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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate

Learn more about our history of racial injustice

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Jay Babcock @jaywbabcock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On this week of John Coltrane's centenary, here's an excerpt from a fantastic book by Ashley Kahn that we were able to run as an article in Arthur No. 3 (2003): "Avant Garde, a Force for Good: At the peak of his popularity, John Coltrane went for something deeper" arthurmag.com/2021/10/11/a...

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Avant Garde, a Force for Good: at the peak of his popularity, JOHN COLTRANE went for something deeper (Ashley Kahn, Arthur, 2003)

Originally published in Arthur No. 3 (March, 2003) Avant Garde, a Force for Good At the peak of his popularity, JOHN COLTRANE went for something deeper. by Ashley Kahn Excerpted from A Love Supreme…

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Stella @capestells.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No kink shaming here. Fuck women. Fuck men. Have the best of both. Be sexually satisfied. Thats what we all want. But my gawd. Dont use my federal tax dollars to facilitate your sexual relationships while at the same time whining about how the country isnt "Christian" enough. #GOP #hypocrisy

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So true...thank you

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Sheena Lester @yesitssheena.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

N'Dea Davenport turns 60 in a week. Crossing my fingers that some relevant music media outlet seriously celebrates her - is asking for an interview too much? - and gives the legendary former Brand New Heavies' singer the long-overdue flowers she deserves. If nothin' else, jam BNH all day & night! XO

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Dr. RawheaD @rawhead.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Somebody yelled "die already" and he thought they meant "dye"

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.

Looking into bookstore from
The street at night

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

35 years ago me and writer Havelock Nelson wrote a book about rap music and hip-hop culture. Last week I discovered that someone on Etsy made a T-shirt from the cover. 😂 Welcome to America.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 17/07/2026

📣 In response to the VRA being killed, I’ve launched new pages specifically to help dozens of Black Democrats get elected. This one is devoted to FEDERAL, JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE races. Donate today. #BlackJobs26 #BlackSky #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/black...

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10/07/2026

I am writing something about this and will share it in this thread but in the meantime my life is still on fire and I am still in need of assistance And to those who have reached out or chipped in, thank you so much. 💗

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today would have been the 60th birthday of my long gone girlfriend Lesley Pitts, who died in 1999. This essay is one I wrote about our time together living in Chelsea, a neighborhood I'd loved since my nights hanging at Danceteria a decade before. open.substack.com/pub/opensecr...

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Ethan Hawke Was Here: On Hotel Chelsea & Romance in the ’90s

Michael A. Gonzales reminisces about creativity, charm and a cinema star in 1990s Chelsea.

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Jason 🐸 @baz13.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

🥲❤️ This is love, this is goodness, this is being a kind neighbor. Not to mention a heck of an impression!!!

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Kevin Powell @poetkevinpowell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I WAS BLESSED to be the graduation speaker for these Brooklyn, New York 5th graders this week. It was right at their age I started dreaming of being a writer. I was inspired by them, just being there.

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

pete nice was the prime minister of 3rd bass for longer than all of them combined smh

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Sheena Lester @yesitssheena.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

@michaelsteele.bsky.social covering the Obama Presidential Center's opening on MS Now deserves a hard, shady side-eye. How's it feel to have been the anti-Obama token back then, bruh? Share THAT insight, mmkay? We haven't forgotten you tap dancin' for those racists when you lead the RNC, sir. XO

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Lee Rowan 🐕 🐈‍⬛ 🌳 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🐉 🇺🇦🦇🪶🖋️ 🇺🇸 @leerowan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'll just add a line from the movie Car Wash, from Antonio Fargas' gender-queer character, Lindy. Taunted by a bigot, he fires back, "I'm more man than you'll ever be and more woman than you'll ever get." These jerks afraid of a strong, intelligent BLACK woman have no idea how weak they are.

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Eric Holder @ericholder.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

June 11, 1963. My late sister in law - Vivian Malone - with the help of the Department of Justice and President Kennedy integrated the University of Alabama. The Governor of the state, George Wallace, stood in the school house door to prevent her from enrolling.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Jalen Brunson: “You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you gotta go out there and do something about it.” A good mantra for fighting fascism too.

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Michael A. Gonzales @magonzales.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Read "The Healing Power of a Really Good Grudge" on CrimeReads.com It's a knockout.

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burn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

is this his way of saying he wants a "60 minutes" gig

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Jacob Redman @jacob-redman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

On May 30, 2024, former President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime, with a New York jury finding him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with hush-money payments he made during the 2016 presidential campaign.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 25/05/2026

Don't forget to take a little extra time out to be racist to Black people today! It's a Memorial Day tradition! Remember, US history isn't US history until weirdos like Hegseth have instructed everyone to remove all traces of Black people's contributions from it! 🤡

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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Now how are we gonna make a thing go right? How will we ever make it outta sight? RIP Rob Base

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Sheena Lester @yesitssheena.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Introduce yourself with 10 bands / musicians you've seen live Arrested Development A Tribe Called Quest Freestyle Fellowship Keznamdi Living Colour Nas Prince/The Time/Vanity 6 Run DMC/EPMD/Das EFX Stevie Wonder The Brand New Heavies

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Sheena Lester @yesitssheena.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Want to de-stress your life a little bit? Make the hook of "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" your ringtone. XO #happybirthdaysteviewonder

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Happy Anniversary "Breakin" released #OTD in 1984. I post for the Gen X'ers who still get the urge to do this with a broom....

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

iconic gala swag, nice work PP

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Sheena Lester @yesitssheena.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

OMG, I cannot stop watching this! Not sure what I miss more: D'Angelo's sensuous soul or this kind of flawlessly cool choreography. XO www.instagram.com/reel/DW_7cWn...

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Shay on Instagram: "walking by with my famlee @lucianohiwat010 :)"

12K likes, 454 comments - shaylatukolan on April 11, 2026: "walking by with my famlee @lucianohiwat010 :)".

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING

Choose your leaders

with wisdom and forethought.

To be led by a coward

is to be controlled

by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool

is to be led

by the opportunists

who control the fool.

To be led by a thief

is to offer up

your most precious treasures

to be stolen.
To be led by a liar

is to ask

to be told lies.

To be led by a tyrant

is to sell yourself

and those you love

into slavery.

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Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Proud, honored, and curious about being chosen as 1 of 10 Storytellers in this year’s Curious 100 list by the @ Eames Institute www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/... Check out the full list of brilliant #curious100 folks who are changing the world one question at a time here: www.curious100.org

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

One way or another, this country is going to learn that accommodating white supremacist ideology will destroy this country. It did so once before and is doing so again. Is this country really prepared to allow our military to be DESTROYED by racism & sexism. Are we watching this like a TV show?

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The Bath Bomb Dealer 🛁 🫧 @jumpyjellybeanbathbombs.com · 02/04/2026

If anything a simple share can help my small business so much. Small business mama trying to sell enough spa packages to save myself from becoming homeless. Every share means the world to me and my little one. Sale is 55% off ALL spa packages in my shop. ko-fi.com/jumpyjellybe...

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Kevin Powell @poetkevinpowell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

In honor of the end of Women’s History Month, and also on what was previously Cesar Chavez Day for many, before all the revelations, here is my newest short piece for NEWSWEEK, “Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and If Women Ruled the World”: www.newsweek.com/cesar-chavez...

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Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and If Women Ruled the World

"We have heard and seen this movie time and time again: protect the man, let the woman be damaged goods for life."

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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 24/03/2026

Fork found in kitchen

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Msviintage @msviintage.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Yal they’re so precious 🥹💜. The vows have been renewed. Happy 50 years of love to my parents. 🌞

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 21/03/2026

Kevin Carolina has dreamed of becoming a doctor since high school, when he learned there were fewer Black men entering medical school in 2014 than 1978.

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‘Seeing my dad cry, that’s how I know it’s something’: Inside a Jefferson student’s Match Day experience

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Democrats @democrats.org · 19/03/2026

Eid al-Fitr Mubarak to all who celebrate in America and around the world. We hold in our hearts those enduring conflict and hardship. May this holy holiday bring strength to them and a future filled with justice for all.

A decorative graphic with "Eid Mubarak" written in elegant script. A gold crescent moon embellishes the design, accompanied by Arabic calligraphy, all set against a dark green background with an ornate border.

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Les-Boogie @lesboogie.blacksky.app · 17/03/2026

March 16th, 1976.

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

so fucking tired of being told to "do more with less" by rich assholes who don't understand a fucking thing about the labor or the craft or the skill of those they squeeze for profit

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Democrats @democrats.org · 14/03/2026

Senate Democrats proposed legislation this week to fund FEMA, TSA, and the Coast Guard. Senate Republicans blocked it. Absolutely shameful.

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 13/03/2026

I want so much more for this country and for future generations — economic opportunity and pathways to wealth, affordable health care, streets free from taxpayer-funded masked goon squads, just to name a few. We won’t get there while the Cabinet and the White House are the punchline of SNL jokes.

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Joy @joybella.blacksky.app · 12/03/2026

Black women have never been idle in this country. We not gonna start now.

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