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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 5h

I think stating it any more plainly would have been too on-the-nose

Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 5h

I think it was pretty obvious. I picked up on it as soon as I saw which artists they were interviewing: Chaka, D, Tip, George Clinton, Andre... all musical geniuses known for either crashing out or struggling with the art vs the fame. And the questions they were all asked were pretty direct.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 6h

It lowkey is about EXACTLY that. Sly is just the vehicle. They chose specific artists to interview on purpose.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

That means a lot, thank you!

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

I wasn't talking about feel so much as literally a comparable artist who we lost. There is none

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

I settled on a clip from the (incredible) doc Sly Lives! (watch it now on Hulu if you haven't.) I think it's the most transparent commentary I ever heard from D'Angelo; it's about Sly, but it's really about him.

My plan was to grab a whole different clip, but this one felt right.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

An incredibly gifted artist who, as is the case with many incredibly gifted artists, was raw and exposed to the world in ways most of us will never understand. He was passionate about his art... not so much about the fame that came with it.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

In between a schedule full of student meetings I went back and forth on what I wanted to share. Michael Eugene Archer was different, yo. Like different, different.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

The closest I could think of was Prince, but he's a generation ahead. D'Angelo is only a little more than 2 years older than me.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

I got the call around 10am, then spent the next hour and change texting with the folks I knew who also got word, and the thing that kept circling in my mind was that I couldn't think of a single comparable artist loss for Black Gen X.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 7h

I posted on threads. I gotta post here, too. thank you for reminding me

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Underneath the Skeets @mssporadic.bsky.social · 15h

I think @stillnaima.bsky.social covered this in an old sermon, but I wonder what would’ve happened if she stuck with Babyface and LA Reid.

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 15h

Happy Birthday, Karyn White 🎈🎉🎊

This is my jam 🔥

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 1d

I love this!

Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 1d

But we also DID have important numbers memorized. I remember some of my friends and families numbers that I haven't dialed in 20+ years and only know maybe 3 phone numbers of friends and family now

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 1d

they don't

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 1d

Wait until they find out how we wrote numbers down in little books!

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 3d

From liaaa.bia on TikTok. She’s been doing a great job of documenting and communicating with her Dean. The professor seems very uninterested in addressing this.

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 3d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 3d

87! What a blessing!

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 3d

"There's nothing more stifling and bitter than knowing you're approaching the gates and the ones you love cannot stomach to speak on it." is a judgement.

And speaking of projection, that was very much a leap based on my OP, and your replies have similarly felt based on assumption.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 3d

I've had two parents die already, so I've also been on "the other side." Friends, family, brother in law, all that. My mom is still a very different thing for me.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 3d

You spoke it with a "but," and I've also told you multiple times that I wasn't talking about avoidance. Simply put, while I recognize you didn't reply directly and did your own OP, I don't feel like it was compassionate, It felt like judgement, which I'm going to take to heart bc of the subject.

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Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 3d

what you do with and for your friends is beautiful. It also has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm talking about

Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social · 3d

I've already said we don't avoid the convos, but it IS hard emotionally for me. She's my best friend. I don't make it hard for HER. And I'm sorry you've faced so much death in your life, but me talking about one very specific death tells you nothing of my overall experience with death.

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