I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us: “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

@rude1.blacksky.team I created a Blacksky account. Is there a way to merge it with this one so I can abandon the butterfly? 🙏

Part of the mental challenge of this moment is having to keep in your mind both that these men are pathetic clowns utterly devoid of intellect and worthy of derisive laughter AND the moment is deadly serious and will have terrible consequences.

"I want to be the ancestor they call upon when things go south." Saw it on a meme with no credit. But. Yes.

Sitting outside on a lovely evening in Greece with even lovelier people, enjoying a spritz. #mylifeiadope

I learned a lot about some folks this week. Whew.

Taxing the rich is good policy in more fairly asking those who have accumulated the most wealth from our society to pay more. BUT an underappreciated additional benefit of taxing the rich is reducing the risk of an unaccountable wealthy class that evades basic societal rules.

remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature

“Hey quick follow up for the History Respecter — what aspect of the Confederacy are you *most* proud of? The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”

Motherfucking wind farms…

On a plane in a window seat. The man in the middle has A LOT of hair on his arms and it keeps tickling my elbow. I’m not even touching the middle armrest. 😭 I’m not cold but I’m putting on my jacket and pressing myself against the window to get away from the hair.

I finished quilt #3 just in time for The Biscuit to take it to camp. I only got a picture of the top since it was a rush to do the rest 🤣 #QuiltingThruTheChaos #QuiltSky

My 13yo is flying solo for the first time and I thought I was chill about it. I’m not. 😭 Still so proud of them for being brave enough to do this. 🥹 #TheBiscuitLife

This week, I spent time with family, got a gold grill at a sketchy flea market, saw Beyonce in Atlanta, laughed until my sides hurt, hugged my kid a lot, got love from colleagues at work, and I’m having a special dinner with my husband later. #MyLifeIsDopeAndIDoDopeShit

Timeline cleanse! 🚨 Last week, @andylippitt.bsky.social and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. The road hasn't always been smooth but I'm genuinely grateful to be traveling it with someone like him. #MyLifeIsDope

Hearing and seeing myself on a movie screen at the #TribecaFilmFestival is so WILD to me! Huge congratulations to @giannatoboni.bsky.social and her team for making the Just Kids documentary a reality. BRAVO! I’m proud to be part of such a powerful film. Even my teen thinks I’m kinda cool. 🎉 #filmsky

The more you know. 🌠

I’ve reached the age where I only know a handful of people I see on the #MetGala red carpet. 👵🏽

Business owners: If I buy something from your website and, during checkout, I opt out of receiving your promotional emails I MEAN THAT SHIT. If you send me an email after my purchase complete trying to sell me more stuff, I will NEVER shop with your store again. Respect my preferences or fuck off.

My second quilt of 2025 is done. I made it as a birthday gift for a dear friend. #CraftingThroughTheChaos

The only thing I really miss about being a child is the phase where I got free Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas for reading books. That was amazing, and the world would be better if we all permanently got pizzas for reading.

I wish pets lived longer and life wasn't so expensive and cake didn't make you fat and people weren't idiots.

If the "Le Poisson Steve" song isn't stuck in your head right now, I'm not sure we can be friends.

Five years ago we were bored in the house during the Covid lockdown and had an epic portrait taken that became our 2020 holiday card.

Remember when the president wore a tan suit and his wife planted a garden at the White House and “the people” lost their collective minds and called it shameful, disrespectful, and disgusting?

it's hard to understand how some people would rather constantly make the world worse in order to maintain ownership of it than merely be rich citizens in a world that's gradually improving for everyone

In an effort to protect my mental health, I've very intentionally been in a news black hole since Nov 2024. I know very little about The Horrors currently happening. The Signal disaster managed to sneak through and I can't stop laughing. Their depravity is only matched by their stunning idiocy. Wow!

The decisive test of our society in my lifetime was the 2024 election and our failure was spectacular and total. I will never again have any faith in the American electorate to do the obviously right thing.

Vodka soda and the soda is coconut La Croix. 👌🏽

Giving away my precious bodily fluids this morning.

I am not built to be a post-apocalyptic survivor. Once civilization collapses, I have no interest in fighting for … anything really. When things start looking like Mad Max, folks scrounging around for medicine and water while feral orphans kill each other for gasoline, just let me cease to exist.

Why did we stop calling people Jive Turkeys?

This is why critical thinking skills are so valuable.

Since we’re doing racism and discrimination out in the open these days, I think #Juneteenth should be a holiday only for Black people. If it even remains a federal holiday, everyone else has to work that day.

After fighting with the binding a bit, I finally finished my quilt and I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. 😊 #CraftingThruTheChaos

Fables really had me believing people would be out here learning the error of their ways from doing bad things

Turn this TV off, turn this TV off

I cut some fresh pineapple 🍍 and was therefore required to make French martinis.🍸 Rules are rules. #cheers

It’s 70 degrees and sunny so I took the Vespa out for a long ride before the post-church traffic hit. 🛵 #mylifeisdope

To avoid paying attention to {gestures at everything}, I’ve been making a quilt. It’s something I’ve thought about doing for years. I started a few weeks ago and, today, I finished the top. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Hypernormalization

Time for the annual reminder that I’m Black every month. #bhm

Looking around and I think it’s finally time to crack open the Sir Davis whisky I ordered a while back. 🙃🥃

I refuse to let the next 4 years ruin the time I have here. I will have joy. I will laugh. I will rest. I will dance. I will sing. I will spend time with folks I love. I will find ways I can help my community. I will find the beauty. I will hold on to peace. I will live. I will have joy.

My dog got his teeth cleaned yesterday and I’ve been getting this adorable side eye ever since we got home.

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad. GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE. youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

Target, Walmart, Amazon, McDonald’s, Meta, Ford, John Deere, Lowe’s, Wells Fargo, Netflix, Molson Coors, Toyota, and other big names have all rolled back whatever diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives they had to help members of marginalized groups. They don’t deserve our money.