Taylor Simone
@nomadblaque.bsky.social
I'm rooting for everyone Black
Black linguist in Piscataway territory
#ayitipapperi
#landback
#aoletmt
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Black linguist in Piscataway territory
#ayitipapperi
#landback
#aoletmt
thealvearie.com
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
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Part 2 arrives: a first attempt at a timeline of 500 years of Native trans men and transmasc history
landbodymind.substack.com/p/notes-towa...
landbodymind.substack.com/p/notes-towa...
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Part 2 arrives: a first attempt at a timeline of 500 years of Native trans men and transmasc history
landbodymind.substack.com/p/notes-towa...
landbodymind.substack.com/p/notes-towa...
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Behind the beauty of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania lies a hidden struggle.
Maasai lawyer Joseph Oleshangay is fighting to protect his people’s land arguing that conservation shouldn’t mean erasing those who’ve safeguarded it for generations. Watch the full film here: aje.io/Serengeti
Maasai lawyer Joseph Oleshangay is fighting to protect his people’s land arguing that conservation shouldn’t mean erasing those who’ve safeguarded it for generations. Watch the full film here: aje.io/Serengeti
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Behind the beauty of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania lies a hidden struggle.
Maasai lawyer Joseph Oleshangay is fighting to protect his people’s land arguing that conservation shouldn’t mean erasing those who’ve safeguarded it for generations. Watch the full film here: aje.io/Serengeti
Maasai lawyer Joseph Oleshangay is fighting to protect his people’s land arguing that conservation shouldn’t mean erasing those who’ve safeguarded it for generations. Watch the full film here: aje.io/Serengeti
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Last year, Sapelo Island residents sued county officials for blocking them from holding a crucial vote that could determine whether they would be displaced from the last Gullah Gechee community on the Georgia coast.
Georgia’s Highest Court Sides With Sapelo Island Residents to Put Land Battle on Ballot
Residents have been in a fight with county leaders over their voting rights and zoning changes that threaten to lead to displacement.
capitalbnews.org
October 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Last year, Sapelo Island residents sued county officials for blocking them from holding a crucial vote that could determine whether they would be displaced from the last Gullah Gechee community on the Georgia coast.
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To put it more bluntly: Everything people were afraid the National Guard would do is what ICE and other federal agencies are doing right now
I do think national media need to be focusing more on what ICE is doing, especially in Chicago, where people are being dragged from their beds. I'm not downplaying the National Guard deployments, but ICE is actively terrorizing communities. That's the spear tip of fascism right now.
October 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
To put it more bluntly: Everything people were afraid the National Guard would do is what ICE and other federal agencies are doing right now
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it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."
fuck yeah
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The right: We must condemn all political violence!
Also the right: Indiscriminately murdering people we suspect are undocumented immigrants is just fine.
Also the right: Indiscriminately murdering people we suspect are undocumented immigrants is just fine.
A mainstream outlet finally does more than repeat the official BS statement from ICE about the shooting of Silvero Villegas-Gonzalez. This man's death should be a national scandal. Grateful for indy journalists who questioned the official narrative that corporate outlets mindlessly echoed last week.
Undocumented father killed by ICE agent in Franklin Park shooting had no criminal background, lawyer says
The undocumented father shot and killed by an ICE agent in Franklin Park, Illinois, only had a history of minor traffic violations, not a criminal record, according to his attorney.
www.cbsnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The right: We must condemn all political violence!
Also the right: Indiscriminately murdering people we suspect are undocumented immigrants is just fine.
Also the right: Indiscriminately murdering people we suspect are undocumented immigrants is just fine.
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ACAB includes language police
Don't say "birthing person."
Don't say "incarcerated person."
Don't say "the unhoused."
Don't say "chest feeding."
Don't say "centering.
Don't say "Latinx."
When voters hear this, they think Democrats are out of touch crazy people. Just talk normal. Be normal.
Don't say "incarcerated person."
Don't say "the unhoused."
Don't say "chest feeding."
Don't say "centering.
Don't say "Latinx."
When voters hear this, they think Democrats are out of touch crazy people. Just talk normal. Be normal.
August 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ACAB includes language police
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Great interview with @remorahousedc.bsky.social here:
"While people are exhausted + scared, DC residents have shown up in force to defend each other. Evictions were stopped by local advocates...People all over the city are sharing photos...+ calling into ICE watch hotlines to keep each other safe.
"While people are exhausted + scared, DC residents have shown up in force to defend each other. Evictions were stopped by local advocates...People all over the city are sharing photos...+ calling into ICE watch hotlines to keep each other safe.
Here's my weekly must-reads list, a frontline dispatch from a D.C. organizer, and my final thoughts for the week. One thing I took away from my exchange with Shannon Clark, a mutual aid organizer in D.C., is that "having great networks already in place" has been crucial. Let's all take note.
Must-Reads and What D.C. Organizers Need You to Know
"D.C. was able to respond to defend our neighbors quickly," says D.C. organizer Shannon Clark.
organizingmythoughts.org
August 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Great interview with @remorahousedc.bsky.social here:
"While people are exhausted + scared, DC residents have shown up in force to defend each other. Evictions were stopped by local advocates...People all over the city are sharing photos...+ calling into ICE watch hotlines to keep each other safe.
"While people are exhausted + scared, DC residents have shown up in force to defend each other. Evictions were stopped by local advocates...People all over the city are sharing photos...+ calling into ICE watch hotlines to keep each other safe.
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Delaware has prohibited local police from partnering with ICE, becoming the 7th state to outlaw 287(g) agreements. Gov. Matt Meyer signed the bill Monday, reinforcing the state’s stance against Trump-era deportation tactics.
Delaware becomes 7th state to outlaw ICE partnerships
Gov. Matt Meyer outlawed 287(g) ICE partnerships between federal immigration agents and local police departments by signing a bill Monday.
spotlightdelaware.org
July 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Delaware has prohibited local police from partnering with ICE, becoming the 7th state to outlaw 287(g) agreements. Gov. Matt Meyer signed the bill Monday, reinforcing the state’s stance against Trump-era deportation tactics.
It's somehow comforting to know that even if you get to leading a nation you have to sit in meetings with incompetent yt people
Talks come as US shifts focus from aid to building sustainable economic partnerships.
White House hosts West African leaders to discuss trade and development
Talks come as US shifts focus from aid to building sustainable economic partnerships.
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's somehow comforting to know that even if you get to leading a nation you have to sit in meetings with incompetent yt people
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Seminole Tribe joins Miccosukee Tribe in denouncing #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' plan to build an "Alligator Alcatraz" on their sacred land in the Everglades. www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/l...
Tribal nations band together to denounce 'Alligator Alcatraz' on Florida ancestral homelands
Tribal nations with ancestral ties to the land are denouncing the development of 'Alligator Alcatraz' in Big Cypress National Preserve.
www.heraldtribune.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Seminole Tribe joins Miccosukee Tribe in denouncing #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' plan to build an "Alligator Alcatraz" on their sacred land in the Everglades. www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/l...
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Activists in Italy float a life-size mannequin of Jeff Bezos lying on a giant Amazon box through Venice’s Grand Canal, in protest of the billionaire’s upcoming wedding.
June 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Activists in Italy float a life-size mannequin of Jeff Bezos lying on a giant Amazon box through Venice’s Grand Canal, in protest of the billionaire’s upcoming wedding.
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Where many linguists see a language tree I see race science presenting itself as objective linguistic fact
June 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Where many linguists see a language tree I see race science presenting itself as objective linguistic fact
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a haitian woman died in ICE custody
her name was marie ange blaise
her name was marie ange blaise
fuck your peace
they are snatching our ppl off the streets
they are snatching our ppl off the streets
why are you not already angry?
June 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
a haitian woman died in ICE custody
her name was marie ange blaise
her name was marie ange blaise
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"An audit of past rulings by a controversial medical examiner found that 36 cases of police custody deaths deemed accidents should have [..] been classified as homicides."
"[E]ntire system has been complicit in making police-involved deaths seem inevitable."
#Maryland #USA #Policing #Incarceration
"[E]ntire system has been complicit in making police-involved deaths seem inevitable."
#Maryland #USA #Policing #Incarceration
Audit finds dozens of police custody deaths in Maryland should have been ruled homicides
The tenure of Maryland’s former Chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler has been under review since his controversial testimony in the case of police officer Derek Chauvin who was convicted of…
therealnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"An audit of past rulings by a controversial medical examiner found that 36 cases of police custody deaths deemed accidents should have [..] been classified as homicides."
"[E]ntire system has been complicit in making police-involved deaths seem inevitable."
#Maryland #USA #Policing #Incarceration
"[E]ntire system has been complicit in making police-involved deaths seem inevitable."
#Maryland #USA #Policing #Incarceration
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On May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba. What began in 1948 remains the world’s longest unresolved refugee crisis.
May 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba. What began in 1948 remains the world’s longest unresolved refugee crisis.
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On Thursday, Philadelphia City Council officially voted to recognize May 13 as day of reflection and remembrance for the MOVE bombing. (1/4)
May 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
On Thursday, Philadelphia City Council officially voted to recognize May 13 as day of reflection and remembrance for the MOVE bombing. (1/4)
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If y’all can call me Pope Leo XIV with zero hesitation, you can call a trans person by their name. Unless your tongue only works when the hat is pointy and the robe is long. In which case… seek help, beloved.
New Pope: I am changing my name from Robert Prevost to Leo XIV
Right wingers: Sure. No problem.
Trans person: Please call me by my chosen name and not my dead name.
Right wingers: How are you try to violate my free speech!
Right wingers: Sure. No problem.
Trans person: Please call me by my chosen name and not my dead name.
Right wingers: How are you try to violate my free speech!
May 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
If y’all can call me Pope Leo XIV with zero hesitation, you can call a trans person by their name. Unless your tongue only works when the hat is pointy and the robe is long. In which case… seek help, beloved.
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Video shows Israeli soldiers forcibly expelling Palestinian families from their homes before carrying out demolitions in Khirbet al-Dabaa village in Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank.
May 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Video shows Israeli soldiers forcibly expelling Palestinian families from their homes before carrying out demolitions in Khirbet al-Dabaa village in Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank.
Writing a paper on educational archives & remembered when I presented on this recently that:
1) Someone asked if Black exceptionalism was something that had been "discussed in literature"
2) Said I should dress more professionally (I was in all black and a pink bow in my *natural* hair).
1) Someone asked if Black exceptionalism was something that had been "discussed in literature"
2) Said I should dress more professionally (I was in all black and a pink bow in my *natural* hair).
April 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Writing a paper on educational archives & remembered when I presented on this recently that:
1) Someone asked if Black exceptionalism was something that had been "discussed in literature"
2) Said I should dress more professionally (I was in all black and a pink bow in my *natural* hair).
1) Someone asked if Black exceptionalism was something that had been "discussed in literature"
2) Said I should dress more professionally (I was in all black and a pink bow in my *natural* hair).
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A tale of two screenshots
April 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A tale of two screenshots
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So human trafficking.
🚨NEW: Senator Chris Van Hollen says he was just told by El Salvador’s Vice President that Garcia is still imprisoned because “the Trump administration is paying the government of El Salvador to keep him at CECOT.”💥
This is despite him not being a MS-13 gang member nor being charged with a crime.
This is despite him not being a MS-13 gang member nor being charged with a crime.
April 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
So human trafficking.
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So much of what is told about what happened in Baltimore came from the top down: from city leaders, from national news outlets, and from mainstream news here. We wanted a piece that was told from the perspective of everyday people. baltimorebeat.com/a-mass-movem...
A Mass Movement: A History of the Baltimore Uprising, From the Ground Up
On the morning of April 12, 2015, at about 8:48 a.m., a 25-year-old Black man named Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. allegedly made eye contact with a police officer at the corner of North and Mount, where he ...
baltimorebeat.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
So much of what is told about what happened in Baltimore came from the top down: from city leaders, from national news outlets, and from mainstream news here. We wanted a piece that was told from the perspective of everyday people. baltimorebeat.com/a-mass-movem...