Casual Reading #oilpainting #art

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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Tell the Senate: Save Democracy. Defeat the SAVE Act!

ICYMI: In 24 years, only 77 “illegals” have voted — representing 0.00000764% of total votes… And the research comes from the far-right Heritage Foundation electionfraud.heritage.org/search?combi...

BBC News - Ireland launches world first scheme to provide basic income for artists www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it. - Repair is better than recycling. - Repair saves us money. - Repair teaches basic engineering. - Repair saves the planet. - Repair connects people and things. - Repair is sustainable. #Minimalism

Why does it always have to be #Tennessee?

Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.

Elizabeth Catlett (U.S., 1915–2012). Sharecropper (1952, printed 1970). #BlackHistoryMonth

Opinion | Trump's moral bankruptcy is his greatest asset.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation and issued new guidance that could severely undercut efforts to expand voting among college students ahead of the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich | Creators

“There are book challenges; that is not new. What is happening now is brazen breaking of protocol on a scope that has never been seen like this.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @la-cac.org @oif.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social deadline.com/2026/02/the-...

#America250 mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...

New dietary guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommend costly foods many can’t afford. But Black activists have been fighting for food justice since the civil rights era — and their lessons matter now more than ever. wordinblack.com/2026/02/food...

Traveling on your own can be scary, but it can be one of the most meaningful things you can do for yourself. Three solo travelers share their experiences — and what makes for a successful trip. n.pr/49WwpBT

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

Puppy Bowl 2026 Promises Adorable, Adoptable Pups On Super Bowl Sunday

Georges Seurat, ‘Chahut’, 1889-90 , oil on canvas,© Collection Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands. Photographer: Rik Klein Gotink

If only we had some way of knowing how bad it would be..

In 1977 NASA launched the Voyager spacecraft, including a CD with the song Johnny B. Goode, on a mission to study the solar system & beyond. The extraterrestrials who open it will get another CD every month from Columbia House at full price and be hounded for life by intergalactic debt collectors.

"Yet, for the generations of folk who did not grow up at a time when Simone was a public presence and her music was no longer in vogue on Black radio, “Young, Gifted and Black” was a lifeline to her genius." medium.com/p/f734ba830dd2

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Just $41 million to go to break even. 🤷🏽‍♂️

For my #weavers! 🥰 www.gistyarn.com/products/res...

BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying." "You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Why do folks listen to him?

“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater” -Abraham Lincoln

GEORGIA — @ossoff.senate.gov : “This is a SEISMIC event. This should have people across 🇺🇸 absolutely shook. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office… this is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections.” (H/T @atrupar.com )

This is the only Melania Trump film I will ever watch.

#America250 abcnews.go.com/US/trump-adm...

Hand stencils discovered in an Indonesian cave are oldest-known rock art #science #archeology

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A joke for the history buffs.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

WATCH: “How many people with domestic violence convictions are running around, with guns, in our cities, terrorizing people?” Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.

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