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Hotties HQ 🧡 @hottieshq.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

WHENEVER dropping TONIGHT at midnight 🤠

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Hotties HQ 🧡 @hottieshq.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Im still trynna figure out what this crazy girl got coming for us 😂 WHENEVER. OUT FRIDAY. 🐟👀 Pre-save now hotties megantheestallion.lnk.to/Whenever

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 22/04/2025

Ryan Coogler thanks fans for watching #Sinners "Eternal Gratitude. My heart is bursting with it … I believe in cinema … I believe it is a necessary pillar of society… To see your response to the film has re-affirmed my belief in this art form"

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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿 @spiderswarz.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Amazing interview with Ryan Coogler by Hanna Flint on #Sinners: youtu.be/0mU_2VWpsmQ?...

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Ryan Coogler talks Sinners, vampires and capitalism (SPOILERS)

YouTube video by Hanna Flint

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But Why Tho? @butwhytho.net · 23/04/2025

Loved Sinners? Discover other powerful stories where Black culture meets supernatural and Southern Gothic horror. Here are 17 titles to read, watch, and play after #Sinners curated by @neyshaplays.bsky.social:

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After Sinners: 17 Titles To Watch, Read & Play Next

From Southern Gothic storytelling to Black vampires and powerful stories of monster hunting, here's what you need after Sinners.

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smiles043.bsky.social @smiles043.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Happy 70th birthday to my mommy and 69th birthday to my father-in-law today! Take your vitamins, folks, especially that vitamin D. Black people have the highest rates of vitamin D deficiency in the US.

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

This thread hits. My generation of cousins, mix of boomers, Gen Jones, Gen X had it ingrained in us that we succeed. Our parents had gone further than their parents. We were supposed to go further yet and give OUR kids even more of a shot. Drilled into us from birth.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

And I hear and understand the folks saying it becoming wealthy on a certain level means buying INTO white supremacy, but again speaking for my peers, we were taught about getting in all the rooms you can and playing the game so you could change things from inside.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Being rich in general is far from a rare or novel thing for Black folks but it still hasn't been a norm that long.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

... so part of me is like damn Black folks ain't even break those barriers forreal yet and are gonna be villainized for it. like... conceptually I get why that level of wealth automatically equals harm somewhere down the line, but still... It's a struggle for me to look at OUR ppl and think that

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

So now we know better, we're relearning, etc. What's hard for me is bringing Black billionaires into the "capitalism is evil" convo, bc there are still only 7 of them in the US. Robert Johnson became the first Black billionaire less than 25 years ago...

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Many of us were told to go make money... and then bring our ppl with us. Wealth = success, right? We are also a generation of super consumers. Food, media, goods... we're the mall generation.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I have a... confession? Nor confession, I don't know. But I want to share something I'm struggling with. So 1. I think I speak for other Black X'ers when I say we have a complicated relationship with capitalism bc there were money making opportunities available to our gen that weren't before.

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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.

April 14, 2025
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
Josh Gruenbaum
Commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service
General Services Administration
Sean R. Keveney
Acting General Counsel
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Thomas E. Wheeler
Acting General Counsel
U.S. Department of Education
Dear Messrs. Gruenbaum, Keveney, and Wheeler:
We represent Harvard University. We are writing in response to your letter dated April 11,
2025, addressed to Dr. Alan Garber, Harvard’s President, and Penny Pritzker, Senior Fellow of the
Harvard Corporation.
Harvard is committed to fighting antisemitism and other forms of bigotry in its community.
Antisemitism and discrimination of any kind not only are abhorrent and antithetical to Harvard’s
values but also threaten its academic mission.
To that end, Harvard has made, and will continue to make, lasting and robust structural,
policy, and programmatic changes to ensure that the university is a welcoming and supportive
learning environment for all students and continues to abide in all respects with federal law across
its academic programs and operations, while fostering open inquiry in a pluralistic community free
from intimidation and open to challenging orthodoxies, whatever their source.
Over the past 15 months, Harvard has undertaken substantial policy and programmatic
measures. It has made changes to its campus use policies; adopted new accountability procedures;
imposed meaningful discipline for those who violate university policies; enhanced programs
designed to address bias and promote ideological diversity and civil discourse; hired staff to
support these programs and support students; changed partnerships; dedicated resources to combat
hate and bias; and enhanced safety and security measures. As a result, Harvard is in a very different
place today from where it was a year ago. These efforts, and additional measures the university
will be taking against antisemitism, not only are the right thing to do but also are critical to
strength…

recognized by the Supreme Court. The government’s terms also circumvent Harvard’s statutory
rights by requiring unsupported and disruptive remedies for alleged harms that the government has
not proven through mandatory processes established by Congress and required by law. No less
objectionable is the condition, first made explicit in the letter of March 31, 2025, that Harvard
accede to these terms or risk the loss of billions of dollars in federal funding critical to vital research
and innovation that has saved and improved lives and allowed Harvard to play a central role in
making our country’s scientific, medical, and other research communities the standard-bearers for
the world. These demands extend not only to Harvard but to separately incorporated and
independently operated medical and research hospitals engaging in life-saving work on behalf of
their patients. The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional
rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the
federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an agreement
in principle.
Harvard remains open to dialogue about what the university has done, and is planning to
do, to improve the experience of every member of its community. But Harvard is not prepared to
agree to demands that go beyond the lawful authority of this or any administration.
William A. Burck Robert K. Hur
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 1300 I Street NW Suite 900 Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005 King & Spalding LLP
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20006

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, the university president announced www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

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smiles043.bsky.social @smiles043.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Oh. That is disappointing. The translations are probably just as bad, too. I remember the weird stuff I saw they'd have Flash characters say in Portuguese, especially the characters of color.

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Hotties HQ 🧡 @hottieshq.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This queen been serving us theatrics since childhood. We LOVE Gaga around here!

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Hotties HQ 🧡 @hottieshq.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Hottieess, you can watch Megan's Coachella performance live streamed here later tonight: www.youtube.com/live/Y2FzDMu...

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Main Stage - Live from Coachella 2025

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SweetSensation Que @gemque87.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Still not over this #BeyChella moment I’d imagine this is how Beyoncé would respond to the haters b/c they stay mad. Beyonce I live

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FirstnameBunchofNumbers @nu20.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Watching Beyonce's "Homecoming" on Netflix (for the 10th time.) My 8-year old comes in and remarks that she looks so young. Made me realize that he was only two when this came out. Where has the time gone? 🥺

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Consequence @consequence.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Public Enemy released their third album, Fear of a Black Planet, on this day 35 years ago. @flavorflav.bsky.social

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

America’s largest newspaper chain, Gannett, will stop publishing diversity data and has removed mentions of diversity from its corporate site

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Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order

The company also removed mentions of "diversity" from its corporate site.

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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

The jury verdict against Soulja Boy addressed 9 claims. Compensatory damages are just about $4 million. Punitive damages are $250,000 All details are in my article: www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-order... “Jury orders Soulja Boy to pay $4 million in blunt roller's sexual battery lawsuit”

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Hotties HQ 🧡 @hottieshq.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

WAKE IT UP HOTTIIEESS ⏰️☀️ #RETURNOFTHEESTALLION #MEGCHELLA 🔥

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hey Bluesky, I'm hosting a 2 part content creator masterclass in April and would love to have you! sign up and learn more at shop.franchesca.net

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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

if 5 years ago you told me I'd be interviewed by Rolling Stone about my silly ukulele songs I'd say "ummm I don't play ukulele"

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Roni 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈 @roni1133.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Ava's character growth this season on #AbbottElementary has been perfectly done. Great writing, great performance from Janelle James. A++.

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BLESSED with MELANIN @melaninisalpha.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

#abbottelementary subtle political commentary: the power of protest!! "PTA" "THE BLACKS" "THE COMMUNITY" "WHITE SAVIOR" keep it coming! 🫶🏾

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🦋Argent @bedstuybk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Does #AbbottElementary has an AP? Why can’t that be Mr. Eddie? That would be a good compromise. After that taste of Principal money, I can’t see him staying around in the Teacher role.

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TheWrap @thewrap.com · 09/04/2025

Creator #QuintaBrunson is decorated with plenty of Hollywood accolades for populating her “Abbott Elementary” with memorable and hilarious three-dimensional characters. Read more: www.thewrap.com/abbott-eleme...

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Lisa Ann Walter is from Silver Spring?!

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BIG SHIRL @afroshirl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Or you could just get the shirt directly from the BLACK OWNED business that makes this shirt and others like it. philadelphiaprintworks.com/collections/...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

The National Park Service has restored the changes to its website about the Underground Railroad following public outcry www.nps.gov/subjects/und...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing 1st Amendment.

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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Trying to stay sane by visiting pictures of cherry blossoms in DC... #nature #photography #Spring #April

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