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The Sassy Savant

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Black autistic woman, anti-racist, crochet designer & writer. Inglewood-born, Los Angeles-raised. This is a no-sexbot zone 🚫🚫🚫 https://soulfulstitchery.etsy.com https://medium.com/@mskjfrom1984 https://thesassysavant.wordpress.com #AddMeToBlacksky

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The Sassy Savant @thesassysavant.bsky.social · Jul 8

I like writing stuff. I also sell the stuff I write.

Buy yourself a copy 😏
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Longing For The Night (Redux)

Based on the poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, sisters Lauren and Leilani battle with temptation on the streets of Los Angeles. But when Lauren becomes enthralled with a calculating drug deale...

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Blue LaSíren 🔞🧜🏾‍♀️🇭🇹 @bluelasiren.bsky.social · 4h

Lemme go off for a minute. Canadians act like there so much better than Americans but…. Yall two sides of the same fucking coin 🤣 wym different???? Yall still don’t give af about Black or Indigenous ppl. Don’t give a fuck a bout housing or unhoused ppl. & don’t get them started on immigration.

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The Sassy Savant @thesassysavant.bsky.social · 4h

Prior to being renamed to Obama Blvd here in LA, this street used to be called Rodeo Road. Folk would pronounce it like Rodeo Drive in BH.

Beverly Hills = Row-DAY-o
South Central = ROW-dee-o

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 14h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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I'm easily reminded why I hate riding down La Cienega sometimes; that strip from Obama to Jefferson is more congested than Chuckie from Rugrats 🤦🏾‍♀️

The Sassy Savant @thesassysavant.bsky.social · 11h

Bingo

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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 18d

When the nazis were coming into power, there was a lag before local law enforcement was fully on board. People were able to get police protection from nazi-aligned paramilitaries. Here, today, police look at rising fascism and say “Finally. We’ve been waiting for this.” www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection

“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.

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The Sassy Savant @thesassysavant.bsky.social · 12h

Not in Cali. Now pass me that Sprite

Clitasaurus Rex 🦖 @naiijah.bsky.social · 16h

ITS CALLED POP

that’s why yall bald headed with no edges now. Cause you so damn hard headed.

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Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12h

No one ever asks Black men if we are okay.

It hurts.

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The Sassy Savant @thesassysavant.bsky.social · 12h

Better yet, don't say shit to white people.

Ignore their caucasity (unless provoked), continue being Black & Beautiful, and move on

KC Butterfly🦋 @kc-butterfly.bsky.social · 1d

Stop arguing with white people.

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Winnie Madikizela’s boo @dre-withwithout.blacksky.app · 2d

If you can share, boost, spread and donate. I truly appreciate it.

Thank you 🙏🏽.

Love you, regardless

gofund.me/34d23778

Donate to Help me receive my little brother Dravin Matiste, organized by Andre Small

It’s taking me a lot to do this and I was just here asking for help ma… Andre Small needs your support for Help me receive my little brother Dravin Matiste

gofund.me

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Winnie Madikizela’s boo @dre-withwithout.blacksky.app · 12h

A white man allegedly set fire to a swath of California and used ChatGPT as his vision board.

The pathology of whiteness doesn’t need anymore study. Those who are racialized as white need to reckon with what that identity means and they need to deal with those who operate in whiteness.

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BLACK STAR MUTUAL AID @blackstarma.bsky.social · 18h

It’s been 4 months since this crowdfund was first posted and this doll in Nigeria has only collected 15/500

Please share
CA: $RAlaegbu
PayPal: angelsaxis

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Gaal Dornick @onthecountof3.bsky.social · 18h

You ARE the architect. Stop betraying yourself.

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The Sassy Savant @thesassysavant.bsky.social · 18h

She's a beautiful woman, but she was out there messing with Big Teefus?! (Which is what I call Eric Adams now)

Sis gotta hold a lifetime L for that

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 18h

Oh, this sounds familiar.

If your industry is dependent on the labor of human beings without their consent

then your industry is dependent on human trafficking

and it should not exist.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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🎃𝓢𝓹𝓸𝓸𝓴𝔂 𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻🎃 @shant3shant3.bsky.social · 18h

I remove people from my life and move tf on. Time don’t stop for nobody and you’re only a main character in MY story if I say so😘.

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Eden Appiah-Kubi @edenawrites.bsky.social · 18h

Good luck to everyone pitching in #DVPIT today! This contest got me my wonderful agent, @michellerichterbks.bsky.social at Fuse Literary!
It took some time, but she then got me the two book deal that put my novels into the world. Pitch like anything is possible! I'm proof that it is. #writersky