Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app
Professor and Chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. ΔΣΘ ❤️. OES ⭐️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Pinned
The harvest from our 2025 deck garden was very modest & very tasty. (This is around one-fourth of it… we even grew a couple of small watermelons!)
We can’t wait for next year! Many plans to expand… never say never, even in an apartment or condo! #gardening
We can’t wait for next year! Many plans to expand… never say never, even in an apartment or condo! #gardening
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#flowerfeed #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #gardening #flowers #poppies #photography
For those having #RemembranceDay today or tomorrow.
For those having #RemembranceDay today or tomorrow.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#flowerfeed #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #gardening #flowers #poppies #photography
For those having #RemembranceDay today or tomorrow.
For those having #RemembranceDay today or tomorrow.
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"Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way,
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day..."
- Edgar Guest.
Last year, on this day, I joined Bluesky. 🙏🏼 fellow travellers!
Wishing you a terrific evening and tomorrow! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day..."
- Edgar Guest.
Last year, on this day, I joined Bluesky. 🙏🏼 fellow travellers!
Wishing you a terrific evening and tomorrow! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Be grateful for the kindly friends that walk along your way,
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day..."
- Edgar Guest.
Last year, on this day, I joined Bluesky. 🙏🏼 fellow travellers!
Wishing you a terrific evening and tomorrow! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Be grateful for the skies of blue that smile from day to day..."
- Edgar Guest.
Last year, on this day, I joined Bluesky. 🙏🏼 fellow travellers!
Wishing you a terrific evening and tomorrow! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
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Some fall color in Saint Paul as the cold descended Saturday. Japanese maple, meadow rue, and probably a Euonymus (burning bush) at a neighbor’s. #FlowerReport
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Some fall color in Saint Paul as the cold descended Saturday. Japanese maple, meadow rue, and probably a Euonymus (burning bush) at a neighbor’s. #FlowerReport
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we are going to win
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
we are going to win
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Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
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There's also some irony in the fact that Gen X continues to vote MAGA and MAGA just absolutely reamed Gen X on health care costs. People who are about to hit Medicare eligibility but not quite there? That 55-64 bracket? Absolutely fucked with no recompense.
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There's also some irony in the fact that Gen X continues to vote MAGA and MAGA just absolutely reamed Gen X on health care costs. People who are about to hit Medicare eligibility but not quite there? That 55-64 bracket? Absolutely fucked with no recompense.
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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I posted this to Instagram where something terrible has happened and it now has thirty-five thousand likes on the platform where you can’t silence notifications
in my heart I know that Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to play Zohran Mamdani on SNL so bad it physically hurts him
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I posted this to Instagram where something terrible has happened and it now has thirty-five thousand likes on the platform where you can’t silence notifications
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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
- Aesop.
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you the best Monday and a wonderful week! 💗
#ColorADay #PinkMon
#MacroMonday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#augustflowers
- Aesop.
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you the best Monday and a wonderful week! 💗
#ColorADay #PinkMon
#MacroMonday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#augustflowers
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
- Aesop.
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you the best Monday and a wonderful week! 💗
#ColorADay #PinkMon
#MacroMonday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#augustflowers
- Aesop.
🌅Good morning!
Wishing you the best Monday and a wonderful week! 💗
#ColorADay #PinkMon
#MacroMonday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#augustflowers
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“Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.” — Rumi.
#MacroMonday
#MagentaMonday
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#MacroMonday
#MagentaMonday
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.” — Rumi.
#MacroMonday
#MagentaMonday
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#MacroMonday
#MagentaMonday
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Once again…too many people thought that what’s happening in this country could never happen here.
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once again…too many people thought that what’s happening in this country could never happen here.
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
If folks would have voted accordingly in November of 2024 we wouldn’t be here.
IDGAF who this statement pisses of either.
THEY TOLD Y’ALL THEY WOULD DO ALL OF THIS BUT Y’ALL STILL GAVE THEM POWER🤷🏾♀️
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🚢 The Edmund Fitzgerald went down 50 years ago in Lake Superior, but she isn't just an Up North story.
The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
'Larger than life': How the Edmund Fitzgerald legend was forged in Metro Detroit
The story of the Edmund Fitzgerald still resonates 50 years after it sank off the coast of the Upper Peninsula's Whitefish Point on Nov. 10, 1975.
www.detroitnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚢 The Edmund Fitzgerald went down 50 years ago in Lake Superior, but she isn't just an Up North story.
The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
The Big Fitz was forged on the Detroit River and was a celebrity from the start.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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I took this photo of the Detroit skyline reflected in a small lake on Belle Isle several years ago. #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Cityscape #Landscape #Detroit #BelleIsle #Skyline #Photography #GoldenHour #DramaticSky #Sunset
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I took this photo of the Detroit skyline reflected in a small lake on Belle Isle several years ago. #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Cityscape #Landscape #Detroit #BelleIsle #Skyline #Photography #GoldenHour #DramaticSky #Sunset
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#blacksky
I gotta take a break from politics today. I will be posting motivational big backitry as I find it.
Someone in the comments suggested using leftover stuffing in the waffle iron. I suggested adding honey baked ham and cheddar cheese to top it. Now I NEED a waffle maker. 🤣😝
I gotta take a break from politics today. I will be posting motivational big backitry as I find it.
Someone in the comments suggested using leftover stuffing in the waffle iron. I suggested adding honey baked ham and cheddar cheese to top it. Now I NEED a waffle maker. 🤣😝
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
#blacksky
I gotta take a break from politics today. I will be posting motivational big backitry as I find it.
Someone in the comments suggested using leftover stuffing in the waffle iron. I suggested adding honey baked ham and cheddar cheese to top it. Now I NEED a waffle maker. 🤣😝
I gotta take a break from politics today. I will be posting motivational big backitry as I find it.
Someone in the comments suggested using leftover stuffing in the waffle iron. I suggested adding honey baked ham and cheddar cheese to top it. Now I NEED a waffle maker. 🤣😝
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If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If your position is that Democrats have no choice but to agree, than you are impliedly admitting the Democrats are no longer an opposition party because the cost of opposition is too high, and we are effectively a one party fascist state.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
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The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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We gave them the victories they’ve been asking for and they turned around and gave up as soon as it was convenient. The carrot days of the Democratic base are over. Time for the stick. They’re not afraid enough of us. We can fix that (with votes).
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We gave them the victories they’ve been asking for and they turned around and gave up as soon as it was convenient. The carrot days of the Democratic base are over. Time for the stick. They’re not afraid enough of us. We can fix that (with votes).