This is so silly but it makes my day.. writing some tests today.. decided, to sprinkle some love in there. Hey to Esse and Kwaku ``` SELECT 'Esse' as name, 30 as age, 'Lome' as city UNION ALL SELECT 'Kwaku' as name, 35 as age, 'Accra' as city ```

On all the youtube videos that are political, people who aren't from America are always commenting things like "wake up", "how can you let this happen".. And there's something about this that makes me feel really bad..

This thought still haunts me. Why?

Either Ezra Klein is right or he's going to help drive us to the ground. Whatever is the case. His takes are entertaining and the data he presents is definitely A WAY to look at the problem.

Here for the x is down jokes. Y'all did not disappoint.

I've found it really hard to understand the why... Why do you believe rounding people up who have spent their lives probably coming here. My family did. How does sending them home mend your hurt. I'm spending my time on r/conservative and I don't get it.

I grew up under a dose of autocracy and dictatorship. The country was led by the same person for 40 years. Then his son took over for the last 20. During his dad's time it was brutal repression.

Because right now the soul needs something calming.

Indie Alternative Soul with sprinkles of Blues! open.spotify.com/playlist/4yo...

You know who I haven't heard from lately, the "it's like picking the lesser of two evils" people.. too soon?

I was at an airbnb recently and some guy forgot to log off his youtube. The video suggestions were all what I'd call middle of the road right leaning media. But you could still sense this very palpable fear that the left wants to destroy "us". The US needs a national reconciliation council badly.

Saying goodbye sucks..

Feels so good to be in community and connect over black stories. Especially right now. "the best thing we can do is continue existing and rooting for each other." My fave quote of the night. 🤎

🤎💛💜♥️

I made a LinkedIn w/ my qualifications, but w/ a white mans name & photo. Over the years I’ve seen big name companies reach out to him & not me for roles 🫤 What hurts more is now companies are reaching out to him for partnership deal for @techbychoice.org but not me There’s so many levels to this

I can't stop listening to music.. open.spotify.com/track/7EZKcb...

Allowed to dream, escape, momentarily relinquish worries. open.spotify.com/track/4YbICD...

I won the Kizomba Pacific Northwest Jack and Jill competition in January. There were 2 rounds. 4 heats with 5 couples. You danced with 3 different partners. And in the final you got shuffled but you danced all 3 songs with the same partner. The judging was based on connection and musicality.🏅

I still can't believe we just watched the richest man in the world make a "roman salute". I think about it as often as some say they think of the Roman empire. Wtf did we just witness folks?!!?!!

I tell ya.. this is going to be a very long 4 years.. America spoke though.. America wanted this..

PNW Sunset Vibes..

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 20, 2025 ❤️

Honoring MLK today with community service. Giving out warm coats and warm meals to our neighbors in need 💕💚

There is a law, there was a lawsuit, it went to the SCOTUS, it was upheld but it won't get enforced... It's feeling like such a big moment to me.

Not sure what the coworkers were up to when they took this pic.. but I think it's sick! the bun is bunning.. lol I didn't do the edits either..

I really love that some of my favorite communities are finding themselves on bluesky.. welcome to kizomba lovers <3

Thinking of those in Cali. I just can't imagine.

be safe, LA.

No matter how good you think you are, you gotta be coachable if you want to get better.

I fed notebookLM, my resume, peer recognition, awards, assessments (including growth feedback), conference notes, presentations, ~8 years worth of performance evaluation at Google. I was looking for a first draft outline for an external resume.

Holy smokes. Woke up to 1000 followers. Can someone tldr what I did?

Bsky trimester check in 💚

First thing I do every time I return to bsky is to check on the accounts that went quiet months ago... *wheeppppp....* we had an amazing 4 days of peace..

Tape sur le microphone. Allô la terre.

Damn I scrolled past 24 hrs of post and no one fighting yet... I like 😍

My sliver of the big seaplane. 🪄✨

Feeling good is a state of mind... Listening to the docs, doing my part.. trying to feel good.

Latest from my follows was my favorite feed. Sad to see so many accounts there that have not posted in 2 months 😭

Still clicking the Play button. This one never gets old.

The tldr on bsky I'd love to read .. Really cool folks, it attracts the most passionate from whatever the quirkiest of worlds. Moderation is ass. Bsky Team thinks apologizing for racism is beneath them, some cool ppl left and never returned... Community is here, if you can stay above the fray.

Somewhere bouncing between isles in the deep indo Pacific seas..

Bsky nerd kit edition

So far I dislike threads tremendously and much prefer bluesky

I don't know if I can do this every couple of days. It's incredibly frustrating to face the reality of being black in physical spaces, and come online and made feel so small, because as a people we don't deserve respect is disheartening.

I have made decisions, and made mistakes. those have caused harm to real people, including Black folks, including really great+knowledgeable Black folks who supported Bluesky. I'm sorry. feel pretty bad about it. it sucks. re/earning their trust, and everybody else's trust, will be hard.

Sorry seems to be the hardest word

The consistent factor I see in all of these misses, is that BlueSky doesn't talk to or listen to Black users or Black experts in the field of moderation and online communities, about their concerns or recommendations. This is before we even get to "Do they follow any of those recommendations?"

it's so funny zuck is where we flocking to.. after cambridge analytica, election medling... and a notorious history of supporting authoritarian regime.. it's a bizarooooo world.. *skeeted from jack's platform*.. fun..

Spilling about a skeet I made about how tweeting is exactly like threading...