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R. Souissi @rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 19h

If you're in DC, ICE has set up a checkpoint on F street and H street.

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Adorable Spite @adorablespite.bsky.social · 4h

Walmart; Lowes; an several other apps or phone lines are pure AI!!!

Guess what accounts we dumped😈😈😈😈

Yesterday on the phone with synchrony; a couple credit cards are going bye bye...

You want AI let AI but it!!!!

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 5h

“Keisha and Sean became determined to fill this resource gap. They’re among a growing group of Black parents who are building a support network.”

No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

19thnews.org

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 22h

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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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 1d

Best story I’ve read in a LONNNGGG time. THIS is what social media is for 😂

KING GIF @angryartistapparel.bsky.social · 2d

Aight yall…im bout to tell yall about the time I took back diapers from a baby shower!

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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 1d

Shut UP! Omg I’m invested

Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 1d

Hey boo! Yes let’s. I think you’re hilarious and love your content

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BSunn @bhaynes.bsky.social · 1d

Hey my niggas, it’s some really dope women on this app and in this world. Stop tryna fuck em all and just be their friend.

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Meron @meronmonroe.blacksky.app · 2d

that betrayal is so real 😵‍💫 nothing like realizing a man you thought you were friends with, was never actually your friend

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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 2d

I had a date last night that confirmed why I choose the bear.

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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 2d

Nooooooo squirrels are the best. Like if I weren’t concerned for my eyes and hard wood floors and rabies, I’d have one as a pet. 😂 they are hilarious

MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 2d

Overall I don't trust squirrels

Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 2d

What question?

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Saint D'Khari @saintdkhari.bsky.social · 2d

If you have the day off you should use today wisely and have sex

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Justst3v3 @justst3v3.bsky.social · 2d

I was just sayin you gotta catch me when I’m social

Random Memes @randommemesx.bsky.social · 2d

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NOT ALLEGEDLY @connichameleon.bsky.social · 2d

You will never guess what song is playing.

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Jennifer @princessjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

It is INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY.

5 things to know about it:

5 things to know about Indigenous Peoples Day

“This day is about reclaiming histories.”

www.pbs.org

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MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 2d

www.thesantaclara.org/blog/we-are-...

“We Are Here, Still”: Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Santa Clara University — The Santa Clara

Exploring the meaning and ongoing presence of Indigenous communities at Santa Clara University

www.thesantaclara.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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Chaos Cherub @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 2d

It does tickle me that when me and my friends discuss our lives in old age, none of us envision it with a man. The plan right now is to either get a piece of land and build interconnecting properties or get a mansion and we each get a wing. Very much planning to be Golden Girls.

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Andrew A 🍉 @arvidian.ca · 2d

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A bookstore window with the following words overlaid
FUCK SOCIAL MEDIA.
MARRY BOOKS.
KILL AL

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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 2d

No beloved, that’s Strangé

Duvet is the fancy French house people go to in the winter to sit on bear rugs and drink wine and ski

Bianca @biancabluesky.blacksky.app · 5d

No no no. That’s Boulé.

Duvet is the perfume Grace Jones was promoting in Boomerang.

Thot Leedurr @docdre.distributedblackness.net · 5d

No kinfolk that’s flambé.

Duvet is the convention held every two years by the Black Greek sorority wearing pink and green

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Anna Stesia @onlychyld.blacksky.app · 2d

Awww man Tanqueray died

humansofny IG account picture of Tanqueray with the caption:

humansony We've lost a legend. Stephanie 'Tanqueray' Johnson passed away last night after suffering a severe stroke. She will be most remembered for holding the world in thrall with her no-holds-barred storytelling about life as a burlesque dancer in the 1970's. Stephanie was a complicated person. Her public persona was irresistibly charismatic. Yet behind the scenes I've rarely met somebody who had such difficulty with close relationships. She was internationally adored, yet intensely lonely. She was desirous of companionship, yet quick to cut people out of her life over the smallest slights. Stephanie told me endless stories about how badly her mother treated her as a child, yet remained capable of exhibiting that same behavior toward others. People are complicated.
And the longer you live, the more you realize the most inexcusable behavior often stems from the saddest traumas. There was always a little girl inside of Stephanie who never had a chance to feel safe. A little girl who learned at a young age that the best way to keep from getting hurt was to throw the first punch. But this little girl also had such a love of life. And despite her X-rated stories, and her sharp edges, was capable of such innocence. Stephanie slept with a teddy bear until the day she died. She'd melt in the presence of animals and babies. And until the very end, she laughed like a little girl. In the final weeks of her life all the hard edges melted away. All the defense mechanisms, the learned responses. She reverted back to the little girl she'd been before she'd gotten hurt. And that is the Stephanie that is smiling down on us right now. In her own words: 'When I get to heaven I hope God shows me a movie of my life. But just the funny parts. Not the in-between parts, cause then we'd both start crying. Underneath all the laughs and the gags, it was always about one thing: survival. Tanqueray was a lot of fun.
But Tanqueray …

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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 2d

Me on my date tonight

Terita @terita.bsky.social · 2d

What. In. The. Actual. Fuck.

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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 2d

I just left a date with a Neanderthal with what I’m sure is a closed head jury who asked me 15–FIFTEEN—times to come back to his place because

“Don’t nobody want your coochie, queen.I’m a simple man and i want you know me.I’m being vulnerable. I just want some pussy and a home cooked meal”

And I—

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Sybarite @sybarite1913.bsky.social · 2d

Adding the “China” I bought to the list.

Xavier D’Leau @xavierdleau.com · 3d

It’s Not Just Wayfair: Why Does ALL Of Your Furniture Fall Apart?

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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