Joel.
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he/they. “Who all’s gonna be there?” - Ancient Black Proverb | PhD student, Linguistics @ IU - Alum: @ucdavis
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This feels relevant
Florida AG to investigate Campbell's after VP exposed for saying soup is bioengineered 'sh-t for poor people'
A former employee recorded Campbell's VP on an hour-long rant that included racist speech, admitting to working high off edibles and more.
www.orlandoweekly.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This feels relevant
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Everything I want to say will get me suspended.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Everything I want to say will get me suspended.
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National Guard Shooting Suspect’s Secret CIA Past Revealed www.thedailybeast.com/national-gua... via @thedailybeast
National Guard Shooting Suspect’s Secret CIA Past Revealed
Rahmanullah Lakanwal worked with various U.S. government entities while living in Afghanistan.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
National Guard Shooting Suspect’s Secret CIA Past Revealed www.thedailybeast.com/national-gua... via @thedailybeast
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Immigration is always about destroying Native sovereignty
It’s about rejecting the need for public transparency around who belongs on taken land by enslaved hands
It’s about rejecting the need for public transparency around who belongs on taken land by enslaved hands
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Immigration is always about destroying Native sovereignty
It’s about rejecting the need for public transparency around who belongs on taken land by enslaved hands
It’s about rejecting the need for public transparency around who belongs on taken land by enslaved hands
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
Mom Who Was Turned Away While in Active Labor Back in Hospital with Post-Birth Health Issues, Family Says
The mom who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from an Indiana hospital has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues.
people.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
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Coke peddler says, "a bump a day keeps the bad images away" or your money back
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Coke peddler says, "a bump a day keeps the bad images away" or your money back
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Arrest warrant issued for missing Thai mogul Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, as co-owner investigated in Mexico.
Miss Universe owners face fraud and trafficking allegations
Arrest warrant issued for missing Thai mogul Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, as co-owner investigated in Mexico.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Arrest warrant issued for missing Thai mogul Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, as co-owner investigated in Mexico.
Dreadful
If y’all ever need to lose weight, just move to the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Dreadful
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Ancestors when you put a lil something sweet on the altar for them.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Ancestors when you put a lil something sweet on the altar for them.
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
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While there are often some ethical issues with making free PDFs of paywalled content, in this case it seems entirely justifiable, given the author, the subject, and the journalistic imperative to provide the widest possible audience for the verb "Michael Wolffed"
gofile.io/d/Ap4v35
gofile.io/d/Ap4v35
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
While there are often some ethical issues with making free PDFs of paywalled content, in this case it seems entirely justifiable, given the author, the subject, and the journalistic imperative to provide the widest possible audience for the verb "Michael Wolffed"
gofile.io/d/Ap4v35
gofile.io/d/Ap4v35
The Black goodbye >>>
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The Black goodbye >>>
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And, also? Think about who fits into the narrative more often than not.
Quite often, it's black men claiming they were bullied for being "nerds."
Black women are out here with more degrees, and somehow, we don't have that experience as much.
Quite often, it's black men claiming they were bullied for being "nerds."
Black women are out here with more degrees, and somehow, we don't have that experience as much.
November 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
And, also? Think about who fits into the narrative more often than not.
Quite often, it's black men claiming they were bullied for being "nerds."
Black women are out here with more degrees, and somehow, we don't have that experience as much.
Quite often, it's black men claiming they were bullied for being "nerds."
Black women are out here with more degrees, and somehow, we don't have that experience as much.
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Greatest example of this is the Carters and the Obamas. Both empires of a family focused on being the funnel of Black identity to the consumption of whiteness and avoid any direct community development work from their places of origin.
And they do this proudly: this is seen as "making it"
And they do this proudly: this is seen as "making it"
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Greatest example of this is the Carters and the Obamas. Both empires of a family focused on being the funnel of Black identity to the consumption of whiteness and avoid any direct community development work from their places of origin.
And they do this proudly: this is seen as "making it"
And they do this proudly: this is seen as "making it"
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This is endemic in non-African American homes *and* in wealthier African American mental spaces (the idea that being proud of Blackness will deny you of a lot unless you can sell said identities to white people)
There’s also being raised to be anti-black so that rejection is just the excuse needed to justify selling out.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is endemic in non-African American homes *and* in wealthier African American mental spaces (the idea that being proud of Blackness will deny you of a lot unless you can sell said identities to white people)
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But, let's take this a step further.
Because we don't just be out here rejecting our own.
We DO reject people who are very clearly seeking white acceptance, though.
So, who rejected who first?
Because we don't just be out here rejecting our own.
We DO reject people who are very clearly seeking white acceptance, though.
So, who rejected who first?
Idk if this is a hot take, but I think one of the ways a coon is born is through rejection by the Black community during their formative years and a lack of healing as they get older.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
But, let's take this a step further.
Because we don't just be out here rejecting our own.
We DO reject people who are very clearly seeking white acceptance, though.
So, who rejected who first?
Because we don't just be out here rejecting our own.
We DO reject people who are very clearly seeking white acceptance, though.
So, who rejected who first?
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Yeah sure
IG says no bias found after AI tool said a Baltimore County student had a gun
IG says no bias found after AI tool said student had a gun
Maryland’s Office of the Inspector General for Education recommended more training for school staff and police in use of its AI-powered Omnilert weapon detection technology.
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Yeah sure
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The logic of occupation and empireis inherently circular
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The logic of occupation and empireis inherently circular
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These people are incompetent and also unhinged. The #1 question is WHY are West Virginia National Guards people deployed in D.C. in the first place? WHY would increasing the number prevent future shootings????
Pete Hegseth says that President Trump has asked him to deploy an additional 500 National Guard members to DC. x.com/RapidRespons...
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
These people are incompetent and also unhinged. The #1 question is WHY are West Virginia National Guards people deployed in D.C. in the first place? WHY would increasing the number prevent future shootings????
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Him: I don’t really follow politics
Me:
Me:
a man in a white shirt and red tie is talking on his cell phone
ALT: a man in a white shirt and red tie is talking on his cell phone
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Him: I don’t really follow politics
Me:
Me:
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Meanwhile here in NH we have immigrant communities who don’t have the fiscal and other flexibility to permanently leave. And I don’t want them to! I want ICE to leave and never come back.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
Attorneys warn immigrants about interstate travel risks: ‘Avoid going to New Hampshire’ - The Boston Globe
With the rollout of President Trump’s mass deportations agenda, some attorneys in Massachusetts are now advising their undocumented clients to avoid crossing state lines.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Meanwhile here in NH we have immigrant communities who don’t have the fiscal and other flexibility to permanently leave. And I don’t want them to! I want ICE to leave and never come back.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’m having a difficult time due to a lot of work loss + health issues limiting what I can pursue. I could use some support. TY.
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book, tees, prints & more 💸
• cash.me/thetrudz
• tinyurl.com/paypal-thetrudz
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book, tees, prints & more 💸
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