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Langston Blues

@dradambanks.bsky.social
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Committed teacher, midnight believer, solo soul. Still a Slow Jam in a Hip Hop world. Here for all things Donny Hathaway, Deep Space Nine, Patrice Rushen and Futurama. And for general smart stuff, foolishness and irreverence. Cleveland + Bay Area

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Randolph Potts @rpotts-sawubona.blacksky.app · 2h
Timnit Gebru, 2026 Right Livelihood Laureate & pioneering AI researcher challenges the concentration of power in the tech industry, argues that behind "autonomous" AI systems are humans deciding whose data is used, what resources consumed, who owns the technology-and are responsible when harm occurs
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 5h
Folks think this stuff will be easy to fix, even though #they gave us the playbook letting everyone know the plan is for permanent damage......
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 6h
The only way I'd improve on this is making the trackpad bigger and putting it beneath the CD playing number pad, instead of QWERTY section of the keyboard
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 7h
Was??
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 8h
Congratulations on a great run! Thank you for all of the intellectual community building! @cathyndavidson.bsky.social
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Boneless Wings…Lover @coachd21.blacksky.app · 11h
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Perfect Fried Egg Cooking in a Pan
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O @omagus.bsky.social · 11h
Not understanding the why of crate digging really encapsulates the disconnect between those pushing AI and the people they have never convinced to embrace it.
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Elmiene Variant 616 @deejay.blacksky.app · 16h
This crazy because back when that one dude said “AI could kill us in the next decade” my first thought went to AI setting folks with smart houses up 😭
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Peaches von Strangle @vantablackvamp.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
We don’t talk enough about LTD - We Both Deserve Each Others Love enough for me. That song is a masterclass in balladeering
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wonder if Stevie is going to un-vault other treats along the way, and out of all the stuff I assume is in that vault, how he and his team decided on the 4 he wanted to release. I'm loving these and want some more, but more curious about process than being a greedy fan lol
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Ayesharp (The Protagonist of Journalism) @ayesharp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He built like he trying to sneak clothes out a store.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I want to reject cookies with one button. I don't want to be clicking endless toggles only to press the 'accept all' button by mistake
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Tiricohairline @trejames.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Have your first date at a sports bar, he'll blow his cover without you asking.
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 28/09/2026
People are pissed at Jack for selling Twitter. I'm pissed at Jack for buying, and ruining, Tweetdeck and Vine
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Tiffany Gholar @tiffanygholar.com · 28/09/2026
Some of my art is wearable. dlvr.it/TVh8sR
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Hey look, if you want to manage your life like a boss, there’s going to be the occasional slip up.
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The architect and builder trying to point a finger about something he architected and built
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you think collards come in “brands” we are not living in the same world, which was the point. A brand of collards! 😂😂
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msh skeeta @melodymocha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm running this back because sports betting is ruining sports period.
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can we have an AI CEO news blackout i’ve really fucking had enough. They’ll say any old shit for a headline and you lot fall for it.
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good lawd
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LiveInThought 🇻🇮 ♏ @livesinthought.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
This sounds like people are paying $900 to $1,300 to get their brains cooked or edges burnt.
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The Magical Merchant @thetillshow.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Rosewood.
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Esusina @sina21.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
There’s so much ugly ass useless ass ai everywhere online. ITS EVERY FUCKING WHERE. I’m so tired of seeing my eyes are weary.
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Loving this doc on Detroit jazz. Tubi for the win
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THE BEST OF THE BEST: JAZZ FROM DETROIT
The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit is the first documentary film to explore the dynamic story of Detroit's innovative and influential jazz musicians.
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Kevin Hart Says Damn!
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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No, I will not watch the video content from your newspaper
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A thread worth reading. So many of us knew this would be as bad, and much worse than Big Tobacco's behavior once sports betting became legal. Much worse because the immediate and long term impacts can wreck so many people's lives. I'm horrified at how much the industry has grown so quickly.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
“The CEO of Mistral AI believes American tech giants are using [AI-apocalypse] rhetoric to control and close off the market to their advantage.” lol, I rest my case.
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Arthur Mensch, CEO of French start-up Mistral AI: 'AI is software. It can be controlled'
Mistral AI's co-founder believes the sector's American giants are manipulating the discourse around the technology's risks. He also defended his strategy, as critics are accusing his company of fallin...
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A thread and a word. The bad people have crazy momentum and we need every bit of our sense--and each other--to endure.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Baddies will destroy liberal order to play chicken with climate disaster. They don’t care about the rest of us. We can build better but the window to get in the fight is closing. We have to stop appealing to moral authority here.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Right, okay everybody, I’ve had a lot of meetings and talks this week and I have to share some top line thoughts. Things are quite a bit worse than i am usually willing to share with people because panic does no good. It’s kinda bad. The baddies have the wind at their back. No denying that.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Then, if you’re able, try to get your body moving. You’re going to need your senses and movement is good for your brain. If you have kids in your care, protect their developing brains and their image. That’s all I can say about that.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That's why rappers aren't hot anymore either. Y'all on that stuff and aging like milk. Black does crack when you put crack in it!
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Mozelle Batiste Delacroix’s only son. @roamingdruid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When Black people tell one another “Be safe” or “Stay safe” at the end of a phone call, it can feel like casting a small spell of protection. The words cannot control what waits outside, but they carry our hope into the world with the person on the other end of the line.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have to say it. I'm very against arranging book shelves in colour order. It makes no sense fam
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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 26/09/2026
Another statement for a t-shirt! 😒
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𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚🇬🇾🇱🇨🇧🇧 @lydiasalara.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
No. AI cannot feel pain. But guess who WILL when we run out of drinking water, or long before that when we have to ration water for bathing so ppl can generate those ugly flyers? HUMANS
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 26/09/2026
omg. i love this version so much
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And there I was
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Charlie Murphy's Iconic Nod
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Tiricohairline @trejames.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
Mans tryna get a seat with this current administration
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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I want a massive lawsuit for this company to run it into the ground, because NO.
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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 25/09/2026
😑 Just kill it with fire, already.
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Tiricohairline @trejames.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
This how Gen X men ended up with most of their Jordans.
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Langston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Definitely the bored and clueless talking points, but it reads as more true believer to me. What's interesting *to me* is that he comes across like he thinks he's trying to actually engage and spar with Klein, which makes the piece even wilder.
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Skip Button to Halloween @deafboi.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
Tbh I'm not surprised this local place that advertised a "girl's dinner" went under. Cause it was just two chicken and fries 💀
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Anna Stesia @onlychyld.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
I can’t believe I’m supposed to be a functioning adult while everything collapses around me.
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