dr.joan
@theroguesenna.bsky.social
She/her (but meh about it) Millennial Mom — pop culture ADHPhD&D — griot/lore bard/scholar/artist — queer
will perform for dopamine
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The man in my pfp is my grandpa. Go read about him. Ahmed Joda (1930-2021).
will perform for dopamine
💜🩷💙
🇳🇬🇺🇸
The man in my pfp is my grandpa. Go read about him. Ahmed Joda (1930-2021).
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If you could’ve voted for Kamala or Hillary and didn’t, kindly unfollow.
Ironically a post I made to try to screen my feed went mini-viral (at least compared to its intended audience).
Things this post is not:
- a statement of my ongoing beliefs
- an opportunity for you to be congratulated on your voting record
- an invitation to argue
- an endorsement of current Dems
Things this post is not:
- a statement of my ongoing beliefs
- an opportunity for you to be congratulated on your voting record
- an invitation to argue
- an endorsement of current Dems
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
2025 was another great year for African short fiction! Author @wtalabi.com recommends 10 highlights across science fiction, fantasy, and horror, from "magic-for-wealth schemes" to an unsettling religious organization (in space). And if there's some ties in there...? We're not complaining.
Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor
Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...
reactormag.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Alright. As is now tradition, here are my 10 favorite African SFF stories from 2025 📖 📚
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Featuring tales from: @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @omenanamag.bsky.social @giganotosaurus.bsky.social @zamashort.com @khoreo.bsky.social @willthisbeaproblem.bsky.social + more!
Nah sorry. :/ I can only do things during daycare hours ~8-4 EST
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Nah sorry. :/ I can only do things during daycare hours ~8-4 EST
Maybe something that celebrates the black diaspora?
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Maybe something that celebrates the black diaspora?
Thanks! Maybe this is a good provocation for a @euphoriaap.bsky.social x @apocunlimited.bsky.social team up?
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Thanks! Maybe this is a good provocation for a @euphoriaap.bsky.social x @apocunlimited.bsky.social team up?
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
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close the camps
abolish ice
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abolish ice
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The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
close the camps
abolish ice
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abolish ice
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
And because it’s infinitely renewable. No matter how many people perceive it, it does not expire (unless, yknow, that’s the point)
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
And because it’s infinitely renewable. No matter how many people perceive it, it does not expire (unless, yknow, that’s the point)
I FORGOT ABOUT MY MAMMOGRAM
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I FORGOT ABOUT MY MAMMOGRAM
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
IT WAS YESTERDAY
GODDAMMIT ADHD
Haha we’re friends! Same problem I mentioned — I’m only free during our daytime and their shows are all evening times. :) 🤷🏽♀️ I have a toddler who needs lots of attention. 😊👦🏻👩🏽🐶👨🏻
February 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Haha we’re friends! Same problem I mentioned — I’m only free during our daytime and their shows are all evening times. :) 🤷🏽♀️ I have a toddler who needs lots of attention. 😊👦🏻👩🏽🐶👨🏻
This video says EVERYTHING about
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
Laurence Fishburne presents LeVar Burton with the Lifetime Achievement Award
YouTube video by Empower Atlanta Magazine
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This video says EVERYTHING about
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
1. The vital importance of the American Griot
2. My true aspiration is to love and be loved like that
3. THIS is the USA I love and believe in
4. THIS is why I’m an AfroFUTURIST.
youtu.be/rMubr8KEsnM?...
Gotcha. Sadly I think my European connection is too thin to really justify it (some family in England but that’s it) which is a shame cause European evenings are perfect for me as someone who’s only free during the EST daytime!
Lmk if you’re ever interested in a “my American cousin” thing!
Lmk if you’re ever interested in a “my American cousin” thing!
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Gotcha. Sadly I think my European connection is too thin to really justify it (some family in England but that’s it) which is a shame cause European evenings are perfect for me as someone who’s only free during the EST daytime!
Lmk if you’re ever interested in a “my American cousin” thing!
Lmk if you’re ever interested in a “my American cousin” thing!
Time for my favorite Gif!
a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Time for my favorite Gif!
Plus yeah if you want an example of what happens when they do care and they do speak up about it see one: Colin Kaepernick
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Plus yeah if you want an example of what happens when they do care and they do speak up about it see one: Colin Kaepernick
Word. I feel for them b/c as a grad student at USC I taught some of them. So many don’t make it to NFL starter before getting injured and having to reconfigure their lives at 20-something. They didn’t always take their classes seriously and I wanted them to have a backup plan.
February 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Word. I feel for them b/c as a grad student at USC I taught some of them. So many don’t make it to NFL starter before getting injured and having to reconfigure their lives at 20-something. They didn’t always take their classes seriously and I wanted them to have a backup plan.
Are you interested in US-ians for this? And also what time of day are your shows?
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Are you interested in US-ians for this? And also what time of day are your shows?
I know this is random but it’s all the more reason why I loathed her Star Wars character. She deserved far far better than a poorly developed plot device that would be instantly disdained by the fandom.
God, she's got such great taste and just seems like a cool person. Love her so much. What an actress.
Laura Dern’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
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February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I know this is random but it’s all the more reason why I loathed her Star Wars character. She deserved far far better than a poorly developed plot device that would be instantly disdained by the fandom.
Did you really just say “re-segregate sports” with your full chest?
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Did you really just say “re-segregate sports” with your full chest?
Shit take imho. Spend more time thinking about who that person is, how they got there, what they’ve faced and who’s waiting for that money back home. Think of that single black mom who sacrificed everything to give her a kid a half chance to succeed at this. Be compassionate.
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Shit take imho. Spend more time thinking about who that person is, how they got there, what they’ve faced and who’s waiting for that money back home. Think of that single black mom who sacrificed everything to give her a kid a half chance to succeed at this. Be compassionate.
Long story short we cannot afford to condemn young black men for pursuing a path that is incredibly difficult and exclusive because they see it as an opportunity to bring their community out of poverty. None of us who have ever had a boss could control boss’ behavior or even know all of it
February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Long story short we cannot afford to condemn young black men for pursuing a path that is incredibly difficult and exclusive because they see it as an opportunity to bring their community out of poverty. None of us who have ever had a boss could control boss’ behavior or even know all of it
Okay that’s a whooooooole bag of cats and garden of thorns that is incredibly complicated and I don’t think there are a lot of people out there who have the knowledge, compassion and perspective to successfully analyze it.
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Okay that’s a whooooooole bag of cats and garden of thorns that is incredibly complicated and I don’t think there are a lot of people out there who have the knowledge, compassion and perspective to successfully analyze it.
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Daily Beast: Official statistics from DHS’s own documentation cast doubt on how effectively the sweeping immigration crackdown is targeting violent criminals involved in drugs, organized crime, or murder.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Daily Beast: Official statistics from DHS’s own documentation cast doubt on how effectively the sweeping immigration crackdown is targeting violent criminals involved in drugs, organized crime, or murder.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Love it! How about: “Ice belongs beneath my skate ⛸️🏒🥅 games for love not tools for hate!”
February 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Love it! How about: “Ice belongs beneath my skate ⛸️🏒🥅 games for love not tools for hate!”
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My favorite tea company still rules if you're wondering~
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
My favorite tea company still rules if you're wondering~