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love is my sword and truth is my compass | san fran born & raised | tar heel bred | chicagoan | abolitionist | she/her

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Call me Ishmaboo @billjank.bsky.social · 1h
The world should get a say.
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The Transmetropolitan Review (Unofficial) 🏴 @transmetropolitanr.bsky.social · 13h
sam altman is a disgusting predator who needs to __________ www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Sister Claims She Has PTSD From Being Abused by Him in Bombshell Court Filing
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman‘s sister, Ann Altman, has doubled down on her claims that he abused her in bombshell court documents. In a lawsuit first filed in Missouri district court in 2025, Ann claimed tha...
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uckfayumptray @uckfayumptray.bsky.social · 15h
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OpenAI hires Chuck Schumer’s daughter as Big Tech cozies up to Democrats ahead of midterms: report
OpenAI has reportedly hired Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s daughter Jessica Schumer for a top policy job as Silicon Valley increasingly works to shore up ties with Democrats ahead of Novemb…
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Black Intellect Media @blackintellect.bsky.social · 10h
In Hunters Point, CA, Black History Comes Alive in Malik Seneferu’s Paintings: Not far from where he grew up, his studio (@maliksart.bsky.social) is a cultural lab guided by one motto: 'Remain creative.' Reporting by @ogpenn.bsky.social www.kqed.org/arts/1399408...
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In Hunters Point, Black History Comes Alive in Malik Seneferu’s Paintings | KQED
Not far from where he grew up, Seneferu’s studio is a cultural lab guided by one motto: "Remain creative."
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 11h
if you wanted someone to get to know you, what horror movie would you show them?
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Run Run For Your Life
Alt: a gif from jordan peele’s “get out” when the groundskeeper walter sprints at full speed directly toward the protagonist chris in the middle of the night
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BlackskyNews 🗞️ @blackskynews.blacksky.app · 12h
“He’s been beaten, battered, kidnapped, assaulted, sexually assaulted, false imprisonment, robbed,” Bridges told WMAR. “I would like charges pressed to the full extent of what occurred to my child.” | Shelby Erdman atlantablackstar.com/2026/10/03/f... #BlackskyNews
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‘A True Nightmare’: Seven High School Football Players Caught on Camera Trying to Stuff Black Teen’s Head Into Locker Room Toilet Now Facing Charges
A serious bullying case in central Maryland is having severe ramifications for a group of high school students in Howard County. Authorities and the
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NBC Bay Area @nbcbayarea.com · 14h
#BREAKING Gabby Williams powers Golden State to 71-60 victory over Las Vegas in first game of WNBA semifinals. nbcbay.com/j9db5na
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 16h
will be using this in future
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WNBA @wnba.com · 20h
A moment worth celebrating 🥹 Janelle Salaün gets the special news that she’s the 2026 WNBA Kia Sixth Player of the Year! #KiaSixth | #WNBASeason30
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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 19h
For anyone looking for more info: (www.espn.com/womens-colle...).
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Judge reopens case, halts deportation order for Kentucky State player
A judge has reopened the immigration case of a Kentucky State University women's basketball player and rescinded her deportation order, according to her legal team.
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 18h
there’s enough terrible shit in the world without needing to fabricate stories to conjure anger.
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Was cafeteria worker Denise Whitmarsh fired from school over packing extra meals for hungry kids?
Some posts sharing the fabricated story claimed the firing happened in Bridgehaven, Pennsylvania.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 22h
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 20h
air it out, syd!
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
yay areaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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BlondieNY @blondieny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They are getting worse every day. www.allure.com/story/ulta-b...
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Ulta Beauty Is Using Flock Cameras at Some Stores
The ALPRs are at less than 1% of locations, but the people are still pretty pissed.
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John P. Cummings @blackazzknight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Home – The Kansas City Defender
The Kansas City Defender is a nonprofit digital startup producing news, digital tools and public services for Black people across the midwest.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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WNBA @wnba.com · 01/10/2026
YEAR 3, AND THE RESUME SPEAKS FOR ITSELF 📝 A look at the accolades Angel Reese has collected on her way to becoming the 2026 KIA Defensive Player of the Year. #KIADPOY | #WNBASeason30
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lenelldavis.bsky.social @lenelldavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
She looks just like her mama youtube.com/shorts/8TpoY...
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Jasmine Guy’s Story Beyond A Different World | A Different Girl Memoir
YouTube video by Uylee's Boutique ®, 🎶plus music
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New today: An ex-NYPD cop has pleaded guilty to posing as an ICE official and threatening to deport a woman who rebuffed him romantically. "ICE will come get you and your family and you will always live poor. Matter of fact I will make the phone call myself." www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/30/e...
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Jilted ex-NYPD cop admits posing as ICE agent, threatening woman with deportation
Atickul Islam, 30, threw away his police career and possibly his freedom with text messages he sent, threatening to call ICE on the woman, then pretending he was the agency’s New York field office dir...
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Bell @pocono.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
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Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked
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Bral Turlick @airhorns4ever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's telling with Syd, too......because she went from playing for the Aces to playing for that shit franchise with the shit fans. She knows.
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Caight @caight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did yall see Syd and TP get hauled out for going off and standing ten toes down for Aja? God I love them…. #wnba they were about to fight the whole section
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
wait, they got a’ja, syd, and tp activated tonight?!?
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
these “grow therapy” commercials are everything. folks can get a nugget or 3 from the ads alone but, still go find you a therapist.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 30/09/2026
Prior to the DNA revelation that ultimately led to the case’s dismissal, the case against Douglas Carter was already shadowed by allegations of police misconduct which had led Fourth District Judge Derek Pullan to vacate Carter’s conviction in 2022.
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Former Utah death row inmate walked out of jail — but aggravated murder charge remains
New testing excluded Douglas Carter from crime scene DNA. The case against him already was shadowed by allegations of police misconduct that had led 4th District Judge Derek Pullan to vacate his convi...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A judge has ordered the release of Douglas Stewart Carter, a 71-year-old Black man who has spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing he did not commit. He spent 41 years in prison.
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Carol Sorsoleil @carolsorsoleil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California with forecast of 'life-threatening' winds
Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California with flash flooding and winds described by forecasters as a “life-threatening.” The U.S.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/09/2026
Breaking News: Hurricane Polo has made landfall, hitting Baja California in Mexico with 110 m.p.h. winds.
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Hurricane Polo Approaches Mexico: Storm Updates
The storm hit the Baja California peninsula late Monday. Fueled by El Niño, the storm had been one of the strongest ever in the region.
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#RHOP fans may remember her as she counseled karen and ray. rest easy, angela.
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_whosdat1queen @whosdat1queen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As some of you may know, I’m in a battle with my new landlord. They filed an eviction out of retaliation for me reporting the conditions of the property to the city. Now, my children and I have to move again after being here for 5 months. Please help/share if you can 🙏🏽 gofund.me/266f94919
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Ambra Roberts’s GoFundMe Profile
Find out what Ambra Roberts is supporting. Check out the fundraisers, nonprofits, and causes that Ambra Roberts is supporting today.
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_whosdat1queen @whosdat1queen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is why my landlord wants me out of the unit. #chicago
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Too Tired of bullsh*t to be clever 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫶🏿 @znerd49.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good morning
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Pablo Torre @pablo.show · 27/09/2026
Shoutout to @bostonglobe.com for following up on our Life Surge reporting with this news about Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/26/s...
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 27/09/2026
When asked why he doesn’t become an independent, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman responded: “Because I’m a lifelong Republican.” After realizing his slip-up, Fetterman laughed and said: “That’ll get clipped.” He then corrected himself and said he's a lifelong Democrat. #TribFest26
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
it would be fun if one season, the viewers are also shielded from knowing which players are the traitors. it would mean the confessionals would be limited or eliminated, but i’d be fine with that. #TheTraitors
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imp >:D 🛹 @impswrld.xyz · 26/09/2026
💔💔💔
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Tenth woman found dead in South Africa's string of mystery killings | Africanews
South African police on Saturday found another body in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, bringing to 10 the number of women found dead in the municipality over the past two months
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Tom Wambsgans’ Second Wife, PhD @drwambsgans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is your periodic reminder that when Chicago PD murdered 17 year old Laquan McDonald in 2014, Mayor Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder to help his reelection bid.
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Every Day Is Juneteenth @everydayjuneteenth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Justice for Nolan Wells ✊🏾 #blacksky
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Black Unity Over Disagreement (he/him) @audubonballroom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seneca Village was a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, within what would become present-day Central Park. ... bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Drawmark @drawmark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Langston Hughes: I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Me: I’m just so fucking tired.
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Saturn J. Blues | The Vtuber with Opinions @saturnbluesgaming.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Innocent people dying because of mad men with power will forever piss me off
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
my unpopular opinion: whitley should’ve married byron, not dwayne. dwayne did not appreciate her for who she is, “cheated” on her during their engagement party weekend, and spoke pretty terribly to her at times.
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be real black for me @a-banks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
thoroughly enjoyed #ADifferentWorld! can’t wait for season 2. y’all pick up on the string quartet playing, “blow the whistle?” ☺️
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
If the Congressional Black Caucus is going to ally with Peter Thiel, a christofascist white supremacist with delusions of grandeur, if it is not going to stand ten toes down against the plague of anti-Blackness destroying the nation, then what's the point of these niggas even hanging out? #Blacksky
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Multiple ICE agents aggressively tackled a man to the ground Wednesday night in Naples, Florida, in an arrest that quickly spiraled out of control. During the struggle, they broke his ribs then pointed a weapon at onlookers. Status Coup's Phillip Hawkins breaks it all down.
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Marlo, Support me Bitch! @ceereespeaks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl these folks need to go DOWN 😭😭 www.thebiglead.com/tim-tebow-ch...
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Tim Tebow-fronted Christian Life Surge events called ‘scam,’ under fire by Pablo Torre
Tim Tebow is a regular speaker at Life Surge events where attendees face pressure to sign up for expensive classes.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🕎🍉 #BREAKING | Jewish actress Hannah Einbinder was arrested at pro Palestine protest for chanting arrest Netanyahu in NYC
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