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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 1h

One day closer. . .

Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 1h

Got this from Reddit, only once US city made the list, guess what it was.

The 20 happiest cities in the world in 2025, according to locals

More than 18,000 urbanites told us how happy their city makes them

www.timeout.com

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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 12h

LMFAO this is my mom when the witnesses use to knock on our door on Saturday morning 😂

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 1h

I wasn't even in 7th grade 😂 for 7th grade that was probably a Mary J Blige song, but I definitely used to sing my little heart out with Karyn White with my pink boombox 🤣 couldn't even reach the stove talking 'bout making eggs over easy 😩😄

Scrollamite @blackcellz716.bsky.social · 2h

Karyn White had no business having 7th grade girls singing Superwoman like they had a cheating man working down at the plant🤦🏾‍♂️

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 1h

I'm so mad these fuckers are going to make me have to get a damn whistle.

Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 2h

I don't mind 1st, but I prefer 3rd, so it's like getting my hopes up to dash them (so much contemporary romance is in 1st😩). I'll still read the book though.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6h

ICE/Border Patrol held a weapon on a guy who was demanding they show him their face in Rogers Park today

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 4h

The Children They Sold They Don’t Want You to Know About: Thousands of free Black kids were kidnapped and erased from history.

medium.com/@gxldsociety...

The Children They Sold They Don’t Want You to Know About

“Thousands of free Black kids were kidnapped and erased from history.”

medium.com

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 2h

When a book starts in 3rd person for a prologue and then switches to 1st for the first chapter:

a woman wearing glasses and a hello kitty shirt is disappointed

ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a hello kitty shirt is disappointed

media.tenor.com

Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 2h

NP, bonus, it's Black woman owned 🤗

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 2h

Also if you're currently using goodreads, you can import all of your Goodreads data into StoryGraph so you don't lose any of it, even your reviews.

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 2h

The StoryGraph, the data nerd in me absolutely loves it 🤗 and I think it played no small part in the actually hitting my reading goals this year. Even though I have to track everything manually (I've actually found I enjoy that). Here's their IG: www.instagram.com/the.storygra...

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 3h

Sooo close. Once I actually hit all these goals I might think about updating them... Or maybe I'll just let myself exceed my goals for the year cuz I've already updated them to push them out this far. #BookSky #BlackBookSky

2025 reading goal progress from story graph. 94/100 books 29,586/30,000 pages and 150.75/150 hours completed.

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 3h

I'm scared every time I have to leave the house 😭

Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 3h

Sure is expensive to live in such a dangerous city 😋 I think of these three, I like the second one the most.

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MorbidAnjel @morbidanjel.bsky.social · 4h

The ‘banned books’ staircase at the Newport Public Library.

Basically, all the books that were required reading while we were growing up

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Candidly Tiff @tify330.bsky.social · 5h

The protestors at Kamala’s book tour should have spent $30 on her book vs $300 to disrupt her. They would have learned something instead of being anti black chaos agents hellbent on annoying her and her audience.

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 4h

Me staring down this last 10 or so ounces of water that I need to drink to hit my goal for today.

a little girl wearing a headband with a flower on it is making a funny face .

ALT: a little girl wearing a headband with a flower on it is making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 4h

🙂‍↕️

I learned about special assessments the hard way like 2 months after I bought my place 😭

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 4h

With that flood rating I'd be really concerned that the last people that bought it are trying to sell it a little after a year, but it doesn't really look upgraded. Especially with all the flooding we had a couple months ago. Your insurance rate is probably also going to be through the roof.

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 4h

It needs to be different, and it needs to be better than what we had before so this shit can't happen again. I'm genuinely surprised by how quickly it's all falling apart. Too much of our current system relies on having people with humane values and morals in charge.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 4h

They aren't trying to be insightful, they are just trying to get clicks.

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Sinnamon Love @sinnamonlove.blacksky.app · 5h

Saying “the majority of the middle class” has not been impacted when approximately 350,000 Black women lost their jobs between February & July 2025 is anti-Black & peak misogynoir.

I will not explain further. 💅🏽

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