Estella Reads
@estellareads.bsky.social
Bookish Homeschool Mom Who loves the World and the people in it. Writer. Afrocentric homeschooler 🌍 Children’s books, global African history 📚 and learning as a way of life.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing had been dead for 2 days when found, autopsy determines.
December 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing had been dead for 2 days when found, autopsy determines.
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34 more Black PHDs entered the world today from Morgan State and I think that’s pretty dope.
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
34 more Black PHDs entered the world today from Morgan State and I think that’s pretty dope.
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this as usual is a lot of horse shit from mitt romney, who ran for president on cutting taxes for the super rich and voted with trump to cut taxes for the super rich.
mitt romney, as usual, can go fuck off.
mitt romney, as usual, can go fuck off.
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this as usual is a lot of horse shit from mitt romney, who ran for president on cutting taxes for the super rich and voted with trump to cut taxes for the super rich.
mitt romney, as usual, can go fuck off.
mitt romney, as usual, can go fuck off.
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Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.
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So is nobody even thinking whay's going to happen to all of these data centers after the ai bubble pops? Are they all just going to become huge brown fields?
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So is nobody even thinking whay's going to happen to all of these data centers after the ai bubble pops? Are they all just going to become huge brown fields?
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The velocity of my eye rolling right now. What is Liz Plank thinking here?
I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The velocity of my eye rolling right now. What is Liz Plank thinking here?
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I heard you wanted to read about a mermaid cult and the pirate (also a negro) who has to help stop them while reconnecting with her long lost lover. Here ya go!
Devil of the Deep
Check out Devil of the Deep - <p><b>Lu watched the love of his life walk the plank and sink into the inky-black depths of the sea. Nnenna was dead . . . or so he thought.</p></b> <p>Five years later, ...
bookshop.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I heard you wanted to read about a mermaid cult and the pirate (also a negro) who has to help stop them while reconnecting with her long lost lover. Here ya go!
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December 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Uber’s CEO is bucking tech hiring trends. He argues AI boosts developer productivity 20-30%, making engineers more valuable, so they’re hiring.
The key difference? FAANG needs layoffs to fund massive AI/GPU spend while Uber not being in the AI race doesn’t have that heavy infrastructure burden.
The key difference? FAANG needs layoffs to fund massive AI/GPU spend while Uber not being in the AI race doesn’t have that heavy infrastructure burden.
Uber's CEO says AI spending is paying off, turning engineers into 'superhumans'
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said investing in AI has been "well worth it and then some" as it's yielded "hundreds of millions of dollars of benefit."
www.businessinsider.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Uber’s CEO is bucking tech hiring trends. He argues AI boosts developer productivity 20-30%, making engineers more valuable, so they’re hiring.
The key difference? FAANG needs layoffs to fund massive AI/GPU spend while Uber not being in the AI race doesn’t have that heavy infrastructure burden.
The key difference? FAANG needs layoffs to fund massive AI/GPU spend while Uber not being in the AI race doesn’t have that heavy infrastructure burden.
December 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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If you’re still on TikTok now’s a good time to delete it
As of tonight, the Ellisons also own TikTok. So now our media is almost fully controlled by fascists.
www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
TikTok signs deal to give U.S. operations to Oracle-led investor group
The agreement aims to resolve a yearslong standoff between the popular social media platform and the U.S. government over national security concerns tied to China's parent company, ByteDance.
www.npr.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If you’re still on TikTok now’s a good time to delete it
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"TikTok has signed an agreement to create a US joint venture under a deal brokered by President Donald Trump that leaves the app’s Chinese owner ByteDance with direct control of its core business operations in America."
TikTok says Chinese owner will retain core US business
Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX to invest in new data security joint venture as part of Trump-brokered deal
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"TikTok has signed an agreement to create a US joint venture under a deal brokered by President Donald Trump that leaves the app’s Chinese owner ByteDance with direct control of its core business operations in America."
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ICYMI: “TikTok signs deal to spin-off U.S. operations to a group controlled by mostly 🇺🇸 investors, including software giant Oracle — run by billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison.”
The Ellisons/Trump allies gobbling up everything, to control what we see. www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
The Ellisons/Trump allies gobbling up everything, to control what we see. www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
ICYMI: “TikTok signs deal to spin-off U.S. operations to a group controlled by mostly 🇺🇸 investors, including software giant Oracle — run by billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison.”
The Ellisons/Trump allies gobbling up everything, to control what we see. www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
The Ellisons/Trump allies gobbling up everything, to control what we see. www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
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SCOTUS maybe can't be blamed for not predicting exactly this, but the First Amendment was intended to prevent this outcome by heading off its beginning. Its decision upholding the TikTok ban looks worse today than ever -- as @jameeljaffer.bsky.social & I wrote:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
SCOTUS maybe can't be blamed for not predicting exactly this, but the First Amendment was intended to prevent this outcome by heading off its beginning. Its decision upholding the TikTok ban looks worse today than ever -- as @jameeljaffer.bsky.social & I wrote:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wrote about the cronyistic TikTok deal, and how it once again shows the U.S. is too corrupt to function in the public interest, despite a whole lot of pretense to the contrary
TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…
www.techdirt.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wrote about the cronyistic TikTok deal, and how it once again shows the U.S. is too corrupt to function in the public interest, despite a whole lot of pretense to the contrary
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“Internal department data obtained by ProPublica shows that more than 1,000 racial harassment investigations initiated in previous administrations still are open. Most of those complaints involve harassment of Black students.”
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Internal department data obtained by ProPublica shows that more than 1,000 racial harassment investigations initiated in previous administrations still are open. Most of those complaints involve harassment of Black students.”
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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China, US seek Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire ahead of ASEAN meeting reut.rs/4pSOo1I
China, US seek Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire ahead of ASEAN meeting
China and the U.S. are renewing their separate efforts to reach a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, days ahead of a special meeting of Southeast Asian ministers on the border conflict, the worst fighting between the two in recent history.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
China, US seek Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire ahead of ASEAN meeting reut.rs/4pSOo1I
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You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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PITTSBURGH — Trump’s racist ice goons repeatedly punch a man in the face on camera
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December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
PITTSBURGH — Trump’s racist ice goons repeatedly punch a man in the face on camera
www.instagram.com/reel/DSb2rPX...
www.instagram.com/reel/DSb2rPX...
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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ZOHRAN: “We have monetized the dysfunction.” 🎯
December 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
ZOHRAN: “We have monetized the dysfunction.” 🎯