I don't have kitty content to fill the lulls in #bm100, but I do have #pittiecontent. Bix and Gracie probably wouldn't make it thru Loop 1, but they are ok with ice and mud in theory.

Yay the barkleys! during which i cheer blindly at a list of unhelpful nicknames of insane people i dont know as they endure 3 days of sleep deprivation & terrain-and-weather-related torture on a mountain in TN, on purpose, as narrated by a mysterious figure called "keith" #bm100

On this day in 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC. They sparked a national movement across the country. Instructions were simple: sit quietly and wait to be served.

This video warrants reposting again & again. ICE is not slowing down in MN. They’re just changing tactics that you must be aware of. Please, please listen and pass this on. #StandTogether #Pinks #ProudBlue #OneV1

Getting hosed happens regardless - see Columbia after caving to anti-DEI demands, see monopoly judgment against Zuck after his bribe - so what do they, or we, have to lose? If we're all headed for El Salvadorean gulags whether we resist or submit I'd rather go out fighting, tyvm.

Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me

😏🩵✌🏼 youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs

Happy Opening Day to all who celebrate!

WE GOT THIS! Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.

Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

Day 23, Black History month! Dr Dorothy Porter, librarian, archivist, who w/no budget made Howard's research collection world class. She saw Dewey Decimal neglected Black history beyond slavery & built new systems to assess & catalog a global Black experience. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/reme...

Day 22, Black History month! Carter G. Woodson, historian/ documentarian of Black culture & experience; taught Black children & academia alike vital contributions of Black folk to history. Proposed what became Black History month. "You must give your own story to the world." shorturl.at/m98gT

Hell YES to this energy.

Day 21, Black History Month! Booker T. Whatley, deeply vested in land ownership profitable for Black farmers as a path to equality: creator of the CSA, forerunner of today's small farm regenerative agricultural mvmnt, u-pick farms & diversified cash crops. www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/y...

Day 20, Black History Month! Booker T Washington, 1st Tuskegee prez, hoped Black education would end white prejudice; he & WEB DuBois disagreed on how to reach Black equality but both knew it had to happen. "I would permit no man..to narrow & degrade my soul by making me hate him." shorturl.at/XrNQQ

Day 19 of Black History Month! today, WEB Du Bois, sociologist, scholar, early defender of Black women's rights & Pan-African decolonialism, unwilling to accept Booker T's Atlanta Compromise, co-founder of the NAACP. "Men must not only know, they must act". www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz0...

Day 18 of Black History month! Ida B. Well, investigative journalist on lynchings; activist who fought for desegregated schools, & for jobs & voting for women. Lynching became a fed hate crime...in 2022. "The way to right wrongs is to cast the light of truth upon them." m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgb0...

Day 17 of Black History month! Today, Brave Bessie Coleman, first Black/Native woman aviator & daredevil: trained in France bc no US school wd teach her to fly. She planned to open an aviation school for others like her. "The air is the only place free from prejudice." m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ix4...

Cooperation yields benefits in the long run if there are immediate repercussions for non-cooperation. In this example, tit-for-tat maximizes benefit for both sides in most (but not all) cases, now matter how the other side plays. Sometimes *addl forgiveness is needed* www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScp...

Happy day 16 of Black History month! Today, Florence Price, the 1st Black woman to have her music performed by a major orchestra in the US (in 1933, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,) & played for Eleanor Roosevelt, all while being a single mom. youtu.be/O65IQkRz3bk?...

Woops, almost missed Day 15 of Black History Month! Today, I honor Katherine Dunham, who brought the joyous dance of the African diaspora home to Chicago & broke color barriers as well as making safe spaces for children in her community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgg...

Happy Black History Month day 14! Madame CJ Walker spun her own medical hair loss into a million $ Black beauty empire, employed 1000s, mostly women; & as a civil rights activist, funded the NAACP, the Black YMCA, & scholarships (esp for women) at Tuskegee & beyond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKX...

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Happy day 13 of Black History month! Shirley Chisolm, "unbought & unbossed," 1st Black woman in Congress, served 14 yrs, started WIC, fought for women, for native land rights, & ran for pres...& decried a takeover of media and "family" rhetoric by the religious right. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjM...

Happy day 12 of Black History Month! Today i thank George Washington Carver, whose brilliance in botany & innovation enabled him to teach, thru Tuskegee, farmers to rotate crops, replenish soil health, & limit reliance on the volatile market for cotton/tobacco. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2WYf...

This is NOT a little local vote. This is to flip the seats in CONGRESS. find out more and follow @joshweil.bsky.social and @gayforcongress.bsky.social ! THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.

Happy day 11 of Black History month! I am in awe of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery by stealing an entire damn confederate ship and piloting thru south-infested waters to become a civil war freedom fighter, congressman, and american hero. youtu.be/hMfBhPDxLQM?...

Super Bowl lesson: Stopping an arrogant Chief from a third term is probably a good move for America right now.

Happy day 10 of Black History Month! saluting Nat Turner, rebel and freedom fighter whose violent insurrection told the nation: not today, assholes. He was hung & dismembered for killing white slave owners, but his action galvanized abolitionists in the north. www.google.com/search?q=nat...

Elon Musk has reportedly spent $40M on a series of Superbowl ads airing tonight attacking USAID's "wasteful spending." We may not have millions of dollars but between all of us, we do have a massive global network. Here are just a few ways USAID could have spent $40M: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

“A minorrrrrrrr”

Happy day 9 of Black History month! Today I honor Sojourner Truth, former enslaved woman who successfully threw off her chains & called for abolition & rights for women, an early example of intersectionality & firebrand for justice. "The truth is powerful & will prevail." youtu.be/0sn8CUyvG2k?...

Happy day 8 of Black History month! Today I honor everyone who's BEEN saying it...if we'd been listening. m.youtube.com/watch?v=57Yk...

PRRI [Feb 5] -- Poll : By providing moral cover for so many clearly illegal acts, it can feel like a wave of white Christian nationalism is crashing over the U.S. But while a sizable minority, they're outnumbered over 2-to-1 (66%-30%) among gen public. [by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]

"Many fledgling moralists in those days were going about our town proclaiming there was nothing to be done about it and we should bow to the inevitable... its conclusion was always the same, their certitude that a fight must be put up, in this way or that, and there must be no bowing down."

What can you do about the assault on USAID? Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

So, not letting elected officials into government buildings, eh? How long you think before the firing squad shows up?

@budzinski.house.gov what is Illinois going to do about this????

As a white person I second this.

Happy day 7 of Black History month! Today I honor Ms Mary McLeod Bethune, tireless fighter for the Black right to vote, the power of education, opportunities for Black women and protection of Black children. "Knowledge is the prime need of the hour." www.youtube.com/live/cenCnld...

Attended the EPA press conference. When I arrived, I heard that members of Congress were talking to security. So I walked over and into what turned out to be a private press briefing. Guess anyone can walk into anywhere nowadays. (learned that trick from DOGE) That’s Sen. Ed Markey in the center.

Let's get this circulated!! 😤

Day 6 of Black History Month! An indomitable James Baldwin discusses reasons for riots in '68. "I want exactly what you want. And you know what you want. I want to be left alone.....to be able to raise my children in peace, and arrive at my own maturity, in peace." www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzg...

He’s on a “personal” mission.

They're eating the checks! They're eating the balances!

@repjasmine.bsky.social - just want to say we SEE YOU and we are WITH YOU. You're one of very few elected officials who seem to have any damn sense right now and your reach is far beyond Texas.

Oh, not doing much, just making sure my illegal team of data-marauding frat-broligarchs aren't using Slack since that's subject to FOIA requests. www.404media.co/doge-employe...

Just a reminder that Musk’s companies have received over $15 billion from the US government — he’s happy to go after USAID but not the agencies that have been feeding him.

Happy day 5 of Black History Month! I celebrate Big Mama Thornton, blues singer & guitarist extraordinaire. Her 1952 hit "Hound Dog" was stolen by some white hillbilly & sold 2m records, for which she was paid the shitty total of $500. Black history is American history. m.youtube.com/watch?embeds...