ann
anndotann.bsky.social
ann
@anndotann.bsky.social
👩🏿‍💻 art and data bae
🌕 fka @/afrolicious
📢 now building https://pariwo.com
🤸🏾‍♀️ https://neno.social is in beta, come join us!
Reposted by ann
FINAL UPDATE — Don Lemon has been released from custody and gave his first remarks about 30 minutes ago.

“I’ve spent my entire career covering the news. I will not stop now,” Lemon said to cheers.

thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...
Journalism organizations condemn arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort; both facing federal charges • The TRiiBE
Journalism organizations condemn the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort as vindictive attacks on press freedom.
thetriibe.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by ann
Happy to see all of new gov't surveillance operations tracked at one central location. Hope they include government contractors who are paid to do undercover surveillance, which I learned today is a thing.
“The Evidence for Justice Lab, at the Washington, D.C., university’s McCourt School of Public Policy, published the Justice AI Tracker, or JAI-T, documenting where and how AI technologies are being piloted, tested or implemented in law enforcement, courts and corrections.”
New 'Justice AI Tracker' watches how police, courts are using AI | StateScoop
The Evidence for Justice Lab has launched new interactive tool aimed at bringing transparency to how AI is being used across the criminal justice system.
statescoop.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Reposted by ann
Capital B stands in solidarity with journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, who were arrested today in connection to their coverage of an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest earlier this month at a Minneapolis church.

https://capitalbnews.org/capital-b-condems-journalists-arrests/
Capital B Condemns Arrests of Journalists Over Minneapolis Coverage
Capital B joins the National Association of Black Journalists in protesting the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
capitalbnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Reposted by ann
"We are supposed to have our constitutional right of the freedom to film, to be a member of the press. I don’t feel like I have my First Amendment right as a member of the press," Georgia Fort said.

https://bit.ly/4qcOQHt
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Reposted by ann
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Reposted by ann
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.

But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
You are surrounded by love. Fight for it.
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by ann
With alt text.
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by ann
“This isn’t our fight” was always misleading and grossly inaccurate. It’s ALWAYS been our fight. Our ancestors told and showed us exactly what to do.
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Reposted by ann
Your dreaming and planning is called HOPE and it is a necessity during chaos. People like you are how and why we move forward and out
It feels weird to dream and plan for the future in the midst of current chaos.
January 30, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Reposted by ann
There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody.
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Reposted by ann
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
There's a Black woman on instagram going through all the books her friends gave her and she has an edition of Sula I've been looking for for yearssss. I'm actually jealous. Those friends love her. 😩
January 30, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Y'all cannot be serious with using the word "skeet" for posts on here 👎🏾
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Reposted by ann
Not so hot take:

I won't be riding in any sort of self-driving vehicle any time in the foreseeable future.
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Nigerians believe so fiercely in their dignified humanity that it doesn't occur to them that the world hates them because they are Black and they dare to move like dignitaries. Also Nigerians don't understand they are Black and that's why the world hates them.
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Reposted by ann
I tell people they should mask because you don't want to suddenly be allergic to shit you once enjoyed.

It sucks actually
“We have seen asthma, allergic rhinitis, hives/urticaria, environmental and food allergies, with the most common being asthma. But then there is also a good subset of patients developing mast cell activation symptoms,” -me

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Long COVID Linked to New-Onset Allergies
Mounting evidence points to a link between new-onset allergies and Long COVID, with mast cell activation syndrome as a potential culprit.
www.medscape.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
But he don't want to.
Tyler Perry could flood the zone
I need a media corp called Black Ass Media to help sustain all these independent Black media pages/accounts so we at least of some defense in the age of digital platforms.
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I need a media corp called Black Ass Media to help sustain all these independent Black media pages/accounts so we at least of some defense in the age of digital platforms.
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Reposted by ann
lol Suits should've ended the MILLISECOND Jessica left the screen:
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Activists want Inglewood to protect families against ICE. The mayor says he won’t take a position. thelalocal.org/neighborhood...
Inglewood mayor Butts takes no position on ICE raids
Inglewood officials have said little on immigration raids, even as residents have asked them to do more to protect families from ICE.
thelalocal.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:09 AM
"Welcome to The LA Local: We built this newsroom for you" thelalocal.org/news/welcome...
Welcome to The LA Local: We built this newsroom for you | LA Local
We interviewed hundreds of residents from across Los Angeles County and designed our newsroom to meet your needs.
thelalocal.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Reposted by ann
The list is not exhaustive and will continually be updated through out the day, so check back often.

The full list: lataco.com/list-jan-30-...

By @afroxander.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Reposted by ann
i just want to cry. i have literally just spent the last 6 hours responding to email after email of people begging for rent money or for me to point them in the direction of help, which does not exist.

please @governorwalz.mn.gov. we need an eviction moratorium. there is no other solution.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I see another diaspora tantrum brewing on the timeline...
January 29, 2026 at 11:49 PM