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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent)

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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · Jan 20

On MLK Day 2021, his family posted this picture of him. Seeing him in color reminded me that our history is not that far behind us. Seeing him at home with his kids broke me.

Exasperated, I mumbled what would become the opening line to the spoken word piece, "Fathers"

youtu.be/l_OCXJXuNG4?...

A color photograph on Martin Luther King Jr. at the head of a dinner table looking at a meal. To his left is one of his daughters, his wife Coretta Scott King, and another of their daughters.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 7h

If you haven't already: Start weight training.

You don't have to gym rat out, or even buy equipment. Just put together some body weight exercises and do them regularly.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 7d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9h

I just got off a call with a group of young people who were seeking some guidance for a project they have launched in their community. Folks, I can tell you that we are blessed in this generation. They are smart and importantly so damn compassionate. ALSO, they know more than we did at their age.

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Ma$on @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 6h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

New film explores how Caribbean workers helped win second world war

Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, Cornwallis Cloth ends ‘archival silence’ around invaluable West Indian contribution to war effort

www.theguardian.com

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Aishatu Ado @aishatuado.bsky.social · 1d

📢 Call for Submissions! I'm excited to share that I'm curating an Anthology with @aroko.bsky.social We are inviting writers from Africa & the Diaspora to send us stories that (re)imagine folklore, myths, and legends.

🗓️Deadline Dec 31 2025.

➡️More info at: www.aroko.world/aroko-anthol...

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 11h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 13h

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 13h

Scoop up these OG designs before our winter merch refresh! Every t-shirt, mug and print sold helps us continue to support Black creators Click shop on our site to see the selection 🔥 Got yours already? Tag us wearing your fave and LET EM KNOW 💅🏿 #Blackownedbusiness #BlackSpeculativeFictionMonth

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.

findmeatherapist.org

Find Me A Therapist

findmeatherapist.org

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 17h

It’s #FridayReads time! Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you the perfect read for Latine Heritage Month AND spooky season! Monsters from the deep, dark magic, revenge, friendship, a bloodthirsty spirit, and 45% off! Get some.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 17h

This still cracks me up🤣

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

I created an app where you can shop Black Owned Businesses on one app. It has a Mutual Aid section and so far it helped raise $150,000+ people struggling in the community. Reaching out to Blacksky to help spread this, this combo of helping Black Businesses, simultaneously giving back is amazing and-

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Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app · 17h

Far too many people seem to think the point of having someone who shares their oppressions in a position of power...is to allow them the ability to act as badly as their oppressors do.

Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 19h

Okay, I really don’t want to keep talking about this, since frankly - I hate KP. She’s an example of toxic management, and I saw what she did to my friends.

But I’m really disturbed by the number of women, specifically white women on Threads and on here, justifying her cursing at staff.

Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 1d

Going to be honest: Threads going to bat for Katie Porter is one of the most 🫠 things I've seen today...

And really speaks to my ongoing belief we shouldn't stan politicians. At all.

Fellow Dems, hold politicians accountable for their work, not for who you THINK they are only on camera.

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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · 17h

“If it's for my people, I'll do anything to help,
If I do it out of love, it's not to benefit myself.”

STORMZY - CROWN (OFFICIAL PERFORMANCE VIDEO)

YouTube video by Stormzy

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 19h

"Slightly less covered is the wealth of Boricua history that makes his art as powerful as it is, including over 100 years of fraught Puerto Rico-U.S. relations that led to his arrival. This history is crucial for understanding the significance of where Bad Bunny stands now, & where he is going next"

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Could Finally Spotlight Important Boricua History on the Mainland

Bad Bunny is perhaps the only pop star fully equipped to take on the current American sociopolitical ecosystem and the fact that a show must entertain.

www.teenvogue.com

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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · 1d

"Ain’t nowhere to go from here but UP!"

Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Up (with Rag'n'Bone Man) (Official Video)

YouTube video by Danger Mouse and Black Thought

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Jenét Morrow @jenetallday.bsky.social · 19h

Meet the 5 MacArthur ‘Geniuses’ Making the Future Black and Brilliant | From film to science to sound, these innovators are changing the world for the better. | Word In Black #MacArthur
wordinblack.com/2025/10/5-ma...

Meet the 5 MacArthur 'Geniuses' Making the Future Black and Brilliant

From film to science to sound, these innovators are changing the world for the better.

wordinblack.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 21h

This morning there is one Nobel Peace Prize winner, 8.1 billion or so people who did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, and one Nobel Peace Prize loser.

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Kwame Mbalia @kwamembalia.bsky.social · 19h

Catch me at New York Comic Con tomorrow, Saturday! I’ll be signing copies of JAX FREEMAN at the Disney booth and talking about THE LAST ORDER at the LucasFilm Press panel.

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 19h

CHAPTER 10 OF BEHIND WITH KNIFE IS UP

I DONT WANNA SPOIL ANYTHING BUT LETS SEE WHAT TOMMY’S DOING

www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657682

Chapter 10 – Lazy & Entitled

www.lazyandentitled.org

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 21h

Important reminder here that the US is not the only place where fossil fuel interests are pushing back hard against climate science and clean energy 👇

Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 21h

BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.

In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2d

"Can we sell black characters in this political climate?" That is what Ubisoft asked itself and then answered, "No." Which is a skill issue and bigotry on THEIR part because black entertainers are out here selling their wares EVERY DAMN DAY, antiblackness be damned. Our culture MOVES NUMBERS.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2d

Life would have been better never knowing what I'd lost because of these racists. Because this might kill me.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · 19h

Today I learned…

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19h

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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It’s Oui’d O’⏰ somewhere 😶‍🌫️ @monat1190.blacksky.app · 19h

#QTNA

Very Old Pic of D. Gray @blurbette.blacksky.app · 20h

Why can’t we remove followers?!? 😩

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