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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 11d

you cannot dismantle oppression in this country without first dismantling racism in this country. you cannot dismantle racism in this country without first dismantling this country's core white supremacy foundation itself.

Black and Native and YOUR liberation are intertwined.

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Merxii @lawdhavemerxii.bsky.social · 4h

Tag yourself, I'm this guy

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Indige Tea 🦬🧡 @colouredwilde.bsky.social · 4h

Columbus was tried multiple times for his crimes against Indigenous people. Don't try to rewrite history and call him or any of these other fuckass explorers great people.

They're all rapists, kidnappers, murderers, or otherwise undesirables from Europe who made everyone else suffer their ire.

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Eze @ezetheigwe.blacksky.app · 2d

About to activate my 3 free months of Health+ so I can get in on the eventual class action lawsuit

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“Apple is reportedly prepping a Health+ service that will use AI to dispense advice on nutrition, exercise and more.”

Apple might launch Health+ with AI doctor, food tracking and more

Apple is reportedly prepping a Health+ service that will use AI to dispense advice on exercise and eating right.

www.cultofmac.com

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Shintaro Melodrama @roiskinda.cool · 2d

After living in NYC for almost a decade, you get used to seeing famous people all the time, so the infatuation goes away.

But Tems. Nigga, TEMS??

She is so absurdly fine and talented, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I ever met her in person.

Spooky beige 🧌 @rellmidnight.bsky.social · 2d

SL cleanse ❤️‍🔥🙂‍↕️

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Shintaro Melodrama @roiskinda.cool · 5h

According to their text, the primary figure in Western Christianity, Jesus Christ, broke down the belief system into two points.

Two.

There has never been a point in US history where the majority of people who claim to be Christians have actually followed them.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6h

To model mercy not in the abstract but in the tactile and tangible… what Peter Thiel and western evangelicalism miss … if you worship Christ but don’t follow Christ … you are not a Christian

You are a zealot

Worship is not the point … love is

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 6h

To model mercy not in the abstract but in the tactile and tangible… what Peter Thiel and western evangelicalism miss … if you worship Christ but don’t follow Christ … you are not a Christian

You are a zealot

Worship is not the point … love is

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Shintaro Melodrama @roiskinda.cool · 19h

You have to forgive yourself for liking, loving, caring for people that weren’t good for you.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 18h

Remember self-care. Sprinkle some joy in with the doom scrollin' and whatnot. I love you and there's absolutely nothin' you can do about it.

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Pumpkin Spicee @blkginger.bsky.social · 6h

TF y’all were! You could have voted for the nice Black lawyer, but NO y’all voted for the guy who held a random Black man at gunpoint—bc look he wears sweats and will not conform!—and that came out before the election. I refuse to let y’all gaslight me or lie to yourselves

kiwijohn.bsky.social @kiwijohn.bsky.social · 6h

We were suckered by Fetterman.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."

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Tiricohairline @trejames.bsky.social · 5h

These people don't care about gaza, this is performance for the internet.

JikissGamer @jikissgamer.bsky.social · 1d

She deserved to lose and I don't regret withholding my vote in that election in the slightest. I could not in good conscience reward her for what the Biden Admin did in Gaza with her as VP.

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van cartier @christopherxci.blacksky.app · 16d

a Switch, a switch, or a switch? 😅

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 3d

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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x @slightwright.bsky.social · 6h

Hearing two agents say “idek why I’m here anymore” would have set me tf off.

Because you don’t have to do this!!

it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 14h

Rev. David Black who was shot multiple times by ICE with rubber bullets speaks.

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Prince Onyx @princeonyxwrld.bsky.social · 6h

AI “art” isn’t art! It’s soulless talentless slop!

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✨Pretty, Witty, Girly, Worldly✨ @asdoseofreality.blacksky.app · 6h

Not saying you can’t have opinions on other countries but Canadians being in our business rubs me the wrong cause from understanding y’all are dealing with the possibility of a Maple syrup version of Trump.

Use us as a lesson and pushback on THAT.

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 10h

You know they don’t want to be uncomfortable at Thanksgiving.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 19h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 6h

Trump claimed that immigrants were “taking Black jobs,” but even after he deported 350,000 immigrants this year, 300,000 Black women lost their jobs. Black unemployment, overall, has soared to 7.5% under Trump, while white unemployment has dropped to 3.7%.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 9h

I’m gonna say this - with love - about this. Stop telling me how dim the police and these agencies are and giving them an out when the answer is hatefulness.

The only reason you think a fragrant LABLED perfume bottle came from a den in the 19th century is racism.

Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 2d

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

www.nbcnews.com

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 6h

If you’re going to another country and telling people they’re going to suffer eternal damnation if they don’t adopt your beliefs and norms, that is not charity, no matter how you justify it with your religion

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𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚡. @thehighendtheori.com · 6h

i keep telling folks this. i ain’t tryna do shit before my divine timing. everything i want is already assigned to me i just need to posture myself to receive it. some shit does seem like it sucks but missing out is my protection & i would rather be protected than hurt & having.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yes. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social must become the next mayor of New York City. 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸

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

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mr Autumn Man @pnwnwa.myatproto.social · 1d

Posting this for anyone- myself included- who gets questioned for doing “white people stuff.” No, it’s our stuff. How do you think our ancestors survived, not just in the colonial diaspora, but in our ancestral homelands?
Being in nature is returning to our native roots also. 🍄 🌱

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d

It's hilarious that the same people who claim that their families never owned slaves and their family came here as immigrants get upset when someone posts the truth about America's racist & violent past.

Why do they agree to erase history they had nothing to do with? 🤔

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High School English Hashira @sleepyteach82.bsky.social · 22h

The Asian side showing more as he gets older >>>

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