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Quintessential Race Woman™️ | Thinking. Being. Black.
Pinned
Anyway.
Wear a fucking mask.
Do it for your health.
Do it for your disabled community members.
Do it against the surveillance state.
Idc why—#justdoit
Wear a fucking mask.
Do it for your health.
Do it for your disabled community members.
Do it against the surveillance state.
Idc why—#justdoit
Raleigh/Durham!!!! 🚨
Multiple sources have confirmed that ICE/Border Patrol is headed back to the Raleigh and Durham areas for undefined deportation actions. We've heard 50 ICE agents, charter flights and hotels booked for all of them in the Raleigh area.
Let us know what you hear.
Let us know what you hear.
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Raleigh/Durham!!!! 🚨
Completely missed this but BITCH podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
Society & Culture Podcast · Series · In a world that’s on fire, what is the role of art? What can music actually…do?
Can a song save a life? Change a law? Topple a president? Get you killed?
In Fela K...
podcasts.apple.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Completely missed this but BITCH podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
@chantalalive.blacksky.app also has a book you can purchase ✨
I’ve got mine and requested thru my affiliated libraries. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226...
I’ve got mine and requested thru my affiliated libraries. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226...
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@chantalalive.blacksky.app also has a book you can purchase ✨
I’ve got mine and requested thru my affiliated libraries. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226...
I’ve got mine and requested thru my affiliated libraries. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676226...
I have been curbing my spending for some time (bc, poor grad student) but sharing a BOGO deal of a Black artists 👇🏾
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I have been curbing my spending for some time (bc, poor grad student) but sharing a BOGO deal of a Black artists 👇🏾
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We're launching our second Blanket Friday today. All funds go to the Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign.
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We're launching our second Blanket Friday today. All funds go to the Sameer Project's "Give Warmth to Gaza" campaign.
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
Just donated $66 to support this fundraiser. Anyone interested in matching me?
order thru this site: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/bla...
a peek into what we'll send you:
a peek into what we'll send you:
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Just donated $66 to support this fundraiser. Anyone interested in matching me?
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open call for Black readers & voice actors for archival work by artist nikesha breeze
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
open call for Black readers & voice actors for archival work by artist nikesha breeze
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Robyn Maynard, Ismail Adam (VP of the Darfur Diaspora Association) and I wrote this op-ed about Canada's complicity in Sudan, calling among other things for the loophole to be closed that allows Can. weapons to get to the RSF through the US + UAE.
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
In the genocide in Sudan, Canada has a hand in the violence ⋆ The Breach
The massacres of civilians in Sudan are being fuelled by Canadian weapons, mining interests, and refugee restrictions. It’s time for Canada to end its complicity
breachmedia.ca
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Robyn Maynard, Ismail Adam (VP of the Darfur Diaspora Association) and I wrote this op-ed about Canada's complicity in Sudan, calling among other things for the loophole to be closed that allows Can. weapons to get to the RSF through the US + UAE.
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
breachmedia.ca/in-the-genoc...
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This is the big one for me. If you absolutely cannot afford the book, GO TO THE LIBRARY. You still get it for free, but in a way that still *matters* to publishers. The libraries are one of the few socialist projects we still have. USE THEM.
And the thing is, man, libraries exist.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is the big one for me. If you absolutely cannot afford the book, GO TO THE LIBRARY. You still get it for free, but in a way that still *matters* to publishers. The libraries are one of the few socialist projects we still have. USE THEM.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Sharing for any folks in the Triangle, NC who may be developing a biz idea or already in business, and need mentorship/access to monied networks. (Inc $120K over 2 years + other bennies). If you learn and apply from this post, hmu & I’ll be sure to send your name: www.boldpathfellowship.org/apply/
Apply | Bold Path Fellowship
www.boldpathfellowship.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sharing for any folks in the Triangle, NC who may be developing a biz idea or already in business, and need mentorship/access to monied networks. (Inc $120K over 2 years + other bennies). If you learn and apply from this post, hmu & I’ll be sure to send your name: www.boldpathfellowship.org/apply/
My daddy coulda been Robert Glasper if he wasn’t [redacted—{imagine this going on for pages}]. 😪
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My daddy coulda been Robert Glasper if he wasn’t [redacted—{imagine this going on for pages}]. 😪
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The buzz preceding India Bradley’s October promotion to New York City Ballet (NYCB) soloist, making her the first Black ballerina to assume that position in the company’s 76-year-history.
Meet India Bradley, New York City Ballet’s first Black female soloist
The buzz preceding India Bradley’s October promotion to New York City Ballet soloist has morphed into a proliferation of congratulations.
amsterdamnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The buzz preceding India Bradley’s October promotion to New York City Ballet (NYCB) soloist, making her the first Black ballerina to assume that position in the company’s 76-year-history.
As my ace (my grandma) would say: “Leave them churn alone and get you some business.”
Exactly, Rena. Exactly.
Exactly, Rena. Exactly.
NTM on kids around me. One thing about me is imma consistently hold the mirror up to the adult and start asking questions.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
As my ace (my grandma) would say: “Leave them churn alone and get you some business.”
Exactly, Rena. Exactly.
Exactly, Rena. Exactly.
NTM on kids around me. One thing about me is imma consistently hold the mirror up to the adult and start asking questions.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NTM on kids around me. One thing about me is imma consistently hold the mirror up to the adult and start asking questions.
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Glad to see this @wired.com guide on high quality masks! A KN95 can help protect you and your loved ones from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, especially during this busy travel season. I only wish Wired wrote about the pandemic in the present tense 🙏😷
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
15 Good N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks to Buy Right Now
Flu season is here. These are the best disposable face coverings we’ve tested—and where you can find them.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Glad to see this @wired.com guide on high quality masks! A KN95 can help protect you and your loved ones from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, especially during this busy travel season. I only wish Wired wrote about the pandemic in the present tense 🙏😷
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
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I’m just drinking my water (while we have it) and minding my business (ignoring the news to stave off existential crises).
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I’m just drinking my water (while we have it) and minding my business (ignoring the news to stave off existential crises).
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Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
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You can do it folks. I have faith in you. Will you boycott the biggest global shopping holiday with me?
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
You can do it folks. I have faith in you. Will you boycott the biggest global shopping holiday with me?
Sharing for any folks in the Triangle, NC who may be developing a biz idea or already in business, and need mentorship/access to monied networks. (Inc $120K over 2 years + other bennies). If you learn and apply from this post, hmu & I’ll be sure to send your name: www.boldpathfellowship.org/apply/
Apply | Bold Path Fellowship
www.boldpathfellowship.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sharing for any folks in the Triangle, NC who may be developing a biz idea or already in business, and need mentorship/access to monied networks. (Inc $120K over 2 years + other bennies). If you learn and apply from this post, hmu & I’ll be sure to send your name: www.boldpathfellowship.org/apply/
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With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
!!!!!!!!!!!
America went to shit when they took Olan Mills out of department stores.
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!
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Charlotte's black sheriff, who was elected in 2018 and who has not cooperated with ICE, is one of the black sheriffs being targeted by the GOP in North Carolina. boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE - Bolts
Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in....
boltsmag.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Charlotte's black sheriff, who was elected in 2018 and who has not cooperated with ICE, is one of the black sheriffs being targeted by the GOP in North Carolina. boltsmag.org/north-caroli...