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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 10h

So... Spa Weekend isn't in theaters? Any more? Was it ever?

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 16h

Sharecropping a system specifically designed to keep formerly enslaved people down

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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 19h

Oct 7, the Tx Senate Ed committee will hold a hearing regarding SB13's impacts. (and other bills also). Last session, book banners were ther, but we want to show real world impacts on teachers, librarians and parents. If you want to testify, please reach out to @txfreedomread.bsky.social or to us.

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TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 19h

You can also provide written testimony for that Tx Senate Ed hearing about the impacts of SB13 (or SB12) on your schools. If you wish to do so, bring ten copies. Details below. Alerting @authorsabb.bsky.social @authorsguild.org also. capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/...

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've been in a poetic mood (though I am no poet) so I started reading this post as a poem, à la William Carlos William: I wish you could taste the Greek-style shepherd's pie I made for dinner. I added spinach, feta, and fresh oregano* * for some with the british pronuciation: /ˌɒr.ɪˈɡɑː.nəʊ/

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How is a movie that stars Lucy Alexis Liu and Cillian Murphy boring?

Lucy Liu and Cillian Murphy in a still from the movie Watching the Detectives

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tuesday #AMPM #TeaOfTheDay x2: #HeavenlyTeaLeaves Organic Butterfly Pea Flower this morning and #JusTea's Peppermint Detox with #TraditionalMedicinals Organic Hibiscus for #IcedTea this afternoon

Lid of Heavenly Tea Leaves
Organic Butterfly Pea Flower

Tea sachet lavels of
JusTea's Peppermint Detox and
Traditional Medicinals' Organic Hibiscus

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please, don't stand over my food talking.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.

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District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'

Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I need more cozy mysteries with Black main characters.

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally getting to #TeaOfTheDay, yay! Today's hot #MorningTea: #JusTea's Purple Jasmine

Tin of JusTea's Purple Jasmine
A metal infuser with a pink brim
A clear glass mug of an amber liquid

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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are looking for a Black lesbian coming-of-age film. We recommend Sandulela Asanda’s ‘Black Burns Fast’ (2026) currently streaming on Prime Video. The film stars Esihle Ndleleni, Muadi Ilung, Mila Smith, Khensani Khoza, Nstimedi Gwangwa, and Basetsana Motloung. Share the film far and wide!

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I had a lovely hike this morning with two doggies, a 6-year-old human, and a good friend of mine. Happy Monday!

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was blessed with cold sweet mint tea and cucumber infused water over this wonderful weekend and I can't stop thinking about both.

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Anyway... Breathe. What I came on here to say this morning is: Any tool that you use to access online entertainment and social media you can also use to learn.

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is #Lanterns about light sources or what? Candles. Flashlights. Torches. What?

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I still miss Ed Hochuli's explanations.

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The first thing that I'm going to say about A Gathering of Flames: Celebrating 20 Years of Torch anniversary conference celebration is THANK YOU @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social for making this a community event.

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.

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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will

The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.

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Jovi ⚖️ 10/13 🏁 🎃🪅 @panamajovi.afrolatinsky.app · 25/09/2026

Avid Readers and readers y’all seen this? www.blackgirlbookfair.com #BlackBookSky #BookSky #readers

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Black Girl Book Fair!

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Friday #AMPM #TeaOfTheDay x2: #MariageFrères' Pleine Lune this morning and #JusTea's Purple Rain #IcedTea for this afternoon

View into tins of Mariage Frères' Pleine Lune and JusTea's Purple Rain teas

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TIL about numerus clausus and... It surely feels like a pending step of #Project2025 www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/n...

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Annoyed Woman Sighs

Alt: Annoyed Woman Sighs

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On the other hand, Jeff Bezos demanded that Rotterdam demolish an historic bridge so he could get his superyacht out to the North Sea. Construction to save many lives vs. destruction to convenience one particular life. 🎶One of these things is not like the other.... 🎶

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Please, understand, any arrangement of books is in fact room decor. (photo from www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/arts...)

Black woman in a vibrant yellow and green patterned outfit sits amongst stacks and stacks of books

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thursday #AMPM #TeaOfTheDay x2: #JusTea's Golden Green this morning, #HarneyAndSons Mother's Day again for #IcedTea this afternoon

Tins of JusTea's Golden Green
and Harney & Sons' Mother's Day teas

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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‘A Different World’ Season 1 is now streaming on Netflix. The series stars Maleah Joi Moon, Alijah Kai, Chibuikem Uche, Cornell Young IV, Jordan Aaron Hall, Kennedi Reece, Cree Summer, Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Debbie Allen, Darryl M. Bell, and Charnele Brown.

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Bonnie Greer, the prominent British American writer and cultural commentator. In remembrance, we have made an interview with Greer in our archives – conducted by Deirdre Osborne – free to access until the end of October. buff.ly/d8k3YDm

White background. Black and orange header reads: Remembering Bonnie Greer. Subheading: 1948 - 2026. Underneath to the left is black text: Bonnie Greer OBE was an acclaimed novelist, playwright, critic, and cultural commentator whose work explored race, identity, history, and the Black experience. The author of several novels and plays, she also appeared regularly on British television. To the right of this is a black and white photo of Bonnie. She is a Black woman with a short afro and headband. She wears a dark v-neck top and dangly earrings.

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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Official poster for ‘Reasonable Doubt’ Season 4. Featuring: Emayatzy Corinealdi, Morrison Chestnut, Joseph Sikora, and Meagan Good. 📺: Hulu & Disney+ | October 6th

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026

Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wednesday #AMPM #TeaOfTheDay x2: #JusTea's African Chai this morning, #HarneyAndSons Mother's Day for #IcedTea this afternoon

Tin of Harney & Sons Mother's Day stacked on top of a tin of JusTea's African Chai

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A humbling reminder from Carl Sagan: Even if you read 1 book a week for your entire life, you'd only scratch the surface of human knowledge.

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Chartreuse Man by Deborah Allbritain - @pshares.bsky.social Winter 2025-26 There was a poisoning. Perhaps from the reincarnation ages ago where your hands curled and stitched the fake flower bouquets of 1860, dusted them with Scheele’s green, the arsenic powder breathed into your child lungs...

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tuesday #TeaOfTheDay x2: #MariageFrères #DeStress tea this morning, #JusTea's Little Berry Hibiscus for #IcedTea this afternoon

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this is for the British colonies. French, Portuguese, Spanish, the Netherlands and Denmark will have their millions of records too. So its still only a fraction of the records yet to be made available

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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Akinola Davies Jr’s ‘My Father’s Shadow’ is now streaming on Netflix Africa: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. It’s also streaming on MUBI for the residents of the US, UK, Canada, etc. The film stars Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Godwin Egbo, and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo.

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Welcome to the Party Show @wttpartypodcast.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lisa Leslie: champion, trailblazer, icon. Now, statue. Her legacy, forever in LA. 💜💛

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Monday #AfternoonTea #IcedTea #TeaOfTheDay: #HeavenlyTeaLeaves' Organic Butterfly Pea Flower, (pics of quick steep and later ridiculously long steep)

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GESSwrites 🇵🇦🇺🇲 @gesswrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Monday morning #TeaOfTheDay: I stuck the pit of a peach I'd just eaten in the infuser with some #JusTea African Breakfast and a bloop of #Goodflow Wildflower honey and...

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Vibrant Dance: Woman in Plaid & Stripes

ALT: Vibrant Dance: Woman in Plaid & Stripes

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