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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 5h

two panda bears are sitting next to each other holding wine glasses and cheering .

ALT: two panda bears are sitting next to each other holding wine glasses and cheering .

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Meron @meronmonroe.blacksky.app · Jun 6

that's how I know sexuality isn't a choice

if it were a choice, I would never choose men 💀

a woman wearing glasses and a white sweater holds a marker to her forehead

ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a white sweater holds a marker to her forehead

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🇨🇷🇯🇲 christopher @astonblake.blacksky.app · 11h

Omg stop having sex at work!!!!

Love,
HR

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 5h

My people!

Snack Queen @auntiebaecc.blacksky.app · 5h

Malibu and pineapple. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Boneless Wings…Lover @coachd21.bsky.social · 6h

What is your go to drink at the bar?

For me it’s an Old Fashion or Manhattan.

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 5h

I'm such a tía... Amaretto sour or tequila or rum. I like Barceló, Brugal (not the basic one), Malibu...

Boneless Wings…Lover @coachd21.bsky.social · 6h

What is your go to drink at the bar?

For me it’s an Old Fashion or Manhattan.

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 5h

It's not even necessarily true, because they were overseers and slave catchers, etc. That's the next excuse, "They were poor & needed an income".

Salvor Hardin @destinyguardian.blacksky.app · 5h

Dear white people,

'We were too poor to participate in slavery' is not a flex.

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Gemma Izek @berlinerbarbie.bsky.social · 24d

I'm caught by the throat seeing those videos of ICE using fake ice cream truck sounds to draw out children.

The ice cream truck is such a sacred institution of trust... at a mere jingle, we send our children running to a stranger to buy random treats out of a van.

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 5h

10 yrs later, my son is still singing along to Stevie. I have videos of him when he was little doing the same thing.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 6h

a lot of white people think of racism the way they think of going to the bathroom

Everyone does it, it's not regularly done in public

but sometimes " you just got to " in public because you

"have a good reason"

or " excuse"

Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 7h

In the late 90s the oldest white woman in the world came into the store I worked in, asked to see the manager, saw our manager was Black and yelled that she wanted a white manager, then proudly declared that seeing Black people with authority over white people made her want to spit on them.

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 4d

A Black Mom who lost her job a few months ago is having a hard time making rent these past few months. She does on-demand delivery to get by but had to spend on car repairs, and this month she won’t make it. If we each give $1 she’ll reach her goal. We’ve helped 158 people so far, let’s keep going.

My name is Brittany and im a single mother of a 3yr old baby girl, I lost my job back in June and started doing amazon flex to make ends meet and make last months rent but this month just seems to be more difficult.

I drive a 2002 PT cruiser and (which is on its last leg but still getting us from A to B!) But I had to replace my tie rods and that blew a chunk out of my earnings! My rent is 1250.00 but im sure I can make a portion of it before the first.

Any and all donations and prayers are greatly appreciated and thank you to everyone in advance!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬

ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 7h

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

Feds ram SUV after chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd

The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N in the East Side neighborhood. Two men being pursued were arrested as were two bystanders. The crash drew dozens of neighbors who...

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 6h

I couldn't remember that name for SHIT!

The Only Roo @freeroo.blacksky.app · 6h

The historical tablets have been revealed. Elon James White, the tale of the whites, shall be remembered through time.

Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 7h

If that executive still works there, I hope they retell that story every year like us & the Thanksgiving Driveway Tale.

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 6h

See, we're losing recipes! (I don't remember his name though 🤣)

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 7h

If that executive still works there, I hope they retell that story every year like us & the Thanksgiving Driveway Tale.

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Ms. “Aries’s Groove” @pardonmypetty.bsky.social · 9h

Ok!!!! Their need to disrespect that black woman literally lost them money smh

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine owning a day of the week! #shonday was lit!

Ms. “Aries’s Groove” @pardonmypetty.bsky.social · 10h

Shonda was cleaning up on ABC!! All they had to do was give her the respect she deserved & that extra Disneyland ticket for the gotdamn nanny!

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Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · 9h

Children in poverty become easy targets for predators because hunger, lack of education, and poor healthcare strip them of protection and opportunity. Poverty doesn’t just create need—it creates vulnerability, and society’s silence fuels that cycle. #Pinks

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 9h

ABC losing millions in ad revenue because they wanted to put Shonda Rhimes "back in her place" was a harbinger of things to come. Them folks will absolutely take the L if they think you will also suffer.

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DanMythLegend @danmythlegend.bsky.social · 11h

Whenever I have leftover lo mein, I like to cook it in the oven on the air fryer setting to get it crispy and then top it with the hot sauce and mustard packets from the Chinese restaurant. 🍽️🍜

#food #lunch #foodsky

A plate of lo mein noodles with hot sauce and mustard sauce.

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 9h

Is there anything worse than a speaker refusing to use the provided mic?! Especially when they don't project their voice? Please, at this point, it's harder to avoid the mic than to just talk into it.

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 12h

Not like a mango! Slice it up first. Ugh.

byepoleher.blacksky.app @byepoleher.blacksky.app · 12h

@lepetitereboot.bsky.social how do you eat avocados?

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Interview With The Vampire Fanpage @iwtvupdates.bsky.social · 5d

Bow down to our Queen! Sheila Atim has officially been cast as Akasha in #TheVampireLestat!

#InterviewWithTheVampire
#NYCC #NYCC2025 #iwtv

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 13h

& the time before that when she sat on his lap & stuck her tongue in his mouth 😩

Spooky Electric 🦀🌊 👻 @idabeware.blacksky.app · 17h

Omg at "Madonna walked over and told a woman sitting next to D, “I think you’re in my seat.” The woman got up. Madonna sat down and told him, “I’d like to know what you’re thinking.” To which D replied, “I’m thinking you’re rude.”

Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo speaking out about the physical and emotional burden of maintaining a nearly unobtainable physique and sexy image as a Black male artist should be taught in labor studies. It absolutely impacted how I analyze pop culture.

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 14h

🤣🤣

Cocoa Chaos @seauxcocoa.bsky.social · 14h

"Yall"

SoloChills @solochills.blacksky.app · 15h

Y'all stay outta pocket it's wild