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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 8m

People “who”, not people “that”. Things “that“. They don’t “who”. People do. Who, that is.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

✨️ happy hoodoo heritage month ✨️

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The Not Chaotic Cherub 😇 @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

Facts. And then you talk to the handful of Black folks in those counties and find out they get treated even crazier than here.

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Bald-Headed Demon 😈 @such-a-frknlady.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

every few months white ppl think they’ve discovered the key to social unity and prosperity and it’s just a country with no minorities to discriminate against lmfao

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Along Came Poly-4-The-W @alongcamepoly4thew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dawn Staley says A'ja Wilson is already the best player in WNBA history: 'Argue with a wall'...

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SteveB @scb175.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This morning's moon........🌖

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The lawyers made me realize I actually did a remarkable thing. 🥹

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you were a/s/l-ing at any point in your life, you need to go stretch.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m writing a collection of books and any chance I get to tell one of the stories from them in conversation, stories that I thought I made up from my head, the people gift me with morsels of similarities from their own lives. It’s delicious.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Self publishing is not easier than trad publishing. It’s also not for vain people. You aren’t, so you’ll get frustrated by people insinuating your books are vanity projects. You don’t want a billion fans. You want like five people who deeply understand what you wrote, and even one is a blessing.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Most of the people you love won’t read it. It’s not personal, but it will hurt anyway. Be nice to you. The best skill you can cultivate is knowing when to defer to someone or something else. Not every story is yours to tell. It’s not censorious. It’s GOOD.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Write the stuff that makes your weird little heart sing. It’s so much livelier than the safe stuff. Just use the damn journals and inks. Pretty things are meant to be used. Your boss will read your books. There’s nothing wrong with it. But be prepared for that.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A lot of writing advice comes from a world that no longer exists, from white abled men who have had an agent, who think they’re God’s gift to the written word. A lot of writing advice is straight up ableist. You will be asked to compare your work and your authorial voice to established writers—

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some things I wish I had known when I was a new writer: Being accepted by traditional publishers has less to do with skill than whether they think they can sell it. Just because publishers aren’t ready for a story doesn’t mean readers aren’t. Writing the book is the easy part. 🧵

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s merely a matter of practice.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To get to a better world tomorrow we have to practice better world ethics today, in this moment. We get enough of these micro revolutions stacked? The better world has nothing to do but emerge.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No choice is made in isolation, in a black box. There are intersecting systems shaping what we eat, how we think, what is and what is not right and wrong. Therefore, no one’s choice should be praised or criticized outside of those systems, no matter how undesirable they or that choice is to you.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Collective care must underpin the conversations we have with each other until the world of its default emerge, we have to set the pattern.

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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996

A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Let me go and face my work.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 01/10/2026

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE detention, marking the 26th death in ICE custody in 2026.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I trust none of the numbers coming out of DHS. They are all liars.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

awww congratulations, angel ✨️

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“our lily, arum lily” by stefan lorant (1937)

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

12K+ women my organization has helped. Ive held the hands of many a murderer & many a survivor. Prayed with them. Paid for their educations. Given money to their daughters for school or housing. Ive seen this from every side There is no redemption to be found of the carceral system. For any of us.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why are you, as an adult with bills to pay and an insurrection to plan, making artificially-generated images about senators and posting them on the internet.

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Annie Costabile @anniecostabile.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The WNBA has determined there will be no fine or penalty handed down to A'ja Wilson or any other Aces players following Tuesday's Game 2 interaction with a fan, a league source tells The Athletic. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

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A’ja Wilson will not face repercussions from WNBA for interaction with fan

Wilson's Aces face elimination in Game 3 on Thursday night in Las Vegas.

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

you'd think ms. rachel had started a free breakfast program for kids in oakland, california with the way those people are talking about her. she really just said that she didn't think BABIES should die.

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Get Free @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

California just became the first state to require corporations disclose slavery profits, a huge step towards making the wealthy pay what they owe and return what they stole from Black communities, thanks to pressure from the reparations movement! precinctreporter.com/2026/10/01/g...

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Gov. Signs Bill Requiring Corporations Disclose Slavery Profits - Precinct Reporter Group News

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 01/10/2026

Black women are 40% more likely than white women to die from breast cancer, even when diagnosed at the same stage. Read why this gap exists and what Black women need to know about screenings, access, and their care options.

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Why Black Women Are More Likely To Die of Breast Cancer: An Oncologist Explains

Here's what you need to know to talk to your doctor about your breast cancer risk and available screening options.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cleaners didn't show up this morning, but jokes on them: I cleaned the entire house yesterdayyyyyy. 🫠

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Somebody’s Auntie 🤷🏾‍♀️ @hausofbawdy.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

For October, I’m gonna start honoring Black Icons in the Horror Genre. RIP Tony Todd

Tony Todd as William Bludworth in Final Destination

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Put the melanin back in your voice.

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Who is this technology "protecting"? Who is surveilling and who is paying the cost? There is still not enough research about refugees and technology. The research is being discussed at conferences, universities etc. "The human touch" is missing. There are human beings on the other side.

Smart Borders. And other text that is not legible.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026

as they are individual choices. But refusing to acknowledge that allows us to ignore systemic racism and injustice. It allows us to ignore our complicity in mass harms. It allows us to blame the poor and homeless and marginalized for their own plight.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026

I believe we all have a responsibility to each other. I believe I am as responsible to my wife, my neighbor, my clients, my friends, even total strangers as I am to myself. I believe murders, sexual assaults, terrorist attacks are as much the result of community and societal failures,

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 01/10/2026

A lot of people yesterday were saying that as a lawyer, I should understand individual responsibility. But here's the thing: I actually don't believe in individual responsibility. Don't get me wrong, we're responsible for our own actions.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I hate that nice vs. kind conversation every time I come across it.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That's enough now, Raven-Symoné. That's enough.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Showing up is 100% of the work.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 30/09/2026

Chicagoland friends, I have a favor to ask. I have a pro bono client, a Black woman, who is currently facing charges for allegedly pointing a gun at her abusive ex - who admitted to raping her. I would love if there could be a show of support for her at her next few court dates.

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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning 🌩" This morning's #sunrise ✨️

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh they absolutely vibe coded this. Jesus be an EMP raygun.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I need to start a woo-woo account because I want to talk about shapeshifters and mami wata emanations without worrying about scaring the bros, many of whom are following me for random tidbits of nerditry.

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is consistent across industries and private/non-profit/public sectors

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ann @anndotann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All these tech düds did was *say* how they wanted the tech to do. And entire organizations of tech bros fell in line. Tech already had an news industry echo chamber to amplify anything they said, and they just, kept, saying, it. That's one way to manifest a world, and it has worked disastrously.

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