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Adrianne F. Black

@adriannefblack.bsky.social
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Advocate for antiracism; author; Baltimore. For speaking engagements: adriannefblack.com

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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Have we considered if Prometheus didn’t so much “steal” fire as accidentally conflagrate and flee “with” the fire? Maybe it was more like when airpods “steal” the audio from the TV
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I think cities would be well served by having lottery selected parliaments rather than mayors and city councils. Have like 100 members and have them be selected by lottery, paid well enough to compensate their time, and then they have to spend like 2 years deliberating on guiding the ship
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The 12:38 train kicking us out at North Ave was made even worse because four northbound trains scheduled before and after it had also no showed. The 12:23, 12:53, 13:08 northbound trains meant to arrive at North Ave never came at all. How can I escalate this, because it is unacceptable.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This has happened to me and many people I know the last month or two in particular. There is no warning of it, and it is causing enormous problems for people. Why is it happening and what is being done to fix it?
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@mta.maryland.gov What is happening with northbound light rail trains going to Hunt Valley instead kicking everyone off at North Ave? Just now the train to Hunt Valley scheduled to arrive at North Ave at 12:38 unexpectedly kicked us out in the rain, when the next wasn’t arriving for 40 minutes.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I assume you landed on something. I’m fairly equanimous about the book cover these days. It’s not my fav that it deadnames me, but also I’m proud I wrote it and would rather share it with people than not
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thank you! St. Gregory’s hospitality was such a haven for me at an important time in my life. I hope my book was engaging to listen to
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Oh wow! Thats really touching to know that you read it in refectory. I had so many lovely hours hearing the readings during meals with you all, and it’s so nice to think of things coming full circle
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 06/04/2026
Adrianne Black wurde als »Kronprinz« der US-Rechtsextremen erzogen und sollte die Bewegung einmal führen. Dann brach sie mit der Ideologie. Und offenbarte ein Geheimnis, über das sie im SPIEGEL erstmals ausführlich spricht.
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Trans in den USA: Adrianne Black sollte Amerikas Rechte anführen, heute lebt sie als trans Frau
Adrianne Black wurde als »Kronprinz« der US-Rechtsextremen erzogen und sollte die Bewegung einmal führen. Dann brach sie mit der Ideologie. Und offenbarte ein Geheimnis, über das sie im SPIEGEL erstmals ausführlich spricht.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Organizations hosting events asking people to travel to Florida right now are making a big statement that they don’t think they have, or want, any trans attendees. I think there’s a big information gap these days, so I hope this reaches some audiences that need to hear it.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Really thoughtful conversation, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , but don’t talk about me like I’m super private about this stuff. Promote my book next time! I’m sure I talked about that asshole Tucker Carlson in there somewhere www.amazon.com/Klansmans-So...
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The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism: A Memoir
When coded language and creeping authoritarianism spread the ideas of white nationalists, this is an essential book with a powerful voice. Derek Black was raised to take over the white nationalist m...
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Went to the Elio Mei concert for their amazing new album. And I feel like there should be a group chat or support forum for the particular experience of transitioning your name RIGHT before touring for something with the wrong one
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Never liked using socials!
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Got my copy of the new book from @sarahgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social. I’ve been looking forward to reading it. One of the worst effects on human life around the world this century was demolishing our towns and cities that had been built so we could walk and see each other.
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ripcinema @ripcinema.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
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Akinator, the mind reading genie
Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...
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DJ Fraulein @djfraulein.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Required reading! Thank you @adriannefblack.bsky.social for sharing your personal story/history. Goes a long way towards putting where we're at in this country into context and how we found ourselves here at this particular junction. I believe people can change. This book is proof
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Those modern brick paving stones in dc get sooooo slippery. It’s enough to make you think concrete was better
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I think most people can imagine where in the timeline of fascist events you’d put the history book line about America declaring itself a refuge for threatened global white elites
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 23/04/2025
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile. “From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything, and what we can do to fight back.” [lifeaftercars.com]
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Life After Cars
When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for everyone; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty.Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending proliferation of automobiles has delivered a host of
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I think it feels weird for people now to remember that something as horrible and era defining as the Indian Removal Act was decided by a razor-thin, polarizing vote in Congress
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
www.thetrace.org/2025/04/flor...
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Florida’s Retreat From Stricter Gun Laws
The April 17 mass shooting at FSU has refocused attention on state lawmakers’ efforts to roll back gun reforms passed after the 2018 Parkland massacre.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Florida politics has been a nightmare since the beginning, but every now and then it’s nice to think on how incredibly effective @marchforourlives.bsky.social was and still is there, against all odds.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Someone once commented to me that you can always tell medievalists because they look at the ceilings when they enter a space and I haven’t forgotten it
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
You know when someone steps in a puddle accidentally and then looks up suddenly to see if anyone saw? And then they make eye contact with you? I wish there were a socially appropriate way to reassure them that I hold no judgment
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Rufo is such a boring interview to listen to
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Candidate for future two truths and a lie “the second largest sample of a moon rock on earth is in the Portland, Maine airport”
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Deeply unexpected that one of the best exhibits of extraterrestrial gems and minerals is in the terminal of the Portland, Maine airport??
Image of exhibit of minerals with descriptor: “Pallasites are the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance known, but they are exceedingly rare - only about 0.2% of all known meteorites are pallasites. Their rarity is due to having formed at the mahtle-core boundaries of asteroids. As the molten mantle cooled, the olivine crystallized and settled atop the liquid metal core. Olivine crystals ranging from amber to chartreuse hues were trapped as the metal solidified. These exquisite meteorites were launched into space when their parent body was shattered by a collision with another asteroid which liberated this material. Gem-quality olivine or peridot (the August birthstone) is seen in these examples.”Exhibit with descriptor: “Rocks from Mars are even rarer than Moon rocks. Like lunar meteorites, Martian meteorites land on our planet after having been ejected off the Martian surface by asteroid impacts. Martian meteorites are igneous rocks, evidence of the long history of volcanic activity on Mars Their Martian origin was confirmed by analyzing tiny voids within glassy inclusions within these rocks. The voids contain gas that perfectly matches the signature of the Martian atmosphere as reported by NASA's Viking Missions to Mars in 1976.”Exhibit with descriptor: “Vesta is the second largest asteroid in our solar system and the only one that can be seen with the naked eye. Vesta is considered a protoplanet because it has a crust, mantle, and core like Earth.
Protoplanets were common in the early solar system, but all except Vesta were destroyed by collisions, and their remnants reside in the asteroid belt.
Data transmitted from NASA's Dawn spacecraft identified Vesta as the source of three groups of meteorites found on Earth: eucrites from near the surface, diogenites from greater depths, and howardites— a mixture of the two.”Exhibit of with descriptor: “The Moon is among the rarest substances on our planet. All the pieces collected could fit in an SUV. While lunar samples were returned to Earth by Apollo astronauts, most are lunar meteorites - pieces of the Moon blasted off the lunar surface by asteroid impacts. Identified by their unique mineralogical and geochemical properties, these samples provide clues to the Moon's geological history. Some lunar minerals are unknown on Earth and many common minerals on our planet are rare or absent on the Moon. Featured below is the second largest piece of the Moon on Earth.”
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belsheart.bsky.social @belsheart.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
@adriannefblack.bsky.social just went to your book talk and WOW! Incredible talk. Thank you so much.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Thank you so much!
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
When I was little, I got fascinated by the early twentieth century American spelling reform movement. For a while I tried to implement that system, but I got too much pushback. Relics of that time in my life are that I still spell “though” and “through” as “tho and thru.”
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What are the random opinions I hold that surprise people? One that comes to mind is that the idea of consistent spelling is random and fake. Idk what it is about modern society that has this impulse to enforce rigid standards on things that are obviously flexible.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
This is what the “visibility” means in 2025
tampabay.com
Trans woman arrested for using women’s restroom in Florida Capitol
The 20-year-old college student planned to protest a state law criminalizing bathroom use.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Beans and rice and bottled mojo sauce! Frozen fish also accomplishes both qualities for me. It’s ready in 15 mins in an oven and you can keep them in the freezer ready for months
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Maryland @govwesmoore.bsky.social hosted a ceremony for International Transgender Day of Visibility this morning -- and in a remarkable turn of events, he got called out for not sufficiently supporting trans Marylanders. Here's what happened: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
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At transgender visibility event, Gov. Moore called out for lack of action
“We know who you, Governor Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,” Lee Blinder told Moore.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
That took so much courage
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At transgender visibility event, Gov. Moore called out for lack of action
“We know who you, Governor Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,” Lee Blinder told Moore.
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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
“I never expected to face such a distressing experience after escaping persecution from the CCP in China, only to encounter a somewhat similar situation” at New College in the United States. Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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New College fires Chinese professor under controversial Florida ‘countries of concern’ law
“I never expected to face such a distressing experience after escaping persecution from the CCP in China, only to encounter a somewhat similar situation,” the fired professor said.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I should also add that people coming up to me after my book talks to ask this same thing—that they’re skeptical at my assertion that race is a social and legal category, not an innate human one—is a universal experience every time I speak.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Seems like an odd omission that the Don’t Say Gay methods “resemble” not only Putin but also DeSantis.
Quote from article reading: “Hungary's methods resemble tactics by Putin, who in December 2022 expanded Russia's ban on "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" from minors to adults, effectively outlawing any public endorsement of LGBTQ+ activities.”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/03/2025
This was the Parliament in Hungary in response to the passage of a bill banning pride events. If only democrats had a spine like this. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
A parliamentary session is disrupted as protesters inside the chamber release orange and green smoke from handheld smoke flares. Lawmakers, dressed in formal attire, react with surprise, some taking photos or recording the event. The ornate chamber features wooden desks and intricate architectural details. The atmosphere appears chaotic, with attention focused on the protesters holding the smoke flares.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The fact that this White House thinks they can demand the Smithsonian teach that “race is a biological reality” without admitting they’re white supremacists is a big problem. Obviously the racist administration is to blame, but I don’t think largely sticking to an esoteric phrase has helped.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It’s a problem that so many people avoid talking about it beyond stock language like “race is a social construct.” I’m not convinced a lot of people who use that phrase could explain what it means that race isn’t “biological.”
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
In reaction to the Trump executive order declaring “race is a biological reality” and demanding that that be taught in the Smithsonian: I think the understanding of what it means that race is a legal category, not an inherent one, is weakly understood even by progressives.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"A new survey of over 100,000 German respondents by T-Online about Tesla shows that a staggering 94% of its citizens say they would never purchase a Tesla car."
forbes.com
Tesla Likely Finished In Germany As 94% Surveyed Say They’d Never Buy Musk’s EVs
In a new T-Online poll in Germany, 94% of respondents said they would not buy a Tesla car in response to Musk's actions.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Yeah I’d like it changed everywhere! I’d really appreciate you doing that on my behalf
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Pickles @p1ckles420.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Just finished The Klansmans Son by @adriannefblack.bsky.social and it was absolutely phenomenal. I’ve been raving about it to EVERYONE! And I think it’s an integral way to see how the WN world works and how it has always been apart of everyday life, everywhere.
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Adrianne F. Black @adriannefblack.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The annoying static sound that covers up the MC’s deadname in @emilystjams.bsky.social’s audiobook is so painful, so distressing, and so effective. You just want Erica to get on with it and stop subjecting us to it lol
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
If you're thinking to yourself: huh, I actually do have too much money, don't I-- here's a sleepaway camp for queer and trans youth that could not be more lifesaving now-- and they're committed to making sure nobody is turned away for lack of funds. It's run by @ravbogard.bsky.social, mensch.
campindigopoint.org
Camp Indigo Point – A summer camp for LGBTQ+ youth!
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
when you look at actual salience, people don't really want to actually do anything about it. and i bet if you say "okay should this kid be forced to not play like middle school sports because they're trans" or "we should do genital inspections on female athletes" that's probably not an 80-20 issue!
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Interracial marriage did not cross 50% approval in the US until 1996, when I was 30 years old. Good political messaging drives opinion, it doesn't follow it.
Screen grab of Twitter post my pundit Matt Yglesias saying that California governor Newsom is not only correct on merit to oppose trans athletes, but that it's bizarre to see the Democratic party line up on an issue that is opposed 70-30.
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