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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

As we approach the end of the year and you have some potential disposable income to share, consider supporting your local mutual aid projects. This year has been rough but next year promises to be even more difficult for people.

There are definitely orgs in your communities that can use support.

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · 10d

I absolutely loved listening to her narrate her memoir, Things I Should Have Told My Daughter.

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State Rep. Michele Grim @michelegrim.bsky.social · 15d

ICYMI: One small-town Ohio hospital sued 2,700 patients in two years - garnishing wages and charging steep interest on families already struggling. This powerful reporting shows how medical debt is devastating Ohioans and why our bipartisan Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act is urgently needed.

This small-town Ohio hospital sued 2,700 patients in two years for unpaid medical bills • Ohio Capital Journal

At Mary Rutan Hospital in Logan County, mass medical debt collection lawsuits totaling more than 2,700 in two years have turned injury and illness into debt, 8% interest rates, unsparing payment plans...

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · 15d

It is Banned Books Week.

The Bluest Eye was my first novel by Toni Morrison. It is beat up and the pages are yellow but still one of my all time favorites.

What is your best banned book?

#BlackBookSky
#BookSky

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison book cover with a pretty brown face wearing a brown hat, red cardigan sweater, and white dress. Toni at Random is at the top to the left.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18d

Be prepared: The Trump administration says ICE will be at the Super Bowl.

"I think people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they're law-abiding Americans who love this country," Kristi Noem told a podcaster.

ICE will be "all over" the Super Bowl

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that only "law-abiding Americans who love this country" should attend the event.

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Emmarae 💚🧿 @emmaraeempowered.com · 18d

Got our morning coffee and watching Reading Rainbow!!! ☺️📚💖 Literally tearing up this brings so much joy!! Thank you @mychal3ts.bsky.social !!! You are an incredible host for this show!! ❤️ #BookSky #BlackBookSky #ReadingRainbow

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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

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Spoken Thoughts @spokenthoughts.bsky.social · 19d

📖 All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby is our next pick!

A gritty Southern Gothic thriller with blood, secrets, and justice on every page.
📅 Starts Sunday, Oct 5
📍Join us on Discord: discord.com/invite/gWpK3...

🩸 #AllTheSinnersBleed #SpokenThoughts #BookClubReads
#BlackBookSky #BlackSky #BookSky

Join the Spoken Thoughts Book Club Discord Server!

Welcome to Spoken Thoughts, a voice-memo book club celebrating Black authors and characters. | 30 members

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 22d

Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."

FCC moves to end discounts for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity

The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the move will mak...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24d

To many, the notion that the “able-bodied” must work sounds reasonable on its face. But in reality, work requirements don’t meaningfully boost employment.

And for people with invisible disabilities that can make work extremely challenging, the framework can unfairly cast them as lazy.

The deceptive phrase behind Trump's Medicaid purge

How the idea of “able-bodied” is abused

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · 29d

I planned to write this last month but I was distracted.

Loving my body is a process and I miss the mark most days. But I am here. It is strong and that is enough for now.

“The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” James Baldwin

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Who Is This Woman in the Pictures?

It is never about losing weight.Nacolle’s Emancipation is a reader-supported publication.

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 29d

People with autism and their family members say that the messages coming from President Trump and RFK Jr. about their families, that “autism destroys families” and that autism is a "“horrible, horrible crisis,” are harmful and wrong. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/23/r...

People with autism and their families find Trump-Kennedy autism message harmful and wrong • Ohio Capital Journal

People with autism and their family members say that the messages coming from President Trump and RFK Jr. about their families, that “autism destroys families” and that autism is a "“horrible,…

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · 29d

I planned to write this last month but I was distracted.

Loving my body is a process and I miss the mark most days. But I am here. It is strong and that is enough for now.

“The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” James Baldwin

open.substack.com/pub/crystaln...

Who Is This Woman in the Pictures?

It is never about losing weight.Nacolle’s Emancipation is a reader-supported publication.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Sep 16

TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!

#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.

Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

THE DOUBLE TAX IS FINALLY OUT

Black woman in a yellow sweater in front of the Cambridge public library holding "The Double Tax" and covering her face

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · Sep 14

I read the Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living with Less and looking forward to the new book.

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Mocahgirl @mocahgirl.blacksky.app · Sep 13

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#BLacksky #Blackbooksky #Booksky

Author DL White Figures Out What’s ‘Missing’

No one can tell a story quite like author DL White, and this time she’s giving readers a book that you’ve never seen from her before. I recently spoke with

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · Sep 13

I have the black one but green is my favorite color.

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · Sep 13

Little Rot is so good.

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · Sep 12

This book has been such a needed balm. It is so tender.

#BlackBookSky
#BookSky

Book cover with two people. One has pink hair and one has blue hair. They are facing the opposite direction of each other with a hand on a shoulder.

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Vilissa Thompson @vilissathompson.bsky.social · Sep 12

#ICYMI

Vilissa Thompson @vilissathompson.bsky.social · Sep 12

Do you know any #disabled Black & BIPOC #college seniors who's looking for community and a space to discuss what graduation & post-college life may look like as disabled young folks?

All the deets are in the link, including a sign-up form!

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RYV! Virtual Retreat | Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW

Attention!! Do you know any #disabled Black & BIPOC #college seniors who's looking for community and want to have a space to discuss what graduation & post-college life may look like as disabled you...

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · Sep 9

Under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," 10 million people are expected to lose health insurance from the legislation. Most people will lose Medicaid.

Fact Checking RFK Jr. on Vaccines, SSRIs and School Shootings

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made myriad false and misleading claims on Thursday as he fielded questions examining his seven-month tenure.

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · Sep 10

I just had a conversation about keeping our eyes on these local officials which includes the ones with D behind their names.

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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · Sep 7

StoryGraph's AI now runs on 100% sustainable green energy

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · Sep 7

Mother Jones is doing the work.

Language matters. These attacks and cuts are sanist.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Sep 7

Thousands of federal staffers working on mental health-related issues have been purged by Trump’s government.

It's all a part of the president's mental health plan: Defund, incarcerate, disappear.

Trump's mental health plan: Defund, incarcerate, disappear

His speeches on homelessness drip with fear and disgust. His policies are worse.

www.motherjones.com

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Crystal N. Dunivant @crystalndunivant.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you from gerrymandered Ohio🙏🏾

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Sep 6

When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.

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