me on april 24

I made it a point to read more this year. I’m not that fast of a reader but I’ve read three books so far (I’m on my fourth) and I’m so pleased with myself.

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

this song is so important to my overall being

Eartha Kitt photographed by Carl Van Vechten, October 1952. 🕊 Today would’ve been her 99th birthday.

Nice thing about Minneapolis being kinda small is that it’s hard to convince us protesters are being paid because you’d go out and oh there’s that kid from my high school who played Sancho Panza in Man of La Mancha one year, and is that the pharmacist at my CVS over there, and there goes our realtor

You still deserve time to rest and recover.

back in my “i have braids” era and im livingggg

Happy Birthday to two legendary Capricorn Queens, Sade Adu, and Aaliyah Haughton!

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

what a legend lmao

My friends local to Minnesota, whom I trust a great deal, would like to share the following resources that could use support. PowWowGrounds - Native American Coffee Shop doing direct food and supply aid to their communities- Venmo @powwowgrounds www.powwowgrounds.com

Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out. They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?

Amongst the many reasons I miss Prince is that, though he was mercurial and flawed in many ways, I have no doubt he would have been fearless and crystal clear in standing up for Minneapolis and its people.

Incarceration was *supposed* to be for rehabilitation. How are they expected to improve themselves and reform their behavior without access to educational material? (Rhetorical. I know the cruelty is the point.)

His family is almost to their goal. As the murderers surpass theirs, we as a community need to make sure this man's family will be okay. Keep sharing, keep giving, keep speaking about Keith Porter Jr.

crazy that the website that I randomly decided to put together at 10AM yesterday has had over 25k unique visitors in 24 hours. please keep sharing with your networks.

Star Wars is nothing without the emotional connections that the characters have with each other. The visual spectacle, SFX and fight sequences, should serve the story, but without the human element, if I don’t care about the characters, none of that matters.

He gets it

will kim is still in ICE detention

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

On September 28th, 1976, Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire released R&B greatness. 🔥

I’m so disillusioned by how easily institutions and people willingly roll over to fascism. How little fight there seems to be in the face of it. All in the name of what? Maintaining whatever semblance of the status quo seems to be left? I want to scream.

And this is just what Disney does. They’re spineless, kowtow to bigots, and their moral compass is attached to their pocketbooks.

It’s interesting how we’ve gone full circle from comedians saying they’re not allowed to joke because of “woke” and people are “too sensitive” but now they’re being canned by a Republican government.

if kimmel is edgy we are so fucked

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

I wrote up a little bit more about how Prince took some inspiration from Redford & Streisand in "The Way We Were", and then how that led to a fun conversation with him about intellectual property. (There's a little gift for you at the bottom of this post, too.) www.anildash.com/2025/09/17/a...

"I'm sure his words were taken out of context" should always be met with "in what context are their words acceptable to you?" Keep pressing people that what's being said/done is unconscionable under and context and trying to excuse them reflects badly on the listener.

I miss them.

Michael Jackson in 1987

I combusted when the beat on ‘Housequake’ kicked in. 😭

Last night was my first time seeing Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times’ in theatres. In fact, it was my first time seeing any Prince film in theatres. Although I’d seen the film countless times, this was a whole ’nother experience. He was a brilliant, one-of-a-kind, visionary, musical genius.

So here's the thing Bluesky..... for a site that swears up and down it's better than Twitter, you're falling into the same bullshit as Twitter.

I’m a little sorry but this is just what my brain is like

They were about to have a green off

“It’s a culture thing” Bitch when we give people red envelopes we give it with our WHOLE CHEST not in a fucking crumpled up chip bag!!!!

I am a reporter of Chinese descent and this is absolutely not true

You were walking around like this.

When Stevie Wonder sang on "As," "Did you know you're loved by somebody?" That makes me feel warm inside. I should cut that on.

This morning’s sword practice. Working on the basic wushu flower movement.

24 years ago today, Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the last song by a girl group to achieve this. 💕🔥

Eternals was so underappreciated.

3 years ago today, Beyoncé released her critically acclaimed Grammy Award-winning studio album, RENAISSANCE! 🐎🪩🔥