Julius Rosenwald—a Jewish American philanthropist who led Sears—partnered with educator Booker T. Washington to build rural schools. Black communities co-produced the schools, raising matching funds, donating land. In fact, they contributed more to construction than the Rosenwald Fund itself. 2/

Sorry to post this last minute! But I’m gonna be doing some live drawings! Come say hi!

Folks, pls don't share photos godforsaken Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social thieves circulate. Screenshot of a tweet looks like crap. No credit to photographer, a Black man. Support @nashvillebanner.bsky.social! Credit: Martin B. Cherry/Nashville Banner nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/07/t...

Vouching for the Seydou Keita exhibit featuring #photography/ #textiles at @brooklynmuseum.org on the transition from French colonial rule into independence in Mali. He was the state photographer when media was censored and cameras basically banned. Gorgeous work. #artsky #museumsky

AWS SAYS DATA CENTER OVERHEATING IN NORTH VIRGINIA; COINBASE IMPACTED

Question: Why would the Super Bowl ever come to a Jim Crow state that intentionally strips representation from Black people? cc: NFL

This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.

Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Trump's tariffs—the ones he added because the last ones were ruled unconstitutional—were just ruled unconstitutional My crack team has discovered why. This law allows him to impose temporary tariffs to "deal with large and serious US balance-of-payments deficits." Here it is:

The only politician that every single person in Los Angeles loves, whether they're left or right, is Kenneth Mejia. He's the city controller and his only job is to audit the city budget. That's it. He's just everyone's favorite accountant. He also has a corgi and his billboards look like this:

Yep. This is why when places end cash bail, the conviction rate goes down. Because a lot of those convictions were just innocent Black folk taking plea deals for crimes that they 100% did not do, to avoid a life destroying year in jail. Like this.

No matter the species, geese are universally just as sassy 🪶

Memecoin traders praying for global hantavirus pandemic protos.com/memecoin-tra...

As extreme politics have normalized, young people have grown up not knowing any other way. For months, I've spent time getting to know 10 college students who literally do not recall a time in America without Trump. My latest for @thewesternedge.bsky.social www.thewesternedge.media/p/the-age-of...

The importance of preserving memory: Baltimore’s Black archives and museums are still standing tall baltimorebeat.com/the-importan...

Substack Still Has A Nazi Problem (And Doesn't Care) karlbode.com/substack-sti... Also it makes it hard for people who wish to leave or stop. example thread bsky.app/profile/dj-a...

A little historical note on that: colorization was never actually the point. 🧵 I was in post production at Lorimar in the late eighties while the colorization was going on. I had a good friend who was involved in doing the restoration work prior to colorization.

the US Treasury's ability to borrow is premised on decades of effective efforts to position the US as a good investment, based on practices and policies and relationships that are being willfully burned to the ground by people who used to whine about deficits www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/b...

Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday message. The big day itself is tomorrow and culminates in a concert at the Royal Albert Hall looking back at his life. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fed’s Hammack Warns of Signs That Inflation Thinking May Be Setting In

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Saudi Arabian twats waking up to the reality that #Trump only uses them to please #Netanyahu the #WarCriminal. 😵‍💫

A Metropolitan King County Council member has proposed updates and reforms to the county’s ethics code after a county manager oversaw payments to family members of more than $800,000.

In the latest SpaceX IPO news, a portal to the depths of hell has opened near Brownsville, Texas, and the legion of the damned marching from its flaming maw have threatened "eternal torment to all who fail to allocate their entire 401K" to the latest Musk venture. Shareholder advocates urge caution.

Rep Justin Pearson (D-TN) has no more fucks to give. I can feel his frustrations through the screen.

My baby sister posted her engagement photos, and I'll never forget when I was alone at our dad's funeral (my spouse/kid were in Japan), crying, her fiance reached over and held my hand, too, during the service. What a compassionate, wonderful person she's marrying. 💚

This was Zendaya’s performance and I don’t think I have even seen that before.

and yes, a respected colleague calculated the intensity of the on-stage storm because that’s what heroes do.

Also this is very worth reading if you haven't already. www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...

Internet rules dictate that whenever you see the Tom Holland Umbrella video, you have to share it. I'm just following the rules.

This is going to be met with a bunch of "that will never hold up in court" responses. Ok. So do it anyway. Force this administration to make its preposterous masking arguments in front of federal judges. Make them defend secret police on the record. Go on the offensive.

Brody King Watercolor on paper Signed prints available now! shopaew.com/en-us/collec... #aew #art #painting #prowrestling #watercolor #wrestling @allelitewrestling.com

Ted Turner was, y'know, imperfect, because no billionaire should even exist, but I respect the way that his own employees could repeatedly dunk on him on national television and he simply did not give a shit. If anything, he thought it was funny. Current billionaires could learn from this example.

Ryan Cohen who is the current CEO of Gamestop and allegedly attempting a leveraged buyout of eBay has been suspended from eBay. I mean you just have to love it.

There are very small efforts & support can be inconsistent, but some people are trying to make a difference. You do you, k?

His floor’s 27%. The crazification factor. kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2005/10/lunc...

I painted this Steam Vents back in 2019 as a personal challenge to myself. Every once in a while I like to take on a project that tests my limits for detail.

Trump retreats to the Fox-Trump feedback loop as his polling craters. His his loyal supplicants are providing him with an endless stream of happy talk. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...

New on Patreon: Heather's Mermaid: Coloured finish. www.patreon.com/posts/heathe...

Aubrey Edwards is the best, pass it on. #AEW

I was so worried I wouldn’t get to update this again #aew

A "human centipede suplex situation." #AEWCollision

God damn it (now with proper croppage)

That seriously gerrymandered #Florida congressional district map that Gov. Ron DeSastrous pushed thru last week will cost taxpayers nearly $1.6 million & add MORE work for elections supervisors. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

He has no fucking clue what he’s doing. He never has. And every single word out of his mouth about this war is a lie. He lies as he breathes, and he has no fucking clue what he’s doing. What a dangerous, shitty thing it is for the world to have a pathologically dishonest madman in the White House.

"Allow me to explain myself in a non-intimidating manner..." #AEWDynamite

A huge thing to the credit of Ted Turner: he was widely criticized for his dumb and stupid classic movie colorization scheme and instead of doubling down and crashing out over the negative publicity, he listened to the criticism and launched Turner Classic Movies.

Did DoJ tip Fox, its favored network, to be on the scene? Probably. How should you consume that? Not in any way that excuses the media as a whole from benefitting from such tips on the regular, left and right, year in and year out. /1

Five major publishing houses and the bestselling author are suing Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly training its Llama generative AI models on millions of copyrighted materials.

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

storytime. WWE is owned by TKO who is owned by Endeavor who are rumored to have about $3B in debts to recoup, this is allegedly why they're asking talents to take such a cut. this is conveniently after the suits at the top gave themselves very sizeable raises. they believe the businessmen make the $