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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Sep 10

You're Already an Influencer! (Why Not Be a Better One?)

Limited seats available, so register now to get "mates' rates"!

You're Already an Influencer! (Why Not Be a Better One?)

“Yeah, I'm a small business owner, but I don't want to be like an influencer!”

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Apr 26

Wednesday night I stayed up late securing myself a new Nintendo system. It’s a long running pattern in my life.

Here’s what we can learn from companies that create magical experiences!

The Power of a Magical Experience

Watch now | What Nintendo & Disney Can Teach Us About Making our Customers Into Fans

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Apr 18

You gotta watch this governor like a HAWK!

Lyin’ Landry is at it again!

First, he came for your teacher’s stipend (after he’d already refused the permanent raise proposed by Gov.

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Apr 17

I KNOW you're tired. But we've all got work to do. open.substack.com/pub/joelshar...

#civicengagement #legalrights #theyworkforus

Overwhelmed is (Part of) the Point

Are you tired?

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Indivisible North LA @indivisiblenela.bsky.social · Mar 26

A number of folks stepped up to record a brief message at our town hall in Ruston, LA last night. Here's Jerry Stinson, retired veteran, making his thoughts on the #Muskrats attempts to steal folks' Social Security and benefits quite clear:
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IMG 0404 | Mar 26, 2025 001 - Riverside - HD Podcast & Video Software

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The Articulate Coven @articulatecoven.com · Feb 18

Track the pregnant women, and assign them an "appropriate" adoptive family. 👀The speed at which they're going straight to dystopian fiction is INSANE.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Feb 18

A Missouri Representative has filed a bill to track pregnancies in the state.

HB 807 will: "Maintain a central registry of each expectant mother who is at risk for seeking an abortion of her unborn child and make the same available to a prospective adoptive parent who has completed screenings."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 8

Normalize pronouncing DOGE as DOUCHE.

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The Articulate Coven @articulatecoven.com · Feb 9

Are you excited for tomorrow's "Bowl of Soup"? #thebiggame is on, and Ashley is rooting for The Eagles. Well, mostly the city of Philly really & it's...Gritty based. #philly and #kansascity in #neworleans should be a good time regardless.

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Feb 5

A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it." - Andy Warhol

Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Feb 5

"What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too.

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Feb 5

One of my favorite quotes, & a perfect encapsulation of the greatness of America when we do it right.

"All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good."

From Andy Warhol.

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Feb 4

Here’s something frivolous but not meaningless that we can all hang onto. We’re about to get a Black Captain America. A positive & genuine Superman. & unbelievably, a period piece retro-futuristic Fantastic 4 movie.

Good, good time to be a geek, even if it’s a hard, hard time to be a human being.

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Feb 1

I have been LOVING watching #darkshadows the original supernatural soap opera. Pretty good time to jump in if you want to watch along with me.

The Articulate Coven @articulatecoven.com · Feb 1

Episode 48, 49 and 50 are up on YouTube and 51, 52 and 53 are ALL available for Patrons right now.
A great twist, a surprising death and a burgeoning whodunit are onboard for this batch of Dark Shadows, the original supernatural Soap Opera. (YouTube link in comments).

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christina @formeresq.bsky.social · Jan 25

it’s so insane to me that people work for ICE like did you watch star wars and think man i want to be like the guys in the plastic white suits who can’t aim for shit

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 25

Congrats. You played yourself.

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Jan 23

I left my Church over their DEMAND to exclude LGBTQIA+ but my mistrust started over private prisons. Single biggest donor & main proponent of leaving the UMC over LGBTQIA+ is choking on the $$$ he makes from private prisons, largely full of immigrants. Blood money is the ONLY word to describe it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 22

AOC: "I want folks at home to look at what members of Congress are invested in private prisons companies, and look at the votes on this bill. It is atrocious that people are lining their pockets with private prison profits in the name of a horrific tragedy."

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Jan 22

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Dad Would Have Loved: The Was a Crooked Man (1970)

YouTube video by Dad Would Have Loved This

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Jan 22

The second episode of "Dad Would Have Loved This" is now live with one my Dad absolutely DID love. It's Kirk Douglas vs. Henry Fonda in "There Was a Crooked Man" and my take on it is live now on YouTube, Spotify & anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Link in the comments!

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Tyler Mahan Coe (chaotic good) @tylermahancoe.bsky.social · Jan 21

The fact that even the richest guy in the world is afraid to admit he did a Nazi salute should be enough to let you know the fight isn’t over.

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Jan 20

I’m watching “The Music Man” today. That classic story of a con man who invents a fictional problem for a town so that he can then fleece them of all their money by providing “the cure”. 🤔 Wonder why I felt like that was the watch for today?

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Jan 20

The most important fact—that this would be a patently unconstitutional executive order—is omitted from the social copy.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jan 20

Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.

Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship

The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Jan 19

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Jan 20

Just passed 1000 reviews on @letterboxd.social with “First Blood” (1982) it’s coming soon on my new YouTube channel and podcast #DadWouldHaveLovedThis

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The Articulate Coven @articulatecoven.com · Jan 20

It's a picture of a person, a painting, a portrait if you will (and Joel can't for some reason). #musicman We promise he didn't have a stroke, but he does do a musical number! #musicaltheaterkids #immortaluniverse #annerice #mayfairwitches

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Joel Sharpton @joelsharpton.com · Jan 17

Joe Abercrombie writes better low fantasy than maybe anyone ever. This series is amazing & everything new in it is fantastic. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a21f...

Review by therogueslife - The Heroes

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