Sam in the City
@samismynickname.bsky.social
Charmed. #blackskyover50
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Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
Sugarcane burning is a plague on these Black Floridians
“I like to call it 'structured' racism.”
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
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The goal is to unite to raise $2 million for a variety of organizations all over the city in 24 hours. baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-be...
August 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The goal is to unite to raise $2 million for a variety of organizations all over the city in 24 hours. baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-be...
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died, according to multiple reports. He was 54
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Who Played Son Theo on The Cosby Show, Dies at 54
Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died, PEOPLE confirms. The actor, who played Theo on 'The Cosby Show,' was 54.
people.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died, according to multiple reports. He was 54
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My sister Jonovia and mother Dominique produced this pivotal and important documentary, I’m Your Venus, directed by Kim Reed.
Get that ass on Netflix and watch TEW DAY! Run it up! Please please share/RS!
Get that ass on Netflix and watch TEW DAY! Run it up! Please please share/RS!
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My sister Jonovia and mother Dominique produced this pivotal and important documentary, I’m Your Venus, directed by Kim Reed.
Get that ass on Netflix and watch TEW DAY! Run it up! Please please share/RS!
Get that ass on Netflix and watch TEW DAY! Run it up! Please please share/RS!
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The former LSU standout’s death is part of a troubling rise in suicides among young Black men.
Kyren Lacy’s Death at 24 Sheds Light on Black Male Suicide Crisis
The former LSU standout's death is part of a troubling rise in suicides among young Black men.
capitalbnews.org
June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The former LSU standout’s death is part of a troubling rise in suicides among young Black men.
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It's the latest big company to back away from its diversity pledges to keep the U.S. government happy.
Verizon ends DEI policies to get FCC's blessing for its $20 billion Frontier deal
It's the latest big company to back away from its diversity pledges to keep the U.S. government happy.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's the latest big company to back away from its diversity pledges to keep the U.S. government happy.
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As federal funding dries up, thousands risk losing their homes, safety, and community support. capitalbnews.org/section-8-ho...
Black Renters Could Be Displaced by Historic Affordable Housing Cuts
As federal funding dries up, thousands risk losing their homes, safety, and community support.
capitalbnews.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As federal funding dries up, thousands risk losing their homes, safety, and community support. capitalbnews.org/section-8-ho...
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Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested.
Story coming.
Story coming.
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested.
Story coming.
Story coming.
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📌🌈♥️ Trevor Project has a 24/7 Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth
www.trevorproject.org/get-help/
Please share.
www.trevorproject.org/get-help/
Please share.
Get Help
Get immediate help 24/7/365. The Trevor Project's crisis counselors are just a text, chat, or phone call away. Completely confidential and free LGBTQ hotline.
www.trevorproject.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
📌🌈♥️ Trevor Project has a 24/7 Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth
www.trevorproject.org/get-help/
Please share.
www.trevorproject.org/get-help/
Please share.
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Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here
fuck everyone involved with this decision
fuck everyone involved with this decision
April 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here
fuck everyone involved with this decision
fuck everyone involved with this decision
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SCOOP: An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a slightly different number,” over an 18-month period.
US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission
The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies.
www.wired.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
SCOOP: An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a slightly different number,” over an 18-month period.
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Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
April 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
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NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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local to me (DC / DMV):
@washinformer.bsky.social
@51st.news
@wcp.bsky.social
@thebaltimorebanner.com
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social
@washinformer.bsky.social
@51st.news
@wcp.bsky.social
@thebaltimorebanner.com
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
local to me (DC / DMV):
@washinformer.bsky.social
@51st.news
@wcp.bsky.social
@thebaltimorebanner.com
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social
@washinformer.bsky.social
@51st.news
@wcp.bsky.social
@thebaltimorebanner.com
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social
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ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
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Please, please, if you report on this: the mandate to affirmatively further fair housing is literally codified in the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and neither Trump nor HUD can “repeal” this law. The rule defined how to enforce the law, but the law and obligation remain. www.yahoo.com/news/hud-sec...
March 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Please, please, if you report on this: the mandate to affirmatively further fair housing is literally codified in the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and neither Trump nor HUD can “repeal” this law. The rule defined how to enforce the law, but the law and obligation remain. www.yahoo.com/news/hud-sec...
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I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.
March 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.
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“Medical staff along the Uganda–DRC border have been terminated. Soldiers are everywhere. The laboratory built to deal with zoonotic diseases with US funding is empty,” says Tim Allen, a tropical-disease-control expert on the ground.
A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response
Gutting USAID is already having a devastating impact around the world. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, teams that would normally be racing to identify a fatal sickness are gone.
wrd.cm
March 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“Medical staff along the Uganda–DRC border have been terminated. Soldiers are everywhere. The laboratory built to deal with zoonotic diseases with US funding is empty,” says Tim Allen, a tropical-disease-control expert on the ground.
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Primary the Democrats who voted to censure Al Green (Congressional district provided):
Bera, CA, 6th
Case, HI, 1st
Costa, CA, 21st
Gillen, NY, 4th
Himes, CT, 4th
Houlahan, PA, 6th
Kaptur, OH, 9th
Moskowitz, FL, 23rd
Perez, WA, 3rd
Suozzi, NY, 3rd
Bera, CA, 6th
Case, HI, 1st
Costa, CA, 21st
Gillen, NY, 4th
Himes, CT, 4th
Houlahan, PA, 6th
Kaptur, OH, 9th
Moskowitz, FL, 23rd
Perez, WA, 3rd
Suozzi, NY, 3rd
March 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Primary the Democrats who voted to censure Al Green (Congressional district provided):
Bera, CA, 6th
Case, HI, 1st
Costa, CA, 21st
Gillen, NY, 4th
Himes, CT, 4th
Houlahan, PA, 6th
Kaptur, OH, 9th
Moskowitz, FL, 23rd
Perez, WA, 3rd
Suozzi, NY, 3rd
Bera, CA, 6th
Case, HI, 1st
Costa, CA, 21st
Gillen, NY, 4th
Himes, CT, 4th
Houlahan, PA, 6th
Kaptur, OH, 9th
Moskowitz, FL, 23rd
Perez, WA, 3rd
Suozzi, NY, 3rd
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New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
Social Security Workers Aren't Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
wrd.cm
March 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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A 24-hour livestream of the truth.
State of the People | 24 Hour Marathon
The State of the People is a 24-hour livestream where we will center the truth for the people instead of letting disinformation go unchecked.
stateofthepeople.media
March 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A 24-hour livestream of the truth.
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Angie Stone, singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence, has died at 63
Singer-Songwriter Angie Stone Dead at 63
Angie Stone -- a singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence -- has died ... TMZ has confirmed.
www.tmz.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Angie Stone, singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence, has died at 63
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Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
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Fantastic piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social of the resegregation of America under Trump.
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Fantastic piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social of the resegregation of America under Trump.