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Gina Murrell
@ginamurrell1.bsky.social
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Librarian. Copy Editor. Writer. Zine and Graphic Novel Enthusiast. View-Master Reel Collector. Burrito Eater. Reader. Bi. Femme. She/her. #BlackLivesMatter✊🏾🌈
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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 17h
John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d
Watching alleged ICE agents break into people's home while declaring they don't need warrants definitely makes me feel safe.
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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h
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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 19h
Capitalism 🤝 Authoritarianism
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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 21h
The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.
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flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.
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Washingtonian @washingtonian.com · 16h
Three new history books explore DC punk, two are about zines and one chronicles Swiz.
DC Punk Explored in Three New History Books
Two are about zines and one chronicles Swiz.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 8d
In the late #90s, I perceived Lilith Fair as a very white female, acoustic, granola-y music festival…a perception not contradicted by the larger culture. I legit didn’t know the lineup included Black artists (Tracy Chapman, Queen Latifah, Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott and more) until the #documentary.
Entertainment Weekly magazine cover featuring Fiona Apple, Joan Osborne, Sarah McLachlan, and Sheryl Crow. The issue, from a week in July 1997, has as its cover story Lilith Fair, “Summer’s Hottest Ticket.”
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 12h
I’m watching the Lilith Fair documentary on Hulu and Sarah McLachlan was explaining the “fair” part of the festival name and she said it was a play on wards, that “fair” could mean “equal”, “attractive”, or “a celebration”.

And I thought, “But Sarah, ‘fair’ can also mean ‘white’.” 🤷🏾‍♀️ Ijs.
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bookriot.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social · 16h
Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.

#booksky

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Bookshop.org Offers Free Shipping and 20% Off Banned Books for “Anti-Prime Day”
Support independent bookstores and get free shipping by purchasing books through Bookshop.org during their "Anti-Prime Day" sale.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 11h
Considering recent events, We Gon' Be Alright feels more relevant today. During the first year of the pandemic, I bought my copy from the oldest, #BlackOwned indie bookstore in the US: Marcus Books, down the street from where I lived in Oakland, California. www.instagram.com/marcus.books #AmReading
My trade paperback copy of We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation, by Jeff Chang, across which is lying a Marcus Books Stores bookmark (“Books by and About Black People Everywhere”).
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 12h
We Gon' Be Alright was published during the first term of that person currently in the WH. So far, it reads as words of warning (that have gone unheeded), a history text, and socioeconomic study. Ultimately, the book feels hopeful and meant to inspire. I’m sure Chang didn’t expect this second term.
Asian American author Jeff Chang in this color photo taken outside, seemingly in an alley lined with red brick walls on which is spray-painted graffiti. It’s daytime, and Chang is standing by a graffitied red-brick wall with his body turned away from the camera. He’s wearing eyeglasses and a grey buttoned-up grey shirt over a white undershirt.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 12h
Currently reading: We Gon' Be Alright, by Jeff Chang. With the subtitle Notes on Race and Resegregation, this collection of essays by Chang was published in 2016 by Macmillan imprint Picador. I started it a few days ago. us.macmillan.com/books/978031... #books #activism #BlackLivesMatter #AmReading
My paperback copy of We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation, by Jeff Chang. The book, which has a white cover and raised hands belonging to a person color, is propped against a white wall on my wood writing desk.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 14h
Well, this explains why I saw a white bookcase being carried out/picked up earlier. Looks good!
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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 1d
📢 Tuesday 10/7 7pm PT
@joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social in conversation w/ Daphne Muse
celebrating POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back
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In-person, or register for Zoom here: citylights.com/events/joshu...
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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 2d
Kimberly Hébert Gregory has sadly passed at the age of 52.

She was introduced to many through her work on ‘Vice Principals’ and ‘Craig of the Creek.’ She voiced, Nicole Williams, Craig’s mom. May she Rest in Peace.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d
The Ditto machine had its own room in the school building, down the hall from the classrooms (and across the hall from the nurse’s/sick room). The teacher selecting you to run the Ditto machine was a chance to leave class and also meant you were trusted/reliable. Felt like a big job to a little kid!
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d
I was going to say “yes,” but then I realized I was thinking about the Ditto machine, which my elementary school used in the 1980s to make duplicates of blank tests, forms, etc., for distribution. If one of us kids were lucky, we got chosen to turn the handle. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_... #80s
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 13d
Russ le Roq (Russell Crowe), 1981.
Rykenberg - Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections

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young man with a guitar
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Fur Trader @andrewpelletier.bsky.social · 2d
total novice to analog recording but I finally figured this piece out. It's a quadraphonic machine from 1974 when record companies were selling music for 4 speakers (?), which seems like the precursor to 5.1? Short lived tech. I thought I could multitrack on this but it's only stereo/quad. So live!
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Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 2d
Netflix added 90 new titles to their inventory of films this past week to their streaming service, and among them was the 2022 film Alice starring Keke Palmer.
Keke Palmer’s Time-Traveling Drama 'Alice' Is Worth Checking Out on Netflix | Black Girl Nerds
Netflix added new titles to their inventory of films this past week to their streaming service, and among them was Alice starring Keke Palmer.
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love when it’s the radical left, not private equity, to blame
notice taped to a shuttered storefront claire's NOTICE OF STORE CLOSURE To Our Valued Customers, This Claire's location has been permanently closed. The decision reflects both external pressures & internal restructuring. In recent months, repeated attacks of ridicule by radical left agitators have gone beyond mere criticism, escalating into a deliberate effort to destabilize our company - conduct we recognize as Domestic Economic Terrorism. At the same time, our transition under new private equity ownership required difficult financial choices. Protecting the stability of shareholders was prioritized, & this store - along with its local workforce - was deemed expendable in service of that obligation. Despite these challenges, Claire's remains committed to our identity as a traditional American company rooted in values of family & community. We will not be silenced by those who attempt to undermine that mission, & we continue to move forward with confidence in our future. Here at Claire's, we look forward to working with the current administration to reinvigorate our brand presence across the United States, ensuring that we remain a part of American life for generations to come. We invite you to continue supporting Claire's by shopping online at www.claires.com Thank you for your attention to this matter. Claire's Stores, Inc. 2400 West Central Road, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192| Claire's Stores, Inc. |CBI Distributing Corp.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d
If I had known Rite Aid was gonna go belly up, I would’ve stockpiled that shade of BLK/OPL stick foundation 😭

Also, the shelves in the Rite Aid that was by me in Queens were always empty. So, it was pointless (and depressing) to go there anyway. Though I did get my passport photo taken there 🤷🏾‍♀️ #NYC
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d
Rite Aid was the only drugstore that sold #BlackOwned cosmetic brand BLK/OPL (aka Black Opal), which makes my preferred stick foundation (in Hazelnut, a shade eternally out of stock on the BLK/OPL website but in stock at Rite Aid). I’ve yet to see BLK/OPL in-store anyplace else. blackopalbeauty.com
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d
The acting CDC director has finally signed off on the vaccine advisory panel's recommendations for the COVID vaccines.

While the CDC is trying to sell this as a win for antivaxxers, in reality this means that COVID vaccines will be more accessible than they have been in recent weeks.
CDC Immunization Schedule Adopts Individual-Based Decision-Making for COVID-19 and Standalone Vaccination for Chickenpox in Toddlers ATLANTA—October 6, 2025— The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination and recommend that toddlers receive protection from varicella (chickenpox) as a standalone immunization rather than in combination with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination.The immunization schedules adopt recent recommendations by the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which were approved last week by Acting Director of the CDC and Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill. The schedules will be updated on CDC.gov by October 7, 2025.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d
Today (Monday): This morning, I woke up without a headache and was less achy overall. No longer fatigued. Still some tenderness in my upper arm. It helped knowing the discomfort was temporary and that I have some protection going into this cold/flu season. Also, #CovidIsntOver. #PublicHealth #NYC
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 1d
My side effects with this year’s flu shot and COVID booster (Moderna):

Friday (day of vaccination): Sore upper arm, fatigue.

Saturday: Sore upper arm, fatigue, body aches, headache, feeling of slight unsteadiness while standing and walking.

Sunday: Sore upper arm, fatigue, body aches, headache.
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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.bsky.social · 4d
Today, I took a late lunch break during which I got my flu shot and my COVID booster at a local CVS. 💪🏾 #boosted #PublicHealth #NYC
Selfie of my upper arm with two red-and-white bandages—one covering the site of my flu shot and the other covering the site of my COVID booster shot. Oct 3, 2025.
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