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Cheerfulness may be a blossom of which optimism is the plant.”
– WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN
– WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN
April 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Cheerfulness may be a blossom of which optimism is the plant.”
– WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN
– WILLIAM GEORGE JORDAN
“For much of my life I felt alone, but over the years a circle of women came to love me, and I came to love each of those women in return.”
March 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“For much of my life I felt alone, but over the years a circle of women came to love me, and I came to love each of those women in return.”
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
– TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
– TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
March 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
– TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
– TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
“Your attention is one of the most valuable things you possess.”
– AUSTIN KLEON
– AUSTIN KLEON
March 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“Your attention is one of the most valuable things you possess.”
– AUSTIN KLEON
– AUSTIN KLEON
“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up.”
– SERENA WILLIAMS
– SERENA WILLIAMS
March 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up.”
– SERENA WILLIAMS
– SERENA WILLIAMS
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WE GOT THIS!
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WE GOT THIS!
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
-Chinese Proverb
-Chinese Proverb
March 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
-Chinese Proverb
-Chinese Proverb
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That brings me to why men who are overly sexual scare me. Honestly people generally who make being freaky their whole personality scare me.
March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
That brings me to why men who are overly sexual scare me. Honestly people generally who make being freaky their whole personality scare me.
“I learnt that the only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you’ll finish it, even if in the beginning you think you can’t do it at all.”
– LANGSTON HUGHES
– LANGSTON HUGHES
February 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“I learnt that the only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you’ll finish it, even if in the beginning you think you can’t do it at all.”
– LANGSTON HUGHES
– LANGSTON HUGHES
“You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You’ve got to be ready to walk through them.”
– LESTER HOLT
– LESTER HOLT
February 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You’ve got to be ready to walk through them.”
– LESTER HOLT
– LESTER HOLT
“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
– MADAM C.J. WALKER
– MADAM C.J. WALKER
February 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
– MADAM C.J. WALKER
– MADAM C.J. WALKER
“Love builds. It is positive and helpful. It is more beneficial than hate.”
– MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
– MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
February 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Love builds. It is positive and helpful. It is more beneficial than hate.”
– MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
– MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
“Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
– ELLA FITZGERALD
– ELLA FITZGERALD
February 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
– ELLA FITZGERALD
– ELLA FITZGERALD
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If you’re looking to do some good today.
URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
Bit.ly
January 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you’re looking to do some good today.
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as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder:
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
January 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder:
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.
the climate crisis is here, all around us
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“That’s where that sayin’ comes from that what you do on New Year’s Day you’ll be doin’ all the rest of the year,” a former slave known as Sister Harrison said in an interview in 1937.
…spend the day in prayer (for those that do such things) and readying for the FIGHT of our lives!
…spend the day in prayer (for those that do such things) and readying for the FIGHT of our lives!
As books are burned & banned, it’s important that all of U.S. history is forever amplified and not hidden.
The holiday season meant something very different for American slaves, my ancestors.
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The holiday season meant something very different for American slaves, my ancestors.
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The Dark History of New Year's Day in American Slavery
By Olivia B. Waxman — "Of all days in the year, the slaves dread New Year's Day the worst of any," one 1842 account explained. Here's why.
ibw21.org
December 30, 2024 at 6:18 PM
“That’s where that sayin’ comes from that what you do on New Year’s Day you’ll be doin’ all the rest of the year,” a former slave known as Sister Harrison said in an interview in 1937.
…spend the day in prayer (for those that do such things) and readying for the FIGHT of our lives!
…spend the day in prayer (for those that do such things) and readying for the FIGHT of our lives!
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A group of retired Black women in Philly gather weekly to sew period pads for girls in Africa. Along the way, they've also built a community here
"We believe in each other and have faith in ourselves, and we have faith others are going to support us”
"We believe in each other and have faith in ourselves, and we have faith others are going to support us”
Dozens of Black women in Philly gather weekly to sew reusable period pads for girls in Africa and beyond
A group of retired Black women in Philly, many already skilled quilters and artists, gather weekly to sew period pads for girls in Africa. Along the way, they've also built a community here.
www.inquirer.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:40 AM
A group of retired Black women in Philly gather weekly to sew period pads for girls in Africa. Along the way, they've also built a community here
"We believe in each other and have faith in ourselves, and we have faith others are going to support us”
"We believe in each other and have faith in ourselves, and we have faith others are going to support us”
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Health equity leaders say inaction on the issue is endangering the lives of Black people
Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say
The devices remain unreliable in darker skinned people. Researchers say more guidance, enforcement and even legal action may be needed to spur improvement.
buff.ly
December 30, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Health equity leaders say inaction on the issue is endangering the lives of Black people
I got a library card today…😊
We do not ban books in Jersey, we read em’ and we read lots of em’
We do not ban books in Jersey, we read em’ and we read lots of em’
December 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I got a library card today…😊
We do not ban books in Jersey, we read em’ and we read lots of em’
We do not ban books in Jersey, we read em’ and we read lots of em’
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A passage from the Tao that’s frequently worth revisiting.
December 27, 2024 at 10:15 PM
A passage from the Tao that’s frequently worth revisiting.