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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 3h

Oct 15th - Twin brothers Elijah “Smoke” and Elias “Stack” buy a rundown sawmill, and start transforming it into one hell of a juke joint

📽️📅 Sinners (2025)

4 Screenshots from the movie "Sinners" (2025): First, a black screen with the text "Clarksdale, Mississippi October 16, 1932." Second, an interior of a church with attendees in white clothing, a man stands silhouetted in the doorway with a cross visible above. Third, a black screen with the text "one day earlier." Fourth, two men in suits and hats stand beside a vintage car against a rustic building backdrop.

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rosegold1736.bsky.social @rosegold1736.bsky.social · 34m

If they have your voice and face, a whole “deepfake” can be created to simulate you.

(Face swapping, expression transfer, voice cloning…Full body puppetry etc.)

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Sylphanne @sylphanne.bsky.social · 33m

Been said this but y’all don’t listen

rosegold1736.bsky.social @rosegold1736.bsky.social · 51m

I just finished a security brief.. just scrubbed media. Be careful on here with all these spy bots on here..

Tip: if your face and voice on here, remove your voice.

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orynthia blue. @javeauriel.blacksky.app · 39m

Black people can be Black and only Black.

The way that our full identities are dismissed is exhausting. You see it when people try to separate Black ppl from the LGBTQIA+ community. Or when it’s time to discuss ICE. Everyone understands intersectionality until it comes to us.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 46m

So a couple people have now hinted at the idea that Black people didn’t have it so bad post-9/11 because Muslims had it bad. This ignores that there were and are a lot of Black Muslims. This also ignores that more than one group of people can be targeted for state violence. It’s never just one group

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Sean Padilla says #ProtectJhordin and #FreeLink @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 35m

youtu.be/nOndQVYx7n0?... = You really should watch this whole performance, but the very end of it - where D’Angelo commands the Vanguard to give him 47.5 hits, AND THEY ACTUALLY DO IT - is the kinda thing that *had* to make James Brown smile in the afterlife

D'Angelo & the Vanguard - Full Concert [HD] | Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 2015

YouTube video by North Sea Jazz Archive

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Sylphanne @sylphanne.bsky.social · 36m

And there it is

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1h

and i'll do you one better ... men become uncomfortable when their partners make more than they do because they believe that their partners will financially and emotionally manipulate them ....

as they .... manipulate their partners.

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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 13h

Michael Eugene Archer aka D’Angelo 🖤🕊️

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 14h

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:

People need reflection.

I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no
remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making
space during a time when no similar space really existed.

You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King.

A photo of Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo, wearing black

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B. @missxbri.bsky.social · 20h

That don’t mean don’t go. Lol. Keep going until you’re heard. Have everything documented in your chart.

LoverGirlLore @kurzoblint.bsky.social · 20h

Yall keep saying “go to the doctor” like they aren’t the ones ignoring, misdiagnosing, and killing us in the first place

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Zee's Soup Szn Cauldron 🍲🎃 @ziajd.bsky.social · 19h

So much care and support to him, he lost both his parents this year. 🙏🏽

steve harrington’s hair swoop @uxalchemist.blacksky.app · 20h

“I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers during these very difficult times, it has been a very rough and sad year [..] I ask that you please continue to keep me in your thoughts as it will not be easy, but one thing that both my parents thought me was to be strong, and I intend to do just that.”

D’Angelo’s Son Michael Speaks Out After His Father’s Death at 51

D’Angelo’s son, Michael Archer II, shared a heartfelt statement following his father’s death at 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer.

thesource.com

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Sylphanne @sylphanne.bsky.social · 19h

Congratulations Rome! Well deserved. ^_^

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Cpt. Kandy Franklin⚓️🍬 @kandy.has.fish · 23h

This is a reminder to all black men.
Our life expectancy is 71.

71 means 35 is your midlife.

Get to being intentionally proactive about your health if you haven't been.

We deserve better but we must also be better.

My 2 cents that noone asked for.

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Terita @terita.bsky.social · 19h

How do we raise awareness and get people screened early?

People usually don’t screen until it’s too late. There’s only like four or five cancers with a standardized testing protocol.

Pancreatic cancer ain’t one of them.

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Maybe:…… @getthebagcoach.bsky.social · 21h

Black adults who live in the United States have a 59% higher risk of premature death than other races…… if you have access to healthcare fasho go get checked… if you feel uncomfortable get a loved one to come with you ❤️