Mars
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Mars
@marsxstars.blacksky.app
· Jan 28
It's also a (negative) testament to the way we can all end up replicating the harmful, deadly actions and systems our people experienced if we aren’t constantly interrogating ourselves, our intentions, our impact, our systems, our leaders, our power, our values, and integrity.
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I need beauty brands who’d be willing to donate products to 10 girls that live in a group home. They are into makeup, skincare, press on nails etc. I’m going to use the money I raise to get them visa gift cards but I want to make cute baskets to present them next weekend
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I need beauty brands who’d be willing to donate products to 10 girls that live in a group home. They are into makeup, skincare, press on nails etc. I’m going to use the money I raise to get them visa gift cards but I want to make cute baskets to present them next weekend
Unreasonably fine. If her and her wife ever need…
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Unreasonably fine. If her and her wife ever need…
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it's how we end up talking about Sinners and Nope like they're naturally aligned, instead of talking about how Nope, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Sinners together mark the dawn of a new age of existentialist blockbusters
black creators of various stripes are often forced into categories so as to make them legible and (i’d say) shrink the ambitions of their work.
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Applications for the 2026 Mentorship Program are OPEN!!
Apply to be a mentor or a mentee by January 15, 2026. Link in bio.
#amagenting #literaryagentsofchange #literarycommunity #mentorship
Apply to be a mentor or a mentee by January 15, 2026. Link in bio.
#amagenting #literaryagentsofchange #literarycommunity #mentorship
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Applications for the 2026 Mentorship Program are OPEN!!
Apply to be a mentor or a mentee by January 15, 2026. Link in bio.
#amagenting #literaryagentsofchange #literarycommunity #mentorship
Apply to be a mentor or a mentee by January 15, 2026. Link in bio.
#amagenting #literaryagentsofchange #literarycommunity #mentorship
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#RIP 🎸
Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84
Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84
Among the classic records Upchurch played on were Hathaway's 'This Christmas' and Chaka Khan's 'I'm Every Woman.'
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
#RIP 🎸
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Please help this incredibly kind and beautiful mother support her family!
Good morning. We're at $115/$230.
I've been switched to a new project and idk what my hours are going to be bc all my supervisor told me last Wednesday is that I start training today @ 10 AM smh. Please help us stay afloat as I work this temp job that guarantees no stability in pay.
I've been switched to a new project and idk what my hours are going to be bc all my supervisor told me last Wednesday is that I start training today @ 10 AM smh. Please help us stay afloat as I work this temp job that guarantees no stability in pay.
Hey BlueSky. I really could use some help to continue to stay afloat since I'll be off for the Thanksgiving holiday without pay due to working a temp job.
I need at least $230. Thank you.💕✨
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I need at least $230. Thank you.💕✨
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December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Please help this incredibly kind and beautiful mother support her family!
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BARS🔥🔥🔥
“I took my time savouring every morsel of crust hidden beneath those sweet hills and valleys.”
- Babs Daitch, an 81yr old icon
- Babs Daitch, an 81yr old icon
81-year-old wins 'best technique' at lesbian pie-eating contest: 'Savoured every morsel' https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/02/lesbian-pie-eating-san-fransisco-babs-daitch/?utm_content=1764807600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
BARS🔥🔥🔥
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Currently still at $0/$500 needed for bills. Please share and give what you’re able.
As one of the many Black femmes let go this year, I’m raising $500 to pay off debt/bills while I continue to look for work and prepare to move back home to NC.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Currently still at $0/$500 needed for bills. Please share and give what you’re able.
“I took my time savouring every morsel of crust hidden beneath those sweet hills and valleys.”
- Babs Daitch, an 81yr old icon
- Babs Daitch, an 81yr old icon
81-year-old wins 'best technique' at lesbian pie-eating contest: 'Savoured every morsel' https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/02/lesbian-pie-eating-san-fransisco-babs-daitch/?utm_content=1764807600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“I took my time savouring every morsel of crust hidden beneath those sweet hills and valleys.”
- Babs Daitch, an 81yr old icon
- Babs Daitch, an 81yr old icon
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An experienced eater >>>>>>>>
81-year-old wins 'best technique' at lesbian pie-eating contest: 'Savoured every morsel' https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/02/lesbian-pie-eating-san-fransisco-babs-daitch/?utm_content=1764807600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
An experienced eater >>>>>>>>
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The only lotion with ash in it
December 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The only lotion with ash in it
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White supremacy and misogyny, particularly "the double bind" of racism and misogyny, confounds meritocracy in academia
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
White supremacy and misogyny, particularly "the double bind" of racism and misogyny, confounds meritocracy in academia
They are such unfunny, immature, vile trolls who purposefully choose artists to get a reaction. Olivia Rodrigo did the same when they used her music over a “self-deportation” video. And they replied that she should be more grateful (title of one of her songs).
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
They are such unfunny, immature, vile trolls who purposefully choose artists to get a reaction. Olivia Rodrigo did the same when they used her music over a “self-deportation” video. And they replied that she should be more grateful (title of one of her songs).
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"Yes, we're going to turn down an original film by the guy that made Disney two billion dollars and the MCU's first serious Oscar nominations" Sony are incredibly smart.
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Yes, we're going to turn down an original film by the guy that made Disney two billion dollars and the MCU's first serious Oscar nominations" Sony are incredibly smart.
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they can get discipline in other ways. for one, a mental discipline a lot of older people obviously lack. "i suffered so you should have to" is not mental or emotional maturity. you sound like old, achy brats. marcia marcia marcia asses. y'all against canceling student loans too huh
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
they can get discipline in other ways. for one, a mental discipline a lot of older people obviously lack. "i suffered so you should have to" is not mental or emotional maturity. you sound like old, achy brats. marcia marcia marcia asses. y'all against canceling student loans too huh
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i already didn't let my kids take the bus to school anyway because about a decade or so ago in detroit a TON of black girls KEPT coming up missing then dead, walking to school or the bus stop. y'all can wax poetic about how soft these kids are all day idgaf. fuck y'all. blocking spree in the quotes.
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
i already didn't let my kids take the bus to school anyway because about a decade or so ago in detroit a TON of black girls KEPT coming up missing then dead, walking to school or the bus stop. y'all can wax poetic about how soft these kids are all day idgaf. fuck y'all. blocking spree in the quotes.
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in detroit some kids got killed by traffic in really high snow during big storms one year, because it was taking so long for all the sidewalks and roads to be cleared so they had to walk in the street. if it saves one life it's worth it. idgaf WHAT i used to have to do.
They cancel school for anything these days. These kids today would have hated going to school back in the day because they didn’t give af 😂😂😂😂 the weather conditions were insane they were still talking about 2 hr delay. Shit had to crazyyyyy for school to be cancelled.
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
in detroit some kids got killed by traffic in really high snow during big storms one year, because it was taking so long for all the sidewalks and roads to be cleared so they had to walk in the street. if it saves one life it's worth it. idgaf WHAT i used to have to do.
Sony also passed on Sinners. Consistently bad decision-making is their whole thing, it seems.
I still can't believe Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to Netflix thinking it would be a flop, but are betting that basketball movie with a goat is going to be a huge hit in cinemas.
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Sony also passed on Sinners. Consistently bad decision-making is their whole thing, it seems.
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in my day it was "joe"
now it's "moe"
now it's "moe"
Without saying where you’re from, drop some slang from your city. I’m trying to see something.
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
in my day it was "joe"
now it's "moe"
now it's "moe"
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Ginny Di makes an excellent underrepresented point here in that the secondary damage caused by AI is that so many artists have to defend our own work as organic now. I had to put out a statement that BLACK PHONE 2 contained no AI because assholes decided to accuse us of using it and no other reason.
I love paying human artists and I hate gen AI 🩵
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Ginny Di makes an excellent underrepresented point here in that the secondary damage caused by AI is that so many artists have to defend our own work as organic now. I had to put out a statement that BLACK PHONE 2 contained no AI because assholes decided to accuse us of using it and no other reason.
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This is the level of body glitter i live by! COVER ME!
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is the level of body glitter i live by! COVER ME!
This energy forever and always
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This energy forever and always
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
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If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If you'd like some good news on AI, the last few weeks have seen execs across multiple industries strive to hide AI usage labeling on their products because, as many of us have said FOR YEARS, the audience that *doesn't* want AI is substantial and we will reject your product whole hog for using it.