Eid Mubarak everyone, may easier and more bountiful days come quickly for all our peoples and foremost and especially Palestinians in Palestine, Ameen 🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽🤲🏽

🗓️Two things on the calendar tonight + tomorrow. Brioxy x Sistah Scifi Book Club reads SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire (6PM PST), then Boots Riley in conversation at Sydney Goldstein Theater tomorrow at 7:30PM. 👉🏾 sistahscifi.com/pages/events #SistahScifi

Amen and Amen.

Quick pop in to Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual convention to present "Lessons from Plants: Pivoting from Gatekeeping to Groundskeeping in Cultivating Inclusive Communities" Also signing copies of When Trees Testify (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social & @macmillanusa.bsky.social)

You wanna hear a crazy story? On May 25, Bruce Tucker was declared dead. The Black Virginian suffered from a traumatic brain injury after falling from a wall he was sitting on, and hit his head on the concrete. Yes, that's sad. But that's not the crazy part. What happened next is 🧵

"King of Ashes" SPOLER FREE review. A twisty, turning, violent triller. No one gets out unscathed. And that ending!!!! Then I'm showing early love for "Oathbound". #blackbooksky #booksky 💙📚 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBFnfjXd/

✊🏾 May 25. African Liberation Day. The futures our authors imagine are part of that same legacy. Read boldly. 👉🏾 sistahscifi.com #AfricanLiberationDay #SistahScifi #BlackFutures

4.25✨ Loving this series by Questlove & S.A. Cosby! Time for a Change is action-packed, emotional, and full of twists as Rahim & Kasia travel through time to save the world. A little confusing at times with all the timelines, but that cliffhanger has me ready for book 3 ASAP! 🎧 #blackbooksky 📚💙

dragon types 🐉 [ #pokemon #fanart ]

checking out Paralives early early?? 💙 www.twitch.tv/pink_umbrella

It's an absolute masterpiece

#BlackSkyGamers add this to y'alls wishlists!!!

I've read over 50 books this year so I added a list of them all on my website ☺️. #BlackBookSky #BookSky www.emmaraeempowered.com/book-reviews...

Up next is How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley. #BookSky

I finished this yesterday evening, this was so good! Usually when reading I write down quotes in my journal. But with this I was so enthralled with the story I didn't write much down. Going to spend time flipping through and writing some down, I'll share later ☺️.

Aunt Priscilla was released from the hospital yesterday after a brief stay. She is SOOOOO grateful to the people who have contributed and shared so that she can have safe and secure housing in her community. Please share or contribute if you can!

Just got Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris! This is for a book club next month. So excited to read this! #BlackBookSky

Today is Ona Judge Day. While the United States gears up for its 250th celebration, which inevitably includes the likes of George Washington, Ona Judge made her escape on May 21, 1796. The Washington household attempted her capture several times, but she was never caught. Forever free

**blows the dust off**

🌴 MAJOR ANNOUCEMENT! 🌴 Ourlands, my cozy island builder, will arrive on June 2, 2026 on both Steam and the Epic Games Store! I'd greatly appreciate it if you could go and wishlist it and share it with EVERYONE YOU KNOW! Spread the vibes. Links below 👇🏽

Difficult post, but past time to rip the band aid off. FIYAH is going on hiatus indefinitely, with issue #40 currently set to be our last for the time being. The mag cannot continue running at a loss, and needs time to reassess operations from top to bottom if a viable path forward is to be created.

Droppin' some NEWS about Ourlands tomorrow during the @sixoneindie.com showcase. Join my newsletter so you don't miss it. It's already impressive the algo lead you here, but idk if it'll take you back tomorrow again when it matters haha. grahamoflegend.com/newsletter

The way I am cracking up watching this video 🤣🤣🤣 #BlackBookSky youtu.be/8czpci4EsO8?...

Swancon #booklaunch event next weekend, Sun 31 May! @wtalabi.com and I will be launching Sauúti Terrors in Perth. I'll also be presenting The Nga'phandileh Whisperer: A Sauútiverse Novella.💞 @flametree.bsky.social, @sauutiverse.bsky.social, @starsandsabers.bsky.social, www.swancon.com.au

From NYT bestselling author Alexandra Elle comes The Company We Keep, a vulnerable exploration of friendship and healing. ✨ Learn to stop people-pleasing, set honest boundaries, and embrace relationships that restore you—starting with becoming a better friend to yourself. 🌿📖 #TheCompanyWeKeep #NEW

Review: The Mask of Haliya, Vol.1: Heir to the Warrior Moon Imprint: Kwento Comics Genre: Fantasy Own Voices: Filipino mythology Audience: YA+ Creator: Cecilia Lim Writing Team: Kaitlyn Fajilan, Jenapher Zheng Art Team: Renoida Renovilla, Charlyn Duy, Kathryn Layno, Kristen Laroa, Ruth Anne Roman,…

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I enjoy reading essays, so I bought this collection by Jesmyn Ward. Her essay, "On Witness and Respair," is lyrical, powerful, and heartbreaking. Ward evokes strong emotions, prompting me to pause and fully experience them. #Blackbooksky #Booksky #Blacksky

💫 NOW LIVE ✨ 1st Playthrough of Alan Wake | ep.3 💜✨💫 🫧 twitch.tv/cosmiclav

The first sentence had me intrigued: "In an old wardrobe a djinn sits weeping."

Winning the Nobel Prize for Literature and then doing this less than a decade later is wild to moi.

Planning to get back to streaming soon!! ☺️💖 I miss talking about books and playing cozy games 🥹.

‘It’s a captivating, slyly sophisticated novel’ We're delighted to announce the winner of the #InternationalBooker2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies, is Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King. Discover the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Like January 15, today is a holiday. Today is a High-Holy Day. May 19 is the birthday of Malcolm X aka el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz who was born 101 years ago today. I hope to see everyone's favorite videos, quotes, and moments from Brother Malcolm on the skyline today ❤️🖤💚

Cabaret in Flames by Hache Pueyo: Review by Ian Mond locusmag.com/review/...

This bundle's hotting up! Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesomeness. Only 17 days to go! @storybundle.bsky.social, @meerkatpress.bsky.social, @rdspress.bsky.social, @pspublish.bsky.social, @starsandsabers.bsky.social, @stelliform.press storybundle.com/award

PSA because I'm tired of this 🧵

Mark your calendars for May 30, the Locus Awards! Author #TananariveDue will be joining us as a guest of honor, who is responsible for works #TheBetween #TheReformatory #MySoultoTake and more!! Buy tickets at locusmag.com/2026-lo...#TananariveDue#TheBetween#TheReformatory#MySoultoTakevia our bio.

I loved this break down of Burn Down Master's House! Thank you, Black Lit Geek! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jXx...

Saturday. 🌞📖🍹 Current read: An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence, by Zeinab Badawi. #Booksky #SaturdayReset

Ska against transphobia ONE WEEK PREORDER! Flags for the first time in years Shirts are back! Stickers too! 100% of profits will be donated to the black trans travel fund. Www.skatunenetwork.com

Read this graphic novel on my lunch break! Very good! Nimmi goes to Sri Lanka for the first time to meet her mother who runs an orphanage for Tamil children. Their reconnection plus Nimmi seeing effects of war first hand creates an informative and touching read. #BookSky #GraphicNovel

Finished The Helm of Midnight earlier this week, I'm really looking forward to the 2nd book! This was a really cool concept, I'm hoping we explore the world a lot more in book 2 cause I have some questions! 🧐🫪 The map at the front felt kind of useless? I'm hoping in book 2 I reference the map more.

Thyme Travellers 2 is fully funded! You did it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

#BookSky #BlackBookSky It's a historical novel inspired by the true story of the 1973 Relf sisters. It follows Civil Rights-era nurse Civil Townsend, who discovers that her two,l impoverished Black patients who 11 and 13 have been forcibly sterilized by a federally funded clinic in Montgomery, AL

“They’re taking the water, they’re taking electricity,” Ismael said, referring to what’s used to cool and power data centers. “Now, they’re taking our land”

PLEASE GO CHECK OUT AND SUPPORT “Hey.”!! We need more black couples in animation! 💜💚 @theheycartoon.bsky.social

Happy Mother’s Day! You are worthy of care. We believe you always. Together, let’s build a world that doesn’t just thank moms, but truly values and cares for moms. You are not alone 💚🐝 ✨ www.PeoplesBillOfRights250.org ✨

Shoutout to single mothers, y'all are literally incredible.

FIRST HIKING VLOG IS UP!! 💕🤍 Hope you all enjoy✨ youtu.be/eZVy9S2Jzas