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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, I'm logging off. See you all tomorrow.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 4h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 5h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 11h

Miss Major and D'Angelo in the same week. Jesus Christ, ease off the gas, universe.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 4h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 3h

Anita Bryant’s despicable actions caused immense harm, but they also inspired LGBTQ people to come out of the closet to demand equal rights. — Wayne Besen

Anita looks like someone threw a cream pie in her face because someone did just that! Image source/info: https://tinyurl.com/z3v8wtd3.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 9h

Help the homie! This is an urgency to avoid or mitigate becoming unhoused.

Noor @mphighaf.bsky.social · 11h

gonna be living outside with my cats soon ig

anything helps get me supplies, time inside etc

ca: mphighaf
pp: [email protected]

#HelpFolksLive2025 #trans #disabled #homeless #ubi #mutualaid #audhd #voidpunk #socialism

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 4h

ICE raids sparked LA protests in June. Trump deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to LA, while Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president’s actions “a serious breach of state sovereignty.” Image source/info: ABC News.

karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 4h

Did SoCal’s organizers coordinate with law enforcement?
If they did, things might not be peaceful.

Email shared by ‪People’s City Council - LA‬ from Brendon Yuen to LAPD's Sergeant Brian Corwin on March 25, 2025, regarding the SoCal Unites event scheduled for April 5, 2025.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 7h

#OtD 14 Oct 1897 worker-organiser and anti-colonial activist Elma Francois was born in Overland, St Vincent. She organised sugar workers, socialist and anti-war groups and was tried for sedition by the British workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e75-...

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Black space force @w98thla.blacksky.app · 7h

🎧

Exhibit A (Transformations)

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 8h

The Big Ugly Bill hurts people with disabilities.
The Big Ugly Bill hurts communities and families.
The Big Ugly Bill hurts seniors, veterans, and children.

The Big Ugly Bill HURTS Americans.

A graphic with a photo of a dark abandoned hallway. The text in white and yellow font says, "Congressional Republicans voted for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, and as a result, nursing homes and hospitals will close around the country. Betraying our nation’s seniors is UNAMERICAN."

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 8h

Is the Patient Black? Check this Box for Yes | Anissa Durham | @wordinblacknews.bsky.social

For years doctors relied on a race-based medical calculation that kept Black patients from accessing life-saving kidney transplants.
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Is the Patient Black? Check this Box for Yes

A race-based calculation kept Black patients from kidney transplants.

wordinblack.com

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 8h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 8h

Dorianna Gray was right about Giancarlo Esposito.
And, fuck Columbus!

Giancarlo Esposito, a Black actor holding a gun for a film, standing in front of a car. Source: https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/marvel-cinematic-universe/giancarlo-esposito-mcu-role-revealed-captain-america-brave-new-world-sidewinder.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 9h

BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm.

DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.

Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10h

“I’m writing for Black people. I don’t have to apologize.” —Toni Morrison

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 10h

I’ve always loved D’Angelo’s cover of EWF’s “Can’t Hide Love.” (EWF covered it from Creative Source’s “You Can’t Hide Love” but D’Angelo’s vocals and arrangement are closer to EWF’s).

This whole live album is great.

Can't Hide Love - Live At The Jazz Cafe, London/1995

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 10h

Family love, connection, and joy.

Miss Major, Beck Witt, and Asiah Wittenstein Major, their baby.

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graveyard dirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · 11h

brother d covering perhaps my favorite song of all time with roy hargrove - another artist we lost way too soon.

the rh factor feat. d'angelo
I'LL STAY

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I'll Stay feat. D'Angelo - The RH Factor

YouTube video by rippersk8er

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 10h

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 10h

I'm listening to Miss Major Griffin-Gracy's interview with the NYC Trans Oral History Project. Check it out! This lovely photo of her is from the 1970s. 🎙️

Miss Major stands holding a microphone in a floor-length dress at the Gilded Grape, a New York nightclub, in the 1970s. There's a mirror behind her that shows the back of her dress and a seated nightclub patron who's watching her. Image source: https://tinyurl.com/pyz2fh3r.

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karima @eight4878.bsky.social · 10h

tinyurl.com/5n6mc838 😠

The Pentagon Wants HuffPost To Sign An Absurd Document. We Refuse.

Sign Pete Hegseth’s ridiculous press restrictions? No way in hell!

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Southern Gothic @thesuburbanthug.bsky.social · 14h

Like yes fascism is here but a lot of getting through this moment is going to be about giving up conveniences because they come as the expense of other people or extra expense to yourself. There is no such thing as a soft life in a capitalist system without SOMEONE being exploited.

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Emma Graff • DC • NYC 🍉 @emmagraff.com · 11h

One of R&B’s most avant-garde (or avant-soul) artists. Thank you for your non-linear approach to your craft and for creating a beautiful body of work rooted in your artistic integrity. May D’Angelo rest in eternal peace 🕊️

“𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐳…” @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 12h

RIP D'Angelo (1974-2025) 🕊️😔

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