On the 19th of June, 1865 troops rode into Galveston to announce slavery had ended, more than 2 years after enslaved people of Texas had by law already been freed. Freedom here has never been given to us. It has been claimed, with every generation, by people who refused to wait for permission.

this is really what Musk offers to his followers: the sense that their identity as engineers makes them part of a bold, noble modernism, freeing them from any introspection about their privilege, or any ugliness in how they wield techno-scientific power... virtuous pioneers in an endless frontier

“We celebrate how far we've come, but we also recognize the responsibility to keep pushing forward. If we ever stop doing that work, then we're in real trouble." More from Black D.C. artists and organizers about celebrating Juneteenth amid nationalist celebrations of America's 250th anniversary:

This is insane.

#Juneteenth is a good time to remember that enslaved people did not passively wait around for proclamations. They resisted in many ways. (There are LOTS of books on resistance. This is just a summary.) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_r...

Everybody! What's a great way you can celebrate Juneteenth? How about with some contemporary Black southern gothic literature? Written by none other than yours truly. Grab my book. It's on backorder here at my local Black bookshop Sankofa but you can still support!

Counterpoint: the only thing this set of people want to get rid of more than academic research is serious teaching.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL 🇲🇽⚽️

WHY DOES MEXICO DOES THIS TO US EVERY TIME 😭😭🇲🇽🇲🇽⚽️⚽️

F is having a meltdown because she wants to cheer for the purple jerseys and Mexico is not wearing green

That handshake between the Korean coach and Aguirre 😍😍😍😍

How is the best day we’ve ever had not the best day we’ve ever had. I’ve been waiting for this my whole life and I can’t even enjoy it. #Kone #Canada #WorldCup

🇨🇦 Nathan Saliba scores a direct free kick and the team huddles together in emotion with Ismael Kone still on their minds. Saliba runs to the bench to hold up a Kone No. 8 shirt

Bit of a flareup after the match. Jesse Marsch and Qatar coach Julien Lopetegui didn't have a friendly handshake. After Marsch left, argument between the benches ensued. Lot of players and staffers in a bit of a scrum now. Canada still clearly upset about Kone's injury.

I haven't said anything because this is what policing is in the U.S. Cops kill children regularly.

what in God's name happened in Canada-Qatar

Is very hard to concentrate on the days that Mexico plays lol

Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.

School family night. The activity? Painting pots, the teachers provided some seeds. F chose a pumpkin Because she is a princess. Somehow every plant on my house does except this one. F maybe has a green thumb. Today I notice the pumpkin looks weird TURNS OUT IT GROWS VERY LONG AN NO ONE TOLD ME

'In a system shaped by targets and metrics, it is easy for both students and academics to focus on KPIs and degree classifications. But what, exactly, are we designing our curricula to do? Increasingly, the answer appears to be performance, measurable outputs, rather than personal development.' 1/2

Always a bit amused when I see a "this is the canary in the coal mine" take about universities or the humanities. My dude, we're knee deep in canary carcasses. Glad've cottoned on, but the eery silence of ceased chirping has long since engulfed us.

I had to listen to one of the games today in iheart radio. It is the FOX narration. No wonder you americans cannot get into football 🤣 this sucks

Offside means the player that is chasing the ball needs to have two players behind him WHEN the ball is kicked (the pass happens). Once the ball is in the air they can move and is not offside anymore

HALF of all federally funded clinical trials would be “illegal” under the new OMB rule. LEAVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND YELL AT YOUR CONGRESS CRITTERS.

The current group standings of G and H 🤣. Why you ask. Ranking criteria 1. Points 2. GOLs diff between tied teams 3. more GOLs scored between tied teams 4. Overall GOL diff 5. Overall GOL scored in group 6. Fair Play (1 yellow -1, 2 yellow -3, 1 red -4, yellow then red -5 7. FIFA ranking

Not on my World Cup Bingo Card - Cabo Verde tie with Spain - the Iran vs NZ match being so entertaining - @noticiastelemundo.com hosting Spanish Summer Camp for all my American friends 🤣🤣

The four GOLS from this game have been so pretty

🌎🇨🇻 Vozinha, in tears after World Cup debut against Spain with a clean sheet. …and all of this, at 40 years old. 👏🏼

Yeeeeeees ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ fuck I love the world cup

The most exciting 0-0 game! Cape Verde told Spain "No." NOPE. NOT Today.

And matches like Spain vs Cabo Verde is the reason why it matters that the World Cup format still allows countries from all over the world to qualify. It is not the EuroCup. And we would miss things like today ⚽️⚽️⚽️

spain may put three past them yet but what every cape verde player is doing right now is nothing short of heroic, this is amazing

Cabo Verde right now:

STOP THE COUNT

I am living for all the Americans refusing to pay extra to watch Fox News and deciding this is the summer they learn Spanish while watching the World Cup ❤️🤣😍

eating in mexico as a european has gotta be like hearing music for the first time

We are taking F today to her first musical! Beauty and the Beast is showing today in El Paso! She will dress up and everything 😍❤️

We are taking F today to her first musical! Beauty and the Beast is showing today in El Paso! She will dress up and everything 😍❤️

For the people that say Mexico City is not iconic enough to host a world cup final. Pelé’s last World Cup was at Estadio Azteca. 1970 Brazil vs Italy. Final. Brazil won 4–1, and many still call that Brazil team the greatest football team ever.

Huge turnout against racism in Glasgow today - can't even see the end of the crowd. Chants so far include "Nazi scum off our streets" and "Refugees are welcome here."

“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it

Hating the USNMT is a condition for me to not get disinherited 🤣 there are things my dad doesn’t play with… football is one of them ☠️⚽️

There are two Blueskys tonight. World Cup Bluesky and scaffolding Bluesky. Both come from places of joy.

the last time people were this excited about scaffolding Robspierre was the one using it

Is Paraguay aware the game started already?

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I am mexican 🇲🇽 and I hate to admit you guys looked good

QUE OSOOOOOO PARAGUAY ⚽️

They are being ruthless! Marketing your bar for the World Cup? You need to pay a fee. Unless a commercial establishment is a licensed partner, using words like “FIFA” and “World Cup” in marketing isn't allowed. Using images, like the official World Cup trophy, is also off-limits.

Big UPDATE in the "Brick and Minifigs/Stolen Star Wars LEGO"-saga. Investigative YouTuber CoffeeZilla got involved and figured out the corporate guys were lying about the presence of a U-Haul moving truck on the night of the take-over, validating rumours the new... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKfQ...