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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

John Coltrane's Olé (1961). Again and again. Lorca"s "Gypsy ballards", Langston Hughes' articles and poems from Spain, Malcolm X, NY flamenco clubs, Pete Seeger's rendition of El Quinto Regimiento and the memory of American brigaders which Coltrane must surely have known...

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 13h

a song with krs-one in 2026 is...a choice

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 14h

We should be able to buy BYD vehicles in this shithole country, but we can't because of Trump's tariffs. 🔌

A Black man named Fidel enjoys driving his BYD Leopard 5 with Jamilia Grier (who's not seen in this screenshot).

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 14h

I know that your meme is supposed to be a cute little riff on that "grab 'em by the pussy" comment, but Black and other non-white folks couldn't register let alone vote once upon a time, and more recently, barriers have been erected to maintain the status quo.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 16h

Wait, Maplewood? That's south on the Garden State Parkway, 45 minutes from where I grew up. Cool!

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 18h

I'm listening now on that ubiquitous web site. 🎺

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

I’m gonna make a general comment here: every person who comes into a Black woman’s mentions to say she doesn’t know her intellectual place thinks that race and gender has nothing to do with it. BUT: The decision not to consider how Black women are targeted before commenting is itself misogynoir.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 20h

This. All of this. Also, saying this about the woman who was the first co-lead of Goog's Ethical AI arm, with a CV that would put most of us to shame, is some of the most diabolical, passive-aggressive "know-your-place" bs. She has yet to be proven wrong, so tf are you even saying?

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Turn It Up To 11 @turnitupto11.bsky.social · 19h

With severe glaucoma slowly taking my eyesight, Stevie's Innervisions hits differently as time goes by. The song Visions asks about what we truly see ("the visions in our mind"). Here's a man who couldn't see with his eyes, yet saw the human race with incredible insight and clarity. Wonderful album.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Head of Tennessee's prison system to resign after failed execution of Christa Pike, governor announces.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 20h

Yes, but you (and several others online who should've known better) posted a photo of Frederick Douglass.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For instance, they had to try on clothes over their clothes, put on protective covers when trying on hats, or weren't allowed to make returns once they brought the clothes home. These policies stemmed from racist fears that white customers would refuse merchandise previously worn by Black shoppers.

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956

By Gordon Parks

Promised gift of The Gordon Parks FoundationJoanne Wilson, one of the Thorntons’ daughters, is shown standing with her niece in front of a department store in downtown Mobile. The pair is impeccably dressed in light, summery frocks. The jarring neon of the “Colored Entrance” sign looming above them clashes with the two young women’s elegant appearance, transforming a casual afternoon outing into an example of overt discrimination. Notice the fallen strap of Wilson’s slip. Though this detail might appear discordant with the rest of the picture, its inclusion may have been strategic: it allowed Parks to emphasize the humanity of his subjects.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The downtown Neiman Marcus flagship was one of the first major Dallas businesses that broke with these practices. In 1961, the company desegregated its Zodiac Room, a swanky lunch spot frequented by Dallas elites. Later, they welcomed Black shoppers to come and buy clothes without restrictions.

The Zodiac Room restaurant on the sixth floor of Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The photo shows a bunch of tables covered in white tablecloth and leather covered seats.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

These victories were achieved through the efforts of Civil Rights activists, along with support from Neiman Marcus president Stanley Marcus, who was an early advocate for desegregation. The Neiman Marcus Dallas store manager purportedly warned Marcus that he would destroy his business this way.

A Black man protesting in front of a department store in San Diego, California. He's wearing a suit and holding a sign that says "We March Protesting the Indignity and Humility of Jim Crow." There are some people behind him.

Stanley Marcus smoking a pipe. He's wearing a striped suit.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The manager was right — some longtime shoppers closed their accounts in protest — but Marcus stuck with his decision. At the time of the flagship's closure, the Main Street store had been open for 112 years.

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026

The Trump administration is using a program from the 1980s to force cities around the country to funnel their ongoing Flock, Axon and other ALPR data into federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

That's bizarre. Where in Arizona do people think the moon landing would be staged? Cochise County?

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

I appreciate how Clive Stafford Smith, an attorney I met at LDF, talked about Christa's botched execution, her significant trauma as a child (www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...), how the state misleads victim families, and why we should #AbolishCapitalPunishment.

An undated photo shows Christa Pike as a girl with a wistful expression.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Wesley Lowery, the winner of a Pulitzer and a George Polk Award, is one of the most recognized journalists in America. But for some women in journalism, his standing is more complicated. www.cjr.org/feature/wesl... via @columjournreview.bsky.social

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Journalists attest to experiences of sexual misconduct with Wesley Lowery.

Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

It was an honor to have met your mother at an LDF party given by Julius Chambers in the early 1990s. How wonderful, but not a surprise, that her legacy continues to inspire. 🎆

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

I can hardly believe that this guy was endorsed by anyone.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

William Pounds seems like a disaster waiting to happen, but I don't get why Cynthia McKinney would endorse faux candidates. If folks aren't supporting you, Gary, as an actual Green Party candidate, I hope they're voting for JoAnna Mendoza rather than Juan Ciscomani.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026

Nothing hardcore, but I never got the hang of Frogger, the game I played at work in the '80s on an Apple IIe. Now I just fool around with Mahjong during tedious films and (occasionally) Zoom meetings.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

yet the lack of training wasn't the issue here, so why are we bringing it up.

Van Houten told NPR member station WSKG in an interview that Doe's statement was taken by "an experienced investigator" trained in sexual abuse investigations "over an extended period of time." Cornell University Police did not respond to questions about details of the length, time and place of the interview or other details of the manner of questioning before publication.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

whether it's ignoring rape or killing Black people—police training will not solve the problem.

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Your fave's fave @actually.roiskinda.cool · 30/09/2026

One of the things I love about Blacksky is how they talk about this plainly. We don't really know what social media is capable of because we've always had to work around the whims of bigots who build platforms. What if we just go rid of them and built what we needed ourselves?

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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 30/09/2026

this is like having the cookout in a sundown town

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

When Tchiya Amet disclosed that Neil deGrasse Tyson raped her in the 1980s, no one believed her. Then, in 2018, three other women told BuzzFeed News that he harassed them. www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azee... 🌃

A Black woman with long locs, Tchiya Amet, stands in the doorway of a greenhouse building in Covelo, California. Photo credit: Alexandra Hootnick for Buzzfeed News.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 29/09/2026

What's on your bookshelf that the Internet Archive doesn't have? There's an app for that. Scan a book's barcode or ISBN to see whether the Internet Archive needs it for preservation and digitization. Scan your shelves. Save a book. help.archive.org/help/donate-... 🧵

Four "Tools You Can Use" Upload campaign tiles arranged in a 2x2 grid. Top left, a cream and yellow tile with a folder icon reading "Upload" and "Contribute digital materials that you have the right to share." Top right, a cream tile with bold black text: "Upload digital materials to help preserve and share knowledge with people around the world." Bottom left, a cream tile with a screenshot of the Internet Archive's Upload files page, with the "UPLOAD" nav link and "Choose files to upload" button circled in red. Bottom right, a cream tile with bold black text, "Contribute digital materials that you have the right to share," and a small multicolor line-art icon of the Internet Archive's columned building.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 29/09/2026

Your old books could have another life—not just on your shelf, but in the library. #ToolsYouCanUse

Event flyer for "Democracy's Library: Tools for Participation," with a colorful abstract line drawing of a library building rendered in interlocking yellow, pink, and blue lines at the top, event details — "Wednesday, October 21st, 5pm - 10pm, Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco" — alongside it, and the title text at the bottom.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Folks should check out this well-designed website! 👓

An ominous image showing a group of surveillance cameras against a dark background from an article entitled Eyes Everywhere: Tech Tyranny and the Profiteers of Control (https://www.projectcensored.org/eyes-tech-tyranny-profiteers-control/).

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Black.Metronome 🇧🇧 🇧🇲 @blackmetronome.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

I agree. It's also inconceivable to me how cops murder unarmed Black people, and they get off scot free while their dead victims get vilified and mocked. White Supremacy is a bitch ain't it? Especially when you realize it doesn't discriminate, and your badge or skin color can't save you from it.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are a lot of parents focused on getting gentleness *for* their sons, but not expecting their sons to show gentleness to anyone else. And that’s just male entitlement in liberal window dressing.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

This is literally what I'm working on IRL. 👋🏽 We shall see what may develop.

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In 2 weeks, we are kicking off our online course Legacies of Environmental Radicalism, taught by scholars of ecological thought Brian Tokar and Dayton Martindale. We'll cover radical environmental movements from ecofeminism to militant animal rights and the Earth Liberation Front.

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