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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

Happy October 3rd to all who celebrate! 🎉

Screenshots from Mean Girls with a white man and Lindsay Lohan. The text says “on October 3rd, he asked me what day it was. It’s October 3rd”

Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026

#OTD 63 years ago, the KKK bombed the 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama killing 4 Black girls—Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley & Addie Mae Collins. Today we remember them. 🕊️ www.splcenter.org/resources/st...

Addie Mae Collins (wearing glasses and a white hair bow), 14, was preparing to sing in the choir for Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church when a bomb took her life and that of three other girls. Her sister, Sarah, then 12, survived but lost one of her eyes and her dream of becoming a nurse.

Cynthia Wesley (wearing shoulder length hair with bangs), 14, was born Cynthia Morris and raised by a single mother, but she spent weekdays with adoptive parents in Birmingham to attend a better school, where she excelled in math, reading and band.

Denise McNair (wearing a hat with a bow and a thick fancy coat), 11, staged plays, dance routines and poetry readings in her family’s carport to raise money for muscular dystrophy research. She also played baseball and was a member of the Brownies. Condoleezza Rice, who would later become U.S. secretary of state, was among her elementary school friends.

Carole Robertson (wearing wavy long hair and bangs), 14, was a high-achieving student who played the clarinet, sang in elementary school choirs and was a member of her high school’s marching band. She also participated in Saturday dance lessons and the science club.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

A year after 9/11, there was an entire episode of Degrassi TNG where Hazel pretended to be Jamaican so people wouldn't know she was Muslim and Somali.

Hazel Aden in Jamaican colors. Fareeza is in the background in a Hijab

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026

Apparently you can go to the website below to find out if a 🐷 has searched your license plate in the FI0ck database and who and for what reason. FYI: "This website only displays searches from audit logs we've obtained through public records requests" See the alt text for link info.

Haveibeenflocked.com

Enter your license plate to see if it's one of the 4,684,255 plates seen in the 242,103,957 Flock searches we know about.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026

My latest book haul courtesy of @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social & inspired by my recent read of Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murphy which I highly recommend. (See alt text for book titles and authors) #BlackBooksky #Booksky

5 books stacked on a green velvet chair. Listed from top to bottom.

1. A Black Queer History by C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost
2. The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
3. allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
4. One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon
5. Plum Bun by Jessie Redmon Fauset

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 14/08/2026

Present state of life in DC. I have seen ICE w/National Guard & MPD in my neighborhood twice in a week. DC is occupied. "Freedom 250" August 14, 2026 Washington, DC #FreeDC

Photo of the National guard standing in front of a tank on a DC street. Behind them is a banner that reads "Freedom 250" surrounded by stars.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 11/08/2026

Did you read the part where she laughed at the city council member saying “woke 1 was crazy”. Why is that funny? Why is protesting police brutality funny? Why is Black suffering consistently the brunt of a joke?

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 07/08/2026

I hate this timeline. When I saw she was selected I knew she would be on some BS. “Trump’s new CDC Head Said ‘Abortion Surveillance’ Will Be a Critical Focus.” HuffPost www.instagram.com/p/DbtKjoEDX7F/

Trump’s new CDC head said “abortion surveillance” will be a critical focus.

A picture above the text shows Dr. Erica Schwartz, a Black woman with long hair and a purple/blue shirt.

“Abortion surveillance is absolutely a critical component of what the CDC is currently doing. I also want to make sure that certain states are not conflating emergency services and hiding abortions in that emergency services case definition.”

Dr. Erica Schwartz, Huffington Post instagram

There is no evidence that states are purposefully misclassifying abortion care when reporting statistics to the CDC. The implication that certain states are hiding abortion services behind the label of emergency care services is particularly egregious given that many women have died or nearly died after physicians denied them miscarriage care due to state-level abortion bans

HuffPost Instagram

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 07/08/2026

it is a blessing to be the color of earth do you know how often flowers confuse me for home - rupi kaur

Rupi Kaur

it is a blessing
to be the color of earth
do you know how often
flowers confuse me for home

(A drawing at the bottom of a person with flowers growing out of them)

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 07/08/2026

This park police helicopter has been circling over one spot in NE for like 2 hours...this administration loves to terrorize #DC residents

Picture from copter spotter showing an NPP helicopter starting east of the river and then circling repeatedly in the same spot in Ne Dc.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 23/07/2026

According to Johns Hopkins University, US measles cases have hit a 35 year high. We’ve had more measles cases in the 1st half of 2026 than ALL of 2025. Two doses of the vaccine offer 97% protection against disease. #VaccinesSaveLives www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

Graph of US measles cases by year showing > 2000 cases so far in 2026, around the same amount by December of 2025 and less than 500 in 2022-2024.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 11/07/2026

The Washington Spirit posted this. I'm here for this trend! 😭🤣

Post from the Washington spirit telling Melanie to leave Sincere and if she does they'll book her a girls trip to see the Spirit.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026

Went across the Bay bridge to get crabs and when we left it was starting to storm. Here's a man physically holding his boat from being pulled out with the tide 😭

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 04/07/2026

Just saw the Parkwood post that Beyoncé released Donk…she play too much! Where is act iii 😭

Instagram post from Parkwood with a black and white picture of Beyoncé in a banging ass black bikini. The caption reads “Morning dew (donk) out now”

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 02/07/2026

It's 106 degrees in dc 😭🥵 Stay hydrated, drink water and electrolyte drinks. Stay inside in the AC as much as possible Seek medical care if you're or someone you know is experiencing heat exhaustion or heat stroke. #staycool

Heat exhaustion: dizziness, fainting, extreme thirst, excessive sweating, weak, rapid pulse, nausea, cold clammy skin, muscle cramps

Heat stroke: headache, confusion, high body temperature, no sweating, strong rapid pulse, nausea, red hot skin, may lose consciousness

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026

Today, I started the Love Songs of WEB DuBois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers today. I'm only about 70 pages in and it's incredible. Also realized I have a signed copy? Thanks Mahogany Books! (DC area Black owned bookstore) #Booksky #BlackBooksky

Red and yellow cover of the Love Songs of WEB DuBois

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026

Two books I finished in the last couple weeks. I would highly recommend both! Both written by Black women. Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson and Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murphy #Booksky #BlackBookSky

Colorful covers of the books listed in the post

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 25/06/2026

I just wanna play NBA Street Vol 2. Is that too much to ask?? 😩

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 15/06/2026

Theres a scary looking foreclosure property listed on DC zillow for $250k. But fr there are a few old row homes you could get for this price. Decent looking for the price but def need renovations. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026

It may be time to delete insta "Your settings are changing The setting to disconnect your off-Meta activity is going away. You can use the Activity from other businesses setting to choose if we use this info to show you ads and now other content." 🤬👀

Screenshot from Instagram.

Text reads "Your settings are changing
The setting to disconnect your off-Meta activity is going away. You can use the Activity from other businesses setting to choose if we use this info to show you ads and now other content."

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 25/05/2026

Currently reading I, Medusa by Ayana Gray. It's a re-imagining of the Greek myth where Medusa is Black. So far I like it! #Booksky #Blackbooksky

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 25/05/2026

First music festival on the books! I might be a festival girlie now 💁🏾‍♀️

Lawren stands in jeans, pink heart sunglasses, a black shirt and a white jacket with a hat that has the DC flag in the panafrican colors. She holds up the peace sign, on the grass in front of a stage that reads "forever mine"

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 19/05/2026

Yes if by "this time" you mean the last 400 years.

Meme of Ziwe, a Black women in a blonde wig and pink top. Overlaid text reads "stares in black girl confusion"

Meme of Iyanla Vanzant, a Black woman in an orange top and short brown hair. The text reads "stares in Black disbelief"

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 15/05/2026

I block people who post AI. Some folks don't like that...apparently it makes me a "cuck bot" whatever tf that is

Screenshot from Listifications DM

"@trejames.bsky.social has added you to the
"List blocking cuck bots" custom feed list"

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026

Read this book in like 2 hours today. Easy read. Doesn't really go anywhere. Idk if I would recommend. My Sister the Serial Killer By Oyinkan BRAITHWAITE #Booksky #BlackBookSky

MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER
OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 07/05/2026

Kate Martin waived from the Valkyries?????? #wnba Wtaf is going on

Picture of Kate Martin, a white woman basketball player in a Valkyries uniform. The text underneath reads "waived". The post is by ESPNW

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 06/05/2026

I was excited about this show until someone reminded me of Daniel Radcliffe acknowledging his friends are racist & remaining friends with them bc he doesn't "think that friendship should be drawn along those lines" 😒 metro.co.uk/2016/08/21/d...

Screenshot from Metro.co.uk

"He told The Hollywood Reporter that he didn't meet with any white supremacists to research the role but added:
'No, but I know some really f***ing racist people, friends I vehemently disagree with.
'They're not white supremacists, they would never be that extreme, but they are anti-immigration and absolutely voted to leave in Brexit.'
He added: 'And I'm still friends with them because I don't think that friendship should be drawn along those lines. That'd be a really sad way of viewing the world."

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 02/05/2026

Sister it was sooooo good. Like I had high expectations and they exceeded them. And I met the ICON Junior labeijaaaaaa 😭🥰

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 02/05/2026

Cats: the Jellicle Ball is the Blackest queerest show I've seen since A Strange Loop. Both are now in my top 5 favorites. ✨ 10s 10s 10s across the board ✨

Picture of cats the Jellicle ball playbill in front of the stage

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 01/05/2026

The Sims showed their support for Megan Klay is chopped! 🤣

Screenshot of The Sims account with the text "if you can't handle a Hottie stay out kitchen"

With a light skin Black/brown skin male sim in a basketball uniform standing in the kitchen next to a fire

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 30/04/2026

Someone just recommended Incantation to me. Have you seen it?

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 22/04/2026

They got Vivacious for #AllStars11. ICONIC. Ornacia had some work done and she's eating the girls up.

Vivacious, a Black drag queen in a pink fan like outfit and pink shoes wears a headpiece of ORNACIA, a false head with multiple tentacles. Two men dance in the back

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 22/04/2026

Currently listening to Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson & Negligent By Design by Vanessa Grubbs

NEGLIGENT
BY DESIGN
ANTI-BLACKNESS IN
AMERICAN MEDICINE AND
HOW TO ADDRESS IT
VANESSA GRUBBS, MD

Black around with orange, red and green X in the center

Good Dirt
A NOVEL
CHARMAINE WILKERSON
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BLACK CAKE

Multi color background with white text

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 22/04/2026

Ms. Tina's comment on Solange's post😭😭😭

Black and white picture of Solange Knowles with artistic shaved head on her Instagram.

Below that is a comment from her mother:

mstinaknowles
You look like an Egyptian goddess. Which is appropriate because you were conceived on a boat going down Egyptian Nile. Only you could shave your hair let it grow out some and cut this incredible shape and do it all and look as gorgeous as ever 🔥 🔥 🔥 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 22/04/2026

Requested UpToDate disable AI on my account and they did!

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 21/04/2026

If you're Black and LGBTQ reskeet this! Here and queer every day of the year 💁🏾‍♀️

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 20/04/2026

Brown tabby energy is accurate. uquiz.com/quiz/kLuU9O/...

Brown Tabby
Cat Energy
You can entertain yourself for hours with one interesting idea.
You're the curious tabby who investigates everything like it's a fascinating puzzle.
You're calm in chaos because you're busy analyzing it.
You show affection through sharing your discoveries and letting people into your world.
You disappear to think, then return with a surprising solution.
Good Matches
Tuxedo Cat
Calico Cat
Bad Matches
Seal Point Cat
Orange Cat

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 16/04/2026

Happy DC Emancipation Day! April 16, 1862 marks the abolition of slavery (& compensation of slave owners 😒) in the District of Columbia. emancipation.dc.gov/page/history...

What is Emancipation Day?

The DC Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 ended slavery in Washington, DC, freed 3,100 individuals, reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly freed women and men money to emigrate. It is this legislation, and the courage and struggle of those who fought to make it a reality, that we commemorate every April 16, DC Emancipation Day.

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 26/03/2026

The UN recognized the transatlantic slave trade as the most serious crime against humanity! Don't know if this means any real change, but appreciate the acknowledgement. The US, Israel and Argentina voted against. 😒

The UN recognizes the transatlantic slave trade as the most serious crime against humanity.

Adopted by a large majority, this historic resolution led by Ghana marks a major step toward global recognition of the atrocities of slavery and opens the door to discussions on justice and reparations.

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