Shout out to @tomesandtextiles for putting me on to the Bad Bunny syllabus project www.badbunnysyllabus.com

Your #BHM book of the day is Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin. This is appropriate because of the rampant AI commercials in the Superbowl. Benjamin details how racist data sets are part of the foundation of emerging tech AND what we can do to combat it. #booksky tinyurl.com/4nrph5fk

The 'jail the librarians' bill is back in Georgia (SB 74). Not only do these people not want to dance with Bad Bunny, they want to make sure that you can't learn about the real names of your genitalia either. Check out my letter to the Speaker of the House with list of reps tinyurl.com/mr372pwz

If the Super Bowl commercials are any indication of where the economy is going, everyone needs to get out of credit card debt today. There was not one consumer, good they were selling because they know you can’t afford it.

someone asked me recently if i could rec some more SFF books with butches beyond mine, which reminded me that i made a list for google books a while back. i’ve included that list plus some others i’ve read in the last few years! *as usual, fictional character identities are up for interpretation &c

We’re still hoping to get our reading challenge winners some prizes. Give a few coins or share! #booksky #readersky www.donorschoose.org/project/read...

We’re $270 away!

This has, no joke, been part of my nightly prayers since I was old enough to understand what HIV is

The “jail the librarians” bill is back and we need everyone to AGAIN call their representatives to get this bill to either on the vine. Contact Speaker of the House Jon Burns to tell him that book bans are off the table. mailto:[email protected] capitol-beat.org/2026/02/book...

WEB DuBois’ birthday is February 23rd. How should it be celebrated? Essay writing? Library building?

Too much rage for today, time for time travel 🚂Time for numbers running on a train from Philly to ATL in the 1920's ✍🏾Time for poetry readings from African Nobility in 14thc 💘Of course, its a love story Your #bhm Book of the Day is For All Time #booksky www.braveandkindbooks.com/products/for...

We're trying to get prizes for our Reading Bowl winners. The current class is at 450 minutes read. Our deadline is the #superbowl Can we meet it? Yes we can! www.donorschoose.org/project/read...

Today is a great day to email your Senator and ask why federal charges haven't been made against everyone mentioned by name in the Epstein files. And to share a nice picture of the former President and First Lady.

I wish I had a shade-tree mechanic nearby so I could get no wait/half-price oil changes. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/m...

What are reading 📖 this evening? What I’m reading 👇🏾

The Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition celebrates photographers who reveal the hidden world through “macro, micro and close-up imagery.” See the winners:

Want to read more dark fantasy by Black authors this Black History Month? #booksky #blackbooksky THE MACABRE is "a stand-alone dark fantasy about magical paintings and the lengths people will go to collect them, destroy them…or be destroyed" it's on sale for $1.99! shorturl.at/2x5tG

We're trying to get some reading prizes for our Reading Bowl that coincides with the Super Bowl. The prizes are a kindle and some other goodies. Our deadline is Friday! Can we meet it? #booksky Yes we can! www.donorschoose.org/project/read...

What does ‘reading to failure’ mean to you? Given the equivalent in fitness where you can do a rep until you can’t anymore. What does it mean to be put to your limit intellectually? bell hooks comes to mind #booksky Dr. Dakotah Tyler on the clock app has me 🧠

"We live in a capitalist empire run on consumerism. All of us are only as pretty as we can afford to be." If you're not on substack, you're missing out. open.substack.com/pub/badfatbl...

I promised book recommendations all Black History Month and today I’ve got recs for Bridgerton lovers, both fiction and non-fiction from the Revolutionary War to Black literary societies in Boston. #booksky #blackbooksky open.substack.com/pub/shannami...

February is a time to celebrate Black love and relationships too! Share the love 💕 with these romance selections. Make a basket 🧺 for your niece, daughter or mentee! Each link supports a Black Owned Bookstore bookshop.org/wishlists/73...

It’s launch 🚀 day!! “The Good Place meets the Brandy version of Cinderellain Until the Clock Strikes Midnight, a cozy, romantic fantasy from award-winning author Alechia Dow” Get it from a Black Owned Bookstore for BHM! #booksky bookshop.org/p/books/unti...

I created these self-study guides for my students but they work for anyone who wants to learn a bit about Black History and its global impact. The links may lead you to Georgia based resources, however a Google search will get you right as rain. Happy #bhm open.substack.com/pub/shannami...

“The ease, safety, and acceptance I was seeking came from being a blonde and not from having blonde hair. Since I could never be a blonde, I did not want it anymore. I wanted to look like me. That day, we colored it the blackest black she had.” www.midnightandindigo.com/blonde-beyon...

Benedict is a child and Sophie has to put childish things away years ago. He’s going to have to grow up and really see his position of privilege. It’s wild he hadn’t considered that the girls in society were forced to throw themselves at suitors. He’s got 4 sisters. #bridgerton

Kicking off Black History Month with book recommendations, reflections and a commitment to promote 100 books. open.substack.com/pub/shannami...

The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Be aware that this administration is going to be extra vicious this Black History Month Haitians are being asked to self-deport as their TPS expires Expect🧊 to target ANYONE w/ dark skin Keep your ID on you Get ID if you don't have it Know Your Rights: tinyurl.com/46xr6em3 tinyurl.com/yk4z3urv

I’m going to be SHAMELESS about promoting Black books this month. Prepare yourself. Get that credit card ready! Apply for your library card now!

Happy Black History Month! Black is joyful Adventurous Multifaceted Creative And everything in between You should be reading Black horror, fantasy & sci-fi from picture books to adult novels. This list supports Brave & Kind, a Decatur, GA Black owned bookstore bookshop.org/wishlists/3a...

She has a memoir coming out. We should all read it. I have book recommendations but right now. Just read the article. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Books to assign to your kids for Black History Month from 5-15 1. Google the discussion questions 2. Set a family reading time each day/week 3. Request their reading scores from their school 4. Offer an incentive for finishing the book(s) #blackhistorymonth

Books about activism to get your kid whether they walked out yesterday or not. Appropriate for 13+

Trump is looking to skew the midterms by hook 🪝 and crook. The NYT has actual actionable steps to ensure a FAIR election. Here is a gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

This is a pre-Black History Month announcement! Do not post colorized historical photos! ANY alteration of the historical record invites MORE alterations which leads to speculation about authenticity. Let it be. If Black & White photos bother you, interrogate why. Sit w/ more. #blackhistorymonth

Call your REP! “…SB 391 would require a judicial warrant for any state, local or federal agency to conduct immigration operations at a school, college campus, public place of worship, hospital, public library or family violence shelter.” #atlantasky georgiarecorder.com/2026/01/13/g...

They are concentration camps , and they are for profit so every penny they can cut from caring for the prisoners will be cut . Media needs to upscale their language , they are complicit on many levels at this point

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

They’ve arrested Don Lemon. EVERYONE needs to be alarmed.

Head over to TikTok live today and you can be a part of the movement of Black men reading online! substack.com/@ebanemarqui...

Y’all need to talk about Philando Castile alongside Alex Pretti. And think, specifically about why you PERSONALLY believe Black people deserve their murders. How has it shaped how you vote? How has it shaped how you speak out, to whom you speak out and when?

A group of authors, editors, illustrators, and agents have responded to the crisis in Minneapolis by organizing an auction to raise money for organizations in MN. The auction starts today! Items include signed books, original art, and more. #booksky #minnesota www.32auctions.com/organization...

I'm trying to get my care cart stocked again for Feb. We're asking for lip balm, deodorant, gloves & other essentials. You can support here: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... We've also got a reading challenge going on. If you'd like to help w/ prizes you can help here: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

New Releases you can purchase from Minneapolis' own TROPES & TRIFLES Support MN small business! #booksky www.tropesandtrifles.com

Please free me from your ChatGPT emails You don't need four paragraphs to get your point across And miss me with your excuses about how it helps you Helen Keller was writing door stoppers and she was deaf and blind You can learn to write a flyer

Had a phenomenal time w/ @ryandouglass.bsky.social tonight at 44thand3rdbookseller where we talked letter writing & the Harlem Renaissance as part of his launch of THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF NICK & JAY Get your copy of this queer, Black Gatsby reimagining here 44thand3rdbookseller.com/book/9780063...

February 14th isn’t just Valentine’s Day it’s Fredrick Douglas’ birthday! Every year the Library of Congress organizes a transcription event. You can participate and help to digitize critical black history documents. Go ahead and register and do something good! douglassday.org