loudsmol
@loudsmol.bsky.social
colonialism hater
bass lover
they/them
bass lover
they/them
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Good thing I don't currently have work, and have a background in events management. And there's a staunch advisory group of SA mob. Because frankly it wouldn't happen
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Good thing I don't currently have work, and have a background in events management. And there's a staunch advisory group of SA mob. Because frankly it wouldn't happen
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Organising an exciting afternoon of Blak/Palestinian writers, to be held in SA some time in the vacant AWW timeslot (inc interstate speakers). In less than 6 weeks! Can SA mob make this happen? We can!
🔎 looks around for kind sponsors and in-kind 🔎
🔎 looks around for kind sponsors and in-kind 🔎
January 21, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Organising an exciting afternoon of Blak/Palestinian writers, to be held in SA some time in the vacant AWW timeslot (inc interstate speakers). In less than 6 weeks! Can SA mob make this happen? We can!
🔎 looks around for kind sponsors and in-kind 🔎
🔎 looks around for kind sponsors and in-kind 🔎
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There didn’t used to be “white people.”
There used to be English and French, Spaniards and Italians, Germans and Portuguese, Dutch and Irish.
So on and so forth.
“White” is a sociopolitical consolidation of power under a broadly European umbrella for the express purpose of harming others.
There used to be English and French, Spaniards and Italians, Germans and Portuguese, Dutch and Irish.
So on and so forth.
“White” is a sociopolitical consolidation of power under a broadly European umbrella for the express purpose of harming others.
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
There didn’t used to be “white people.”
There used to be English and French, Spaniards and Italians, Germans and Portuguese, Dutch and Irish.
So on and so forth.
“White” is a sociopolitical consolidation of power under a broadly European umbrella for the express purpose of harming others.
There used to be English and French, Spaniards and Italians, Germans and Portuguese, Dutch and Irish.
So on and so forth.
“White” is a sociopolitical consolidation of power under a broadly European umbrella for the express purpose of harming others.
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The autobiography concludes its section on this conversation interestingly:
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The autobiography concludes its section on this conversation interestingly:
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
"I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked.
He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""
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The sentence right before the "burning house" quote: We fought hard and long, and I have never doubted that we would prevail in this struggle. Already our rewards have begun to reveal themselves. Desegregation ... the Voting Rights Act..."
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The sentence right before the "burning house" quote: We fought hard and long, and I have never doubted that we would prevail in this struggle. Already our rewards have begun to reveal themselves. Desegregation ... the Voting Rights Act..."
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the famous quote is from the end of his reply to Young. from the middle:
"...we live in a failed system. Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level."
"...we live in a failed system. Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level."
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
the famous quote is from the end of his reply to Young. from the middle:
"...we live in a failed system. Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level."
"...we live in a failed system. Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level."
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Young replies: ""Well, I don't know, Martin. It's not the entire system. It's only part of it, and I think we can fix that."
King's reply begins: "I don't need to hear from you, Andy," he said. "I've heard enough from you. You're a capitalist, and I'm not."
King's reply begins: "I don't need to hear from you, Andy," he said. "I've heard enough from you. You're a capitalist, and I'm not."
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Young replies: ""Well, I don't know, Martin. It's not the entire system. It's only part of it, and I think we can fix that."
King's reply begins: "I don't need to hear from you, Andy," he said. "I've heard enough from you. You're a capitalist, and I'm not."
King's reply begins: "I don't need to hear from you, Andy," he said. "I've heard enough from you. You're a capitalist, and I'm not."
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King elaborated: I feel their rage. I feel their pain. I feel their frustration. It's the system that's the problem, and it's choking the breath out of our lives."
this is what starts the conflict.
this is what starts the conflict.
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
King elaborated: I feel their rage. I feel their pain. I feel their frustration. It's the system that's the problem, and it's choking the breath out of our lives."
this is what starts the conflict.
this is what starts the conflict.
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King had just arrived from Newark, where he'd had a contentious meeting with Amiri Baraka and comrades - he had tried to talk them out of pursuing a more militant, uprising based strategy there. King was frustrated: "...I wholly embrace everything they feel! It's just the tactics we can't agree on."
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
King had just arrived from Newark, where he'd had a contentious meeting with Amiri Baraka and comrades - he had tried to talk them out of pursuing a more militant, uprising based strategy there. King was frustrated: "...I wholly embrace everything they feel! It's just the tactics we can't agree on."
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the last member of the group: Andrew Young, eventual mayor of Atlanta. According to Harry Belafonte (who gives this account of the conversation in his autobiography), the quote about the burning house was the outcome of a conflictual back and forth between Young and King.
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
the last member of the group: Andrew Young, eventual mayor of Atlanta. According to Harry Belafonte (who gives this account of the conversation in his autobiography), the quote about the burning house was the outcome of a conflictual back and forth between Young and King.
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Dr. King was speaking to an inner circle of activists at Harry Belafonte's NYC apartment, right after a party that had served as an informal communications strategy around the Poor People's Campaign. also in attendance: Julie Robinson Belafonte, Bernard Lee, Stan Levison, and one more in particular
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Dr. King was speaking to an inner circle of activists at Harry Belafonte's NYC apartment, right after a party that had served as an informal communications strategy around the Poor People's Campaign. also in attendance: Julie Robinson Belafonte, Bernard Lee, Stan Levison, and one more in particular
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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Today's quick update [Jan 19]:
- SAF drone strikes on Kulbus, North Darfur, reportedly targeting RSF positions in the area.
- ICC: The Office assessed that war crimes & crimes against humanity were committed in El Fasher, including last October.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- SAF drone strikes on Kulbus, North Darfur, reportedly targeting RSF positions in the area.
- ICC: The Office assessed that war crimes & crimes against humanity were committed in El Fasher, including last October.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Today's quick update [Jan 19]:
- SAF drone strikes on Kulbus, North Darfur, reportedly targeting RSF positions in the area.
- ICC: The Office assessed that war crimes & crimes against humanity were committed in El Fasher, including last October.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- SAF drone strikes on Kulbus, North Darfur, reportedly targeting RSF positions in the area.
- ICC: The Office assessed that war crimes & crimes against humanity were committed in El Fasher, including last October.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.
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German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
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“Music make you lose control”
#NowPlaying
🕘 9:22 pm
🎵 Lose Control
🧑🎤 Missy Elliott
💿 The Cookbook
🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music
📝 Lyrics
🕘 9:22 pm
🎵 Lose Control
🧑🎤 Missy Elliott
💿 The Cookbook
🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music
📝 Lyrics
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
“Music make you lose control”
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The Creative Workplaces Survey is now open.
Artists and arts workers are invited to share their experiences of working in the creative industries.
🗓 Open until 23 February 2026
🔗 buff.ly/iwI87Hz
Artists and arts workers are invited to share their experiences of working in the creative industries.
🗓 Open until 23 February 2026
🔗 buff.ly/iwI87Hz
January 19, 2026 at 11:49 PM
The Creative Workplaces Survey is now open.
Artists and arts workers are invited to share their experiences of working in the creative industries.
🗓 Open until 23 February 2026
🔗 buff.ly/iwI87Hz
Artists and arts workers are invited to share their experiences of working in the creative industries.
🗓 Open until 23 February 2026
🔗 buff.ly/iwI87Hz
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Please donate to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's legal campaign!
Among Palestinian Australians, she has been targeted the most frequently + most brutally. Chip in whatever you can, please! We need to show folks like Malinauskus that there are consequences for his behaviour.
chuffed.org/project/rand...
Among Palestinian Australians, she has been targeted the most frequently + most brutally. Chip in whatever you can, please! We need to show folks like Malinauskus that there are consequences for his behaviour.
chuffed.org/project/rand...
January 19, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Please donate to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah's legal campaign!
Among Palestinian Australians, she has been targeted the most frequently + most brutally. Chip in whatever you can, please! We need to show folks like Malinauskus that there are consequences for his behaviour.
chuffed.org/project/rand...
Among Palestinian Australians, she has been targeted the most frequently + most brutally. Chip in whatever you can, please! We need to show folks like Malinauskus that there are consequences for his behaviour.
chuffed.org/project/rand...
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Adelaide Festival Board & Premier Peter Malinauskas made a race-based consience choice by erasuring the 10,000+ First Nations people who were massacred by British soliders, Aust police & settlers during 1788 to 1930. Some single massacres resulted in 100s of deaths.
australian.museum/learn/first-...
australian.museum/learn/first-...
Map of colonial frontier massacres in Australia 1788-1930
This map shows documented massacres of the First Nations peoples across Australia, from the early years of the colony to within several decades of living memory.
australian.museum
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Adelaide Festival Board & Premier Peter Malinauskas made a race-based consience choice by erasuring the 10,000+ First Nations people who were massacred by British soliders, Aust police & settlers during 1788 to 1930. Some single massacres resulted in 100s of deaths.
australian.museum/learn/first-...
australian.museum/learn/first-...
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totally the wrong platform for this but i do not care northandsouth.co.nz/2021/01/21/m...
January 15, 2026 at 5:57 AM
totally the wrong platform for this but i do not care northandsouth.co.nz/2021/01/21/m...
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Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge
Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.
abc7.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
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i'm not being mean to you... truth is a love too valuable to miss
January 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
i'm not being mean to you... truth is a love too valuable to miss
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Reading Black and Native histories will rip the scales from your eyes, about the lies White Americans tell themselves about themselves, and their country.
Which is why this administration is so insistent on re-whitening media, academia and public history (museums, etc)
But.
Yeah.
This thread.
Which is why this administration is so insistent on re-whitening media, academia and public history (museums, etc)
But.
Yeah.
This thread.
Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Reading Black and Native histories will rip the scales from your eyes, about the lies White Americans tell themselves about themselves, and their country.
Which is why this administration is so insistent on re-whitening media, academia and public history (museums, etc)
But.
Yeah.
This thread.
Which is why this administration is so insistent on re-whitening media, academia and public history (museums, etc)
But.
Yeah.
This thread.
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I wish I could believe this would make them change but I'm already seeing "If she had just complied" so...
White folks newly discovering their anger *now* is pissing me TF off.
January 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I wish I could believe this would make them change but I'm already seeing "If she had just complied" so...