Something is happening again in Venezuela

THIS right here!

A key part of genocidal white supremacy is it will freely alternate between "that never happened" when accountability is at stake and "we'll do it again" when gleefully threatening people. Just journalism should not let history die, which is why it's targeted always. bsky.app/profile/dyts...

The remains of Sarah Carrier's house, where two Black and two White people were killed in Rosewood, Florida in January 1923

a lot of people have never heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre but none of us have heard about all of america's race massacres. there are more than history has kept track of

We are OWED

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And I recommend everyone take some time to watch this movie (free on Tubi, a $4 rental on most other streaming services): bsky.app/profile/spry...

this movie is certainly a good entry point into Rosewood. It's where I first heard about it for sure. But it is a movie, and made for "entertainment." After watching the movie, listen to the ancestors tell their stories. Also Dr Marvin Dunn has done some great work on Black Florida

In 1983, 60 Minutes ran a story about a recently uncovered event that happened decades prior. In 1982, a reporter named Gary Moore went around asking questions to Black Floridians. "What exactly happened in 1923?" It's the 103nd anniversary of Rosewood youtu.be/cUfhfpuI2i0?...

all of our institutions are being hollowed out. Collaspe is all but inevitable

The WARN Act required companies who are about to engage in mass layoffs to give 60days notice ahead of layoffs. Mass layoff is defined by any company that lets go 500 employees, a third of the workforce, or 50 employees at any one site. There's over 100 www.newsweek.com/list-compani...

Found our festive celebration today! You thought the reasons to party were past? It's George Washington Carver Day!

Well I'll be!

And look who it is AGAIN.... this damn Maryland farmer 😒. I really cant tell you how much I hate this guy

they really bullying Tim Waltz out of office

#BlackskyNews 🗞️

Yes she does! and damn near every episode. usually preface by, "and just in case you think im being hyperbolic....." She never is. Just tells it like it is

. @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social says that all the time

Today is the 80th George Washington Carver Day. Passed into law as a federal resolution, after Carver passed on January 5, 1943... January 5 was designated George Washington Carver Day in 1946 after President Harry Truman signed it into law. He was more than "the peanut guy."

Ever wondered why we don't have universal healthcare? it's simple actually. It might make Black people live too long. well at least that's how it started

I wish I could get my hair braided one more time. it's been almost 10 years but I actually miss the feeling lol

Remember Gullah Gullah Island? The kid's show that was really a cultural archive into the lives of the Gullah Geechee people on the sea islands? (the first place "40 acres and a mule" was mentioned) They had an episode called "A Barrel of Laughs." very subtle but intentional

Fellow white people: READ THIS 🧵 But dont just believe it because it was written in a book, believe it because a Black person said so. Ignoring their lived experiences is ignoring the horrors committed and allowed on our behalf. Giving yts the benefit of the doubt always is why we are here now

So i know that Ralph Ellison wrote about it as well, but I cant find it in this book of letters im my hand. But I didnt find this extremely informative article/pdf titled: Over A Barrel. Ralph Ellison and the Politics of Black Laughter share.google/NMTuze0OPlc4...

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White folks are weird. I’ll leave it at that.

What "a barrel of laughs" actually was: another horrifying oppressive practice of the Jim Crow South. I'd never heard of it. But this is a quotation from a memoir of the time.

Short article. but straight to the point

laughing barrels (a real barrel of laughs) day1.org/articles/5d9...

Every now and then, a conversation comes up that involves a "barrel of laughs." Or "laughing barrels," and my first thought is to always say something about that origin (yes, im THAT guy) and people always feel like it's a lie or tall tale. So whenever I come across proof, I like to point it out 🧵

Do u know the name Toussaint Louverture? You can probably thank a man named Cyril Lionel Robert James. C.L.R. James, best known by The Black Jacobins, was born 125 years ago today. Historian, Pan-Africanist & theorist, James gave Black people their rightful place in the center of modern history

Exactly. This is not new. This is what the U.S. did to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960 when it illegally & immorally worked to destabilize the government of Patrick Lumumba & hand the resources of that country & its people over to white businessmen.😶

and this same man also made “I Luv Your Girl” about Lil Wayne ol lady.

I ain't gon lie to you, Nicholas Maduro & Saddam Hussein look just alike

No but forreal!!! if you weren't there, you don't understand

Iconic times

Real lover music

yall remember when Falsetto by The Dream came out? That was a moment. A great one

We're coming up on the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba Dont know why I thought about that 🤷🏾‍♂️

That's why her dumbass got played

I remember when Danity Kane's Showstoppin came out and I used to be salty when I couldn't do the "gon jingle them keys" part

Not only is this already great, but that last line is fire!!! The ancestors are the best man. 😂😂😂 my bestfriends are farmers 🔥🔥

Also bring back Mista Charlie

I absolutely love when my elders say "Maryland farmers." can we please not let that phrase phase out? it's gold

Oh Teyana Taylor is single now? I just need one good weekend. That's it

That’s why I gotta take it to hell. Need to get real low so when I come up. Teeth like confetti.

Or bury them.

i’m short, that’s a jab to the jaw round here!