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Aminasi @aminasi.net · 10/09/2026

Hey! Just a reminder that Cas Makanza's post 'Cage' is up on the site. Check it out in-case you missed it. blog.aminasi.net/cage/ #Blog #Aminasi #Blacksky

Karis @qaris.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026

Mutual Aid 🤗 Trans and Queer Fund Kenya (IG: @trans.queer.fund.ke) - MPESA Till No: 9216527 - Paypal: mkanyogo@gmail.com Sudan Campaigns - linktr.ee/bsonblast Congo Campaigns - linktr.ee/hopegclm Gaza Campaigns - gaza-verified.org #MutualAid #Community #Support #Sudan #Congo #Gaza #Kenya

a graphic design that has a turquoise background, a light blue rounded square as the foreground and text that says, "Mutual Aid Support: Trans and Queer Fund Kenya. (IG: [at]trans.queer.fund.ke). MPESA Till No: 9216527. Paypal: mkanyogo[at]gmail.com. Sudan Campaigns https://linktr.ee/bsonblast. Congo Campaigns https://linktr.ee/hopegclm. Gaza Campaigns https://gaza-verified.org/"

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Karis @qaris.blacksky.app · 14/08/2026

The Blacksky app(android) requiring you to use google play store is quite the decision.. forcing us to use a centralised techno-fascist service like google is wild af.. you were so close Blacksky, soo close.. 😔 #Blacksky

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imp >:D 🛹 @impswrld.xyz · 17/07/2026

Dear Black People of #BlackSky, it would be really cool if more of you tapped into our ragtag indie Afrikan Publication @aminasi.net that puts the writings and words of Africans across the diaspora and on the continent out there. We got Fiction and emails nowww 🤭💕 blog.aminasi.net/pawn/

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Pawn

Arlo picks up the deer antler mask off the ground, brushes off the dirt, and fastens it back onto his face. The man before him watches as he does so, his body leaned against a tree, fingers to his lip...

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Aminasi @aminasi.net · 18/07/2026

Quite amazing to celebrate the fact that we're slowly having more fiction!! And our team is growing <3

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Aminasi @aminasi.net · 18/07/2026

A new reader reached out from #BlackSky to ask about our banner that we first grabbed at the start 4 months back from the Solar Seed Library (see: storyseedlibrary.org/art/the-lemo...). The reader asked why an Afrikan publication for and by Black Afrikans had it's image by a white artist. 1/3

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Signal @signal.org · 08/06/2026

Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...

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imp >:D 🛹 @impswrld.xyz · 03/05/2026

Heyo! If you have the capacity to help my girlfriend return to school, she has just launched a ko-fi shop. Pleas do consider supporting and buying a digital print <3 ko-fi.com/kaedeart/shop #HelpSky #SupportArtists #QueerArt

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Visit kd:¤'s Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Use Alt Text not A.I. @carebear2717.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026

So I really wish people would label their media and use ALT 😕

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i’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Are you a Pokémon Go player of any era who has feelings about how the game's data has been used? Has it soured your memories of the game? Have you stopped playing because of it? Would you want to chat about it for a Kotaku story? Please reach out here or email me at kshepard@kotaku.com

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 05/06/2026

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 242 of The Continent. The conventional explanation for South Africa’s recurring waves of xenophobic violence is now familiar: a stagnant economy, high unemployment, and migrants cast as convenient scapegoats. But that’s not the whole story. bit.ly/242_TC

This is the cover of Issue 242 of The Continent. It shows a large crowd of protesters occupying a city street in South Africa. The headline reads: “South Africa: The hidden calculus of xenophobia.”

In the foreground, dozens of people crouch or kneel on the road, shouting and gesturing towards the camera. Some hold sticks, while others raise clenched fists or point upwards. A man in a bright red jacket stands out near the centre, holding a mobile phone aloft. The crowd appears predominantly male, dressed in winter clothing such as beanies, hooded tops and jackets. Behind them, hundreds more people fill the street, stretching into the distance. The atmosphere is tense and confrontational. The sky is grey and overcast, and the background is softened by haze. Tall apartment buildings line one side of the road, while trees and utility poles run along the other.

Image credit: Wikus de Wet/AFP

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KNESWO FEMINIST INITIATIVE @kneswo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Speak Out Project 2026 Untold Stories: Centring Intersectional Voices in Displacement and Marginalized Communities Amplifying voices, sharing stories, and challenging stigma through the power of storytelling. 🔜 Coming Soon

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Game Assist 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @gameassistyt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Some CalMerrin teamwork as we cross the Jedha desert to protect the Anchorites, although we have to get into some open world shenanigans first of course. Charlotte's partner, Chris, treats us all to some Star Wars character impressions.... youtu.be/H_eSmgRwIy8

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mama saturn 🚬 @jouejouebean.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026

a little over a month into recovery and my tired twerk to the music in my head is a celebration of being alive, stress levels down, & publishing my first blog in years on my hand-coded website: jouejoue.digital/blog/ 🖤

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k’eguro @keguro.blacksky.app · 31/05/2026

off the sky till September imagine freedom practice freedom as Essex used to say, take care of your blessings

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today's quick update [Jun 10]: - At least 5 civilians reported killed, 12 injured, as well as destruction of a truck carrying foodstuffs in series of RSF drone strikes on ElObeid, North Kordofan. - RSF dron strikes reported in Dilling, South Kordofan. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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BSonblast @bsonblast.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

No major headlines to report for today [May 28]. Check the quoted post below for the latest. #KeepEyesOnSudan

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Tanatswa Taruvinga @tanatswa.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026

I just published the prologue of a story that I have had in my head for a long time, but didn't know how to put it out. Fortunately, the first chapter has always been there...it's been the following chapters that have always proven to be a challenge: blog.aminasi.net/peace-love-a...

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Peace, Love, and Peaches

This is Aminasi's first fictional essay titled "Peace, Love and Peaches" by Tanatswa Taruvinga. You would think that since I'm a financially independent adult, I would get some respect, right? I ...

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k’eguro @keguro.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026

Fascinating! Ann Pellegrini explaining the gendered history of microphones.

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mama saturn 🚬 @jouejouebean.blacksky.app · 17/05/2026

Fresh visuals for my viewing pleasure and now for yours. 🖤 I love self-portraits for how they reflect back what’s going on with how I’m seeing myself. I’ll likely have my website updated sometime around Gemini season. maybe. I have some fun stuff in mind that I’ll share soon.

a stylized digital self-portrait of me wearing sage green headphones, a denim blue sweatshirt, white frames, and smoking a spliff in front of my chartreuse laptop. Smoke floats off the canvas. “AR” is my signature in the corner. The background is navy blue with a muted powder blue grid print.

A stylized digital self-portrait of me sitting down, wearing colorful wide-legged pants and a black graphic tee, smoking a spliff. Smoke floats off the canvas in three directions. “AR” in white is my signature in the corner.

A stylized digital self-portrait of me wearing a navy blue sweatshirt, adorned in gold piercings, slurping ramen noodles from a black and red cup, with an expression satisfaction. Red steam drifts off the canvas. “AR” is my signature in white in the corner.

A stylized digital self-portrait of me smiling, gap-toothed, holding a spliff in my hand in between my fingers making the peace sign. Smoke drifts off the canvas. The background is navy blue and neon aqua. “AR” in white is my signature in the corner.

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RI DaSēr @sotreu.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026

Hello, it's me. 😅

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Game Assist 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @gameassistyt.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Cal travels to a laboratory on a shattered moon to find out more about the mysterious planet, Tanalorr. Charlotte discusses sexuality mechanics in games, particularly through her off-stream playthrough of The Witcher 3. youtu.be/T-r3dIiCxGY

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Simon Allison @simonallison.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The Atlas. A new global newspaper. By @thecontinent.org and @codastory.com. In the inaugural issue: let's talk about the 24-millennium news cycle. Download your copy here. No logins, no passwords, no fees. www.theatlasnewspaper.org

Front cover of the first issue of The Atlas newspaper, with the headline: The Writing is on the Wall: Inside the fight to own the 24-millennium news cycle. The illustration on the front is of the Blombos Pattern, humanity's earliest recorded artwork, carved into red ochre 75,000 years ago.

The texture of the paper behind the engraved rock replicates the Blombos Pattern itself - a series of bisecting, uneven diagonal lines.

This is the pilot edition of The Atlas, a collaboration between Coda Story and The Continent.

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alyssum says #ProtectJho and #FreeLink @permanentalien.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026

she’s a Black woman who says the truth? they don’t like that here.

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Ujaanasi @ujaanasi.blacksky.app · 30/05/2026

Karibu Ujaanasi. 🤗 Pia kwenye Instagram: instagram.com/ujaanasi #Patriarchy #Misogyny #ToxicMasculinity #Accountability #ItStopsWithUs #Swahili #Kiswahili #Kenya #Africa

Maelezo ya picha: Muundo wa picha wenye slaidi mbili ambao una mistari mingi ya duara iliyochorwa kwa brashi katika rangi mbalimbali kama mandhari yake ya nyuma, na mstatili mweupe upande wa mbele.

Kwenye slaidi ya kwanza, kuna maandishi upande wa mbele yanayosema, “Niaje, shukran kwa kupitia. Ujaanasi ni nafasi kwa wanaume na wavulana kushughulikia na kupinga mifumo ya vurugu na ukandamizaji dhidi ya wanawake, wasichana na watu wasiokubaliana na matarajio ya kijinsia bila aibu au hofu; sote tuko pamoja katika hili.
Nafasi ambapo udadisi, kujieleza na udhaifu vinakaribishwa na havizuiliwi na mila, maadili au imani zozote, bali kwa uelewa wa pamoja kwamba sote tunastahili kuwa salama na kuweza kuishi maisha yetu kwa namna yoyote tunayoamua, bila chuki, hofu, ubaguzi au vurugu."

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KNESWO FEMINIST INITIATIVE @kneswo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Recently, KNESWO Feminist Initiative joined fellow sex worker-led organizations in a four-day training on dignity, safety, and security while addressing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV), Strengthening digital safety, protection, and feminist solidarity.

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 29/05/2026

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 241 of The Continent Africa loses $90bn a year to illicit financial flows. Cameroon officially exported just one suitcase worth of gold in 2023 — but records abroad showed more than 15 tonnes, mostly heading to the UAE. bit.ly/241_TC

This is the cover of Issue 241 of The Continent newspaper. It has a black background with an illustration centred on the flow of African gold wealth. At the top, the masthead “The Continent” appears in large white letters, with the date “30 May 2026” and “Issue 241” above it.

The illustration by Gado shows a gold bar stamped “Made in Cameroon” being tilted by a hand wearing a white sleeve with a UAE flag patch. Small gold nuggets spill from the bar like coins or grains. As the gold falls, it passes through several outstretched hands reaching up from different directions, suggesting middlemen or intermediaries taking their share. At the bottom, only a few tiny pieces reach a final pair of thin arms holding an empty bowl, symbolising ordinary people receiving very little from the country’s mineral wealth.

On the lower left, the headline reads: “Cameroon’s $300-million gold drain.”

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k’eguro @keguro.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026

(wrestling African Queer studies away from white men, as one must)

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 24/05/2026

I post for deal flow, political propaganda and to provide a Black hacker aesthetic as an alternative to the Kelsey Hightower types.

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Dr. Divya (🔔 logged out) @divyampersaud.com · 24/05/2026

Palestinians asked us not to get accustomed to the scene. Famine. Blockade. Displacement. Help single mom Mai & her baby eat. Read that back a few times if you have to. Both aid and commercial goods are at a devastating trickle. Give/find her link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...

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Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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imp >:D 🛹 @impswrld.xyz · 24/05/2026

Sometimes I just have to go Back to Basics and refine what I already can do yk? It looks quite repetitive but it's really fun considering it's taken me YEARS to reach this point :) #Skateboarding #Skateboard #BlackSkySkaters

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Karis @qaris.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026

seeing people realising their favs are part of empire has been *drum-roll* entertaining, lol.. 😄 image credit: mas.to/@anikaris #Propaganda

a bright/neon colourful propaganda-like graphic poster using circles and patterns as the background. on the foreground there's text saying, "Entertainment Industrial Complex".

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imp >:D 🛹 @impswrld.xyz · 22/05/2026

the day I can kickflip I'll cry and finally go out and celebrate my 21st birthday I'm turning 24 now, but I was too depressed and lost to even acknowledge 21...tryna celebrate every win now

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RI DaSēr @sotreu.blacksky.app · 22/05/2026

Once more, with feeling: I'M OFFICIALLY UTERUS FREE!!!!!!! Many, many, many thanks to everyone who helped out & held me down thru this. I'm still fundraising whilst I recover, bc that's being sick in amerikkka!!!! #HelpSky #MutualAid cash.app/$sotreu2 venmo.com/sotreu paypal.com/rikiam

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Doc Alexis Mobley @phdcoolmom.blacksky.app · 21/05/2026

The Bluesky ban bot has been down for almost 24 hours and I’m hearing a moot of @erinaceousphd.blacksky.app was also banned. So I guess this is where we finally are huh…. 🫩 So much for a great alternative to Twitter. 😤

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DOMINA LAVEAU⛓️ @minalaveau.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

How to Support Your Favorite Sex Workers > book us for live sessions > go through all our links > repost our content > subscribe to our pages > buy our clips > send regular tips and tributes > boost our funding requests

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Tanatswa Taruvinga @tanatswa.blacksky.app · 03/11/2025

Hey everyone. I'm new here. A bit about me. I'm a blerd from the coastal town of Cape Town. I yap a lot, stim a lot, and go into hermit mode after exerting myself a lot. I recently moved fully from doing narrative journalism to narrative design and game writing.

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k’eguro @keguro.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026

And I do think there’s something specific about East Africa because we are infested with NGOs. There’s an NGO for everything. Yes, even analingus!

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