“Nothing compared to Vietnam when showcasing Black bravery, strength, and even political expression in the war zones of Southeast Asia.” Wil Haygood remembers the experiences of Black Vietnam veterans.

Bleak times indeed. 😔

Bezos personifies America's preference for convenience over justice. Oligarchy depends upon our momentary outrage simply scrolling on to the next post, rather than taking any action. Realizing that we are partially complicit, Hínár and I have decided to cancel Amazon. slate.com/podcasts/pol...

“Mo`opuna, the hospital says I can’t bring food or plants inside the building. What is their medicine, compared to ours?” Read from Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes’s new novel, The Pohaku.

LIVE NOW! Reading Frantz Fanon Join us for the first session of a hybrid political education collaboration between Haymarket Books and @abolitionschool.bsky.social Stream:

Hey, not that anyone asked us, but we folks here on the ground in Minnesota don't give a rip that the agents terrorizing us will now wear body cams. We have enough footage of ourselves being brutalized and we'd really just like them to get out of here. It was a stupid ask and accomplishes nothing.

What’s up with this lead in @vox.com “Don Lemon, a longtime CNN host who was fired from the network in 2023, and Georgia Fort, an independent journalist in St. Paul, Minnesota…” #donlemon

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement www.nature.com/articles/d41... #SciSky #AcademicSky #OpenScience #SciComm #SocialMediaAnalysis

Academic writing nearly broke me y’all! I think I’m gonna withdraw from the PhD. 10/10 do not recommend academia if you genuinely enjoy writing and literature. 🙂‍↔️ #academicsky #literaturesky #booksky 💟

Also, I'm making a separate post bc my last one got spammed so I'm trying to be smart about this: If you are an indie author whose books are NOT available for purchase on Amazon, pls let me know! I'm compiling a list to send to readers boycotting Amazon so they know who to support

#Bridgerton 😭🦋💔🫦

“I was six years old when I logged on for the first time.” @blaqueword.bsky.social on participating in Black art and community online.

FWIW, I think Hakeem Jeffries is fair game for criticism on many fronts. But as someone Bluesky liberals regularly think is him, I do sometimes wonder whether aspects of his background help explain the intensity and tone of that frustration. Could be coincidence. But some of y’all make me wonder.

Graham Robb chronicles the earliest prehistoric settlements on what is now British land.

On ancient myths, legends, and folklore of Russian forests.

Silly rabbit, laws are for plebes 🫩

💙💚 some good news! 💚💙

The longer I live the more I find myself absolutely bewildered by the concept of being and staying alive.

Reading Frantz Fanon with Geo Maher Join this hybrid political education collaboration between Haymarket Books and @abolitionschool.bsky.social Wednesday evenings beginning February 4th RSVP to join:

Sinners nominated for 16. #Oscars Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Lead Actor (MBJ), Supporting Actor (Delroy Lindo), Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku), Cinematography, Visual Effects, Sound, Production Design, Editing, Original Song, Costume Design, Original Score, Makeup and Casting.

#Oscars #Sinners 🔥

A 5-year-old preschool student was taken with his father by federal immigration agents shortly after arriving home from school, Columbia Heights school leaders said Jan. 21.

👀

Absolutely essential from @polgreen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Well, now I’m rewatching #Sinners in protest. Join me, people!!!!!

Donald Trump could learn a lot from Martin Luther King Jr. Such as building broad, inclusive coalitions, pursuing economic justice beyond racial lines, supporting principled nonviolent resistance, focusing on shared American values like dignity & opportunity for all, rather than choosing division…

Recap: Rashid Shaheed scored on the opening kick and Kenneth Walker III ran for three TDs as the #Seahawks thumped the 49ers 41-6 to reach the NFC championship game. sports.mynorthwest.com/nfl/seattle-...

ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)

Are we serious… like, this is really our true colours huh?

A Royal Danish Air Force plane landed at Nuuk airport in Greenland late on January 14, with personnel in military fatigues seen disembarking by a Reuters witness.

This is how we ALL get free ✊🏽 #liberation #solidarity #intersectional

Got to be a fancy pants today. Met up with my New York friend and of course we met the coolest bartender from Ireland who works with a chef from Montana and has another co worker from France 🥹 #Ōtautahi 🍸 #Aotearoa

“There is no reason to be afraid of death – when we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not.” Read from Karl Ove Knausgaard’s novel The School of Night, translated by Martin Aitken.

The Overton Window in action: Labour is now the Tory Party The Tory Party is now Reform Green is now a much more interesting proposition...

I'm glad Sinners won that absurd award, but the nominees for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement included one movie that had not yet opened (Avatar) and another that had no reported box office (Kpop DH), so we should note that the prize does not even have the integrity of its own corruption.

✍🏽 ✍🏽 ✍🏽

Took a trip to the archives today… 😳 #academicsky #leisurestudies #criticalstudies

BREAKING: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and the FBI won't work jointly on probe. Follow for live updates.

⚖️

“An abolitionist education means asking generative questions in the service of freedom-making and liberation for all.“ An interview with @prisonculture.bsky.social in @rethinkingschools.bsky.social

The justifications for the invasion of Venezuela from both US govt figures and pundits are a reminder that the US political establishment regards *all the world's resources* as belonging to America by divine right.

BREAKING: An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said in the first official acknowledgement of the deaths.

In a statement, the American College of Nurse-Midwives called her death a “profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing people.” “That a Black midwife and maternal health expert died after giving birth in the United States is both heartbreaking and unacceptable.”

It’s 1990, I’m 1 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state It’s 2004, I’m 15 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state It’s 2026, I’m 37 years old, and the republican president of the US is attacking a petrol state

Headed into 2026: “I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.” 🙌🏽

As a Ukrainian, if you ever cared about Russia's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Ukraine, you should absolutely care about US's fascist illegal, illegitimate and unjust invasion of Venezuela. My solidarity and best wishes to all Venezuelans.

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

Paris being over 2k years old but US still tryna flex. 🫠 Anyways… happy new years from NZ! 🎊

Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.

Hell yes! 👏🏽👏🏽❤️‍🔥👢