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Blacksky Zen 🧘🏽‍♀️✨ @blackskyzen.blacksky.app · 9d

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#BlackskyZen 🫶🏽✨

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map, a legal battle over whether states can use race as a factor in drawing electoral lines. Here's what to know.

Will the Voting Rights Act Be Gutted? Supreme Court Could Decide Its Future.

If the justices decide that lawmakers cannot consider race in drafting maps, redistricting could result in congressional seats flipping from blue to red throughout the country.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 7d

The U.S. and China begin charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil, making the high seas a key front in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

U.S. and China roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea

China said it had started to collect the special charges on U.S.-owned, operated, built or flagged vessels but clarified that Chinese-built ships would be exempted from the levies.

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 8d

🥹 It breaks my heart💔 #D'Angelo an icon R&B grammy award-winning singer, and musician has lost his battle with cancer at 51.

–Released his debut album Brown Sugar; In 2000, Voodoo was released as best R&B album song & video, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?).

#musicsky #rnb #funk
#RIPDAngelo #neosoul

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 8d

🥹 It breaks my heart💔 #D'Angelo an icon R&B grammy award-winning singer, and musician has lost his battle with cancer at 51.

–Released his debut album Brown Sugar; In 2000, Voodoo was released as best R&B album song & video, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?).

#musicsky #rnb #funk
#RIPDAngelo #neosoul

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 8d

🥹 #D'Angelo an icon R&B grammy award-winning singer, and musician has lost his battle with cancer at 51.
Released his debut album Brown Sugar; In 2000, Voodoo was released as best R&B album song & video, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?).

#musicsky #rnb #RIPDAngelo #neosoul

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D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 8d

🥹 #D'Angelo an icon R&B grammy award-winning singer, and musician has lost his battle with cancer at 51.
Released his debut album Brown Sugar; In 2000, Voodoo was released as best R&B album song & video, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?).

#musicsky #rnb #RIPDAngelo #neosoul

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.

www.npr.org

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Dr Configa (PhD) @configa.bsky.social · 8d

🕊️ #RIPDAngelo 🕊️

Pure soul. Effortless musicianship.
A genius who changed music forever. 🙏

He redefined R&B, blending gospel, hip-hop and vintage soul into something timeless. His sound inspired generations. 🎧

D’Angelo at 21 performing “Brown Sugar” - the groove, the grace, the genius. 🎶

#Dangelo

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The_Philadelphian @the-philadelphian.bsky.social · 8d

Rest well, D'Angelo,
born Michael Eugene Archer
February 11, 1974 – October 14, 2025
(We shared the same birthdate, btw)
#rnb #neoSoul
#blacksky #blackskyover40

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 9d

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 9d

😳... So, my brain not letting me sleep just yet had me humming a tune from a song that I used to love as a very young child called "If I Fell," a song by the famous English rock band known as #TheBeatles released, 1964
#IfIFell #60smusic #musicsky
Album: A Hard Day's Night.
youtu.be/vq78BDwCujs?...

Beatles - If I Fell

YouTube video by Gabriela Fuzzatti

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 9d

😳... So, my brain not letting me sleep just yet had me humming a tune from a song that I used to love as a very young child called "If I Fell," a song by the famous English rock band known as #TheBeatles released, 1964
#IfIFell #60smusic #musicsky
Album: A Hard Day's Night.
youtu.be/vq78BDwCujs?...

Beatles - If I Fell

YouTube video by Gabriela Fuzzatti

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 9d

Indigenous Peoples' Day❤️ is a day to celebrate and to honor the history, cultures and contributions of #Indigenouscommunities
–They are descendants of the original inhabitants of a region who lived here 🇺🇲 before colonialization and have strong connections to this land!🎯
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

YouTube video by Cherokee Nation

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 9d

Indigenous Peoples' Day❤️ is a day to celebrate and to honor the history, cultures and contributions of #Indigenouscommunities
–They are descendants of the original inhabitants of a region who lived here 🇺🇲 before colonialization and have strong connections to this land!🎯
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ETsP...

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

YouTube video by Cherokee Nation

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 14d

Hey!👋🏾 Good morning!🦋

👀❤️‍🩹💯🎯...So, in this case concerning discernment, I was finally able to self validate or give myself permission to choose me which also means for me, to protect my peace.
🙏🏾🤍

#discernment #protectyourpeace
#boundariesarehealthy
#boundariesmatter

– Yeah, this right here!👇🏾

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 14d

Hey!👋🏾 Good morning!🦋

👀❤️‍🩹💯🎯...So, in this case concerning discernment, I was finally able to self validate or give myself permission to choose me which also means for me, to protect my peace.
🙏🏾🤍

#discernment #protectyourpeace
#boundariesarehealthy
#boundariesmatter

– Yeah, this right here!👇🏾

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 18d

🤔So... how does one embrace winter blues or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? They are two different things that one experiences but do have shared emotions similarities.
I have always felt very sad around the fall and winter months, and I never really talked about my sadness until recently.

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 18d

🤔So... how does one embrace winter blues or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? They are two different things that one experiences but do have shared emotions similarities.
I have always felt very sad around the fall and winter months, and I never really talked about my sadness until recently.

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 19d

Hey!👋🏾 It's Saturday morning!🍁🍂

billy chapata on #intellectualintimacy 👇🏾

"... the deepest connections are cultivated through
intellectual intimacy. diving into each other's mind to find understanding, that goes beyond the surface, swimming in each others essence..."
~ #billychapata, poet ✍️🏾 #poetry

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 19d

Hey!👋🏾 It's Saturday morning!🍁🍂

billy chapata on #intellectualintimacy 👇🏾

"... the deepest connections are cultivated through
intellectual intimacy. diving into each other's mind to find understanding, that goes beyond the surface, swimming in each others essence..."
~ #billychapata, poet ✍️🏾 #poetry

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 21d

Hey!🖐🏾 It's October! 🦋
"october, magnetize my intentions and repel anything that blurs the vision of where i'm headed. deepen my trust in my own timing and keep me patient as the seeds i've planted take root. hold my heart softly if doubt ever visits..."

~ billy chapata, Poet✍🏾
#October #poetry #poem

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 21d

Hey!🖐🏾 It's October! 🦋
"october, magnetize my intentions and repel anything that blurs the vision of where i'm headed. deepen my trust in my own timing and keep me patient as the seeds i've planted take root. hold my heart softly if doubt ever visits..."

~ billy chapata, Poet✍🏾
#October #poetry #poem

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · 26d

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Apple TV Updates @tvplusupdates.bsky.social · Sep 17

The first episode of #TheMorningShow Season 4 starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon is now streaming on #AppleTV+

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Monica F. Pratt @mpratt64.bsky.social · Sep 22

👀 #TheMorningShow tv series on #AppleTV+ is inspired by Brian Stelter's 2013 book "Top of the Morning."
... a wonderful–strategic piece of work brought to life by a cast of actors who "absorb" their characters bringing to life a kind of non-stop turbulence of emotions humans feel in one's lifetime.

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