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One of my clients died yesterday. She was an absolutely lovely woman, full of faith and joy and light. She cared deeply about the people around her. She was a source of encouragement and support to the women she was incarcerated with. She was 51 years old and had spent 28 years in prison.

How cool is this? bsky.app/profile/anil...

This is the best of everything!💜

Michael Eugene Archer aka D’Angelo 🖤🕊️

Assata Shakur joins the ancestors a free woman. She did not die bound by the carceral system and she did not pass away living in a land that never respected or accepted her. Assata taught us that liberation can not be bargained for, it must be taken. Rest Free, Assata.

People who think the imposition of fascism on a (at least in their imaginations) Black city isn’t the actual front line of the current political battle are telling on themselves.

Today, the president foreshadowed that if these heavy-handed tactics take root in D.C., they will be rolled out to other majority-Black and Brown cities, like Chicago, Oakland and Baltimore, across the country. That should alarm everyone, not just Washingtonians.

Some advice on activism and feeling less helpless: You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.

Democrats should boycott the State of the Union. Democrats keep calling this man a unique and dangerous threat, but never ACT like it. For once, Democrats' *actions* should match their words. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...

Black X'ers got their own shit with them, I know. I'm starting to believe some things are escapable in middle-aged demos, but we would very much like to be removed from the white gen-x narrative.

Great thread that's especially relevant for higher ed, but also should apply to other sectors.

The Trump Administration wants to undo generations of progress in addressing racial discrimination against Black people. No matter what, we will always fight for a version of “We the People” that includes everyone.

Kendrick's amazing show, Jalen and Philly's win - a great night for The Culture. ❤️🖤💚

NYC police apologized for mistakenly accusing a teen of a fatal shooting at a Brooklyn parade, then failing to retract the false allegation for nearly 5 months, despite knowing it was incorrect

Begging y'all to stop posting racist tweets from racists on here. No one needs to know what they're saying. We left that hell hole to get away from all that.

Me when I seen Serena

This is not just a musing from a dude with some various ideas. The next step is to hollow out the judiciary and also not follow their rulings, which have been against Musk’s efforts. This is a very obvious coup, for those not paying attention.

I also want to emphasize: the informal tools we have at our disposal to address the threat Musk presents to this country are extremely viable. Musk's power derives almost entirely from Tesla, which is highly vulnerable to boycott, divestment, and sanctions of all kinds. We have to embrace that power

With Trump + the NFL likely to turn today’s Super Bowl into at least some degree of fascist spectacle, it’s worth remembering Colin Kaepernick (@kaepernick7.bsky.social) literally gave up his career to challenge the regime’s white supremacist project the first time around. Solidarity to the GOAT.

Running apartheid back like the banned Jordan drop

I want people to understand this. For many of them, democracy ended when Obama was elected twice and Black Lives Matter rose to prominence. This is them “fixing” a system that felt broken and newly unsafe to them.

Oakland residents, what changes are you seeing in your community in response to the Trump administration’s executive orders and policies? The Oaklandside wants to document these changes — big and small — as they’re happening. You can fill out our form here: oaklandside.org/2025/02/06/h...

Demand for your D senators from @ezralevin.bsky.social: 1. Blanket opposition to these Trump nominees 2. Withhold unanimous consent 3. Require quorum calls for everything Rs want So we can SHUT DOWN THE SENATE. That's it, folks! Make your calls! reps.fyi

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

The richest man in the world has taken over the US government and his first order of business is taking revenge for the fall of apartheid in South Africa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ALL Dems should be voting NO ON ALL OF HIS CABINET NOMINEES, ON ALL LEGISLATION THE REPUBLICANS PUT ON THE FLOOR, VOTE NO ON EVERYTHING!! BE A UNITED FRONT & DO SOMETHING OR GET THE F OUT OF THE WAY FOR THE DEMS WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO FIGHT FOR OUR DEMOCRACY! YOU CANNOT APPEASE DICTATORS!

New story by me: Violent crime in Oakland fell by 19% from 2023 to 2024. In fact, Oakland saw declines in almost all categories of crime last year compared to 2023, according to the Oakland Police Department’s end-of-year crime report for 2024. oaklandside.org/2025/01/14/o...

Reminder that Sesame Street was created specifically to assist in the education of Black and brown children wjla.com/news/enterta...

Cultural competence is an important component to being a journalist. Whoever wrote this headline doesn’t have any. IT’S NIKKI FUCKING GIOVANNI, not “well know Va Tech prof” 🤦🏾‍♀️ www.wdbj7.com/2024/12/10/w...

The death penalty is inhumane, racist, immoral, and deeply flawed. Before he leaves office, Biden must commute the sentences of those on federal death row.