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tru @thetrudz.photo · 11h

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 6h

Me: someone who was alive, an adult and aware of the atrocities before the Second Intifada. It's not a competition.

Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 7h

The sock puppet accounts are out in full force today.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 9h

If able, please consider donating to help care for baby Asiah: fundly.com/missmajor

Please at least share this post if unable to contribute! 🫂

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 9h

Much needed. Much welcomed.

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 10h

Happy pub day! The World After Rain. Canisia Lubrin.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF CODE NOIR
THE
WORLD
AFTER
RAIN
CANISIA LUBRIN

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 22h

Ceasefire doesn't mean the genocide is over, i hope you keep supporting Palestine. I documented a lot, and been through so much, and it's devastating. Please offer me any support you can. I will be so much grateful.

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 11h

Oscillating between B minor and C major.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 11h

If I could I would summon an earthquake to swallow "the marketplace of ideas" whole.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 11h

You do not owe anyone the benefit of your engagement with good faith arguments and their bad ones. No respect, no benefit of the doubt, not a nanosecond of attention.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 12h

Too many. And so swiftly.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 12h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Cu...

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - The Charade (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 13h

Objectifying him even in death. Nasty work.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 13h

51 is so young.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 13h

What a loss.

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 13h

I am about to go for the longest walk. Heartbreaking. balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

D’Angelo Dead At 51 After Battle With Pancreatic Cancer

Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. Read Baller Alert’s exclusive report celebrating his life, music, and impact.

balleralert.com

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 16h

The amount of sudden amnesia that's about to happen about genocide.

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Blacklikewho @blacklikewho.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major has passed. A life well lived. We must celebrate her and the gifts she bequeathed us all. RIP Miss Major.

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 1d

Rest in peace Miss Major.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, an activist who took part in Stonewall and remained an advocate for the decades that followed, including caring for AIDS patients & pioneering needle exchange & defending the rights of incarcerated trans people on both coasts, passed away. www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 1d

Yes!

Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 1d

However when oral cultures make it onto the page it becomes even more interesting (see: amos tutuola)

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 1d

Oral storytelling is superior especially since it does not suffer from the terminal Eurocentrism necessary to prop up “the classics”

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 2d

Next year I'll reach a half century and am buying yarn for the inevitable afghans I'll be knitting (I wish this was a joke).

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Guerin @blkchimera.blacksky.app · 2d

"Fascism fatigue" is a profoundly unserious phrase.

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Denise Dewald, MD @denisedewald.bsky.social · 4d

Horrific. A 50-year old black man had a stroke & was confused from it. Cops didn’t want to “waste time” doing a thorough evaluation for a medical emergency, assumed it was drugs, & simply threw him in jail. He died

A tragic example of the cruelty of structural racism

www.kare11.com/article/news...

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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#ProtectJhordin and #FreeLink @permanentalien.blacksky.app · 13d

so i’m gonna stop here.

thank you for your support! whether you’ve helped me sharing, boosting, donating or encouraging me to ask for help, i’m alive because of mutual aid.

anything donated here this week is going towards health insurance payments and integration course and 9/

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