Tamara De La Fuente
@grandtam.bsky.social
Native Texan, foodie, self-confessed bibliophile, Hampton grad, PVAMU mom, #HBCU pride, #booksky.
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My oldest mentioned he’s been using “vintage” music players. Y’all, he bought a stereo that plays tapes and a CD player 😭
a woman is crying while wearing a sweater that says i voted today on it .
ALT: a woman is crying while wearing a sweater that says i voted today on it .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My oldest mentioned he’s been using “vintage” music players. Y’all, he bought a stereo that plays tapes and a CD player 😭
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I’m so happy that everyone is chatting about the public library every day on blue sky. I love the library and I love that everyone here loves the library.
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’m so happy that everyone is chatting about the public library every day on blue sky. I love the library and I love that everyone here loves the library.
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In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
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I think the reasons why "retro" tech is popular is because it doesn't spy on you, you're not pressured to upgrade every year, it doesn't force shit don't want on you, you're not required to constantly update it, and its affordable.
That's why I hold on to my old tech like my PC and phone.
That's why I hold on to my old tech like my PC and phone.
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I think the reasons why "retro" tech is popular is because it doesn't spy on you, you're not pressured to upgrade every year, it doesn't force shit don't want on you, you're not required to constantly update it, and its affordable.
That's why I hold on to my old tech like my PC and phone.
That's why I hold on to my old tech like my PC and phone.
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*nervous laughter*
SCOOP — Gregg Phillips, a conspiracy theorist with no emergency management experience who helped produce the election-denying documentary ‘2000 Mules’ with Dinesh D’Souza and has faced numerous legal inquiries, has been named head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery.
My story:
My story:
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
*nervous laughter*
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'Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential'
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
'Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential'
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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lol any company uninterested in making a substantive investment in preparing for a diverse workforce will be woefully unprepared in ten years time. Mark it.
Corporate America ‘risks rolling back progress’ for women, says new report | CNN Business
Large US companies have made progress – albeit slowly – over the past decade when it comes to increasing the number of women in management and leadership roles on every rung of the corporate ladder.
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
lol any company uninterested in making a substantive investment in preparing for a diverse workforce will be woefully unprepared in ten years time. Mark it.
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Toni Morrison was her mentor and it shows.
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Toni Morrison was her mentor and it shows.
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I don’t know if Jasmine Crockett can win the senate seat in Texas… but what i do know …
Whenever a down ballot dem needs help raising money or brand awareness
They call her
Whenever a down ballot dem needs help raising money or brand awareness
They call her
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I don’t know if Jasmine Crockett can win the senate seat in Texas… but what i do know …
Whenever a down ballot dem needs help raising money or brand awareness
They call her
Whenever a down ballot dem needs help raising money or brand awareness
They call her
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NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott increased her donations to nonprofits in 2025, giving $7.1 billion.
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All ima say is im really glad Black Americans have taken stock of how other groups will weaponize our empathy and how we as a collective decided after the last election to just say —- nah
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
All ima say is im really glad Black Americans have taken stock of how other groups will weaponize our empathy and how we as a collective decided after the last election to just say —- nah
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We ALL did...🤷♂️
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We ALL did...🤷♂️
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Prices are higher.
People are desperate to hold on to their jobs.
Mortgage rates are high.
People are going to lose their healthcare.
Trump is on TV grading the economy as an A+ & few reporters are calling this "out of touch" and screeching about the objectively terrible economy for most.
People are desperate to hold on to their jobs.
Mortgage rates are high.
People are going to lose their healthcare.
Trump is on TV grading the economy as an A+ & few reporters are calling this "out of touch" and screeching about the objectively terrible economy for most.
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Prices are higher.
People are desperate to hold on to their jobs.
Mortgage rates are high.
People are going to lose their healthcare.
Trump is on TV grading the economy as an A+ & few reporters are calling this "out of touch" and screeching about the objectively terrible economy for most.
People are desperate to hold on to their jobs.
Mortgage rates are high.
People are going to lose their healthcare.
Trump is on TV grading the economy as an A+ & few reporters are calling this "out of touch" and screeching about the objectively terrible economy for most.
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Books are power charges for your brain.
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Books are power charges for your brain.
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A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
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A 4-piece Happy Meal is $7 now? WTF?!
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A 4-piece Happy Meal is $7 now? WTF?!
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December 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. https://capitalbnews.org/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia/
‘Ticking Time Bomb’: A Pregnant Mother Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
capitalbnews.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. https://capitalbnews.org/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia/
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JPMorgan banked a sex trafficker for years $200 million in accounts, millions in fees, introductions to Sergey Brin and Netanyahu. Employees flagged the cash withdrawals funding his crimes; executives saw only profit. One might call it complicity, but that suggests they didn't know. They knew.
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
JPMorgan banked a sex trafficker for years $200 million in accounts, millions in fees, introductions to Sergey Brin and Netanyahu. Employees flagged the cash withdrawals funding his crimes; executives saw only profit. One might call it complicity, but that suggests they didn't know. They knew.
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Even yet still more harvest in the ongoing attempt to clear the greenhouse. 🌶️🌱
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Even yet still more harvest in the ongoing attempt to clear the greenhouse. 🌶️🌱
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Stop selling your houses to corporations.
December 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Stop selling your houses to corporations.
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New Mexico launched a state pilot program offering monthly $500 payments to teens who are homeless, to stay in school
“When you invest in people, they respond”
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“When you invest in people, they respond”
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
December 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New Mexico launched a state pilot program offering monthly $500 payments to teens who are homeless, to stay in school
“When you invest in people, they respond”
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
“When you invest in people, they respond”
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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The National Center for Civil and Human Rights' new gallery, "Broken Promises," is a permanent exhibit on Reconstruction-the period after the Civil War and Emancipation when America first attempted to build a multi-racial democracy. www.thestate.com/press-releas... #TeachReconstruction
New Reconstruction Era Exhibition Shows How Reform and Resistance Have Shaped U.S. Civil Rights
National Center for Civil and Human Rights Unveils Broken Promises Gallery "Guided" by Ida B. Wells
www.thestate.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights' new gallery, "Broken Promises," is a permanent exhibit on Reconstruction-the period after the Civil War and Emancipation when America first attempted to build a multi-racial democracy. www.thestate.com/press-releas... #TeachReconstruction
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if you don’t teach what you want to see… you will continue to see what you don’t want…
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | We Rejected This Practice 60 Years Ago. We Must Do So Again Today.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
if you don’t teach what you want to see… you will continue to see what you don’t want…
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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