John Luke
@royalbluejay.blacksky.app
I am the builder, no longer a stone refused. Trying to add a little more light and a little less noise to the world. With the shits. Always tired.
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🧵 Random song #43 I'm listening to at whatever moment it strikes me to share.
"Superficial Drug" - Sevendust
20+ years listening to them and it always hit.
youtu.be/X2o2hU72dcE
"Superficial Drug" - Sevendust
20+ years listening to them and it always hit.
youtu.be/X2o2hU72dcE
One of my favorites and oldest. Underneath it curves exactly to rest on my forehead while meditating if I lay down.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
One of my favorites and oldest. Underneath it curves exactly to rest on my forehead while meditating if I lay down.
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if you're in need of a 'let me just put something on while i work show' might i recommend my standby: dick van dyke's "diagnosis murder" -- a medical murder mystery drama that ran for eight seasons -- and is now streaming again: pluto.tv/on-demand/se...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
if you're in need of a 'let me just put something on while i work show' might i recommend my standby: dick van dyke's "diagnosis murder" -- a medical murder mystery drama that ran for eight seasons -- and is now streaming again: pluto.tv/on-demand/se...
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WHAT?!?!?
He did what?!?!?! While smashing WHO?!?!!!
I don’t understand these last few generations of niggas AT ALL!
He did what?!?!?! While smashing WHO?!?!!!
I don’t understand these last few generations of niggas AT ALL!
Ever since Jordin Sparks said he sings his own name during sex I’ve never looked at this nigga the same
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
WHAT?!?!?
He did what?!?!?! While smashing WHO?!?!!!
I don’t understand these last few generations of niggas AT ALL!
He did what?!?!?! While smashing WHO?!?!!!
I don’t understand these last few generations of niggas AT ALL!
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AI Bubble is Bubbling; Trump Says Being Broke is a Hoax; No One - Not Even an Admiral - Gets a Pass on Murder
youtube.com/live/5TdL-eo...
youtube.com/live/5TdL-eo...
AI Bubble is Bubbling; Trump Says Being Broke is a Hoax; No One Gets a Pass on Murder
YouTube video by Lurie Daniel Favors
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
AI Bubble is Bubbling; Trump Says Being Broke is a Hoax; No One - Not Even an Admiral - Gets a Pass on Murder
youtube.com/live/5TdL-eo...
youtube.com/live/5TdL-eo...
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Tomorrow is my last day teaching in person for the rest of my life.
December 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Tomorrow is my last day teaching in person for the rest of my life.
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Who among us
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Who among us
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😭the low beams look like high beams and the high beams look like you on your way to greet Jesus
The lights on these new cars are entirely too bright.
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
😭the low beams look like high beams and the high beams look like you on your way to greet Jesus
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Climate risk scores aren't just useful to homebuyers, they can help homeowners too. That's one reason why Redfin is keeping climate scores on the Redfin app and website.
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Climate risk scores aren't just useful to homebuyers, they can help homeowners too. That's one reason why Redfin is keeping climate scores on the Redfin app and website.
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A community can achieve so much when everybody does their part!
Mark Cuban Says ‘It Became Pointless’ To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban Says 'It Became Pointless' To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, says he’s done posting on Bluesky for now, and the reason is simple: it’s not worth
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December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A community can achieve so much when everybody does their part!
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Calling all Scrubs fans!
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Calling all Scrubs fans!
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
Judy Reyes breaks down exactly why Carla + Turk worked: real chemistry, real friendship, and one extremely chaotic first on-screen kiss.
Full episode of B*tch, Listen is live now. ✨
Morning Youtube live of #LDFShow with @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on SiriusXM ch126 @urbanviewradio.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/live/jCQp_Zr...
www.youtube.com/live/jCQp_Zr...
Why Spoiled Brats Don’t Belong at the Grown Folks Table
YouTube video by Lurie Daniel Favors
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Morning Youtube live of #LDFShow with @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on SiriusXM ch126 @urbanviewradio.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/live/jCQp_Zr...
www.youtube.com/live/jCQp_Zr...
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MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL BYLINE is out today in @bristol247.bsky.social with @zarananu.bsky.social!
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
'You cannot fix the pay gap without addressing unpaid work'
Academics Zara Nanu and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman discuss the gender pay gap
www.bristol247.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL BYLINE is out today in @bristol247.bsky.social with @zarananu.bsky.social!
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
We discuss U.K. equal pay day, how #TheDoubleTax shows up for Black women in the UK, and why caregiving is a an economic crisis OR economic opportunity in waiting. #blacksky #uk
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Happy 'Last Saturday of November,' y'all! Because next Saturday??!!?!
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
Morning, y'all. Unbridled optimism isn't doing its work on me today. Probably since everything from the waist down on one side is in excruciating pain. It's been 3 days running, I'm at the end of my rope. And my birthday is in TWELVE days! Anyway, I'm short:
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Happy 'Last Saturday of November,' y'all! Because next Saturday??!!?!
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
IS MY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY! 🥳
Which is the good news. The BAD news? My disability hearing originally set for two days later?
CANCELED.
I'm TRYING not to let that ruin my mood. 😫
Currently at:
$195/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
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Morning, y'all. Unbridled optimism isn't doing its work on me today. Probably since everything from the waist down on one side is in excruciating pain. It's been 3 days running, I'm at the end of my rope. And my birthday is in TWELVE days! Anyway, I'm short:
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Morning, y'all. Unbridled optimism isn't doing its work on me today. Probably since everything from the waist down on one side is in excruciating pain. It's been 3 days running, I'm at the end of my rope. And my birthday is in TWELVE days! Anyway, I'm short:
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
$0/$620 💸💕
#disabled
#mutualaid
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First democratic socialist mayor who even Trump fan girls over.
200 protesters stop ICE/Border Patrol gestapo.
Big win against corporate greed.
NYC is on a winning streak thanks to grassroots power built over years. Keep it up and take nothing for granted.
200 protesters stop ICE/Border Patrol gestapo.
Big win against corporate greed.
NYC is on a winning streak thanks to grassroots power built over years. Keep it up and take nothing for granted.
HOLY SMOKES!
"Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 workers in what officials are calling the largest worker protection settlement in New York City history."
VENTI-sized accountability. ✊
"Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 workers in what officials are calling the largest worker protection settlement in New York City history."
VENTI-sized accountability. ✊
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
First democratic socialist mayor who even Trump fan girls over.
200 protesters stop ICE/Border Patrol gestapo.
Big win against corporate greed.
NYC is on a winning streak thanks to grassroots power built over years. Keep it up and take nothing for granted.
200 protesters stop ICE/Border Patrol gestapo.
Big win against corporate greed.
NYC is on a winning streak thanks to grassroots power built over years. Keep it up and take nothing for granted.
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Not everyone deserves your advice or energy.
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Not everyone deserves your advice or energy.
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Today is #WorldAIDSDay, and I’m thinking about the communities who fought to get us to this moment.
Thanks to PEPFAR, HIV treatment is more accessible and more people are living long, healthy lives.
Let’s keep fighting for a world where everyone can get the care they need.
Thanks to PEPFAR, HIV treatment is more accessible and more people are living long, healthy lives.
Let’s keep fighting for a world where everyone can get the care they need.
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Today is #WorldAIDSDay, and I’m thinking about the communities who fought to get us to this moment.
Thanks to PEPFAR, HIV treatment is more accessible and more people are living long, healthy lives.
Let’s keep fighting for a world where everyone can get the care they need.
Thanks to PEPFAR, HIV treatment is more accessible and more people are living long, healthy lives.
Let’s keep fighting for a world where everyone can get the care they need.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Michaela Coel’s character poster for David Lowery’s ‘Mother Mary.’
Coel stars alongside Anne Hathaway and Hunter Schafer. The film follows a fictional musician and her relationship with a fashion designer.
Coel stars alongside Anne Hathaway and Hunter Schafer. The film follows a fictional musician and her relationship with a fashion designer.
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Michaela Coel’s character poster for David Lowery’s ‘Mother Mary.’
Coel stars alongside Anne Hathaway and Hunter Schafer. The film follows a fictional musician and her relationship with a fashion designer.
Coel stars alongside Anne Hathaway and Hunter Schafer. The film follows a fictional musician and her relationship with a fashion designer.
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December 📃
#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #Writing #WriterCommunity #blackpoet #blackwriters #blueskypoets
#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #Writing #WriterCommunity #blackpoet #blackwriters #blueskypoets
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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📌On this date in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Parks and Black voters in America have consistently been our bravest and truest patriots.
White voters? Not-so-much.
Black voters are our North Star … and deserve our respect.
Parks and Black voters in America have consistently been our bravest and truest patriots.
White voters? Not-so-much.
Black voters are our North Star … and deserve our respect.
WHITE COWER
Like it or not, Donald Trump's vulgar presidency is very much a black-and-white issue ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
📌On this date in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Parks and Black voters in America have consistently been our bravest and truest patriots.
White voters? Not-so-much.
Black voters are our North Star … and deserve our respect.
Parks and Black voters in America have consistently been our bravest and truest patriots.
White voters? Not-so-much.
Black voters are our North Star … and deserve our respect.
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"DEI initiatives, many decades in the making, lay in rubble because of the weak, submissive white people, who either never believed in what they were doing, or worse, are too cowardly to stand up for what is most certainly good … and right … and FAIR."
📌On this date in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Parks and Black voters in America have consistently been our bravest and truest patriots.
White voters? Not-so-much.
Black voters are our North Star … and deserve our respect.
Parks and Black voters in America have consistently been our bravest and truest patriots.
White voters? Not-so-much.
Black voters are our North Star … and deserve our respect.
WHITE COWER
Like it or not, Donald Trump's vulgar presidency is very much a black-and-white issue ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"DEI initiatives, many decades in the making, lay in rubble because of the weak, submissive white people, who either never believed in what they were doing, or worse, are too cowardly to stand up for what is most certainly good … and right … and FAIR."
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December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Monday morning Youtube live of the #LDFShow with @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on SiriusXM ch126 @urbanviewradio.bsky.social .
Back at it again with all the news we can use.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFd0...
Back at it again with all the news we can use.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFd0...
Goode Food, Remigration, Pete’s War Crimes & Target Played Y’all
YouTube video by Lurie Daniel Favors
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Monday morning Youtube live of the #LDFShow with @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on SiriusXM ch126 @urbanviewradio.bsky.social .
Back at it again with all the news we can use.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFd0...
Back at it again with all the news we can use.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFd0...
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Good morning, lovelies✨🌻
It's the first of the month, so you know the drill:
🌬️blow some cinnamon in your front door
or
☕sprinkle some in your coffee
or
🕯️light a cinnamon candle
to draw in prosperity this month🥰
It's the first of the month, so you know the drill:
🌬️blow some cinnamon in your front door
or
☕sprinkle some in your coffee
or
🕯️light a cinnamon candle
to draw in prosperity this month🥰
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good morning, lovelies✨🌻
It's the first of the month, so you know the drill:
🌬️blow some cinnamon in your front door
or
☕sprinkle some in your coffee
or
🕯️light a cinnamon candle
to draw in prosperity this month🥰
It's the first of the month, so you know the drill:
🌬️blow some cinnamon in your front door
or
☕sprinkle some in your coffee
or
🕯️light a cinnamon candle
to draw in prosperity this month🥰