Sola Balisane
@balisane.bsky.social
It's okay, we're professionals.
Fully grown. 3D sculpt and print enthusiast. The rest at discretion.
Yes the net.goth one.
Fully grown. 3D sculpt and print enthusiast. The rest at discretion.
Yes the net.goth one.
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341,000 Black women are still missing from the labor force since the pandemic began. This is the most educated female cohort in the country, and more than half are breadwinners for households with children. Erasing their economic participation undercuts today’s stability and tomorrow’s workforce.
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
341,000 Black women are still missing from the labor force since the pandemic began. This is the most educated female cohort in the country, and more than half are breadwinners for households with children. Erasing their economic participation undercuts today’s stability and tomorrow’s workforce.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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It’s Day 3 and the final day of #PAXUnplugged 2025! 🧙♀️🧙♂️✨
Before the show wraps up, make sure to stop by the @guardiansmh.bsky.social booth #4205!
Grab a free mental health kit while they last, and say hi before we close out another amazing year. 💚
Let’s finish strong
see you soon! 👋🛡️
Before the show wraps up, make sure to stop by the @guardiansmh.bsky.social booth #4205!
Grab a free mental health kit while they last, and say hi before we close out another amazing year. 💚
Let’s finish strong
see you soon! 👋🛡️
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s Day 3 and the final day of #PAXUnplugged 2025! 🧙♀️🧙♂️✨
Before the show wraps up, make sure to stop by the @guardiansmh.bsky.social booth #4205!
Grab a free mental health kit while they last, and say hi before we close out another amazing year. 💚
Let’s finish strong
see you soon! 👋🛡️
Before the show wraps up, make sure to stop by the @guardiansmh.bsky.social booth #4205!
Grab a free mental health kit while they last, and say hi before we close out another amazing year. 💚
Let’s finish strong
see you soon! 👋🛡️
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Norman Saunders
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Norman Saunders
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... at least his tie was safe.
#Destiny2Art #Crow #Cayde #Felwinter #suitandtie #FoodArt #BnW #ScintHArt
#Destiny2Art #Crow #Cayde #Felwinter #suitandtie #FoodArt #BnW #ScintHArt
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
... at least his tie was safe.
#Destiny2Art #Crow #Cayde #Felwinter #suitandtie #FoodArt #BnW #ScintHArt
#Destiny2Art #Crow #Cayde #Felwinter #suitandtie #FoodArt #BnW #ScintHArt
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Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
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I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
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I always forget how fab this set is! 🖤⚔
TrueRef: real art references for real artists.
TrueRef: real art references for real artists.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I always forget how fab this set is! 🖤⚔
TrueRef: real art references for real artists.
TrueRef: real art references for real artists.
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Who is Eric Adams?
After a single, tumultuous term as mayor, we're not much closer to definitively answering that question.
After a single, tumultuous term as mayor, we're not much closer to definitively answering that question.
What Was the Adams Mayoralty?
Hell Gate launches an all-new, updated, refreshed, final FINAL version of the Table of Success. Welcome to The Last Supper.
hellgatenyc.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Who is Eric Adams?
After a single, tumultuous term as mayor, we're not much closer to definitively answering that question.
After a single, tumultuous term as mayor, we're not much closer to definitively answering that question.
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This is a production.
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is a production.
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
10/10 😭😭😭
THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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i’m sorry
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
Who Said It: The Hell Priest Pinhead or Olivia Nuzzi?
“Olivia Nuzz did it all for love. The former political journalist has written a combustive portrait of America, President Trump, and the scandal wi...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
i’m sorry
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
but i noticed something for @mcsweeneys.net
and the resemblance is uncanny
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/who...
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Rep. Nydia Velázquez is retiring after a legendary run in Congress. Here are some of the socialists and progressives who could fill the shoes of "La Luchadora" in one of the most left-leaning congressional districts in the country. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
Nydia Velázquez leaves huge shoes. Who wants to fill them?
Both socialists and progressives are eyeing the seat, which is among the most left-leaning in the country.
www.cityandstateny.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Rep. Nydia Velázquez is retiring after a legendary run in Congress. Here are some of the socialists and progressives who could fill the shoes of "La Luchadora" in one of the most left-leaning congressional districts in the country. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers!
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
okay um, a long time ago I was going to do a sequel zine to this but I got really busy with a job and other things, so I'm just going to post the best of what I managed, free. These are all based off of actual outfits of hers!
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
I do have a kofi in my bio though if you do feel inclined 😗💋✨
#artpost
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Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
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BEHOLD as chosen by yall the #o14 print poll: STAR GAYZERS!
soon to be available at my merch store 💖 #saint-14 #destinyOsiris
soon to be available at my merch store 💖 #saint-14 #destinyOsiris
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BEHOLD as chosen by yall the #o14 print poll: STAR GAYZERS!
soon to be available at my merch store 💖 #saint-14 #destinyOsiris
soon to be available at my merch store 💖 #saint-14 #destinyOsiris
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hearing more about people using AI tools for financial advice, and wanted to re-up my reporting for @wired.com about finance-focused bots seeing distressed young people as promising forms of revenue…
www.wired.com/story/ai-fin...
www.wired.com/story/ai-fin...
AI Financial Advisers Target Young People Living Paycheck to Paycheck
AI finance apps are reaching Gen Z and millennial users with personalized chatbots that offer money advice—and upsell them big time.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
hearing more about people using AI tools for financial advice, and wanted to re-up my reporting for @wired.com about finance-focused bots seeing distressed young people as promising forms of revenue…
www.wired.com/story/ai-fin...
www.wired.com/story/ai-fin...
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Since this article and its perspectives are generating a bit of buzz, I'd like to dig into what I find distasteful and, frankly, disingenous about it, particularly the ethical values it proclaims. 1/8
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Since this article and its perspectives are generating a bit of buzz, I'd like to dig into what I find distasteful and, frankly, disingenous about it, particularly the ethical values it proclaims. 1/8
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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For months, protesters have sought to tie down ICE agents at a holding facility outside Chicago.
Here, participants reflect on this strategy, evaluating it alongside other strategies such as rapid response networks and showing how Democratic politicians have been instrumental in supporting ICE.
Here, participants reflect on this strategy, evaluating it alongside other strategies such as rapid response networks and showing how Democratic politicians have been instrumental in supporting ICE.
Reflections on Resisting ICE in Chicago
Participants in the ongoing protests at the ICE holding facility in Broadview reflect on what has worked and explore the complicity of Democratic politicians with the violence of ICE.
crimethinc.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For months, protesters have sought to tie down ICE agents at a holding facility outside Chicago.
Here, participants reflect on this strategy, evaluating it alongside other strategies such as rapid response networks and showing how Democratic politicians have been instrumental in supporting ICE.
Here, participants reflect on this strategy, evaluating it alongside other strategies such as rapid response networks and showing how Democratic politicians have been instrumental in supporting ICE.
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www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
Indie Fears Bundle
Expand your spooky season gaming library with the creepiest indie horror games! Each purchase at the price of your choice supports SpecialEffect charity!
www.humblebundle.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
1 day, 8 hours left to get the indie fears bundle, which includes several amazing games including our very own Adios!! $13 for the whole thing!
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Red Hills and Bones #americanart #precisionism
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Red Hills and Bones #americanart #precisionism
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The Blue Cloak, 1913
John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 - 20 November 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 - 20 November 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Blue Cloak, 1913
John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 - 20 November 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 - 20 November 1918) was a Swedish painter and illustrator.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
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allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link