I love when a younger artist connects with an older one and instead of being ahistorical or arrogant, is respectful of the pathway paved. That’s the vibe Bad Bunny gave with Marc Anthony on stage. That long hug they shared too. I’ve never seen Bad Bunny live, but have seen Marc live. Amazing.

I love this film so much.🥹🥹

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Clothing store, Upper West Side.

Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time “While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'” www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

i can't believe it, i did it

You can learn photography via digital (I began via film as a kid) but maybe add some boundaries since having to get e.g. 36 frames “correct” with film doesn’t exist with digital + digital has automatic mode and semi-automatic (P, Av, Tv) modes that can make someone skip learning to shoot manually.

*hugs* to ppl who use TT for work & this shift may finish em. There’s ppl who for some reason—even 20+ years into social media—don’t get that many indie workers/small biz use social media as a tool or “workplace.” There’s no jobs to quickly replace it. Ask traditional workers looking for jobs rn.

Christopher Nolan elected to lead the Directors Guild of America

“Regardless of what the powers that be may tell you, the American food landscape would look vastly different if not for immigration and different cultures brushing up against one another. We all bring our pocket of culture around with us…” I love her Salt Fat Acid Heat book; need this new one.👁️

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“Baby…don’t do me wrong.”🎵 open.spotify.com/track/6HocMy...

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

This has been so funny to watch unfold. Like I’m almost scared of someone who gaslights that well, doing it for the bit. The fact her mama in on it too.😂😂

“why some people be mad at me sometimes” they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and i keep remembering mine - Lucille Clifton [writing the most Black woman poem of all time]

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."

So they will be paying a bunch of people to observe other people and steal to exacerbate inequality

👁️ I been meaning to add this to the watchlist…

Aaliyah with her 4 page letter:

I like The Bear. IMHO, I think the key to watching the show is not as a “will they/wont they” shipping show and not as a “comedy vs drama” debate, which allows award ceremonies to dictate what it is. As a show about being an artist, is the sacrifice worth it and what is the experience? ATE TF DOWN.

today's post is brought to you by Firefox, which in its latest update will "summarize" pages if you shake your phone and, if you look in your settings under General > Tabs this new hot garbage which I immediately turned off because it was ON BY DEFAULT like it ALWAYS IS when they do this shit

companies make it difficult or impossible to disable ai in their products because it is an authoritarian project made from a stack of consent violations in a trenchcoat they don't give you a checkbox for "i don't want this and will never use it" because they know many people would check that box

☺️📺 this is adorable; lemme bookmark this.

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Interesting regarding AI and Kpop Demon Hunters 1/2

Rearranged the tracks; how I been listening to Cardi’s album, Am I The Drama?.

A three-disc 25th anniversary deluxe vinyl edition of Outkast's #Stankonia is releasing on 10/31/25 from Get On Down. getondown.com/products/sta...

Everything is stupid.

Hmm.

I’ve been reading this and there’s a whole chapter on uk artists (although the time period it covers stops around 86)

I am working on a gated space for Blacksky Feed posters that will be available on blacksky.community. It will probably be text only. @germnetwork.com is working on encrypted DMs. X/IG/FB style private accounts is a thing being discussed by some developers and is possible but taking time to solve.

Listening to “Cause I Love You” on vinyl, in the evening, when it’s raining outside, with Nag Champa incense burning indoors, with a half-finished drink in hand, is so dramatic that all left to do is record it at 24fps, but I’ve done it. I miss the drama of this genre of music.

Happening now: Protest to bring back Jimmy Kimmel outside ABC Disney Studios in New York City

“This isn’t America.” Me:

You should be talking to old Punks, Goths, Ravers, and Hip-Hoppers who used zines and flyers and whisper networks to coordinate events THEY KNEW would be surveilled and shut down if things got too public. You SHOULD NOT be listening to people who have never had to operate under the radar. Period.

I’ve been making a real effort to moderate my engagement on here as of late, but I’m going to say this: You should be talking to your elders from the Civil Rights and Black Power Eras. You should be taking to the Rainbow family who survived the AIDS era.

Don't forget about Terence Trent D'arby/Sananda Maitreya!

I’ve seen a lot of writing on the British Invasion and Black American influence on how yt rock stars shaped their rock and roll, but less so on later music by Black British artists with Black American influence. Like, I need a piece on 80s-90s…Soul II Soul, Loose Ends, Tracey Spencer, Five Star…

would be neat if people were as outraged over this theft as they are over the stolen books used to train chatgpt 🙃

Steady, are you ready? What's going on? Steady, are you ready? (Are you ready?) What's going on? (What's going on?) Cold fresh air. Feel the melody that's in the air. I'm down, take a look around. What's going dooown? HOWEVER DO YOU WANT ME? (HOWEVER.) HOWEVER DO YOU NEED ME?

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You know who had good picks in Criterion Closet? Ryan Coogler. Who else gonna have Malcolm X and Seven Samurai on same list? In general, as soon as he talks about film I’m listening. Black Panther “Casino Brawl” scene breakdown. Sinners film formats & aspect ratios breakdown. He’s so nerdy & sweet.

They just posted Cillian Murphy in the Criterion Closet. Aww; I need the video.

“You been here since ‘Washpoppin,’ then we basically locked in. You done seen me get knocked down 9 times, still ‘Get Up 10.’” open.spotify.com/track/3gnBcl...

Streaming blew regularity to pieces. It's time streamers re-embrace it My newsletter this week. Read! Subscribe! It’s free!

One thing going well: my ability to regularly have an empty inbox with fully read, processed and organized emails. Another one.

This has nothing to do with the article but when I first glanced at the photograph, it looked like dried wigs or collection of tracks, in the colour 613, on the side of the road. Maybe 613 with some 8 mixed in.

I wonder about ppl obsessed with “exchange of ideas” as “debate” in “the public square” and fear “echo chambers” will take over if every conversation isn’t coddling bigoted cantankerous ppl. Have they ever tried…having friends? With normal gossip, chisme, griots, storytelling? Why always a battle?