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FREE @ LAST @rightmind215.bsky.social · Jan 12

According to the NIV of the Old Testament,

the “Battle of Jericho” = G-d commanded Israelites to do a genocide.

“They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.”

www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...

Bible Gateway passage: Joshua 6 - New International Version

Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with it...

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Teacoa R. A. Rushton @handle.invalid · 10d

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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 8h

ICE threatening to arrest and shoot EMS in Portland for trying to tend to injured protesters .. sorta like how the IDF blows up EMS when they try to tend to injured Palestinian civilians.

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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 8h

F Columbus www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301...

Dark Laboratory by Tao Leigh Goffe: 9780385549912 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A groundbreaking investigation of the Caribbean as both an idyll in the American imagination and a dark laboratory of Western experimentation, revealing secrets to racial and environmental progress th...

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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 8h

This year I wrote a book about how Columbus colonized the Caribbean in 1492 - not what is now the US mainland.

My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.

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FREE @ LAST @rightmind215.bsky.social · 8h

Some of our people yearn for chains on their bodies to match the chains in their minds.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 12h

that's the wildest sentence for sure. I wanted to highlight the 'outside agitator' wildness so it didn't get fully obscured by 'abusing their right to protest' wildness lol

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 12h

the claim that protestors are "creating chaos at the expense of" Broadview residents who "lack the protestors’ privilege" to go back to their neighborhoods is v sus

on what basis are you assuming that protestors are ~outside agitators~ and not residents mad about what's going on in their community?

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 16h

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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FREE @ LAST @rightmind215.bsky.social · 8h

#AbolishICE
#AbolishPrisons
#AbolishPolice

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 14h

A few messages seen today in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

A poster on a pole next to a street says:
“ICE YOU ARE NOT INVISIBLE
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
!RECORD!
NAZI RATS LEAVE OUR CITY”

A stack of posters featuring a hammer-wielding figure with the stars of the Chicago wrapped around his torso. It says:
“I PREFER MY ICE CRUSHED. END IMMIGRATION ARRESTS, DEFEND OUR SANCTUARY”

A sign in a store window says: “WE DON’T [SERVE is crossed out] FEED ICE OR PIGS! even if you steal this sign”

The words “ICE OUT” are written in chalk on a sidewalk.

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Melt ICE

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 14h

A few messages seen today in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10h

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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🎃🚨SEE PINNED🚨#ProtectJhordin🚨🎃 @blackapostate.blacksky.app · 11h

What does it mean to mother when you've never been mothered yourself?

In a powerful story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin re-imagines mothering after being abandoned by her own.

www.pbs.org/pov/films/mo...

A Mother Apart - POV

Poet and activist Staceyann Chin chronicles her journey of healing, forgiveness, and mothering.

www.pbs.org

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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 12h

ICE in DC, driving a white SUV with Ohio Plates.

Need to dox him and his entire life. If migrants deserve no peace, then this mofo deserves none.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 12h

more proof of their cognitive dissonance...

Black folks, pls retain (revive!!!!!!) your ability to call a spade, a spade

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Written by Uju ✍🏽 @writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 13h

Make yourself the center of your life, your healing, your peace, your growth. Because until you do, you will keep mistaking pain for love and settling for less than you deserve.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

TONIGHT @ 7:00pm:

Our Time Has Come
Rally Livestream on IG + YouTube

Feat.
Attorney General Tish James
Rep. Nydia Velázquez
Rep. Adriano Espaillat
CM Chi Ossé
@kristengonzalez.bsky.social
Lina Khan
Natasha Cloud
The Kid Mero

MC'd by @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

Big colorful graphic of Zohran smiling that says, "Our Time Has Come: Rally Tonight" and a list of speakers.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13h

I say it all of the time because it's true. On the whole, we aren't brave as individuals. But there's strength in numbers.

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Lisa Snowden @lisasnowden.bsky.social · 13h

I’m going to remind everyone every day this week that the Baltimore Running Festival is SATURDAY.

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FREE @ LAST @rightmind215.bsky.social · 12h

But what if I, too, like doing it for the plot? 🤔

I Ate Oklahoma @iateoklahoma.bsky.social · 16h

If you agree with 100% of what the protagonist of the book you're reading says, thinks, and does, it's either poorly written or you read it wrong.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 23h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 16h

For your spooky season viewing, allow me to suggest the Black horror classic, Love & Basketball.

a group of people dressed in halloween costumes are dancing together .

Alt: a group of people dressed in halloween costumes are dancing together .

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High School English Hashira @sleepyteach82.bsky.social · 14h

Preferably before you wreck yourself.

C. @auntiechrissy.bsky.social · 15h

Sometimes you really gotta check yourself.

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Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr.bsky.social · 14h

Pre-order my book ‘The Man of Many Fathers’ today and get a free digital download of the album version of my Hulu special, ‘Lonely Flowers’

Already pre-ordered the book or got a tix to my book tour? I got you too.

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🕸️🕷️ 🥀 Nani🥀🕷️🕸️ @sinmachine.is.severed.fyi · 19h

I block men who argue with Black women. Especially my mutuals. You can debate your barber about it.

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The Fashion Financier @fashionfinancier.bsky.social · 15h

People are afraid of being seen as cringe, but the most successful people started by just putting themselves out there. Running businesses out of their homes, performing at hair salons, churches, audiences of 200 people max, getting discovered at the mall. Put it out there

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 15h

I am a big believer that you have to be loud and proud about what you want. Ain’t no room for humility and modesty when it comes to your desires. Let it be known because you never know who’s listening and wants to help

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FREE @ LAST @rightmind215.bsky.social · 12h

A wayward narlot!

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