the way they're banging on stuff to make it as NOT silent as possible 😭

I called this segregationist way back in February: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

“Sweep” now literally means sweep up and arrest EVERYONE IN SIGHT. No due process, just ppl at a park. I deeply hope Ms. Plummer sues TF out of these creeps. www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

Mayor Karen Bass just told me that there was a kids summer camp in MacArthur Park when the federal agents in camp and long guns swooped in and they had to be brought inside so they didn’t get completely freaked out.

“When you look at the long arc of history and America’s reaction to the request for Black liberation – every time Black people try to use a phrase or coin a phrase that symbolizes our desire for liberation, it will eventually become a cuss word to white people” #woke @legaldefensefund.bsky.social

gotta say, Brad Lander's really walked the walk in these past weeks and it's not something I'll soon forget

As soon as the stats on early polling dropped I had a feeling Mamdani had it. Dems win when they turn young people and unengaged voters. He respected the vote instead expecting it. Would love to see more of that. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/n...

#ResistanceUnited "Talent is evenly distributed across populations, but opportunity is not." A statement that succinctly sums up why DEI is essential. This NEJM article explains the negative impact on our healthcare system of dismantling DEI programs. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Any radically progressive platform that doesn’t even mention race based discrimination while this administration is currently dismantling civil rights protection, isn’t truly progressive, let alone radical. We really can’t be doing this 2010’s dance ya’ll.

Hey y’all, I’ve been thinking about how fast things changed for all Latiné people in LA. And what I’ve personally done to protect myself and my family. I thought it might be helpful for some of you so thought I’d share. 🧵

I would like to once again say that once they arrested Ras Baraka every elected Dem should have understood what was in store.

A civil rights movement is when you're very civil and so then they let you have rights.

Not cleaning up CBP/ICE after four years of repeat bullshit was a depraved act of willful blindness by the Biden administration. None of this behavior is surprising or new.

If you've been trying to put words to why all the "big tent" talk about "winning the middle" to defeat fascism that's coming from allegedly moderate alleged pragmatists seems like such wrong-minded nonsense, well I wrote all about that. www.the-reframe.com/winning-the-...

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Be gay do crow stuff #pridemonth #pridecrows

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.

“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can’t draw the line at democracy.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates

It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”

I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵

Between this, poll numbers showing the majority supporting DEI, and Target covering the losses from their DEI retreat last year; I’m wondering how much of the widespread anti-woke backlash narrative was actually real.

Climb aboard the dump Tesla Brigade! Looks like one beautiful car! www.freep.com/story/money/...

There is indeed a body of polisci research that indicates Biden won specifically *because* of racial justice protests.

I've seen three different articles on this, because the guy who owns the company that makes this stuff reached out to the press. He's got 400,000 boxes of life-saving goo sitting in a warehouse, and if USAID won't accept it, he's going to have to throw it out.

If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.

Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now. abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....

This is why there’s been so much silence as Black history and Black books are being purged, and integration efforts dismantled. Many Democrats think the purges are valid and necessary. “Candidly, the attack on over-the-top wokeism was a valid attack."

“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”

Time to have that conversation on the limits of subversion and the evolution of anti-performative protest as performance. See also, Beyoncé.

Black people celebrating in the face of all this shit is dope.

In 2023, Autumn Lockwood became the first Black woman (and fourth overall) to coach in the Super Bowl. At Super Bowl LIX (Eagles vs Chiefs) she will coach in her second Super Bowl. Keep soaring, Autumn Lockwood ✨ #BlackHistoryMonth 🧵 1/4

GoFundMe is going to MATCH all donations to this fundraiser up to $250,000 Letz go,!! 🙏🏾

All the dems that you are looking for to protect you got primaried.

The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify. www.reuters.com/world/us/far...

“The great-grandfather and Mitchell family patriarch was an amputee who used a wheelchair. His son Justin Mitchell had cerebral palsy and needed help to get out of bed. They couldn’t escape on their own…” Please check on your disabled neighbors during emergencies. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Parts of Pasadena and Altadena are historic Black enclaves that are often overlooked in the narrative of Black L.A. I heard from my hair stylist yesterday that her older Black mother lost her house. And there are so many stories like these emerging. This is so devastating.

"The Eaton Fire hit near the center of this historic Black community, shattering homes and businesses that are more than financial investments but also cultural heritage." www.bet.com/article/7a2t...

Here’s a great overview of the phenomenal Nikki Giovanni. Truly a legend. 💔

Ugh this is so sad. Maybe not her most powerful, but to me, her most moving poem is this one

Reading Nikki Giovanni was the first time I as Black girl growing up in the conservative south really felt seen. She was my introduction into the shared experience of Black womanhood. She fed my starving spirit for years. May she rest in power.

This whole interview was, let’s say, revealing.

Also think it should be pointed out that 92 million is about a quarter of the population, for everyone insisting the economy is great

I ate an E. coli carrot.