Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 9h

This also goes for the mental health conversation. It's not just that Black people don't go to therapy but that there isn't enough access to mental health care and resources that are affordable or available to Black people. And if you're Black and you have a therapist you know it's hard to find one

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 9h

The thing that does not get talked about enough in the "go get checked" convo is the lack of access to care. By and large Black people have less access to medical care, Black people are more likely to be medically uninsured or underinsured. There are less health care providers in Black neighborhoods

8 8

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 6h

Señor Saguaro!

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 6h

Cactus Daddy! 😍

1

Reposted by Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 9h

The thing that does not get talked about enough in the "go get checked" convo is the lack of access to care. By and large Black people have less access to medical care, Black people are more likely to be medically uninsured or underinsured. There are less health care providers in Black neighborhoods

10 31

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 9h

The only reason I knew was because when I was home a couple weekends ago, he announced it at our lil fall festival lol. Mais ça c’est bon, cher!

1 1

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 9h

About to top w breadcrumbs and a pat of butter before broiling for a few minutes, but I legit think my Maw Maw Edna possessed me for the past couple of hours. I swear this is her recipe, because I only had my memory and tastebuds to rely on. Have I ever stuffed a mirliton? Mais, no. 🥲

3

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 11h

Me actually flirting looks waaay different than what’s often perceived to be me flirting. Trust me, you’ll know!

Reposted by Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀

MaineRy @mainery27.bsky.social · 14h

Baby, I’m not flirting… I’m just a friendly Gemini

Thee Edenian Witch 🇵🇷🎮🍉 @snarkbreathing.bsky.social · 14h

Baby I’m not flirting… I’m just Caribbean

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 16h

Baby I’m not flirting… I’m just southern

1 1 8

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 11h

Hiiii @bsky.app! Edit buttons. We need edit buttons. Just typos all over my skeets. 🥲

1

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 11h

Correction: Goldthree’s course was entitled, “Slavery & Emancipation in Latin America and the Caribbean.” I knew something was off, so I just pulled up my transcript lol

Reposted by Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀

Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 12h

Via @phillewis.bsky.social GET CHECKED BLACK MEN & WOMEN EVERY YEAR FOR LIFE!

8 250 340

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 11h

Finally stuffing these mirliton, and I feel like there's no room for error, lol. So, lemme put on this new Keith Frank album to channel the spirit of my homeland 😂: music.apple.com/us/album/goa...

1 1

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 12h

I'm a v optimistic person, but 2025 is really trying me. Lord, ENOUGH! (respectfully lol)

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 12h

Angie Stone and D'Angelo leaving this Earth in the same year seems tragically poetic.

2

Reposted by Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀

🎃🕸️Deadly Siete 🔪 @bigmamageneral.blacksky.app · 13h

Black men, we love you and we want you to grow old. Please go get checked out regularly!

100 280

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

Bus, Mason. It was a charter bus. LOL

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

Having at least a bachelor’s degree still means that your earning potential will more than likely (but not always bc—racial capitalism) exceed that of someone without one. So, if that’s the end-all-be-all for you, then the tassel is still worth the hassle.

1 2

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

It’s not a scam. I think that education for education’s sake is good enough. But I also know that the current univ. model is dictated by industry trends, which means that some budding scholars won’t be employable upon graduation. Still, the networks and currency of my degree are unmatched.

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 16h

19. Is college a scam? Why or why not?

1 2

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

I was surprised at the number of close-minded and ardently conservative people I crossed paths with at a liberal arts college. I thought I was stepping into this bastion of liberalism after leaving South Louisiana, but boy was I wrong! 🤣

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 16h

18. What is something that surprised you about college?

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

College me was a less sure of himself, despite others’ perception of him. He was also a much more trusting of new people and experiences, and that’s somewhat on the upswing again. Current me also doesn’t care as much about linear career progression and development.

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 16h

17. How is the college you different from current you?

1

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

Least favorite thing was definitely the distance. It was a 3-hr flight from New Orleans to Boston, and then a 2.5-hr coach ride from Boston to Hanover. And that was if there weren’t any hiccups w travel.

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 16h

16. What was your least favorite thing about college?

1

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

A core memory is def running around that blazing bonfire at my first Dartmouth homecoming in 2008. I was so excited and so were all of my friends. Just pure, innocent, cult-like fun! 🥰

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 16h

15. What is your favorite college memory?

Reposted by Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 16h

Baby I’m not flirting… I’m just southern

19 100 470

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

Probably SpelHouse Homecoming in 2011 when I ****** that *** who let me ***** his *** right after he ****** my ******* and ****** me down, and then we went right back to the ***** tent like nothing happened.

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 16h

14. What is your craziest college story?

Michelle (like Obama) ⚜️🦀 @noirleanian.bsky.social · 14h

I'd listen to my first mind and get that damn math degree (mainly to avenge my more timid and respectable self). I would've still majored in AAAS, though.

nai THEE corpse bride 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · 16h

13. If you could do college over, what would you do different?