If you're arresting people at the airport on their way OUT of the country, your goal.was never border security. It's filling for-profit concentration camps.

Ok, well I'm still writing. Check out my thoughts on why I love a messy family narrative and which books I'd recommend: open.substack.com/pub/heyitsau...

I have been meaning to read this book for ages. So, I'm very excited that the members of The African Lit Salon bookclub picked this one for July. I'm looking forward to seeing what's behind this gorgeous cover. Join us! fable.sng.link/Ali7l/etuk?_...

Ok, well, I'm writing again 🫣 open.substack.com/pub/heyitsau...

Lukaku coming on the field and scoring within seconds??! An absolute legend. My goodness

I'm never bored because there's always something to overthink about.

Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

I am so confused by how often I get caught in "reply all" hell. Why can't y'all just send an email directly to the person you want to correspond with?!?

It’s almost like WE ALL SAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN fortune.com/2026/04/10/a...

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

It's actually such an incomprehensible sentiment.

This may be a fundamentally new kind of sin blending blasphemy, idolatry, divination, and simony, among others. Those who are not horrified at this may be entirely lacking in authentic religious awareness and feeling.

I'm excited to see which book wins!

Despite the caricature his critics created, Jesse Jackson’s “political vision was always inclusive, always multiracial, and always opposed to bigotry and prejudice of all kinds,” Adam Serwer argues.

Last Wednesday, news broke that Prof Biodun Jeyifo, one of Nigeria's "brightest literary minds" (Vanguard NG) passed away in Ibadan at 80 years old. Just over a month before, he'd attended a symposium in his honor, at which he was able to hear and reflect on his impact in African Studies.

A "professor of civics education" at OSU's much ballyhooed intellectual diversity center (funded by McCarthyites, of course) punches documentarian who deigns to ask Gordon Gee a single question. The ironist who coded this simulation has no sense of subtlety.

I am devastated. I may have more words later, but for those of us who knew him personally, this loss hurts so much. www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainmen...

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

THE RULES OF #BOOKSKY 📚💙 1) self promotional posts may not outnumber your other posts to the feed 2) all posts must be about books

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

“Multiple people familiar with the matter said The Post is planning to shutter a majority of the paper’s international bureaus, dramatically reducing the number of reporters stationed abroad.” Devastating if this comes to pass. www.status.news/p/washington...

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

Anyone else get got by the Book Outlet winter sale? No? Just @heyitsaugusta.bsky.social? Cool cool cool. Welp. It's snowing heavily outside. So, it's time for a #BookHaul. Come see what was in this month's book mail! #BookSky #BlackBookSky #SpecsNTexts www.instagram.com/reel/DT8j45i...

The WNBA players have never backed down from taking a stand. Love to see it.

I have reached the "purge old blazers from closet" stage of the holiday grey period. Maybe I should go back to work tomorrow, otherwise, I fear I will rid myself of my entire wardrobe...

I know this isn't the point, but those Cameroonian AFCON kits are 🔥🔥🔥

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

So, like, if I *were* to start a substack for real, what would y'all wanna read about?

Firm reminder: We live in community with children, not above them.

Well, that happened fast! Kudos to South Africa for that goal. Wow. #Afcon2025

Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more

“The deep critical thinker has become the misfit of the world, this is not a coincidence. “To maintain order and control you must isolate the intellectual, the sage, the philosopher, the savant before their ideas awaken people.” — Carl Jung #philosophy #scholars #education #Writing #QOTD

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Ok, #booksky📚, here I am, once again plugging the Booktok/Bookstagram that @autumnadia.bsky.social and I launched recently. It's called Specs 'n Texts, and you can find us on Insta and TikTok. We're also on here at @specsntexts.bsky.social #BlackSky #BlackBookSky www.instagram.com/specsntexts/

Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.

Being familiar with the literature is what makes you an ‘expert.’ Having a LLM summarize literature for you makes you nothing. No one said it was easy to learn. Much as you might wish it, there are no shortcuts.

Few experiences humble you more quickly than being smacked in the eye by the strings of your hoodie while doing kettlebell swings...

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

For 28% of Americans, they cannot read and understand this sentence, or this is the hardest sentence they can read and understand. – (Level 1) "The cat is big. The cat runs. The cat is happy. The dog is here. The dog sees the cat. They play."

I'm taking my passport and global entry card with me to run today's errands at the library, post office, and grocery store. So uhh, there's that

Everything is so incredibly stupid.

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

Not a deportation joke about Wemby during the broadcast! Goodness gracious

Providence Police just released this video of the person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University today. Call police at 401-652-5767 if you recognize him. Live updates here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/13/m...

So, I'm on a work trip, right? I ordered one of those breakfast plates that comes with toast. The server reaches into a mixed basket of jams & jellies and brought me....orange marmalade. And now I'm over here chomping on bacon wondering what it is about me that projects orange marmalade energy