Gandalf Thee Stallion
@shardechapman.bsky.social
Shardé Chapman, Ph.D.
Black Nerd. Raggedy Millenial. Assistant Professor of African American Religion. Photographer of Black Folks and Cosplayers. Always working toward Liberation. #EllaTaughtMe
Black Nerd. Raggedy Millenial. Assistant Professor of African American Religion. Photographer of Black Folks and Cosplayers. Always working toward Liberation. #EllaTaughtMe
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Do you ever just think about how Trayvon Martin should have turned 31 yesterday and no one ever got held fucking accountable that he didn't?
I do.
I do.
February 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Do you ever just think about how Trayvon Martin should have turned 31 yesterday and no one ever got held fucking accountable that he didn't?
I do.
I do.
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Losing PhD students means losing the future
Trump’s budget cuts could harm the pipeline for research and industry jobs — and send talented students to other countries
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/o...
Trump’s budget cuts could harm the pipeline for research and industry jobs — and send talented students to other countries
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/o...
Losing PhD students means losing the future - The Boston Globe
Trump’s budget cuts could harm the pipeline for research and industry jobs — and send talented students to other countries.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Losing PhD students means losing the future
Trump’s budget cuts could harm the pipeline for research and industry jobs — and send talented students to other countries
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/o...
Trump’s budget cuts could harm the pipeline for research and industry jobs — and send talented students to other countries
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/o...
I think a lot about that I created some dope shit and it's never seen the light of day from a combination or imposter syndrome and being run down by my salary paying job.
January 19, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I think a lot about that I created some dope shit and it's never seen the light of day from a combination or imposter syndrome and being run down by my salary paying job.
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Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
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VETTED FROM RAPID RESPONSE:
ICE has been seen on the east side a lot today already, please be aware:
- Eagle Rock Plaza
- Cypress Park - Super A
- Cypress Park at Ave 31
- Glassell Park - seen no loc
- Los Feliz/Glendale - Costco
- Glendale - Galleria
- Glendale - Goodwill
ICE has been seen on the east side a lot today already, please be aware:
- Eagle Rock Plaza
- Cypress Park - Super A
- Cypress Park at Ave 31
- Glassell Park - seen no loc
- Los Feliz/Glendale - Costco
- Glendale - Galleria
- Glendale - Goodwill
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
VETTED FROM RAPID RESPONSE:
ICE has been seen on the east side a lot today already, please be aware:
- Eagle Rock Plaza
- Cypress Park - Super A
- Cypress Park at Ave 31
- Glassell Park - seen no loc
- Los Feliz/Glendale - Costco
- Glendale - Galleria
- Glendale - Goodwill
ICE has been seen on the east side a lot today already, please be aware:
- Eagle Rock Plaza
- Cypress Park - Super A
- Cypress Park at Ave 31
- Glassell Park - seen no loc
- Los Feliz/Glendale - Costco
- Glendale - Galleria
- Glendale - Goodwill
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
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Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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nasrin and I fuelin' the fonkay! I am so grateful for this conversation!
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December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
nasrin and I fuelin' the fonkay! I am so grateful for this conversation!
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Dr. Judith Weisenfeld joins @brittanyepage.bsky.social to discuss the implications and research behind her book, "Black Religion in the Madhouse."
Weisenfeld's work is the first to expose how white psychiatrists pathologized African American religions in the wake of slavery's end.
Weisenfeld's work is the first to expose how white psychiatrists pathologized African American religions in the wake of slavery's end.
Black Religion DEEMED MENTAL ILLNESS by White Supremacist Doctors!!!
Brittany Page is joined by Dr. Judith Weisenfeld to discuss her important book, "Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake." Together, they discuss Dr. Weisenfeld's…
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December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dr. Judith Weisenfeld joins @brittanyepage.bsky.social to discuss the implications and research behind her book, "Black Religion in the Madhouse."
Weisenfeld's work is the first to expose how white psychiatrists pathologized African American religions in the wake of slavery's end.
Weisenfeld's work is the first to expose how white psychiatrists pathologized African American religions in the wake of slavery's end.
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Martin Luther King and Anne Frank were born the same year, so while she was dodging Nazi's he was dodging white America but those two events aren't told like they are happening at the same time.
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Martin Luther King and Anne Frank were born the same year, so while she was dodging Nazi's he was dodging white America but those two events aren't told like they are happening at the same time.
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liberal white people are socially conditioned to deliciously consume Black pain and Black tragedy. As if Black people are the ones who need help. no, white people need help. you cannot commit 500 years of atrocity and then look at Black people as the dysfunctional group.
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
liberal white people are socially conditioned to deliciously consume Black pain and Black tragedy. As if Black people are the ones who need help. no, white people need help. you cannot commit 500 years of atrocity and then look at Black people as the dysfunctional group.
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The negativity isn't an accident. It's the result of three forces working together:
1. Human brain's negativity bias
2. Algorithms built for outrage
3. The anonymity that fuels hostility
Read our medium.com/digital-gems... to understand why and how.
#DigitalWellbeing #Doomscrolling #NegativityLoop
1. Human brain's negativity bias
2. Algorithms built for outrage
3. The anonymity that fuels hostility
Read our medium.com/digital-gems... to understand why and how.
#DigitalWellbeing #Doomscrolling #NegativityLoop
Why the Internet Drains Us: Understanding the Negativity Loop
The eerie feeling that negativity spreads faster than kindness on the web is no longer a sense, it is a reality, but who is guilty ?
medium.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The negativity isn't an accident. It's the result of three forces working together:
1. Human brain's negativity bias
2. Algorithms built for outrage
3. The anonymity that fuels hostility
Read our medium.com/digital-gems... to understand why and how.
#DigitalWellbeing #Doomscrolling #NegativityLoop
1. Human brain's negativity bias
2. Algorithms built for outrage
3. The anonymity that fuels hostility
Read our medium.com/digital-gems... to understand why and how.
#DigitalWellbeing #Doomscrolling #NegativityLoop
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.
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Tattletales From Tanqueray Is Humans of NY’s Most Enthralling Story Yet tinyurl.com/vyyvffuu 💔
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Tattletales From Tanqueray Is Humans of NY’s Most Enthralling Story Yet tinyurl.com/vyyvffuu 💔
I'm the community garden seed harvesting. #blackgardens
October 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm the community garden seed harvesting. #blackgardens
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Yt ppl really acting surprised at how violent yt ppl are as if they didn't spend centuries killing each other before they took their show on the road.
October 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Yt ppl really acting surprised at how violent yt ppl are as if they didn't spend centuries killing each other before they took their show on the road.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83
He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
He and his classmates from a historically Black college in Greensboro, N.C., desegregated a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, inspiring similar protests across the nation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
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"The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law and its tiresome technicalities—about a majority that is no longer doing law as that term has come to be understood."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something
Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.
www.theatlantic.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"The three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law and its tiresome technicalities—about a majority that is no longer doing law as that term has come to be understood."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@janellemonet.bsky.social went bars for 3 minutes straight no chorus on Django Jane and y'all ain't talk about this enough for me. #dirtycomputer #afrofuturism
July 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@janellemonet.bsky.social went bars for 3 minutes straight no chorus on Django Jane and y'all ain't talk about this enough for me. #dirtycomputer #afrofuturism
Yeessss
Tweet will release her first album in nine years this fall. ratedrnb.com/2025/07/twee...
Tweet Signs Record Deal With SRG-ILS Group, Preps New Album
R&B singer Tweet has inked a deal with SRG-ILS Group and is gearing up to release her new album "The Memoirs of The Southern Hummingbird."
ratedrnb.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Yeessss
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If you want to get involved in fighting these here, check out @fightforthefuture.org's "Bad Internet Bills" campaign as a starting point.
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Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you want to get involved in fighting these here, check out @fightforthefuture.org's "Bad Internet Bills" campaign as a starting point.
www.badinternetbills.com
www.badinternetbills.com
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This is my most confrontational post of the day: please watch Armond’s video & think on it.
It isn’t at all progressive or leftist to spread disabling disease in an ongoing pandemic. There are more Armonds than you know, & folks who don’t mask are making more each day bc most spread is asymptomatic
It isn’t at all progressive or leftist to spread disabling disease in an ongoing pandemic. There are more Armonds than you know, & folks who don’t mask are making more each day bc most spread is asymptomatic
July 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is my most confrontational post of the day: please watch Armond’s video & think on it.
It isn’t at all progressive or leftist to spread disabling disease in an ongoing pandemic. There are more Armonds than you know, & folks who don’t mask are making more each day bc most spread is asymptomatic
It isn’t at all progressive or leftist to spread disabling disease in an ongoing pandemic. There are more Armonds than you know, & folks who don’t mask are making more each day bc most spread is asymptomatic
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'A landmark documentary uncovers the radical soul scene that electrified 1970s Rio, inspired Black consciousness, and terrified Brazil’s military dictatorship'
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The sound of black identity
A landmark documentary uncovers the radical soul scene that electrified 1970s Rio, inspired Black consciousness, and terrified Brazil’s military dictatorship.
africasacountry.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
'A landmark documentary uncovers the radical soul scene that electrified 1970s Rio, inspired Black consciousness, and terrified Brazil’s military dictatorship'
africasacountry.com/2025/07/the-...
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