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Jason Tester

@futuretester

research affiliate @iftf | board of @TheTaskForce | me = foresight research/practice + speculative design + LGBTQ+ folx in 21st century and beyond

 San Francisco, CA
Joined October 2008
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In conversation with Long Now's @Zander, futurist Jason Tester (@futuretester) suggests that "queerness", by its very nature, cannot be confined by any definition imposed upon it by mainstream authority. Watch the full talk: longnow.org/seminars/02021/j…

Science of Queerness

In conversation with Long Now's Alexander Rose, futurist Jason Tester suggests that "queerness", by its very nature, cannot be confined by any definition imposed upon it by mainstream authority.

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katie dreke@katiedreke19 Feb 2021
"The margins are the foundry of the future." - @futuretester Just listened to this on my morning walk. Bold, beautiful thinking into 'how looking at the future through a lens of difference & openness can reveal unexpected solutions to wicked problems' longnow.org/seminars/02021/j…
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.@futuretester asks us to see the powerful potential of "queering the future" - how looking at the future through a lens of difference and openness can reveal unexpected solutions to wicked problems, and new angles on innovation. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/jason-teste…
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I put all of my heart into this near-future story about one way we could re-allocate police funding. San Francisco decides to transform public transit, by adding a crew of social service workers help riders in distress find housing, healthcare, and other aid.
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For the 01900 World's Fair in Paris, W.E.B. Du Bois presented groundbreaking data visualizations about Black life in America. brainpickings.org/2017/10/09…
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Want to give money directly to domestic workers (caregiver, house cleaners) who are suddenly out of work, and who've been left out of most safety net policy? @domesticworkers has emergency fund #MoneyToThePeople: domesticworkers.org/coronavi…
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Them@them18 Mar 2020
From sharing crowdsourced fundraising opportunities, to donating to local and national nonprofits, caring for the most vulnerable members of our communities can take many forms. them.us/story/20-ways-financ…

20 Ways To Support the Queer Community During Coronavirus

From sharing crowdsourced fundraising opportunities, to donating to local and national nonprofits, caring for the most vulnerable members of our communities can take many forms.

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what a year this last half hour has been
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Public TRANSit
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STOKED to officially announce our investment in @MorgenBromell's company, @ThurstHQ, a dating app for queer people of all genders! I dig their takes on intimacy vs sex, friendship as it relates to love, nonmonogamy, non-binary gender assignment, & more👊🏾backstagecapital.com/headlin…
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Call for papers and mixed media contributions for When is Wakanda? in Journal of Futures Studies. Excited to co-edit this special symposium issue with @Hardcore888 and Nicholas Baham. jfsdigital.org/2018/03/09/wh…

When is Wakanda? Afrofuturism and Dark Speculative Futurity * Journal of Futures Studies

Journal of Futures Studies special symposium issue call for papers and mixed media We see the need to deepen, as Kodwo Eshun has phrased it in his article Further Considerations on Afrofuturism...

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Ana N. 🦊@Based_Bali14 Jan 2018
Captchas: 2008: The code you entered is wrong. 2018: The picture you chose doesn't have a cat 2028: the poem you wrote lacks passion and you must work more in the rhyme.
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Optimum #Halloween trick-or-treating, just like every day neighbourhood walkability, is in large part about “door density.” HT @natehoodstp
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Sasha Aickin@xander7627 Sep 2017
Not only that, he won't even say one way or the other whether or not I should be **executed**. nitter.gq/kfile/status/913027273…
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Alright, here are 10 better questions to be asking about gender equality in the workplace and in tech specifically: nitter.gq/joelle_emerson/status/… – at Palo Alto, CA
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Yikes. These are definitely *not* the right questions. Most rely on flawed assumptions and perpetuate problematic myths.
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Voto Latino@votolatino12 Jun 2017
A year ago today, we were united in our grief. Today, we’re united in action. bit.ly/2rJcqS2 #HonorThemWithAction #PulseNightclub
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ed bice@edbice9 Jun 2017
Let me say it again. Neither math nor machine can undo four centuries of white supremacy from American Policing. @culturejedi #pdf17 – at Manhattan, NY
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Sheila Krumholz@skrmhlz8 Jun 2017
.@shannoncoulter of #GrabyourWallet on potential for consumers to leverage political power-and the challenges, citing @OpenSecretsDC. #pdf17
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Climate justice = labor justice = racial justice = gender justice = disability justice =queer justice #ClimateMarch #MayDay #BeyondTheMoment
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Sasha Aickin@xander7622 Apr 2017
The sign game was strong at the #ScienceMarch today, but this was my favorite. #marchforscience #ScienceMarchSF
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