Me: Hey bud. Can you grab me some scissors? I need to open a package Son: here you go mom! Now...wait.

This is 38! In this year I'd love how to freaking figure out Bluesky so I can actually build community here.

Watching the met gala this year is making me so emotional. So much Black excellence. I turn 38 in a few days and this is the year to get a tailored suit baby! #metgala #blackdandy

Thunderbolts really surprised me. I got the action and humor I was expecting, but the dialogue centering mental health was really a welcomed gift. I'll be watching again soon.

The Anti-DEI to Resegregation Pipeline open.substack.com/pub/deiunder...

So over at Booktok we were told First Time Caller was an must read, so Noelle did. Takeaway? Cute 90s style romcom with a great FMC. The MMC? He doesn't believe in love when his dad stood by his mother going through cancer and is happily traveling together. Not a spoiler but it drove me nuts💙📚

me: i just need a break also me: starts five books, opens a "build a new career path" doc, cries, reorganizes my email folders, stares into space

Was Cory Booker being "performative"? I don't think so, but at the end of the day, impact matters. He made history and I was proud to watch him finish strong.

Hopefully Strom Thurmond took some time out of his busy schedule burning in hell to get the news that he was just beaten by a black man.

As Corey Booker prepares to break the record of the longest speech on the senate floor staying on topic for over 24 hours, a reminder that when Ted Cruz did his 21+ hour filbuster he resulted to reading Green Eggs and Ham to eat up time.

The Atlantic did the right thing releasing the messages this morning. If this wasn't "classified" what is? Gift article for yall to see www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

That part!!

Last weekend I said goodbye to my 17 year old "puppy", Ottobear. Through this grief, I was able to allow my loved ones to support me without trying to "keep it together". I took space as I needed it and accepted all the help that was given to me. Thank you, Otto, for a final lesson in love.

Happy International Women's Day! Take your birth control! Make that appointment! Celebrate by using your reproductive rights! 😃

A person with a dimple could never intimidate me. "Ooh I'm shaking in my boots cutie patootie"

This doesn't make John Deere a perfect or even progressive company. If DEI didn't make sense for the company and their bottom line, they wouldn't do this. DEI matters. Period.

Watching the last episode of The ReidOut. Absolutely heartbreaking #weneedjoy #tvoff

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

Actually, I'm good.

trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I'm half way through A Court of Mist and Fury and I am pissed! I can't stop talking about the group and getting angry at the characters. I fear I'm growing obsessed with ACOTAR.

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

When you hear "slavery was such a long time ago...People need to get over it" remind them that Harriet Tubman and Ronald Regan were alive at the same time.

From US Forest Service.

Finished ACOTAR...bruhhhh. y'all promised i need to get through book 1 to get rewarded for book 2. I have earned my treat!

With all of the *vaguely gestures chaos of the country* stuff going on it seems like a good time to get into escapism. Y'all, just cracked open ACOTAR. 12 chapters in. Miss ma'am is DRAGGING but everytime I'm about to put it down, I'm like, wait...so who's this? Ooh. I'm invested #booksky

If you hear me without sarcasm refer to that body of water the "Gulf of America" call a nurse, stat.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Trump saw all of those brothas roll out of the GNX and placed out 😂

KENDRICK JUST NOW

"The revolution about to be televised you picked the right time but the wrong guy" KENDRICK 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #superbowl

Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate Kendrick: actually

Kendrick brought America together the way that "Country Roads" ad was supposed to.

We deserve it all

I have literally never needed an update that Mitch McConnell fell down.

My new theme song. Sing along! 😃💃🏾

Help. #manifesting #abundance #plants #moneytree

Don't just talk about it. Be about it. Comment here after you've made your calls to your representatives. I'm also not accepting the defeatist mindset of "well, there's nothing i can do now". When you look back in time you will wish you did more than wring your hands and hope things get better.

Obsessed with Mexico's president. That is what true leadership looks like. I'm so excited to see what she'll do for the country over the next few years. #Mexico #tariffs

In TN, they are requiring LAWFULLY DOCUMENTED immigrants (Greenland holders) to have a special license. They are saying it's to prevent them from voting, but they already can't vote. This is for discrimination practices only. Please please interact with this so this issue can get more attention.

Hmmm with a few more followers I'll ask the same question: how can I change up my feed here at bluesky. I follow a lot of people but both my "discover" feed and "following" feed are the same three people.

Blaming the plane crash on diversity when an investigation is still happening is so repulsive. We can point over and over again where authoritarian leaders blame marginalized populations as a propaganda machine to get citizens to turn against anyone different. #dca #planecrash

Highly recommend sitting in your car singing/screaming along to system of a down for at least 30 minutes for temporary relief from bad news exhaustion. #soad

Many in national security, myself included, who’ve worked w/ Kash Patel have seen his dishonesty & the threat he poses. Fear keeps many silent—but silence is not support. That this must be said about his nomination for FBI Director speaks volumes. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/welivedi...

Now more than ever it's important for parents to teach their children REAL American history because this is not okay. It made my heart happy moving to NoVA and seeing such inclusive book selections at my son's classroom. This administration is travesty after travesty.

If you didn't vote or voted for Trump being scared or angry right now is absolutely valid but please please please don't be "surprised". This isn't a silly "nah nah, I told you so". This is a "I begged and pleaded and you refused to listen and now we all suffer"

Adding a bumper sticker to your Tesla that says "i bought this before I knew Elon was crazy" won't be enough for long.

Process your feelings of dread OR go blonde and get a side bang? Decisions were made

If you think that Jewish people are silent about Musk you: 1. Don't know enough Jewish people 2. Fail to recognize not all Jewish people look alike 3. Have never heard the phrase "two Jews, three opinions". No group is a monolith. Bonus: 4: Forget the size of the population and why it's so small