Michael
@mjfromla.bsky.social
Afropunk 1.0 Refugee "Jahluv"
@michael_fromla on IG
Jazz, Bicycles, Motorcycles (mostly choppers), Old Cars, 🦅🌎⚓veteran
"Mejor solo que mal acompañado"
@michael_fromla on IG
Jazz, Bicycles, Motorcycles (mostly choppers), Old Cars, 🦅🌎⚓veteran
"Mejor solo que mal acompañado"
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Michael
@mjfromla.bsky.social
· Sep 10
This single father's struggle for housing pushed him out of Boston, Massachusetts
YouTube video by GBH News
youtu.be
My man did everything he's supposed to do... heartbreaking story.
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Today is the four year anniversary of Starbucks Workers United unionizing its first store.
Since then, they've won over 650 union elections but Starbucks still hasn't negotiated a fair union contract.
Until then, don't cross the picket line. Show solidarity like Bernie and Zohran.
Since then, they've won over 650 union elections but Starbucks still hasn't negotiated a fair union contract.
Until then, don't cross the picket line. Show solidarity like Bernie and Zohran.
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Today is the four year anniversary of Starbucks Workers United unionizing its first store.
Since then, they've won over 650 union elections but Starbucks still hasn't negotiated a fair union contract.
Until then, don't cross the picket line. Show solidarity like Bernie and Zohran.
Since then, they've won over 650 union elections but Starbucks still hasn't negotiated a fair union contract.
Until then, don't cross the picket line. Show solidarity like Bernie and Zohran.
Rufus Harley - jazz bagpipes. I saw an interview with Wynton Marsalis years ago and the interviewer tried to joke about bagpipes... Wynton dropped Mr. Harley's name and was dead serious. So I bring to you Rufus Harley!
#jazzmusic #jazzsky #bagpipes
#jazzmusic #jazzsky #bagpipes
Jazz City TV presents "The Original Rufus Harley Story"
YouTube video by 1jc
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Rufus Harley - jazz bagpipes. I saw an interview with Wynton Marsalis years ago and the interviewer tried to joke about bagpipes... Wynton dropped Mr. Harley's name and was dead serious. So I bring to you Rufus Harley!
#jazzmusic #jazzsky #bagpipes
#jazzmusic #jazzsky #bagpipes
This was for both legal and undocumented immigrants...
December 3, 1941: L.A. County Cuts Welfare Costs, Pays Immigrants to Go Back to Mexico — Updated
December 3, 1941: To reduce the welfare rolls, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approves paying $100 [$1,441.19 USD 2009] to immigrants to move back to Mexico.
ladailymirror.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This was for both legal and undocumented immigrants...
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Dr. Nikki Franke, the long-time coach of Temple University’s women’s fencing team, was recently announced as the recipient of the NCAA’s 2026 Pat Summitt Award.
Harlem native and trailblazing fencing coach Dr. Nikki Franke honored by the NCAA
Dr. Nikki Franke, Temple University’s women’s fencing coach, was recently announced as the recipient of the NCAA’s 2026 Pat Summitt Award.
amsterdamnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Nikki Franke, the long-time coach of Temple University’s women’s fencing team, was recently announced as the recipient of the NCAA’s 2026 Pat Summitt Award.
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It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
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🔴 Top Israeli Ministers Proudly Adorn a Global Symbol of Racial Terror
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🔴 Top Israeli Ministers Proudly Adorn a Global Symbol of Racial Terror
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
Israeli Nat'l Security Min. Itamar Ben-Gvir & allies were photographed wearing gold noose pins in public to signal support for executing Palestinian detainees. Also visible in the image is Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu...
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Somewhere along the way we lost the plot of what money is even for. It's not for hoarding, it's for getting things done. Now we live in a world where hoarding has become so important that the government doesn't even work.
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Somewhere along the way we lost the plot of what money is even for. It's not for hoarding, it's for getting things done. Now we live in a world where hoarding has become so important that the government doesn't even work.
This is not new - Symbols and images like this were happening back in the 80s when I was in the military.
US SouthCom a few tweets way from using a Sonnenrad patch in their imagery.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is not new - Symbols and images like this were happening back in the 80s when I was in the military.
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ICE agent shoves a home security camera as she approaches a home. Masks aren't enough. They don't want you to have any record of their behavior. Even the tiniest threat of accountability is too much. Keep recording anyway.
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ICE agent shoves a home security camera as she approaches a home. Masks aren't enough. They don't want you to have any record of their behavior. Even the tiniest threat of accountability is too much. Keep recording anyway.
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Sunday Taquitos #5: Out of Business
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sunday Taquitos #5: Out of Business
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
Art by Ivan Ehlers.
December 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Dec. 5, 1925: John A. Williams, a novelist whose books ruminated with sharpness and candor about the Black experience, is born in Jackson, Miss. His works included “The Man Who Cried I Am,” a bestselling roman à clef, and a controversial biography of Martin Luther King.
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Dec. 5, 1925: John A. Williams, a novelist whose books ruminated with sharpness and candor about the Black experience, is born in Jackson, Miss. His works included “The Man Who Cried I Am,” a bestselling roman à clef, and a controversial biography of Martin Luther King.
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Marines reinstate photos in some review boards, but not for promotions trib.al/fE0YZ27
Marines reinstate photos in some review boards, but not for promotions
The Marine Corps is bringing back photos to the selection boards that pick Marines for command, education, and special duty opportunities.
trib.al
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Marines reinstate photos in some review boards, but not for promotions trib.al/fE0YZ27
Two things...
I love when Black folks earn Rhodes scholarships... Cecil Rhodes is doing backflips in his grave every time we get one...
If @secdef.govpeeps.us quit eyeballing beards and kicking people out, maybe he could get a brotha like this to re-enlist.
I love when Black folks earn Rhodes scholarships... Cecil Rhodes is doing backflips in his grave every time we get one...
If @secdef.govpeeps.us quit eyeballing beards and kicking people out, maybe he could get a brotha like this to re-enlist.
Former C-130 crew chief earns prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
Hadi Kamara was a C-130 crew chief supporting the 86th Maintenance Squadron at Ramstein Air Base during Operation Allies Refuge in August 2021.
www.marinecorpstimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Two things...
I love when Black folks earn Rhodes scholarships... Cecil Rhodes is doing backflips in his grave every time we get one...
If @secdef.govpeeps.us quit eyeballing beards and kicking people out, maybe he could get a brotha like this to re-enlist.
I love when Black folks earn Rhodes scholarships... Cecil Rhodes is doing backflips in his grave every time we get one...
If @secdef.govpeeps.us quit eyeballing beards and kicking people out, maybe he could get a brotha like this to re-enlist.
For my fellow #bikesky training nerds...
Strength training among professional UCI road cyclists: Practices, challenges, and rationales
In our study, we aimed to investigate professional road cyclists’ practices in strength training, as well as their challenges with and rationales for strength training. Employing a mixed-methods appro...
journals.plos.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For my fellow #bikesky training nerds...
Good read by Keith Rice and José Luis Benavides of the CSUN Tom and Ethel Bradley Center about the 16th Street Baptist Church and the bombing in 1963.
Revisiting the 16th Street Baptist Church
This past summer, Keith Rice visited Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, and here he chronicles his experience in the third installment of his trip to the U.S.
bradleycenterliberated.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Good read by Keith Rice and José Luis Benavides of the CSUN Tom and Ethel Bradley Center about the 16th Street Baptist Church and the bombing in 1963.
West Indian troops in Britain: Two motor cyclists: Sapper Hibbert (left) and Corporal Simmons, both from Jamaica, serving with the Royal Engineers at Clitheroe, Lancashire, 28 November 1941.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
West Indian troops in Britain: Two motor cyclists: Sapper Hibbert (left) and Corporal Simmons, both from Jamaica, serving with the Royal Engineers at Clitheroe, Lancashire, 28 November 1941.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Props to @johnathanperk.bsky.social for reminding me about the the Project 2025 tracker. It's scary but essential to keep up with...
#project2025
#project2025
Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
www.project2025.observer
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Props to @johnathanperk.bsky.social for reminding me about the the Project 2025 tracker. It's scary but essential to keep up with...
#project2025
#project2025
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This is not the future I was dreaming about as kid...
It’s 2027. You’re a lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court that the monthlong warrantless collection of the defendant’s poop data is not a 4th Amendment search
techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is not the future I was dreaming about as kid...
Brew your own at home, shop at an indy coffee spot, DON'T give Starbucks your $$$ until their workers get a contract.
#coffee #Starbucks #strike #union
#coffee #Starbucks #strike #union
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Brew your own at home, shop at an indy coffee spot, DON'T give Starbucks your $$$ until their workers get a contract.
#coffee #Starbucks #strike #union
#coffee #Starbucks #strike #union