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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2h

UM HELLO!!!! I AM GOING TO HAVE MY FIRST LIVE IN STUDIO TV INTERVIEW TONIGHT AT 8 PM ON @cbsnews.com BOSTON. 😱

IF YOU'RE IN THE BOSTON AREA, TURN YOUR TV ON AND I'LL BE THERE IN MY BLAZER DRESS TALKING ABOUT #TheDoubleTax. AHHHHHHHH!!!!!! #blacksky #news #booksky

www.cbsnews.com/boston/live/

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2h

THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS!!!!!!!!!! OLANDRIA SUPREMACY!!!!!!!!!!

Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 4h

Love Island USA’s Olandria Carthen is set to receive the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Ebony Power 100 Gala.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2h

Mos Def said Drake wasn't hip hop and got lashings. He told nary a lie and the lawsuit followed by the cataclysmic L is proof.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2h

"Don't tell no lies bout me and I won't tell truths about you" is a prophecy I fear.

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 3h

I'd like to thank the Center for Cultural Innovation - AmbitioUS!
Their support of Blacksky Algorithms with a $30K grant will help us further our development of infrastructure for online communities (moderation, deliberation, and peer-to-peer payment tools). 🎉

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

You not a colleague, you a colonizer aged PERFECTLY. #KendrickLamar

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

And yet..................................... *gestures widely*

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US has finalized a plan to give $20 billion to Argentina.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

TO SEE WHAT INSTITUTIONS THEY'RE ATTACKING NEXT, PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH BLACK WOMAN THEY ATTACK. ATTACKING LETITIA JAMES IS ABOUT REDUCING THE AG CAPACITY IN STATES. THIS IS #TheDoubleTax. THIS IS THE SAME PLAYBOOK THEY'RE USING ON GOVERNOR LISA COOK.

GET THE BOOK: annagifty.com #blacksky

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

HEAVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVY ON THIS.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

Stephen Smith getting scalped by Alexis Ohanian and Drake losing his lawsuit.

Serena Williams is having a great day.

a woman in a blue dress is dancing in front of a group of people

Alt: a woman in a blue dress is dancing in front of a group of people

media.tenor.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

lol folks not understanding that if Drake won that lawsuit, Cardi B’s album would've been contested. Diss tracks are part of the fabric of the genre. 🤷🏿‍♀️

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

*cackles in accountability* #KendrickLamar #Drake

A winner with his wins

Kendrick Lamar holding four Grammys ina Canadian tuxedo

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

LMAOOOO an L for Drake and a win for hip hop. Kendrick Lamar is GOATED for life.

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3h

ENERGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 4h

Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian confronts Stephen A. Smith over Super Bowl halftime criticism

After implying he would divorce Serena Williams for her Super Bowl halftime performance, Stephen A. Smith crumbled when confronted by her husband, Alexis Ohanian. In February, Smith was big mad after seeing Serena Williams play a brief role in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show during the song Not Like Us, a diss track directed Read more... The post Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian confronts Stephen A. Smith over Super Bowl halftime criticism appeared first on Awful Announcing.

dlvr.it

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7h

For my birthday, I lifted the heaviest of my life & practiced for my first powerlifting meet.

Whatever they say, age is definitely more than a number. However, there is more than *one* number. In my case, there are three:

Squat: 200
Deadlift: 200
Bench: 100 (😳)

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

I love Chitown so much!

Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 7h

Chicago is giving me all the hopecore I need these days.

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Isaias Hernandez @isaiashernandez.bsky.social · 7h

Native plants are a climate solution. Stop planting non native plant species.

Consider watching the full episode below ⬇️

youtu.be/EGHnpGuKG2c?si

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 7h

Segregation 101 paired with AGGRESSIVE medicority

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7h

Without comment.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 9h

If you don’t think Jim Crow and Apartheid were held together by violence, I don’t know what to tell you.

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JayRok @getittogo.bsky.social · 9h

“Making sure that all of these things in tandem are happening in communities so that you are not losing out on your livelihood because these people want to shortchange you and low ball you to the pits of hell.”

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Sarah Eggleston @egglestn.bsky.social · 12h

Recommend you review it on @thestorygraph.com as well!

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 12h

A loud reminder that this administration wants to bring back SEGREGATION as @victorerikray.bsky.social has pointed out and they're starting within the administration.

A literal page out of Woodrow Wilson's playbook. #blacksky #news

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 13h

A little birdie told me SO MANY OF YOU are reading and enjoying #TheDoubleTax! If that's you, please don't forget to leave a review on Goodreads, Amazon, or Bookshop so others know to read too.

Thanks for reading! #bookskyk #librarysky #Blacksky

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 23d

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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Jasper @jasperlight.bsky.social · 13h

My local library hold for "The Double Tax" audiobook by @itsafronomics.bsky.social is ready to be borrowed.

Can't wait to dive in!

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