foliver4u
@franklinoliver4u.bsky.social
HS teacher, college prof, poet, consultant, lover of humanity, creator of the first HS Afrofuturism course in the US.
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Our photographer captured Chicagoans braving the snowiest November day in history. See more photos here:
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PHOTOS: How Chicagoans Spent The Snowiest November Day In History
From running on the 606 to being stranded at O'Hare Airport, here's how Chicagoans marked one of the biggest snow storms in recent memory.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Our photographer captured Chicagoans braving the snowiest November day in history. See more photos here:
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eve's bayou is such a classic. very good movie
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
eve's bayou is such a classic. very good movie
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"Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims."
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims."
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The US just revoked the visa of Former South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor who initiated the genocide case against Israel.
Watch Zeteo's interview with her from March last year where she said there was 'huge murder underway' in Gaza: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
Watch Zeteo's interview with her from March last year where she said there was 'huge murder underway' in Gaza: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: South African Foreign Minister tells Zeteo 'huge murder underway' in Gaza
“For us to be invisible in a massive human struggle where we know a huge murder is underway, I think that is unacceptable.” - Naledi Pandor
zeteo.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The US just revoked the visa of Former South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor who initiated the genocide case against Israel.
Watch Zeteo's interview with her from March last year where she said there was 'huge murder underway' in Gaza: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
Watch Zeteo's interview with her from March last year where she said there was 'huge murder underway' in Gaza: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
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When the whole negotiation fits in one panel…
#Oligarchy #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Peace #War #WhiteHouse
#Oligarchy #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Peace #War #WhiteHouse
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When the whole negotiation fits in one panel…
#Oligarchy #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Peace #War #WhiteHouse
#Oligarchy #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Peace #War #WhiteHouse
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An astonishing 80 percent of the Louisiana's death sentences between 1976 and 2015 were later reversed.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
He’s Been On Louisiana’s Death Row for Decades. A Judge Just Vacated His Conviction.
Chris Duncan’s longtime claims of innocence were boosted by the discrediting of bite mark analysis, and by recent reforms now under threat from the state’s Republican leadership.
boltsmag.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
An astonishing 80 percent of the Louisiana's death sentences between 1976 and 2015 were later reversed.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
A judge recently vacated the conviction of Chris Duncan, who had been on the state's death row for decades.
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Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
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Once you learn the history, you can’t unsee it. But I still love Thanksgiving because some of my best memories are there: kids’ table chaos, music, way too much food, laughter with family. Now I try to hold both things at once. I keep the love and the gratitude, and I refuse to forget the truth.
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Once you learn the history, you can’t unsee it. But I still love Thanksgiving because some of my best memories are there: kids’ table chaos, music, way too much food, laughter with family. Now I try to hold both things at once. I keep the love and the gratitude, and I refuse to forget the truth.
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Took folks 3 amendments and a few Supreme Court decisions to accept Black folks as human, and they are doing it for AI in like 3.5 conversations.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Took folks 3 amendments and a few Supreme Court decisions to accept Black folks as human, and they are doing it for AI in like 3.5 conversations.
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In the richest country in the world, people lose their homes because they got sick.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In the richest country in the world, people lose their homes because they got sick.
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Kash Patel has a SWAT team going around to "protect" his girlfriend. The administration that claimed it would root out waste, fraud, and abuse sure loves spending taxpayer money on themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Kash Patel has a SWAT team going around to "protect" his girlfriend. The administration that claimed it would root out waste, fraud, and abuse sure loves spending taxpayer money on themselves.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Starbase Indy takes off in a few days!
In the meantime...
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In the meantime...
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Starbase Indy Anthology Authors | Starbase Indy Podcast
Listen to half a dozen of the contributors to the Starbase Indy Anthology discuss what inspired their work in this volume, and what they like about the convention itself.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Starbase Indy takes off in a few days!
In the meantime...
starbaseindypodcast.podbean.com/e/starbase-i...
In the meantime...
starbaseindypodcast.podbean.com/e/starbase-i...
Mary would definitely get deported. And the names ICE would call her?!?
And try to get deported.
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Mary would definitely get deported. And the names ICE would call her?!?
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"Queer futurist sci-fi free jazz"
Yessir. Don't mind if I do.
Yessir. Don't mind if I do.
Spectral Forces: Queer Futurist Sci-Fi Free Jazz
YouTube video by PhillyCAM
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November 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"Queer futurist sci-fi free jazz"
Yessir. Don't mind if I do.
Yessir. Don't mind if I do.
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W.C. Handy 🎂
The bandleader, composer, and trumpeter who introduced blues to mainstream America. He is known as the Father of the Blues because he wrote and published the first blues song in 1914.
'St. Louis Blues' was his first hit song.
👑👑👑
youtu.be/cSuTTSOctGw?...
The bandleader, composer, and trumpeter who introduced blues to mainstream America. He is known as the Father of the Blues because he wrote and published the first blues song in 1914.
'St. Louis Blues' was his first hit song.
👑👑👑
youtu.be/cSuTTSOctGw?...
W.C. Handy "St. Louis Blues" On The Ed Sullivan Show
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
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November 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
W.C. Handy 🎂
The bandleader, composer, and trumpeter who introduced blues to mainstream America. He is known as the Father of the Blues because he wrote and published the first blues song in 1914.
'St. Louis Blues' was his first hit song.
👑👑👑
youtu.be/cSuTTSOctGw?...
The bandleader, composer, and trumpeter who introduced blues to mainstream America. He is known as the Father of the Blues because he wrote and published the first blues song in 1914.
'St. Louis Blues' was his first hit song.
👑👑👑
youtu.be/cSuTTSOctGw?...
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You really need to watch #SVU season 18 episode 21 "Sanctuary," from 2018. Syrian family, including the wife's LGBTQ undocumented brother, owns a restaurant. 2 rap*s and murders happen. Benson promises he won't be deported because NYC is a sanctuary city. ICE snatches him while SVU is with him.
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You really need to watch #SVU season 18 episode 21 "Sanctuary," from 2018. Syrian family, including the wife's LGBTQ undocumented brother, owns a restaurant. 2 rap*s and murders happen. Benson promises he won't be deported because NYC is a sanctuary city. ICE snatches him while SVU is with him.
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Brian Krassenstein
A Charlotte man was stopped twice by ICE. The first group checked his ID and let him go. Minutes later, another set of agents rolled up, smashed his window, dragged him out, and assaulted him
He was a U.S. citizen…
A Charlotte man was stopped twice by ICE. The first group checked his ID and let him go. Minutes later, another set of agents rolled up, smashed his window, dragged him out, and assaulted him
He was a U.S. citizen…
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Brian Krassenstein
A Charlotte man was stopped twice by ICE. The first group checked his ID and let him go. Minutes later, another set of agents rolled up, smashed his window, dragged him out, and assaulted him
He was a U.S. citizen…
A Charlotte man was stopped twice by ICE. The first group checked his ID and let him go. Minutes later, another set of agents rolled up, smashed his window, dragged him out, and assaulted him
He was a U.S. citizen…
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🚨Megyn Kelly in 2023 re Russell Brand: “You’re 31 years old & you have sex allegedly w a 16-year old?… She was a minor. Just because you can’t be prosecuted for it doesn’t mean it’s right.”
Kelly yesterday re Epstein: “there’s a difference between a 15-year-old & a 5-year-old”
@motherjones.com:
Kelly yesterday re Epstein: “there’s a difference between a 15-year-old & a 5-year-old”
@motherjones.com:
Megyn Kelly suddenly finds pedophilia very hard to define
When a 16-year-old accused Russell Brand of rape, Kelly begged conservatives to condemn him. Now she's splitting hairs about men "into the barely legal type."
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🚨Megyn Kelly in 2023 re Russell Brand: “You’re 31 years old & you have sex allegedly w a 16-year old?… She was a minor. Just because you can’t be prosecuted for it doesn’t mean it’s right.”
Kelly yesterday re Epstein: “there’s a difference between a 15-year-old & a 5-year-old”
@motherjones.com:
Kelly yesterday re Epstein: “there’s a difference between a 15-year-old & a 5-year-old”
@motherjones.com:
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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Being able to go to women’s college basketball tab in Hulu is definitely gonna help me watch more games fr
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Being able to go to women’s college basketball tab in Hulu is definitely gonna help me watch more games fr