Sundiata is to Mali’s Manding people what Arthur of Camelot is to the British. His legend is rich in archetypal symbols and he is one of the continent’s embodiments of a courageous hero who became a beloved ruler.

Passion Fruit. I recoil every time I see it listed as a flavor or ingredient. Do NOT understand the appeal.

ALL RIGHT, HOME STRETCH BEFORE PART 2!!! Predictions? Questions? Hopes?

Settle in for 2.5 hours 😳 of #Bridgerton analysis as we discuss: 🕰️ Cinderella, of course 🫰🏼 The Handless Maiden 🧤 and her Silver Hands 🪆 Vasilisa the Wise/Beautiful/Brave 🪜 Upstairs Downstairs 👸🏻 Sophie as the Hidden Goddess 👿 Araminta as the Devil ⚖️ Power Imbalance ❤️‍🔥 Diversity of Feminine Pleasure

Here's the floor plan for the new ICE concentration camp in Georgia. Look familiar? Let's take a look at some similar blueprints throughout history.

Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: BONES AND TEETH. Which myths feature a bone or a tooth? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! 🦴 If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact […] [Original post on thefolklore.cafe]

Me every few hours: remember Benedict + Sophie??? (I love them, and I will hear no season 4 slander)

WHY ARE SO MANY OF US DOING SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU, THE PERSON WITH POWER, IN THIS MOMENT.

WUNMI MOSAKU WON THE BAFTA LFGGGGG!!!! #Sinners youtu.be/ExVzYoaSSec?...

Elizabeth and Frankenstein's Monster. Drew this as a sticker a while back, now have them bigger and more dramatic

People of no religious faith and every faith can and should serve in a true representative government. Everyone with an ethical framework derives that framework from *something*. Reactionary christofascism is not worse than other reactionary far right movements because of the "christo".

The floor plan for the planned ICE concentration camp in Social Circle, Georgia:

Confining people in large-scale, makeshift detention warehouses will exponentially increase the likelihood for abuse and death in ICE custody, as ICE cuts people off from their loved ones and support networks, and subjects them to conditions that are meant for storing products, never people.

We're seeing a drop off in newborn donations in Minneapolis. Birth workers are seeing small/early babies due to stress/food insecurity—ICE has not stopped—families still in desperate need of support. If you're able, here is a wishlist compiled by folks doing mutual aid www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

“These [ICE agents] are not Robocop, storm trooper, superhuman people,” said Melvin, a local business owner. “These are just dumb shits with pepper spray and guns." When collective action diminishes the effectiveness of ICE agents, their legitimacy is undermined.

One volunteer talked about rapid responders who had drawn up wills for the first time, in the wake of Renée Good’s killing, “in case they didn't come home to their kids.” organizingmythoughts.org/we-belong-to...

This whole piece is a must read, but this especially resonated with me:

Seeing lots of new faces - hi there! Let me catch you up to speed.

What's the plan for this year's State of the Union address? Last year's little paddles were pathetic; I would would very much prefer Dems simply don't attend and hold counter-programming featuring all the people being harmed by this administration. Thoughts?

This is a fantastic suggestion for every politician who's unwilling to stop posting on X altogether.

Gospel this morning was Satan's temptation of Christ, and in her sermon our pastor implied that using ChatGPT as the easy solution was falling to the devil's temptation and that's exactly the kind of Biblical polemic I'm here for.

this kid was spirited away to a "short-term residency program" owned by Bethany Christian Services, an evangelical adoption agency connected to Betsy DeVos

alysa liu!!!

"You now live in a country where volunteers deliver babies at home, in secret, off the books, because mothers fear that if they go to the hospital, they will be abducted by masked, armed agents of the state while giving birth. This is not a hypothetical."

Heard during Q&A: "You are going to be on the right side of history, but it won't be pain-free."

Next: "What Can I Really Do?"

Pop Tarts I literally never eat them because I love them so much, if I start I'll never stop.

I truly can’t handle reading this news about OpenAI’s disregard for public safety on the same day as I saw Sam Altman equate the energy use of AI models with the energy use of humans, reducing humanity to a resource calculation to be managed so he can pursue his AGI god. I’m just so disgusted.

ICYMI New episode tomorrow!

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people?

So a fun new thing is that now when I read or hear the word "disowned" in any context, I experience a sudden rush of rage at the fact that my parents chose a rapist Nazi pedophile over their own daughter and they feel morally righteous about it.

Somebody is super-happy we're home:

"Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, has been—and still is—under a paramilitary occupation in which the federal government is at war with the population. 'War' is the operative word here." @jvl.bsky.social on what he saw in Minneapolis: lnk.thebulwark.com/46kVMuT

Two things are simultaneously true: 1. The Iranian regime treats its people with extreme brutality and cruelty, and we should honour the citizens seeking to overthrow it. 2. A US attack on Iran would turn a crisis into a catastrophe.

“As Karen got to know the guards at the Northwest ICE Processing Center where she was held, she kept hearing the same thing from them: that ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that.””

YES! LOVE THIS BOOK! And if you need a grown up book to read yourself, I cannot recommend Predators by Anna Salter enough. It is such a good primer for the scope of the problem, as well as easy steps you can take in your own home without scaring your kids about monsters lurking around corners

These pictures of Alysa Liu. Just rapturous.

The Vatican flatly rejected a U.S. invitation to join the Trump-led "Board of Peace" for Gaza. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem previously described the project as "a colonialist operation" focused on "others deciding for the Palestinians.” mondoweiss.net/2026/02/pope... #Palestine #Israel

Judge Goodwin: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct. A regime of secret policing has no place in our society."

Incredible opinion. It holds that the common ICE tactic of jumping out of an unidentified rental vehicle and seizing suspected noncitizens while masked violates the Fourth Amendment because the *manner* of the seizure is incompatible with a free society governed by the rule of law.

Doing things the "right" way, burning out and then realizing there is another option, coming back and winning it all with no fucks given? Yes please tell me that story forever.

For those who wanted more info, I'm just noting what people tell me every day. But I've noticed two kind of mantras in Minneapolis. One is "We keep us safe." The other is, "No one is coming to save us."

The level of anger normal Minnesota people have at their elected representatives is palpable. It's not about party, but the perceived failure of local/state electeds to do anything of substance to protect residents who pay their taxes and get left facing off alone against masked, armed men.

look if a Democrat wants me to be really fired up about voting for them, they will promulgate the Crimes Against Humanity Reparations Act which gives US citizenship to everyone targeted by the Trump administration.

Okay I finished this and firstly, I did NOT realize that it was part of a series rather than a standalone. Thankfully Summer 2026 isn't that far away, so I'm looking forward to the next book (is this a duology? Please no more trilogies, I can't take it...). Second,

Exciting to be ruled by people whose only rule is that they still get to have money after the apocalypse

It's not just you, 'Star Wars' fans. Steven Soderbergh is also bummed about his and Adam Driver's canceled Ben Solo movie:

The current Court majority is a classic captured court. The Justices pick the outcome they want, and work backwards from there, inventing and disregarding legal theories on the fly in the process.