@themaninblackfled.bsky.social
Classically trained pianist living in Portland. Oregon. Veteran: Former Navy SWCC. Current social services middle management guru. Proud Dad. Cat owner. I am afraid of slugs and orcas. Slinger of lead and Death. I choose violence daily.
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"Will the history books track our breathing, our grieving, our sorrow?
Or like always, will history record only a litany of wins and success,
With no record of the dead, except in the earth that buried them and the broken hearts that loved them?
Where is the place of love in our record of history?"
Or like always, will history record only a litany of wins and success,
With no record of the dead, except in the earth that buried them and the broken hearts that loved them?
Where is the place of love in our record of history?"
I have lost some close family recently. All the losses have been sudden. The grief that has followed this has been compounded by the levels of global violence, uncertainty, and increasing fascism. For them and for us, I hope this verse helps… A grief poem.
folukeafrica.com/to-those-who...
folukeafrica.com/to-those-who...
To Those Who Have Gone Ahead: Grieving while breathing
Where is the record of the dead, except in the earth that buried them and the broken hearts that loved them?
folukeafrica.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"Will the history books track our breathing, our grieving, our sorrow?
Or like always, will history record only a litany of wins and success,
With no record of the dead, except in the earth that buried them and the broken hearts that loved them?
Where is the place of love in our record of history?"
Or like always, will history record only a litany of wins and success,
With no record of the dead, except in the earth that buried them and the broken hearts that loved them?
Where is the place of love in our record of history?"
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So fuckin tone deaf we want the revenge match
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
So fuckin tone deaf we want the revenge match
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Range is Cold/Hot
That’s too much pedal.
Are you practicing regularly?
Commence firing/guns guns guns
Make firearms safe!
Too much pedal!!
Fuck Mozart
That’s too much pedal.
Are you practicing regularly?
Commence firing/guns guns guns
Make firearms safe!
Too much pedal!!
Fuck Mozart
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Range is Cold/Hot
That’s too much pedal.
Are you practicing regularly?
Commence firing/guns guns guns
Make firearms safe!
Too much pedal!!
Fuck Mozart
That’s too much pedal.
Are you practicing regularly?
Commence firing/guns guns guns
Make firearms safe!
Too much pedal!!
Fuck Mozart
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Loved this 🧵 from the NY Transit Museum, in honor of Rosa Parks' anniversary today, about the desegregation of the NYC transit system. In 1854! By a teacher!
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
How was #NYC's transit system desegregated? In 1854, Elizabeth Jennings Graham, a 24-year-old Black school teacher, stood her ground on a NYC streetcar. Jennings was ordered to get off the car and wait for a car that served African American passengers.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Loved this 🧵 from the NY Transit Museum, in honor of Rosa Parks' anniversary today, about the desegregation of the NYC transit system. In 1854! By a teacher!
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
Side note: When my son was little, NY Transit Museum was one of our favorite spots. It's a gem of a local museum for kids and adults alike.
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Just made a sweatshirt for my kiddo 🎄
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Just made a sweatshirt for my kiddo 🎄
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He was right lmao. They misunderstood him but he was absolutely right.
They were mad because Karlous was right.
Homelessness shouldn't be our problem; it should be the government's and they could fix it but they choose not to.
Homelessness shouldn't be our problem; it should be the government's and they could fix it but they choose not to.
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
He was right lmao. They misunderstood him but he was absolutely right.
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the fact that history of aids is either glossed over or completely ignored in teaching american history should bother all. it is one of best examples of the fear mongering of illness and medicine & how community action saved millions of lives.
if haven’t learned about it. go read about it now.
if haven’t learned about it. go read about it now.
This country does not do well with collective mourning or acknowledging death by contagious illness. You probably never heard of the pandemic of 1918, if you're under 35 you probably never seen the AIDS quilt and the fact that we've never had a national acknowledgment of the people who died of COVID
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
the fact that history of aids is either glossed over or completely ignored in teaching american history should bother all. it is one of best examples of the fear mongering of illness and medicine & how community action saved millions of lives.
if haven’t learned about it. go read about it now.
if haven’t learned about it. go read about it now.
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“The [microbes] will do the education” is said in frustration and exasperation and boy do I get it.
As many have said, the issue is how medicine functions and neither the lack of the trust from the public nor the frustration on the medicine/science end is going away until we adjust the root cause.
As many have said, the issue is how medicine functions and neither the lack of the trust from the public nor the frustration on the medicine/science end is going away until we adjust the root cause.
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“The [microbes] will do the education” is said in frustration and exasperation and boy do I get it.
As many have said, the issue is how medicine functions and neither the lack of the trust from the public nor the frustration on the medicine/science end is going away until we adjust the root cause.
As many have said, the issue is how medicine functions and neither the lack of the trust from the public nor the frustration on the medicine/science end is going away until we adjust the root cause.
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I’ve witnessed white people forgive other white people for being racist and now they're giving rave reviews of dissertations written by people who have no fucking idea what they're talking about.
I used to want better for them. Now I understand I need a meteor or EMP at minimum
I used to want better for them. Now I understand I need a meteor or EMP at minimum
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’ve witnessed white people forgive other white people for being racist and now they're giving rave reviews of dissertations written by people who have no fucking idea what they're talking about.
I used to want better for them. Now I understand I need a meteor or EMP at minimum
I used to want better for them. Now I understand I need a meteor or EMP at minimum
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Seems bad ...
The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories.
So we made that list for you 👇
So we made that list for you 👇
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Seems bad ...
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Libras in the middle of buying something else:
Let me check my balance. I was doing three much over the weekend.
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Libras in the middle of buying something else:
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“Oh this is so dope, I’d love to build this with my girlfr—“
December 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Oh this is so dope, I’d love to build this with my girlfr—“
I oftentimes forget that Blacksky is a part
of Bluesky and that other, non black folk use the app. It’s like, who the fuck are these…peasants and how dare they breathe mine same air!!
of Bluesky and that other, non black folk use the app. It’s like, who the fuck are these…peasants and how dare they breathe mine same air!!
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I oftentimes forget that Blacksky is a part
of Bluesky and that other, non black folk use the app. It’s like, who the fuck are these…peasants and how dare they breathe mine same air!!
of Bluesky and that other, non black folk use the app. It’s like, who the fuck are these…peasants and how dare they breathe mine same air!!
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“Africa is entitled to demand the official and explicit recognition of the crimes committed against its peoples during the colonial period...,” Attaf said.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations
Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialism
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Africa is entitled to demand the official and explicit recognition of the crimes committed against its peoples during the colonial period...,” Attaf said.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Now I want to insert that line in one of my manuscripts. 🤩
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Now I want to insert that line in one of my manuscripts. 🤩
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I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK!
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK!
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Listening to Keith Lee on KevonStage’s pod.
He says he can’t even eat out normally because he walks in a place & folk start crying thinking their life is about to change.
Meanwhile, he’s just…hungry.
He says he can’t even eat out normally because he walks in a place & folk start crying thinking their life is about to change.
Meanwhile, he’s just…hungry.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Listening to Keith Lee on KevonStage’s pod.
He says he can’t even eat out normally because he walks in a place & folk start crying thinking their life is about to change.
Meanwhile, he’s just…hungry.
He says he can’t even eat out normally because he walks in a place & folk start crying thinking their life is about to change.
Meanwhile, he’s just…hungry.
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What a fucking clown
The 3 year old had to come to work with me for a couple hours this morning and i was taking him to potty, he grabbed my hand so of course i was holding it while we walked. one of my male coworkers gon’ say “he a boy, you ain’t gotta hold his hand!”
pls don’t piss me off.
pls don’t piss me off.
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What a fucking clown
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What I want to know is who said “never more” to the raven in the first place, and why. 🧐
Edgar Allen Poe tried to tell us but people said he was smokin' opium and made it up.
Y’all! Ravens can talk!! And they know how context works. Animals are so damn smart!
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What I want to know is who said “never more” to the raven in the first place, and why. 🧐
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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The purpose of US liberal education is to strip figures like Parks of all of their radical edges and make them caricatures. Parks is portrayed as a frail, tired woman who just wanted to sit down. Just like Harriet Tubman is portrayed as simply a helpful caretaker.
6) Rosa Parks wasn't meek. A lifelong believer in self defense, her politics were expansive. She loved Martin & Malcolm & Stokely, Ella Baker & Queen Mother Moore, fought for reparations, Black history in every curriculum, prisoner defense, welfare rights—"any move to show we are dissatisfied."
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The purpose of US liberal education is to strip figures like Parks of all of their radical edges and make them caricatures. Parks is portrayed as a frail, tired woman who just wanted to sit down. Just like Harriet Tubman is portrayed as simply a helpful caretaker.