Sheena Lester
@yesitssheena.bsky.social
Black southern Cali flymama. Longtime editor at publications & websites. Former Philadelphian. Craft beer enthusiast. Glad to e-meet you, friend. XO
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Mama was right. Starting your day off with Luther Vandross really sets the right vibe.
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Mama was right. Starting your day off with Luther Vandross really sets the right vibe.
Did you see @ericholder.bsky.social's IG post? Where he has a pic of his ultra-fine self next to bitch-ass Bondi and asks, "Miss me? How you like me now?"
OMG, that made my freaking morning! LOL
OMG, that made my freaking morning! LOL
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Did you see @ericholder.bsky.social's IG post? Where he has a pic of his ultra-fine self next to bitch-ass Bondi and asks, "Miss me? How you like me now?"
OMG, that made my freaking morning! LOL
OMG, that made my freaking morning! LOL
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It’s wild when white artists are directly influenced by Black musicians and still manage to be racist.
Gene Simmons and KISS took their entire image from Patti LaBelle’s rock group, LaBelle. KISS’s manager saw LaBelle’s costumes and asked the designer to create similar outfits.
Gene Simmons and KISS took their entire image from Patti LaBelle’s rock group, LaBelle. KISS’s manager saw LaBelle’s costumes and asked the designer to create similar outfits.
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
It’s wild when white artists are directly influenced by Black musicians and still manage to be racist.
Gene Simmons and KISS took their entire image from Patti LaBelle’s rock group, LaBelle. KISS’s manager saw LaBelle’s costumes and asked the designer to create similar outfits.
Gene Simmons and KISS took their entire image from Patti LaBelle’s rock group, LaBelle. KISS’s manager saw LaBelle’s costumes and asked the designer to create similar outfits.
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Happy Pub Day to @chuckdpe.bsky.social
Proud to celebrate his new book, In The Hour of Chaos: Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D!
The fruits of his master class at UCLA, including bracing convos with top hip-hop scholars.
Available now everywhere!
More info: bit.ly/hourofchaos
Proud to celebrate his new book, In The Hour of Chaos: Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D!
The fruits of his master class at UCLA, including bracing convos with top hip-hop scholars.
Available now everywhere!
More info: bit.ly/hourofchaos
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Happy Pub Day to @chuckdpe.bsky.social
Proud to celebrate his new book, In The Hour of Chaos: Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D!
The fruits of his master class at UCLA, including bracing convos with top hip-hop scholars.
Available now everywhere!
More info: bit.ly/hourofchaos
Proud to celebrate his new book, In The Hour of Chaos: Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D!
The fruits of his master class at UCLA, including bracing convos with top hip-hop scholars.
Available now everywhere!
More info: bit.ly/hourofchaos
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I hate cancer so much. Every time I see a story on it I just freeze up.
It’s everywhere. And we could solve it - but our administration keeps gutting research on it.
It’s everywhere. And we could solve it - but our administration keeps gutting research on it.
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I hate cancer so much. Every time I see a story on it I just freeze up.
It’s everywhere. And we could solve it - but our administration keeps gutting research on it.
It’s everywhere. And we could solve it - but our administration keeps gutting research on it.
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“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”
Works for me.
Works for me.
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
“If all the names in the Epstein files are released then our entire system will collapse.”
Works for me.
Works for me.
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He’s not even a creative racist.
February 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
He’s not even a creative racist.
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I still can’t believe they named an award after Dr. Dre.
February 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I still can’t believe they named an award after Dr. Dre.
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Wish that this was true, Miss Aretha 😔
#PresidentObama44
Aretha Franklin singing for Eric Holder's Farewell/Retiring Celebration America The Beautiful ( "America"? 2026😔)
youtu.be/RZ6NGe068BE?...
Aretha Franklin singing for Eric Holder's Farewell/Retiring Celebration America The Beautiful ( "America"? 2026😔)
youtu.be/RZ6NGe068BE?...
Aretha Franklin Sings "America, The Beautiful" for Eric Holder's Farewell
YouTube video by TDC
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February 1, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Wish that this was true, Miss Aretha 😔
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Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
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Some cat tried to come sideways at me criticizing my efforts in their eyes expecting me to FTP the same way i did 40 years ago ‘ i said magger ( my new M word curse) my PEn been spittin since you was a zygote’ in word AND art . Since 1977 .. swallow dat. ..’ crickets’
January 31, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Some cat tried to come sideways at me criticizing my efforts in their eyes expecting me to FTP the same way i did 40 years ago ‘ i said magger ( my new M word curse) my PEn been spittin since you was a zygote’ in word AND art . Since 1977 .. swallow dat. ..’ crickets’
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Already the greatest thing I’ll see on the skyline today
Back That Azz Up by Juvenile is still a hip hop dance floor classic.
It shut the WHOLE place down at my 70 year-old uncle's house party for his 65 year-old girlfriend's birthday earlier this month. That was the most fun I've had at a party in a LONG time.
It shut the WHOLE place down at my 70 year-old uncle's house party for his 65 year-old girlfriend's birthday earlier this month. That was the most fun I've had at a party in a LONG time.
January 31, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Already the greatest thing I’ll see on the skyline today
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Today, as other countries invest in developing the technologies of the future, our advantage is being rapidly unwound. This is not something that has just happened on its own. It was not inevitable. It was a choice. lnk.thebulwark.com/3ZGLAJm
January 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Today, as other countries invest in developing the technologies of the future, our advantage is being rapidly unwound. This is not something that has just happened on its own. It was not inevitable. It was a choice. lnk.thebulwark.com/3ZGLAJm
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Rep. Jeffries: “We cannot trust the Department of Justice. They're an illegitimate organization right now under the leadership of Pam Bondi and the direction of Donald Trump.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Rep. Jeffries: “We cannot trust the Department of Justice. They're an illegitimate organization right now under the leadership of Pam Bondi and the direction of Donald Trump.”
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legislators should be staging sit-ins, they should not leave the fucking chambers until there are votes on impeachment. make your colleagues defend this piece of shit on the record. show history what you fucking did in this moment you god damned cowards
January 30, 2026 at 2:14 PM
legislators should be staging sit-ins, they should not leave the fucking chambers until there are votes on impeachment. make your colleagues defend this piece of shit on the record. show history what you fucking did in this moment you god damned cowards
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I know that some of you don't agree with me when I say that ICE must be abolished, and that the proposed reforms are bad strategy. You disagree with me because you haven't accepted what they are.
Just like with Trump. And Musk. And Miller. And Bannon.
You are slow and late to realizing the danger.
Just like with Trump. And Musk. And Miller. And Bannon.
You are slow and late to realizing the danger.
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I know that some of you don't agree with me when I say that ICE must be abolished, and that the proposed reforms are bad strategy. You disagree with me because you haven't accepted what they are.
Just like with Trump. And Musk. And Miller. And Bannon.
You are slow and late to realizing the danger.
Just like with Trump. And Musk. And Miller. And Bannon.
You are slow and late to realizing the danger.
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Currently reading and enjoying Fab 5 Freddy's upcoming autobiography "Everybody's Fly" for a essay/review that I will be writing soon. All of a sudden this brilliant Nancy Remixed cartoon quoting "Rapture" popped up and made my day.
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Currently reading and enjoying Fab 5 Freddy's upcoming autobiography "Everybody's Fly" for a essay/review that I will be writing soon. All of a sudden this brilliant Nancy Remixed cartoon quoting "Rapture" popped up and made my day.
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And we all know that LA and Philly stay jiggy ✨
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM
And we all know that LA and Philly stay jiggy ✨
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James Sallis passed away this week. When I wrote my first essay about Chester Himes, he was so generous with his time and thoughts. Later when I started writing crime fiction he sent me a note telling me how much he enjoyed my stories. That meant the world to me. He was one of the great ones.
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
James Sallis passed away this week. When I wrote my first essay about Chester Himes, he was so generous with his time and thoughts. Later when I started writing crime fiction he sent me a note telling me how much he enjoyed my stories. That meant the world to me. He was one of the great ones.
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Well, I know what I'm doing tonight...
@russbengtson.bsky.social
@russbengtson.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Well, I know what I'm doing tonight...
@russbengtson.bsky.social
@russbengtson.bsky.social
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only just now heard about the Melania documentary, and as a result found out that notorious sex pest Brett Ratner is a) getting work again, b) now an Israeli citizen, and c) in the Epstein Files
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
only just now heard about the Melania documentary, and as a result found out that notorious sex pest Brett Ratner is a) getting work again, b) now an Israeli citizen, and c) in the Epstein Files