John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026This past Sunday evening, Joy Askew and her band played a wonderful set at the venerable Bitter End, in Greenwich Village. She’s been releasing some singles from a new album that will itself be released later this month. Something to look forward to. 000
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Chennai, in southern India, may be far away, but I’m very pleased to have an exhibition of my Colorado River project, No Agua, No Vida, opening today, March 19, as part of this year’s Chennai Photo Biennale, along with photographers from India and the rest of the world. Exhibition pictures to come. 010
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I’m late again, this time in wishing a Happy Friday the Thirteenth Birthday weekend to my pal, the Great Scot, photographer Graham McIndoe!@grahammacindoe.bsky.social 000
Reposted by John TrotterStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 13/03/2026An Astroturf group backed by the rideshare giant Uber has poured $8 million into supporting Gov. Hochul's controversial agenda to lower auto insurance rates at the expense of crash victims.buff.lyHired Actors, Paid Media: Big Tech Has Already Dumped $8M Into Hochul's Car Insurance Ploy - Streetsblog New York CityBuckets of cash and ads with professional actors are boosting Uber and Hochul's cause. 0101
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I was traveling yesterday, March 11, so I’m late commemorating the birthday of one of the greats, Larry Fink. He would’ve been 85. I miss having him in the world, but we have his great pictures still and I have had this one hanging where I can see it every day for a while now. 100
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026On Tuesday, the 11th day of the joint attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israeli states, members of the direct-action political group, Rise and Resist, made their weekly noon protest in front of the headquarters of Fox News, in midtown Manhattan. 120
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Kash Patel Fired Entire Team of Iran Experts Right Before Trump’s War newrepublic.com/post/207263/... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comKash Patel Fired Entire Team of Iran Experts Right Before Trump’s WarThey were let go during a purge of people who investigated Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents. 000
Reposted by John TrotterDamaso Reyes @damaso.bsky.social · 23/02/2026amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/02...amsterdamnews.comWhy so many are blasting the SAVE America Act as voter suppressionThe U.S House of Representatives voted last week to pass the so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. 0185
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us theintercept.com/2026/02/16/d...theintercept.comPrison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of UsThe outcome of a court case could decide whether the Trump administration can criminalize simply possessing political literature. 000
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026A crowd of about 2,000 people gathered in sub-freezing weather outside the Veteran's Administration NY Harbor Healthcare System on E. 23rd St. near First Ave last night for a vigil honoring the life of VA nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, and the other people already killed this year by ICE agents. 010
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I just wrote a @socialists.nyc letter: Tell Schumer and Gillibrand: Keep ICE Out of New York City Streets. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell Your Congressmember: Keep ICE Out of New York City StreetsWe need our New York Senators — Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand — to commit to voting NO on ICE funding. 010
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Wishing a Very Happy Birthday +1 to my pal, the great photographer, Reuben Radding! 000
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Tonight in Los Angeles, a picture of mine from Lake Powell, from the long term “No Agua, No Vida”project about the human alteration of the Colorado River, is included in the opening of an exhibition of the Photolucida Critical Mass 50 winners, at the Duncan Miller Gallery, 1933 S Broadway, No. 1270. 110
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Dozens gathered for a candlelight vigil Thursday night at the Stonewall National Monument in New York for the annual Trans Day of Remembrance, honoring the more than 365 trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people estimated to have who lost their lives due to suicide and violence this year. 100
Reposted by John TrotterRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Just an FYI: We’re not facing a “government shutdown.” This is a Trump-MAGA Republican shutdown. Call it what it is. 18760591616
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 21/05/2025My friend Blanka Amezkua co-curated this exhibition in The Bronx For Some Immigrant Artists, This Is No Time to Retreat www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/a...nytimes.comFor Some Immigrant Artists, This Is No Time to Retreat 020
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025I never posted these photos I took a dozen days ago in Washington, D.C., when thousands of people marched through the streets of the U.S. Capital as part of a "Day of Action" across all 50 states. Today, May Day, more protests across the country. Go to the 50501 website for events in your location. 021
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Further down the road toward our collective, fossil-fueled dystopiatheguardian.comGreenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says juryNon-profit, which will appeal decision, says lawsuits like this are aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’ 010
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 19/03/2025More attacks on women and their healthcare. Texas Starts Arresting Abortion Providers theintercept.com/2025/03/18/t...theintercept.comTexas Starts Arresting Abortion ProvidersThe arrest of a midwife for allegedly providing illegal abortions is the latest attack on reproductive care. 010
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025On my very first trip to NYC, in 1982, on spring break from the University of Missouri with a used Canon F-1 and some Kodachrome, I photographed these girls staging on West 46th Street for that year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The city, the country, the world and I were all so different then. 010
Reposted by John TrotterIbram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods. Source: NYT 21503218
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Sixty years ago today, these white cops did this to their fellow citizens in Alabama. 000
Reposted by John TrotterAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid 17968114011311
Reposted by John TrotterJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Trump calling for a mandatory death penalty for anyone convicted of murdering a police officer -- after pardoning nearly all of the rioters who stormed the Capitol and attacked law enforcement on January 6. 181470300
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Criminalizing the resistance to genocide begets criminalizing all resistance to fascism. 000
Reposted by John TrotterNicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 27/02/2025trump: I’m going to protect women women: no thank you trump: I’m gonna do it women: please don’t trump: I have kicked those 7 trans girls off the jv volleyball team women: what trump: and brought back andrew tate women: why trump: YOU’RE WELCOME WOMEN also you can’t vote anymore 7267711894
Reposted by John TrotterRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 25/02/2025Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now. 764395669207
Reposted by John TrotterRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...sfchronicle.comPhotos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefallSaturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month. 81321226
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Protestors blocked New York Governor Kathy Hochul's Midtown Manhattan office entrances late Friday morning demanding that Hochul remove indicted New York City mayor, Eric Adams, after he made apparently made a deal with the Trump administration’s Justice Department. 111
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Measles Outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico Sicken Nearly 100 People www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...nytimes.comMeasles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 PeopleTexas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state. 000
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025One of my pictures from a big demonstration supporting trans youth a couple of weeks ago near NYU Medical Center. 000
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025As part af a series of “No Kings Day”protests against Donald Trump in every state Monday—Presidents’ Day in the United States—thousands marched from Union Square in New York City to Washington Square Park, as Trump, and oligarch Elon Musk, attempt to disassemble and wreck the people’s government. 020
Reposted by John TrotterRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Our coup got coupier. Our authoritarianism got more authoritarian. And of course this is stupidity as a battering ram against what is legal and constitutional, because they weaponize stupidity. 341132323
Reposted by John TrotterRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I'm not an expert on the law by any means, but she is and here's what she says: bsky.app/profile/debp... 435981
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 16/02/2025On Thursday, as part of the Trump administration’s plan to erase trans and nonbinary people from all federal agencies, the words ‘transgender’ and ‘queer’ were removed from the web page for the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, which marks what is widely regarded as... 100
Reposted by John TrotterRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I guess a quarter trillion isn't enough for that level of emotional poverty, so he's grifting from you, me, and the children abandoned by USAID. 341019241
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Lots of talk, with zero evidence. So many people will believe anything. Elon Musk Is Faking It open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comElon Musk Is Faking ItThe fraudster who cried “fraud” 000
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Hundreds answered the call from Brooklyn Indivisible and New York City DSA and showed up Saturday across from the apartment building of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) near Prospect Park, demanding that he maximize his political party’s resistance… 110
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Rage at any kind of collective action to make the world a better place. That's about all he has in his toolkit. 010
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 10/02/2025How many know the work of the great Shoup Dogg? 020
John Trotter @johntrotter.bsky.social · 08/02/2025As the Democratic Party leadership has so far been ineffective at putting a stop to the vandalization and infiltration of vast amounts of the people’s data and the governmental departments and agencies that serve them, ... 100
Reposted by John TrotterDamaso Reyes @damaso.bsky.social · 06/02/2025‘Pandemonium’: Palestinian Americans React to Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/n...nytimes.com‘Pandemonium’: Palestinian Americans React to Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan (Gift Article)In interviews, Palestinian Americans said that it was surreal and horrifying to hear the president talk about expelling millions of people from the Gaza Strip and placing it under U.S. control. 231
Reposted by John TrotterSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 04/02/2025I voted to reject RFK Jr.'s nomination to HHS. I cannot in good conscience support someone who denies and will dilute our public health protections, sow distrust in science, and oversee massive cuts to health care programs for vulnerable Americans. 2279529916651
Reposted by John TrotterProf Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden 441796946
Reposted by John TrotterEqual Justice Initiative @eji.org · 05/02/2025On this day in 1917, Congress passed an Immigration Act that banned racial groups deemed "undesirable" from entering the U.S., and primarily barred Asian people.calendar.eji.orgFeb. 5, 1917 | Immigration Act of 1917 Bans Asians, Non-White People from Entering U.S.Learn more about our history of racial injustice. 34735
Reposted by John TrotterBrooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025She's asking in terms of international law and he's answering in terms of real estate 55218