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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 1m

She said so much of it sounds too soft. An Isley Brothers Motown song came on before that and she didn't like.

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 10m

i already told my mama i wanna be a tree, but if i gotta be buried, this is an acceptable compromise

Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 14m

This was summer of 2020, I wonder what it looks like now.

A tree's root system enveloping a small grave stone.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 9m

Two Lovers by Mary Wells came on the radio and my mother said she doesn't care for 60s Motown.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 11m

I would love to go but I bet this is like Daytona Beach for middle age white folks.

I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social · 8d

Looking Good Stowe, Vermont 🍁

Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 12m

Fake as photo got me questioning what is said.

Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 23h

Well that’s a bit rude. 😠

Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 14m

This was summer of 2020, I wonder what it looks like now.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 53m

Paid tribute to Colon Powell when he passed. 😵‍💫

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 59m

Sarah Vaughan recorded one of my favorite oddities in jazz history. She went into the studio to record what she thought was a straight forward Beatles cover album and came out the other side with a disco funk album that is suited to 70's Chaka Khan's taste.

open.spotify.com/track/08I9J3...

Eleanor Rigby

open.spotify.com

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 56m

On the flip side 70's Chaka recorded what feels like a few leftover track from Sarah's 70's bossa nova album.

And to be clear you don't get Chaka Khan with Sarah Vaughan first

open.spotify.com/track/7oyfLw...

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 1h

My uncle when he not consuming AI slop listens to these lectures on everything Russia has done wrong in ukraine.

Humble_One @humbleone.bsky.social · 1h

That Tyler Perry watching, Tom Joyner cruise, Steve Harvey listening to, new tract house in the suburb living demographic says otherwise. 😂

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Humble_One @humbleone.bsky.social · 2h

I still don’t understand how white collar corporate jobs for negros like myself, and money for Black businesses is the answer to police violence.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 1h

They got some of the worst politics!!!

Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 1h

This a real wholesome video. Loved seeing this.

Vladdy Jr. and his daughter make friendship bracelets then HE HOMERS THAT NIGHT! ❤️

YouTube video by MLB

www.youtube.com

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 2h

This is why I rolled my eyes when the response to George Floyd's murder was DEI

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

Part of the problem is that office holders are treated as if they’re somehow part of a noble elect who are entitled to their position, and it’s our job to personally identify with their struggles and understand just how tough they have it.

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Danny Page @danny.page · 2h

If Major League Soccer doesn’t care enough to watch their own games in order to write about them, why should we watch their games?

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 2h

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:

This sucks so hard.

MLS is using generative AI to write match recaps. Writers used to get paid freelance rates to do that. Hssssss.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 2h

I used to use the perfume ads from magazines as bookmarks in all my books. I don't read many magazines today so that's why I stopped.

Bee 💛🍋 "what's your barber name?" @bbcelestialtoo.bsky.social · 2h

Books and perfumes are the best non-money gifts for me.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 2h

I keep meaning to watch the movie after hearing it got a great critique of the record industry.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 2h

And how buildings with units exploit that. Raising prices, not issuing refunds, etc.

Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 2h

video of people being snatched by ICE at a laundromat shows an intersection between housing and immigration enforcement. if your unit and building don't have (working, available) laundry, that's one more errand where you have to spend significant time in potentially vulnerable public space

Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 2h

One of my best friends from L.A. and told me something similar. Then I asked her a few times if she knew people and she said..."I don't know everybody."

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 2h

Black L.A. is divided into two parts the natives and the transplants. All the natives know each other or know someone who knows you.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · Jun 5

"Although many people don’t think of Maryland as a Southern state, the recipes included will make any Southerner feel at home. One of the most interesting is for stuffed hams."

5 Iconic African American-Authored Cookbooks Full Of Flavor, Community, And Wisdom

Cookbooks can provide more than collections of recipes. “The work opens a window into her community and can impart knowledge about her region, its economy, social divisions, current events, and impor...

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 15h

An entire cookbook online of Black recipes from St. Mary’s Co., MD.

www.stmalib.org

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 2h

Also their affair with Ken Burns should've ended a decade ago, at least. They probably would be better off finacially if they had do so.

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Brandon @bcfox.bsky.social · 16h

watching great British bake off and once again asking if the UK is aware that the war ended

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · 2h

This a great point. I don't like Tiny Desk Concerts but it's one thing NPR does right. Also how they pivoted from the first acts to who they have been having.

Midatlantica @midatlantica.bsky.social · 3h

I feel like I'm now prime PBS-donation-age. When do they start programming to my demographic with old concerts from REM, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, De La Soul, Pearl Jam, etc... Why are they still milking Peter Paul and Mary and Roger McGuinn?

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Timothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 3h

If Gen AI has million haters, then I am one of them.

If Gen AI has 10 haters, then I am one of them.

If Gen AI has one hater, then I am THAT ONE.

If Gen AI has no haters, that means I'm dead.

If the world is pro Gen AI, then I am against the world

Until my last breath, I’ll always hate Gen AI

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