TDr. Linda Maepa (they/she; born at 325ppm)
@lmaepa.blacksky.app
Sangoma, geobiologist, entrepreneur, inventor, investor, farmer (zone 10a), beader
Bapedi 🐊 & emaSwati 🙏🏾📿 Thokoza 👏🏾👏🏾
Non-Black or Non-Indigenous, don't follow & see me here instead: @gogopebetse.org
Healing & beadwork web: gogopebetse.org #pinksky
Bapedi 🐊 & emaSwati 🙏🏾📿 Thokoza 👏🏾👏🏾
Non-Black or Non-Indigenous, don't follow & see me here instead: @gogopebetse.org
Healing & beadwork web: gogopebetse.org #pinksky
Pinned
Hey, I'm trying to do a thing here. Introducing the Black Gardeners and Farmers starter pack. I *know* there are more of us. Let me know so I can add you!
Includes people who are looking to connect over gardening 🤝🏾🌱
go.bsky.app/VJwu7qc
Includes people who are looking to connect over gardening 🤝🏾🌱
go.bsky.app/VJwu7qc
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Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email [email protected] with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Blacksky
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staging.blacksky.community
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email [email protected] with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
🙏🏾📿🕯️ Today
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
🙏🏾📿🕯️ Today
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This is now my visual reminder that I can do things just because I want to. I wanted to paint something green, so I did.
January 12, 2026 at 7:46 AM
This is now my visual reminder that I can do things just because I want to. I wanted to paint something green, so I did.
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I don't have fancy tools. I use a cheap funnel and measuring cups, an old jar with a lid, and organic bread flour. I used organic grapes early on for help with fermentation. i don't have a scale or a thermometer, none of that. Instead, my yeast and I have an accord. We understand each other.
January 11, 2026 at 5:36 AM
I don't have fancy tools. I use a cheap funnel and measuring cups, an old jar with a lid, and organic bread flour. I used organic grapes early on for help with fermentation. i don't have a scale or a thermometer, none of that. Instead, my yeast and I have an accord. We understand each other.
California dead bird surveillance:
West Nile Virus and Dead Bird Hotline
(877) 968-BIRD (2473) or online at westnile.ca.gov
West Nile Virus and Dead Bird Hotline
(877) 968-BIRD (2473) or online at westnile.ca.gov
Westnile.ca.gov | California West Nile Virus Website
Mosquitoes often get WNV from birds. Dead bird reports are one way of tracking where WNV could be spreading. You can help the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) track WNV in California by reporting dead birds.
westnile.ca.gov
January 11, 2026 at 6:26 AM
California dead bird surveillance:
West Nile Virus and Dead Bird Hotline
(877) 968-BIRD (2473) or online at westnile.ca.gov
West Nile Virus and Dead Bird Hotline
(877) 968-BIRD (2473) or online at westnile.ca.gov
We’re having an extended family event today and the day has just been amazing. Everyone else starts arriving soon and we’ll be 4 generations deep when they do 🕯️🥰✨
January 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
We’re having an extended family event today and the day has just been amazing. Everyone else starts arriving soon and we’ll be 4 generations deep when they do 🕯️🥰✨
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Blacksky, we can gather in person here or elsewhere in our lives. Join us in Vancouver if you feel called 🙏🏾📿
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
Nominate yourself (or someone else) to join us in Vancouver 🇨🇦 as an Umoya Fellow!
- $500 to spend on making it possible for you to attend
- free ticket
- all that’s asked of you is to let Blacksky know about your experience there
Deadline: 11 January 2026 11:59pm Pacific
tally.so/r/mY250W
- $500 to spend on making it possible for you to attend
- free ticket
- all that’s asked of you is to let Blacksky know about your experience there
Deadline: 11 January 2026 11:59pm Pacific
tally.so/r/mY250W
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Blacksky, we can gather in person here or elsewhere in our lives. Join us in Vancouver if you feel called 🙏🏾📿
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
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Nowadays they act if you didn’t post it, it didn’t happen
But some of us eat with our mouth closed
But some of us eat with our mouth closed
January 10, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Nowadays they act if you didn’t post it, it didn’t happen
But some of us eat with our mouth closed
But some of us eat with our mouth closed
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You don’t have to keep watching any death videos. It doesn’t make you more empathic or connected
Atp, I’m suspicious of all these news outlets replaying the video & showing us new angles
You know what happened already. This is not for your benefit
Protect your nervous system
Atp, I’m suspicious of all these news outlets replaying the video & showing us new angles
You know what happened already. This is not for your benefit
Protect your nervous system
January 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
You don’t have to keep watching any death videos. It doesn’t make you more empathic or connected
Atp, I’m suspicious of all these news outlets replaying the video & showing us new angles
You know what happened already. This is not for your benefit
Protect your nervous system
Atp, I’m suspicious of all these news outlets replaying the video & showing us new angles
You know what happened already. This is not for your benefit
Protect your nervous system
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Love them!
And I love how Ujaama Farms will show you their seeds by cuisine/cultural heritage.
>African Garden
>Asian Garden
>Caribbean Garden
>First Nations Garden
>Latin American Garden
>Southern Soul Garden
ujamaaseeds.com
>African Garden
>Asian Garden
>Caribbean Garden
>First Nations Garden
>Latin American Garden
>Southern Soul Garden
ujamaaseeds.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Love them!
🌱✨ I just opened the Ujamaa Seeds catalog I received a few days ago and it arrived full of love and care and hope 🥰
That’s all I’ll say, I won’t spoil the surprise for you. Order your own and receive then spread the hope.
ujamaaseeds.com
That’s all I’ll say, I won’t spoil the surprise for you. Order your own and receive then spread the hope.
ujamaaseeds.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
🌱✨ I just opened the Ujamaa Seeds catalog I received a few days ago and it arrived full of love and care and hope 🥰
That’s all I’ll say, I won’t spoil the surprise for you. Order your own and receive then spread the hope.
ujamaaseeds.com
That’s all I’ll say, I won’t spoil the surprise for you. Order your own and receive then spread the hope.
ujamaaseeds.com
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Blacksky is honored to support the Umoya Fellowship /w @gogopebetse.org for the second year in a row, sponsoring a community member's travel to #ATmosphereConf 2026 in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
Application Deadline: January 11, 2026 at 11:59pm PST
See details below.
Application Deadline: January 11, 2026 at 11:59pm PST
See details below.
2026 Umoya Fellowship
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tally.so
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Blacksky is honored to support the Umoya Fellowship /w @gogopebetse.org for the second year in a row, sponsoring a community member's travel to #ATmosphereConf 2026 in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.
Application Deadline: January 11, 2026 at 11:59pm PST
See details below.
Application Deadline: January 11, 2026 at 11:59pm PST
See details below.
Blacksky, we can gather in person here or elsewhere in our lives. Join us in Vancouver if you feel called 🙏🏾📿
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
Nominate yourself (or someone else) to join us in Vancouver 🇨🇦 as an Umoya Fellow!
- $500 to spend on making it possible for you to attend
- free ticket
- all that’s asked of you is to let Blacksky know about your experience there
Deadline: 11 January 2026 11:59pm Pacific
tally.so/r/mY250W
- $500 to spend on making it possible for you to attend
- free ticket
- all that’s asked of you is to let Blacksky know about your experience there
Deadline: 11 January 2026 11:59pm Pacific
tally.so/r/mY250W
January 8, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Blacksky, we can gather in person here or elsewhere in our lives. Join us in Vancouver if you feel called 🙏🏾📿
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
Fellows, we just ask for a thread on the skyline or a blog entry about anything you think the rest of us should know about your experiences, learnings, or insights at the conference.
@\audacityofdespair idc what he wrote, produced, whatever 👀
That man saw all that he’s seen & done through these long years, comes up with Police the Police. That IS audacious!
Audacity of Despair indeed. The artist & the art are tainted.
Ancestrally BuhhhhhLOCKT everywhere including my screens.
That man saw all that he’s seen & done through these long years, comes up with Police the Police. That IS audacious!
Audacity of Despair indeed. The artist & the art are tainted.
Ancestrally BuhhhhhLOCKT everywhere including my screens.
January 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
@\audacityofdespair idc what he wrote, produced, whatever 👀
That man saw all that he’s seen & done through these long years, comes up with Police the Police. That IS audacious!
Audacity of Despair indeed. The artist & the art are tainted.
Ancestrally BuhhhhhLOCKT everywhere including my screens.
That man saw all that he’s seen & done through these long years, comes up with Police the Police. That IS audacious!
Audacity of Despair indeed. The artist & the art are tainted.
Ancestrally BuhhhhhLOCKT everywhere including my screens.
🧵 (this is the 2nd post in the thread)
I'm sort of sitting here and thinking namely about how misinformation seeded state intervention which led to an innocent person dying.
And if you don't see the connection between each node of that chain then we're not aligned on what "this" is.
And if you don't see the connection between each node of that chain then we're not aligned on what "this" is.
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 AM
🧵 (this is the 2nd post in the thread)
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A conversation.
I can factory reset this phone, use it like I always have.
But what are my other options? I’m willing to wait until those options become clearer to me.
Last night was my first dream about a world without cellphones. It had good vibes, the people acting out were handled. Lots of kid care & play.
But what are my other options? I’m willing to wait until those options become clearer to me.
Last night was my first dream about a world without cellphones. It had good vibes, the people acting out were handled. Lots of kid care & play.
I think I was ready for this because:
1) a lot of security concerns had me on my toes
2) but mainly, my Gen Alpha refuses a mobile phone so if we need to communicate by text /voice while we’re out, alternatives had to be devised
Kid continues to lead the way & I am always grateful that I listen.
1) a lot of security concerns had me on my toes
2) but mainly, my Gen Alpha refuses a mobile phone so if we need to communicate by text /voice while we’re out, alternatives had to be devised
Kid continues to lead the way & I am always grateful that I listen.
January 6, 2026 at 9:56 PM
A conversation.
I am reading John S. Mbiti‘s African Religions & Philosophy aloud and I’m so glad I chose to do this. These are words that want spoken and the tensions they carry and provoke in me are keeping me attentive.
January 7, 2026 at 4:25 AM
I am reading John S. Mbiti‘s African Religions & Philosophy aloud and I’m so glad I chose to do this. These are words that want spoken and the tensions they carry and provoke in me are keeping me attentive.
Dang it. Now I have to move all my classes off of there.
So it looks like i hadn't mentioned this, here, so just in case let me say this plain: Instructure, the parent company & producer of the Canvas learning management software platform, has partnered with OpenAI, as of last year. There are a number of claims being made about privacy but… well. Heads up
Instructure and OpenAI Announce Global Partnership to Embed AI Learning Experiences within Canvas
www.instructure.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Dang it. Now I have to move all my classes off of there.
Talking to family members about not having a cellphone & they’re good conversations.
Being accessible by phone ≠ being accessible to my family. Phone use can even make me inaccessible.
Going to test out using the iPad mini to receive county emergency notifications next. It has a SIM card.
Being accessible by phone ≠ being accessible to my family. Phone use can even make me inaccessible.
Going to test out using the iPad mini to receive county emergency notifications next. It has a SIM card.
I can factory reset this phone, use it like I always have.
But what are my other options? I’m willing to wait until those options become clearer to me.
Last night was my first dream about a world without cellphones. It had good vibes, the people acting out were handled. Lots of kid care & play.
But what are my other options? I’m willing to wait until those options become clearer to me.
Last night was my first dream about a world without cellphones. It had good vibes, the people acting out were handled. Lots of kid care & play.
I think I was ready for this because:
1) a lot of security concerns had me on my toes
2) but mainly, my Gen Alpha refuses a mobile phone so if we need to communicate by text /voice while we’re out, alternatives had to be devised
Kid continues to lead the way & I am always grateful that I listen.
1) a lot of security concerns had me on my toes
2) but mainly, my Gen Alpha refuses a mobile phone so if we need to communicate by text /voice while we’re out, alternatives had to be devised
Kid continues to lead the way & I am always grateful that I listen.
January 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Talking to family members about not having a cellphone & they’re good conversations.
Being accessible by phone ≠ being accessible to my family. Phone use can even make me inaccessible.
Going to test out using the iPad mini to receive county emergency notifications next. It has a SIM card.
Being accessible by phone ≠ being accessible to my family. Phone use can even make me inaccessible.
Going to test out using the iPad mini to receive county emergency notifications next. It has a SIM card.
Reminder to accounting software users [myself], gotta process December 2025/4Q2025
Silver lining is I just need to do December
Silver lining is I just need to do December
a young boy is making a funny face in a car .
Alt: A young Black child riding in a car with an increasingly disappointed look on their face.
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Reminder to accounting software users [myself], gotta process December 2025/4Q2025
Silver lining is I just need to do December
Silver lining is I just need to do December
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#TheMagazine | Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye empowered >4K women via Yoruba adire workshops. Defying taboos, she reclaims heritage from colonial erasure—exhibiting at Harvard/UN. Her story spotlights art as activism. Stories like this fuel Africa's creative revival. Complete story here: t.ly/9iNyg
January 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
#TheMagazine | Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye empowered >4K women via Yoruba adire workshops. Defying taboos, she reclaims heritage from colonial erasure—exhibiting at Harvard/UN. Her story spotlights art as activism. Stories like this fuel Africa's creative revival. Complete story here: t.ly/9iNyg
Sin math <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The fact that Grindr crashes during Republican conventions pisses me off so badly. So much of the world is being destroyed by closeted yt men who hate themselves. And I understand that it’s a societal problem, but they’re literally perpetuating it themselves! Just be gay and stop the bullshit!
January 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Sin math <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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"From 1791 to 1796, Guittard kept his ‘book of information’ as a memory aid for himself…
He used his journal to record a mix of things that seemed important to him: the weather, his social activities, illnesses, financial affairs, and .. revolutionary politics as they were unfolding around him."
He used his journal to record a mix of things that seemed important to him: the weather, his social activities, illnesses, financial affairs, and .. revolutionary politics as they were unfolding around him."
The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary
Céléstin Guittard de Floriban did not leave much of a mark on history. Born in 1724 in the Champenois village of Evergnicourt, he married but remained chil
academic.oup.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM