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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 4h

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 11h

October 16, 1968

John Carlos and Tommy Smith raise their fists on the medal stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Peter Norman looks on

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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 4h

Man I LOVE having a dog.
Something just went bump in the dark and Bilal said

a man is laying on a bed with a purple blanket and the words sausee on the bottom

Alt: a man is laying on a bed with a purple blanket. He throws it off, fully dressed to walk off with his satchel.

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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 4h

Whew the Love and Hip Hop Hollywood strain too potent for me. It hurts me in a place I can't rub

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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 18h

Ohhh it just hit me.
We were doing too well on TikTok so they changed the owners. Threaten you with AI & deep fakes so you don't post any content ANYWHERE. Then remind you ain't even gonna be successful CEO if you don't say "fuck your family" & use more your your FREE time working for them.
Ohhhhh!

CEO of $8 billion AI company says it’s ‘mind-boggling’ that people think you can work 38 hours a week, have work-life balance, and be successful | Fortune

Cerebras cofounder Andrew Feldman warned aspiring entrepreneurs they need to be working “every waking minute,” echoing the likes of Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Vic Mensa, an American rapper born and raised in Chicago, breaks down ICE raids and the politics of division.

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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 17h

most favorite thing I've seen today

A smiling couple in love the 1950s sit in the back of a horse carriage that reads Safett Service Comfort a man and a black top hat and black jacket leans over the dark awning that is just covering their heads. Another man in the same jacket and hat stand with his back facing them to the left

Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 18h

Emma been pissing me off for two whole days with that article.

Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 18h

Ohhh it just hit me.
We were doing too well on TikTok so they changed the owners. Threaten you with AI & deep fakes so you don't post any content ANYWHERE. Then remind you ain't even gonna be successful CEO if you don't say "fuck your family" & use more your your FREE time working for them.
Ohhhhh!

CEO of $8 billion AI company says it’s ‘mind-boggling’ that people think you can work 38 hours a week, have work-life balance, and be successful | Fortune

Cerebras cofounder Andrew Feldman warned aspiring entrepreneurs they need to be working “every waking minute,” echoing the likes of Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman.

fortune.com

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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 18h

Looooove the lightning in this.

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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 18h

And as I'm looking at it more, I'm immediately 500 years back to when the first White men walked upon their shores.
I'm the third friend like
"Girl I don't know WHAT the fuck"

Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 18h

Updated my banner photos to this one from Vivian Maier

Outside on a New York City street and American flag hangs off of a flagpole off of a many story building. Five white men are across the street in the background center of the frame. In the foreground, there is a black woman's face On the left and a black woman's face on the right. they both are out of focus and are turned to the camera with expressions of disdain, suspicion, fear, defiance, strength and more

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Cali Thrives, Despite @calishacold.bsky.social · 1d

Ok Tan!!!
Give that girl all the sun

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 1d

Angel Reese made her debut at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, becoming the first professional athlete to walk the famous runway 🪽

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GeneHouse Inc. @genehouse.co · 1d

Thank you for watching! Tune in next week for your dose of Black health education. While we build our app, please signup for the waitlist at genehouse.co and find our dictionary at dictionary.genehouse.co.

Teamwork makes the gene work!

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GeneHouse Inc. @genehouse.co · 1d

The Week 6 Word of the Week: “Pancreatic Cancer, aka 1 of the ‘Big Cs’”

Make sure you watch both parts!! Today’s was kinda long but we wanted to get as much info in as we could 💙

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