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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 58m

“I’m writing for Black people. I don’t have to apologize.” —Toni Morrison

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Claire Underwood @ladisdot.blacksky.app · 56m

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 2h

You're part of my identity. I sometimes have the tendency, to look at you, religiously. 'Cause nothing even matters, to me.

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DaBean. @honeybadger10.bsky.social · 1h

I love that it’s assumed they are joking. These are not jokes.

Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1h

Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.

They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 3h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 1h

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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Claire Underwood @ladisdot.blacksky.app · 1h

I need Stevie and Gladys to hold on for me because I will be completely undone when they transition.

a woman is crying with her eyes closed and wearing a black headband .

ALT: a woman is crying with her eyes closed and wearing a black headband .

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Claire Underwood @ladisdot.blacksky.app · 2h

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 3h

D’Angelo & Questlove at Brooklyn Bowl on March 4, 2013. on.soundcloud.com/KIgBoovzswqJ...

D'Angelo & Questlove at Brooklyn Bowl, 3/4/13 | Complete

SETLIST: 01) Go Back To The Thing / Let Me Have It All (Sly & The Family Stone) 02) Cosmic Slop (Funkadelic) 03) Woman’s Gotta Have It (Bobby Womack) 04) The Line 05) You Caught Me Smilin’ / Af

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 2h

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as 'Untitled (How Does It Feel),' died in New York on Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 51. bnonews.com/index.php/20...

D’Angelo, neo-soul icon behind ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dead at 51

Michael D’Angelo Archer, the Grammy Award-winning singer who helped define the neo-soul movement of the late 1990s and the early 2000s with hits such as ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ died in New York...

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Claire Underwood @ladisdot.blacksky.app · 2h

Morning session sponsored by Mango Tango…😔

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo on Apple Music

Song · 1995 · Duration 4:22

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Claire Underwood @ladisdot.blacksky.app · 2h

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Arif "Felonious Munk" Shahid @feloniousmunk.blacksky.app · 3h

3 classic albums. No skips. Love songs. Liberation songs. Sensual songs. Fun songs. Black ass music. 51 is too young. D'Angelo can't be gone.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2h

D'Angelo to Rolling Stone in 2015:

"The music business is a crazy game, especially for somebody like me who is really a purist about the art ... Trying to balance the pressures of commercialism, it’s a tightrope."

More: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Claire Underwood @ladisdot.blacksky.app · 3h

And Angie just left us. Their son. 😭

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Rico, house father of WAWG & salt shaker CEO 🧂🤸🏾‍♂️✨ @epereza22.blacksky.app · 3h

Fuck cancer.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.