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Amadi Lovelace

@amaditalks.bsky.social

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The same Amadi from all the other places. Wheelie Jew, spoonie queer, black AF, running a deficit of damns to give. Zero tolerance for people who act like fools. Header photo by Dave DiCello.🌾 About Me: http://rockme.amadi.us

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · Apr 29

Today is my 52nd birthday and I'm noting the occasion by taking the risk of asking for help. gofund.me/1ce220fe

Donate to Mobility for Mom & Me: Help Our Family Get a Wheelchair Van, organized by Amadi Lovelace

I'm asking for assistance so that my family can purchase a wh… Amadi Lovelace needs your support for Mobility for Mom & Me: Help Our Family Get a Wheelchair Van

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1h

In the first movie, the whole plot revolves around the daughter's wedding. In the sequel, both she and her mother have babies. Franck, the Martin Short character, is the wedding planner in the first one, the baby shower/home renovation expert/exercise teacher in the second.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 7h

Unlawfully fired from your job at HHS or CDC protecting the public health? Want to talk through how to tell your story in the press? I'm happy to help you think through messaging strategy.

I’ve spent years doing public health comms and talking with reporters. You can see my work at matthewcort.land

Matthew Cortland

Matthew became a lawyer by necessity. Now they use their training in public health and law to help others.

matthewcort.land

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James Vizzard @jwvizzard.bsky.social · 6h

I would actually expect this to hit deep red states the hardest. Their governments will not fill the gap, and they already have weak regulatory oversight and weak social services.

David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 6h

Oh. My. Heck.

When I tell you that you can really skip the first, I mean, it's good, but watch the second, as soon as you can, it will make you smile. A lot. youtu.be/BdcUUp5OG8w?...

Father of the Bride 2 - Franck's Workout (HQ)

YouTube video by Michael

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 8h

Far as I’m concerned, King died for his faith and this site — which I’m fortunate to have visited several times — is as sacred as the tomb of any apostle or martyr. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed

Police say the man also urinated in the reflective pool.

www.wsbtv.com

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 8h

You didn't see either of the Father of the Bride movies?

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Sam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 9h

Dems floated a narrow bill to fund the military, which can’t move because the House isn’t in session. Meanwhile, DoD is now going to spend funds not appropriated by Congress to ensure military paychecks continue.

POTUS now both commands and provisions the military. Unconstitutional and SO dangerous

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC
News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 10h

What do you mean that Diane Keaton is dead and Woody Allen is still alive? What? What is this cosmic joke?

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Charlotte. @charlotteirene.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning! It's Saturday, 10/11, and I need $670 *immediately* in order to make this week's rent payment. The sooner I can get this money together, the better, please pray I can find it somehow. #MutualAidRequest

Charlotte. @charlotteirene.bsky.social · 13d

GoFundMe: gofund.me/083af9ca
CashApp: $charlotteirene
PayPal: PayPal.me/charlotteirene
Venmo: charlotte-irene8

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 13h

For three days, on three days, potato, potahto.

Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 13h

Sending peace to you today and as you mourn. May your mother's memory be for a blessing.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 15h

Taps the “this administration is full of eugenicists so yes, they do want people to die” sign so hard it snaps and shards go scattering everywhere.

And yes, we saw it coming.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

Wise. Very very wise.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

I dropped my phone on my face 20 minutes ago and recognized it as a sign to go to sleep, but have I? Someone take my phone away and tuck me in.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure that in many ways it could be exciting, I just have boundaries where the Detroit Tigers are concerned.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

You couldn't pay me to watch 13 innings of Detroit Tigers ball. Not even in October.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

I'm saying that arson investigations are typically not hasty things and there usually isn't a quick declaration of what didn't happen before there has been time to establish what *did* happen. And that's for very good reason.

Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

Haven't found or haven't looked?

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

Link.

Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app · 1d

Link.

C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 1d

Link.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

Douthat: So that’s the first purpose of your political project, for America to stop making God angry.

Wilson: Yes. And most people think that when they are confronted with that project, they think that we want to get our tentacles into everything and start controlling everything. I actually think we need limited government. The government should be significantly smaller than it is, and we need to curtail a lot of the busybodyness that we have. That’s why I would call myself a theocratic libertarian. There is a true libertarian element in this, and yet, the transcendent grounding for what we’re talking about means that we acknowledge the authority of God.

We have racked up quite a body count of awful crimes, and I believe the only way out is for us to repent and turn to Christ. This would be things like no more Pride parades, no more drag queen story hours, no more abortion on demand, no more legalized same-sex unions — all of that, done. That’s the repentance part.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh that sounds delicious.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

Don't overdo it friend. Rest is vitally important for Covid recovery.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 1d

This is Tems? Well okay!