In case you're unfamiliar with Decoration Day & the African American roots of Memorial Day... www.davidwblight.com/public-histo...

New PROCSSS newsletter: “Everywhere I’m From is Gone.” A deep dive into the creative approach behind my recent “Vine St.” mixed media collage and an upcoming exhibition titled “Neighborhood Studies”. www.nonstndrd.com/everywhere-i...

Rob Base passing is a legit loss for the culture. “It Takes Two” is STILL one of the dopest rap tracks ever made. RIP.

All those Paramount western-coded shows are propaganda.

satirize the tiktok production style. make fun of the slow zoom and unnecessary houseplants in the frame. use the trending spooky viral music. tear it apart. make sure no wants to ever do it again.

Have no doubt: the campaign to sack Misan Harriman is part of an assault on black figures in public life | Afua Hirsch

Our galleries are OPEN for our digital exhibition EXPO PRESENTS: A DECADE OF ART! Curated by @briannasmykreder.bsky.social, Luz Aguirre & Lauren Gorski, this exhibition features the full catalogue of Exposition Review’s art & comics sections, published from 2016-2026! Enjoy: tinyurl.com/ExpoArt10!

I updated my art portfolio with 5 new paintings from this year. www.nonstndrd.com/selected-art...

Things like this remind me how much I love Los Angeles What an amazing honor for @kennyuong.bsky.social

My friends, let me tell you… This isn’t remotely close to the “saddest time in American history”, not even in the same category.

This game is ridiculous in the best way.

A few photographs of the beautiful new Metro D-Line Stations in Los Angeles.

Happy 80th birthday today to the iconic The Original Tommy's, founded by chiliburger entrepreneur Tommy Koulax at a small wooden Shack on Beverly & Rampart blvds #OTD in 1946! The company, still run by Koulax's family, has 32 locations in CA & NV. #Westlake #HistoricFilipinotown

…3:00 PM PT at Literati Cafe & Zoom. Our 20 covers will also be on display with works by Joey Aronhalt, Carter Baran, Jessica Taylor Bellamy, @nonstndrd.com, Val Britton, Kevin Cooley, Holly Elander, Doug Fogelson, Emma Kielgas…

My new photography newsletter is dedicated to urban landscape in Los Angeles. Subscribe at the link. www.nonstndrd.com/true-topogra...

A fitting end to the Lakers season but they fought hard and went further than most thought they would. End of an era.

New work, new series (I have an exhibition coming up in July). Acrylic paint, cut paper, ink, & gel medium on wood panel. 9”x12” and 11”x14” respectively.

People > Procedure

a primal scream that captures a moment

Selective Democracy.

Wild how much a “totally not racist” administration keeps doing and supporting totally racist things.

White people disgusted by this racist display are making pithy jokes in the replies. I want acknowledgment that it’s physically painful to think about our black elders, in particular, enduring the consequences of a Supreme Court decision that augurs a return to the Jim Crow era.

I’m in such a bad mood today, wow.

True Topographics 01. Recent Photographs, South Los Angeles 2026. www.nonstndrd.com/recent-photo...

Whenever I hear “May the 4th be with you” I can’t help but think about how the franchise has betrayed its Black fans. From Finn to The Acolyte, it’s ruined the potential of a story I loved as a kid.

New PROCSSS out now! www.nonstndrd.com/good-ideas/

The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.

The progress this country has made and undone in mother’s lifetime is the definitive American tragedy.

True Topographics is a photography series documenting Los Angeles as a physical space. It’s one of two free newsletters (the other being PROCSSS) that make up Nonstndrd Creative Projects. Sign up at the link! www.nonstndrd.com/subscribe/

We believe culture and media shouldn’t be controlled by any centralized tech platform or venture-backed corporation. As we continue to build open infrastructure for the future of publishing, Ghost is now recognized as a Digital Public Good 🪷 ghost.org/changelog/di...

Just another step on the road to secession.

I am not being hyperbolic. Our insistence on segregating our histories, in encapsulating the struggle for voting/civil rights as a Black struggle and not an American one, has helped bring us to this moment. We did not have representative democracy until 1965. W/o the VRA, it is unlikely to survive.

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

Very thankful to have just renewed my passport.

My new photography series “True Topographics” just launched as a free visual newsletter as a part of Nonstndrd Creative Projects. www.nonstndrd.com/prologue/

I’m not engaging with any of this.

This article tracks the rise of what @profkori.bsky.social has identified as "know-your-place-aggression." This is the predictable result of Rufo, Trump and Miller's attacks on Black achievement I n higher education, indeed Koritha anticipated all of this years ago. 🤬

My MacBook Pro is 6 years old and my iPad Pro is 5 years old. I feel like I need to replace them both asap before a catastrophic price hike takes place.

Human beings have infinite “compute” by default, no tokens or data centers needed. Just saying.

introducing a new section for my Substack: abemarquez.substack.com/p/introducin...

Reading this makes me SO incredibly happy. I feel like the spirit of Black and Brown punk fest and Black Dot Fest is living on in the city. southsideweekly.com/the-black-pu...

Recent (film) photography Los Angeles 04/2026

Meet L.A.’s scrappiest local news team.

Anyway, so yeah. I’m in a great mood this morning 😂😂😭

Society’s been unraveling since March 2020 and it’s only accelerating.

Nothings ever going to be affordable again, calling it now.

The Black one isn't supposed to be better at this than you. They're not supposed to lap you. They're not supposed to outperform you. If they're good at something? No, they're not.

Process stills from my “Weekend Studio”

I haven’t traveled much internationally, but I have learned a great deal growing up surrounded by cultures from all over the world. That’s my Los Angeles.

On the origins of the word "unc" and how Black vernacular culture is stripped of context on the internet. aftermath.site/unc-aave-afr...