cut the grass again yesterday.....dandelions grew even taller than the last time! Just 24hrs!!

Interesting today is the anniversary of the failed Bay of Pigs, and today Trump declares victory because Iran decided to open the Strait. Which Trump....in his own Freudian way....called it the "Strait of Iran."

Time for some drinks!

Chocolate chip pastries.....imma fold every time. And dont let it be warm

And over 100 years later I attended Middle Tennessee State University with Nathan's statue on campus and the football team named The Blue Raiders. The US inability to reconcile the civil war still haunts us today

Nearly a week after the fact, but I finally found my Fort Pillow book after looking everywhere for it 🙄. Now let's all sing John Brown's Body lol #RememberFortPillow

I won't go into an establishment if there's people outside the entrance trying to sell me something or ask me for money. My personal little quirk that makes me uncomfortable lol

Hegseth quoting Pulp Fiction s a perfectly example of how the Bible is weaponized. Because if you dont know it, you'll believe anything

And we're back to "ceasefire for thee, but not for me."

We'll see

Sexyy Red is the spiritual successor to Hurricane Chris

Woke up with the intro to Hurricane Chris's "Halle Berry" in my head and I haven't been able to stop singing it ever since

lol, nah this is our juneteenth so the whole story is told--esp the part abt the people freeing themselves this was a panel on what emancipation means right now under occupation, held by Free DC, a community org for dc statehood, at the go-go museum today. new generation band (the kids!!) playing

today is dc's emancipation day. the 1st to free enslaved people...by paying the slavers 😑 this is also our story. details may be different, but it's also a Black city whose residents are being pushed out & have dropped below 50% of the population

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Yeah, they've been displacing Black folks all up and down the coastal area. Between this, the data center vote they passed during that snow storm around Marion Country, and the new interstate route they're buying up property for in the Pee Dee area, it's been a rough time.

Yall should read this. And also follow Ida B Wells’ Winchester Rifle

Sad to hear this. Gullah Geechee folks and Bajans share a deep history. I wouldn't be shocked if I have blood relatives in South Carolina that I've never even met before.

So THATS why my palm itching today! Run me my money! “We are coming for our check.” —MLK

ICYMI it’s called gentrification

Reparations went to the wrong people!!

Speaking of emancipation and reparations, a New York Times story came out today about the fastest growing county in the country. Jasper County, South Carolina. In the year 2000, over half the population was Black and one of the poorest in the state. Now it's less than a third Black

160+ years and we're still talking about reparations. But what if I told you reparations were given? On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act. Except D.C. slaveholders got reparations for EACH freed slave. Up to $300 which is roughly $11,000 in today's money

Okay after a month I finally figured out the secret to making decent tasting matcha.... dont make the water too hot lol. I thought all tea needed some boiling water. Nope!

I'd been hearing how conservative that new guy was. Just vaguely different than Orbon. I didn't look too heavily into it and kinda chilled out on any celebrations bc swapping a wolf for a fox ain't much difference in the chicken coop

Update that's not an update

we got hit with the bait and switch again. Orban didn't actually lose at all. He played everyone

Kid Fury's laugh attack at the end of today's episode of The Read 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Cut my grass like 3 days ago, and the dandelions grew even faster and taller like, "HAHA!! YOU THOUGHT!"

I know they gotta sell it, but no way people were really convinced of that scuffle on Cam and Ma$e show lol

Blueksy is currently down

actually all the feeds are doing that. Guess Bluesky is down

Refreshing keeps telling me "not enough resources." And they tell me traffic is too high in #BlackSky. Is the site okay?

Justin Fairfax..... tf is going on?

I actually had not heard of this before. Thank you, im adding it to my list now

"Come mr tally man, tally me banana." Cmon overseer, come count this damn fruit that i picked. Im pretty sure I met my numbersm "daylight come and me wan go home." We been working ALL night, now the sun is coming out. Im ready to go home. We tired

Reading will completely change how you see the world. I can't even frivolously enjoy popular songs the way I used to. Like "I've Been Working on the Railroad," or Harry Belafonte's "Day-O." They're literally songs Black people sang to make the day go by faster as their labor was being exploited

Imagine all the "missing" bees had to build an underground bunker to protect themselves from us

A lifelong lover of Shakespeare! Met his beloved wife, businesswoman Lucille Green, at a Friends of Shakespeare group and read #Shakespeare to her in her sickbed while he was organizing the March on Washington! ❤️❤️❤️ #ShakeRace

New c-o-n-spiracy theory: The United States made April 15 Tax Day to distract us from all this #BlackHistory.

The great socialist organizer... Founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, creator of the March on Washington Movement, the man who desegregated war time industries which also led to the desegregation of the military. Born 137 years ago today, Asa Phillip Randolph himself

The cultural creations of the Empress of America's classical music, singing those St Louis Blues. Blues legend, Bessie Smith, born 132 years ago today

While Jackie Robinson isn't here to be acknowledged on the day named after him, do you know who is? Mrs. Rachel Robinson herself. Who will be turning 104 in July. And she still serves on the board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation

I've already posted about Jackie, today, but if you have some free time do some reading on some other illustrious and amazing people.

The Empress of the Blues

Getting older is realizing that on your birthday, you're gonna spend a whole lot more money than you'll receive as gifts

April 15th a HUGE day in Black history if you'd like to immerse yourself in something today. 1. It's Jackie Robinson Day 2. A. Phillip Randolph's birthday 3. Bessie Smith's birthday 4. Harold Washington's birthday. 5. Walter Edward Washington's birthday. 6. The day SNCC was born

“The UDC is headquarted in Richmond. In 2025, the organization made more than $2.1 million in revenue, racked up more than $1.1 million in expenses and possessed $15.8 million in assets, according to tax filings published by ProPublica.”