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Chima Simone Benson
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Perpetual momming. Eventual writing. Respirator on. Prayers up. In my preservation of self — and family — era. Forever survivor. Never complier. (Can you do it?) I'm not gonna be able to do it! (8x)
M.A., USC Annenberg ••• 💖💚
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I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I genuinely thought Bugs Bunny was trending because the demented one confused Bad Bunny with the cartoon rabbit.
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Cowards. Most people are.
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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We need communities that protect children
Kinda wild that these people are just in charge of things isn’t it
February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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exactly. this is not difficult.

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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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“The exaggerated features and the darkened skin, she [Nekima Levy Armstrong] said, reminded her of when the bodies of enslaved people were left disfigured to deter uprisings on plantations, or during Jim Crow when racist propaganda would depict Black people as caricatures.”
‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Lucille Clifton’s “won’t you celebrate with me” is the poem I reach for the most as I move through the world finding joy and breaking generational curses.

I remind myself that “i made it up” when I stumble building a life I’ve never seen.

28 poems for Black History Month day 1
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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If just one celebrity was in that room wearing a KN95 it could change a lot for folks to see that, just one.
February 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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CBS censored Billie Eilish saying “Fuck ICE” at the Grammys. Here’s the uncensored version:
I heard it all! 😂😂😂😂
February 2, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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So cool for 89-year-old blues legend Buddy Guy to be honored. Appearance in Sinners last year (and on the soundtrack). And just won Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album.
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Excited to see how he brings this same energy to the halftime show next Sunday.
Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:

“Before I say thanks to god, I’m going to say, ICE out. We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we are humans and we are Americans.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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I'm sure they're purposefully putting sick kids in there and giving them no access to medical attention to kill them. This is the eugenics nazi shit no one is willing to fathom. Can't keep paying for this. Sorry man you gotta put the brakes on everything. We can't allow our tax money to go to this
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Minneapolis, MN -

A native community event near the vigil of Alex Pretti.
February 1, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez, they hate you also, just so you know.

You and your friends can keep trying to be “one of the good ones” and murder those fighting for our community, but they’ll never stop hating you for being brown.
February 1, 2026 at 11:21 PM
“In order to be successful, you have to
have at least a tablespoon of delusion” from the first segment of
“Inside the 68th annual Grammy Awards: Clipse & Pharrell.”

They met when Pharrell was 16 or 17. So a collab of at least 35 years. Wow.

The interview was great backstory.

I hope they win.
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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“F*ck ICE”

— Kehlani accepting her very first #GRAMMYs  award.
February 1, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.

Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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February 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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Anger is mounting in Italy over ICE presence at the Winter Olympics.
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Too beautiful not to be a garnish. The sweet berries of this plant could also prove useful.
February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Been hearing and thinking that January 2026 felt* as cold as January 2014, but it wasn't close #climate 🧪

*reminder to not trust anecdotal data (including to myself)
February 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Love will leeead you baaack…
someday I juuuust knoooow that…
What is a song that whenever it comes on you have no choice but to belt it? I mean your full out performance jams.

I need to add to my music library. I just switched services.
February 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM