I was a few days shy of 18. Just graduated high school. Wrote my mom a long letter about it and waited outside for her to finish. She told me to bring my black ass inside to eat. She already knew. Lol. I'm 37 now.

I just saw a YouTube ad, yes an ad, claiming that HAMAS is executing Palestinians with a dark blurry video clip that then gets censored. Wow. The site sponsoring the ad: freedomfromterror.org Don't believe this Israeli-Zionist propaganda that Hamas is terrifying Palestians in Israel's genocide!

"Ask America if she battles jihad If she moans like enslaved grandmas Or weeps like the son of gods Or the scar of David Ask her if she prays" open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

"She free. She free but underground. She held high, her head I mean. Her head held high when she beaten down. She proud. Colored soil, colored rock, colored cloud. She cuss you out. She pull you in. Patience thin like the sturdiest faith." open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

"My stomach pain ceased when faith became my laxative I’m no longer full of a borrowed hope which disturbed my insides" open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

Being empathic gets me emotionally invested in things that really aren't my business. Separating my feelings about a situation from a loved one's takes surgical skill at times. But it's worth it.

Imagination is radical. And the fortitude to apply real work to transform imagination into reality is radically rare.

#NightOwlReads "The Spirit of Fear/The Programming of Propaganda"...a blog from #ReclaimingWoke by yours truly. open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

A random older black man stopped my husband and I to ask if we are a couple. After our simultaneous side-eye and "Yes" he proceeded to congratulate us and commend us for living outloud. So sweet.

Hate that tears fall when I get to a certain level of angry.

The comedic genius that is "Martin" is UNMATCHED!!!! UNMATCHED I TELL YOU!

Yo, where is this from: "That ain't no damn puppy!" #BlackCardInJeopardy 😂

Now, Mrs. Freshly being too fresh because she had me at honeybun...the Apple Cinnamon is overkill.

Haaaate when I tell people stuff and then they make up their own logic to do the opposite of what i told them as if I don't know myself or didn't say anything.

Ever since I heard the word 'babaganoush' it makes me chuckle. Sounds like a spell that a cartoon character would cast. Just me?

Happy 2/12 year Anniversary, lovey! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 love you tooooooooo

@yeahisaidit.bsky.social gonna get me 😂😂😂 This for talking about my modest snoring 😂😂😂

Hubby @yeahisaidit.bsky.social is about to go defeat the Huns 😂🥰

Guess who just finished updating grades?

"If I tell you a duck can pull a truck, then hook the sucker up"

Guess who wrote a check he wasn't ready to cash, chasing after ducks?

Ari Lennox trying to make Martin about colorism against Pam is crazy bc they all ate each other up! Period. And I don't think none of Martin's digs had anything to do with Pam's complexion. Gina is the one who got called light bright. Either way, it's timelessly hilarious. Cuz I'm over here screamin

This will never get old.

Ever get the feeling you are being watched?

Anybody go to #BlackAugust2025? I hope ot was a communal exhale and a consolidation of power as a community.

Okay. Finally got some prep done for tomorrow. First day, here we come.

This is brilliant. His team is killing it.

Hate when one little thing offsets my mood for hours. Woke up in a good mood. Then, bam, life said eff your good mood, 🥷

Don't feel like doing nothing I need to do to be ready for tomorrow.

🙋🏿‍♂️As would I.

Damn. Cuz I wasn't napping 😮‍💨😒

I need an island lifestyle, where all the go-go-go is replaced by let-it-flow. Or at least that's how I imagine it.

When you don't even waste your breath because whatever you say is going to be perceived as farfetched and unfathomable.

Le Reciprocity

"Accepting the capitalist lie as truth impedes us from researching, questioning, uniting, problem-solving our way to an economic and political system that truly serves the vast majority of us." open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...

Somewhere between 30Cute and 30Fine #shamelessbathroomselfie

Mine actually waits for me to respond, depending on the topic. I hit em with the quintessential "Mmm" and "Mmhmm." Like...u have a razor on my forehead, sir, I'm not about to engage in full-fledged discourse about your concerns beyond acknowledging that I hear you talking. Polite interest. But 😮‍💨

Does anybody else have a chatty barber? Or am I the lucky one?

WESH-TV - Protesters in Orlando have repainted the Pulse Memorial crosswalk after Florida state-directed crews removed the rainbow stripes that honor the 49 lives lost during the 2016 massacre.

Had to download a VPN to access this app even though I'm nowhere near Mississippi.

Someone actually bought something from my teacher wishlist. Must have been a parent from the open house. I'm legit shocked. Lol predominantly appreciative!

She made us drinks To drink We drunk & got drunk

Accidentally stepped on a caterpillar & I feel so sad about the butterfly it'll never become.

Now I know damn well I need to be trying to sleep.

The exhaustion of a CEO sitting on 7 figures is incomparable to a store manager with a working spouse and kids who are just one pay check away from homelessness.

ALL of our qualities of life could be so much better! Not to negate work, but to allow more joy and time away from work! Billionaires aren't WORKING like the working class is working. Their work is making sure everyone they've hired is making them more billions while they sail their yachts and golf.

And if we do the work of deconstructing our programming, we would come to realize that this system is not actually working as well as it could for the majority of Americans. It is an unjust system because it does more harm than good...globally and in our own backyards.

Black Conservatives: So long as I make it "all by myself," and any other Black person who worked as hard as me, then the system is not broken. White Conservatives: So long as I (and people like me) continue to thrive, then the system requires no scrutiny. It is an excellent system.

We really witnessed the glitch in Black conservatism: they either deny contemporary racism while simultaneously acknowledging modern racism OR use their individual experiences as their sole source of credible info. It's I, I, I...the capitalist I that deceives us into this radical individualism.