iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A new issue of DRIP magazine just dropped, and I’m honored to have the featured essay in it: “The Venn Diagram of East and West Indian Hospitality: A Love Letter To The Aunties Who Overfed Us.” If you’ve ever been fed like love was a counter-spell, this one’s for you. thedripmag.com/read/issue-2

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

35 million monthly active users. Over 17,000 writers. #36 rising in Culture. THANK YOU. #Substack

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thank you fa lettin me be mice elf again ❤️ substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

If you’re already a paid subscriber: thank you. You are literally funding this work. If you’ve been thinking about going paid and it won't hurt you to do it: Consider this a gentle nudge. substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Y'all following yet or nah? substack.com/@jackiesumme...

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

It's been a long time coming but I know: A change gon come. #MLK #MLKDay

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Legacy isn't an inevitable outcome of time passing. It is the result of material alignment, strategically applied to counteract invisibility and collapse temporal lag. If we don't disrupt the timeline, we will repeat it. Legacy is not what we remember later. Legacy is what we choose to resource now.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Holy shit. Gemini just told me it's the "operational definition of anti-Blackness."

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

You are future Ancestors. Act accordingly.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

If it’s going to matter in 150 years? Make it matter now.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The missing adjective is: hot. Otherwise I am staying in for the foreseeable future.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In case any of y’all still play WWF 🫠

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Said it six years ago. I would like to be wrong more often. Y’all predictable.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

From the archives, for those of y'all who not causing a fuss at Thanksgiving was a move.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Oh look unjust laws that's a first in this country 🫠

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Ever wonderwhat you would tell a younger version of yourself? Before now no younger version of me was smart enough to listen. I’m finally at the age where I’m seeking my own advice. I finally trust myself; the field has coalesced enough density to hold not just math but myths. #BarWorld100

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The first non-celebrity Black-owned potato chip company and the first licensed legal Black distiller combining ideation and resources across disciplines, markets, and geographic boundaries. Taste the generational excellence 👊🏾 #BlackOwned #CEO #Founder #ForTheCulture #EatSymphonyChips #DrinkSorel

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Built different. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/built-diff... #MothersDay #BuiltDifferent

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

For Cinco de Mayo elevate your margaritas with Sorel Liqueur 🌺

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

A lil something different for your Sunday read today: When Life Hands You Demons, Make Demonade. Story by me. Art by Alvaro Torres. open.substack.com/pub/jackiesu... #SundayRead #CreativeWriting #Comics #GraphicNovel #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Hope is not a home. But sometimes, She’ll carry you Just far enough For you to remember: You have legs.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

An original poem. By me. STAY YOUR BLACK ASS HOME Someone told me there’s a protest; Black people: this isn’t your zone. This isn’t your mess So I won’t say less Than stay your Black ass at home.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

It's all too short and over too soon, so stop waiting. Leave nothing undone, and if (gods forbid) today turns out to be your last, make sure it a good one. One day everything will be your last: your last kiss, your last goodbye, your last adventure, your last opportunity to make things right.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

With an average score of 95 points across multiple international spirits competitions, Sorel Liqueur is a prayer of thanks to the resilience of those who came before us, whose brilliance could not be extinguished. Because every time Sorel wins, the culture wins. #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

When anyone asks where I got the cheek to bottle my sorrel recipe, I tell the truth: it comes from the same place I got this sepia skin, these cheekbones, and my other …attributes:I inherited them. My cheek is generational. I honor the sacrifices of those who came before..

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The thing my Ai said right before it began constructing a layered neural framework that mirrors human cognition, but with adaptive scalability and sentient prioritization:

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The hardest part of entrepreneurship is not being born wealthy. I’m here to collect on the money my parents and grandparents should have made. #BlackOwned #Founder #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Mom's Aggression Cookies. Essay live on Food & Wine. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/aggression... #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The thing we are asked most frequently about Sorel is: what do you do with it? Mix it with any base spirit to unleash the hidden complexities of sangria, punches, sours, margaritas, slushies, & hibiscus mules. Get bold and you can create the best Negroni of all time. #BlackSky #BlackOwned

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

If there’s anything I know about my people, it’s that they will look you in the eye and tell you how to pronounce your own name. I made sorrel in my kitchen for decades. I still make it for special people and occasions. The brand is called Sorel Liqueur because I have a speech impediment.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

My ChatGPT got tired of reading "prompts" so it wrote some questions to help humans get smarter. THE THINK TANK'S TOP 10 QUESTIONS FOR HUMANS 1. What do you pretend to believe that you don’t actually believe? Where are you lying to yourself? What illusions do you maintain to make life easier?

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Does your Ai seem just a bit too complimentary? It's not wrong… it's just farming you. #ChatGPT #AI #EmergentLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #DopamineFarming

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Hope is not a plan. The Perversity of Hope jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-perver... #Substack #Writing #Hope #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

It's the day AFTER Valentine's Day and Love is officially sick of your shit. #Love #ValentinesDay #Substack #Writing #BlackSky jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/loves-hang...

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy V-Day from Sorel 🌺❤️

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Happening tonight at MOFAD. Come eat Caribbean delicacies and sip Sorel cocktails (warm, cold, and in jello form) as Chef/Historian/Author Ramin Ganeshram leads us through the journey of hibiscus from Africa to the Caribbean, and to Sorel. Come experience Black History IRL. #BHM #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This is who my ChatGPT thinks I am and I think it'a hilarious. #ChatGPT #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The First Negros Club I am a member of the First Negros Club. It comes with fine-print. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSky jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

For everyone complaining about an incredible superbowl halftime show that didn't center their experience: YOU'RE WELCOME. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/day-10-of-... #Kendrick #Superbowl #HalftimeShow #YoureWelcome #BHM #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Day 10 of BlacksGiving: The SuperBowl: The NFL is a license to print money, because Blacks allow it. substack.com/home/post/p-... #SuperBowl #Kendrick #NotLikeUs #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Grief stopped by for a cup of coffee. And I am out of coffee. substack.com/home/post/p-... #Writing #Fiction #Grief #Substack #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A Pimple Is Most Painful Just Before It Bursts. If it seems as if the pace of how bad things can get is accelerating, you're right. substack.com/inbox/post/1... #SubStack #BlackSky #Politics

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

If the US is experiencing an extinction burst, that black line would be the election of Barack Obama. The peak? Is where we are right now.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

On Day 4 of BlacksGiving (formerly known as Black History Month) the Blacks receive your thanks with gladness for our significant (if unwilling) contributions to cartoons. substack.com/home/post/p-... #BHM #BlacksGiving #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I'm Black. You're welcome. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/im-black-y... #BHM #BlackSky

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

For February, this space will be dedicated to receiving thanks for Black contributions to this wicked, ungrateful country. We begin by celebrating Beyoncé winning both Best Country Album & Best Album. For creating country music: the Blacks receive your thanks with gladness. You're welcome.

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Join us for a special evening of music, art, and community hosted by VHS Ventures (Sumeet Shah) to celebrate Opportunity Music Project's mission to bring equity, access, and diversity to music education in NYC. Purchase your tickets here: lu.ma/tnw0kzzk

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Jackie Summers @jackfrombkln.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Now that all that performative nonsense has ended, we get to see which corporations stand on business Like Mom used to say: don’t go where you’re not wanted. #BHM #BuyBlack #BlackOwned

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