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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 591+ Black books banned this year alone.
From Toni Morrison to children’s books celebrating Black joy.
When knowledge is removed, power is removed.
📚 What Black book shaped YOUR worldview? Share it in the comments.
#ProtectBlackStories #BlackoutReport

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 11h

The #BlackoutReport exposes 15,723 documented examples of how disinformation is being weaponized against Black communities — and what we can do to fight back.

Read the full report: blackoutreport.org

The Blackout Report

Exposing the campaign to erase Black progress. Explore Onyx Impact’s Blackout Report — data, stories, and action to defend our history.

blackoutreport.org

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 11h

🚨 Esosa Osa on Roland Martin Unfiltered:

“We cannot respond to bad faith arguments with good faith answers. DEI has become a smokescreen to erase Black power and seize illegitimate control.”

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 11h

The effort to erase Black voices, ideas, art and history is the effort to erase Black lives.”* – NAACP Legal Defense Fund
This isn’t symbolic. The harm is real. And it’s happening right now.
We cannot afford silence.
#ProtectBlackHistory #BlackoutReport

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 11h

The data doesn’t lie. 📊
This isn’t just about history — it’s about the future of truth, data, and justice.

Read the full story now on
@blackptessusa
and join the movement to #ProtectBlackProgress.

#Blackout2025 #OnyxImpact #BlackPressUSA #InformationIntegrity #TruthMatters

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 12h

17 major corporations have dissolved DEI and 3 federal agencies have deleted racial equity data from their websites.

They’re not just erasing programs — they’re erasing proof.

The #BlackoutReport exists to preserve the truth.

Read it for yourself: blackoutreport.org

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 5d

The harm is real: Black workers pushed out of jobs, HBCUs stripped of resources, Black mothers and fathers denied healthcare, and neighborhoods left without protection from floods, asthma, or poisoned water.

📖 Read the full Blackout Report now.
#BlackoutReport #OnyxImpact

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨 It’s here! 🚨 Same mission. Same impact. Fresh new look.
We’ve officially launched the NEW onyximpact.org — now featuring:
✨ Aisha, your AI-powered guide to trusted Black news
📗 The Digital Green Book, and
🧠 The Information Integrity Lab, fighting mis/disinformation & building safer online spaces.

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jul 24

From investigative journalism to cultural commentary, these outlets got the juice AND the facts.🗞 Swipe, follow, and reshare.👉🏾 Go to digitalgreenbook.org to find your local Black press.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jul 21

👟 From sneaker drops to conspiracy theories, we connect the dots between culture and control—and show you how to fight back using tools like Aisha and the Digital Green Book.🎥 Watch the full episode on YouTube.🖤 Stay laced. Stay sharp. And don’t believe everything the algorithm tells you.

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jul 17

🔥 Wanna learn how to traverse the digital landscape from the brilliant mind of Esosa Osa? Stay tuned for The Power Lab—a new series where she takes you behind the screen and into the strategies to protect your mind, your vote, and your community.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jul 10

We Are Entitled To The Truth!!
#MicDrop
Stacey Abrams reminding us that before we had power we had each other, and when we hold to our truth-we can fight back and WIN!
FIGHT BACK NOW!- uncover their tactics and resist! And go to digitalgreenbook.org to learn even more!

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jul 9

Aisha is like a Black ChatGPT — but powered by Black news sources and focused on truth.
Built by Onyx Impact, it connects you to trusted Black news sources, by state.
💡 Visit digitalgreenbook.org
#OnyxImpact #BlackAI #AishaKnows

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jun 16

📢 Share with 5 friends. Tag your local Black paper.
Let’s flood our timelines with truth.
#ReclaimYourTimeline #FollowBlackNews

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jun 11

More Black media means more truth about our communities, our policies, our lives.
📰 Follow, subscribe, invest in Black-owned news today.

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theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jun 9

📢 This Juneteenth, do more than repost.
Follow @BlackPressUSA and use Aisha to find and follow your local Black paper.
Because our stories deserve more than a scroll.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jun 3

🎥 Watch the full Episode 1 of Kicks and Clickbait now on YouTube.
🧠 Come for the laughs while we KICK some knowledge!

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨 42% of social media accounts are bots 🤯
Flooding our timelines with spam, lies, and disinformation.

📲 Visit digitalgreenbook.org to tap in with Aisha now.
We all we got. And with Aisha? We got everything.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · May 30

Yup, @esosa_osa1 really almost got kicked out of Madison Square Garden for riding too hard for LeBron 😭.

But real talk—fighting misinformation is exhausting. That’s why we created the Digital Green Book and Aisha. But even freedom fighters need joy.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · May 30

🚨 “We’ve got to take back our data.” 🚨 @esosa_osa1 kicks off Episode 1 of Kicks and Clickbait with a mic-drop moment that every Black digital creator, sneakerhead, and social media user needs to hear.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · May 22

We are Onyx Impact.

Onyx works at the forefront of dismantling harmful narratives and fostering informed engagement for Black people.

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · May 16

📲 Fighting disinformation isn't just about facts. It's about freedom. It’s about keeping our people informed, empowered, and unstoppable.

#OnyxImpact #DigitalGreenBook #InformationIsPower #StopDisinfo #ProtectBlackVoices #MediaLiteracyMatters #BlackFutures"

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · May 13

They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.🌱

-Dinos Christianopoulos

#ProtectBlackVoices | #StopDisinfo

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · May 8

Tired of okie doke and fake news on your timeline? Follow more Black media and journalists.

📲 Visit digitalgreenbook.org (digitalgreenbook.org)

theonyximpact.bsky.social @theonyximpact.bsky.social · May 7

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