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BlackFreelance welcomes all skill sets and freelancers, but I gotta be honest — some freelance work gets priority over others. That’s because BlackFreelance is all about leveraging freelancing to impr...
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Traditional freelancing has always been an option, but we’ve had a tendency to treat ourself poorly as workers, sometimes worse than employers.
We need to engage in a more sustainable, higher-paying approach to self-employment blackfreelance.com/low-friction...
We need to engage in a more sustainable, higher-paying approach to self-employment blackfreelance.com/low-friction...
"...the trend is driven by a desire for control in an unpredictable job market and increased access to tech advancements smoothing the path...."
We're in a period of massive change...and I really think people have MAYBE 2-3 years to achieve a strong position...
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We're in a period of massive change...and I really think people have MAYBE 2-3 years to achieve a strong position...
www.linkedin.com/news/story/m...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"...the trend is driven by a desire for control in an unpredictable job market and increased access to tech advancements smoothing the path...."
We're in a period of massive change...and I really think people have MAYBE 2-3 years to achieve a strong position...
www.linkedin.com/news/story/m...
We're in a period of massive change...and I really think people have MAYBE 2-3 years to achieve a strong position...
www.linkedin.com/news/story/m...
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Senator Bill Cassidy is a hepatologist, he confirmed a health secretary who is overseeing the come back of hepatitis B related cirrhosis and liver cancer. That legacy is a choice.
December 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Senator Bill Cassidy is a hepatologist, he confirmed a health secretary who is overseeing the come back of hepatitis B related cirrhosis and liver cancer. That legacy is a choice.
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Protect TPS
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Protect TPS
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We’re entering a new era of childhood mortality & disability, & almost no one will care bc they’ll just get used to “the new normal” within a few years. They’ll ignore the harm.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’re entering a new era of childhood mortality & disability, & almost no one will care bc they’ll just get used to “the new normal” within a few years. They’ll ignore the harm.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
New post up on Substack! (Don't waste the advantages you have right now)
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BF Mindset Reset: Don’t reinvent the wheel
Uncertainty means it's time to focus on what you got
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December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New post up on Substack! (Don't waste the advantages you have right now)
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Those are made at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory in Rochester, NY (formerly known as the Hickey Freeman factory before they offshored production). This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Those are made at the Rochester Tailored Clothing factory in Rochester, NY (formerly known as the Hickey Freeman factory before they offshored production). This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
It’s been wild watching this as a Floridian…places get abandoned, turned into testing grounds, then the lessons are rolled out nation wide…
…and people are Pikachu shocked while still posting Bugs Bunny gifs
…and people are Pikachu shocked while still posting Bugs Bunny gifs
When people say “abandon the south” this is why from the bottom of my Timb loving New York ass heart
I want to stomp folks in the chest
I want to stomp folks in the chest
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It’s been wild watching this as a Floridian…places get abandoned, turned into testing grounds, then the lessons are rolled out nation wide…
…and people are Pikachu shocked while still posting Bugs Bunny gifs
…and people are Pikachu shocked while still posting Bugs Bunny gifs
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When people say “abandon the south” this is why from the bottom of my Timb loving New York ass heart
I want to stomp folks in the chest
I want to stomp folks in the chest
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
When people say “abandon the south” this is why from the bottom of my Timb loving New York ass heart
I want to stomp folks in the chest
I want to stomp folks in the chest
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Flint.
What they do to Black people they do to everyone
And yes this too was part of Black Lives Matter
It’s why they were terrified
And now …
What they do to Black people they do to everyone
And yes this too was part of Black Lives Matter
It’s why they were terrified
And now …
Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
"The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan."
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"The historical precedent here is Flint, Michigan."
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Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.
futurism.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Flint.
What they do to Black people they do to everyone
And yes this too was part of Black Lives Matter
It’s why they were terrified
And now …
What they do to Black people they do to everyone
And yes this too was part of Black Lives Matter
It’s why they were terrified
And now …
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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They will not stop til they tell you that their whole goal is fascism and folks will still be okay with it
In 1938, a New York Times reporter warned:
“When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism’.”
87 years later.....
“When and if fascism comes to America it will not be labeled ‘made in Germany’; it will not be marked with a swastika; it will not even be called fascism; it will be called, of course, ‘Americanism’.”
87 years later.....
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
They will not stop til they tell you that their whole goal is fascism and folks will still be okay with it
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AI was their ticket to resegregation
I’m so serious .
Segregation is the only system that could support this level of mediocrity
I’m so serious .
Segregation is the only system that could support this level of mediocrity
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
AI was their ticket to resegregation
I’m so serious .
Segregation is the only system that could support this level of mediocrity
I’m so serious .
Segregation is the only system that could support this level of mediocrity
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This is why I get irrationally angry when folks get smug about literacy et al ..
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is why I get irrationally angry when folks get smug about literacy et al ..
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
Because folks are rushing to rehabilitate Nazis but just casually mocking folks who are being purposely undereducated for decades
Because helping them doesn’t get the points against an enemy
Yep…and the worst part is that they’re very aware
Money isn’t as dominant a motivator as we’re generally taught
Money isn’t as dominant a motivator as we’re generally taught
Right.
I see.
And they said disease control was expensive.
How many buildings could we have fixed with this kind of money? Hmmm?
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
I see.
And they said disease control was expensive.
How many buildings could we have fixed with this kind of money? Hmmm?
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Yep…and the worst part is that they’re very aware
Money isn’t as dominant a motivator as we’re generally taught
Money isn’t as dominant a motivator as we’re generally taught
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…. Imma say it but when do we actually start dealing with the fact a lot of journalists agree or at least find the racists more important than everyone else and are calcifying it
And it’s the same with threads and becoming similar here
And no “ composable moderation” won’t save shit
And it’s the same with threads and becoming similar here
And no “ composable moderation” won’t save shit
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
…. Imma say it but when do we actually start dealing with the fact a lot of journalists agree or at least find the racists more important than everyone else and are calcifying it
And it’s the same with threads and becoming similar here
And no “ composable moderation” won’t save shit
And it’s the same with threads and becoming similar here
And no “ composable moderation” won’t save shit
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Internal KPIs and McKinsey consultant thinking are leading Google and everyone else to put AI in everything not even necessarily for profit-seeking reasons but because upper management has set up metrics to incentivize everyone to try to maximize usage of whatever feature their bonuses are tied to.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Internal KPIs and McKinsey consultant thinking are leading Google and everyone else to put AI in everything not even necessarily for profit-seeking reasons but because upper management has set up metrics to incentivize everyone to try to maximize usage of whatever feature their bonuses are tied to.
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
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111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
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111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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She also builds in the time tax and gives it personal pain
They recognize that they essentially have to do this twice if they use Chat GPT
They recognize that they essentially have to do this twice if they use Chat GPT
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
She also builds in the time tax and gives it personal pain
They recognize that they essentially have to do this twice if they use Chat GPT
They recognize that they essentially have to do this twice if they use Chat GPT
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If it makes ya feel any better .. we’ll be tracking it at @unbreaking.org
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unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If it makes ya feel any better .. we’ll be tracking it at @unbreaking.org
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
Just saw someone say that "superhero language" (superhero, rockstar, wear many hats, unicorn) is a red flag in job listings and whew does this apply to so many areas of life
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Just saw someone say that "superhero language" (superhero, rockstar, wear many hats, unicorn) is a red flag in job listings and whew does this apply to so many areas of life
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Tech told you flat out they want to bring back slavery and generation apartheid
And most folks saw it as their own business opportunity and are replicating the context destroying behaviors they claim to fight….
While actually lying about the general public’s position on it
And most folks saw it as their own business opportunity and are replicating the context destroying behaviors they claim to fight….
While actually lying about the general public’s position on it
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tech told you flat out they want to bring back slavery and generation apartheid
And most folks saw it as their own business opportunity and are replicating the context destroying behaviors they claim to fight….
While actually lying about the general public’s position on it
And most folks saw it as their own business opportunity and are replicating the context destroying behaviors they claim to fight….
While actually lying about the general public’s position on it