Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 13m

I live in Maine, and I haven't met Graham yet, but we share a number of folks in common. I hear he's really the real deal, and I agree with this assessment. Folks are truly pumped about him. No one I know is pumped about Janet. She has been an ok governor, but that's it.

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 58m

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

2 6 20

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 16m

2025 has no chill. D'Angelo? Damn

2 9

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

BlackBiJewess @blackbijewess.bsky.social · 1d

Menswear Guy putting out expectations on blast again

This thread doesn't cover tariffs, but if you read it?

You can read between the lines

See if your older relatives still have sewing machines

Guess I should give up my crown as Worst Seamstress in America

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

1 5 16

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 23h

Latest on Substack

open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...

On the topic of “Columbus Day” and the baggage therein

This is a good time to take measure of what this country really is and understand its foundations. To understand that how we got to this messy place we’re in right now is rooted in things like comfy l...

open.substack.com

1 6

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

Really would like people to shift their thinking to the point where they see themselves and the people around them as the people who will collectively navigate through this moment.

5 50 150

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 2d

Once upon a time, you could legitimately think of a notable newspaper columnist as someone who had fought their way to the top of a competitive field. Nowadays, for every six-figure salaried pro, there are 20 people saying smarter things online for free. But the money still flows.

2 10 34

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like a perfect day.

1

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · Jul 25

The U.S. is imploding, literally dissolving its democratic mechanisms—in a public way.

Yet, Black people are and will continue to thrive.
How? We take care of each other. All Black people know each other—even, perhaps especially if we’ve never met. It’s an innate safety mechanism we all utilize.

74 220 1.6K

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 2d

How are you taking care of yourself this weekend?

I'm having a do-nothing day. If I unplugged this phone, it would probably be perfect.

4 1 38

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 2d

My latest over on Substack

open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...

Stick and stones will...wait, words too?

They’ve made the definitions as broad as possible so that they can catch anyone in opposition to them in their net. Yes, specifically avoiding “antifa” as a term might be a good idea. But that won’t r...

open.substack.com

5

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 4d

My latest on Substack about that weird antifa roundtable.

open.substack.com/pub/shaystew...

The great anti-antifa circle jerk televised for all

Noem said they’ve captured a girlfriend of one of antifa’s founders. That would be quite the trick. Was it a girlfriend of former president FDR? Or Winston Churchill? She must have a hell of a fitness...

open.substack.com

4 9

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8d

I'm not going to name any names here but I'm finding myself increasingly left cold by apolitical self-involved music written and performed by billionaires

(And I say this as someone who used to enjoy such music, but it just seems to hit different now as we're in the midst of our country collapsing)

31 34 300

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

Which is ridiculous. I'm glad that they are, and it's clear where our media is as a whole

3

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

What's happening in Chicago will eventually be in more places. That's a 24/7 story or is the real truth that because it happened to Black folks, you feel bad, but you think you are safe.

2 8 34

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 10d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

1.9K 4.8K 18K

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

I mentioned that what happened in Chicago isn't getting enough attention.

People reply with links to the articles they have seen, including People magazine.

Did we not just spend weeks being inundated with pieces about the dead podcaster. We need that level of energy. Non-stop, flood the zone.

4 21 85

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

It's rough. My brother is over in Hyde Park, and he works out west.

2

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

If a dead podcaster and Jimmy Kimmel could get back to back coverage. An apartment building in the 3rd largest city in America that was attacked by federal agents is worthy of equal attention, if not more.

3

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

I've been a wreck all week. Between a personal family matter and Chicago, it has been rough. We lived on South Shore when I was a kid, first place I remember.

Then, I bounced around the NW side as a young adult. I worked for years in Logan Square. Watching home be attacked is hard.

2 5 85

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

These frozen water folks are everywhere. Including in very white states like Maine.

9

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 10d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

130 1.3K 2.6K

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 10d

I have several of their dresses. They can be dressed up or down, and they have pockets. Can't recommend enough.

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 11d

At the Zuri store to pick up a new dress and spotted this one called "Geared Up" in the window, which I think would be perfect for engineers, scientists, professors, and any aspiring Miss Frizzle. www.shopzuri.com/products/gea...

Zuri store window in NYC with a dress featuring different sized gears.

3 2 33

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

So_Sophs🏳️‍🌈🎀⛰️🥾 @thatssosophs.bsky.social · 11d

This all should be bigger than George Floyd’s murder. 28 million people should be in the streets by now like we were then.

If anyone’s waiting for an invitation to mass protest, this is it.

Stop waiting for no kings day next weekend and get out there now.

Shay Stewart-Bouley @blackgirlinmaine.bsky.social · 11d

What happened in Chicago isn't getting nearly enough attention.

2 8 17

Reposted by Shay Stewart-Bouley

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

230 5.5K 8.8K