"A corrosive ideology" otherwise known as unvarnished American history.

The image of the night.

I audibly gasped when I saw Serena. The LORE

HATERS WE OUT HERE THIS IS OUR YEAR

Serena Williams!

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

🏳️‍⚧️ NYU Langone is canceling gender-affirming care for trans youth under 19. This is harmful, likely illegal, & risks lives. 📞 Call +1 (212) 263-3269 ✉️ Email [email protected] Demand they reinstate care now. Details: bit.ly/transyouthnyu

Canonically, the Grinch is neither anti Chanukah nor anti Kwanzaa but rather singularly focused on the material excess of Christmas. Thus, we can infer that the Grinch’s War on Christmas is not borne out of woke, but rather dialectical materialism. Furthermore, Whoville’s anti Grinch speciesism…

This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...

You see what I mean?

Nikki Giovanni was a bridge elder. One of those elders who held onto their youthful exuberance. So much that you could see the young person they once were in their eyes. She bridged the gap between young and old, standing up for the youth, because she never forgot what it was like to be young.

Stop using these apps entirely, people. Get a notebook and a pen and go analog. I'm serious

Perhaps my favorite famous photograph: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Honestly so heartbroken. But this loss and so many things lately are reminding me to love on my elders. Already had plans to go see my auntie today

Thank you, Nikki Giovanni ❤️

This country wants poor people to die. They want them to suffer from treatable conditions. They are gleeful about it. And that’s why no one cares about an insurance CEO. This is their bed and they get to lie on it.

Apropos of nothing, thru my spouse‘s job we have “ good” insurance. 5yrs ago, I had knee replacement &they made me jump thru 1 million hoops ofc (& we were out of pocket $$$$ too). 1 month later, they sent me a 5-figure bill for the full amount. They *retroactively* unapproved it & demanded I pay up

Okay Mena (who is only 19) and her family have been able to rent a warehouse to stay somewhat out of the cold but the landlord is now wanting $3600 before the 10th to stay. I told her this is a very large ask- but I would post for her. If you can help or share please do

I see a lot of people talk about the environmental costs of AI. I don't see as much about the human exploitation behind it.

Thank you, Chase Strangio. Laws made to protect the marginalized should in fact do that

At this point I am running out of Legal Analyst ways to say that this man is a stupid and mendacious piece of shit

@kimmoorepoet.bsky.social has written so many wonderful poems. But this was the one, still in her 1st pamphlet, that made me love & follow her work from the beginning! How I Abandoned My Body to His Keeping by Kim Moore www.serenbooks.com/2015/09/frid...

A staggering statistic: Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a *9 percent* increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.

THIS is the only type of post-mortem I’m really interested in ….

More Americans have criminal records than union cards. But the 2-party system is so committed to fear & loathing that 4 years after the biggest protest mvmt in US history targeted policing, Biden has delivered no criminal legal reform & Trump promises to expand repression

Diarra from Detroit is the best show I’ve ever seen 😭

Fam pleeeease watch Diarra from Detroit. We need season 2 I’m desperate 🥹 #BlackSky

*weighted people

Seeing the press about Notre Dame’s (beautiful) restoration makes me think how even with great wealth and global support, it took years to bring life back to one building. And all the treasures destroyed in Sudan, Congo, Gaza? The cultural & spiritual loss is unimaginable

War on Gaza: Israeli bombing kills World Central Kitchen workers and aid-seekers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israeli-bombing-kills-world-central-kitchen-workers-and-aid-seekers

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

It's true that bluesky isn't great for news and commentary about Palestine. Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't. But we have to keep trying because it's crucial to talk about Palestine precisely where it feels unwelcome.

Brief update on our ongoing efforts to allow users to specify consent (or not) for AI training: 🧵

Are we no longer fit for life 💔 Or is life no longer fit for us ⁉️ #CeaseFireNow #Save_Gaza_NoW

My early christmas present

There are no words to adequately describe my joy at Drake’s humiliating downfall. I hate rarely, but well 🙂‍↕️

And I just wanna thank Megan Thee Stallion for throwing the FIRST boulder at that DL Canadian’s stoning 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

do not do the crime if u can not make it rhyme tbh

Taking rap beef to the courthouse is next-level crybaby behavior. 😭

Writers! Anyone have a PDF or other way to access "The Near Transitive Properties of the Political and Poetical: Erasure" by Solmaz Sharif? The page I have bookmarked is gone now #poetry

“I would rather be a mountain lion// so I could ate the farmer” The children are ok.

I think in a way—not an exculpatory way—a lot of what causes (me, maybe you) distress and despair right now can be traced back to our collective distress and despair

also in this interview, krista tippett and adrienne maree brown mention how the pandemic led to all our nervous systems being disregulated, and how the violent moment we are in reflects that… yes

“And often, when there's no logic, then that's when you know you're in someone’s dream.”- adrienne maree brown interviewed ON BEING

iktr!! @deesoulpoetry.com