On July 4, the White House slammed the Smithsonian for failing to deny the connections of “America’s Founders and Founding” to slavery. Trump & company have been refuting and censoring the facts of slavery, engaging in slavery denial. My latest @theemancipator.org. theemancipator.org/2026/07/10/i...

Never done NewYearsResolutions, but I gonna have to start making out 'bingo cards'. I'm not nearly creative enough, but gonna do it anyway.

You know, I didn’t have Francesca Ramsey becoming the “Editorial Weird Al” of our times on my bingo cards, but I’m here for it!

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain an unredacted copy of New York's statewide voter registration list. A big victory for Elias Law Group and our Client the NAACP. DOJ is now 0-12 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

These kinds of laws have an invisible ripple effect across the country. A good number of corporations will just change their policies instead of making a NYC-specific protocol. A lot of the consumer protections we have started in one state or big city.

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

Worried someone might be struggling with suicidal thoughts? Your presence can be powerful. A simple check-in could be the lifeline they need. 💙 #SuicidePrevention

Hi everyone. I run a magazine that talks about languages and linguistics. I want to do a big FAQ all about languages and linguistics. Do you have any questions you would just love to ask a linguist? The answers will be appearing in the issue 100 (which is a few months away)

Every child deserves the chance to grow up healthy and protected. But in 2025, vaccine coverage is still not where it needs to be. Nearly 20 million children missed at least one vaccine dose in 2025. Each missed dose can leave a child more vulnerable to diseases that vaccines can help prevent.

where have all the captions gone?

wildfire sun

I remember a story in 2022 about how MSG used facial recognition to identify an attorney who was with her daughterʻs Girl Scout troop to see ice skating at Radio City Music Hall . Because her law firm, not her personally, was engaged in a lawsuit against MSG, they had her ejected from the venue.

Per AP, the ICE agent who shot Johan Guerrero in Maine this week has a history of terrifying and violent behavior. Family accuse him of attacking women in his life. One shared a vm from last winter of him saying he thought someone should slit her throat. apnews.com/article/ice-... #BlackskyNews

i like sending faxes to their offices because they can't hang up on you and it uses their paper so they are forces to process their actions. join me faxzero.com

In my stories, everybody fights. Nobody quits. Weather is never decorative. It sets the mood, certainly, but it also slays kings, ruins towns, and brings high mountains down. Most weather is like a calm river before a flash flood, doing absolutely nothing, until it isn't. #HorrorWritersChat A2

Trump administration vows to 'disable' International Criminal Court - Al Jazeera

A Black queer coming of age story set during the Tulsa massacre. What can go wrong?

There has never been a better time to be a picky eater. I don't eat salads coz I just don't like veggies raw. Gotta be cooked and seasoned. The herbs, dried and in those bottles with the spices and seasonings. I also don't eat fresh berries coz seeds between the teeth 😬

The advocacy groups Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition and Presente! identified the man who was killed as a 26-year-old native of Colombia. They said he was authorized to work in the U.S. and had a Social Security number. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

Irony in the data-mining AI news:

May all our passings be marked by wild and hilarious things we've said, not people making jokes about us being in hell. 💗

And then you have to struggle with why does a racist like *you* Are you out here making bigots comfortable?

Last spring for an EEG I specifically asked if I needed to do anything different with my hair, and was told "No, just however you usually wear it to bed" Results: Nothing of note. Dr Joel Medical MythBuster has some info about EEG accuracy on thick/coiled hair: www.facebook.com/share/v/17uB...

Last week, I shared an article that presented the case study of a woman who died after unknowingly taking counterfeited anti-cancer drugs. This is somehow... worse?

Not the meet up!

Oooooooooooooh she framed it fairly well! "One of the good blacks" but make it leftist. Oooooooooooooh shit. That stings a bit 😂 That's why I said fuck them white leftists. If you're not following Black Liberation what are you doing?

This girl done got her and her baby some knotless plaits. Both of em look dirty.

I keep seeing white girls with braids looking a mothafucking mess

SMH Turtle Head Ahh ! I hope they catch him quick. Men be way too concerned about other people’s business. Shit like this really pisses me off because I have family members that are gay and also people in my family not scared to take no charge if some shit pop off !

Since Jay-Z is trending, we recommend reading "Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal" by Randall Kennedy. Sincerely, The BLACK-Owned Online Bookstore ✊🏾📚 #booksky #blackbooksky #blacksky shop.mrwelltravelled.com/collections/...

So Mitch just chillinin a cooler huh... smh covering up his death to hold a seat is wild behavior

I just don’t know how white boys from Michigan and Maine could possibly think that they’re more radical than Black people in Georgia or Texas. Black people down south are literally born and bred in the belly of the beast with EVERY odd against them regardless of class.

Yeah, nope

I never in a million years expected the season finale of Ditch Mitch to be like this, but truth really is stranger than fiction 🤣

Justice Brown Jackson's argument for birthright citizenship is very moving. I recommend reading it in full. An excerpt with alt-text below. “The Reconstruction Amendments were an anticaste, antisubordination reset for the Nation, not a mere spot treatment for the dark stain of slavery.” — KBJ

Graham Platner just posted a video claiming he "intends to withdraw" and that he's "suspending" his campaign. I think he's lying. I think this is strategy. It's Nixonian. Let me explain. (thread)

Glad he made a good decision at the end.

dropsite's social media guy was saying that a rape survivor wouldn't text friends in a minimizing way 2 years later ("he's not all bad, but i ended up in a bad situation with him, and i will just very politely call him consensually careless") and on this occasion i will point people to this resource

ICE is reportedly pressuring the three witnesses to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's murder—his brother and workers—to self-deport. In other words, get the only people who could contradict ICE's version of events out of the country.

Brief overviews on possible replacement candidates in the run for US Senate from Maine: (gift article) #GrahamPlatner

Appears that the State Dems are very much leaning towards a convention of a few hundred folks. Nothing is set in stone of course. #mepolitics

WTF, history does not bode well for folk on lists like that.

The resistance wasn't in the media. Groups of Black organizers in DC like @harrietsdreams.bsky.social did confront the white nationalists. The resistance is not the picture they like to show so the nation gets the idea DC is a bunch of cowards who get pushed around. We're not, we always fight.

Former Maine state Senate President Troy Jackson is the first Democrat to officially explore a run to replace Graham Platner. Jackson filed paperwork today to form an exploratory committee for the race.

Bernie's Correct, As Usual......💙🌊