Iris
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#westphilly
A thing is mighty big when time and distance can not shrink it
Zora Neale Hurston
A thing is mighty big when time and distance can not shrink it
Zora Neale Hurston
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Iris
@215iris.bsky.social
· Nov 13
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it”
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
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RUN DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RUNDMCVEVO
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December 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
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The world is a better and brighter place because Stevie Wonder and 'Songs in the Key of Life' are in it. ✨️
Stevie Wonder reflects on writing his classic track “As”
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The world is a better and brighter place because Stevie Wonder and 'Songs in the Key of Life' are in it. ✨️
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The power and influence of
Stevie Wonder! 🎹 ✨️
Stevie Wonder! 🎹 ✨️
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The power and influence of
Stevie Wonder! 🎹 ✨️
Stevie Wonder! 🎹 ✨️
i finallyyyyyyyyyyyy got my flu shot & covid booster
December 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
i finallyyyyyyyyyyyy got my flu shot & covid booster
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NO!!!!
JUST IN: Betty Reid Soskin, the beloved former park ranger with the National Park Service, has passed away at 104.
December 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
NO!!!!
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Looking like the "rich" auntie you only see at the family reunion ever other year.
December 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Looking like the "rich" auntie you only see at the family reunion ever other year.
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Nigga the vampire that haunt the Heartbreak Hotel
December 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Nigga the vampire that haunt the Heartbreak Hotel
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HBCU Student Making History as a Triple-Threat Scholar and Rhodes Recipient
HBCU Student Making History as a Triple-Threat Scholar and Rhodes Recipient
Nationwide — Aniaba N’guessan, an African American student at Morehouse College, an HBCU in Atlanta, has been named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar. The scholarship will fund his graduate studies at […]
The post HBCU Student Making History as a Triple-Threat Scholar and Rhodes Recipient first appeared on BlackNews.com.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
HBCU Student Making History as a Triple-Threat Scholar and Rhodes Recipient
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DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
Black Friday $ sales are higher this year because things are more expensive. So consumers aren’t buying more items, they’re just paying more them.
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When people ask me, as a Black woman, how I keep going...how WE keep fighting...this is how. We know that the generations that came before us fought HARD to survive. We can do no less. #QOTD
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
When people ask me, as a Black woman, how I keep going...how WE keep fighting...this is how. We know that the generations that came before us fought HARD to survive. We can do no less. #QOTD
Target…
SWAG BAG
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SWAG BAG
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November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Target…
SWAG BAG
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SWAG BAG
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Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81
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Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81
Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 290 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you�
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November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Black Music Sunday: Jimmy Cliff crossed his final river at age 81
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Flashback Friday.
A little chill for the ride home....
Gentrification may have stolen the neighborhood, but you can still recognize it in the sound.
#musicsky #Harlem #blacksky
#BobbyHumphrey
youtu.be/aqRfZKRAxd8?...
A little chill for the ride home....
Gentrification may have stolen the neighborhood, but you can still recognize it in the sound.
#musicsky #Harlem #blacksky
#BobbyHumphrey
youtu.be/aqRfZKRAxd8?...
Bobbi Humphrey - Harlem River Drive
YouTube video by eyelevelpictures
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Flashback Friday.
A little chill for the ride home....
Gentrification may have stolen the neighborhood, but you can still recognize it in the sound.
#musicsky #Harlem #blacksky
#BobbyHumphrey
youtu.be/aqRfZKRAxd8?...
A little chill for the ride home....
Gentrification may have stolen the neighborhood, but you can still recognize it in the sound.
#musicsky #Harlem #blacksky
#BobbyHumphrey
youtu.be/aqRfZKRAxd8?...
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Well…. it’s about that time 🎄🎅🏾🤶🏿🥳
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Well…. it’s about that time 🎄🎅🏾🤶🏿🥳
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Black Kos, Week In Review: A tribute to Jimmy Cliff ~ Rest in Power, King
Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar
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Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar
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Black Kos, Week In Review: A tribute to Jimmy Cliff ~ Rest in Power, King
Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar I once met a young blond, blue-eyed music exec from Germany who told me that his favorite movie was The Harder They Come . To say I was shocked would be an ...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Black Kos, Week In Review: A tribute to Jimmy Cliff ~ Rest in Power, King
Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar
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Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar
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Motown founder Berry Gordy is 96 today. He signed Detroit rock band, Rare Earth to Motown in 1968. They were the labels' first and only successful all-white band. They made hits all through the 70s.
I Just Want To Celebrate
1971
youtu.be/8ouNWSiYn6w?...
I Just Want To Celebrate
1971
youtu.be/8ouNWSiYn6w?...
I Just Want To Celebrate
YouTube video by Rare Earth - Topic
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November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Motown founder Berry Gordy is 96 today. He signed Detroit rock band, Rare Earth to Motown in 1968. They were the labels' first and only successful all-white band. They made hits all through the 70s.
I Just Want To Celebrate
1971
youtu.be/8ouNWSiYn6w?...
I Just Want To Celebrate
1971
youtu.be/8ouNWSiYn6w?...
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Queen Latifah released her debut album ‘All Hail The Queen’ 36 years ago on November 28, 1989 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/QLAllHail
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Queen Latifah released her debut album ‘All Hail The Queen’ 36 years ago on November 28, 1989 | Listen to the album + revisit our tribute here: album.ink/QLAllHail
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Ran out of creamer for my morning coffee. Added a teaspoon of Haagen-Dazs vanilla chocolate chip instead. Yep yep!
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Ran out of creamer for my morning coffee. Added a teaspoon of Haagen-Dazs vanilla chocolate chip instead. Yep yep!
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My organization just sent out a mass email that there’s been a 700 percent increase in Flu A cases coming in since November 1st and they’re expecting that to increase even more over the holiday.
So here’s your periodic reminder to stay tf away from ppl if you’re sick and/or wear a mask. Ty! 🙏🏾💕
So here’s your periodic reminder to stay tf away from ppl if you’re sick and/or wear a mask. Ty! 🙏🏾💕
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My organization just sent out a mass email that there’s been a 700 percent increase in Flu A cases coming in since November 1st and they’re expecting that to increase even more over the holiday.
So here’s your periodic reminder to stay tf away from ppl if you’re sick and/or wear a mask. Ty! 🙏🏾💕
So here’s your periodic reminder to stay tf away from ppl if you’re sick and/or wear a mask. Ty! 🙏🏾💕
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That even though I am still waiting for certain doors to open; I can still be joyous in the hallway! ✨️
What has this year taught you?
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
That even though I am still waiting for certain doors to open; I can still be joyous in the hallway! ✨️