Proud to be Black. That’s all I will say.

for the love of Dog can anyone tell me why any images I try and upload keep showing up as solid blocks of color? I am BEREFT of ideas.

True then. True now. Thank you, Willem Arondeus.

the name nerveinthecurve comes from a short poem,

"there is nerve in the curve,
there is brawl in the small"

because i am small and fierce

i used to have the nickname "mouse"
& today I learned that "mouse" evolved from the Latin word "muscle"

heehee

Don't Mention the Children by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Very powerful words.

these kind of men
will gladly see you waste your life
doing their dishes
washing their white collars

You cover their tracks
You clean up their messes

and they mistake your actions
for your purpose in life

they cannot imagine...
(full text of poem in ALT)

"to prepare for hard times, to live intentionally outside of comfort

a discipline and decency in the face of easily available conveniences

to go to the hills for the sake of it
and to find the kindness, the intense love, the fraternity of purposeful duress..

(full text in ALT)

-the story of O

🚨BREAKING🚨

Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency

After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.

HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.

Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.

A corollary to “don’t obey in advance” is “do build and strengthen networks to provide support for those facing the consequences of disobedience.”