Anthony Reed
@blackpoetics.bsky.social
Beautiful to strangers. Writer, critic, and other things.
Black illumination, Black imagination, Black poetics, Black listening.
Most Recent Book: Soundworks: Race, Sound and Poetry in Production http://dukeupress.edu/soundworks
Black illumination, Black imagination, Black poetics, Black listening.
Most Recent Book: Soundworks: Race, Sound and Poetry in Production http://dukeupress.edu/soundworks
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"Our children are suffering, and we can't do anything. Our beautiful children are dying of hunger.😢
Their innocent faces are suffering, and we're suffering even more. We beg you to help us, share our suffering, and assist us with donations.💔💔
gofund.me/d14cbe76
Their innocent faces are suffering, and we're suffering even more. We beg you to help us, share our suffering, and assist us with donations.💔💔
gofund.me/d14cbe76
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Our children are suffering, and we can't do anything. Our beautiful children are dying of hunger.😢
Their innocent faces are suffering, and we're suffering even more. We beg you to help us, share our suffering, and assist us with donations.💔💔
gofund.me/d14cbe76
Their innocent faces are suffering, and we're suffering even more. We beg you to help us, share our suffering, and assist us with donations.💔💔
gofund.me/d14cbe76
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W.E.B. Du Bois said, “Mass capitalistic control of books and periodicals, news gathering and distribution, radio, cinema, and television has made the throttling of democracy possible and the distortion of education and failure of justice widespread. It can only be countered by public knowledge...”
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
W.E.B. Du Bois said, “Mass capitalistic control of books and periodicals, news gathering and distribution, radio, cinema, and television has made the throttling of democracy possible and the distortion of education and failure of justice widespread. It can only be countered by public knowledge...”
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Evidence of mass killings by RSF in El-Fasher, Sudan, are chilling. They must be a wake up call for the rest of the planet too. Countries must be pressured to stop sending weapons into their proxy war in Sudan. It starts with acknowledging the horror.
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Evidence of mass killings by RSF in El-Fasher, Sudan, are chilling. They must be a wake up call for the rest of the planet too. Countries must be pressured to stop sending weapons into their proxy war in Sudan. It starts with acknowledging the horror.
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Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Staggering atrocities in Sudan.
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
Following the mass slaughter of nearly 500 men, women, and children at a maternity hospital, UN officials say: "The situation is simply horrifying... El Fasher, already the scene of catastrophic levels of human suffering, has descended into an even darker hell."
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"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"
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The one call to action people could amplify is a trade and arms embargo on the UAE until they stop arming and supporting the RSF. The UAE is one of Canada and the US’ biggest trading partners in the MENA region.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnDarfur
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnDarfur
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The one call to action people could amplify is a trade and arms embargo on the UAE until they stop arming and supporting the RSF. The UAE is one of Canada and the US’ biggest trading partners in the MENA region.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnDarfur
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnDarfur
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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Against imperialist, anti-Black narratives of “civil war” and “failed state” in Sudan, a movement resource on imperialism & counter-revolutionary war in Sudan, and how we can act in engaged solidarity with people in El-Fasher, in Darfur, and across Sudan.
www.weavingourworlds.ca/beyond-sloga...
www.weavingourworlds.ca/beyond-sloga...
Beyond Slogans: Free Sudan
Beyond Slogans: Free Sudan
The headlines are horrifying: Aid Blocked. El Fasher under siege. Ethnic cleansing. Famine. Millions displaced. Beyond slogans like Eyes on Sudan or Free Sudan, how can we a...
www.weavingourworlds.ca
October 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Against imperialist, anti-Black narratives of “civil war” and “failed state” in Sudan, a movement resource on imperialism & counter-revolutionary war in Sudan, and how we can act in engaged solidarity with people in El-Fasher, in Darfur, and across Sudan.
www.weavingourworlds.ca/beyond-sloga...
www.weavingourworlds.ca/beyond-sloga...
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You want to democratize "going to therapy"? Make it "free" as in paid by socialized healthcare. You want to democratize "making art"? Give people money and free time to express themselves.
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You want to democratize "going to therapy"? Make it "free" as in paid by socialized healthcare. You want to democratize "making art"? Give people money and free time to express themselves.
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The RSF in Sudan is the Janjaweed militia that was convicted of genocide in Darfur. It is the armed group that European governments funded in the name if reducing African migration to Europe. It is the group that the United Arab Emirates is funding in exchange for illegal gold mining.
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The RSF in Sudan is the Janjaweed militia that was convicted of genocide in Darfur. It is the armed group that European governments funded in the name if reducing African migration to Europe. It is the group that the United Arab Emirates is funding in exchange for illegal gold mining.
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Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 5 storm. Here's what that means.
Hurricane Melissa: Where and when will it make landfall in Jamaica?
Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 5 storm. Here's what that means.
bit.ly
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 5 storm. Here's what that means.
We're all we've got. But that's a lot more than many of us think.
I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We're all we've got. But that's a lot more than many of us think.
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1/ Was proud to be among 300 former NYT opinion contributors who pledge to boycott writing for the New York Times opinion section until our demands about Palestine are met www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
October 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
1/ Was proud to be among 300 former NYT opinion contributors who pledge to boycott writing for the New York Times opinion section until our demands about Palestine are met www.boycottdivestunsubscribe.com/opinion-boyc...
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From the Chronicle daily briefing, Vanderbilt and Wash U. continue to show themselves as authoritarianism curious.
October 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
From the Chronicle daily briefing, Vanderbilt and Wash U. continue to show themselves as authoritarianism curious.
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One of my top picks in the @dukepress.bsky.social sale is the new book by Ron Radano tracing the history of race & capital in the US through ongoing white attempts to own the liveness of Black music which always exceeds & escapes capture. Ron talks w Anthony Reed at @intellpublics.bsky.social 10/27!
Join us for our next online talk!
Ronald Radano will discuss his new book, Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory, with Anthony Reed.
Monday, Oct 27th at 6:30pm ET
Register: bit.ly/alive_in_the...
Ronald Radano will discuss his new book, Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory, with Anthony Reed.
Monday, Oct 27th at 6:30pm ET
Register: bit.ly/alive_in_the...
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
One of my top picks in the @dukepress.bsky.social sale is the new book by Ron Radano tracing the history of race & capital in the US through ongoing white attempts to own the liveness of Black music which always exceeds & escapes capture. Ron talks w Anthony Reed at @intellpublics.bsky.social 10/27!
Put this in the same frame with the knowledge that many people are supplementing with protein shakes to deal with rising grocery prices. So they can afford to have kids.
Q: Elevated lead levels probably have no effect on the development of sperm, eggs, embryos, fetuses, or nursing babies, right?
Q: Elevated lead levels probably have no effect on the development of sperm, eggs, embryos, fetuses, or nursing babies, right?
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Put this in the same frame with the knowledge that many people are supplementing with protein shakes to deal with rising grocery prices. So they can afford to have kids.
Q: Elevated lead levels probably have no effect on the development of sperm, eggs, embryos, fetuses, or nursing babies, right?
Q: Elevated lead levels probably have no effect on the development of sperm, eggs, embryos, fetuses, or nursing babies, right?
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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🆘♿️
URGENT TASK NABIL
„My baby RIMA was born
in a tent during the Gaza war
She's never seen a home
or tasted real food
Now she's starving, dehydrated
Her tiny legs bend from hunger
All she knows is fear & bombs
Please help me keep her alive“
* chuffed.org/project/nabil
* paypal.me/nabilzaqout
URGENT TASK NABIL
„My baby RIMA was born
in a tent during the Gaza war
She's never seen a home
or tasted real food
Now she's starving, dehydrated
Her tiny legs bend from hunger
All she knows is fear & bombs
Please help me keep her alive“
* chuffed.org/project/nabil
* paypal.me/nabilzaqout
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska's western coast, local community organizations and regional partners have come together to establish the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund, housed at the Alaska Community Foundation. www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
October 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In response to recent severe storms, including Typhoon Halong, that devastated Alaska's western coast, local community organizations and regional partners have come together to establish the Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund, housed at the Alaska Community Foundation. www.kyuk.org/alaska-state...
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
October 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.
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Sign. Join. Go to the meeting. The first instinct is to keep your head down, get the work done, hope someone louder or smarter or whatever helps. But that's the coordination problem of fascism: if you, yes you, ordinary person who's never done this before, do nothing then we all lose.
sign and share and join AAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Trump Higher Ed Compact 2025
We stand for education—for science, for students and for freedom—and against this backward, anti-American policy. We call on university leaders, faculty, staff and students to unite in rejecting the T...
actionnetwork.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sign. Join. Go to the meeting. The first instinct is to keep your head down, get the work done, hope someone louder or smarter or whatever helps. But that's the coordination problem of fascism: if you, yes you, ordinary person who's never done this before, do nothing then we all lose.
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cornell alums sign and share and fight and then some docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Alumni in Support of Cornell’s Independence, Democracy, and Academic Freedom
Please add your name below if you agree to be a signatory of the following message to be delivered to the Cornell Board of Trustees:
Dear Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees,
Ongoing attacks on A...
docs.google.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
cornell alums sign and share and fight and then some docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.”
--Amiri Baraka (10/7/1934-1/9/2014)
(blurry photo by me)
--Amiri Baraka (10/7/1934-1/9/2014)
(blurry photo by me)
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“There is no justice in America, but it is the fight for justice that sustains you.”
--Amiri Baraka (10/7/1934-1/9/2014)
(blurry photo by me)
--Amiri Baraka (10/7/1934-1/9/2014)
(blurry photo by me)