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alonsonichols.bsky.social @alonsonichols.bsky.social · 1h

Aquemini for sure!!! I hate to be that old man, but it really was a golden age of albums and music. So rich musically AND lyrically.

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alonsonichols.bsky.social @alonsonichols.bsky.social · 1h

It is absolutely one of my favorites of all time. But it still seems like it dropped yesterday. That’s really more of a testament to their genius than my sense of time.

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Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 @chicana74.bsky.social · 20h

Outkast to be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Outkast to be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The induction ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 8.

www.wsbtv.com

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 6h

He tried to warn us

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Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 21h

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Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."

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alonsonichols.bsky.social @alonsonichols.bsky.social · 1h

Damn. The way I felt this one…

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graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 3h

Stankonia is 25 yrs old this month and yall can drop me off on 3/I Atlas on yalls way out.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"

The Instagram account Saint featured me. The first slide says: "Derek Guy - Dieworkwear. Derek Guy is a menswear writer who has written for The New York Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. He also runs a menswear blog called Die, Workwear"

One of the slides showing my favorite products. It's it's a big bag of Hagen pigeon food. The food is fortified with the vitamins and nutrients pigeons need.

Instagram user writes: "Why tf do i need pigeon food for my outfit." I replied: "this is what i can afford to eat after spending all my money on clothes ::sad face::"

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 21h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Freeyore @mewefree.bsky.social · 2h

Wow, man... www.morgan.edu/news/mackenz...

With a Renewed Vote of Confidence, MacKenzie Scott Awards Morgan State University a Transformative $63 Million Gift

Historic Donation Marks the Second Major Unrestricted Contribution from the Noted Philanthropist in Five Years, Reinforcing Morgan’s position as One of the Nation’s Fastest-Growing and Most impactful ...

www.morgan.edu

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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 2h

Netflix has officially given the green light to a new romantic drama that promises to be a soulful, cinematic experience starring two of Hollywood’s most enduring and beloved actors, Nia Long and Larenz Tate.

Netflix Greenlights New Romantic Drama Starring Nia Long and Larenz Tate | Black Girl Nerds

A new romantic drama that promises to be a soulful, cinematic experience starring two of Hollywood’s beloved actors, Nia Long and Larenz Tate

blackgirlnerds.com

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 10h

Eugène Atget’s unflinching, unromantic, street portraits of 1900s Paris.

📷 Eugène Atget | Paris (TASCHEN)

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 10h

I was drifting off to sleep when it hit me that I doubt Bezos read The Expanse books only saw the TV show through season 3 because that's the only way you can think colonizing space works out

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Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 13h

"After several news organizations posted explanations of why they would not agree to the new rules, Hegseth retweeted their messages with the waving-hand emoji. Bringing back the 'warrior ethos,' as Hegseth has repeatedly vowed to do, apparently includes keyboard warriors."

The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps

I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.

www.theatlantic.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12h

#HispanicHeritageMonth: Selena, Grammy Award winner and the first Latin artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Her final Astrodome show broke her own record with nearly 67,000 fans in attendance. In 2017, she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 🌹

Selena in black slacks and a silver bustier. She has one hand on her hip and the other across her chest. She is smiling and beautiful

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15h

The NBC Asian America crew regularly covered so many of my films, comics, and books over the years. One of the very few big, mainstream venues to give a damn. This is a kick in the teeth.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 17h

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d

Scholars have collected and translated a collection of those poems and essays along with the history of Angel Island. One of my Hawaii uncles in his 70s went with us and it was the first time I heard him tell us one of our relatives was detained there, my granduncle Robert. 5/

Island

In the early twentieth century, most Chinese immigrants coming to the United States were detained at the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Ba...

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Michael W. Twitty @koshersoul.bsky.social · 15h

#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
Could yall help me repost this over 50x:
WASHINGTON DC 10/16/15 @ Politics and Prose at Union Market
Thank you!

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 15h

This October marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Octavia E. Butler’s final piece of work. For residents of Los Angeles, her work resonates now more than ever.

By @marinamasako.bsky.social

Full story: lataco.com/octavia-butl...

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 14h

"Send It On" is one of my favorite songs of all.

Love the interpolation of Kool and the Gang's Sea of Tranquility (came out in 1969, the location and year of the moon landing). The lyrics entice you to lean in, close your eyes, and *listen.*

A peach cobbler-and-good-bourbon confection of a song.

findomqueenlou @findomqueenlou.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you this post. "Send It On," is the most beautifully crafted song he recorded. I read Angie Stone and D'Angelo wrote the song in New York after Michael was born.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 16h

Another review of The City of Our Dreaming. In the Miramichi review.

miramichireader.ca/2025/09/the-...

The City of Our Dreaming by Laleh Khalili, V. Mitch McEwen, Gabriela Leandro Pereira, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, with an introduction by Christina Sharpe

The 2024 Alchemy Lecture took place at York University in October 2024, and is printed here, with an introduction by Christina Sharpe, a noted scholar and author (Ordinary Notes, which is remarkable, ...

miramichireader.ca

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 14h

I like Ed Markey, but still I wish he would retire and let in fresh blood.
If the alternative is the Congressman who says Dems should have thrown trans athletes under the bus to win, though, it's a HARD pass for me. I'll stick with Markey. He may be old, but his ideas are newer than Moulton's.

Why is Seth Moulton running against Ed Markey? He thinks the senator is too old. - The Boston Globe

In an exclusive interview with the Globe, the Salem congressman cited Ed Markey's age and seniority as core concerns behind his campaign.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 14h

Aleksandr Rodchenko, Krisis, 1923

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14h

It’s also funny that David Brooks likely wrote this from New York City, DC, or New Haven.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

“the protests don’t count if they happen in blue cities.” so, what, they aren’t americans? their voices don’t matter?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14h

that they left em masse, at least, seems like a good sign

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 15h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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