Joy
@joyandfive.bsky.social
Western NC. I live in a red county but a temperate rainforest so it sorta evens out. Trans ally. Politics and ecology, biodiversity, soil science. Poets always welcome.
Xicano Hardcore: Pomona scene turns community energy into youth scholarships. idioteq.com/xicano-hardc...
Xicano Hardcore: Pomona scene turns community energy into youth scholarships - IDIOTEQ.com
What started as a few local shows in Pomona has grown into a movement that uses hardcore not only as sound and release but as a means to fund education. The
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November 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Xicano Hardcore: Pomona scene turns community energy into youth scholarships. idioteq.com/xicano-hardc...
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You can't know the U.S.'s history without knowing the U.S.'s Black history.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You can't know the U.S.'s history without knowing the U.S.'s Black history.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
“America does not have a full accounting of itself without the historic Black press,” says Nicole Carr, author, investigative journalist, and professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
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Very interesting review! Added the book to my reading list.
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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This is wonderful news!!!
#ncpol
#ncpol
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $63M to NC A&T, largest gift in school's history
Combined with her $45 million donation in 2020, Scott has now given a total of $108 million to the university.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is wonderful news!!!
#ncpol
#ncpol
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“Love has never been a popular movement. And no one’s ever really wanted to be free. The world is held together by the love and the passion of a very few people.”
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Love Is Never Going To Be A Popular Movement
Love is not going to poll well. It never has.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Love has never been a popular movement. And no one’s ever really wanted to be free. The world is held together by the love and the passion of a very few people.”
badfaithtimes.com/love-is-neve...
badfaithtimes.com/love-is-neve...
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“If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.”
— Howard Zinn
— Howard Zinn
November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“If you join a fight for social justice you may win or lose, but just by being part of the struggle, you win, and your life will be better for it.”
— Howard Zinn
— Howard Zinn
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"Successful democratic movements depend, above all, on courage." – David Shimer
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Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread
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November 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"Successful democratic movements depend, above all, on courage." – David Shimer
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The sound of democracy working. ❤️🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The sound of democracy working. ❤️🇺🇸
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racketmn.com/elevated-acc... - People are in motion EVERYWHERE...
Meet the Volunteer Pilots Flying Patients From Red States to Reproductive Care - Racket
Removing barriers to bodily autonomy, one prop plane flight at a time.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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"Here’s the bigger question: What will we fill their heads with? Now that’s a question worth giving your life to. Everyone is dying, and if you’re worried about that, then throw yourself into preserving knowledge. Or preserving goodness." Thought-provoking essay. Thank you, @jkuznicki.bsky.social
"But the nation is the great project that we all share in, and we have to defend it because it's noble to be part of something larger than yourself and --"
Let me stop you right there. Imagine yourself smaller. Because you are--we all are--and it's better not to have any illusions.
Let me stop you right there. Imagine yourself smaller. Because you are--we all are--and it's better not to have any illusions.
Two Paths to Immortality: Some Civic Religion for Nonbelievers
Reactionary immortality projects explain a lot about American political culture—above all why and how we Americans choose to panic.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Here’s the bigger question: What will we fill their heads with? Now that’s a question worth giving your life to. Everyone is dying, and if you’re worried about that, then throw yourself into preserving knowledge. Or preserving goodness." Thought-provoking essay. Thank you, @jkuznicki.bsky.social
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Twice a year I hold a workshop on writing a nonfiction book proposal. It’s organized to lead you through exercises that results in a draft or revision (or just learn about the genre) Next one starts in January
How To Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal January 5-15 2026
In this course, you will learn the basics of non-fiction trade book proposals, receive feedback on your proposals and queries, and become part of a...
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October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Twice a year I hold a workshop on writing a nonfiction book proposal. It’s organized to lead you through exercises that results in a draft or revision (or just learn about the genre) Next one starts in January
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My 83 year old dad went to his first ever protest today. He brought the American flag from their front stoop
October 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
My 83 year old dad went to his first ever protest today. He brought the American flag from their front stoop
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Tomato and White Bean Soup With Lots of Garlic
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Tomato and White Bean Soup With Lots of Garlic (Published 2019)
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October 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Tomato and White Bean Soup With Lots of Garlic
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🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges
North Carolina Elections Chief Demands Voters’ Full Social Security Numbers From DMV
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
🚨BREAKING: North Carolina’s top elections official is pressing the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to voters’ full Social Security numbers — a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
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Central Banks around the world have moved their holdings to gold from US Treasuries. And that suggests a complete failure of confidence in the US Treasury.
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Central Banks around the world have moved their holdings to gold from US Treasuries. And that suggests a complete failure of confidence in the US Treasury.
In which Ta-Nehisi Coates shows why Ezra Klein is lucky to have him as a friend - the kind of friend who continues to believe he might just muddle through and get a clue, eventually. Coates is a national treasure.
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Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
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September 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In which Ta-Nehisi Coates shows why Ezra Klein is lucky to have him as a friend - the kind of friend who continues to believe he might just muddle through and get a clue, eventually. Coates is a national treasure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
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September 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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War-ravaged Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
War-ravaged Portland
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Sure seems like the president just instructed the military to use lethal force against US citizens.
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sure seems like the president just instructed the military to use lethal force against US citizens.