Dr. T. Flo
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/
https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
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Dr. T. Flo
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
· May 3
Happy Heavenly Birthday to May Ayim! She would have turned 65 years old today. Although we are not kin, I feel kinship with her. Next August 2026 will mark 30 years since her passing.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
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If every Muslim voter in Dearborn voted for Harris, she still would have lost Michigan.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If every Muslim voter in Dearborn voted for Harris, she still would have lost Michigan.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
If she had won Michigan, she STILL WOULD HAVE LOST THE ELECTION.
If you want to blame voters for current conditions, feel free to blame the actual demographic responsible for Trump and that is WHITE PEOPLE.
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This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.
They're just taking an ax to the Civil Rights Act
Department of Justice Rule Restores Equal Protection for All in Civil Rights Enforcement
Today, the Justice Department issued a final rule updating its regulations under Title VI of the Civil Rights of 1964. This rule ensures that our nation’s federal civil rights laws are firmly grounded...
www.justice.gov
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
Goodbye Lumumba!
europeanconservative.com/articles/new...
europeanconservative.com/articles/new...
Goodbye “Lumumba”: Accused of Racism, German Christmas Markets Rename Traditional Drink
Rebranded seasonal beverages are now on offer—amid controversy.
europeanconservative.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Goodbye Lumumba!
europeanconservative.com/articles/new...
europeanconservative.com/articles/new...
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Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church in Massachusetts kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. The display shows Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus missing, replaced by a sign reading “ICE WAS HERE.” trib.al/adPW46y
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Great photo. Among many other things, he had few equals as a dancer.
Remembering one of the greatest all-round entertainers of all-time
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Born 100yrs ago today.
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Born 100yrs ago today.
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Great photo. Among many other things, he had few equals as a dancer.
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the original gift link to the story has expired, so here’s another one. I worked on this for 2+ years and learned so much from the dozens of birth mothers who shared their experiences in open adoption.
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
the original gift link to the story has expired, so here’s another one. I worked on this for 2+ years and learned so much from the dozens of birth mothers who shared their experiences in open adoption.
I am not sure this is as inspiring as you think. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, and other countries would like a word. Was the US intervention in those countries right and moral? Eisenhower would know because he helped depose Patrice Lumumba and Daniel Fignolé.
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I am not sure this is as inspiring as you think. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, and other countries would like a word. Was the US intervention in those countries right and moral? Eisenhower would know because he helped depose Patrice Lumumba and Daniel Fignolé.
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me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
And in Germany, Merz continues to suck and show us who he is. Ugh!
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
And in Germany, Merz continues to suck and show us who he is. Ugh!
To see this administration's mediocrity every single day is enraging and exhausting. I try to turn away, but I can't. Ugh.
December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
To see this administration's mediocrity every single day is enraging and exhausting. I try to turn away, but I can't. Ugh.
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In the suit or dress he wants everyone to wear at the airport?
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In the suit or dress he wants everyone to wear at the airport?
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Firing a professor for protesting is unacceptable. Colleges and universities should embrace free speech, not trample on it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Firing a professor for protesting is unacceptable. Colleges and universities should embrace free speech, not trample on it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/tenured-professor-fired-pro-palestinian-protests?CMP=share_btn_url
It has been over a month since I fell and fractured my ankle in multiple places. I have learned a few additional lessons. 1) I really needed to slow down, and the fracture has helped with that. I wish I had found a less painful method, but it is what it is. 2) This too shall pass.
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It has been over a month since I fell and fractured my ankle in multiple places. I have learned a few additional lessons. 1) I really needed to slow down, and the fracture has helped with that. I wish I had found a less painful method, but it is what it is. 2) This too shall pass.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Let's see if we can get at least $500,000 for something that repudiates all that shit, shall we? gofund.me/2f12393af
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Let's see if we can get at least $500,000 for something that repudiates all that shit, shall we? gofund.me/2f12393af
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I used to do a thing on the other app where you describe a person you're holiday shopping for and I tell you a really good book they would like (usually history but other ones too). Y'all want to do that this year? Comment if so. 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I used to do a thing on the other app where you describe a person you're holiday shopping for and I tell you a really good book they would like (usually history but other ones too). Y'all want to do that this year? Comment if so. 🎄
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Back pain during pregnancy isn’t just a mild annoyance—it can cause serious harm. Read University of Iowa professor Julie Vignato on why doctors and patients should take these symptoms seriously. This article was republished from @us.theconversation.com.
Back Pain During Pregnancy Is Often Dismissed as a Passing Discomfort−A Nurse Explains Why it Should Be Taken Seriously and Treated
Many people do not know about the serious harms that untreated pain in pregnancy can cause.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Back pain during pregnancy isn’t just a mild annoyance—it can cause serious harm. Read University of Iowa professor Julie Vignato on why doctors and patients should take these symptoms seriously. This article was republished from @us.theconversation.com.
I had a heavy lunch and I fighting the urge to sleep before a 2pm meeting.
a young man is laying on a bed with his hand on his head .
ALT: a young man is laying on a bed with his hand on his head .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I had a heavy lunch and I fighting the urge to sleep before a 2pm meeting.
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
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The President of the United States thinks hepatitis is transmitted ONLY via sexual contact; this is incorrect.
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The President of the United States thinks hepatitis is transmitted ONLY via sexual contact; this is incorrect.
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
The most powerful man on Earth just suggested we stop vaccinating infants for hepatitis and revisit the question when they are 12 and “fully formed.”
Obviously a terrible idea—here’s why:
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There’s a new Paul Myers Overshare, read it for free, consider subscribing if you can support my work. pulmyears.substack.com/p/planes-tra...
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, etc.
Part one of a series of tales from the John Candy: A Life In Comedy book tour.
pulmyears.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
There’s a new Paul Myers Overshare, read it for free, consider subscribing if you can support my work. pulmyears.substack.com/p/planes-tra...
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Why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is still the spookiest holiday read.
On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Nicholas, a celebration of the patron saint of children, travelers, sailors, toymakers, broadcasters, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, Greece, archers, unmarried…
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December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is still the spookiest holiday read.
I wish I could fly to Berlin to see Weihnachtsmärkte and friends.
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I wish I could fly to Berlin to see Weihnachtsmärkte and friends.
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.