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Brent Staples

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Delta husband. Garden Guy. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize - for writing on the legacies of slavery “with extraordinary moral clarity.”

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 6h

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 7h

On Oct. 1, a gas explosion caused a public housing project in the Bronx to partially collapse.

On Friday, HUD fired all the federal government's housing inspectors: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Affordable Housing Left Vulnerable After Trump Fires Building Inspectors

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development cut its inspection team two weeks after a public housing building partially collapsed in the Bronx.

www.bloomberg.com

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 8h

The man mountain they added to front court will help; expect the Joker to play some #4. Q

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

A severe drought has Corpus Christi, Texas, scrambling to meet growing demand from companies like Exxon and Tesla on.wsj.com/439vzhc

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 1d

Weird, I thought everyone was just planning to eat their own satisfaction with the black female unemployment rate.

TAT360 💕💚 @tat360.bsky.social · 1d

finance.yahoo.com/news/gofundm...

GoFundMe CEO says economy is so challenged people are raising money to buy food

GoFundThis: Some surprising items have begun to make the list for crowdfunding lately, according to this CEO.

finance.yahoo.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

In this week’s column, @johncassidysays.bsky.social writes about why the A.I. boom is making Wall Street nervous, and the parallels between this moment and the stock crash in 1929.

The A.I. Boom and the Spectre of 1929

As some financial leaders fret publicly about the stock market falling to earth, Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book recounts the greatest crash of them all.

www.newyorker.com

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 1d

Picky, picky, picky

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 1d

Fall, is that you, playah?

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to have this launched.

historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 1d

Jefferson on Race by @agordonreed.bsky.social | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Jefferson on Race

From The New York Times–bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race that every American should read

press.princeton.edu

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 1d

How the Chiefs became the most hated team in football www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...

The Kansas City Chiefs Are Depressing

The team’s vibes might change if they start winning, and they usually do. But is it possible to win all the time without losing joy and spontaneity?

www.newyorker.com

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 1d

It figures that Bowie would be present at the creation

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

I remain amazed at how that film held such a huge chunk of pop cultural terrain for such a long period of time.

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

A sweet guy from Transylvania

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

!!!!

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

I see it on your face!

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

An out-of-body experience, yes?

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

👁️

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

An apt comparison

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 3d

Saturday Backyard #2

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 3d

Saturday Backyard #1

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 3d

Gym🏋🏿‍♀️ music

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 3d

Wow!!!

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo Calls on U.S. Bishops to stand up for migrants rights
my latest...

Opinion | Why Pope Leo gathered more than 100 Latino Catholics at the Vatican this week

The pope met this week with a group of more than 100 Latino Catholics from the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.

Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 4d

“Meh”?