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"Subjective" by Jason Anderson
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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

☁️Happy World Mental Health Day!☁️
How was your supermoon week? Welcome to the UnUnited States of America..."plenary shutdown". Black Women in the workforce - rejection is protection.
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Happy World Mental Health Day!

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · Jul 30

318,000 Black women were pushed out of the US workforce in last 3 months resulting in a $37 billion decrease in GDP.

Much of this is related to the federal administration’s job cuts which have disproportionately impacted Black women as Black women are more likely to work in the public sector.

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

☁️Quote of the Day☁️
“I suppose I love this life, in spite of my clenched fist.”
-Andrea Gibson

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

☁️Word of the Day☁️
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plenary

1. A plenary meeting is one at which all the members of a group or organization…

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

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Mom of 3 Burger King worker who was forced to run store alone fired by franchise

The 25-year-old mom of three went viral last month after a customer filmed her hustling from station to station alone inside the Columbia, SC, fast-food joint.

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

Song of the Day
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Odyssey (feat. Mad Keys & Christopher James Talio) by Iman Jordan on Apple Music

Song · 2023 · Duration 2:13

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bag of 👻boos!👻 🏳️‍🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit this sky

A sunset with several layers of clouds over it. There are some huge cumulonimbus clouds, dark with a storm, the edges of which are being lit up bright pink and orange. There are darker cumulus clouds in front, and bright blue skys behind and to the side.

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Sarah 🤍 @sarahmaklo.bsky.social · 5d

This evening’s sunset 💖

Pink clouds in blue sky over silhouette of trees at sunset

Golden-orangey-yellowish clouds at sunset with silhouettes of houses and trees below

Soft pink colors in the clouds at sunset with silhouettes of trees below

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 26d

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Black student found hanging from tree at Delta State University

The body of 21-year-old Demartravion "Trey" Reed was discovered on Monday, prompting the university to cancel classes and campus activities.

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 22d

"The Washington Post Fired Me"...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

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There's Outrage For Jimmy Kimmel, Not For Black Journalists

Free speech only becomes a crisis when a white man loses his microphone. When Black journalists lose theirs, it’s treated as business as usual.

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

Please do read the novel, "Lovecraft Country". The phrase “the book is always better” is not hyperbole - the book is full of extra gems.

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

☁️Book of the Month☁️
A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching members of two black families, "Lovecraft Country" is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism—the terrifying specter that still haunts us today.
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Lovecraft Country (Paperback) by Matt Ruff

Chicago, 1954. When his father goes missing, twenty-two-year-old army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his uncle George—publisher of The Safe Ne...

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 10d

☁️Crystal of the Month☁️ Sodalite: Named the "logic stone". This stone is calming, and soothes uneasiness to enhance communication, and boost self expression. #October

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 10d

Happy October🍁! ☁️Incense of the Season: Autumn☁️ White Sage - Purifies sacred spaces and ritual tools. Promotes wisdom, clarity, and enhances intuition. It can help in healing the mind, body, and soul. #Autumn

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

front-facing thing. I like, love, appreciate and am honored that anyone who tunes in and listens to this podcast whenever an episode is dropped, is understanding and patient while I get the show to its smoothest, sexiest most satisfactory performance level! Thank you for listening🙏🏾

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

The Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ is a non-sponsored, non-profit passion project of mine -Felicia Carmelita Hardy. I do the podcast because I believe it should exist and be an extension of me, but not just of me, but the world (added with my perception of it too). It's not anonymous but it's not a...

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Cotton Candy Clouds Podcast™️ @tcccpodcast.bsky.social · 9d

Been so long, and I missed ya! Thank you for tuning into the podcast as we settle into autumn. Go watch "Sinners" and the tv shows I mention in the pod. Not all hope is gone; there are some things you can do in spite of what's going on in society, that can fill...
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