Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it. Read books. Form your own opinions. LEARN THINGS. READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND

Good news out of Colorado! A Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries. Good work! www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...

This moment in our country's history is depressing, but it's also illuminating. We're finding out, in real time, whom among those in power will hedge their bets, trade complicity for personal preservation, and retreat into cowardice in the hopes they'll be spared. And we will remember their names.

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

Justice for Breonna Taylor Justice for Sonya Massey Justice for Sandra Bland Justice for Tamir Rice Justice for Kalief Browder Justice for Eric Garner Justice for George Floyd Justice for Daunte Wright Justice for Alexia Christian Justice for Rayshard Brooks Say Their Names!!!

In this episode of ITT Miranda & Steven chat with movement artist & storyteller Ayan Felix who explores Black Southern family traditions & the power of intergenerational storytelling. Check it out!

Artists as Writers edited by Seph Rodney and Steven G Fullwood is out now! This collection features thirty-two chapters where writers share their insights, offering pathways for others to follow. Find out more👉ow.ly/GkPh50V6L42 @sephspeaks.bsky.social @stevengfullwood.bsky.social

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

On this episode of In Conversation, James Campbell is joined by Seph Rodney and Steven G. Fullwood They discuss their new book and how they encountered the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series. youtu.be/yhJNA5ai5U0 @sephspeaks.bsky.social @stevengfullwood.bsky.social

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

In this episode of Season 4 of In the Telling, co-hosts Miranda and Steven "sit" down with Amir, founder of ArtsXCulture—a Black trans artist, poet, & advocate. Learn more about Amir and ArtsXCulture on his IG page: h / artsxculture Original music: Sean Bempong Designs: Christopher Stalling

A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Other things that libraries do or have: 1. Host citizenship classes 2. Host ESL classes. 3. Have seed libraries. 4. Have autism support kits. 5. Have Narcan on hand for overdoses. 6. Have developmental toys 7. Have language learning databases. 8. Lend laptops & hotspots. #booksky

Musk vs. Bannon. Musk vs. Mike Johnson. Musk vs. MAGA who hate H1-B visas Musk vs. Loomer. Musk vs. Nigel Farage. The rest of us should keep pouring gasoline on this right-wing civil war. Let them eat each other alive. It is/was inevitable. It'll get worse.

I’m honored to share that I’ve been selected as an official speaker for the inaugural Zora Neale Hurston Summit 2025, a landmark event dedicated to celebrating the enduring legacy of the incomparable Zora Neale Hurston. See zoranealehurston summit for deets! #ZoraNealeHurstonSummit2025

It's called insanity.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Don’t appeal to their hearts, talk instead to their wallets.

If you don’t have a library card go get one. Even if you don’t plan on using it right away, go get one. Keep our libraries alive.

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I love Chester Higgins' photography. Check out his new work, SACRED NILE, a photo history book that uncovers the African influence on philosophy, spirituality, & religion & sheds light on the missing & buried links to our glorious imagination. Learn more here: SacredNile.com

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." -- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917

Absolutely

The lesson the American left should learn from the S. Korean protests is that racism enables American authoritarianism more than anything else. The psychological wages of whiteness are a real currency white people of a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds are willing to be paid in.

"...These parasites simply had it coming...the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [...] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart." --Luigi Mangione's Manifesto (see link below)

Yep.

NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians. www.nj.com/politics/202...

The Salt Eaters: 'Do we want to be well?' The answer tends to be 'no!' Wholeness--politically, psychically, spiritually...physically...economically--is profoundly [significant.] [You have] a responsibility to self & history...once you are 'whole,' ...once you acknowledge your powers." --Toni Cade

All day, errr day.

Yep.

Walmart, Ford, Lowe's, Tractor Supply, John Deere, Bud Light, Molson Coors, Harley-Davidson, Stanley Black & Decker and Toyota... bye!

No. You can't trust him.

Check it out!

Read, learn, respond.

When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal— by design or by attack—our collective memory is compromised & the public’s ability to access its own history is at risk. "Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record" raises awareness about this issue. Download report in link.

Or emulating a god that was never there from jump.

Delightful.

Drake accuses UMG of helping Kendrick win a rap battle with bots & payola. Said "Not Like Us" wasn't a hit w/o help. Drake knows what bots and payola are because... A bitch move for Drake. Kendrick will perform at the Super Bowl. Drake will settle & be released from his contract. UMG will win.

Goodbye, NYT.

Agreed.