Reposted by Cynthia RoseGenie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 55mThey said we're getting Flock one way or another. . . 01212
Reposted by Cynthia RoseCasey Jones @caseyjonesinc.bsky.social · 1hOfc, but if Don't Be Cruel is on one channel and Another Sad Love Song is on the other, I know which channel I'll be listening to. 031
Reposted by Cynthia RoseSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 4hWho is Babyface's best interpreter? Toni Braxton 510615
Reposted by Cynthia RoseSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 3hI think this is where the "internet" gets it wrong... It's not enough to talk about what you don't like find what you love and LOVE IT! 26513
Reposted by Cynthia RoseCharlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 23mI really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living. 1321265
Reposted by Cynthia RoseKing Leo @nywiseass.bsky.social · 2hA whole generation out there that’ll never get it. 39932
Reposted by Cynthia RoseKaren Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 5hIt’s, um…interesting that the documentation req’d by disadvantaged folks to access social safety net programs - in the interest of “accountability” to ensure no improper use - is not req’d by the very politicians who rail about the need to be responsible with taxpayer dollars. 47223
Reposted by Cynthia RoseVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 17mI got my annual conflict of interest letter today. It informed me I could that accepting a gift of more than $3 is a violation. 0113
Reposted by Cynthia RosePost Punk-y Brewster @krismeana.bsky.social · 22mIt smells like day old hot dog water left outside on the back porch in the Texas July heat in the souls of Trump and his supporters 022
Reposted by Cynthia RoseSean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 3hI’m admittedly more reserved on this app than I used to be because I notice how a lot of people treat *each other*, regardless of how any of them treat ME 25913
Reposted by Cynthia Rosestill the same account you unfollowed 👻 i change my pfp a lot @blackapostate.blacksky.app · 21mimagine hearing this and saying overrated. in any way. somebody need to smack dat bwoy 001
Reposted by Cynthia RosePost Punk-y Brewster @krismeana.bsky.social · 27mIt’s still so hard for me to accept that this man has been the POTUS… TWICE… it still really hasn’t fully processed if I’m honest like if he didn’t rig the elections that really means more than half the country is supporting his ideology and I am not sure that I’ll ever understand it! 264
Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 34mThese are soulless ppl who reject reality and believe they are entitled to force their warped version on all of us. They crash out when it becomes obvious that they can't and they go right into destruction mode. 132
Reposted by Cynthia RoseYour fave's fave @actually.roiskinda.cool · 1hI'd even take it a step further and say people are just refusing to acknowledge reality. Folks feel like the can bring about this bigoted version of the world with not consequence through sheer force of will. Meanwhile, they still have to choose between groceries and meds every week. 0172
Reposted by Cynthia RosePrism @prismreports.org · 38m⏳IN ONE HOUR, we'll kick off “From Pitch to Publication,” our movement journalism training for beginners! This one-day crash course will teach you the fundamentals of how to write, edit & publish narratives that support justice. Register & see you soon!⤵️eventbrite.com 043
Reposted by Cynthia RoseMorris Wayts @morriswayts.com · 11hThis hits the core of GenAI - it enables greed, makes it popular even. "I want everything, but I don't want to pay for it. I want what you made, what you could make, but I won't give you money. I won't even give you appreciation for your craft. I made this. I want it all for me." Gold coated rot. 1153
Reposted by Cynthia RoseZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 1h“Historically, you might argue that Black people in this country value education more than anything else, precisely because they understood its connection with freedom. There can be no liberation without education.” — Angela Davis 🧵 11610
Reposted by Cynthia RoseBrian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 1hWe're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post. 7754259
Reposted by Cynthia Rosepoorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 43mi can feel the spookiness in the air 019169
Reposted by Cynthia RoseDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1hBREAKING: In a 53-47 vote, Senate Republicans failed to pass an anti-voting measure that would have required voters to provide photo ID to cast ballots. The vote follows repeated failures by the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act, an anti-voting bill Trump has called his “No. 1 priority.”democracydocket.comGOP voter ID bill falls short in SenateThe floor stunt attempted to give Republicans facing tough reelection fights something to campaign on as voters sour on the GOP’s willingness to acquiesce to Trump on artificial intelligence, the war ... 18473163
Reposted by Cynthia RoseIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 13hIt blows my mind when people’s defence of using gen AI is, ‘Well, if I need a picture, what do you suggest I do? I don’t have time to learn to draw!’ The same thing you did four years ago, you microwaved fruit loop. 1116638
Reposted by Cynthia RoseOasis Mentality @eddiestats.bsky.social · 49mnot really in a mood for a whole fun argument or even the argument w/ myself of creating a serious top 5 just want to vent that the onlyest thing that bothers me about these convos is that somehow the gen'l discourse always seems to forget Robert Nesta Marley, OM, songwriting banton of the 20c 021
Reposted by Cynthia RoseAsh Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 5hYeah this Cornell thing is like a mass disabling event for survivors. I am fine, I *was* fine. But now it's in the zeitgeist again so I get to be reminded of my own college experience, something I hadn't thought about in decades, on a daily basis. 641651
Reposted by Cynthia RoseI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1hPoorly thought-out foreign quagmires and disasters, economic instability and deprivation, wanton cruelty and violence are all hallmark features of white supremacist societies. 34314
Reposted by Cynthia RoseI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1hParticularly as we already see people framing what we’re seeing from the Trump administration as missteps or backfires rather than the logical outcome when you pursue white supremacy. 36321
Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 55mStevie Prince Ashford & Simpson Smokey Jam & Lewis Gamble & Huff Maurice White BABYFACE Patrice Rushen Dre & Big Boi Angela Winbush Rakim Raphael Saadiq Teena Marie Marvin Gaye Corinne Drewery & Andy Connell (Swing Out Sister)... 110
Reposted by Cynthia RoseTropical Bird • #ProtectJho @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 2hTwinkie Clark, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, and Melissa Arnette “Misdemeanor” Elliott. People don’t give Missy enough. I’m firmly planted on that hill. 3349
Reposted by Cynthia RoseArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 2harstechnica.comGoogle is paying 100 websites for contributions to AI Overviews, but the amounts are tinyMany sites see just one-tenth of one percent of their advertising revenue from AI payments. 34213
Reposted by Cynthia RoseDan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 1hThe AI economy is increasingly following a familiar model: Private companies build. Government subsidizes. Corporations capture the upside. Taxpayers absorb the cost. Meta reportedly reduced its 2025 federal tax bill by $3.9 billion by classifying AI data centers as experimental research. 25336
Reposted by Cynthia RoseGuggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 1hThe Rules by Afro (Afro Basaldella), 1969 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten… 0165
Reposted by Cynthia RoseI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1hIt’s almost reflexive. 1494
Reposted by Cynthia RoseIrie DC @iriedc.bsky.social · 1hDid anyone say Brenda Russell yet? If not, I'd like to say: Brenda Russell is a great songwriter, who has also been frequently sampled. 032
Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 1hHey, I still haven't forgotten what they all did/let happen to ACORN. 011
Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 3hSongwriting involves music, melody, instrumentation...like just because it doesn't involve the kind of lyrical word schemes you like doesn't mean it's not inspired or genius? 120
Reposted by Cynthia RoseWikipedia Brown @theycallhimbfg.blacksky.app · 3hNah I saw one during football the other day. I already mute commercials because they make no sense, but that one is an immediate mute. 011
Reposted by Cynthia RoseSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 3hBecause Babyface is writing not out of remorse or regret He's writing out of a place of profound hopefulness if you are agnostic about the proposition of love ... of course you think his writing is sophomoric because he's writing out of a way of being that you don't ascribe to 1858
Reposted by Cynthia RoseSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74254879530
Reposted by Cynthia RoseKillinmeSmallz @msmallsman.bsky.social · 3hI still see emu commercials every day 🤷🏾♂️ 001
Reposted by Cynthia RoseCindyloohoo73 @cindyloohoo73.bsky.social · 3hInteresting that she specifically mentions a genre typically enjoyed more by women than men. 011
Reposted by Cynthia RosePhoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 4h2/2 The women who searched his name were told by AI that he was actually an NFL player. Why? Because Dude made multiple dating & social media profiles claiming to be in the NFL. And since AI only regurgitates info and can't think on its own, AI searches just repeated what he said about himself. 2288
Reposted by Cynthia RosePhoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 4h1/2 Did yall see the story about the guy who was scamming women out of money, and part of his scam was convincing them he was in the NFL? He would invite them to invest in his endeavors. They trusted him because they thought he was actually an NFL player. I mention this story because... 1229
