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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11h

This is exactly why I started researching how we introduce each successive generation to the fact that this was a slaveholding nation through picturebooks and elementary curriculum.

I was going to write a book about it (still may), but Nikole Hannah-Jones' 1619 Project did SUCH great work on this.

Jules of Liberty @greeneyedmonster13.bsky.social · 11h

For real. I honestly think a lot of that is because of how the Civil Rights Movement was taught in schools. “Rosa Parks, MLK, and Malcolm X marched and made some speeches, then the Civil Rights Act was passed and racism went away” basically sums up how we were taught in the ‘80s. Heads, meet sand.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11h

It's really weird to have been a teenager or 20-something in the 1990s and then say in middle age with your entire chest "racism was solved back then, then it was brought back."

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 18h

D’Angelo clearly stated his music was for Black people. Toni Morrison said she wrote for Black people. Others may enjoy Black art, but they are guests in our culture.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 13h

I think a lot of white people are discovering in real time how many other white people only have a problem with direct slurs and politeness

Not actual discrimination

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17h

So a couple people have now hinted at the idea that Black people didn’t have it so bad post-9/11 because Muslims had it bad. This ignores that there were and are a lot of Black Muslims. This also ignores that more than one group of people can be targeted for state violence. It’s never just one group

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Count Breeedo🩸🔜 PAX U @breeedo.bsky.social · 18h

Good morning—

Boosting again for the morning people 🖤

Count Breeedo🩸🔜 PAX U @breeedo.bsky.social · 1d

So my Airbnb canceled on me for PAXU, and now I don’t have a place to stay. I looked for places close to the convention center, but everything is super expensive & I’m not able to pay upfront right now (which I want to).

If anyone has any leads, or is able to help out, that would be amazing. $0/600

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Searching For God's Perfect Twink @jpfairfield.bsky.social · 12h

They love to rose color glasses the fuck out of the 90s and 00s.
Racist shit doesn't come in one flavor... that bitch gonna Baskin Robbins and give you all 31 flavors and more

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 14h

I see y'all arguing with Amanda Marcotte & let me crank up the wayback machine...she hung out with a bevy of white feminists who didn't think they were racist, they just thought BIPOC women should wait until all the other issues were solved. She's one of the reasons #solidarityisforwhitewomen exists

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Mark J @gmmarkj.bsky.social · 13h

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privateideation.bsky.social @privateideation.bsky.social · 17h

I dunno, Amanda, I was in a fraternity at roughly the same time and the big difference I see is that these things are being said in a chat that can be reported on now. I’ll allow that back in our day young conservatives were better able to rein it in to get laid, but that’s about it.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Angela Vasquez-Giroux @ayeveegee.bsky.social · 17h

Here goes @solomonmissouri.bsky.social, nailing the power dynamics of hetero relationships again: men who get big sad about their wives’ success are interpreting the imbalance of income as an imbalance of power BECAUSE men are socialized to use money to create and enforce power.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 18h

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The plight of the trophy husbands — Business Insider

Kim Dhatt, a 34-year-old recruitment specialist, was in a relationship with her ex-partner for four years. When they first got together, he earned slightly more than she did, and the difference didn't...

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🇵🇷The 10/13 Birthday Bitch🇩🇴 @bubblesnbuns.bsky.social · 1d

I was talking to someone on here awhile ago about this dude and figured this could bring some sunshine to the skyline

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Searching For God's Perfect Twink @jpfairfield.bsky.social · 18h

Ooh, I would live him to play Charles! His voice has gravitas. Yea, he is the other person I see other than Patrick Stewart. Perfect fit.

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Toonces the Cat would steer this country better @bankuei.bsky.social · 18h

I'm usually not one for meme jokes in movies but this would be an actually good reason for "Get out of my head, Charles!" to make a comeback.

Coliseum of Comics @coliseumofcomics.com · 1d

Laurence Fishburne wants to play Charles Xavier in MCU's version of the X-Men

Laurence Fishburne wants to play Charles Xavier in MCU's version of X-Men

Laurence Fishburne is pitching himself to play Professor Charles Xavier in the MCU's version of the X-Men: 'What do you think about Laurence Fishburne as Professor X?'

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1d

Feel like people have still not digested the whole "the entire government is controlled by a small cabal of child sex traffickers" thing being true.

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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 18h

Never wanted to see cars drive in a circle so much in my life.

S'il te plaît, va en enfer @neau.blacksky.app · 18h

NASCAR seems fun 🤭😝

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 18h

This is the result of a lot of people pretending racism is one of the greatest taboos in our culture while failing to address racism substantively. People are appalled by the idea of being called racist while being totally committed to upholding racism throughout society.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 20h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 20h

That we are, collectively, at the mercy of incredibly stupid and racist megalomaniacs with an Armageddon hard-on

Chief Skeet 👑🖤✊🏾🌱 @longlivethechief.bsky.social · 21h

What’s the one thing you cannot wrap your head around?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

These strikes are illegal for about 7 reasons:
1. Not self-defense
2. No (or any) Congressional authorization
3. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing
4. Occurred in int'l waters
5. No open state of hostilities
6. Criminal groups are not terrorists legally
7. No id on people killed or group targeted

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Professor Lynda CharlaMAYNE Harris @professlch.bsky.social · 20h

THANK YOU.

Because some of those people who died couldn't be saved. Or lived in and through race-based systems without the choices or innovations had today. Some DID "get checked" -- made sure others did, too -- but were still mis- or undiagnosed by mediocre or uncaring "medical professionals."

tru @thetrudz.photo · 1d

There’s an idea that when someone dies before retirement age from a health issue, they must’ve neglected their health, so “everyone get checked.” I want to gently push back on the idea of it being all self-neglect & remind 1) some illnesses are incurable 2) bigoted healthcare system is shit 3) cost.

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Very Old Pic of D. Gray @blurbette.blacksky.app · 20h

The greed of 3,028 billionaires around the world…cuz how much do you need? You have more than it’s possible to spend and you refuse the make the world a better place. I don’t understand that.

Chief Skeet 👑🖤✊🏾🌱 @longlivethechief.bsky.social · 21h

What’s the one thing you cannot wrap your head around?

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 20h

I keep seeing people mention that the Nazis modeled many of their policies on the Jim Crow South. And I see a bunch of people piling on to attack those posts, calling them idiots & suggesting they don't understand history.

Stop. The claim is true and accurate.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/americ...

The American Model That Shaped the World’s Worst Crimes

A viral social-media post recently struck a deep chord with me: “If you’re flabbergasted that we are ‘turning into Nazi Germany,’ perhaps it’s worth remembering that the Nazis based many of their poli...

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le wooberine @woobewty.bsky.social · 23h

yall 😭

a threads screenshot from user @/mvalrie

Has the Grim Reaper been replaced by a male Instacart shopper? Because he's putting everything in the cart but what we ordered. 🕊️😕

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 1d

ICE spotted near Kenwood Academy today.

Dear Kenwood Parents and Guardians,
The safety of our students is my top priority, which is why I am writing to address a situation that occurred near our school this morning. We have received reports of federal law enforcement activity in the neighborhood near our school building today.
We immediately shared these reports with the CPS
Office of Safety and Security, and this team reached out to the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for more information. All members of our school community are safe. Today's school day proceeded smoothly and as planned.
I want to emphasize that school is the best and safest place for our students. Our staff is well-versed in the proper protocols for keeping our students and school community safe in case federal law enforcement representatives attempt to enter school property or interact with students or staff. As a reminder, our school and CPS WILL NOT coordinate with federal representatives, and we WILL NOT allow ICE agents or any other federal representatives access to our school unless they produce a criminal judicial warrant signed by a federal judge. I also want to remind you that CPS created a resource packet (English I Spanish) that includes guidance on the following topics:

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