Tonyé B.
@theselfcaremaven.bsky.social
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· Aug 23
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A few years ago, Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, was awarded $3 million in federal grants to expand its work supporting community violence intervention efforts.
This April, Trump's DOJ terminated its funding. Its last day of operations was August 15.
This April, Trump's DOJ terminated its funding. Its last day of operations was August 15.
How Trump’s DOJ wiped out a pioneering anti-violence nonprofit
“We’re just the tip of the iceberg.”
www.motherjones.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A few years ago, Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, was awarded $3 million in federal grants to expand its work supporting community violence intervention efforts.
This April, Trump's DOJ terminated its funding. Its last day of operations was August 15.
This April, Trump's DOJ terminated its funding. Its last day of operations was August 15.
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Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of a World Wide Web for everyone. Nick Clegg and Meta had different ideas. In new books, both ignore how profit undermined the internet.
The Men Who Shaped the Internet Won’t Be Able to Fix It
Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of a World Wide Web for everyone. Nick Clegg and Meta had different ideas. In new books, both ignore how profit undermined the internet.
bloom.bg
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Tim Berners-Lee dreamed of a World Wide Web for everyone. Nick Clegg and Meta had different ideas. In new books, both ignore how profit undermined the internet.
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In the backlash to the Me Too movement, some undergrads are now entering university with fundamental beliefs “that blame women and the women’s movement…for the challenges that young men are experiencing in today’s society,” one violence prevention advocate warns.
What Happened to the Campus Me Too Movement? | The Local
Without enough brothers to fill their houses, some fraternities have begun renting rooms to non-students desperate for cheap rent. The results have been messy.
thelocal.to
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In the backlash to the Me Too movement, some undergrads are now entering university with fundamental beliefs “that blame women and the women’s movement…for the challenges that young men are experiencing in today’s society,” one violence prevention advocate warns.
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From 2024: “Pogue takes photographs that are open-eyed and unblinking views of what many would rather not see.”
Bearing Witness: Alan Pogue's Life of Documenting Progressive Struggle
Pogue has spent his career photographing fights for social justice. Along the way, he captured the history of the Observer, too.
www.texasobserver.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
From 2024: “Pogue takes photographs that are open-eyed and unblinking views of what many would rather not see.”
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Gwynne Dyer: Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Sudan’s ‘horrifying crisis’: another day, another massacre
The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people by minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel forces at the end of October after a two-year siege.
www.hilltimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Gwynne Dyer: Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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The cuts mark a dramatic shift in oversight at a time when the US has never been more dependent on foreign food.
“It’s only a matter of time before people die”: Trump cuts hit food inspections
American inspections of foreign food facilities hit historic lows this year.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The cuts mark a dramatic shift in oversight at a time when the US has never been more dependent on foreign food.
Tune in on 8/24/25 !! bit.ly/4oGF9RQ #decolonizeselfcare
August 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tune in on 8/24/25 !! bit.ly/4oGF9RQ #decolonizeselfcare
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IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
Selfcare can often feel like a privelege if you lack the resources. Join me on youtube as I share some simple strategies to get what you need at no cost to you! #selfcare bit.ly/theselfcarem...
May 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Selfcare can often feel like a privelege if you lack the resources. Join me on youtube as I share some simple strategies to get what you need at no cost to you! #selfcare bit.ly/theselfcarem...
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Two Cook County residents have been diagnosed with measles, Chicago Department of Public Health officials announced Thursday.
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2 Measles Cases in Cook County Residents Confirmed, Health Officials Say
The cases are the first to be diagnosed in Cook County since March 8, 2024, when an outbreak of measles that began in a Pilsen shelter for migrants sickened 67 people.
to.wttw.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Two Cook County residents have been diagnosed with measles, Chicago Department of Public Health officials announced Thursday.
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substack.com/@carlynbecci... For ALL of those “still” struggling with math!👇🏾 #blackhistorymonth #americanhistory
Carlyn Beccia on Substack
I never get tired of this German saying: “If you have 10 people and 1 Nazi sitting at a dinner table and willingly eating together, you have 11 Nazis.”
MAGA struggles with math.
substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
substack.com/@carlynbecci... For ALL of those “still” struggling with math!👇🏾 #blackhistorymonth #americanhistory
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Don’t look at me or the rest of the #92percent … We didn’t vote for that incompetent madman!
My heads still pounding, I’m going back to bed!
My heads still pounding, I’m going back to bed!
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Don’t look at me or the rest of the #92percent … We didn’t vote for that incompetent madman!
My heads still pounding, I’m going back to bed!
My heads still pounding, I’m going back to bed!
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Fantasy, Romance and Poetry books by black authors #booksky #blackbooksky
February 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fantasy, Romance and Poetry books by black authors #booksky #blackbooksky
Happy Black History Month!✊🏾 2025 is our season of rest, replenishment, renewal & recovery for Black Women.🧘🏾♀️🪷 It’s a season of selfcare that is decolonized and decenters yt supremacy, in all its iterations. It is unapologetic, shameless, and it removes us, from the altar of self sacrifice.
#BlackSky
#BlackSky
February 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Happy Black History Month!✊🏾 2025 is our season of rest, replenishment, renewal & recovery for Black Women.🧘🏾♀️🪷 It’s a season of selfcare that is decolonized and decenters yt supremacy, in all its iterations. It is unapologetic, shameless, and it removes us, from the altar of self sacrifice.
#BlackSky
#BlackSky
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NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.
Editor's note: Reporting the midair collision will focus on facts and people's stories
NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NPR's reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories.
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Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump:
January 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump:
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Great point
I actually wish the media would stop using "DEI" and "diversity hiring" and just get to the essence of the thing and ask:
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
REPORTER: Are you saying this crash was somehow was the result of diversity hiring?
TRUMP: It just could have been
TRUMP: It just could have been
January 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Great point
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Does Donald Trump honestly expect us to take seriously the notion that Fox weekend's Pete Hegseth, The Real World's Sean Duffy, RFK Jr, Dr. Oz, Kash Patel, and JD Vance represent the "height of genius" and the "best and brightest" -- his proclaimed standards for his government? Seriously?
January 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Does Donald Trump honestly expect us to take seriously the notion that Fox weekend's Pete Hegseth, The Real World's Sean Duffy, RFK Jr, Dr. Oz, Kash Patel, and JD Vance represent the "height of genius" and the "best and brightest" -- his proclaimed standards for his government? Seriously?
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
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Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbates the other; according to a new report.
How global inequalities hinder climate action
Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbates the other; according to a new report.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Climate breakdown and inequality are deeply interwoven, with each crisis exacerbates the other; according to a new report.
This is huge.
BREAKING: South Korean investigators arrest Yoon Suk Yeol, the first incumbent president to be taken into custody.
South Korean President Yoon Arrested Over Martial Law Fiasco
South Korean investigators arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday after launching a pre-dawn operation to bring the impeached leader in for questioning over his short-lived martial law declarat...
www.bloomberg.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is huge.