And I say this with love An AI generated logo looks 5x more u professional than something you could put together in Canva It would take an hour and a half MAX quickly research logos, come up with a color palette, and make something simple Have the discipline to invest TIME in your endeavors

The train grandpas married collectible grandmas and here we are...

If nothing else, perhaps the cult of Black Celebrity™️ will crumble after all this. Only a small few are worth a damn, & that’s being generous. (As someone who lives for music & the arts, their uselessness is infuriating.)

PLEASE do not let this capitalist system eat you alive. Many of us have elders who worked themselves to death because their labor & misery were the only things considered valuable in capitalism. You are a whole person, not a machine. Sit down sometimes. Take care of yourself.

Did you know I can turn your skeins into cakes in case unwinding isn't your jam? You know why I do that? Cause I love you, that's why. An order of Arctic Ice Entourage, inspired by an 11thc stained glass window of Sheba's entourage. 🧶 #yarnsky #yarnlove #indieyarndyer

This isn’t selfish at all. You know what you want and you’re doing it. It’d be selfish to have kids knowing you don’t want em. You’re doing great!

Slices of brisket, loaded mashed potatoes, sautéed kale, a big slice of buttermilk pie. Wash it down with a Kentucky mule.

This is so heartening to read. Congratulations! 💛💛

Gotta keep that thang on me in case people get too much apocalyptic dip on their chip.

300k Black women got fired, Jimmy Kimmel was gon be OK. Give them their jobs back

don't conflate the boycotts of convenience and for entertainment with political alignment. them disney cancellations were about feeling good watching a celebrity [Jimmy] make small digs at this administration. not an actual shift in class consciousness. it's still celebrity worship fr.

“I heard white girls screaming and got the fuck up outta there” LMFAAAOOOOOOOOOOOO SO REAL

If you are looking for an excellent teaching tool that is interactive and informative about lynching in America, I recommend this website. monroeworktoday.org#monroe

That's how i know "this" ain't it. The second people got some free time, they started becoming their best selves. Took away the stress of driving to and from work and having to mask, and became bakers, artists, and fitness experts. If only...

I started doing ceramics and didn’t stop 😅

Time for fresh salsa 😋🌱

This is so beautiful 😍 Love seeing others in love love!

“Written in 1943 by Louis Jordan & Billy Austin, became a hit in 1944 & is now considered a Jazz and rhythm & blues standard. The Tom & Jerry moment comes from the 1946 short Solid Serenade, a cartoon that transformed a popular jazz tune into one of the most memorable sequences in animation history

My man my man my man. 🧣🎸 He gets me. 😍

Wishing everyone a great Fall.

She’s so beautiful & talented.

Tiny mamas with chonky babies are hilarious. I love holding them & giving my friend’s arms a break LOL. They are so wonderfully squishy!

Me:

Death is inevitable. Try not to be a cunt during life.

I don’t really care if people worship. I think death is frightening and people cling to whatever they need to avoid the reality of the abyss - but if your fear starts dictating how other people live, your worship becomes a problem.

My season officially arrives today! 🍂🤎🍁 I’m beyond excited for autumn frolicking to commence. ☕️🧣🎃

There ain’t shit for the kids to do. Malls are being shut down, amusement parks are being shutdown, carnivals/fairs are sketchy, boys and girls clubs/after school programs are being defunded… if they hang out anywhere they get harassed by the cops…

Speechless. 😲😍

Motion and lines of ink

Good Morning, Beautiful Souls. It's an amazing day because you are in it.

he's not wrong lol

I have an interview on Monday! Woohoo but any extra help is appreciated. My unemployment is about 1/4th of what I made monthly after taxes, therefore unsustainable. #MutualAid #CrowdFund #MACF #BlackSky cash.app/$lenadreamsi... venmo.com/u/lenadreams...

No context necessary. This is 100% true.

I read this book at the start of summer. Finished it. Re-read it again this month. I haven’t digested a text like this in a long time. If 2025 did nothing else, this year re-awakened my appetite for nonfiction. Glad about that. 🤓

Y’all it’s Claudia #IWTV birthday and the last day of #BIPOCVampDay - gimme those Claudia cosplays and art please. I want to see my darling girl. 😌 #bvd25

Yes. Once I went from thinking the Divine existed only outside of me (with a primary purpose to punish & shame) to thinking it existed within and throughout us all, a lot changed.

I think this may be why I prefer to practice my faith in solitude. I feel like I can focus better when I’m not dodging bigotry.

I get annoyed by my own shyness. Like what is wrong with you getting tongue-tied like a schoolgirl?! Have some gravitas about yourself at your big age!

Yes. I got into Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles as a teen. Spent my youth rooting for the most unreliable vampires in fiction. But that’s what made them fun. (Anne’s problematic nonsense aside.) I liked piecing together the different truths/perspectives as a reader.

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

The older I get, the more I believe this. If everyone had the mental & physical space to pursue their joy (whether that be tinkering with herbs to find cures for ailments or building Lego sets), it would be much easier to embrace love instead of chasing survival. More communal, more respectful.

Share this far and wide! Release the babies from the nefarious clutches of Cocomelon & Blippi. (I’m joking but I’m serious. Clifford & Magic School Bus were made with *learning* in mind. This other stuff just hypnotizes.)

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👀👀👀 I should get some onions & garlic in the ground to accompany the carrots & cabbages this autumn.

Some Sunday Self-care 💛