. so here's this money go get what you need to keep you going for a bit till we can start assessing the damage and figuring out how best to distribute aid.

My house burned down when I was in kindergarten, nobody but the pets were home, dogs were in the back yard, cats weren't so lucky, everything was gone.

Crashed at the house of family from our church, that also happened to be the family doctor (weird) with the clothes on our backs.

So the next day the 4 humans and 2 dogs had to get some clean clothes, thankfully my dad made enough money so that part wasn't a issue but if it had been then someone handing my folks $300 each would have been the world and while not enough to hold until insurance started paying out, it would be a start.

I was kinda livid about the $700 thing till I looked into it, but like I said it went to everyone so the guy with 12 million in the bank got it and the guy with 12 bucks in his pocket got it, it's rapid relief and buys time to assess the needs. I think it's one of the lessons learned from the Katrina response, not enough money to blow on frivolous things but still enough to keep you going.

All that said given the date on that tweet, the person making it wouldn't know all of that yet I don't think.

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As for the rest, ya afaik you're pretty spot on about the native attitude to the federal government, I don't know anything about the ship jones act so I can't comment there.

I did look up their history of voting and who wins and pretty much the only time a republican pops up it's because they're the president.

I think BrooklynDad gets like $20,000 or $50,000 to make his tweets, some of what he posts is likely his actual thoughts but he's also a paid shill same with LakotaMan and several others, high odds HawaiiDelilah is one of those too. ______________

This probably wasn't the response you were looking for, but I think it's good to have some context so we aren't wasting our breath yelling about nothingburgers so hopefully it still works for you.

[senruthmartinsbob]

Wasnt brooklyndad a fuckin cop informant in 2020?

[originalgladiatorcollective]

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[brooklyndadshow]

Climate Karaoke!

Second year in a row doing climate karaoke. I love karaoke and the climate. I also just killed a lantern fly with my bare hands while everyone was afraid to do anything. I was at this same party a year ago and it makes me think of the simple but complex thought about where you a were a year ago. As you get older a year means less... but when the change is big a year is a lot. I am now as of one or two weeks ago in the transition out of my 10 year marriage and 20 year relationship. Sometimes we lose context of what a year means. Also as a dad of an 11 year old, i know a year to her is so different than a year to me.. ok... more to say on passage or time.... but karaoke is happening..

[gravitygemjj]

I hope whoever among us citizens taking sudden bribes/incentives/money given by the US info machine to write or post/tweet pieces, no matter how "progressive" or subtle, about how the police shouldn't be totally abolished or "the broken system doesn't need fixing much!" or hit pieces like "Palestine should be subdued by military", "occupying Afghanistan is best for everyone" and "Cuba should give up autonomy and apply for US statehood" gets caught, exposed and boycotted!

No matter how relatable or using new lingo and slangs, or does it in a joking/sarcastic way, eg. "Palestine is a territorial authoritarian state let's get the idf out and they'll starve the children" /s OR "Eva Mendes should have been boated back to Cuba she capped the free speech on set" /s, if anyone amongst you tries to uphold bigotry in the politics system like that, JUST FOR A LIL MORE CASH, they are not united with the underdogs and will not fix the system long term for you all! Call them out! People who swayed by $ to become flawed state mouthpieces like KHive and BrooklynDad Defiant! are despicable and should not be benefitted!

Yeah. Bigotry sucks no matter who is saying it, why they’re saying it, how they’re saying it, etc. you’re not progressive if your a bigot. so yeah I’m with u

[brooklyndadshow]

Wednesday Mountaintop

It definitely feels like a Wednesday / Hump Day . I could not get myself going today. My post yesterday released a lot of emotions that have been hard to contain - the flip side of the vulnerability of creative writing - the emotional hangover. Utimately good to be in touch with the things that touch my emotions and to channel that into creative work, but it sometimes brings up suprising feelings.

The day it self had the feeling of a hump day. I have half a week left of climate week events with tomorrow being a huge day! It felt like I was climbing a mountain throughout the day. I think I've got to the other side. I had dinner with my daughter, we sat in the park and talked Halloween outfits and about our overnight this weekend. The two leading options are human lego and Captain Planet.

I'm glad for all the events that I'm taking part in, but a lot of socialization also takes a lot out of you. I'm outgoing but I don't actually like a lot of socialization with strangers... I like parties of people I know and love. I love to host and bring people together and bring people joy. But networking is another beast. Networking every day for a week is exhausting. I've decided to take tonight off and I'll be back on tomorrow.

Anyway - I made to the other half of the week. Tomorrow night is Climate Karaoke so there's even a reward for making it through tomorrow!

Oh I should say that if I'm Captain Planet that it will be Don Cheadle's Captain Planet:

[brooklyndadshow]

You are not alone

Tonight was out at networking at a climate week. I was talking to some of the people I knew well. I shared my story of being the white rabbit in white face and may have sung a few bars of the song "i'm late":

I'm late. I'm late. For a very important date. No time to say hello good bye I'm late, I'm late, I'm late. My fuzzy hair and whiskers took me too much time to shave. I run and then i hop hop. there's danger if i dare to stop. and here's the reason why. you see I am i'm overdue I'm in a rabbit stew I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.

Yes I had some wine but I do not need wine to remember the words to the song or sing in public.

I did buy the white clown pain to get into white face again....

But I digress.... or I had a different point...

I tend to be a little bit of oversharer in social situations. I have been told the dangers of sharing too much too quickly. I have lived the consequences but its just me. I don't ever want to change that part of me because connection is important.

I had a conversation tonight of reminded of how much its important to know you are not alone in the experiences in life.

One of most important selfcare things i do is group therapy with other dad's going through divorce. It's an amazingly supportive group of guys. All going through different but related and all who want to do best they can do for their kids. Sometimes when things go sideways you feel alone it's important to know that you are not alone. Divorce, job loss, family turmoil, financial turmoil, depression, physical health problems - whatever your dark days are - there is someone that can understand and you will be found. Cue for the song that I used to listen on my dark days.

[brooklyndadshow]

Hollow tree

A whole day of films today at the Climate film festival. I moderated a panel https://tickets.climatefilmfest.com/schedule/shorts-power-shift-defying-fossil-fuels-66bc11ef3bea91005c3b6dd8 - . It was movies I'd seen in preperation but still had a deep effect on me. To see black and brown bodies be so abused and devalued - just seeks to break my soul - but I will not break.

I also saw a film Hollow Tree about three teenagers from Lousiana. One of the kids in the movie moved to Thibidaux Louisiana after she came out - Thibidaux was where my dad was born. It's a town of 15K it Lafourche county. I've only been there once when my grandfather died. I drove my parents and brother there when I was in my late 20s for the funeral because I was the only person in my family with a driver's license - NYC family defined. The first real family death I experienced as an adult. The movie touched so many nerves. As a father to watch these young women come to terms with the damage of what the system of oppression has done to them. Afterwards I got to talk to one of the young women from the film. She is now in her third year at college studying computer engineering - the same degree I got. It was.. I don't actually know the right adjective - to say to this young woman, how amazing it was that she was studying computer engineering and she had shared that she is one of two or three getting that degree at her school. I didn't have the heart to tell that 25 years ago I was getting that degree in college and I was still one of 2 or 3 people of color getting that degree. It felt like to much weight to share what I felt the importance of people of color being in positions in science in engineering to be where she was.... I think she already knows. She was already being brave and shared so much. I saw myself now, my daughter growing up in this world...

When I've asked my daughter about the climate crisis, she understands how bad things are but doesn't blame me or my generation or me - but I feel guilty. I remember the sky was orange and I wanted to apologize to my daughter about the way the world was and let her know that I was fighting to change it.

She said she didn't blame me. She didn't blame my parents generations. She blamed generations before grandpa and grandma. Part of me felt good - because it wasn't me or anyone she loved that she loved for where this plane is - but at the same time I didn't feel better - because I don't believe it - my daughter's words can't absolve me of the guilt I feel - of the need I feel to do better with the time I have left on this earth - to leave this planet in a better state than it is right now - as impossible as that feels.... somehow I am still optimistic that the fight for this planet matters.. and will never stop mattering.

So everyone still fighting for this planet, for kindness, for your children to have a future, I hear you tonight and always.

[brooklyndadshow]

Searching for my narratives

Last night I went to the opening for the Climate Film Festival and saw the film Searching for Amani. It was really beautiful film. Here's the short description of the film:

A thirteen-year-old aspiring journalist investigates his father’s mysterious murder within the boundaries of one of Kenya’s largest wildlife conservancies. As a ravaging drought encroaches, his quest to find the killer shifts and an activist is born as the collateral damage of a warming world is revealed.

The film follows the real events of a young boy, Simon Ali, who was given a camera to support his dreams of being a journalist and to investigate his father's death. It was powerful to see him communicate through the camera and to go along with him on this very personal journey. At the close of the film there was a panel with Simon Ali who is now eighteen years old. To see time his journey - from a boy who did originally want revenge for his father's death, to an adult now that that wanted to be an activist and bring people together - made me think about journeys, the narratives we have about ourselves and the world and how they change over different times in our lives.

The creative journey I'm on with Brooklyn Dad Show is a lot about the narratives we keep and how we inevitably have to adjust and change them as our lives evolve.

I have had to change the narratives about myself about what my life was going to be continually- in the last four years especially. This is not the life that I expected to be living but thinking about it now - was I ever living the life expected as an adult? I think I spent so much time with a series of false narratives of how I expected life to be or what I had to do to be an adult. My middle age years, like for many, reached a point where things fell apart. COVID pushed things over the edge, but the breaking point was inevitable. In a big way I'm grateful for the fall - for the opportunity to find the narrative for my future - be the dad and person I know I can be.

Now I find myself on this new journey. In some way like Simon Ali and his camera, using my writing and creativity to search for Amani.

Amani in Swahili means peace.

There have been moments, especially in the past few weeks that I've felt content and at peace, ok in my skin, happy. So what now?

What does my new storyline look like? Where will my new narratives take me?

It's exciting... and scary to know I'm not bound by my past narratives and that I have a new story to write.