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#WeTriedToTellYou And STILL trying to with no sugar-coating. WILL piss you off at some point. Blerd. Love Sports & British Mysteries. Support 🏳️‍🌈 ♀️🏳️‍⚧️ #BLM No profile pic, no description, no posts = 🚫 Follow Back
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · Jan 10
🧵 Throwing this out to those seeking membership in the "Not ALL White People" Brigade: If I say, "Black people know DEI is meant to overcome systemic racism, not promote incompetent applicants" isn't it obvious I don't mean ALL Black people? Candace Owens, Larry Eldridge, Ben Carson, Byron Donalds,
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Laura Elliott @lauraelliott3.bsky.social · May 15
Pete Rose Day was planned a long time ago. It had nothing to do with the recent announcement about allowing him into the Hall of Fame.
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 15
Thanks for the clarification. My point stands tho. Celebrating a guy who made a conscious decision to violate MLB's rules is shameful. As long as you're great on the field, you don't have to follow the rules.
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 15
Rob Manfred’s Pete Rose Flip-Flop Further Stains His Legacy, by Sports Illustrated
www.si.com/mlb/rob-manf...
Rob Manfred’s Pete Rose Flip-Flop Further Stains His Legacy
Manfred has spent his decade as MLB commissioner publicly talking about the integrity of baseball and privately taking swipes at it.
www.si.com
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 15
Good news: A couple of the bigger outlets condemn Manfred's move:::
MLB was wrong to reinstate Pete Rose: Why nothing has changed about hits leader's baseball gambling by CBS Sports
www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb...
MLB was wrong to reinstate Pete Rose: Why nothing has changed about hits leader's baseball gambling
Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that he has removed Rose from the permanently ineligible list
www.cbssports.com
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 15
Reds immediately prove Commissioner Manfred wrong by celebrating a man who decided MLB's rules against gambling didn't apply to him. If that's not a "threat to the integrity of the game", what is? www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Reds celebrate Rose day after MLB reinstatement
Pete Rose was honored by the Reds on Wednesday night, a day after he was posthumously removed from MLB's permanent ineligibility list.
www.espn.com
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
Why I mostly stay away from even this platform. Thought the X-odus was a good thing, but find those who migrated here are mostly the alt-left.
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Bernie is a failure, and AOC is a poser!!! @africanprincess7.bsky.social · May 14
They continue to be loud and wrong.
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
My desktop weather app no longer works with NOAA as the input source. I now use BBC as the source. LOL
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
Yes, I know. I said "THEY" go back to.
why are you recommending books to me when you can't even read a social media post.
a black and white photo of prince sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .
ALT: a black and white photo of prince sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
Explain to me how, 45 years after JR Richard's stroke a Black professional athlete can have an undiagnosed heary condition? (That's rhetorical. I fucking know the reason). youtu.be/ld_jdwaVFv8?...
Angel City Defender Savy King Undergoes Successful Heart Surgery After On-Field Collapse
YouTube video by NewsBOT Sports
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
This trailer made me weep. Too many Americans are one bad break away from a day like this.
And my GURL Taraji P Henson. DAYUM!
youtu.be/k1vWhii4tkE?...
Tyler Perry’s STRAW | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
"I don't regret not voting for Kamala or Hillary". But their dumb asses go back to Southern Democrats opposing emancipation for "proof" of how bad DEMs are. (And don't get me started on why Lincoln opposed slavery).
a close up of a bald man with a beard and mustache looking up at the sky .
ALT: a close up of a bald man with a beard and mustache looking up at the sky .
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
They aren't mutually exclusive.
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 14
UBI
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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · May 14
It's really important for white folks to unflinchingly address their white privilege. I applaud Toro Blanco for doing so. This series is a must read 👇👇👇
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Toro Blanco @toroblanco.bsky.social · May 14
Today's piece of mine on Daily Kos:
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

There's a lot to discuss on this topic, so I'm I'll be working on this series for some time
Whiteness Wednesdays: Addressing White Privilege, Fragility, & the David Hogg Drama, Part 1
I normally try to stay out of the tennis match style back-and-forth, call-and-response game with diaries on the rec list. You know the kind: “*Thing* happened, and it’s a problem” “Why *...
www.dailykos.com
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 12
Homey's got this wrong: Capitalism isn't working for ANYONE, except the wealthy
www.newsweek.com/capitalism-i...
Capitalism Isn't Working for the Poor. Let's Try Something Else | Opinion
It's time to admit that our "one size fits all" capitalist system isn't working for everyone.
www.newsweek.com
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 7
💯 Drives me nuts when people talk about getting rid of Drumpf as tho that solves the problem. He's just the inevitable result of 60+ years of GOP fuckery.
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Nightbird @nightbird39.bsky.social · May 5
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 7
No comment necessary
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · May 3
It's a luxury Black folks can't afford.
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sjoyner1965.bsky.social @sjoyner1965.bsky.social · May 1
The idea of people refusing to vote bc they don’t want to compromise themselves morally is utterly foreign to Black folks, bc only an extreme amount of privilege makes it possible for people to treat voting as a statement of virtue rather than a tool to improve the material conditions of others.
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sjoyner1965.bsky.social @sjoyner1965.bsky.social · May 1
To be Black in America is to be forced to compromise yourself on a daily basis in order to survive. People who sneer at Democrats genuinely do not get the sheer fear that motivates voting for survival.
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No Fuqs To Give @respectoakland.bsky.social · Apr 30
Saw the CRAZIEST HR call: Fan reaches over the wall, but since the ball hit his forearm, which wasn't in the field of play, it was a HR.
Baseball is wondeful!
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sjoyner1965.bsky.social @sjoyner1965.bsky.social · Apr 30
In this capacity, they double down on the “Democrats do nothing” narrative, bc it excuses the behavior of their MAGA family members, whom they claim are somehow principled enough to reject the shortcomings of the Democratic Party but not those same shortcomings in Republicans.
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