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SiyandaWrites

@siyandawrites.bsky.social

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Woefully ungovernable and pathologically optimistic. Writer, Satirist & Sociologist. 🇺🇸🇿🇦🇧🇼 🇸🇿 I used to be big on Twitter but I refuse to tango with the devil so here I am! Let’s dance 💃🏾 ---> www.siyandamohutsiwa.net

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

I genuinely think this is what bothers them the most. The fight in America right now is not between Black and White. But between White people who think racism is bad and their wild ass cousins

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 4h

Rihanna brought out the umbrella and that was the end of that 😩

Hangman 🤠🏇🏽 @audreybjunior.blacksky.app · 1d

Singers not crying in the rain no more. They not real yearners.

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 20h

I love that!!! Thank you

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a woman wearing a black shirt with the words are you not embarrassed

ALT: a woman wearing a black shirt with the words are you not embarrassed

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

Legacy newspapers: "Print media is dying, and the public will suffer for it."

Also legacy newspapers: "We can't offend the government with information and framing that helps the public."

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Yay! Thank you that sounds yummy. Dumb question what is tofutti 🫣 it’s tofu-something I’m guessing, just from linguistic clues alone

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Can yall give me your favorite vegan recipe

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Stuck the landing 👏🏾

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Why does that guy look exactly like one of Christmas adventurers from OBAA

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Paul Thomas Anderson is considered one of the best directors of his generation, but he has never really had a hit when it comes to making money. “One Battle After Another” might change that. It might be the best movie of the year, according to critic Wesley Morris. nyti.ms/4o4M8Da

A still from the movie ‘One Battle After Another’ shows Leonardo DiCaprio holding a gun. Headline: Is ‘One Battle After Another’ the Best Movie of the Year?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3d

Liberals say that recent Supreme Court ruling have given the executive branch too much power. But they’re wrong, because the rulings only apply to Trump and will all be reversed when there’s a Democratic president.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

“ICE detained a sitting elected official while raiding an emergency room. Earlier this afternoon, they deployed tear gas indiscriminately in the middle of a city street.”

Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE

A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 4d

The reason every elite institution in the country is propping up pampered millionaire Ezra Klein is that his overarching response to the country’s plunge into tyranny is “Don’t fight the fascists, become a little more like them.”

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 6d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

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I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 7d

American Black Story.

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 7d

Hmmmm I wonder what’s the difference between the NLRB and the Fed? Is one an agency that ostensibly protects the worker and is the other which underwrites the wealthy assets? Is it possible that SCOTUS will not allow dude to jeopardize the rich?

SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 7d

We need a quota. Like we let in 10 new ones a week or something. I’m sure there’s a mathematical model we can use to determine the rate\ratio

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 7d

Late Night with The Devil is pretty good

Movie poster of a guy in a 70s suit with his head on fire

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 7d

Tbf a ”destroyed economy” makes it easier for the rich to buy up resources lost by the bottom half

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timber, woman (misprint) @treegirl.it.com · 7d

frankenstein's monster?? yr telling me that dude was packing????

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Clark Kent @lokodolo.bsky.social · 8d

We having a kickback for Durand’s #NoBusiness premiere tomorrow night @ 9PM est! What y’all bringing?!?

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clare108.bsky.social @clare108.bsky.social · 7d

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 8d

Wild that a drunk white dude gets to give an important speech on the importance of being violent and mediocre just because people confuse seeing one minority on the street with the apocalypse

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