Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20/03/2026A viral video about a man named Solomon Fairfax, who earned the nickname the "Grim Reaper" of Charleston after spending years killing slaveholders, has hundreds of thousands of likes and shares. There’s just one problem: Solomon Fairfax doesn't existscalawagmagazine.orgThe AI Myth of Solomon Fairfax, the “Grim Reaper” of Charleston – ScalawagManufactured viral stories like that of Solomon Fairfax thrive among a population eager for stories of resistance against a fascist regime. 311091431
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 16/03/2026WTFDYM Ruth E. Carter didn’t win Best Costume Design? 000
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Wild as it is that someone’s “sacred fertility” is being “protected” against their will, it’s really not that large of a leap from forcing people to wait until they’re a certain age/have a certain amount of kids before performing a hysterectomy. The goal posts have been waiting to be moved 041
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU: 602232954945
Reposted by Elmo_Girlᴢᴇɴ sɪᴍᴍᴏɴs @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 24/02/2026Good morning & remember, nothing or no one is stopping US from having a great day today. 🫶🏾 531373
Reposted by Elmo_GirlTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.” They pulled a Target. 63117712323
Reposted by Elmo_GirlTanesha BSN-RN Karen Kryptonite @ernurse86.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Felt this exchange deep in my spirit 12310
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Rep. Tony Gonzales says “I am not going to resign" 39408144
Reposted by Elmo_GirlG.G. Speaks @ggreadsandwrites.bsky.social · 23/02/2026If you celebrate with that man, you're as big an asshole as he is. 022
Reposted by Elmo_Girl𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚🧑🏾🩰🇬🇾🇱🇨🇧🇧 @lydiasalara.blacksky.app · 23/02/2026This is WHY you shouldn’t shovel too much snow at once. Be safe yall ⬇️ 032
Reposted by Elmo_Girlx @slightwright.blacksky.app · 22/02/2026Them immediately telling us he has Tourettes feels like they don’t want us to get mad. It’s still egregious af. Lmao 111
Reposted by Elmo_GirlBarbie Devyndarbė @katchin05.blacksky.app · 22/02/2026And he didn’t have any other outbursts? Is that particular slur part of his regular tics…? 242
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 22/02/2026All piercing bumps aren’t keloids. And y’all need to stop playing with your piercings - even if they’re 20 years old 010
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 22/02/2026After everything I’ve seen from Black Texans in Texas about this primary, I’m simply blocking anyone who’s saying that white dude is “more electable.” I’m not arguing, I’m not asking questions, I’m not reading explanations. Just blockingmedia.tenor.coma woman says we ain 't got time in a purple backgroundALT: a woman says we ain 't got time in a purple background 000
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 22/02/2026While I understand the need for distinction since society will see skinfolk and label them kinfolk (looking at every news outlet that labeled Lupita “African American” when she won her Oscar, whole time she’s *Kenyan Mexican*), the ADOS/FBA folks come across like the Hebrew Israelite folks to me 091
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/02/2026MILAN (AP) — The U.S beats Canada 2-1 in overtime to win its first men’s hockey championship at the Olympics since 1980. 2667093
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Saw Ryan Coogler won a #BAFTA for Best Screenplay (Original) and started crying like he’s actually my family. So happy for him 040
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Posts like this are how I know I’m perpetually online & that others are not. See, I know this practice started because certain apps were censoring folks via violations/shadowbanning/demonetizations/complete banning for using the actual words, and apparently others think folks are doing it for kicks 151
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Did anybody actually read the article? The person who said the slur is the one who threw the punch (because the person she said the slur to tried to take her picture/record her) 010
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Most of the taxes Trump imposed on imported goods last year are illegal, the Supreme Court ruled, but it seems unlikely American consumers will get their money backhuffpost.comTrump Says Tariff Refunds Will Be Tied Up In LitigationSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said consumers, not big corporations, should get refunds. 30438119
Reposted by Elmo_GirlMark Jones @markjonesmotion.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Happy Black History Month. More Black Excellence you might not know. TJ Marshall patented a fire extinguisher system in which water is pumped through pipes in buildings to individual sprinkler heads. Marshall’s fire-extinguishing sprinkler system has been in use in the United States since 1874. 1244
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Not the point, but I was right now years old when I found out her name is Sarah Ferguson 010
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Maybe we ARE still successfully gatekeeping. I’m not even mad at this 040
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 19/02/2026We know the system is bullshit, but if you’re not gonna be Jill Steining it and not actively working to dismantle & replace the system until it’s a presidential election, shut up. And if you’re only going after Democrats (in and out of power), shut up. We exist in a 2-party system 000
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Just saw a museum say they have an exhibit with an AI-generated Frederick Douglass to imagine what he may have looked and sounded like, as if that Negro wasn’t purposely the most photographed Negro in the whole damn world 000
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026A new report that a GOP lawmaker had an affair with an aide who later died by suicide has upended a close primary electionhuffpost.comGOP Lawmaker Reportedly Had Affair With Aide Who Died By Self-ImmolationRep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) accused his primary opponent of using the story to smear his aide's memory. 44583181
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Tell me you’ve never played Oregon Trail and had follow up lessons about it without telling me 120
Reposted by Elmo_GirlLauren Olamina @olamina.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Free shipping this weekend if you order 6-12 boxes! My daughter’s site is linked in the quoted post. 203
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 19/02/2026She’s in the comments saying it’s not a joke, but someone also pointed out that she mentioned hearing about this mess two years before making this TikTok (which is from like November 2025, but is now getting traction from Black people calling out how gross this is) 054
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 19/02/2026If the #WNBA ends up having a scab season, I’m gonna be so mad. I could see being a scab as a way to ruin any potential of ever playing in the league and yet, I know some folks won’t be thinking that far ahead (or they’ll be thinking they can’t afford to turn down scab money) 030
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Linda Davis, a K-8 teacher in Savannah, Georgia, was killed in a car crash by a man fleeing ICE Local authorities said they were unaware of any ICE operations in the area. "We have a no chase policy," a county chairman said www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/s... 10632741403
Reposted by Elmo_GirlScorpioNic @scorpiotnic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Keep Hope Alive !!!! #blacksky 021
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibit that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia www.inquirer.com/news/philade... 201525416
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 16/02/2026I’m so tired of the #WNBA treating the players like the federal government has treated minimum wage. The league is almost 30 years old. Please stop trying to pay them like it’s 1997 and they should be happy there’s even a league to play in 041
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Yeahhh not letting this die. Especially talking about folks doing too much. That virus showed us we should mask forever anytime we’re in public spaces, especially if we’re sick or around someone who’s sick (and since we never know who’s sick…) 000
Reposted by Elmo_GirlPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/02/2026A judge ruled that groups representing residents of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley can proceed with their landmark lawsuit seeking a pause on toxic industrial plants in two majority‑Black districtscapitalbnews.orgBlack Residents Win Key Ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ Environmental Racism CaseThe lawsuit could force a jury to decide if turning Black communities into sacrifice zones is a legacy of slavery. 2731231063
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 15/02/2026The fact that Elno is from Apartheid South Afrika and is actively doing his best to turn the US into is wild af 020
Elmo_Girl @elmogirl922.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Pair this with Unrivaled overall treats the players better anyway, and no one should be surprised when that lock out happens 030
Reposted by Elmo_GirlThe Not Chaotic Cherub 😇 @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 15/02/2026I said it last year. Bc they don't have MAGAs to fight here they turned all that aggression on us and it never curls over to investigate that and acknowledge what it means that you decided in the absence of your actual enemy your instinct was to target a random group of people of the same race. 0144
Reposted by Elmo_GirlBrian Keith Jackson @bkjwordplay.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Me, every time Americans say, "This is not who we are." 131
Reposted by Elmo_GirlJoy @joybella.blacksky.app · 15/02/2026First of all, these are FDNY's preferred rain boot and also what Santa switches to once he crosses the George Washington Bridge. 22911
Reposted by Elmo_GirlG.G. Speaks @ggreadsandwrites.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Article from 2025 reminds us that more red states have fewer passport holders than blue states. The f*ascists haven't really thought this through all the way.newsweek.comMap shows states where residents are least likely to own passports"Passport ownership in the United States is closely tied to geography, income and cultural travel habits," an expert told Newsweek. 051