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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · 10h

RIP d’Angelo you moved the crowd. Thank you blessing the world with your gift. Your Sound will always be synonymous with the neosoul sound🙏🏿

Albumism @albumism.com · 15h

Now Playing: D'Angelo's 'Voodoo' (2000) | Thank you for blessing the world with your multitude of musical gifts. You will be missed by many.

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · 1d

By Hands Now Known by Margaret A. Burnham isn’t just history — it’s evidence.
Jim Crow’s violence wasn’t “extra-legal.” It was the law.
Burnham exposes how courts, cops, and lawmakers built a system that made racial terror routine — and how its legacy still underpins American power
#booksky

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · 9d

#booksky book number 14 2025Brotherhood of the Bomb by Gregg Herken. A fascinating look at the tangled lives of Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, & Edward Teller—and how their loyalties shaped the nuclear age.

History, science, and power collide.

#History #Oppenheimer #NuclearAge

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Sep 11

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Sep 7

When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey.
It reframes the crack era through the voices of those who lived it—shedding light on resilience, struggle, and survival in America. Essential reading if you care about truth in history. #booksky #booknumber132025

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Aug 27

Rest in power Dr. McGovern and thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world. You moved the crowd 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · Aug 26

Sad #beerhistory news from Dogfish Head - Dr Pat McGovern has died; a true pioneer of brewing archaeology.

dogfishhead It's with a heavy heart and a nearly empty pint glass that we toast our great friend and collaborator Dr. Patrick McGovern who passed away earlier this week. By title he was a Biomolecular Archeologist... by legend Dr. Pat was the World's Leading Expert on Ancient Fermented Beverages.
We're so proud to have had the chance to bring so many of these liquor time capsules back to life for beer lovers shoulder-to-shoulder with Dr. Pat over the last quarter-century. He truly had the Midas Touch.

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Aug 27

📘 Just finished Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America by Charles S. Bullock.

Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.

#booksky #booknumber122025

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Aug 26

#booksky 📘 Just picked up Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America by Charles S. Bullock.

Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Aug 13

I read inhuman bondage by David Brion Davis then Baptiste book followed by slavery by another name by Douglas Blackmon all great books

Ary Shalizi @unsequenced.bsky.social · Aug 12

I read this right after reading Baptist’s “The Half Has Never Been Told,” and the combination stuck with me because of how thoroughly they demolish the myth that “slavery was an unprofitable and inefficient economic system.” Baptist’s book is more readable, but the Sublette’s are WAY more detailed.

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Aug 12

It’s a very complete book. It shows how imperfect and greedy our founding fathers were. How irrational exhuberance drove slave the American economic and countries expansion. An the the corruption by people like Andrew Jackson and James Buchanan. Not to mention the forgiveness of the traitors

A.C. Harper (he/him) @harperac.bsky.social · Aug 12

That book really opened my eyes too. The detail is unreal and so important to sit with.

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Aug 12

#booknumber112025 The American Slave Coast by Ned & Constance Sublette is like pulling back the curtain on one of America’s most calculated atrocities — the slave-breeding industry. It’s both meticulous history and a necessary reckoning. Have you read it? What struck you most? #booksky #ushistory

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jul 19

Way to go daughter of mine.👏👏👏👏👏👏

Nik Streng @nikstreng.bsky.social · Jun 1

Tualatin’s Campbell Brintnall feels the ‘Hayward Magic,’ sweeps the hurdles at track and field state championships #opreps www.oregonlive.com/highschoolsp...

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jul 18

If you’re even a little interested in cyber warfare, state-sponsored hacking, or how digital tools are changing global power dynamics, grab The Hacker and the State by Ben Buchanan. Fascinating, sharp, and deeply relevant. 🧠💻
#CyberPolitics #DigitalPower #InfosecReads
#booksky

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jul 12

Just finished How the South Won the Civil War by Heather Cox Richardson.
Eye-opening look at how the Confederacy’s ideals didn’t vanish—they evolved.
Essential read for understanding modern inequality in America.
#History #Books #HeatherCoxRichardson #CivilWar #booksky

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jul 2

Patton’s Panthers by Charles W. Sasser.The 761st Tank Battalion—known as Patton’s Panthers—fought 183 days straight in WWII, liberated towns, destroyed enemy forces, and earned hundreds of medals.

#BlackMilitaryHistory #WWII #PattonsPanthers #booksky

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jun 16

Just read Flash Boys by Michael Lewis. Wild how Wall Street built a $300 million fiber optic line just to shave milliseconds off trades—meanwhile I’m still waiting 20 minutes for my lunch order.
Capitalism, but make it fast.
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#FlashBoys #MichaelLewis #HighFrequencyTrading #booksky

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jun 8

#booksky #booknumber62025 Just finished Standing Tall by Jake Sloan — the incredible story of Willie Long, a Black welder who challenged systemic racism at Mare Island and took the U.S. government to court… and won. Civil rights history that should be more widely known. #LaborJustice #BlackHistory

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jun 7

Major props and respect to grandpa Louis. A true American hero. He stormed Normandy and liberated two Nazi death camps

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Jun 5

#booksky and #booknumber52025 “A Problem from Hell” America and the age of age Genocide by Samantha Power. A compelling read about the United States response to genocide in the twentieth century

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · May 24

#gardensky #permaculturegarden the bees love these papavers and they are quite striking in pictures 😍

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · May 7

#booksky and #booknumber42025 When the Pentagon was for Sale by Andy Pastzor. A very timely read about the pentagon corruption and during Reagan administration. Highly recommended

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Apr 9

#booksky #booknumber32025
Spy fail by James Bamford- foreign spies, Miles, saboteurs and the collapse of America’s counterintelligence

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milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Mar 10

My spring Anemones are. Definitely on 🔥 this season #permaculturesky #gardensky #permaculturegardensky

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Mar 9

What options are there? Kamala, Josh Shapiro, Tim walz. At least Gavin has pulse

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · Mar 9

Newsom is almost exactly the opposite of what the Democratic Party needs. Too slick. Too wobbly. Too obviously a pol who'll say anything to get ahead. He's articulate and has had his moments. But he has passed his sell by date.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Mar 9

lol this picture of Gavin Newsom ALONE told me that he ain't shit.

milescraven.bsky.social @milescraven.bsky.social · Mar 9

Asparagus from the asparagus patch starting to pop #gardensky #permaculturesky

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