Soma
@somasacademy.bsky.social
Soma (Any/All).
History Educator.
BA in History and Anthropology, MA in Precolonial West African History.
I'll be able to call myself a Youtuber if I ever develop a reliable upload schedule
(Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SomasAcademy)
History Educator.
BA in History and Anthropology, MA in Precolonial West African History.
I'll be able to call myself a Youtuber if I ever develop a reliable upload schedule
(Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SomasAcademy)
Just finished Fourth Wing. Yup, that book was bad.
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Just finished Fourth Wing. Yup, that book was bad.
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If the DSA wants to be an actual organization, it has to have *some* level of leadership discipline.
Awful that they're trying to smear Mamdani and the entire DSA with this, but the international committee has been a tankie haven for ages. Just disgraceful that they're taking state-organized junkets to the Uyghur region
www.newsweek.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
If the DSA wants to be an actual organization, it has to have *some* level of leadership discipline.
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Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle are freaking the fuck out in their graves rn
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle are freaking the fuck out in their graves rn
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I'm reading Fourth Wing for research purposes and I'm actually losing my mind at this sex scene like what do you MEAN he used his fUCKING TEETH VIOLET NOOOOOOOOOOO
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I'm reading Fourth Wing for research purposes and I'm actually losing my mind at this sex scene like what do you MEAN he used his fUCKING TEETH VIOLET NOOOOOOOOOOO
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My Greenland prediction:
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My Greenland prediction:
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
1.) The U.S. won't attack.
2.) It won't attack because it was stopped.
3.) It being stopped will be used to tar people urgent about it being stopped as hysterics
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Territory granted to Virginia under its 1609 charter
January 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Territory granted to Virginia under its 1609 charter
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No. Use only water not milk
Some suggestions to the invaded Minnesotans: Have a pickup close by full of buckets to drop over the smoke & tear gas devices, have gallons of milk with you for washing the chemicals out of your eyes & make sure you are wearing plenty of protective clothing. WE STAND WITH YOU! 28 HOUSE MEMBERS ALSO!
January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
No. Use only water not milk
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I wonder if Anna got as much flack for this poem as all the women on tiktok who make videos about how happy they (we) are without a man:
January 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I wonder if Anna got as much flack for this poem as all the women on tiktok who make videos about how happy they (we) are without a man:
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This is so beautiful
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 18, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This is so beautiful
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There are white ancestors who helped move and hide people on the Underground Railroad. From Wikipedia👇🏼
!["Conductors" on the railroad came from various
backgrounds and included freeborn blacks, white abolitionists, the formerly enslaved (either escaped or manumitted), and Native Americans. 50][511 Believing that slavery was "contrary to the ethics of Jesus", Christian congregations and clergy played a role.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3b3mgnf46ahudnfgibu5xlvy/bafkreify4odnhr2dr4eucyw3l7nqtxetxhuhbch2hpbmqprkr7k7xwvcw4@jpeg)
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
There are white ancestors who helped move and hide people on the Underground Railroad. From Wikipedia👇🏼
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It's erasure every time we're taught to think and say "those were just the times and everybody talked and acted like that," because we didn't all do that.
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
It's erasure every time we're taught to think and say "those were just the times and everybody talked and acted like that," because we didn't all do that.
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Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
I wasn't exactly happy to end up with Spanberger as the candidate (I used to live in her district and was reluctant to vote for her then too lol) but I appreciate that she got into office and immediately started doing good things
January 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I wasn't exactly happy to end up with Spanberger as the candidate (I used to live in her district and was reluctant to vote for her then too lol) but I appreciate that she got into office and immediately started doing good things
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Striking how much sharper her instincts are about where we are in 2026 than a blowhard like Newsom.
The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Striking how much sharper her instincts are about where we are in 2026 than a blowhard like Newsom.
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'The kiss of Judas' ivory pyx by Sapi artist, Sierra Leone, ca. 1490-1530.
Madonna and Child, Yorubaland, Nigeria, mid-20th century.
patreon.com/posts/146362...
Madonna and Child, Yorubaland, Nigeria, mid-20th century.
patreon.com/posts/146362...
January 18, 2026 at 3:18 PM
'The kiss of Judas' ivory pyx by Sapi artist, Sierra Leone, ca. 1490-1530.
Madonna and Child, Yorubaland, Nigeria, mid-20th century.
patreon.com/posts/146362...
Madonna and Child, Yorubaland, Nigeria, mid-20th century.
patreon.com/posts/146362...
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How it started/how it's going
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How it started/how it's going
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January 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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The metaverse was another "inevitability" that just didn't happen.
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The metaverse was another "inevitability" that just didn't happen.
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When they talk of "nuance" what they mean is allowing a sympathetic look at Nazi propaganda and not like playing as a Red Army soldier and seeing what happened to all the lands occupied by the Germans.
January 18, 2026 at 4:59 PM
When they talk of "nuance" what they mean is allowing a sympathetic look at Nazi propaganda and not like playing as a Red Army soldier and seeing what happened to all the lands occupied by the Germans.
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tyler austin harper: she’ll draft you to fight wars
also tyler austin harper: we should draft people for forced labor
also tyler austin harper: we should draft people for forced labor
I propose Tyler Harper and Jay Kang go do a mandatory year of service rn so we don’t have to hear from them for a bit
January 17, 2026 at 5:02 AM
tyler austin harper: she’ll draft you to fight wars
also tyler austin harper: we should draft people for forced labor
also tyler austin harper: we should draft people for forced labor
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If a Democratic president had done something like this, Fox and the GOP would have turned Adriana Camberos into a household name à la Willie Horton or, yes, Hunter Biden.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
January 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
If a Democratic president had done something like this, Fox and the GOP would have turned Adriana Camberos into a household name à la Willie Horton or, yes, Hunter Biden.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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My hot Greenland take is that Greenland's future should be decided by it's people. If they want to keep things the way they are, get independence, join the US or some other option; that's up to them.
This piece is 1) obviously imperialist propaganda that also 2) shows how danish imperialism still lingers, and so is unusually savvy for the new York post
Exclusive | Greenlanders speak out against Danish rule after decades of forced sterilization, poor living conditions: ‘They stole our future’
“The Danes don’t see us as humans,” Petersen told The Post. “They think we’re too expensive, too small a population. But they take our land, our children, our lives and expect thanks.”
nypost.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
My hot Greenland take is that Greenland's future should be decided by it's people. If they want to keep things the way they are, get independence, join the US or some other option; that's up to them.