Mo Wizzy
@wizzytalksalot.bsky.social
24. Artist. Singer/Songwriter. Writer.
Pisces ☀️ Gemini🌙 Aquarius 🌟 + Stellium
Pisces ☀️ Gemini🌙 Aquarius 🌟 + Stellium
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"Today there isn’t a single state, metropolitan area, or county in the United States where a full-time worker earning the local minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment."
"The myth that hard work will lead to stability has been shattered, revealing a stark disconnect between the story America tells about itself and the reality of deepening precarity.”
An excerpt from my book, There Is No Place for Us, is out today in @literaryhub.bsky.social:
An excerpt from my book, There Is No Place for Us, is out today in @literaryhub.bsky.social:
The Paradox of Prosperity: How Urban Renewal Pushes Workers to the Periphery
By the time I met Cokethia Goodman and her children, they had been homeless for three months. Their ordeal began on an afternoon in August 2018, when Cokethia discovered a terse letter from her lan…
lithub.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Today there isn’t a single state, metropolitan area, or county in the United States where a full-time worker earning the local minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment."
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NEW: The University of Michigan will end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives campus wide, the president said in an email
New story from me: Imani* was in class when she discovered a scholarship program she relied on had been shut down.
“I don’t come from wealth ... Ending the program puts a burden on individuals who don't have it like most of the wealthy people here at the University of Michigan"
“I don’t come from wealth ... Ending the program puts a burden on individuals who don't have it like most of the wealthy people here at the University of Michigan"
A scholarship program helped boost diversity at U of M. Trump’s DEI crackdown just killed it.
The University of Michigan Alumni Association has ended the LEAD Scholars program, a merit-based scholarship that worked to improve enrollment for minority students.
www.whatimreading.net
March 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW: The University of Michigan will end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives campus wide, the president said in an email
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"Everyone is fair game."
More than 300 students have apparently had their visas revoked in the 'Catch and Revoke' program for their solidarity with the right of Palestinians to exist.
www.axios.com/2025/03/27/t...
More than 300 students have apparently had their visas revoked in the 'Catch and Revoke' program for their solidarity with the right of Palestinians to exist.
www.axios.com/2025/03/27/t...
March 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Everyone is fair game."
More than 300 students have apparently had their visas revoked in the 'Catch and Revoke' program for their solidarity with the right of Palestinians to exist.
www.axios.com/2025/03/27/t...
More than 300 students have apparently had their visas revoked in the 'Catch and Revoke' program for their solidarity with the right of Palestinians to exist.
www.axios.com/2025/03/27/t...
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Debates about anarchism versus socialism reveal that many people are unaware of the history of the socialist movement. At Offshoot, we made a zine explaining how this nonsensical binary shows a need for more political education on these terms people misrepresent. offshootjournal.org/anarchism-or...
Anarchism or Socialism (A Nonsensical Question)
<p>Offshoot Journal presents Anarchism or Socialism (A Nonsensical Question). Though plenty of educational materials address the history recounted in this short zine, it felt necessary to create. Many...
offshootjournal.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Debates about anarchism versus socialism reveal that many people are unaware of the history of the socialist movement. At Offshoot, we made a zine explaining how this nonsensical binary shows a need for more political education on these terms people misrepresent. offshootjournal.org/anarchism-or...
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Why does the songbird sing?
Why does the autistic overshare?
Why does the Black woman write at all?
Because silence was never safety.
Because our truths were always seen as threats.
Because to write is to outlive what tried to bury us.
To name what was done. To hold memory.
1/2 🧵
Why does the autistic overshare?
Why does the Black woman write at all?
Because silence was never safety.
Because our truths were always seen as threats.
Because to write is to outlive what tried to bury us.
To name what was done. To hold memory.
1/2 🧵
Why Writing Is Power Even When You Don’t Have the Words for the Feelings (Alexithymia)
As a survivor and autistic woman with alexithymia, I learned that facts can speak when feelings can’t. This is recordkeeping. This is clarity. This is for anyone who was silenced or told to forget.
open.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Why does the songbird sing?
Why does the autistic overshare?
Why does the Black woman write at all?
Because silence was never safety.
Because our truths were always seen as threats.
Because to write is to outlive what tried to bury us.
To name what was done. To hold memory.
1/2 🧵
Why does the autistic overshare?
Why does the Black woman write at all?
Because silence was never safety.
Because our truths were always seen as threats.
Because to write is to outlive what tried to bury us.
To name what was done. To hold memory.
1/2 🧵
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if anyone can help i'd really appreciate it! i've been applying to jobs for months and i haven't found one yet. i'm just trying to raise enough to take care of my family's needs until i have steady work again.
I'm saving up to pay the mortgage and I need another $630 before I get there
I'm tippable as "thiiirdperson" via paypal, cashapp, venmo, and ko-fi
i also have a gofundme set up for living expenses. tinyurl.com/thiiirdsfam it's been a struggle to make ends meet for my family while applying for jobs
I'm tippable as "thiiirdperson" via paypal, cashapp, venmo, and ko-fi
i also have a gofundme set up for living expenses. tinyurl.com/thiiirdsfam it's been a struggle to make ends meet for my family while applying for jobs
Donate to Help An Artist Feed Their Family, organized by Thiiird Person
Hello to you and yours! I'm a full time artist who fills my world up with music and la… Thiiird Person needs your support for Help An Artist Feed Their Family
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March 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
if anyone can help i'd really appreciate it! i've been applying to jobs for months and i haven't found one yet. i'm just trying to raise enough to take care of my family's needs until i have steady work again.
BFFR IS OUT NOW!!! Thank you for everyone who helped me make this possible! I put out BFFR three years ago now, so this video has been a long time coming.
Directed by Lio Martinez
⟡ ݁₊ . Starring ₊ .⟡
Othello, Nyeemah, Zulemah, Eddy, Myk, & Slick
https://youtu.be/IN5f6StVPIU
Directed by Lio Martinez
⟡ ݁₊ . Starring ₊ .⟡
Othello, Nyeemah, Zulemah, Eddy, Myk, & Slick
https://youtu.be/IN5f6StVPIU
March 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
BFFR IS OUT NOW!!! Thank you for everyone who helped me make this possible! I put out BFFR three years ago now, so this video has been a long time coming.
Directed by Lio Martinez
⟡ ݁₊ . Starring ₊ .⟡
Othello, Nyeemah, Zulemah, Eddy, Myk, & Slick
https://youtu.be/IN5f6StVPIU
Directed by Lio Martinez
⟡ ݁₊ . Starring ₊ .⟡
Othello, Nyeemah, Zulemah, Eddy, Myk, & Slick
https://youtu.be/IN5f6StVPIU
Been working hard and roll out season is finally here! BFFR music video coming out this Friday!
March 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Been working hard and roll out season is finally here! BFFR music video coming out this Friday!
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Slutty little glasses is not race specific!!!! Men of color can also be slutty in glasses and have slutty glasses. Like the dei gods dreamed of
Yes, he’s a genius, once in a generation talent, but can we also talk about how fucking good this man looks in glasses
February 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Slutty little glasses is not race specific!!!! Men of color can also be slutty in glasses and have slutty glasses. Like the dei gods dreamed of
School kicking my ass rn send memes plz
February 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
School kicking my ass rn send memes plz
Fuck idk what I reading for my Annotated Bibliography today help me choose:
February 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fuck idk what I reading for my Annotated Bibliography today help me choose:
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Must be said again and again, the police are defunding us. Our schools our parks our trains, literally everything.
Just one month into the year, the city of Chicago already has run through well over half of the $82 million that Mayor Brandon Johnson set aside for 2025 to cover police misconduct settlements and judgments.
Chicago police misconduct payouts have cost city hundreds of millions of dollars — so far
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid in cases involving 3 ex-cops: Jon Burge, Reynaldo Guevara and Ronald Watts. And more than 220 lawsuits are still pending. Beleaguered taxpayers might end...
buff.ly
February 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Must be said again and again, the police are defunding us. Our schools our parks our trains, literally everything.
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
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I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
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i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing
Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist
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Black History teaches that you can get soul food feasts out of slavery and big band jazz out of a great depression, so you probably shouldn't spent too much time ruminating on "we're cooked" posts written by white people. They'll come up with their own resilient joy in due time. It takes practice.
February 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Black History teaches that you can get soul food feasts out of slavery and big band jazz out of a great depression, so you probably shouldn't spent too much time ruminating on "we're cooked" posts written by white people. They'll come up with their own resilient joy in due time. It takes practice.
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It's Black History Month so let me share my favorite Black history book (It's one of my favorite books period).
This book explains how Black folks built movements through everyday actions and created the conditions necessary for people like Fannie Lou Hamer to even exist.
This book explains how Black folks built movements through everyday actions and created the conditions necessary for people like Fannie Lou Hamer to even exist.
February 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's Black History Month so let me share my favorite Black history book (It's one of my favorite books period).
This book explains how Black folks built movements through everyday actions and created the conditions necessary for people like Fannie Lou Hamer to even exist.
This book explains how Black folks built movements through everyday actions and created the conditions necessary for people like Fannie Lou Hamer to even exist.
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A good time to study maroon ways of knowing, moving (and fugitivity), and supporting each other.
And I used to think they were only in the Caribbean but maroon communities grew anywhere people were enslaved. There have always been people who resisted and refused.
#BlackSky
And I used to think they were only in the Caribbean but maroon communities grew anywhere people were enslaved. There have always been people who resisted and refused.
#BlackSky
January 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A good time to study maroon ways of knowing, moving (and fugitivity), and supporting each other.
And I used to think they were only in the Caribbean but maroon communities grew anywhere people were enslaved. There have always been people who resisted and refused.
#BlackSky
And I used to think they were only in the Caribbean but maroon communities grew anywhere people were enslaved. There have always been people who resisted and refused.
#BlackSky
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follow up: TRANS FOLKS, DONT GIVR THE GOVERNMENT YOUR PASSPORT!
they are holding ANY passport that’s trying to get a gender marker change/update, ARENT letting you renew if they know you’re trying to, and they are HOLDING PASSPORTS THAT REQUEST A GENDER MARKER CHANGE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT22nUxY5/
they are holding ANY passport that’s trying to get a gender marker change/update, ARENT letting you renew if they know you’re trying to, and they are HOLDING PASSPORTS THAT REQUEST A GENDER MARKER CHANGE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT22nUxY5/
January 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
follow up: TRANS FOLKS, DONT GIVR THE GOVERNMENT YOUR PASSPORT!
they are holding ANY passport that’s trying to get a gender marker change/update, ARENT letting you renew if they know you’re trying to, and they are HOLDING PASSPORTS THAT REQUEST A GENDER MARKER CHANGE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT22nUxY5/
they are holding ANY passport that’s trying to get a gender marker change/update, ARENT letting you renew if they know you’re trying to, and they are HOLDING PASSPORTS THAT REQUEST A GENDER MARKER CHANGE.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZT22nUxY5/
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I hate that we've gotta constantly be like "after trans people they'll come for you, you know" to get cis people to care
like ... after trans people
after we're what
like ... after trans people
after we're what
January 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I hate that we've gotta constantly be like "after trans people they'll come for you, you know" to get cis people to care
like ... after trans people
after we're what
like ... after trans people
after we're what
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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ICE is trying to deport Native American people to Mexico. This one from the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
That's right. People indigenous to the United States, tribal members. ICE is trying to remove them from the US.
This is the second verified incident I've heard about.
We were here 1st.
#ICE
That's right. People indigenous to the United States, tribal members. ICE is trying to remove them from the US.
This is the second verified incident I've heard about.
We were here 1st.
#ICE
January 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
ICE is trying to deport Native American people to Mexico. This one from the Mescalero Apache Tribe.
That's right. People indigenous to the United States, tribal members. ICE is trying to remove them from the US.
This is the second verified incident I've heard about.
We were here 1st.
#ICE
That's right. People indigenous to the United States, tribal members. ICE is trying to remove them from the US.
This is the second verified incident I've heard about.
We were here 1st.
#ICE