"Let's create financial incentives to incarcerate people. What could go wrong?"

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Clocking in!

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Pluto TV has several Star Trek channels under sci-fi. Separate channels for The original series, TNG, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. It’s been a delight to revisit these. #startrek #tvsky

Last week, my February newsletter dropped on Substack. This month’s anatomy includes a Black love double feature, revisiting my past post on #BlackHistoryMonth films, and my nominee for my “One Scene Wonder” series. Enjoy! #movies #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/grandmae...

Last week, my February newsletter dropped on Substack. This month’s anatomy includes a Black love double feature, revisiting my past post on #BlackHistoryMonth films, and my nominee for my “One Scene Wonder” series. Enjoy! #movies #filmsky open.substack.com/pub/grandmae...

Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...

The 🇬🇧British neo-noir suspense film "VICTIM" directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price and Anthony Nicholls premiered #OnThisDay in 1962 at the Cinema I and Cinema II theaters in New York City 🎥 Rank Film Distributors 🇬🇧 🎞 Neo-Noir

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

open.substack.com/pub/sharidun... A good listen/read for #BlackHistoryMonth

i truly hate how much we are living in a bad script

Book to read for #blackhistorymonth Qualified by Shari Dunn. www.harpercollins.com/products/qua... “A groundbreaking work challenging the false narrative that diversity equals a lack of qualifications by uncovering the impact of "competency checking,”…” #booksky

It’s Black History Month folks. If you turn a rich tomato color when you sit out in the sun, you need to be sending money to a Black person. Cashapp, Zelle, Venmo, or whichever. #blackhistorymonth

COME ON KENDRICK!!!

The Cure winning their first Grammy is wild! Goes to show, it’s never too late! #grammys #musicsky

Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.

this is who runs this account

On this day in 1965, Dr. King led over 250 activists to the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Alabama, to register to vote. All of them were arrested during the peaceful demonstration and charged with parading without a permit.

What’ll better lysistrata this bitch! “No piece, no peace.” “No vote, no vajayjay”

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Follow Miiriya who organize mutual aid as well as hosts a directory for Black owned businesses and products. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed. ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them

Man, it’s wild that normal people just go to work every day while the people who run everything meticulously document their sex crimes

Almost forgot to post for #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky #movies

It’s days like these that I find myself reciting the words from Frank Herbert: #movies #filmsky #freedonlemon #savedemocracy

This is an OUTRAGEOUS assault on the press and just goes to show that Convicted Felon Donald Trump doesn’t want people to see the truth about what is happening in our country when he tries to silence us!

It’s giving

And ’a speak any thing against me, I’ll take him down

Cannot recommend this movie enough #filmsky

Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it Pressure your senators

This is who the Whittier neighborhood in Minneapolis is named for

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

If you are trying to make sense of what’s happening right now in America, here are some movies you can watch this week. #movies #filmsky 1. Keeper of the Flame (1942) 2. The Mortal Storm (1940) 3. The Great Dictator (1940) 4. Rome, Open City (1945)

Thank goodness everyone spent months deciding that the Chinese were stealing our data so we could switch to good old patriotic American data stealing

A nation with no history cannot learn from it www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

If you are gonna be stuck at home during the #polarvortex, may I recommend reading my January newsletter that lists some amazing #movies to watch (or rewatch). It even includes the recipe to a warm beef stew sourced directly from Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986). open.substack.com/pub/grandmae...

Strike, fellows, strike

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky

Waking up to Sinners being the most nominated film in Oscar history with 16 nominations has made my entire week!!!! Cousins, we are so incredibly proud of you! 🤎🤎🤎

I’m not even gonna hold you when I say this. You can’t be a Christian and also support what ICE is doing right now. And if you feel some kind of way about it then I suggest you go read the Bible again.

Happy 80th birthday, Dolly Parton 🥰 ‘Two Doors Down’

"I've asked them to get their affairs in order to make sure they have their wills written... because it may be that now is no longer the time for statements, but for us with our bodies to stand between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable..." www.npr.org/2026/01/18/n...

Good day to redrop this double feature. #mlkday #martinlutherkingjr #movies #filmsky

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

Double Feature 300/300 Movies where the country slowly descends into #fascism, even though life seems to go on as normal. 1. The Mortal Storm (1940) dir. Frank Borzage 2. Cabaret (1972) dir. Bob Fosse #movies #filmsky