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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 8h

Watching the doc, I also learned the proper pronunciation of “gouache,” which I had always pronounced as gauche. But “gouache” actually sounds like you’re saying “go wash” lol 😂

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🜲 James @jamesskeets.blacksky.app · 19h

Megan Thee Stallion, bisexual Grammy-winning rapper was announced as this year's recipient of the Trevor Project's Mental Health Champion Award. The award "recognizes influential public figures who use their platform to advocate for mental health awareness and issues impacting LGBTQ+ young people."

Megan Thee Stallion 'honored' to be Trevor Project's Mental Health Champion

The Grammy-winning rapper will receive an award from the nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ youth. Past honorees include Dua Lipa, Dylan Mulvaney, and Janelle Monaé.

www.out.com

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Dennis Koch @dejayk.bsky.social · 1d

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove #LGBTQ+ books.

www.advocate.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

www.advocate.com

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that Antifa literally means “anti-fascist.”

Given that definition & federal and state task forces that are supposedly dismantling “antifa terror cells”, the question you should be asking is: Why doesn’t the gov’t want to undo fascism?

Either they’re idiots, dictators, or worse: both.

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Spencer Reynolds @sreynolds.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa is not a group; the president cannot designate domestic terror groups.

My @brennancenter.org colleague @faizapatel.bsky.social is out today with a deep review of NSPM-7. It is a dangerous directive that will facilitate predatory politics-based targeting: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 2d

We’re not headed towards authoritarianism. We’re here. It’s now.

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 1d

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 23h

Happy birthday, to the originals' original, Thelonious Monk, whose music and life I've been dwelling upon for a couple of years now.

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 2d

Reminds me of this excellent sign that I saw at the Tubman African American Museum in Macon, Georgia.

Piano, which once belonged to Little Richard, with a sign on it saying "Do not attempt to play Little Richard's piano. He will know."

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Wallpaper* @wallpapermag.bsky.social · 9d

Just blocks from Mexico City's Casa Azul, a new museum opens to tell Frida Kahlo's story – by her family, not Diego Rivera's

What happens when you let Frida Kahlo's family tell her story? A new museum finds out

'We’re not trying to reclaim her story – we just want to tell the complete story'

www.wallpaper.com

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 10h

Before watching, I knew Calder was an artist famous for his mobiles, but I learned from the doc that his stationary sculptures are called stabiles. I also learned he was anti-fascist, against the Vietnam War, and on Nixon’s enemies list. So, his politics were correct. Fascinating life. Great art.

Color photo of Alexander Calder’s mobile “Yellow Moon” (1966). More details about this image: https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/works/yellow-moon/

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 10h

Tonight, I was scrolling through the PBS app and by coincidence happened upon the American Masters #documentary “Calder’s Moving Sculptures.” Directed by Roger Sherman, the 1998 doc features Arthur Miller, Inge Morath, I.M. Pei, Calder’s wife and adult children, and more. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

Promo image for the PBS American Masters documentary “Calder’s Moving Sculptures,” featuring a black-and-white photo of Alexander Calder later in life constructing one of his mobiles.

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 10h

Today I was in conversation with someone who mentioned Calder, and—although it’s a small thing—I always appreciate when the person assumes I know who (or what) they’re referring to. In fact, I DO know Calder, whom I probably learned of from working at my university’s Art Library in undergrad.

Black-and-white, mid-20th-century photo of the sculptor Alexander Calder standing indoors amid one of his kinetic sculptures, also known as mobiles.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Letitia James is a former public defender and public advocate. She's spent most of her career on the side of the marginalized and underprivileged. And let's be honest: Trump is attacking her because he doesn't want Black women in positions of authority in this country.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

INBOX — New York AG Tish James' statement on Trump's retaliatory indictment of her:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2025

Attorney General’s Press Office/212-416-8060 nyag.pressoffice@ag.ny.gov

Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trump’s Weaponization of the Department of Justice

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Virginia.

“This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.

“These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost. The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties.

“His decision to fire a United States Attorney who refused to bring charges against me – and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president – is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country. This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice.

“I stand strongly behind my office’s litigation against the Trump Organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence – not politics. Judges have upheld the trial court’s finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons are liable for fraud.

“I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job.”

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

I don't think it's latent TBH

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

'What we may be reluctant to acknowledge even now is that these brutal dismissals are an expression of deep-rooted antiblackness that says Black people are never qualified to hold the jobs they have, whatever their actual qualifications.'

Trump’s Purging of Black Officials Makes Latent Racism Official Policy

President Trump's firings send a clear message that white mediocrity is always preferable to Black achievement.

capitalandmain.com

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that so many US citizens have no idea Bad Bunny is also a US citizen (and don't believe he can be a US citizen) tells you that when they say "citizen," they really just mean white.

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Justseeds Artists' Cooperative @justseeds.bsky.social · 1d

New print from Nicolas Lampert in the shop! "Workers deserve respect, dignity and safety, not ICE terror. An injury to one is an injury to all." justseeds.org/product/bloc...

The heart on the image symbolizes the courage and love needed when people with privilege (those with citizenship) stand up to protect undocumented community memb
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 1d

Well well well if it isn't my old friend, emotionally debilitating anxiety

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d

This meant kids got into things or situations they shouldn’t have, and there was emotional neglect. I just remember a sense of powerlessness in childhood. I couldn’t wait to get a job and move out lol 😂 Maybe the only other things I miss are the cartoons and toys, like Glamour Gals. #80s

Glamour Gals, a miniature fashion doll encased in magenta packaging. This one is a Black doll named Blair. She’s wearing a yellow romper with knee-high white boots.

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d

I was part of maybe the last generation where kids were expected to be seen and not heard. You were told to go outside so adults wouldn’t have to hear you inside; you might be gone until nightfall. Nightly PSAs on TV asked parents if they knew where their kids were. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_you_...

Screenshot of a television public service announcement (PSA) where a male voice would sternly ask: “It’s 10PM. Do you know where your children are?”

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