Adrianne Black
@adriannefblack.bsky.social
Advocate for antiracism. Book: THE KLANSMAN’S SON. She/her. Baltimore. Speaking: phoebe@lyceumagency.com
Really thoughtful conversation, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , but don’t talk about me like I’m super private about this stuff. Promote my book next time! I’m sure I talked about that asshole Tucker Carlson in there somewhere www.amazon.com/Klansmans-So...
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Really thoughtful conversation, @lioneltrolling.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , but don’t talk about me like I’m super private about this stuff. Promote my book next time! I’m sure I talked about that asshole Tucker Carlson in there somewhere www.amazon.com/Klansmans-So...
Went to the Elio Mei concert for their amazing new album. And I feel like there should be a group chat or support forum for the particular experience of transitioning your name RIGHT before touring for something with the wrong one
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Went to the Elio Mei concert for their amazing new album. And I feel like there should be a group chat or support forum for the particular experience of transitioning your name RIGHT before touring for something with the wrong one
Got my copy of the new book from @sarahgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social. I’ve been looking forward to reading it.
One of the worst effects on human life around the world this century was demolishing our towns and cities that had been built so we could walk and see each other.
One of the worst effects on human life around the world this century was demolishing our towns and cities that had been built so we could walk and see each other.
It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable!
www.lifeaftercars.com
www.lifeaftercars.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Got my copy of the new book from @sarahgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social. I’ve been looking forward to reading it.
One of the worst effects on human life around the world this century was demolishing our towns and cities that had been built so we could walk and see each other.
One of the worst effects on human life around the world this century was demolishing our towns and cities that had been built so we could walk and see each other.
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nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
Akinator, the mind reading genie
Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...
en.akinator.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007
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Required reading!
Thank you @adriannefblack.bsky.social for sharing your personal story/history.
Goes a long way towards putting where we're at in this country into context and how we found ourselves here at this particular junction. I believe people can change. This book is proof
Thank you @adriannefblack.bsky.social for sharing your personal story/history.
Goes a long way towards putting where we're at in this country into context and how we found ourselves here at this particular junction. I believe people can change. This book is proof
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Required reading!
Thank you @adriannefblack.bsky.social for sharing your personal story/history.
Goes a long way towards putting where we're at in this country into context and how we found ourselves here at this particular junction. I believe people can change. This book is proof
Thank you @adriannefblack.bsky.social for sharing your personal story/history.
Goes a long way towards putting where we're at in this country into context and how we found ourselves here at this particular junction. I believe people can change. This book is proof
Those modern brick paving stones in dc get sooooo slippery. It’s enough to make you think concrete was better
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Those modern brick paving stones in dc get sooooo slippery. It’s enough to make you think concrete was better
I think most people can imagine where in the timeline of fascist events you’d put the history book line about America declaring itself a refuge for threatened global white elites
May 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I think most people can imagine where in the timeline of fascist events you’d put the history book line about America declaring itself a refuge for threatened global white elites
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Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile. “From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything, and what we can do to fight back.” [lifeaftercars.com]
Life After Cars
When the very first cars rolled off production lines, they were a technological marvel, predicted to make life easier and better for everyone; yet a hundred years later, that dream is running on empty.Instead of unbounded freedom, the never-ending proliferation of automobiles has delivered a host of
www.lifeaftercars.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile. “From the hosts of The War on Cars podcast, a searing indictment of how cars ruin everything, and what we can do to fight back.” [lifeaftercars.com]
I think it feels weird for people now to remember that something as horrible and era defining as the Indian Removal Act was decided by a razor-thin, polarizing vote in Congress
April 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think it feels weird for people now to remember that something as horrible and era defining as the Indian Removal Act was decided by a razor-thin, polarizing vote in Congress
Florida politics has been a nightmare since the beginning, but every now and then it’s nice to think on how incredibly effective @marchforourlives.bsky.social was and still is there, against all odds.
April 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Florida politics has been a nightmare since the beginning, but every now and then it’s nice to think on how incredibly effective @marchforourlives.bsky.social was and still is there, against all odds.
Someone once commented to me that you can always tell medievalists because they look at the ceilings when they enter a space and I haven’t forgotten it
April 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Someone once commented to me that you can always tell medievalists because they look at the ceilings when they enter a space and I haven’t forgotten it
You know when someone steps in a puddle accidentally and then looks up suddenly to see if anyone saw? And then they make eye contact with you? I wish there were a socially appropriate way to reassure them that I hold no judgment
April 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
You know when someone steps in a puddle accidentally and then looks up suddenly to see if anyone saw? And then they make eye contact with you? I wish there were a socially appropriate way to reassure them that I hold no judgment
Rufo is such a boring interview to listen to
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Rufo is such a boring interview to listen to
Deeply unexpected that one of the best exhibits of extraterrestrial gems and minerals is in the terminal of the Portland, Maine airport??
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Deeply unexpected that one of the best exhibits of extraterrestrial gems and minerals is in the terminal of the Portland, Maine airport??
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@adriannefblack.bsky.social just went to your book talk and WOW! Incredible talk. Thank you so much.
April 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
@adriannefblack.bsky.social just went to your book talk and WOW! Incredible talk. Thank you so much.
What are the random opinions I hold that surprise people? One that comes to mind is that the idea of consistent spelling is random and fake. Idk what it is about modern society that has this impulse to enforce rigid standards on things that are obviously flexible.
April 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What are the random opinions I hold that surprise people? One that comes to mind is that the idea of consistent spelling is random and fake. Idk what it is about modern society that has this impulse to enforce rigid standards on things that are obviously flexible.
This is what the “visibility” means in 2025
Trans woman arrested for using women’s restroom in Florida Capitol
The 20-year-old college student planned to protest a state law criminalizing bathroom use.
www.tampabay.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is what the “visibility” means in 2025
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Maryland @govwesmoore.bsky.social hosted a ceremony for International Transgender Day of Visibility this morning -- and in a remarkable turn of events, he got called out for not sufficiently supporting trans Marylanders.
Here's what happened:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Here's what happened:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
At transgender visibility event, Gov. Moore called out for lack of action
“We know who you, Governor Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,” Lee Blinder told Moore.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Maryland @govwesmoore.bsky.social hosted a ceremony for International Transgender Day of Visibility this morning -- and in a remarkable turn of events, he got called out for not sufficiently supporting trans Marylanders.
Here's what happened:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
Here's what happened:
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...
That took so much courage
At transgender visibility event, Gov. Moore called out for lack of action
“We know who you, Governor Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,” Lee Blinder told Moore.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
That took so much courage
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“I never expected to face such a distressing experience after escaping persecution from the CCP in China, only to encounter a somewhat similar situation” at New College in the United States.
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New College fires Chinese professor under controversial Florida ‘countries of concern’ law
“I never expected to face such a distressing experience after escaping persecution from the CCP in China, only to encounter a somewhat similar situation,” the fired professor said.
www.bradenton.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“I never expected to face such a distressing experience after escaping persecution from the CCP in China, only to encounter a somewhat similar situation” at New College in the United States.
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Seems like an odd omission that the Don’t Say Gay methods “resemble” not only Putin but also DeSantis.
March 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Seems like an odd omission that the Don’t Say Gay methods “resemble” not only Putin but also DeSantis.
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This was the Parliament in Hungary in response to the passage of a bill banning pride events. If only democrats had a spine like this.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
March 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This was the Parliament in Hungary in response to the passage of a bill banning pride events. If only democrats had a spine like this.
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
In reaction to the Trump executive order declaring “race is a biological reality” and demanding that that be taught in the Smithsonian: I think the understanding of what it means that race is a legal category, not an inherent one, is weakly understood even by progressives.
March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In reaction to the Trump executive order declaring “race is a biological reality” and demanding that that be taught in the Smithsonian: I think the understanding of what it means that race is a legal category, not an inherent one, is weakly understood even by progressives.
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Ok I’ve slept for 4 of the last 48 hours and the video is done. But with the time it takes to successfully render and upload—it’s time to face the fact that this is a tomorrow video.
March 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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"A new survey of over 100,000 German respondents by T-Online about Tesla shows that a staggering 94% of its citizens say they would never purchase a Tesla car."
Tesla Likely Finished In Germany As 94% Surveyed Say They’d Never Buy Musk’s EVs
In a new T-Online poll in Germany, 94% of respondents said they would not buy a Tesla car in response to Musk's actions.
www.forbes.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"A new survey of over 100,000 German respondents by T-Online about Tesla shows that a staggering 94% of its citizens say they would never purchase a Tesla car."