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The joyful Doc

@dr5ven.bsky.social

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Here for Embodied Black Joy! Activist | Educator | Advocate for Black Creativity, Black Love, Black Joy, Black Community, Black Beauty, and all things consciously Black! ✊🏾

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · 25d

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Oct 4

These airport parking attendants take their jobs way too seriously 😂😂😂

Where is #Druskey he needs to do a skit about them… they barely let you get picked up

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Sep 26

Long live the revolutionary!

Black Diaspora News @blackdiasporanews.bsky.social · Sep 26

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

📝: @phillewis.bsky.social

Assata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has died

Assata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Sep 12

ATL uber chronicles…. My driver told me they had 51 ppl in their head and that they gotta make sure they all stay aligned 😟😶🙃🫠

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’m a fast learner

a man wearing a red hoodie is sitting in front of a microphone and making a funny face .

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Aug 22

a cartoon of perry the platypus wearing a hat and belt

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nah.. not at all… but always “shocked” 😂

a man is sitting in the back seat of a car making a funny face .

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Aug 22

a bald man with a beard is looking at the camera .

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Aug 6

Saw these in the bathroom…. What kinda crashout are they preparing for???

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jul 18

@kissmesaxxi.bsky.social Happy Birthday to us!!!

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jul 18

Happy Birthday to me!

I’m grateful for God’s continued blessings and favor!

#YearOfJoy

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 29

Sunday Funday:

- Brunch… lots of good spots downtown, Hyde park, and Logan square.

- Sunnygun in the west loop starts at 3… need to be there if you don’t wanna be in line.

- Cindy’s Rooftop

…. Got a whole lot more… I can DM you them

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 29

Happy Sunday!

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 28

Currently writing at this beautiful Black establishment/coffeeshop and this amazing person walked in like “Happy G—Damn Saturday!”

Whew…. I love us!

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 26

Ima be with the fam…it’s my family reunion that weekend

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 25

What you getting into?

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 25

Me too

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 25

Good morning! And come one twin! 7/18 ♋️

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jolly jas 🎄🎀 @jazzybean.bsky.social · Jun 19

HAPPY JUNETEENTH MY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ❤️🖤💚

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is looking like it could belong to one of two groups of people 😂

The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · May 25

I am 💀 💀 💀 💀

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · May 16

For those who need to see the connection between funding STEM and STEM Education research and your everyday life, please check out this article.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

www.nytimes.com

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The joyful Doc @dr5ven.bsky.social · May 11

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, grandmothers, other mothers, should have been mothers, wanna be mothers, was almost mothers, aunties, church mothers and community mothers!

We appreciate you all!

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · May 11

Black Music Sunday: Songs for mamas, grandmas, and nurturers
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Black Music Sunday: Songs for mamas, grandmas, and nurturers

Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 260 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you��

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Slytherin @shimminykricket.bsky.social · May 9

You can't kill black history with funding cuts either lol. Black folks *are* black history and our story gets told despite, relatively and metaphorically speaking, not having two nickels to rub together over the past four centuries.

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