We are pathologizing people for being affected by a world that is objectively unwell. People are dissociating because it's unbearable. People are anxious because they're paying attention. People are depressed because they're stuck in systems that rob them of safety, connection, and hope. N. Addesi

i no longer chase what confuses me just to prove that i can catch it ~ @seasoned_dialogue 🦋 indeed.

I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being. I am aware that we do not save each other very often. But I am also aware that we save each other some of the time. ~ James Baldwin

preface ~ give a damn read, seek, learn about Sudan @typicalafrican

“Malcolm-Jamal Warner was Black Boy Joy before the phrase was coined.” - @globalgatzb

“Boycotting is a privilege. Prepping is a privilege. Protesting is a privilege. Leaving the country is a privilege. Not all solutions are accessible to everyone. We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.” @broadwaybabyto

Healing doesn't ask you to forget the pain, only to carry it gently, like something once broken now shaped into strength. - Ayoub Imilouane

i watched the cavalcade of golf cart riders on parade in the midst of their shot gun start not a single one with the 14th on his or her mind this is America

"cost of living" is one of capitalism’s greatest scams

“The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary.” - Ursula K. Le Guin

“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.” - Isaac Asimov

“We are concerned” letter coming right up.

vital.

it’s ok if you’re struggling. you didn’t fail at society. society failed you.

if love matters at all then everything every thing matters

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“We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art – we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.” ~ Nin

i find it an unmistakable waste of breaths

there is no political center… only the right wing in disguise.

I woke up thinking about this poem today.

“Unfortunately, it has to be you that changes. It has to be you that decides to live a different life. It cannot be your ancestors, spirit, or even god. You are your own breakthrough. And you will absolutely break through.” ~ iya ehime ora @ehimeora.bsky.social

a lot

it’s how we (must) breathe 🦋 ~ Toni Morrison ~

far too many of us sleeping through way too much

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78 years ago today, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and became the first black player to play in the MLBs modern era. MAGA would call him a DEI hire. The number 42 has been retired by all MLB teams, with the exception of April 15, when players throughout the MLB wear the number in tribute.

a lot 🦋

This is good reporting, lays it out clearly: “The Department of the Navy’s purge of 381 books there picked sides in the racism debate, and those that examine and criticize historical and current racism against Black Americans lost.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

we come from a breath a people a legacy of drums resilient still beating rhythms unearthed no matter the lies no matter the distortions our cadence eternal

Nights of BLUE SKIES (sound ) DAY 1 APRIL 2025 TODAY HISTORY MADE Hope you were able to watch & listen Senator Cory Booker 25 hours of GOOD TROUBLE How proud John Lewis would be How proud & thankful we are of you Senator This is What America Needed Now, WE must stand by Cory & fight

Cory Booker will break the record for longest Senate floor speech at 7:19 PM EDT. Fewer than 2 hours from now. The record is held by Strom Thurmond, who was arguing for segregation. GO CORY, GO!

exactly! who’s next?

the reality is here no wordplay or bs maneuvering no doubt the only way to justify that which you know is wrong is to justify the justification in other words deny the truth

that’s my girl right there 😂😂😂 Mariah gon Mariah

here’s how i know i have officially left the ‘younger’ me behind.. my b-day is nearly here and the only thing i wanna do on that day is sit the f*ck still with nary a soul, man, or beast asking me for a damn thing 😂

it’s been a minute how’s e/o breathing out here in this madness?