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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/01/2025
Talk to your kids—especially your teen and preteen sons. The Oath Keepers are back with new leadership—leaked documents reveal they’re targeting youth to rebuild their image, with a focus on the Boy Scouts.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/01/2025
this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14/01/2025
They’re asking Pete Hegseth about the wrong tattoo!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
What we all should be doing.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/12/2024
Germans expected the Christmas market terrorist to be an Islamic extremist—he turned out to be a psychotherapist with strong Islamophobic, anti-immigrant views, despite being an immigrant himself. He’s also voiced support for the far-right, neo-Nazi AfD party—just like Elon Musk did a few days ago.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
🇷🇸 About 30,000+ protesters took to the streets of the Serbian capital and spoke out against corruption in Vučić government.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 20/12/2024
My state’s health department just banned COVID, mpox, and flu vaccine promotion by all staff statewide. In public, at events, on the website, nowhere. Mind you, Louisiana has the highest rates of influenza in the country. God help us.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A banner that reads “900 AMERICANS
WENT BANKRUPT TODAY DUE TO PERSONAL MEDICAL BILLS”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
seems a bit dramatic
Luigi Mangione is escorted by several police officers and Mayor Eric Adams in New York.
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 19/12/2024
“Is Elon Musk the new dictator of the Republican Party?” Rep. Jamie Raskin asked Speaker Mike Johnson.
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Yalda @thatopinionatedgal.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
He has other priorities. Personal ones. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 18/12/2024
Also raising the alarm for a Black disabled MAGE(marginalized gender) in Arizona has <2 months to live if no kidney tissue donor is found. Also all medical expenses will be covered, food, travel, pretty much anything you need to complete the task they say. mayoaz.donorscreen.org/register/now
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Register as a potential donor - Donor Registration
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The Gym Hashira 🏋🏾‍♂️ @thegymhashira.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Aye 🤨
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Just_Vicki 🐾🎵💟🕉💙🌈🌻🇺🇲🇺🇦🇨🇦 @justvickimarie.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This is our country on any given day. It's so effing sad.
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Great lineup of Black journalists, creators, and media outlets. go.bsky.app/N349hva
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 15/12/2024
A few content creators and authors told me years ago the day would come where freelancing wouldn’t matter because people would not trust media of any kind anymore as it capitulated to the whims of government. Im glad I listened & started my Substack & just learned to write simply b/c truth matters
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Nothing to see here, folks. No special favors to anyone we know.
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Other98 @other98.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 13/12/2024
A Colombian national goes missing. Then his identity documents appear in a video posted by the Sudanese Armed Forces. Bellingcat’s @mabl2k.bsky.social investigates… www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/12...
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Colombian Mercenaries in Transit to Sudan via Libya - What do we Know?  - bellingcat
Final TikTok post of Colombian reportedly missing in Sudan sheds light on possible journey from Colombia through Libya to the conflict zone.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 13/12/2024
This is why my nonprofit (thurmanperryfoundation.org) does what we do through our Girl Code program. We have donated 284,341 organic menstrual products to 10,000+ incarcerated women and girls nationwide. Our work with the prisons and jails allows women to menstruate with dignity
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The Thurman Perry Foundation | Creating An Equitable World For Women & Girls Impacted By Incarceration
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OpenSecrets.org @opensecrets.org · 13/12/2024
"“The patterns we’ve seen throughout the decades that we’ve been following money in politics is that most often, the influence of money does have an impact on policy decisions" - OpenSecrets Executive Director Hilary Braseth www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Inside Trump’s swamp
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, lobbying firms and watchdog groups alike have taken note of his picks for high-level roles.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
You may not be interested in Polio, but Polio is interested in you. RFKjr and his lawyer can f*ck all the way off.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A Lakeland, Florida, woman has been charged after police said she ended a call to an insurance company with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose. You people are next.” She reportedly placed a call to BlueCross BlueShield regarding medical insurance claims she was denied
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Lakeland woman threatens insurance company, says ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’: police
A Lakeland woman was charged Tuesday after police said she ended a call to an insurance company with the words, “Delay, Deny, Depose.”
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Tributes are pouring in for Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement
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Tributes pour in for Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet and educator
Nikki Giovanni, a world-renowned poet and key figure of the Black Arts Movement, has died at 81.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/12/2024
we're cooked
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Most (56%) Black people in the United States live in “the South.” With all we know of the racism built into America’s justice system (“War on Drugs,” policing, prosecution, incarceration, etc), it’s no surprise a map of INCARCERATION RATES BY STATE looks like this. Caging Black people is the point.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 10/12/2024
Oh my GOD. What a giant. My favorite poem of hers:
Poem (For Nina)
we are all imprisoned in the castle of our skins and some of us have said so be it if I am in jail my castle shall become my rendezvous
my courtyard will bloom with hyacinths and jack-in-the-pulpits
my moat will not restrict me but will be filled with dolphins sitting on lily pads and sea horses ridden by starfish
goldfish will make love
to Black mollies and color my world Black Gold the vines entwining my windows will grow butterflies and yellow jackets will buzz me to sleep the dwarfs imprisoned will not become my clowns for me to scorn but my dolls for me to praise and fuss with and give tea parties to
my gnomes will spin cloth of spider web silkness my wounded chocolate soldiers will sit in evening coolness or stand gloriously at attention during that midnight sun
for I would have no need of day patrol if I am imprisoned in my skin let it be a dark world with a deep bass walking a witch doctor to me for spiritual consultation
let my world be defined by my skin and the skin of my people for we spirit to spirit will embrace this world
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
"We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said Kwame Alexander in the statement on the renowned Nikki Giovanni’s death
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Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81
The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 09/12/2024
For those of you asking how to help, feel free to subscribe to our newsletter at thurmanperryfoundation.org for updates when the new #lalege session starts The effort is being headed up by our friends at Promise of Justice Initiative & Vera Institute but I don’t think they are on here yet
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The Thurman Perry Foundation | Creating An Equitable World For Women & Girls Impacted By Incarceration
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Some wisdom from Fred Sanford.. Remembering Redd Foxx on his birthday (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991) 💙🕊 #Legend
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Yum yum. "The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA. "The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...” www.latimes.com/environment/...
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California raw milk producer says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for FDA position
The California raw milk producer who has issued several product recalls for bird flu has has applied for an advisory role at the Food and Drug Administration.
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
“You know what's not cool, Bobby?” “Blaming climate change on overpopulation when the the richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%”
You know what's not cool, Bobby?

blaming climate change on overpopulation when the the richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%
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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism is gonna stop us all.” Fred Hampton
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Meanwhile over on the toxic dumpster fire known as X, a Maple MAGA goon suggested that I am a “groomer” & that Blue Sky loves “pedos.” The sooner X collapses, the sooner we can re-establish sanity in politics & public discussions.
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a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
ALT: a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Shit just got very interesting out there abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-...
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
There are LEVELS to this very brief interaction. Damn!
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🗽✨NANI✨♓️ @sinmachine.blacksky.app · 01/12/2024
Dr. King’s “Mountaintop” speech showed he knew the risks but focused on the bigger picture. In “Where Do We Go From Here,” he called out the backlash we still see & pushed for unity over chaos. His message clear: we have to choose community and justice if we want real progress. Will it happen? TBD.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 01/12/2024
Nobody can afford eggs. Nobody can afford gas. Nobody can afford anything. But they have record breaking money to spend on Black Friday?
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🗽✨NANI✨♓️ @sinmachine.blacksky.app · 01/12/2024
Also: Servers & waitstaff are paid below minimum wage due to corporate greed & rely on tips to make a living. While the system is unfair, it’s the reality we’re in. Instead of saying, “not my problem,” acknowledge the situation & tip fairly based on the service. Can’t afford to tip? Don’t eat out.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/12/2024
Harvard is worth over $50 billion but is telling poor students from Zimbabwe to borrow money for winter housing. What the actual fuck www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...
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Denied Winter Campus Housing, International Students Scramble to Find Alternative Options | News | The Harvard Crimson
Many international students on financial aid at Harvard are scrambling to find lodging over winter break after the College Housing Office unexpectedly denied their housing applications, sparking outra...
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Major General Harriet Tubman worked for the Union army as a nurse, cook and SPY. She recruited former enslaved Black Americans to her spy ring to report on Confederate camps and troop movement. In 1863 at Combahee Ferry, Tubman became the first woman of any race to lead an armed U.S. expedition. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. #BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”
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Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
'John Leguizamo has appeared in more than 100 films while also telling a distinctly Latino story in documentaries, one-man shows and now, full-scale dramas. Jeffrey Brown met him at the arena stage in Washington to talk about his latest work..." www.newblackmaninexile.net/2024/11/john...
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John Leguizamo's 'The Other Americans' Aims to Remedy Broadway’s Lack of Latino Stories | PBS NewsHour
The Digital Home for Duke University Professor and Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 01/12/2024
My alma mater was founded by 7 KIDS in their 20s in response to the malaria and yellow fever epidemics that were ripping apart New Orleans in 1834. We used to be a country that believed in science and acted in response to the human propensity for knowledge and furtherance of our species.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I really do not get this obsession with trying to bully people to stay on any social media app.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 01/12/2024
I love poetry. I wish they had finished Virgil’s poem from The Aeneid in Gladiator II. “The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labor lies.”
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