also ICYMI: @santiholley.bsky.social wrote a really fun piece about AI theophanies for @religiondispatches.org this week religiondispatches.org/are-you-ther...

loving this gorgeous eulogy for D'Angelo by @santiholley.bsky.social for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/what-feeds-y...

13. #BlackAugust is a time of reflection, particularly to those who are political prisoners, the forgotten, the exiled (like Assata), and those who resist as a whole. Here's my booklist for Black August. Free All political prisoners ✊🏾 end/

I began writing an essay about my love of classic Black gospel music, but it turned into something much more. Published today by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/m...

OPINION: The ideas behind comprehensive immigration reform are not new. What is new is the Trump administration's aggressive and cruel tactics, disregard for immigrants’ rights and due process, and the involvement of the military. religionnews.com/2025/07/02/w...

I wrote about Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, genuine visionaries who gave us so much, suffered so much, and ultimately retreated from a cruel world not quite ready for the musical visions they summoned.

"Last year, the police killed at least 1,226 people, an 18 percent increase over 2019, the year before Mr. Floyd was killed." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

This guy turns 2 years old today and I love him just as much as when he first came into the world

I wrote about the Red Headed Stranger for @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/05/01/g...

This was such a good read and I wanted more of this interview! Love the inclusion of a reading list as well.

Give Ryan Coogler all the awards already

Don't call the police.

With everything happening in the news so quickly, we must not overlook this equally important presidential directive www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

It's now beginning to make sense why Trump kicked off his presidential campaign in Waco

On one hand, it feels wrong for Bruce Springsteen to be a billionaire. On the other hand, if anyone deserves a billion dollars, it's Bruce Springsteen

Are we liberated yet?

Someone please explain this Greenland thing to me

It's a wrap, yall

President Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social I hope you like nice mushrooms

Chance the Rapper said "I met Kanye West, I'm never going to fail" and we never heard from him again

I'm honored to have my work included in this list 🫠

We gon see who really The Most High.

I think the forcible abduction of a legal permanent resident by an authoritarian administration cracking down on constitutionally protected political speech should be a front-page scandal.

Writing is 99% self-loathing and beating yourself up and 1% getting down a good sentence and being like, yeah that one's a banger.

The bandits galloped away in clean Air Jordan 12s

People are literally lighting fireworks in Los Angeles today and I think this might be what makes me finally go full Michael Douglas

This is a terrible time for Steve Albini to be dead

I wrote about the great Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda and her lost ashram, published today by Alta Journal www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...

Bluesky needs Freddie Gibbs

When I published my first major book, only two people agreed to blurb it, but those two people were my longtime heroes, Nikki Giovanni and Saul Williams. Their endorsement meant everything to me as a new author. Blurbs might be an annoyance for the blurber, but they can mean the world to the blurbee

Elon's gonna try to rename the country AmericaX or Xmerica and make government officials pay for blue checkmarks

This mfer is the leader of the supposed opposition and said “Jesus take the wheel”

2025 giving serious 2020 energy so far

*youth pastor voice* Let me tell you about Someone else Who was resurrected on a Sunday

Snoop Dogg will perform anywhere and for anyone if the check clears

I would count myself lucky to be so remembered.

OPINION: I have been thinking about the meaning of holy spaces a lot recently, as I've watched in horror the real-life disaster movie unfolding in Los Angeles.

For all the tragedy and devastation, it's difficult to a remember a time when Los Angeles has felt this civically bonded. Almost everyone I know is focused on helping however they can and it's been an inspiring reminder of the possibilities of community in a famously atomized and isolating place.

So many people across LA county working hard to save lives, restore power, get people to safety. I’m so grateful for them.

Need to learn to stop referring to climate catastrophe in the future tense.

Shoutout to all the power crews working out there, restoring the city's power despite 80+ mph winds, flying palm fronds and other debris, and multiple fire hazards 🙏🏽👏🏽

I miss Twitter.

If you didn't finish the book, you shouldn't review it. Full stop.

And deserving of every page.

Does any other city besides Los Angeles celebrate "the Day Before Christmas Eve" with fireworks?

I just finished the first draft of my latest book and I feel like Leo DiCaprio at the end of The Revenant

I wrote about Apostle Kathryn Krick, the Pentecostal faith healer and social media influencer with millions of followers (in every sense of the word) across the globe. Published today by Alta Journal www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...

I just got here. What'd I miss?