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Passage reading and early review of "Black Prophet: Nat Turner A Visionary History" by Anthony Kaye and Gregory Downs.
LEARNINGS. SO MANY LEARNINGS.
If you are in to US History at all, you will want to read this book.
#booksky💙📚 #blackbooksky

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Passage reading and early review of "Black Prophet: Nat Turner a Visionary History". If you like learning things you'll want to read this. Reading from pages 29,30 #nonfiction #blackhistory #american...
TikTok video by DresHereforBooks
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Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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If you know of any remote work please post it under this thread. Black women are losing jobs at alarming rates and it would be nice to pass along.
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement. n.pr/4bhqaK7
Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement.
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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Im guessing HOAs had a lot to do with this.
Where did we go wrong? Have we become so focused on “timeless” that we now only embrace dull, colorless decor? 😳
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Damn
RIP 🙏🏽❤️ 🕊️ GRAMMY-nominated recording artist and producer John Forté, who suddenly passed away at 50 years old. Forté was best known for being a member of the Refugee Camp All-Stars, alongside his work with Lauryn Hill and The Fugees on their 1996 album 'The Score.
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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IKYFLTM that's Groucho Marx
There are so many great reasons to visit Baltimore, a city I love, so I hesitate to criticize this well-meaning ad … but that is NOT Thurgood Marshall
January 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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More than 35,000 people in Gaza have completely or partially lost their hearing due to explosions during the genocide.

Israel’s crimes against humanity will be felt for generations — and we will never give up until we have brought about justice for the Palestinian people.
January 13, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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I’ll start giving a shit about a declining birth rate at the exact moment that we manage to feed, house and provide healthcare to all the motherfuckers who are already here. Deal?
January 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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preview says 3, as of now the headline is updated to 6
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Just because those trolls are closeted doesn't mean everyone is.
Keith Lee does a video with Bretman Rock & now there's folks talking about he's down low & this & that. Straight men can hangout & be around gay men like they're normal fucking people.
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Its kinda telling that the emphasis isn't "Tell your kids to keep their hands to themselves in the 1st place".
Always policing the person defending themselves instead the 1st offending party.
See, man.

Every time I dabble in Threads, I see stuff like this.

How is this even up for debate?

Run up, get done up.
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Breaking NYT:

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.

That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Here’s the full piece on why I’m optimistic, even in dark times:

open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
THIS!!!
Stop comparing yourself to people especially with reading… I don’t care care how many books other people read…reading is not a competition…I do it for the love of reading and talking to my book friends…
a woman with braids is making a funny face and says that 's it .
ALT: a woman with braids is making a funny face and says that 's it .
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January 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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Elon seizing control of the US military by getting the government to voluntarily integrate it into a fake-AI network that actually just parrots his own personal directives is such a hilarious and fitting end to American empire
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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NYSNA nurses go wild as Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives at the picket line in Washington Heights @thecity.nyc
January 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth.

My latest for @wired.com:
MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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goin bump for bump post juke 🥰
January 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Seeing lots of weird discourse around this & some folks talking about how it's "Unprofessional" and "Not the time" and, frankly, if you aren't from FL you're smoking rock if you think this was uncalled for.

Jacksonville as a community has SALIVATED for some hope, and Lynn Jones knows her community.
The reporter is Lynn Jones from the Jacksonville Free Press, and she gave a nice little pep talk to Liam Cohen.
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Paying attention, intention and consideration.
What's a NON-sexual kink you have?
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Triceratops has been my fave since I was a kid

This scene in Jurassic Park has always given me the feels.
January 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Its the pinnacle of hubris for someone at ESPN - the network that employs Stepin a Fetchit Smith and Pat Fucking McAfee - to be criticizing a Jacksonville beat reporter for saying encouraging words to Jaguars head coach Liam Cohen.
January 12, 2026 at 3:20 AM