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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I don’t know if they understand religion as a force for good AND evil. You can call it good if you want but if I experience your good as oppression, it’s just power trying to be God all over again. Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)

In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

“The effort we are making to secure rights for the colored men was also one to secure the recognition of the rights of the white men of the country.” — 1864 National Convention of Colored Men, Syracuse, NY omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/282

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“Governments can only derive their just power from the consent of the governed. We declare it to be a violation of the Declaration of Independence [and] the Constitution of the United States … to deprive us of a just and legitimate participation in the rights and privileges of the State” +

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

What to the Colored Conventions was the Declaration of Independence? Normally we hear Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July. This year, we are trying something new. From now until Monday night, we are posting quotes every half hour from the Colored Conventions movement. coloredconventions.org

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Colored Conventions Project @ccp-org.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

“In the name of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the ancient policy of the Fathers of the Republic, the well-established doctrine that nativity gives citizenship, that taxation and representation are inseparable.” +

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Rev. Patrick B. Reyes, Ph.D. @patrickreyes.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

For those responding to the #supremecourt last week. Here is what I wrote about it for our letter to the #future

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We are still here. And yet, I find myself returning to this truth: the institutions, even the ones we love and lead, were not designed to heal what ails us. They were designed to manage it. @patrickreyes.bsky.social auburnseminary.org/stories/2026...

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Letter to the Future: Institutions Have Fallen | Auburn Theological Seminary

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The lengths women go to uphold patriarchy, even when it consistently proves you disposable to power…🧐 If this is what you want for your household, that’s your business. But you have no say in mine. The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

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The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote

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Rep. Justin J. Pearson @justinjpearson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Trump—read the room. Memphis doesn’t want you in our city, mane!

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Future Hindsight @futurehindsight.com · 18/03/2026

TOMORROW: The system isn't broken by accident. So what does it actually take to fix it? We're joined by @adamgreen321.bsky.social,of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to talk about why bold outsiders are winning races that nobody expected and what that means for American politics. 🎙️

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Had a time celebrating 100 years for Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority this past weekend. On the yard at Fisk University…

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran. No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles. Worth a watch. (🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

TWEET OF THE DAY 🏆

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𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨 & 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 02/03/2026

When they tell you Black History Month ended Feb. 28 and it’s March 1st

Delroy Lindo giving an acceptance speech for the cast of Sinners saying “And they’re telling me to wrap up, I’m not gonnna wrap up.”

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I want Black people to always present the awards for Black people 🥹

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Per Ahlberg @perahlberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

This is a hugely important story: everyone concerned with learning and truth should read it. Presented with prompts about a lesser-known turn-of-the-last-century composer, an LLM produces a nice, clear readable evaluation of her Symphony No. 1 - which DOESN'T EXIST. Everything is made up. 😵‍💫

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I laughed for a week at the original video because how many of us thought we were doing something and it turned out…..NOT!!! So glad she got that authentic TT hairdo treatment! ♥️

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees. "This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/02/2026

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Black people were hunted so thoroughly, that one had to craft a "masterwork of deliberate concealment" to protect them. Generations before Anne Frank

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lifeofjenius @jeniusj.blacksky.app · 11/02/2026

My first question was wondering how close this was to Broadway and my second was how close this was to the African Burial Grounds... Looks like literally one block away and then a 30 min walk down (i.e. close) We will never know the depths of the devastation Black people endured here #Reparations

Map of lower Manhattan showing the Merchant House Museum a block away from Broadway and a 30 minute walk to the African Burial Grounds landmark.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

“Historical knowledge is a shared civic resource and a bedrock of accountability. Government suppression of the facts of history for political and ideological ends is a practice of authoritarianism.” www.oah.org/2026/01/24/s...

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

They were told by FEMA they had to “provide surveillance of immigrants, to eliminate DEI practices and to end support for Palestinian rights.” The church said, keep your $200,000. We’re not doing that. Kentucky church foregoes FEMA aid because of demands made baptistnews.com/article/kent...

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Kentucky church foregoes FEMA aid because of demands made – Baptist News Global

The award mandated cooperation with immigration enforcement efforts and elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

“Watch Night taught a people how to gather on a date—how to turn history into an annual appointment, how to rehearse emancipation even when the nation refuses to finish the job.” www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/29/t...

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The Midnight That Never Ended - KOLUMN Magazine

From stolen gatherings in cane breaks to Freedom’s Eve services that count down to liberation, the Black church’s oldest ritual may be its most contemporary one.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

This message hits hard.

Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I love how we keep asking Mary, “Girl, did you know?” Meanwhile….

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

"If the Government had the right to free us, she had a right to make some provision for us and since she did not make it soon after Emancipation she ought to make it now." -- Callie House, call for reparations, #tdih #otd 1898 #TeachTruth 🧵 Read ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fi...

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Nov. 28, 1898: First National Convention of the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association

The Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association was founded with a dual mission to organize mutual aid for its members and to pass federal pension legislation that would compensate every f...

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 28/11/2025

For the next two weeks we will be fundraising for our winter ministry project … consider partnering with our local ministry in providing grocery gift cards for the community venmo.com/u/solomon-MI...

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I love the @metmuseum.org. It enriches the lives of NY’ers and visitors from across the world. That’s made possible by the people who make the Met run — the curators, educators and museum workers seeking to join @uaw.org Congrats to Met Museum workers on filing for this historic union election!

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Jadeabliss - 🪷 “No one let go of anyone’s hand.”🪷 @jadeabliss.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

As bad as it is today, it is going to get worse. But hang on. Stay here. Someday we’ll all be free. youtu.be/D8xINki195I?...

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Donny Hathaway『Someday We'll All Be Free』

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Remember that the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted for 381 days. Let’s stick this out together.

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Emma Jordan-Simpson @revemmaj.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

“May the points of our needles prick the slaveholder’s conscience.” —Angelina Grimké, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, 1836 blackdolls.nyhistory.org/Slavery-and-...

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