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30. Blk/Af-Am. AuDHD. AroAce. Dyke. LC. Gluten-free. Somewhere between conscious & feminist. She/her, but not a woman. Interested in: patterns; disability; gender; music; astrology; sustainability; art(s & crafts); nature.

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 27d

I know y'all have been waiting. I'm launching a virtual crafting group, starting next month (for Black MaGes). I'm so excited and I hope you are too! The signup form is below.
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Handcrafted.

A crafting space for Black people of marginalized genders (non-binary folks, trans folks, women), where queer folks and neurodivergent folks will be centered. Date(s): First Thursday of the month (Oc...

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 19h

Discovering my sexuality has helped me develop my self esteem.

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 19h

I wish I could experience this level of mental stillness during the day.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 22h

Humans of all ability levels need support. No living thing is designed to be wholly self sufficient. But trauma survivors often interpret our need for support or sustenance as "needy" & "burdensome"-- like OUR need for support is someone worse or different than everybody's ever.

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 1d

Happy birthday!!!

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 1d

I’m starting to realize how much I struggle with transitions… autism is disabling.

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 1d

Horary*

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 1d

I lost my edibles… then I used horsey astrology to find them. Woohoo!

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

Like June Jordan said, “We are not powerless. We are indispensable despite all atrocities of state and corporate policy to the contrary. At a minimum we have the power to stop cooperating with our enemies... At the very least, if we cannot control things we certainly can mess them up.”

Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 2d

"We cannot prevent all of the harm that ICE will do in our communities, but we can make their work harder, and we can make our values, our presence, and our solidarity known. We can make our neighborhoods and our relationships stronger, as we forge bonds in opposition to this violence."

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

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innes @innes.bsky.social · 2d

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 2d

sweet chips has me screaming lololol. between lead, asbestos, and micro plastics I just don't know...

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 2d

what the actually fuck. im throwing away bucket I just got. beans, it is!

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Guerin @ontopoetic.earth · 2d

You do not owe anyone the benefit of your engagement with good faith arguments and their bad ones. No respect, no benefit of the doubt, not a nanosecond of attention.

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Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 2d

youtu.be/MTAnBM0ZdVI?...

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Another Life (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 2d

The world lost a giant.

D’Angelo was more than a musician, he was a vessel of soul, a conjurer of feeling, a truth-teller in melody and rhythm. He bared his soul with every note and we felt it.

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

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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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2d

Currently 70 pounds. Wouldn’t be surprised if #Rex grows to over 120.

Photo of brown Ridgeback Hound, sitting on green turf

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 2d

I love when I take time to make my own food and it’s mentally exhausting. I gotta get a stimulant.

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 2d

Dragging myself to take a shower as a hoodoo spoonie.

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 2d

It’s good!

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 3d

This is the first time making cornbread since I moved back to my mom’s. I hope it turns out good! 🤞🏾

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 3d

This is the first time making cornbread since I moved back to my mom’s. I hope it turns out good! 🤞🏾

ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 3d

one of my favorites!

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The Little Yerrrmaid 🧜🏾‍♀️ @thee-beenasty.bsky.social · 3d

Being in relationship with anyone is all about the mutuality of it all. If someone does not enthusiastically want you to be a part of their life, then why would you fight to be in theirs? Make it make sense.

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Shintaro Melodrama @roiskinda.cool · 3d

One of the reasons I’m so adamant about pushing independent social media forward is b/c few things breaks Western hegemony down faster than being able to talk to each other directly.

Globally, we have a lot more in common than not.

Capitalists are *desperate* to keep us from realizing this.

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Shintaro Melodrama @roiskinda.cool · 3d

The 44 billion paid to destroy Twitter revealed one of the greatest fears, if not the greatest, those that are committed to capitalism have.

We see it being repeated with TikTok.

These people are terrified of us talking to each other instead of listening to them tell us about each other

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ogracemay.blacksky.app @ogracemay.blacksky.app · 3d

It’s $5/mo 🫣