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Mark Chappelle

@markchappelle.bsky.social

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Writer. Ethnomusicologist. Professional introvert. Recovering overthinker. Defector from the petty wars that shell-shock love away. ✍🏾 linktr.ee/markchappelle

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 2h

I see a stateside mutual aid request for this at least once a day. It’s bundled with rent, utilities, etc. but folks are definitely asking for help to eat.

TAT360 💕💚 @tat360.bsky.social · 3h

finance.yahoo.com/news/gofundm...

GoFundMe CEO says economy is so challenged people are raising money to buy food

GoFundThis: Some surprising items have begun to make the list for crowdfunding lately, according to this CEO.

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Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 2h

Easy call.

“The Man Who Saw Tomorrow”. Narrated by Orson Welles. I saw it and had nightmares about nuclear war and the Antichrist who will end the world, forever changing me from a carefree child. I was only 5 years old at the time…

However, Prince saw it and made a classic jam called “1999”

Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · May 21

Phantasm.

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 2h

"Hambone, Hambone, Hambone, have you heard?
Mama's gonna buy you a big fat mockingbird
If that birdie don't (if that bird don't sing)
Mama's gonna sue for breach of contract
Then have the dough to buy that ring."

—Sy Smith, "That Ring"

YouTube video by Sy Smith - Topic

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tos👾 @tripscore.bsky.social · 8h

this is useful

Very Old Pic of D. Gray @blurbette.blacksky.app · 9h

Mother sauce 101.

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 22h

Random story: The coolest thing that happened at my 10-year high school reunion was losing the award for "Most Changed" because no one recognized who I was.

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 22h

Can I at least win "most improved"? 😂 Luh you, Mica! 😉

Just Mica @msmicaluv.bsky.social · 22h

Missin my brother @markchappelle.bsky.social! He ain’t no angel but I love him though lol

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 22h

Can I at least win "most improved"? 😂 Luh you, Mica! 😉

Just Mica @msmicaluv.bsky.social · 22h

Missin my brother @markchappelle.bsky.social! He ain’t no angel but I love him though lol

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Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 22h

And you the only one it wasn't! Everybody else getting their pay docked! 😂

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

Chaka > Stevie > Dionne > Valerie Simpson >>>>>>> The Beatles

Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 1d

Sure the Beatles wrote it but it belongs to Chaka Khan

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We Can Work It Out

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Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, hell no. 🤭

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1d

This works way better with dolls.

Kellz @hexsminion.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, when you're right, you're right.

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 1d

Sure the Beatles wrote it but it belongs to Chaka Khan

open.spotify.com/track/2IcaiX...

We Can Work It Out

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Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

Haha! Of all people!

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

But Lola, how could you??? I need to be alone! 😭

*turns away dramatically thinking this is my moment, not realizing it's really not that deep*

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

You're not alone. I've bought off-season fruit and really thought I wasn't gonna be disappointed. Sometimes it's good to be humbled, I guess?

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

Your schadenfreude successfully got my mind off finishing the bag! You're my hero! lol

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton | First Christmas (Music Video)
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Diane Keaton | First Christmas (Music Video)

YouTube video by Diane Keaton

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Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

How Diane Keaton Achieved Lifelong Dream 10 Months Before Her Death
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How Diane Keaton Achieved Lifelong Dream 10 Months Before Her Death

Less than a year before Diane Keaton died at age 79, the Something's Gotta Give actress fulfilled her lifelong dreams of becoming a professional singer by releasing her debut solo single.

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Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

So it was you that was keeping the secret from me? How could you do this after all we been thru? Lol

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

Right???

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

Help me to understand how you came to follow his mama on TT? What do she do? Lol

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

You ain't really there for me. You don't know my pain. 😂

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NEVER TRUMPER @jennyfmtheblock.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone else feel sad that the angels took the WRONG
79 year old?
RIP Diane Keaton🙏

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

Mark Chappelle @markchappelle.bsky.social · 1d

Which one of you knew Kwamé dropped a new album in 2025 but you wasn't gon' TELL nobody??? 🔥🔥🔥

Kwamé - Ms Mary Mack (Official)

YouTube video by KwameVEVO

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