Functional illiteracy in large part is responsible for the state of current affairs Full mf 🛑 Word recognition doesn't equate to comprehension like theory doesn't equate to practical application Where's the reading is fundamental folk? (I'll hold your beer) This timeline sucks rotten eggs

another one😎 Always and Forever Heatwave open.spotify.com/track/7ixpDV...

Evening Jazz Al Jarreau's cover of the Sly Stone classic. Somebody's Watching You 1976 #jazz #Jazzsky youtu.be/gCLssjfDn6k?...

Benedict. Cumberbatch.

We can dim lights just to make it right

Day 8 #BlackMusicMonth Challenge My favorite "you don't know nothing about this" cut. The genius of Sly Stone. The 1970s trio, Little Sister was comprised of his sister, Vet Stewart, Mary McCleary, and Elva Mouton. Somebody's Watching You 1970 #soul youtu.be/SaFCF_veZ6I?...

The universe will take care of Rick Chow like it has taken care of Kyle Rittenhouse and George Zimmerman.

Good Morning ! Saying one thing and doing something different is still called hypocrisy.

Allen Iverson 🎂 The ultimate tribute song. Practice 2007 #hiphop youtu.be/XbDBtHhbl5w?...

Day 6 #BlackMusicMonth Challenge Playing this song = a whole therapy session Naima - John Coltrane This live version from 1965. 😍 #Jazzsky #jazz youtu.be/cYIrN_7ZT68?...

Brick We Don't Wanna Sit Down, We Wanna Get Down 1977 #soul #funk youtu.be/LBTS9_NGbu4?...

A timeless classic written by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald. But what a fool believes No wise man has the power to reason away What seems to be Is always better than nothing

Day 5: #BlackMusicMonth Challenge When people talk about "yearning", this song is what they mean. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, a classic song about yearning. Just My Imagination - The Tempation. 1971 #soul youtu.be/WNnb1NfLrK4?...

Man, stop stressing. People’s fiction is not your truth. Let them think what they want.

Good Morning !😍

Day 3: #BlackMusicMonth Challenge. This song turns me into the main character every time. Ashford & Simpson. Sadly, I can't sing. 😌 I'm Every Woman 1993 youtu.be/H7_sqdkaAfo?...

Evening Soul Dexter Wansel + Kenny Gamble co-wrote this classic. Patti LaBelle's If Only You Knew 1983 1/2 #soul youtu.be/QkZqRfk3ozE?...

Morning Soul Dexter Wansel co-wrote this song with Grover Washington Jr. and Cynthis Biggs. Talks about Dr. J. and Moses Malone. Philly. Fo Fi Fo 1983 #jazz #soul #Jazzsky youtu.be/NosOcpSG2mQ?...

“You want it to be one way, but it’s the other way.” - Marlo Stanfield

Morning Soul I'm so inspired, I want to reach a little higher. Rest in power, Robert 'Peabo' Bryson. 👑 Reach For the Sky 1977 #soul youtu.be/F8RbRHD7n-A?...

For Day 2: Share a song you ain't have no business knowing (and you know exactly which ones and how old you were.) I was a grown ass adult when this one dropped and have no business knowing every word of this song. #BlackMusicMonth Challenge Get Low 2011 #crunk youtu.be/yxFdz3y8ehY?...

This week we lost Foster Sylvers, Dexter Wamsel, AND Peabo. It's just Tuesday. Damn.

🕊️ youtu.be/qcDvzifP_gk?... #Blackskyspeakeasy

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Day 1 #BlackMusicMonth Challenge If I had to introduce someone to Black Music using one song, it would be this... Soul Power. All roads lead to JB along with first/best hype man ever, Bobby Byrd. 👑👑👑 youtu.be/3MsBs9QEwWc?...

Bro is a goddamn parasite. Always undermining Black people then yall go give him your money to rap about how you broke and can't hang out with him

Target and Jay-Z tag teaming y'all to end the boycott. 😏

Exactly! The alternative allows fear to drive decisions. Let me be temporarily uncomfortable vs permanently paralyzed by broken ppl tryna break me (or whatever whomever) cause they scared. I enjoy your good morning musings. They make me think, ty.

When this song dropped, Foster Sylvers became a teenage heartthrob. He was a member of the super talented Sylvers family: Angie, Pat, Olympia, Charmaine, Edmund, Ricky, James and Leon III who had a string of hits in the 70s. He died Sunday. RIP. Misdemeanor 1973 #soul youtu.be/HtyjwtrHflU?...

Good Morning ! Discomfort makes people nervous.

I was shopping at Nordstrom Rack today until the security guard decided to follow me around the store. I spent that money elsewhere. I wonder if anyone has ever done a study on how much money retail stores lose when they hyper focus on Black shoppers and ignore the real shoplifters.

Part One of my Men's Mental Health Month series for June. First up, let go of that homophobia and misogyny, fam.

The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed

But my body yearned to be free I got up on the floor and thought Somebody could choose me #MondayMarvin

This post is in fact why I know tomorrow I have to walk to my local library which is farther away from me than my local post office which is where I had intended on going to drop my ballot off.

I remember when The Onion was satire.

california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...

There is growth in discomfort.

I was a literacy tutor and taught high school graduates how to read. The reading skills in this video are reflective of what I've encountered.

By now with all of the fuckery going on with the Chief of Staff's plasma ring, Shaunice and Ashley's HIPAA violations, Nicole's love life/computer hack, I'm surprised Garland Memorial is still operating as hospital. Patient care is not priority. #BeyondTheGates #btg

Afternoon Jazz Tuscaloosa-born Dinah Washington was one of my mom's favorites. I didn't realize Wynton Kelly was the pianist on her album, For Those In Love'. Make The Man Love Me 1955 #jazz #Jazzsky youtu.be/0YeXJBSsBRw?...

Pages and pages of search results would have me venturing down a rabbit hole for hours. Not anymore.

I am 1000% against this. Each nation is sovereign. I also do not trust Israeli leadership currently. No American citizen should want to integrate like this.

youtube.com/watch?v=ESIE... Donald Byrd Change

Morning Jazz A gem from pianist Wynton Kelly and his trio consisting of Jimmy Cobb and Paul Chambers. Wynton Marsalis is named after him AND he's the cousin of bassist Marcus Miller. Char's Blues (Take 1) released in 1993, recorded around 1960 #jazz #Jazzsky youtu.be/egaeK-PA0mU?...

Every. Time.

Good Morning ! Not everyone deserves your energy and time.

Tom Steyer is a billionaire running for California governor. He should've been disqualified for his performance on stage with Juvenile. 😂 youtube.com/shorts/WSEat...

One of my go-to D'Angelo songs. We've been through too much to let all the little things get in the middle of Alright 1994 #neosoul youtu.be/hF7j3ak7fRw?...

Now they're gaslighting you about potato salad.