RAH
@rahbattle.bsky.social
my ancestors did not survive everything for me to shrink myself and make someone else comfortable. 🤎
sociological, spiritual, poetic, yappafied mess.
sociological, spiritual, poetic, yappafied mess.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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In the game of good cop bad cop, both are evil cops, role playing to ensare the person they're interrogating.
March 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In the game of good cop bad cop, both are evil cops, role playing to ensare the person they're interrogating.
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I will never not take the opportunity to remind folks that Harriet Tubman killed niggas on the spot. If you knew about her and what she was doing and decided you weren’t going or changed your mind she shot you, period. You weren’t bout to go snitch.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I will never not take the opportunity to remind folks that Harriet Tubman killed niggas on the spot. If you knew about her and what she was doing and decided you weren’t going or changed your mind she shot you, period. You weren’t bout to go snitch.
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It feels like 2019 again, but it’s 2025.
Measles burns like a wildfire, Bird Flu gathers like storm clouds, COVID-19 lingers like a shadow, and Tuberculosis smolders beneath the surface while a mysterious illness in Congo signals the next alarm.
Yet, governments remain frozen. The cycle repeats.
Measles burns like a wildfire, Bird Flu gathers like storm clouds, COVID-19 lingers like a shadow, and Tuberculosis smolders beneath the surface while a mysterious illness in Congo signals the next alarm.
Yet, governments remain frozen. The cycle repeats.
March 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It feels like 2019 again, but it’s 2025.
Measles burns like a wildfire, Bird Flu gathers like storm clouds, COVID-19 lingers like a shadow, and Tuberculosis smolders beneath the surface while a mysterious illness in Congo signals the next alarm.
Yet, governments remain frozen. The cycle repeats.
Measles burns like a wildfire, Bird Flu gathers like storm clouds, COVID-19 lingers like a shadow, and Tuberculosis smolders beneath the surface while a mysterious illness in Congo signals the next alarm.
Yet, governments remain frozen. The cycle repeats.
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white people have the power to stop all this if they weren't benefitting from it. a lot of them talk a good game on social media but they ain't bout that life.
March 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
white people have the power to stop all this if they weren't benefitting from it. a lot of them talk a good game on social media but they ain't bout that life.
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I don’t want to hear Nan white person talking about “tired.” Unless you your emotionally tired from some mental illness, sleepy or just got out the gym. I don’t want to hear it.
February 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I don’t want to hear Nan white person talking about “tired.” Unless you your emotionally tired from some mental illness, sleepy or just got out the gym. I don’t want to hear it.
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Marvin Sapp performs “Never Would Have Made It” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert: youtu.be/wVbZzgybaJ4?...
February 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Marvin Sapp performs “Never Would Have Made It” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert: youtu.be/wVbZzgybaJ4?...
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I'm genuinely disheartened by the lack of reviews/coverage for "Eyes on the Prize III," which premieres on HBO tonight.
Sigh. This is, I guess, a "me" problem. But nothing you could watch this week is better.
Anyway... ICYMI, my review:
Sigh. This is, I guess, a "me" problem. But nothing you could watch this week is better.
Anyway... ICYMI, my review:
‘Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015’ Review: Landmark Docuseries Remains Essential Viewing in New HBO Chapter
The Million Man March, the birth of Black Lives Matter, urban renewal projects in the Bronx and the aftermath of the Los Angeles Uprising get spotlights in the six-parter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm genuinely disheartened by the lack of reviews/coverage for "Eyes on the Prize III," which premieres on HBO tonight.
Sigh. This is, I guess, a "me" problem. But nothing you could watch this week is better.
Anyway... ICYMI, my review:
Sigh. This is, I guess, a "me" problem. But nothing you could watch this week is better.
Anyway... ICYMI, my review:
pls stop cherry picking big companies depending on their “DEI” standards. Especially Apple. Don’t let these rich mfs fool you.
💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
February 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
pls stop cherry picking big companies depending on their “DEI” standards. Especially Apple. Don’t let these rich mfs fool you.
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"The Black mentor class is being fired, not just on television but throughout America."
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Value of Joy
By canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host: It’s silenced the next Black voice you haven’t yet heard.
www.thenation.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"The Black mentor class is being fired, not just on television but throughout America."
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
And that's why it will never be enough to "express sympathies" and send "thoughts and prayers". If you want to make a difference, hire, platform, support, and put on Black folks. Anything less is cheap talk.
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When Bad Bunny released his latest album, he didn’t spend time trying to explain all the intricacies to those who aren’t Latinx. Neither did those of the diaspora.
We don’t need to keep explaining things. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you.
We don’t need to keep explaining things. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you.
February 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When Bad Bunny released his latest album, he didn’t spend time trying to explain all the intricacies to those who aren’t Latinx. Neither did those of the diaspora.
We don’t need to keep explaining things. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you.
We don’t need to keep explaining things. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you.
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 viva la palestina 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
February 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 viva la palestina 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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What peace it would be to gaze at the moon in the sky without the fear of a missile or bullet striking u.
As u can see in the video below, the sky here is filled with military planes that terrify us.
Amidst these horrors, I have to get shelter & basics for my family.
Pls chip in🙏
ko-fi.com/itslayla
As u can see in the video below, the sky here is filled with military planes that terrify us.
Amidst these horrors, I have to get shelter & basics for my family.
Pls chip in🙏
ko-fi.com/itslayla
November 16, 2024 at 8:27 PM
What peace it would be to gaze at the moon in the sky without the fear of a missile or bullet striking u.
As u can see in the video below, the sky here is filled with military planes that terrify us.
Amidst these horrors, I have to get shelter & basics for my family.
Pls chip in🙏
ko-fi.com/itslayla
As u can see in the video below, the sky here is filled with military planes that terrify us.
Amidst these horrors, I have to get shelter & basics for my family.
Pls chip in🙏
ko-fi.com/itslayla
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idk, i guess i always just feel really...emboldened? when i read about figures from history who stood up to evil, and specifically if it's someone i've never heard of before, or maybe even someone who didn't really make much of a difference in the moment. bc that's probably my role, too
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
idk, i guess i always just feel really...emboldened? when i read about figures from history who stood up to evil, and specifically if it's someone i've never heard of before, or maybe even someone who didn't really make much of a difference in the moment. bc that's probably my role, too
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The way baby girl spun that chair to the side for the profile?!?! Come on Miss Cesily!
And Black people hyping Black children to show out will always be one of my favourite things lmao
And Black people hyping Black children to show out will always be one of my favourite things lmao
February 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The way baby girl spun that chair to the side for the profile?!?! Come on Miss Cesily!
And Black people hyping Black children to show out will always be one of my favourite things lmao
And Black people hyping Black children to show out will always be one of my favourite things lmao
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I’ve been thinking about the story of the forbidden fruit and I’ve came to the conclusion that it has never really been about disobedience—it’s about awareness. Before eating the “apple,” Adam and Eve existed in a state of blind obedience, unaware that they even had the ability to choose.
February 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I’ve been thinking about the story of the forbidden fruit and I’ve came to the conclusion that it has never really been about disobedience—it’s about awareness. Before eating the “apple,” Adam and Eve existed in a state of blind obedience, unaware that they even had the ability to choose.
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Most adults (& I have been guilty of this) do not properly know how to feel, process, and regulate their emotions.
Shutting down/avoidance/silent treatment/burying is not regulation.
Overreacting/spiraling/controlling others/crashing out is not regulation.
Shutting down/avoidance/silent treatment/burying is not regulation.
Overreacting/spiraling/controlling others/crashing out is not regulation.
February 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Most adults (& I have been guilty of this) do not properly know how to feel, process, and regulate their emotions.
Shutting down/avoidance/silent treatment/burying is not regulation.
Overreacting/spiraling/controlling others/crashing out is not regulation.
Shutting down/avoidance/silent treatment/burying is not regulation.
Overreacting/spiraling/controlling others/crashing out is not regulation.
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DOECHII THE DON DOECHII THE DEAN DOECHII SUPREME THE SWAMP RULER 🐊 👑
February 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
DOECHII THE DON DOECHII THE DEAN DOECHII SUPREME THE SWAMP RULER 🐊 👑
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Say what you want about Kendrick but the fact that people are figuring out what “40 acres and a mule” in 2025 is why any education to black history is important, no matter no big nor small.
February 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Say what you want about Kendrick but the fact that people are figuring out what “40 acres and a mule” in 2025 is why any education to black history is important, no matter no big nor small.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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Rest In Power to Ahmaud Marquez Arbery who was killed on this day 5 years ago. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 (May 8, 1994 – February 23, 2020)
February 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Rest In Power to Ahmaud Marquez Arbery who was killed on this day 5 years ago. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 (May 8, 1994 – February 23, 2020)