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Recovering academic. Business Development & Strategic Partnerships. West Baltimore to West Africa. Bridge builder. Comrade. All power to the people. 📍Dakar

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
My winter break travels kick off next week. 5 countries in 6 weeks. East Africa & SE Asia. What a blessing.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Up late making okra soup like the African auntie I am
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I wish y’all would stop subscribing to and legitimizing the NY Times
The New York Times opinion column by Bret Stephens “The Case for Overthrowing Maduro” Nov 17, 2025
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
And Clinton's Crime Bill. www.aclu.org/news/smart-j...
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How the 1994 Crime Bill Fed the Mass Incarceration Crisis | ACLU
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13/11/2025
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
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Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Woah! What are the flavors?
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
See: Aime Cesaire, Discourse on Colonialism (1955)
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I am! Sending love your way 💜
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
⬆️ If you want to learn more about how U.S.-bankrolled civil war, anti-communism, evangelism, & Israeli weapons shape Central America and produced Bukele’s authoritarianism in the now tourist hot spot, El Salvador
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
jacobin.com/2025/04/civi... From Civil Wars to Neoliberalism in Central America
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From Civil Wars to Neoliberalism in Central America
The end of the bloody, US-backed civil wars across Central America led to a brutal neoliberal economic restructuring near the turn of the century — which then helped produce the 21st-century authorita...
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
As someone who was based in and traveled a lot across Central America in the early 2000s, it’s so wild to see El Salvador emerge as a “digital nomad” hub and tourist hot spot. Times have truly changed.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Since the founding fathers
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Big bully of a country where most people can’t even identify countries on a map. I get it.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The rest of the world assumes that USians are dumb and while this negatively impacts me personally I can’t even be mad at this logical conclusion.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The East Africa Tourist visa grants entry to Uganda, Rwanda, & Kenya. Didn’t know it existed until a couple of weeks ago. I’m headed that way so I applied and was approved in 24 hrs. Impressive.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Baltimore, Abidjan, Kuala Lumpur
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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 10/11/2025
A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard from people living in Kabwe -- one of the world’s most polluted towns. Mukanzi Musanga spoke to some of the mothers in that case. Their children are among the 95% of children in the area who have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood.
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The sinister alchemy that puts lead into Zambian children’s veins
A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard this week from people living in one of the world’s most polluted towns.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Sundays are for slowness, tea, cooking, napping and a little bit of psilocybin 🧘🏾‍♀️
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hosted by Luther, Patti, & Dionne. I’m 30 min in and Mariah has won two awards. Johnny Gill, BBD, & LL Cool J performed. This is so fun.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It is!
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I’m avoiding reality by watching the 1991 Soul Train Music Awards. Pure nostalgia!
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Anyway, Dick Cheney is a fossil fuel now. It's what he loved most. Besides killing.
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Ⓐnarchohoodism 🐈‍⬛ 🏴 @161bklyn.myatproto.social · 04/11/2025
The legacy of Cheney/Bush www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iraq...
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Iraq war: I was tortured at Abu Ghraib. After 20 years, I'm still seeking justice
An Iraqi journalist who was detained by US forces in 2003 without ever being charged reflects on his experience at the notorious prison and his ongoing search for justice
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Loïs Mailou Jones, an Artist and Educator Who Made History
Rebecca VanDiver hopes that her book will appeal to readers interested in “what it means to be Black in the 20th century, what it means to Black in the 21st century.”
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
An unsung genius and diaspora theorist!
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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 03/11/2025
Reposting with Alt Text. Location of free food pantries in Atlanta for those in need.
WHERE TO GET FREE FOOD IN ATL

The following distros offer free food to anyone who shows up. No strings attached, no requirements, no BS.
Last updated 12/16/24.
FOOD
FOR THE PEOPLE!
DOWNTOWN:
• Atlanta Justice Alliance, Saturdays 12pm @ Woodruff Park
• Sol Underground Free Store, 1st Fridays 7-10pm @ For Keeps Books; 2nd + 4th Fridays
7-10pm @ 48 MLK Jr Dr SW
SOUTH SIDE:
• FoodLife Weelaunee Distro, Wednesdays 4-6pm @ Gresham Rec Center
• FoodLife South ATL Distro, Fridays 6pm @ Jonesboro Rd SE + Hutchens Rd SE
• FoodLife Lakewood Distro, Saturdays 12-2pm @ Lakewood Ave SE + Rhodesia Ave SE
• South Bend Commons Distro, Tuesdays 5-7pm @ 1799 Lakewood Ter SE
• New Life Community Alliance, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-12pm @ 3592 Flat Shoals Rd
EAST SIDE:
• FoodLife Edgewood Distro, Sundays 1-2pm @ Mayson Ave + Hardee St
• Intown Food Pantry, Tuesdays + Saturdays 10am-12pm @ 1026 Ponce de Leon Ave NE
• Hillside Presbyterian Church, Tuesdays 12-3pm @ 1879 Columbia Dr, Decatur
• United Methodist Church, Thursdays 11am-1pm @ 2067 Columbia Dr, Decatur
WEST SIDE:
• Another Chance Atlanta, Fridays 11am-4pm @ 176 Troy St NW
• Community Church, Wednesdays 10am-1pm @ 850 Cascade Ave SW
• Salem Bible Church, Tuesdays and 2nd + 4th Thursdays 9am-1pm @ 2267 Baker Rd BUCKHEAD:
• Water Drop ATL (they have food too!) Sunday mornings near Lindbergh Center; DM
@c.u.n.t.s.usa on IG for time and location
OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER:
• Food4Life Clarkston Distro, Tuesdays 4pm @ Milam Park, Clarkston
• Malachi's Storehouse, Wednesdays 9am-12pm @ 4755 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody
• Rock Church of Atlanta, Tuesdays 11am, Wednesdays 9am-3pm, Thursdays 11am, and Fridays 2pm @ 4815 Courtney Dr, Forest Park
• Salem Bible Church, Tuesdays and 2nd + 4th Thursdays 9am-1pm @ 5460 Hillandale Dr, Stonecrest / Lithonia
MAP ON REVERSE SIDE!
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around. Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
11Alive news headline: "Woman sits in car for 14 hours to get food during New Birth Baptist church food giveaway

More than 2,000 people waited in their cars in line Saturday morning in order to receive food."
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Gaspard Reheisser @reheissergaspard.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
“Hurricane Melissa is finally leaving the Caribbean after battering communities in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba for days, leaving a trail of devastation that killed about 50 people. The hurricane smashed into Jamaica with enormous force on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm…”
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Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti
The storm has left 60 percent of Jamaica without electricity and some areas with up to 90 percent of roofs gone.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/11/2025
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/10/2025
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I’m planning my annual visit to Southeast Asia and Laos is a country I’d really like to visit this trip. Luang Prabang looks like my kind of vibe.
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🦋 ~Bindi~ 🦋 @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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Belly of the Beast @bellyofthebeastcuba.com · 29/10/2025
#Breaking: For the 33rd time in a row, the world has overwhelmingly supported Cuba’s resolution at the UN to condemn the U.S embargo. #un #usembargo #letcubalive
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/10/2025
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 29/10/2025
Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory. The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Name a better duo than daal and rice
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
There’s only one good rapper on No Limit and her name is Mia X.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I’m late but watching the cash money-no limit verzuz. Firstly, cash money will always win because Mannie Fresh! Put some respect on his name.
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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Absolutely no one should be contributing. This is the bare minimum.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The US is seeing the largest number of layoffs since 2020, with nearly 1 million people losing their jobs so far this year.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
U.S. exceptionalism is one hell of a drug because literally all the data points to failure
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Survey: Nearly Half of [U.S.] Families with Young Kids Struggling to Meet Basic Needs www.the74million.org/zero2eight/s...
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Survey: Nearly Half of Families with Young Kids Struggling to Meet Basic Needs
New Stanford data shows a record-high percentage of families facing economic hardships that could worsen with the ongoing government shutdown.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
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Tyler Cohen @tylercohencomix.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Set up a recurring donation, if you can—even small amounts help. Ask your employers if they are willing to do a matching donation
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Guinea, most likely 1974. In the last quarter of my book, The Second Emancipation, I spend a lot of time discussing this era of thick relationships between Africans and African Americans, during which a host of the latter, famous and ordinary, established new lives for themselves on the continent.
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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I learned a new French word this week—connard, which means asshole. When I learn how to cuss in French it’s over for everyone hahahaha
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