Reposted by OliveTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I said something last week that is more broadly applicable today: Calling for empathy is not neutral or apolitical when only one group of people have been socialized and brutalized into having empathy. 144455960 0
Reposted by OliveCulture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 27/04/2025#Sinners has now grossed $161M at the worldwide box office 💰 • Made $45M in its second domestic weekend — a 6% drop • One of the smallest box office drops for a major film in modern history • Could finish its run making over $300M • Production budget was $90M 191019178 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Like where is the #sinners discourse??? Bruh not every day politics. 000 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Every time I’m on here everyone is always ranting and raving about one Trump thing or the other. Ughh sick of it. This man clearly doesn’t care about this country and we need to figure out how to actually fight against him and his team instead of yapping about it daily. 000 0
Reposted by OliveBut did you Skeet about Bluesky thinking my ass is AI? 🇱🇨🇺🇸 @thepassionittwists.bsky.social · 22/04/2025He ran on destruction and causing pain He's destroying and causing pain. Promises made, promises kept bitches. 1131578 0
Reposted by OliveMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 22/04/2025"Sinners" opened to overwhelmingly positive reviews. It had a bigger opening weekend box office than 9 of the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Picture. Yet, mainstream media is questioning whether Ryan Coogler's magnum opus is a success Let themdlvr.itWith ‘Sinners,’ White Hollywood Is Moving Goalposts on Black Cinema AgainRyan Coogler's Black vampire epic topped the box office in its opening weekend, but some in the media wanted to focus on whether the film would make a profit. WTF? 13405121 0
Reposted by OliveHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same. 967428256853 0
Reposted by OliveKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/04/2025It’s a miracle any non-white, non straight, non-citizen person in America is getting any work done right now— —While the regime is actively trying to purge us from government, workplaces, universities from its websites, and from society in general. 24785931560 0
Reposted by OliveChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills. 1219420656393 0
Reposted by OliveMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I can’t believe how stupid everything is 779209301931 0
Reposted by OliveHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long. youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...youtu.beCONSPIRACY | contrapointsYouTube video by ContraPoints 1835115542 0
Reposted by OliveKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 31/03/2025The next era will be women / femmes building into wealth+ power, especially physically. We already see the push back: Pressure for women be super thin and weak — literally unable to fight and protect themselves and others. Seeing more women pick up strength training / martial arts is a shift. 3591376 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2025"freedom seeds" is somehow both cringe and incredibly dystopian 63779931148 0
Reposted by OliveCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book. 564373156040 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/03/2025this is where the analogy to Brexit is really useful. A similar attitude that the US is completely self-sufficient and needs nothing from anyone. Too bad a lot of innocent people are gonna find out the hard way that this isn’t true. 433243994319 0
Reposted by OliveDTL @dtl.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Feeder got spiffy new visitors yesterday—check out the vest on this guy 🪶 615705301 0
Reposted by OlivePete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology? 30305583211813 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 08/02/2025So you just assumed she was angry why? 😅 you all need to check your biases to avoid embarrassment. 010 0
Reposted by OliveAshley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I don’t have to fend off the desire to comply in advance. Anyone who knows me knows that, fortunately or unfortunately, I would rather die than let someone I don’t respect tell me what to do. 742913331 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 04/02/2025That annoying moment when you go workout without your Apple Watch 😭😭😭 000 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/02/2025cannot be said enough that for a decade a critical number of americans have simply refused to accept that he means what he says 1206468296506 0
Reposted by OliveJoy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.media.tenor.coma drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around itALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it 10195813113202 0
Reposted by OliveAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉 359718808841135 0
Reposted by OliveAdam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 29/01/2025The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.” Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity. The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking. 903134769 0
Reposted by OliveEmily's Curse @emkultra64.com · 29/01/2025Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last. Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die. 9646726816137 0
Reposted by OliveChanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 29/01/2025I haven’t read Beloved since I was a teenager in a survey of American Lit class! I’m so excited and nervous to read it with you all and @marcusluther.bsky.social. Join us here to discuss, laugh, cry, wonder, and share! 2426737 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 28/01/2025@aaronparnas.bsky.social is so earnest. I like that in a person. 000 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/01/2025it is very telling of these guys’ conception of how power works that they see issuing a flurry of executive orders as evidence of presidential strength and vigor and not a sign that the president is too weak to pursue a serious legislative agenda 443108671674 0
Reposted by OliveBrian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 26/01/2025As we endure these unprecedented assaults on our institutions and Democracy by Felon47 please take these wise words from James Baldwin to heart! We are the #Opposition let’s make their inhumanity our sole focus. Call it out every damn day!! 141111573303 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/01/2025their view is that high status jobs ought to belong to white men, who exist at the top of a natural hierarchy 778152103058 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2025i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated 1160357045945 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 18/01/2025In fact it’s for everything! Haven’t we learned by now? Stop reacting and focus on actually doing work. Whether it’s just getting yourself and your money together for the next few years, or community work, do that instead of shitposting memes about how much you hate orange guy. 010 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I hate how reactive the liberals and leftists on this app are. Now there are a bunch of memes about this “cold weather inauguration” thing and how his such a “sissy” like who fucken cares. All this shit is so childish. Stop legitimizing this man. This whole presidential thing is a farce. 000 0
Olive @olivesky.bsky.social · 17/01/2025So weird that this government is really gonna ban a social media app. Just cos they can’t compete 010 0
Reposted by OliveEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 17/01/2025I have been wondering why US leftists and liberals alike are so terrible at long term strategy lately. Then I remembered that we’re in this predicament because neither camp listens to Black people or respects our history in this country beyond lip service. Abolition & civil rights took *centuries.* 804730808 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/01/2025one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity. 1591533248579 0
Reposted by Olivejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/01/2025i am watching clips from the hegseth hearings and it is a goddamn insult to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated 2017654977007 0
Reposted by OliveMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History. The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter: A thread. 461234414 0
