Reposted by Edana WalkerAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026#OTD in 1957, tennis legend Althea Gibson defeated Louise Brough 6–3, 6–2, becoming the first Black tennis player to win the U.S. National Championships (now the #USOpen) singles title. #WomenInSport #SportsHistory #tennis 151643358
Reposted by Edana WalkerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/09/2026For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way. 572105132145
Reposted by Edana Walkerlifeofahunter @lifeofahunter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A student came to me for advice today. The last class she needs for her minor is based on using AI. She had drafted an email the prof and asked how I’d receive it. It was a good email, measured, explained that she had serious moral qualms about using AI. Without this class she won’t graduate. 1103
Reposted by Edana WalkerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026They have whiplash. Is A.I. the future or is it the end of jobs? It can't be both (they took 1900 hours of AP classes so they know they can figure that out for themselves). Where are all the professors and why are they all in a seminar about A.I. instead of inspiring them or telling them what to do? 981696
Reposted by Edana WalkerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026From their perspective, if A.I. isn't going to get them a good job (and the A.I. narrative is boasting about eliminating good jobs) then college should at least match their idea of what it used to be -- personal, inspiring, chats on the quad, experiences. Then their class is all about tech. 3883110
Reposted by Edana WalkerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I cannot really explain to someone who hasn't been steeped in this stuff for awhile how sudden and total the "go to college and get a good job" edict has collapsed. It's a vaccuum. And we know how nature feels about those. All we are throwing in there at the moment is A.I. 121061187
Reposted by Edana WalkerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It's mostly not about the technology, itself. They are angry about A.I. because they are anxious about how to be successful. No one in charge will tell them the new path to upward mobility. No seems to want to even figure one out. All anyone will talk to them about is A.I. 6981139
Reposted by Edana WalkerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I have seven invitations from student groups to talk about A.I. They know what I think about A.I. That's why they asked me. They aren't feeling it, y'all. 192486468
Reposted by Edana WalkerMeidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Keith Lee there before the incompetent, useless government 6264160
Reposted by Edana WalkerDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Thousands of years of living alongside us taught dogs to read our struggles and jump in to help, from fetching objects to muscling into a task. 1171490
Reposted by Edana Walkervotolatino.bsky.social @votolatino.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Supreme Court ended Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. FANM is collecting food and household necessities for South Florida families through Sept 30. Donate weekdays, 9 AM–5 PM, at 111 NW 183rd St., Suite 401, Miami Gardens, FL 0917
Reposted by Edana WalkerMatthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this was a very visceral and horrifying police report to read through.404media.coFlorida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi SaluteThe deputy resigned after an investigation uncovered an alleged history of racism, stalking, and sexual abuse. 311086349
Reposted by Edana WalkerBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation. 440107073484
Reposted by Edana WalkerJoe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Today in Bari-ing the News, part three—America First edition. ABC and NBC led tonight with the growing death toll and tragedy in Nepal. CBS led with the mom murder trial, then talked about US summer weather, and then, about 8 minutes in, did a Nepal story headlined “Missing Americans” 1279
Reposted by Edana WalkerThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026MEMPHIS: “Authorities said Tyrin Johnson turned toward the National Guard with a gun while running from them… But autopsy shows a bullet went in his back and exited through his chest…” One Guard member who fired was 19 — too young to be Memphis PD. No body cam. #UnSafeTaskForceapnews.comAutopsy shows Tennessee National Guard fatally shot 20-year-old armed man in the backAn autopsy shows that an armed man killed by the Tennessee National Guard was shot in the back. The report that Tyrin Johnson’s family shared with The Associated Press on Thursday contradicts accounts... 8819821005
Reposted by Edana Walkerkristinekenyon.bsky.social @kristinekenyon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If I hear another Republican say “they just have to come here the Right Way”, someone is getting a roundhouse kick in the head. bsky.app/profile/swin... 21169
Reposted by Edana WalkerAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is what they mean when they say “border security” 257245
Reposted by Edana WalkerAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Then the Haitians did it The Right Way. And now after Americans lured them here and practically begged them to come to Springfield — Springfield! — now they’re having Trump’s armed secret police inflicted on them, and being told they all need to go back to an incredibly dangerous place or else 91390248
Reposted by Edana WalkerAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026… This wasn’t some secret globalist Jewish import the “Third World” great replacement operation. This was an openly advertised call to help a dying city to stop dying on its legs. 388689
Reposted by Edana WalkerAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Something else - and no, I’m not making an original point here — that endlessly infuriates me about the trump administration’s siege of Springfield Ohio is that the Haitians are there primarily because they were invited there, largely by local conservative political and business leaders… 252678582
Reposted by Edana WalkerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099383825
Reposted by Edana WalkerSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026“In her original Japanese edition, Kusama refers to the area in New York where she used to live transforming into a “slum,” with real estate prices “falling by $5 a day.” She attributes this to “black people shooting each other out front, and homeless people sleeping there.””hyperallergic.comWhat the Art World Doesn't Want You to Know About Yayoi KusamaA new publication tries hard to reinvent Kusama as a champion of racial equity despite her troubling record of anti-Black statements. 918744
Reposted by Edana WalkerSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In her 2002 autobiography, she “writes of the apparent ‘animalistic sex techniques’ of Black people, and what she describes as their ‘distinctive smell’. She describes working with a Black man in a past performance work, with lingering attention paid to her descriptions of his lips and genitals.”artreview.comYayoi Kusama apologizes for historic racismA history of racist comments and descriptions of Black people in the writing of Yayoi Kusama has drawn criticism on the eve of her exhibition at SFMOMA 32575233
Reposted by Edana WalkerA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans. 5129831156
Reposted by Edana WalkerRay E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States." W. E. B. Du Bois, who died on this day in 1963 6339131
Reposted by Edana WalkerEmily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The wife and the sailor who jumped are both 19 years old. 19.ms.nowNavy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary chargesThe sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked. 211219332
Reposted by Edana WalkerIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 27/08/2026She was a "computer" before computers. When Alan Shepard became the 1st American in space, it was her genius that got him there. She's the "hidden figure" awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. At the age of 98, they made a movie about her. Katherine Johnson was born 108yrs ago today 6648191080
Reposted by Edana WalkerKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Getting my job back at the Washington Post would not have been possible if it wasn’t for me belonging to a union. @postguild.bsky.social and @wbng.org are the unions I belong to. I was able to challenge my wrongful termination because of the collective bargaining agreement / union contract! 894589900
Reposted by Edana WalkerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer. 662581649
Reposted by Edana WalkerPortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This is criminal. Tens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines abcnews.com/US/wireStory...abcnews.com‘Survival mode’: Indiana residents endure a ninth day without powerTens of thousands of people in northwest Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines 47546
Reposted by Edana WalkerBrett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism 676235265735
Reposted by Edana WalkerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Goddamn. One of the earliest examples of an everyday person standing up to this bullshit while powerful institutions cowered. They should name a school after him. RIP. 6897213
Reposted by Edana WalkerBradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I have awful news. Youman Wilder, the Harlem baseball coach who courageously protected his kids from an ICE raid and said he was "willing to die" for them, very tragically, passed away this week Wilder's sister started a fundraiser set up to help with his burial: www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-y... 131465768
Reposted by Edana WalkerI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 24/07/2026Yeah the idea that you have to be very careful and measured when talking about bigots lest you be labeled as “hysterical” etc has been a great boon in the push to renew white supremacy. 7963156
Reposted by Edana WalkerBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina 32178672868
Reposted by Edana WalkerI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026Joe Manchin stabbed Joe Biden in the back every chance he got and all the vitriol of the party was aimed at the Tlaib, Bush, AOC etc 946579
Reposted by Edana WalkerKayleigh McKee 🟡, Blinded my a billion brilliant lights @ghaspey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Here's your reminder to NOT eat Unagi/Japanese Eel next time you get sushi because it can NOT be farmed due to it spawning in the deep ocean and it is being fished close to the point of extinction, thanks!! 20514181
Reposted by Edana WalkerSandy @sandy174.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Oh AUGGIE, 🥺 He spent another birthday in the shelter. 9 years old, 1,123 days. Looking for a calm home. He's dog selective, cat tolerant. www.petfinder.com/dog/auggie-f... Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue Wantagh, NY, 11793 www.facebook.com/reel/1723688... 8317186
Reposted by Edana Walkerparis martineau @paris.nyc · 18/07/2026New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...consumerreports.orgParasite-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to Walmart Stores and Food Distributors in 27 States - Consumer ReportsTaylor Farms' recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart stores, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states. 10533882163
Reposted by Edana WalkerJacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 18/07/2026NEW: A second ex-wife of David Brouillette, the ICE agent who killed Joan Durán Guerrero in Maine, Lucinda Brouillette, issued a statement this morning. "If you were to ask me whether I believe David Brouillette is capable of this level of extreme violence, my answer is unequivocally yes." / 161112243582
Reposted by Edana WalkerNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 18/07/2026On Tuesday, a New Jersey town pulled $91M out of Citizens Bank over its business with ICE prison contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic. Yesterday, Citizens announced it was ending its relationships with GEO and CoreCivic. Money managers should DIVEST from $GEO $CXW www.nj.com/essex/2026/0...nj.comThis N.J. town just pulled $91M from Citizens Bank over ICETwo N.J. municipalities have now pulled more than $330 million combined, according to the De-ICE Citizens Bank coalition. 295129434165
Reposted by Edana WalkerWelcome to the Party @m22-5.blacksky.app · 19/07/2026She would be a Pro-Democracy Game Changer! 0186
Reposted by Edana WalkerDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 19/07/2026One thing I'm noticing from a lot of people here, and the media reports surrounding the arrest of the Tates, is how many are using the term "child pornography" Children cannot consent and therefore it is not pornography It is Child Sexual Abuse Material or CSAM and it's vital to call it that 483426944
Reposted by Edana WalkerBongo @ghostofthewoods.bsky.social · 19/07/2026New NJ law criminalizes interference with trans healthcare share.google/xT0wTeUXv9Bf... Some good news!share.googleNew Jersey makes it illegal to interfere with reproductive or gender-affirming healthcareThe law makes it a fourth-degree crime to harass or harm patients and healthcare providers, staff, or volunteers or block them from entering a facility that provides reproductive care, including servi... 2349691780
Reposted by Edana Walkerandrea @andreawaves.bsky.social · 19/07/2026An organizer from one of the largest food distros during OMS was recently stopped and arrested for an alleged busted tail light and is facing deportation. I’m so sad and furious. The organizer of this fundraiser is a friend of mine. Help if you can, babes. gofund.me/4962797c4gofund.meDonate to Standing with Carlos in This Difficult Time, organized by River HollowsBeloved community, Our dear friend and family member, Carlos,… River Hollows needs your support for Standing with Carlos in This Difficult Time 29881
Reposted by Edana WalkerSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 19/07/2026This place is killing us. Misogynoir costs us years.theguardian.comFaced with inadequate US healthcare, Black women fly to South Korea: ‘It could save your life’Black women who feel minimized or dismissed in the US are traveling thousands of miles for South Korea’s patient-first approach 329590
Reposted by Edana WalkerPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We mean the white working class, correct? Working class people of color have hated him since way back (but they do not count). 151784280
Reposted by Edana WalkerPlague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I have heard this outbreak is being caused by Taylor Farms lettuce used at Taco Bell, but considering their lettuce is at Costco and Kroger and Walmart and Target and Safeway and Albertsons and Whole Foods (and other fast food chains) for now let us just avoid lettuce. 1802756589
