Crystal Fleming クリスタル
@alwaystheself.bsky.social
Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology. Posts represent the views of my cats. One of my books has a 2 second cameo in an Oscar winning film.日本語を勉強します. I’m my ancestors’ wildest dreams and/or worst nightmare. I have a lot of ancestors.
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Bucket list wish fulfilled! My first time seeing an #aurora — at Smith College in Northampton, MA 45 minutes ago! #massachusetts #westernmass #northernlights
111!!!
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
111!!!
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MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers.
Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein – who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges – went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed to have with the latter. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
"MAGANationX.. was actually started in Eastern Europe.. Another account, using an image of President Donald Trump in a tuxedo and using the name "MAGA Scope".. was found to have been started in Nigeria in 2024." www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Elon Musk unwittingly exposes MAGA influencers as foreign trolls
Some users were based in places like Nigeria, Eastern Europe, and India despite posting U.S.-focused right-wing content
www.the-independent.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"MAGANationX.. was actually started in Eastern Europe.. Another account, using an image of President Donald Trump in a tuxedo and using the name "MAGA Scope".. was found to have been started in Nigeria in 2024." www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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I take 1, 1, 1 'cause you left me
And 2, 2, 2 for my family
And 3, 3, 3 for my heartache
And 4, 4, 4 for my headaches
And 5, 5, 5 for my lonely
And 6, 6, 6 for my sorrow
And 7, 7 for no tomorrow
And 8, 8, I forget what 8 was for
But 9, 9, 9 for the lost gods
10, 10, 10, 10 for everything, everything
And 2, 2, 2 for my family
And 3, 3, 3 for my heartache
And 4, 4, 4 for my headaches
And 5, 5, 5 for my lonely
And 6, 6, 6 for my sorrow
And 7, 7 for no tomorrow
And 8, 8, I forget what 8 was for
But 9, 9, 9 for the lost gods
10, 10, 10, 10 for everything, everything
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I take 1, 1, 1 'cause you left me
And 2, 2, 2 for my family
And 3, 3, 3 for my heartache
And 4, 4, 4 for my headaches
And 5, 5, 5 for my lonely
And 6, 6, 6 for my sorrow
And 7, 7 for no tomorrow
And 8, 8, I forget what 8 was for
But 9, 9, 9 for the lost gods
10, 10, 10, 10 for everything, everything
And 2, 2, 2 for my family
And 3, 3, 3 for my heartache
And 4, 4, 4 for my headaches
And 5, 5, 5 for my lonely
And 6, 6, 6 for my sorrow
And 7, 7 for no tomorrow
And 8, 8, I forget what 8 was for
But 9, 9, 9 for the lost gods
10, 10, 10, 10 for everything, everything
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Intellectual, killer, special majestical
Ropin up the devils have em hangin from my testicles
Nowhere to run to ba-bay
There's nowhere to hide
Ropin up the devils have em hangin from my testicles
Nowhere to run to ba-bay
There's nowhere to hide
In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Intellectual, killer, special majestical
Ropin up the devils have em hangin from my testicles
Nowhere to run to ba-bay
There's nowhere to hide
Ropin up the devils have em hangin from my testicles
Nowhere to run to ba-bay
There's nowhere to hide
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I lean on y'all like another line of Wock'
Yeah, it's all eyes on me, and I'ma send it up to Pac, ayy
Put the wrong label on me, I'ma get 'em dropped, ayy
Sweet Chin Music and I won't pass the aux, ayy
How many stocks do I really have in stock? Ayy
One, two, three, four, five, plus five, ayy...
Yeah, it's all eyes on me, and I'ma send it up to Pac, ayy
Put the wrong label on me, I'ma get 'em dropped, ayy
Sweet Chin Music and I won't pass the aux, ayy
How many stocks do I really have in stock? Ayy
One, two, three, four, five, plus five, ayy...
November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I lean on y'all like another line of Wock'
Yeah, it's all eyes on me, and I'ma send it up to Pac, ayy
Put the wrong label on me, I'ma get 'em dropped, ayy
Sweet Chin Music and I won't pass the aux, ayy
How many stocks do I really have in stock? Ayy
One, two, three, four, five, plus five, ayy...
Yeah, it's all eyes on me, and I'ma send it up to Pac, ayy
Put the wrong label on me, I'ma get 'em dropped, ayy
Sweet Chin Music and I won't pass the aux, ayy
How many stocks do I really have in stock? Ayy
One, two, three, four, five, plus five, ayy...
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“How can you see into my eyes
Like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb
Without a soul (Oh)
My spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there
And lead it back home”
Like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb
Without a soul (Oh)
My spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there
And lead it back home”
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“How can you see into my eyes
Like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb
Without a soul (Oh)
My spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there
And lead it back home”
Like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb
Without a soul (Oh)
My spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there
And lead it back home”
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341,000 Black women are still missing from the labor force since the pandemic began. This is the most educated female cohort in the country, and more than half are breadwinners for households with children. Erasing their economic participation undercuts today’s stability and tomorrow’s workforce.
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
341,000 Black women are still missing from the labor force since the pandemic began. This is the most educated female cohort in the country, and more than half are breadwinners for households with children. Erasing their economic participation undercuts today’s stability and tomorrow’s workforce.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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I do think this is genuinely incredibly important regardless of the fact that Trump is almost certainly going to do a 180 on Zohran within the week
Worth reiterating: Zohran Mamdani acknowledged and denounced Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people while standing in the White House on live television right next to the President.
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I do think this is genuinely incredibly important regardless of the fact that Trump is almost certainly going to do a 180 on Zohran within the week
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It's time for the percolator 🕺🏾
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
It's time for the percolator 🕺🏾
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be!
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be!
In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be!
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother, what a night it really was
Brother, what a fight it really was
Glory be!
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I'm lost without you
And there's no letting go
So let me be the first to say
I'm lost without you
… So don't ever go
Go away
'said don't ever go away
And there's no letting go
So let me be the first to say
I'm lost without you
… So don't ever go
Go away
'said don't ever go away
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I'm lost without you
And there's no letting go
So let me be the first to say
I'm lost without you
… So don't ever go
Go away
'said don't ever go away
And there's no letting go
So let me be the first to say
I'm lost without you
… So don't ever go
Go away
'said don't ever go away
In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool
And all shootin' some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight..
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since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
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Me talking to everybody Black at the Star Trek Convention
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Me talking to everybody Black at the Star Trek Convention
Cue the avalanche of “I knew Trump would embrace Mamdani like his long lost child and am thus not surprised at all” takes from people who did not say a word before the presser..
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Cue the avalanche of “I knew Trump would embrace Mamdani like his long lost child and am thus not surprised at all” takes from people who did not say a word before the presser..
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Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
$100 million prize goes to dynamic duo aiming to stop next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Two scientists who are fast friends, one Nigerian and one American, have won the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for their network to catch the next disease with pandemic potential.
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Are their board members in the files?
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Are their board members in the files?
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.