Kalkail (any/all) 🇵🇷 🏳️🌈
@kalkail.bsky.social
Farm hussy. Nurse. AuDHD. Tia Candela. 🔥
Vive a lo loco que lo bueno dura poco.
Sobreviviendo en los Estados Undios.
Vive a lo loco que lo bueno dura poco.
Sobreviviendo en los Estados Undios.
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There’s no hip hop without NYC.
There’s no techno without Detroit.
There’s no EDM without Chicago.
There’s no disco without NYC.
There’s no metal without Detroit.
There’s no rock without Chicago.
None would exist without Black people making music there, be they from the US or the Caribbean.
There’s no techno without Detroit.
There’s no EDM without Chicago.
There’s no disco without NYC.
There’s no metal without Detroit.
There’s no rock without Chicago.
None would exist without Black people making music there, be they from the US or the Caribbean.
Related: without The Gap Band we'd never get Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit...and I just love this story
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There’s no hip hop without NYC.
There’s no techno without Detroit.
There’s no EDM without Chicago.
There’s no disco without NYC.
There’s no metal without Detroit.
There’s no rock without Chicago.
None would exist without Black people making music there, be they from the US or the Caribbean.
There’s no techno without Detroit.
There’s no EDM without Chicago.
There’s no disco without NYC.
There’s no metal without Detroit.
There’s no rock without Chicago.
None would exist without Black people making music there, be they from the US or the Caribbean.
Boosting this updated version for everyone especially those among us designated as the extended family ‘is this real’ adjudicator.
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Boosting this updated version for everyone especially those among us designated as the extended family ‘is this real’ adjudicator.
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108 years ago, the US military carried out the largest mass execution in American history. In December 1917, the military hanged 13 soldiers. Another 6 were hanged less than a year later.
Yes...they were all Black soldiers.
It's best known as the Houston Riot of 1917
🧵
Yes...they were all Black soldiers.
It's best known as the Houston Riot of 1917
🧵
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
108 years ago, the US military carried out the largest mass execution in American history. In December 1917, the military hanged 13 soldiers. Another 6 were hanged less than a year later.
Yes...they were all Black soldiers.
It's best known as the Houston Riot of 1917
🧵
Yes...they were all Black soldiers.
It's best known as the Houston Riot of 1917
🧵
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Child’s tunic with hood, Egypt, ca. 600-900 AD. Turns out hoodies have been around for a while!
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Child’s tunic with hood, Egypt, ca. 600-900 AD. Turns out hoodies have been around for a while!
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Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
Grist opens applications for new rural reporting grants on climate and environmental justice
Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...
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"Democrats will never fully support disabled people because disability is the antithesis of capitalism. It requires we take a step back from always making a profit when it comes to the lives of people who can produce no profit outside of extraction from our for-profit healthcare system."
100% this.
100% this.
When you actually think about how many issues are tied to disability you never think about, it’s intentional.
crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...
crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...
Capitalists Were Never Going To Protect Your Healthcare When Your Disablement Is For Profit
When I first began my career in disability advocacy as a professional, I was bright-eyed, believing that I would be working with the most vocal supporters of DEI and who rallied behind diversity as…
crutchesandspice.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Democrats will never fully support disabled people because disability is the antithesis of capitalism. It requires we take a step back from always making a profit when it comes to the lives of people who can produce no profit outside of extraction from our for-profit healthcare system."
100% this.
100% this.
I am on team ‘help teach your Mama to swim’. I may get cussed out teaching but she lives in a flooding 🌀 zone and I don’t. Am I good? I make do.
She won’t do lessons with a stranger. Plus my teach did the ‘throw the kid in the deep end’ trick then had to jump in/pull me out when I sank. I got sick.
She won’t do lessons with a stranger. Plus my teach did the ‘throw the kid in the deep end’ trick then had to jump in/pull me out when I sank. I got sick.
You know, for the amount of black folk that don’t know how to swim, you’d think we’d have a healthy fear of water. But no – a pool party, a beach, a cruise, we will find a big body of water to be in and around
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am on team ‘help teach your Mama to swim’. I may get cussed out teaching but she lives in a flooding 🌀 zone and I don’t. Am I good? I make do.
She won’t do lessons with a stranger. Plus my teach did the ‘throw the kid in the deep end’ trick then had to jump in/pull me out when I sank. I got sick.
She won’t do lessons with a stranger. Plus my teach did the ‘throw the kid in the deep end’ trick then had to jump in/pull me out when I sank. I got sick.
Time for more investigative eyes on it and labels to get illuminated. Of course trans rights were attacked and then they came for the disabled.
History is rhyming real loud.
History is rhyming real loud.
🧵 Okay so yesterday's vote has me needing to share something.
I've been tracking these 8 Democratic senators for months, and yesterday's surrender on healthcare wasn't surprising—it was predictable.
Let me show you why:
#Healthcare #CorporateDemocrats
1/12
I've been tracking these 8 Democratic senators for months, and yesterday's surrender on healthcare wasn't surprising—it was predictable.
Let me show you why:
#Healthcare #CorporateDemocrats
1/12
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Time for more investigative eyes on it and labels to get illuminated. Of course trans rights were attacked and then they came for the disabled.
History is rhyming real loud.
History is rhyming real loud.
It’s streaming at last!
The Detroit roots of Techno/EDM have always been there for those of us that remember.
youtu.be/AGhZKS-mGyY
The Detroit roots of Techno/EDM have always been there for those of us that remember.
youtu.be/AGhZKS-mGyY
God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines | Official Trailer | Tubi x Kickstarter: The FilmStream Collective
YouTube video by Tubi
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It’s streaming at last!
The Detroit roots of Techno/EDM have always been there for those of us that remember.
youtu.be/AGhZKS-mGyY
The Detroit roots of Techno/EDM have always been there for those of us that remember.
youtu.be/AGhZKS-mGyY
Well I went looking and this should be a bigger news item than it is. Same company was warned to clean up its processing 3y ago over Cronobacter sakazakii contamination. ByHeart destroyed a few cases then but shipped out the rest without proper testing by the looks of it.
On November 8, 2025, ByHeart Inc. recalled two lots of Whole Nutrition Infant Formula:
Lot: 206VABP/251261P2
("Use by 01 Dec 2026")
Lot: 206VABP/251131P2
("Use by 01 Dec 2026")
Curious, this stuff expires in 3 weeks, that’s a very narrow window. There’s gotta be more to this.
Lot: 206VABP/251261P2
("Use by 01 Dec 2026")
Lot: 206VABP/251131P2
("Use by 01 Dec 2026")
Curious, this stuff expires in 3 weeks, that’s a very narrow window. There’s gotta be more to this.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Well I went looking and this should be a bigger news item than it is. Same company was warned to clean up its processing 3y ago over Cronobacter sakazakii contamination. ByHeart destroyed a few cases then but shipped out the rest without proper testing by the looks of it.
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In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Italy labor unions helped start a network of left-leaning news/music radio stations that have become some of the staples of public information in much of the country. They now run on a donation / ads model, but initial investment was from labor. I think about this often.
These zingers are zinging. These are Lady Nancy Langhorne Astor levels of intercostal stiletto character assassination.
Aside: some of these ALT text descriptions feel like an erasure or flattening of culture which is frustrating
Aside: some of these ALT text descriptions feel like an erasure or flattening of culture which is frustrating
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
These zingers are zinging. These are Lady Nancy Langhorne Astor levels of intercostal stiletto character assassination.
Aside: some of these ALT text descriptions feel like an erasure or flattening of culture which is frustrating
Aside: some of these ALT text descriptions feel like an erasure or flattening of culture which is frustrating
Ah yes from the exalted Chronicles of Pimp chapter 20 verse 8 on gathering errant haters as a good shepherd tends an unruly flock.
Jokes aside that comedy special turns 20 next year. D. Smith was 7 when it dropped. I better put them knee patches on now.
Jokes aside that comedy special turns 20 next year. D. Smith was 7 when it dropped. I better put them knee patches on now.
DeVonta Smith: "You ain't got no haters you ain't doing something right"
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Ah yes from the exalted Chronicles of Pimp chapter 20 verse 8 on gathering errant haters as a good shepherd tends an unruly flock.
Jokes aside that comedy special turns 20 next year. D. Smith was 7 when it dropped. I better put them knee patches on now.
Jokes aside that comedy special turns 20 next year. D. Smith was 7 when it dropped. I better put them knee patches on now.
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tbh, the US supreme court not budging on gay marriage is great, but also this happening while codifying anti-abortion and anti-trans laws is either strategic in the face of opposition or an example of the project of homonationalist integration, at a time where fascist parties have cis LGB leaders
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
tbh, the US supreme court not budging on gay marriage is great, but also this happening while codifying anti-abortion and anti-trans laws is either strategic in the face of opposition or an example of the project of homonationalist integration, at a time where fascist parties have cis LGB leaders
New Orleans & New York are undefeated. There’s just too much amazing, approachable, and affordable food in NYC. I am unapologetically biased obvs. Vietnamese is superior in New Orleans.
What cities had the best food that you've been to?
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
New Orleans & New York are undefeated. There’s just too much amazing, approachable, and affordable food in NYC. I am unapologetically biased obvs. Vietnamese is superior in New Orleans.
If only they would clean their own house. Get their people to put down the red hat and pickup a red bandana. Rednecks weren’t always about rolling coal pickups and feeding the capitalist pigs their families. Their clawing at proximity to power is cooking us all.
highway58herald.org/the-unexpect...
highway58herald.org/the-unexpect...
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If only they would clean their own house. Get their people to put down the red hat and pickup a red bandana. Rednecks weren’t always about rolling coal pickups and feeding the capitalist pigs their families. Their clawing at proximity to power is cooking us all.
highway58herald.org/the-unexpect...
highway58herald.org/the-unexpect...
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I send pics of food & nyc sights to folks in prison.
“My roommate has been incarcerated since she was 15 for 31 years. She spends every. Single. Night. Looking at ALL food, nature & travel pics on my tablet. Prison removed food & travel stuff from our tablets. Someone must’ve told them we liked it.”
“My roommate has been incarcerated since she was 15 for 31 years. She spends every. Single. Night. Looking at ALL food, nature & travel pics on my tablet. Prison removed food & travel stuff from our tablets. Someone must’ve told them we liked it.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I send pics of food & nyc sights to folks in prison.
“My roommate has been incarcerated since she was 15 for 31 years. She spends every. Single. Night. Looking at ALL food, nature & travel pics on my tablet. Prison removed food & travel stuff from our tablets. Someone must’ve told them we liked it.”
“My roommate has been incarcerated since she was 15 for 31 years. She spends every. Single. Night. Looking at ALL food, nature & travel pics on my tablet. Prison removed food & travel stuff from our tablets. Someone must’ve told them we liked it.”
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If you don’t get it yet.
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If you don’t get it yet.
A civilization so virulently misogynist it wasn’t cheating but an egregious class violation. Moicheia focused on sex with a free woman/citizen.
Raping slaves? 🆗
Sex with prostitutes? 🆗
Seducing a 👰🏽 citizen? Justifiable homicide, humiliation, and/or abuse were all righteous.
Note: Not a scholar
Raping slaves? 🆗
Sex with prostitutes? 🆗
Seducing a 👰🏽 citizen? Justifiable homicide, humiliation, and/or abuse were all righteous.
Note: Not a scholar
This is where they invented cheating, baby.
Even in Greek Mythology, men can’t stop cheating, I just…
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A civilization so virulently misogynist it wasn’t cheating but an egregious class violation. Moicheia focused on sex with a free woman/citizen.
Raping slaves? 🆗
Sex with prostitutes? 🆗
Seducing a 👰🏽 citizen? Justifiable homicide, humiliation, and/or abuse were all righteous.
Note: Not a scholar
Raping slaves? 🆗
Sex with prostitutes? 🆗
Seducing a 👰🏽 citizen? Justifiable homicide, humiliation, and/or abuse were all righteous.
Note: Not a scholar
I know I’ve already said this but it’s getting locust swarm loud this week.
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I know I’ve already said this but it’s getting locust swarm loud this week.
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Lord have mercy the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument rn in an appeal from a case I wrote about last year
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
Louisiana prison guards subjected Damon Landor to horrible treatment--none of the judges who heard his case dispute that
Nor do they contest the flagrant illegality of the guards’ abuse
But they're divided on whether Damon—and the courts—can do anything about it
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Nor do they contest the flagrant illegality of the guards’ abuse
But they're divided on whether Damon—and the courts—can do anything about it
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Federal Court: Prison Guards Forcibly Shaving a Rastafarian’s Head Is Someone Else’s Problem
A Fifth Circuit decision prohibited guards from cutting Damon Landor’s hair. He gave them a copy. They literally threw it in the trash.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Lord have mercy the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument rn in an appeal from a case I wrote about last year
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
it's undisputed that Damon Landor suffered a *brazen* violation of his legal rights, yet the GOP justices sound skeptical that he can actually sue the prison guards who violated his rights
Well this is horrifying.
The US Department of Health and Human Services last month laid off almost the entire office that administers Title X, the nearly $300 million government program providing birth control and other family planning services to 2.8 million low-income patients a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
The MAHA-Fueled Rise of Natural Family Planning
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well this is horrifying.
Another ‘perfectly healthy’ early 40s NYC employee dead from ‘surprise heart attack’ but masks and vaccines were oppressive mandates.
COVID Myocarditis is literally destroying cardiac tissue in kids and adults. This profit-driven neglect to community protect will shape the rest of this century.
COVID Myocarditis is literally destroying cardiac tissue in kids and adults. This profit-driven neglect to community protect will shape the rest of this century.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Another ‘perfectly healthy’ early 40s NYC employee dead from ‘surprise heart attack’ but masks and vaccines were oppressive mandates.
COVID Myocarditis is literally destroying cardiac tissue in kids and adults. This profit-driven neglect to community protect will shape the rest of this century.
COVID Myocarditis is literally destroying cardiac tissue in kids and adults. This profit-driven neglect to community protect will shape the rest of this century.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...