Marquita
@marquitaharris.bsky.social
Womanist, flâneuse, traveler: @ homeforalittlewhile
Senior Ed. @ hellogloria_ 📝@ instylemagazine @ travelandleisure @ essence @ cultured_mag et al
Senior Ed. @ hellogloria_ 📝@ instylemagazine @ travelandleisure @ essence @ cultured_mag et al
Timeless. Brilliant: "But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis"
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Timeless. Brilliant: "But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis"
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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As corporations decide to rollback their performative investments in Black people & people of color it’s time WE begin the hard work of unraveling our addiction to them. Big box corporations killed the mom & pop store under the guise of lower cost & convenience—it’s time we see what it’s costing us!
January 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As corporations decide to rollback their performative investments in Black people & people of color it’s time WE begin the hard work of unraveling our addiction to them. Big box corporations killed the mom & pop store under the guise of lower cost & convenience—it’s time we see what it’s costing us!
"We will not open our doors for ICE, and we are here to protect our children and make sure they have access to an excellent education," principal Natasha Ortega said. abc7chicago.com/post/us-immi...
US Secret Service approached South Side school, not ICE agents: officials
The U.S. Secret Service told the I-Team they approached a South Side school Friday. Chicago Public Schools officials had initially said the agent or agents were from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enfor...
abc7chicago.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"We will not open our doors for ICE, and we are here to protect our children and make sure they have access to an excellent education," principal Natasha Ortega said. abc7chicago.com/post/us-immi...
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Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
Social media platforms are not built for this
We have simultaneously too much and too little information.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Our big social media platforms have been *intentionally designed* to make it near impossible to find (and post) useful, timely information about disasters, as this article points out - this has been angering me for years.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
We need “most recent” and functional search!
Which Bluesky provides.
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Once again asking what problem this technology has solved or is expected to solve to force us to endure this. www.fastcompany.com/91253026/air...
Air pollution from AI could surpass that of all the cars in California
Massive data centers power large language models but produce fine particles linked to asthma, cancers, and premature deaths.
www.fastcompany.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Once again asking what problem this technology has solved or is expected to solve to force us to endure this. www.fastcompany.com/91253026/air...