Nyasha Junior
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Things are terrible. You may feel that there's little you can do. Consider wearing a mask. 😷
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Wagatwe Wanjuki
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this. and people keep referring to Black people and immigrants as two distinct populations when they are NOT
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Psst! Want to make sure that you stay up past your bedtime all week? Read/Listen to The Garden of Evening Mists
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
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The girls are gonna tear up the talent shows with "Where Is My Husband!" this year.
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grimm ☀️
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Ashley C. Ford
2 days ago
The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.
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Alovelydai™️
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I’ve been talking about Chris “Shock & Awe” Hayes for years now. His commitment to being surprised by reality is the stuff of willful ignorance.
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Great convo in class today on James Weldon Johnson's The Creation
poets.org/poem/creation
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The Creation
And God stepped out on space,
https://poets.org/poem/creation
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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower
3 days ago
This is not your regular-degular government shit down (even if there’s such a thing…) REPOST
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How are you welcoming October? Reply with gif.
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McSweeney's
3 months ago
A man stirs the pot. “It’s a metaphor,” he says. The frog is sweating. The frog is informed that this is due to a natural variation in temperature. “He’s clearly boiling the frog,” say the other frogs. All books about frogs have vanished from the library.
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Signs the Frog Has Been Boiled
A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT F...
https://buff.ly/qUxfa9k
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Florence Ashley
5 days ago
I talked to the Canadian Press about the UofA situation.
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Alberta professor reinstated after put on leave over Charlie Kirk social media posts
The University of Alberta says a law professor is back on the job after being placed on leave over social media posts surrounding the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-professor-reinstated-after-put-on-leave-over-charlie-kirk-social-media-posts/
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tru
5 days ago
I’m having a difficult time due to a lot of work/income loss + health issues limiting what I can pursue. I could use some support. TY. •
thetrudz.com/shop
my book, tees, prints & more 💸 •
cash.me/thetrudz
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tinyurl.com/paypal-thetrudz
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venmo.com/u/thetrudz
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The Orion
6 days ago
The wife pausing while reading one of her slutty harlequin novels: "What do you fantasize about?" Me, "Being financially stable." Wife, "............................ Okay, I'll give you that."
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Megalulu ♡︎
10 days ago
The UN Speech that should have been covered wall to wall
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Hayes Brown
7 days ago
The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
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Anthony Moser
7 days ago
Today in what
@hypervisible.blacksky.app
would call luxury surveillance "Hi! You are being recorded." It was jarring. and then I *immediately* heard the same thing coming from a house around the corner
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Ezra S
8 days ago
today is the three-year anniversary of the covid infection that turned into long covid. it has completely rewritten the course of my life. it has brought me untold levels of physical suffering. it has devastated my mental health.
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mojizele solarte (she/ her)
11 days ago
My birthday is in two weeks! All I want is $1000 to pay my bills for the month and take myself on a little spa day. Help me welcome another year in relaxation. Cash app, Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle: sayheylenee @ gmail
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Judge Reinstates South Dakota Prof Fired for Kirk Comments
@emmawhitford.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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Court Order Reinstates S.D. Prof Fired for Kirk Comments
A South Dakota district court judge ordered the University of South Dakota on Wednesday to reinstate Michael Hook, a tenured professor of art who was put on leave with an “intent to terminate” after h...
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/09/26/court-order-reinstates-sd-prof-fired-kirk-comments
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Did you vote yet?
explore.org/fat-bear-week
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Fat Bear Week 2025
Fat Bear Week 2025
https://explore.org/fat-bear-week
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Reuters
9 days ago
Canada Post workers go on a nationwide strike
reut.rs/3Iw2WUw
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Canada Post workers go on a nationwide strike
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers, CUPW, said on Thursday that all its members at Canada Post were on an immediate nationwide strike.
https://reut.rs/3Iw2WUw
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Frankie de la Cretaz
9 days ago
If you've been waiting for my move off the Nazi site to start financially supporting my work, good news! I'm now on Beehiiv! And if you're looking to support an independent trans journalist doing queer sports reporting, look no further! You can subscribe to Out of Your League now:
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in the field: studbudz in vogue
an interview with writer leah faye cooper & stylist devin hershey
https://www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/in-the-field-studbudz-in-vogue
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Use Alt Text not A.I.
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Added ALT
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Sarah E. Bond
10 days ago
My latest for
@hyperallergic.com
is on the many Roman bath discoveries made this summer—it’s a recap of an amazing excavation season and a deep dive into ancient flip-flops worn with socks. Thank you to
@lisayinzhang.bsky.social
for brilliant edits. May socks be worn with sandals without shame! 🧦 🩴
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Our Enduring Fascination With Ancient Roman Baths
From a mosaic of flip-flops in Sicily to Cicero's possible sauna, new discoveries prove that bathing has always been about more than getting clean.
https://hyperallergic.com/1043102/our-enduring-fascination-with-ancient-roman-baths/
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Lili Saintcrow
11 days ago
"Her world saw the end of the American Revolution, the storming of the Bastille in France, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the final years of England’s abolitionist movement."
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What Pride and Prejudice Tells Us About British History, Class, and Women’s Leisure Time
The first dialogue readers encounter in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a conversation between a wife and husband who have been married for twenty-three years. Mrs. Bennet is all aflutter abou…
https://lithub.com/what-pride-and-prejudice-tells-us-about-british-history-class-and-womens-leisure-time
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾
11 days ago
If you didn’t fight racist misinformations and can’t connect that to the Covid misinformation You’re unserious and I’m tired of you The entire push around letting up Covid restrictions was the knowledge it affected Black people more And the lack of money put into representative outreach
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11 days ago
I’m begging yall to get off substack. BEGGING.
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Dr. Lucky Tran
11 days ago
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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Dr. Lucky Tran
11 days ago
There’s a historic indoor clean air high level event at the UN today.
@drbronking.bsky.social
is of course leading by example wearing a high quality mask while chairing the meeting 👏👏👏
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Mekka Okereke
11 days ago
I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿♂️
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Jess Piper
12 days ago
Tried to get my real ID. I had my license, my SS card and my birth certificate. I was not allowed to get my real ID because my birth name is different than my married name. Now I have to go dig up a marriage certificate. You know who wouldn’t have to do this? A man. Never change your last name.
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Dear Ashley…
12 days ago
Hi. My name is Ashley Jamieson. I am an attorney. And for the last 19 months, I have been working for @USDA in the Office of General Counsel in the Civil Rights, Labor, and Employment unit as a litigation atty. Fighting for the rights of workers. And this morning they fired me.
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Sarah E. Bond
12 days ago
Some news! My book, _Strike:Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire_ (currently $3.62 on Amazon, lol) is one of the best books of the year from
@newyorker.com
. Thx to all the friends, family, colleagues, and reviewers who helped make this book a collective effort about collective action.
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What We’re Reading
Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2025
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌
13 days ago
Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time “While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'”
www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...
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Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting
Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-screenwriter-pulled-train-karen/
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Tanya is seeking work || 🔜 TCNA
13 days ago
Y'all
@blackamazon.bsky.social
has given so much and had so much taken for granted. Let's give back to someone who has had a major impact in many lives, including mine.
gofund.me/37878f773
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Donate to Help Sydette Survive, organized by Sydette Harry
Hello all, I have been hit with the confluence of what it means to be, well, me in the time… Sydette Harry needs your support for Help Sydette Survive
https://gofund.me/37878f773
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Arié (pronoun = name) - #FreeThemAll 🏳️🌈ⵣ🪬
15 days ago
Wear a damn mask, Canada
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Positive COVID-19 tests trending upwards: report
Canada is seeing an uptick in positive COVID-19 tests, according to a report from the Canadian government.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/positive-covid-19-tests-trending-upwards-report/
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge
15 days ago
This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem
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Shout out to all of the Hard-Hearted Hannahs out there!
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Discussed "Creation of God" today in class
www.harmoniarosales.art/catalogue/cr...
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WLOX News
18 days ago
‘This is not normal’: Over a dozen injured in shootings at homeless camp, near transit station
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‘This is not normal’: Over a dozen injured in shootings at homeless camp, near transit station
The homeless camp is located on private property and has been at the center of a legal battle between the owner and city officials.
https://www.wlox.com/2025/09/16/this-is-not-normal-over-dozen-injured-shootings-homeless-camp-near-transit-station/
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Megan Goodwin
18 days ago
hey, if any religion profs want to talk to
@religiondispatches.org
about their experiences of being on this shitheel's Professor Watchlist, I feel a series of interviews coming on
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kristy yummy coochie 🇯🇲
20 days ago
people are crashing out because jennifer coolidge, mariska hargitay, and kristin chenoweth are doing charlie kirk apologia but hear me out -- rich people are not your friends.
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Good morning! Back up your devices.
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Tricia Matthew
21 days ago
I talked about editing Austen for Penguin w/
@folger.edu
www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
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Reading Jane Austen in the 21st Century with Patricia A. Matthew | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
https://www.folger.edu/podcasts/shakespeare-unlimited/jane-austen-in-the-21st-century/
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"Somebody told a lie one day."
21 days ago
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Y'all...I'm watching Highest 2 Lowest. Umm...
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Since the saints are talking about visiting the dentist...
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Dinah Washington - Long John Blues
YouTube video by Jazz Everyday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZBMMUvfX0&list=RDc4ZBMMUvfX0&start_radio=1
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