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Bean 🇺🇲🇻🇪

I love everything about this.

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www.linkedin.comFranklin Taveras can often spot a veteran on the streets of New York City… | New York UniversityFranklin Taveras can often spot a veteran on the streets of New York City before they even exchange words. “Sometimes I’ll see how a guy has his boots laced and I’ll know he’s airborne,” Taveras says, referring to the distinctive way that paratroopers secure their boots. “When veterans see me, some say, ‘You stand like you're at attention’ because I stand with my thumbs facing forward,” adds Taveras, who joined the Marines in the 1980s. This shared background can lead Taveras into conversations with at-risk veterans focused on what they have in common—their military service—rather than their substance use or unstable housing. He is part of the outreach team for an NIH-funded program led by NYU GPH researcher Alex Bennett to reduce opioid-related harms among veterans. Using a peer model—veterans reaching out to other veterans—the goal is to educate participants and prove them with resources to reduce risky behaviors that can lead to overdoses. A typical day for the team might begin with a visit to a city park. There, they connect with fellow veterans to distribute naloxone, fentanyl test strips, clean syringes, and wound care supplies, and safely collect used syringes. If a veteran is hungry, they bring them a meal. They also share resources on where veterans can access benefits, find housing, do laundry, take a shower, visit a food pantry, apply for jobs, or get a driver’s license. Depending on their readiness for change, veterans can be connected to drug treatment services or appointments at the VA. The research team uses overdose mortality data from New York City’s Department of Health to know where they are most needed. “We meet veterans where they're at: near shelters in Long Island City, in the South Bronx, in Washington Square Park and Tompkins Square Park, at restaurants or coffee shops,” Bennet says. “And if they want to come to NYU, we welcome them to our space here.” Read more about this work: https://lnkd.in/eFT_c23g 📷 Tracey Friedman
#Veterans#VeteransHelpingVeterans#NYC
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James Akers

I made a Horsey Marcheschi and a nice brown circle today... well technically its a few days in the making, as I also pulled the glass and mixed the phosphor and poured it in an all.

These are new colors. Totally custom! I really should start taking better notes- its just tricky when people have a bin of different colors of bar for free- who knows what is what? I guess photo journal.

Now I really want a silver and gold version of this- making amber and pink respectively. I think I also want another funnel- I think I am getting cross contamination.

I am thrilled, and so is Ali. I think we are gonna blow glass on Monday and I shall help her make some carafes and trophies and things and she will pull some tubes with me! I am excited!

I guess I should just go ahead and coat a bunch of tubes to bake out. I shall use the mixes while they are good.

#neon #sculpture #small #horse #horsey #horseshoe #brown #neon #color #newcolor #diy #glass #handmade #nyc #brooklyn #art #studio #new #new!

A pink and gold horseshoe of light held against a white wall so that the inside of the horseshoe is pink and the outside is gold with argon mercury blue, blackened electrodes and boots coming out the front ends of the glass tube
A pink and gold horseshoe of light held against a white wall so that the inside of the horseshoe is pink and the outside is gold. A hand is holding the tube from behind.
Pink horseshoe on paint drip table with my finger (all pink) inside of it and gold light going around it. A brown circle behind it.
holding the Horsey Marcheschi glass horseshow during production over the ribboin burner bushy, "puffy" flame, latex rubber hose adaptors and blowhose still attached to the glass handle I used to bend the previous curve.
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE), the iconic and long-running hacking conference, says far fewer people have bought tickets for the event this year as compared to last, with organizers believing it is due to the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts and more aggressive detainment of travellers into the U.S.

“We are roughly 50 percent behind last year’s sales, based on being 3 months away from the event,” Greg Newby, one of HOPE’s organizers, told 404 Media in an email. According to hacking collective and magazine 2600, which organizes HOPE, the conference usually has around 1,000 attendees and the event is almost entirely funded by ticket sales. “Having fewer international attendees hurts the conference program, as well as the bottom line,” a planned press release says.

Newby said there isn’t a serious danger of the event not going ahead, but that the conference may need to "significantly decrease” its space in the venue to manage HOPE’s budget.

Emmanuel Goldstein, HOPE conference chair, told 404 Media “We're always looking at potential reasons why ticket sales may be adversely affected, such as location, dates, lineup, etc. The only common reason we're hearing from people this year is that they don't feel comfortable coming to the States due to fear of harassment or detention.”"

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404 Media · Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket SalesOne scheduled speaker has also pulled out of the New York-based event and specifically pointed to Trump’s mass deportation efforts.
#USA#Trump#Hacking
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