‘On Xmas day, the biographer of Bobby Sands, Denis O’Hearn, wrote an open letter to the British government, pleading with them to meet the solicitors of the hunger strikers. O’Hearn noted how ‘even in the case of the Irish hunger strikes of ‘80 and ‘81, where the prisoners were considered at war…’

with the British state, the government opened a dialogue with the prisoners and their representatives.’

Anyone on my skyline on ihss in California ?

If you have ME/CFS (even without a formal diagnosis) & live in California, I would love if you could fill out & share this survey with your friends. I am trying to prepare for a few legislative meetings I have in January w/ some old colleagues. Responses are anonymous! cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

Are y'all sure today isn't Friday?

Clifton Davis has a beautiful singing voice that he’s taken great care of over the years. “Never Can Say Goodbye” is one of my favorite Jackson 5 songs. Glad he was able to cover the song he wrote. As for Anita and Vernon…they’ve had me in tears every day this week. 😭 #BTG #BeyondtheGates

Tamara and Clifton are perfect. I knew they would be but still they’re blowing this out of the water. Two excellent actors 👏🏽 #BeyondTheGates

Sneak peek babes 🥹 Vernon serenades his bride in front of their family. Many know that Clifton Davis wrong the hit Jackson 5 song. #BeyondTheGates #BTG

Having Vernon sing was so perfect 🥹 #BTG #BeyondTheGates

Part of me wants to go back to the people who were saying this movie was so bad and ask them to tell me exactly what was so bad about it but the other part knows these same people never blinked when he played in Black women's faces.

Im sorry but YOUNG FELON 😆 Yall were hating. This movie is hilarious.

Mask up everyone 😷😷😷

Nigeria is also an easy segue to move into the Sahel and help do France's colonial bidding contra recently formed regimes there. The Nigerian government has in the past hinted at willingness to comply with those moves.

I’d rather you shoplift the meal than do this brothers.

This sounds like the episode of Bob's Burgers when Teddy threw a 3 Bean Party but it was bring your own beans. 😂😭🫠

💕💸 The way Georgia Power has offset commercial utility costs onto residents is taking a toll on everyday people. My neighbor has already spent $500 this month on her pre-paid bill. She needs help. Can anyone send a few dollars to start? #HelpSky #DisabledSky #BIPOCMA #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive

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2026 begins with pain, but also with hope. Together, we can make tomorrow better. 🤍 🔗 chuffed.org/project/135556

don't give up for no one 'cause god's love is free

no worry for the pessimism/cynicism, nothing is final and you don't need hope to fight.

A good day for my favorite hobby. Walking around with an inexplicable limp, pointing at strangers, yelling, "you there!", then shuffling off without any follow up.

For some of you, it's still Christmas—this is a way to help numerous families in Palestine survive winter, health emergencies (like lupus and hepatitis), malnutrition...infancy! Not a metaphor! Every ounce helps, especially if you click "weekly": chuffed.org/project/hope...

10 things you can do instead of harassing trans ppl 1. take a shower 2. (learn to) read a book 3. therapy 4. more therapy 5. drink some water 6. listen to Alice Coltrane 7. pet a dog 8. stfu 9. wash legs 10. more therapy again 11. now ask yourself why you care about other ppls bodies you weirdo

if you enjoy a good low budget but enjoyable movie, A CHRISTMAS KAREN is fun shit.

Hedda (2025): I think it was the accents that made it difficult to fully grasp each of the relationship dynamics. I understood that they were connected through career ambition and sexual relationships. I got the house/gun/manuscript as key objects... but I still felt details were missing and

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

"blood knows blood. the ones who are for you—you feel it. the ones who are not for you: your skin recoils, crawls back on itself." - Chantal James, 'Fes is a Mirror' #booksky #blackbooksky

I will take this moment to once again remind folks to mark your own NSFW content. No amount of changing my settings can get around what the content filter misses, so be a little considerate please.

Been trying to meet this goal for a several years now. Please consider donating if you are financially secure & safe, if not to me then one of the many others who could use help. I am grateful to everyone who’s helped me make it this far. Look out for each other & stay gold. gofund.me/068be4f08

It is extremely disheartening to see In Covid's Wake getting these end-of-year accolades. I'm not the only journalist who has had book proposals (and even contracts!) on Covid turned down, yet a book with major factual errors and, tbh, weak arguments is heralded? And as a reader, it's disturbing 1/

to see publishers putting money behind this book but not other, much better, books. This book is a major attempt to rewrite history and its effects will resonate.

Mom: Does CashApp have his own money? Me: Who? Mom: What’s Rihanna’s boyfriend’s name? Me: *laughs uncontrollably*

I've said it before: @blktouch.com > these raggedy compilation pages that usually just steal content.

"we can reclaim control over our bodies, our time, our collective destiny. it is not easy and no one, myself much included, can do so without making many mistakes. but it is our duty to try and try again." - Jon Cink

Calls are growing to release Palestinian protester Leqaa Kordia, who was arrested at a Columbia University protest in 2024. Although that charge was dismissed, she was later detained at an immigration check-in and sent to an ICE jail in Texas, where she has been held since March.

he's about to escape lmao

250/350!!!!!!! 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 #HelpSky #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

The United States is a doomed project at its culmination to me. We continue on, trying to survive its fall & build what's next. I'm not a doomer because I don't identify America's doom as mine.

1. Darren was my film teacher years ago and I've referenced some of their organizing in my current union's meetings. Glad to have had teachers like this in my life. 2. Everyone should watch this, but especially if you work at a progressive organization or in media +

one of the crashes at the start of the year was also medical transport for a child and heading back to mexico. so sad.

Let's Get Merried (2021): The main character is a *terrible* friend to Xosha Roquemore's character. Like it's making me upset

tangent: one of the elementary schools i went to required that we watch 60 minutes weekly. then at the start of our first class on monday, the teacher would randomly pick a student to give a summary of the show before. the *one* time i didn't watch 😞 😩

What is Ted tryna pull with Shanice? The elevator? Gifting her a bird feeder then telling her he's coming over to put it up? I feel like we're about to see exactly why it's a good idea Nicole didn't take him back. #BeyondTheGates #BTG

Read this interview by Calla Walsh with Sean “Shibby” Middlebrough, one of the Filton 24 who escaped British custody and is now living underground. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I took 3 naps today. No ragrets!

It's all about their personal dislike of Trump and social punishment. Not justice. Not rights. Not liberation.

Just finished How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). I hardly paid attention to the plot but it was sincerely nice to look at. The set design kept triggering some tactile desire. Seems like it would have been cool to experience it in real life. It was also just so very 90s :)

link includes scripts to call + email Ossoff, Warnock, and ICE

Sabir Jabir Madibo, a man from El Fasher, Sudan, is being held in a ICE facility in Atlanta, Georgia and is facing imminent removal. Sudan is facing an ongoing genocide and deporting him would put him at serious risk of death or persecution. Take some time to call and demand to halt his deportation.

This is the childish behavior that I expect from a person with an unhealthy parasocial relationship. Calling women bitches and making grade school insults over a billionaire whose concert you can't even afford to attend PATHETIC 😭