Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Damon Brown

@browndamon.bsky.social

160 followers 250 following 200 posts

I help side hustlers, solopreneurs & other non-traditional entrepreneurs bloom 🌻 Best-selling author, 2x founder & 4x TEDTalker Catch my #entrepreneur show BringYourWorth.tv Bring me in as keynote speaker or coach at www.DamonBrown.net #bringyourworth

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · Oct 21

Hey y'all!

I'm Damon. I help #sidehustlers, #solopreneurs & other nontraditional #entrepreneurs bloom 🌻

I love building #communities outside of #socialmedia, but folks I respect recommended I come through.

More info on me in bio. Excited to learn more about you!

#AddToBlackSky #bringyourworth

Picture of African-American author Damon Brown smiling in a spotlit green room. He is wearing a grey hoodie and a dark blue blazer.

1 4

Reposted by Damon Brown

Spooky beige 🧌 @rellmidnight.bsky.social · 14h

Mfs selling Komodo dragon tail

15 17 80

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 1d

Forgiveness Does Not Mean Going Back #bringyourworth

youtu.be/sz5HyTo4fhM

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 1d

✍🏾

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 2d

👏🏾

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 3d

Get Unstuck Today. Here's How

#bringyourworth

youtu.be/8WlHazXfZLo

Get Unstuck Today. Here's How

YouTube video by Damon Brown

youtu.be

1 2

Reposted by Damon Brown

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 9d

During what has been an otherwise difficult year for public media, there’s a rare bit of good news coming from the sector: Reading Rainbow is coming back.

‘Reading Rainbow’ Returns: Classic PBS Show Rebooted 20 Years After Final Episode

During what has been an otherwise difficult year for public media, there’s a rare bit of good news coming from the sector: Reading Rainbow is coming back.

bit.ly

29 100

Reposted by Damon Brown

raymondj @raymondj.bsky.social · 13d

four years ago on this date a hawk landed in our carport; twelve years ago on this date a young black bear visited the front deck and ate up the bird feeder. (the pictures are so blurry because it was raining and my hands were shaking from adrenaline)

a collage of photos of a small fuzzy black bear sitting on a wooden deck in front of a broken bird feeder with piles of seed all around them

4 1 9

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 13d

Both of these dates are equally important! 🐻

Reposted by Damon Brown

Albumism @albumism.com · 14d

A Tribe Called Quest released 'The Low End Theory' 34 years ago on September 24, 1991

album.ink/ATCQlowend

Revisiting A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘The Low End Theory’ (1991) | Tribute

Tribe’s brilliant sophomore album still sounds like a timeless experience and remains the pinnacle of their recording career.

album.ink

1 17 62

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 14d

💌 Read the rest now, and every Wednesday, for free in the #BringYourWorth #newsletter at JoinDamon.me.

***
🙋🏾 I’m Damon! (www.damonbrown.net) I help side hustlers, solopreneurs & others like yourself bloom.

a red rose is growing out of the ground

ALT: a red rose is growing out of the ground

media.tenor.com

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 14d

What if we consciously became not just a powerbroker, but the sage?
I’m old enough now where my mentees are mentoring
My coaching clients are now becoming coaches
The seeds are becoming the trees
And will bloom after I’m gone 🌳

a tree with lots of green leaves is against a white background

ALT: a tree with lots of green leaves is against a white background

media.tenor.com

1 1

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 14d

In truth, we often fear being replaced
Because we don’t know our identity
Outside of the spotlight.
Old men holding on to power
Not knowing themselves
Without the dynamic.

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 14d

Coincidently, I had a mentorship call the day after I got the news
And shared how we are all just preparing things for the next
Being good ancestors in training
A never-ending chain.

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 14d

One of my loved ones said they could tell how my coaching work paralleled his
Which made me cry all over again.
Recognizing how a bend in the road
Being exposed to someone’s greatness
Can shift your life path for decades to come ⏳

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 14d

Pass the Baton 🏃🏾‍♂️
📰 Read more at www.joindamon.me

One of my mentors, Glenn McIntosh, died oaklandpostonline.com/54630/campus....
He was my last living mentor from undergrad.
I shed quite a few tears.
I also recognized the cycle of support
How one person prepares the next.
Each one teach one.

1 3

Reposted by Damon Brown

SNAPS @kenmist.bsky.social · 16d

Aja
Steely Dan
1977 - ABC Records
Released September 23, 1977. The production values on this are incredible. A sonic treat.
#vinyl #WOYTT #nowspinning

Album cover for Steely Dan's Aja released on September 23, 1977

5 63

Reposted by Damon Brown

Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 18d

Since Bluesky has been on one and because the attention-seeking has been wildly successful I'm posting as a reminder to myself as much as anyone else.

In this case we're explaining over and over again what is self evident: Black people have a consistent track record of getting free.

A picture of author Toni Morrison, an elderly Black woman with grey locs, wearing silver hoop earrings and wine colored lipstick looking directly at the viewer, above the quote: "The function, the very serious function of racism,
is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work.
It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your
reason for being. Somebody says you have no
language, so you spend twenty years proving that
you do. Somebody says your head isn't shaped
properly, so you have scientists working on the
fact that it is. Someone says you have no art, so
you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no
kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of that is
necessary. There will always be one more thing."

Toni Morrison, Portland State, "Black Studies Center public dialogue.
Pt. 2," May 30, 1975.

From, https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1jgvzsz/re_us_collapse_can_anyone_explain_the_behaviour/, a 6 month old Reddit post questioning the bizarre behavior of USians as the country slips into authoritarianism:

"LISTEN TO BLACK PEOPLE I know that sounds odd, but they really seem to know what they're doing. I think part of
that is not having any illusions about what they are dealing with. Look at the unprecedented wins of the Civil Rights"
Movement, which offered an umbrella for other progressive movements including womens rights, environmental
movement, etc. The Black Panthers in the 90s. The record breaking BLM protests. You already have leadership in your
country; look to it.

1 24 74

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 20d

@yoshthegreat.bsky.social welcome, fam! 👏🏾

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 22d

www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/b...

Publishers Clearing House’s bankruptcy means ‘forever’ winners will no longer get paid | CNN Business

For nearly 60 years, Publishers Clearing House had been known for changing individuals’ lives, fulfilling their dreams with prize money it promised would keep coming for as long as they lived.

www.cnn.com

1 1 2

Reposted by Damon Brown

t. 🎀 @naturalt02.bsky.social · 22d

even if you don’t plan on traveling to another country anytime soon, please save up to get your passport! you genuinely never know when you might need it. Especially in the event of an emergency! stay ready so you don’t have to get ready 🫶🏽

1 3

Reposted by Damon Brown

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22d

people have already mentioned SNEAKERs, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and of course ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN as great redford performances, let me recommend THE CANDIDATE, which is really one of the best movies ever made about american politics

360 700 6.8K

Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 26d

👏🏾

Reposted by Damon Brown

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 29d

10 180 470

Reposted by Damon Brown

Albumism @albumism.com · Sep 9

Kylie Minogue released "Can't Get You Out of My Head" as the lead single from 'Fever' 24 years ago on September 8, 2001

album.ink/KMfever

1 9 43