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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 2h

so i see!!

Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 2h

i’m so full. they are the consistency of red lobster biscuits. i cannot believe i made these with my own two hands.

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33oz Mango Butter 🥭🧈 @shonnasaidso.blacksky.app · 2h

🥴😭😭

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𝒮𝒽ℯ-ℛ𝒶 @riptodeesse.blacksky.app · 7h

I like nice shit. I work hard so I can buy or do said shit. And I make no apologies for it.

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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 4h

lissen. this was my first time doing these?? i’m finna be makin biscuits all muhfuckin fall

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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 4h

that’s me and my uncle on bourbon st in new orleans. men were screaming to see my boobs. my daddy is in the back ready to commit murder one. i miss my protector every damn day.

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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 4h

her name is yoncè
the twins are delilah and dasia

Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 4h

iono why my lor video doin this but whatever. don’t turn the sound on. 😾

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Spooky beige 🧌 @rellmidnight.bsky.social · 5h

Ima start doing this when it’s time to get off work

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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 4h

homemade buttermilk herb cheddar biscuits finna go in the oven.

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Pumpkin spice tortilla chip trading AI futures on the blogchain @jimmydeltaone.bsky.social · 6h

Humans of New York
We’ve lost a legend. Stephanie ‘Tanqueray’ Johnson passed away last night after suffering a severe stroke. She will be most remembered for holding the world in thrall with her no-holds-barred storytelling about life as a burlesque dancer in the 1970’s. Stephanie was a complicated person. Her public persona was irresistibly charismatic. Yet behind the scenes I’ve rarely met somebody who had such difficulty with close relationships. She was internationally adored, yet intensely lonely. She was desirous of companionship, yet quick to cut people out of her life over the smallest slights. Stephanie told me endless stories about how badly her mother treated her as a child, yet remained capable of exhibiting that same behavior toward others. People are complicated. And the longer you live, the more you realize the most inexcusable behavior often stems from the saddest traumas. There was always a little girl inside of Stephanie who never had a chance to feel safe. A little girl who learned at a young age that the best way to keep from getting hurt was to throw the first punch. But this little girl also had such a love of life. And despite her X-rated stories, and her sharp edges, was capable of such innocence. Stephanie slept with a teddy bear until the day she died. She’d melt in the presence of animals and babies. And until the very end, she laughed like a little girl. In the final weeks of her life all the hard edges melted away. All the defense mechanisms, the learned responses. She reverted back to the little girl she’d been before she’d gotten hurt. And that is the Stephanie that is smiling down on us right now. In her own words: ‘When I get to heaven I hope God shows me a movie of my life. But just the funny parts. Not the in-between parts, cause then we’d both start crying.

Underneath all the laughs and the gags, it was always about one thing: survival. Tanqueray was a lot of fun. But Tanqueray was Stephanie. And Stephanie was a teenage runaway from Albany: doing what she needed to do, and being who she needed to be, to get what she needed to get.” I love ya, Steph. Thanks for taking me, and all of us, on the greatest ride of our lives.
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On Friday night between 8 PM and midnight, the main concourse of Grand Central will transform into a tribute to Stephanie’s life. Thank you, Steph, for being such an important part of Dear New York.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6h

Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, who went viral on the "Humans of New York" account by sharing stories about her life as a burlesque dancer in the 1970s, has died

A photo of Stephanie "Tanqueray" Johnson, sitting down, holding a photo of herself

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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 12h

usually hatred towards black people.

Philip @blumphy.bsky.social · 17h

Would love to know what goes through a persons head who doesn’t want a fairer and kinder society

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 12h

Got my 10 miles in before the sun came up, inhaled a roasted veggie and cream cheese bagel, rode a bike, watched a twilight zone, passed out, drank coffee and its only 3pm. If I could do this every day I would.

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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 12h

FIGURED IT OUT!
okay. imma do apple cider braised chicken. garlic whipped potatoes. some honey roasted carrots, and garlicky spinach.

Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 12h

so…it is PERFECT fall weather outside. i’m at work and contemplating what to cook when i get off. i want something cozy & delicious…🤔

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jeremy bearimy✨ @simplysope.bsky.social · 14h

Said this last night. I love money, I am a Yoruba woman after all, but there are so many things I won’t do or endure to get it.

I do not want or need it at the expense of my values fym 😭

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Clitasaurus Rex 🦖 @naiijah.bsky.social · 14h

hop in them dm’s and let em know you put action to words #ShootYourShotSunday

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Written by Uju ✍🏽 @writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 13h

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Alex Mack 10 🇯🇲 @chillarybanks.com · 15h

Mirror selfie: black woman with highlighted locs, wearing a light tan TIÉR crew neck, mauve vest.

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Powerpuff Gorl🧚🏽💋🌈 @i8strangefruit.bsky.social · 13h

a lesbian cpl came in celebrating their 1 year anniversary. they got married last year and met on tinder the year before. they were beyond sweet and i asked for all that positive energy. i have a sliver of hope.

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