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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ta-Nehisi Coates said, ”I‘ve been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I’m not qualified to talk about.” ”No one person should be the oracle or be the articulator…be skeptical of people who attempt to appoint themselves as that. I don‘t want that job at all.”

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ᴛʜᴇᴇ ᴅᴏʟʟ 🎀 @jessijeannie.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

never underestimate what doing something kind for someone can mean. what feels small to you might be exactly what someone needed that day. do good simply cause you can. you may never fully know how much your kindness mattered to someone.

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Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hmm. I'm not understanding much of the criticism of Lanterns. I think so much of what is being asked of the story is in character behaviour and development. It's in John revealing himself and unraveling in front of the Hals. It's in his lack of a relationship with his parents. It's in his nickname.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2026

youtu.be/8QbjlHeoLdc?... this excellent documentary on the making of the Oregon Trail game features the original creators talking about how they remember Prince being one of the first beta testers. (Of the first research prototype that pre-dated the more famous Apple II versions.)

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The Story of The Oregon Trail

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is it. It's like the concept of "liason" in French but with consonants. It's pronounced but the first L (really the "EL" is used to pronounce the second L. It makes perfect sense to me and the "HINT of an L" just made that so clear.

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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

What an amazing time to be a lover of Black Film & TV! • Clarissa • Is God Is • Black Burns Fast • A Different World • Diarra from Detroit • Dreams in Nightmares • If I Go Will They Miss Me • Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · 23/09/2026

This story is a great example of when @prisonculture.bsky.social speaks on picking something to focus on, organize around it, and keep at it! You don’t have to do it all, but what you do, could make all the difference.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This cover is amazing, I love it!

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Like Octavia E. Butler said, “We don’t have to wait for anything at all. What we have to do is start.” “Do the thing and you will have the power.”

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NHJ also positioned herself and her husband as sort of chosen ones who were going to solve systemic school issues with their money and I'm just...the way none of that translated into conversations with their child about the inequities of school systems and the value of learning is...interesting.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I wish y'all in the US could watch but there's a show here "For the Culture with Amanda Parris" and Amanda covers the public school-private school debate in Canada, USA and the UK in an episode well IMO. She interviews Black youth, parents and educators who have all taken different approaches.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Nah because that NHJ article is pissing me off. Making decisions about the supposed "collective good" alone and not, in addition, the intangible experiences that support a child's learning, like a safe school environment where *learning* is just as valued as assessments, is WILD. TO. ME.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is so deeply disrespectful.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The nth edition of private equity ruining everything:

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Gonna repost to read later. I've seen the Sankofa symbol in particular almost everywhere I've travelled in North America. I always get emotional too, because of what I think it means to and for us as a people, who are still here.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

YES. And the digital divide as we knew it before is not the same in this time now, so the framing itself is misleading. People are using technologies *differently* in some places vs. having access or no access. I truly hate it; it's so deeply misleading!

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've long maintained Tiwa Savage makes the music Kelly Rowland should be making. I really wish she'd fully dive into the house music scene. "Glory" should've been a Kelly song.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The flipside of that is when either your post leaves your intended audience or people are just itching to be contrarians on everything you post. It's all a lot. Gotta decide how you engage. (Above all, don't join the circus. Enough clowns there already.)

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This was Twitter for a while. You learned quickly how many people don't understand that a disagreement *with strangers* doesn't really need to go anywhere. But there are motives for some to keep taking things to hell so....🤷🏿‍♀️. It's all discussion as long as it's healthy and respectful. That's it.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've been wading through the chaos of TIFF for over 10 years now and this year is no different. I know I'll be dodging all kinds of people, cameras and noise, lol (The city is quiet otherwise tbh).

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Waited too long for TIFF tix and the films I want to see are sold out. Ah well, I'll hopefully catch them in theatres.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Social media has facilitated the spread of *organizer* language. But the fact is that the vast majority of people are not in fact organizers. It's why expressions like "meeting people where they are" make little sense to most people (in my opinion).

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was wearing a pullover with a show name on it and this 26-year-old started gushing to me about how much she loved the show when she was 7. Reader, the show was Student Bodies, lol.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026

Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck theonion.com/google-maps-introduces…

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What a privilege it is for us to not have everything figured out yet. How lucky we are to have options, to be able to choose our path. What a gift it is to simply wake up and exist. We have a future filled with endless possibilities and that's something to be grateful for. Everyday is a gift.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Effortless and sexy. LOVE IT!

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Speedy is a whole Gemini and he can never deny it. The quickness of the lashings, my gawd. This is a crime scene, JFC!

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Fatima Syed @fatimabsyed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s been the summer of data centre controversies in Ontario. From Armour Township to Oakville, councils are raising alarms about the few rules governing these huge facilities or the enormous resources they consume. Now, Ontario has a playbook I unpack it all: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-ai-d... #onpoli

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Ontario’s AI data centre plan, explained | The Narwhal

As cities like Mississauga and Oakville, Ont., vote to block data centre development, the Doug Ford government has released its own playbook for the AI infrastructure

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026

The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ungrading is definitely worth investigating. But just listing mental health as the reason for it undermines the actual systemic impact grades have before and well beyond graduation. There has to be a fuller commitment to making learning better for everyone.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hmm, IDK. There have been many pilot programs like this using systems like ungrading, pass/fail, justify your grade etc. b/c grades tend to have the same weight well after you leave an institution, which, depending on who you ask, is a good or a bad thing. However, the reason here is...interesting.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026

We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇

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Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I *finally* had the chance to start watching #BeyondTheGates and I'm a few episodes into S2 and, (B/C I can see the posts), you mean to tell me that man isn't dead yet?! SMH...STILL???

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Fond memories of that day, despite the chaos of it all.

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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Da’Vine Joy Randolph is set to star in Will Ropp’s dark comedy, ‘Dedicated to Morris Burke.’ • She plays Judy Brooks, a wife that discovers that the final novel of her late husband isn’t dedicated to her but instead to a man named Morris Burke. • Production began in late July

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

There are many versions, but I think this one is my favourite. (The whole album as well is 🔥🔥🔥) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQna...

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Joyce Moreno e Toninho Horta - Dindi

YouTube video by Joyce Moreno

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I keep watching this wondering what the play was supposed to be...like, trying to pass *over* your mismatch for an ISO you didn't even need to do tbh because there were ~25 secs + other options.....why?

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This still makes me unbelievably annoyed because he was really the draw for the show in the latter seasons. He was excellent on the show and it's so unfortunate we haven't seen him more. I hope that changes soon!

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's actually really cruel to brag like that and spread the word of anti-Blackness. None of the advantages and privileges they're speaking of are transferrable to him or his Black family members. Like, absolutely none of them; they're all his Dad's. It's unfortunate, believing otherwise.

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Jean B. @jeanbfromtoronto.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's sad that a Black person would proudly and loudly proclaim that their proximity to whiteness somehow benefits and protects them (NOPE) + makes them better than other Black people. Then to basically announce that you're with a white person who has less than you...but at least they're white? JFC..

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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A friendship IS a relationship.

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