Getting hosed happens regardless - see Columbia after caving to anti-DEI demands, see monopoly judgment against Zuck after his bribe - so what do they, or we, have to lose? If we're all headed for El Salvadorean gulags whether we resist or submit I'd rather go out fighting, tyvm.
Last week the Gov of PA’s house was set on fire. Paul Pelosi was almost killed. Wouldn’t be hard to pick off a Senator’s family member. That’s why they kiss the ring. If there’s a country left in 2 years, the House would prob flip. That’s the best we can hope for at this point.
April 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Getting hosed happens regardless - see Columbia after caving to anti-DEI demands, see monopoly judgment against Zuck after his bribe - so what do they, or we, have to lose? If we're all headed for El Salvadorean gulags whether we resist or submit I'd rather go out fighting, tyvm.
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
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Happy Opening Day to all who celebrate!
March 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy Opening Day to all who celebrate!
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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.
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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻
February 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do this. Say this. 👇🏻
Day 23, Black History month! Dr Dorothy Porter, librarian, archivist, who w/no budget made Howard's research collection world class. She saw Dewey Decimal neglected Black history beyond slavery & built new systems to assess & catalog a global Black experience. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/reme...
Remembering the Howard University Librarian Who Decolonized the Way Books Were Catalogued
Dorothy Porter challenged the racial bias in the Dewey Decimal System, putting black scholars alongside white colleagues
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Day 23, Black History month! Dr Dorothy Porter, librarian, archivist, who w/no budget made Howard's research collection world class. She saw Dewey Decimal neglected Black history beyond slavery & built new systems to assess & catalog a global Black experience. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/reme...
Day 22, Black History month! Carter G. Woodson, historian/ documentarian of Black culture & experience; taught Black children & academia alike vital contributions of Black folk to history. Proposed what became Black History month. "You must give your own story to the world." shorturl.at/m98gT
Carter G. Woodson: Writing Black History into America's Culture
YouTube video by University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education
www.youtube.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Day 22, Black History month! Carter G. Woodson, historian/ documentarian of Black culture & experience; taught Black children & academia alike vital contributions of Black folk to history. Proposed what became Black History month. "You must give your own story to the world." shorturl.at/m98gT
Hell YES to this energy.
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Hell YES to this energy.
Day 21, Black History Month! Booker T. Whatley, deeply vested in land ownership profitable for Black farmers as a path to equality: creator of the CSA, forerunner of today's small farm regenerative agricultural mvmnt, u-pick farms & diversified cash crops. www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/y...
You Can Thank Black Horticulturist Booker T. Whatley for Your CSA
Long written out of the narrative, the Tuskegee University professor first introduced the concept in the 1960s as a solution for struggling Black farmers
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Day 21, Black History Month! Booker T. Whatley, deeply vested in land ownership profitable for Black farmers as a path to equality: creator of the CSA, forerunner of today's small farm regenerative agricultural mvmnt, u-pick farms & diversified cash crops. www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/y...
Day 20, Black History Month! Booker T Washington, 1st Tuskegee prez, hoped Black education would end white prejudice; he & WEB DuBois disagreed on how to reach Black equality but both knew it had to happen. "I would permit no man..to narrow & degrade my soul by making me hate him." shorturl.at/XrNQQ
Faith in History | FROM SLAVE TO COLLEGE PRESIDENT: Booker T Washington
YouTube video by TCT Network
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Day 20, Black History Month! Booker T Washington, 1st Tuskegee prez, hoped Black education would end white prejudice; he & WEB DuBois disagreed on how to reach Black equality but both knew it had to happen. "I would permit no man..to narrow & degrade my soul by making me hate him." shorturl.at/XrNQQ
Day 19 of Black History Month! today, WEB Du Bois, sociologist, scholar, early defender of Black women's rights & Pan-African decolonialism, unwilling to accept Booker T's Atlanta Compromise, co-founder of the NAACP. "Men must not only know, they must act". www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz0...
The GREATEST Intellectual of His Era (The Life of W.E.B Du Bois) #onemichistory
YouTube video by One Mic History
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Day 19 of Black History Month! today, WEB Du Bois, sociologist, scholar, early defender of Black women's rights & Pan-African decolonialism, unwilling to accept Booker T's Atlanta Compromise, co-founder of the NAACP. "Men must not only know, they must act". www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz0...
Day 18 of Black History month! Ida B. Well, investigative journalist on lynchings; activist who fought for desegregated schools, & for jobs & voting for women. Lynching became a fed hate crime...in 2022. "The way to right wrongs is to cast the light of truth upon them." m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgb0...
Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching | Retro Report
YouTube video by RETRO REPORT
m.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Day 18 of Black History month! Ida B. Well, investigative journalist on lynchings; activist who fought for desegregated schools, & for jobs & voting for women. Lynching became a fed hate crime...in 2022. "The way to right wrongs is to cast the light of truth upon them." m.youtube.com/watch?v=vgb0...
Day 17 of Black History month! Today, Brave Bessie Coleman, first Black/Native woman aviator & daredevil: trained in France bc no US school wd teach her to fly. She planned to open an aviation school for others like her. "The air is the only place free from prejudice." m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ix4...
Bessie Coleman - Daredevil Aviator
YouTube video by Woodson Center
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February 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Day 17 of Black History month! Today, Brave Bessie Coleman, first Black/Native woman aviator & daredevil: trained in France bc no US school wd teach her to fly. She planned to open an aviation school for others like her. "The air is the only place free from prejudice." m.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ix4...
Cooperation yields benefits in the long run if there are immediate repercussions for non-cooperation. In this example, tit-for-tat maximizes benefit for both sides in most (but not all) cases, now matter how the other side plays. Sometimes *addl forgiveness is needed* www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScp...
What Game Theory Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
YouTube video by Veritasium
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Cooperation yields benefits in the long run if there are immediate repercussions for non-cooperation. In this example, tit-for-tat maximizes benefit for both sides in most (but not all) cases, now matter how the other side plays. Sometimes *addl forgiveness is needed* www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScp...
Happy day 16 of Black History month! Today, Florence Price, the 1st Black woman to have her music performed by a major orchestra in the US (in 1933, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,) & played for Eleanor Roosevelt, all while being a single mom. youtu.be/O65IQkRz3bk?...
Everything You Need to Know about Florence Price
YouTube video by Portland Symphony Orchestra
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February 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happy day 16 of Black History month! Today, Florence Price, the 1st Black woman to have her music performed by a major orchestra in the US (in 1933, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,) & played for Eleanor Roosevelt, all while being a single mom. youtu.be/O65IQkRz3bk?...
Woops, almost missed Day 15 of Black History Month! Today, I honor Katherine Dunham, who brought the joyous dance of the African diaspora home to Chicago & broke color barriers as well as making safe spaces for children in her community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgg...
Katherine Dunham | Queen Mother Of Black Dance (Biography)
YouTube video by Onyx Queen Channel
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Woops, almost missed Day 15 of Black History Month! Today, I honor Katherine Dunham, who brought the joyous dance of the African diaspora home to Chicago & broke color barriers as well as making safe spaces for children in her community. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgg...
Happy Black History Month day 14! Madame CJ Walker spun her own medical hair loss into a million $ Black beauty empire, employed 1000s, mostly women; & as a civil rights activist, funded the NAACP, the Black YMCA, & scholarships (esp for women) at Tuskegee & beyond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKX...
Meet the First Self-Made Female Millionaire
YouTube video by Smithsonian Channel
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February 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Happy Black History Month day 14! Madame CJ Walker spun her own medical hair loss into a million $ Black beauty empire, employed 1000s, mostly women; & as a civil rights activist, funded the NAACP, the Black YMCA, & scholarships (esp for women) at Tuskegee & beyond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKX...
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
Happy day 13 of Black History month! Shirley Chisolm, "unbought & unbossed," 1st Black woman in Congress, served 14 yrs, started WIC, fought for women, for native land rights, & ran for pres...& decried a takeover of media and "family" rhetoric by the religious right. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjM...
Shirley Chisholm Was a Trailblazer for Change | Retro Report
YouTube video by RETRO REPORT
m.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy day 13 of Black History month! Shirley Chisolm, "unbought & unbossed," 1st Black woman in Congress, served 14 yrs, started WIC, fought for women, for native land rights, & ran for pres...& decried a takeover of media and "family" rhetoric by the religious right. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VZjM...
Happy day 12 of Black History Month! Today i thank George Washington Carver, whose brilliance in botany & innovation enabled him to teach, thru Tuskegee, farmers to rotate crops, replenish soil health, & limit reliance on the volatile market for cotton/tobacco. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2WYf...
George Washington Carver: Agricultural scientist and inventor | Black History Facts
YouTube video by Noire History
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February 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy day 12 of Black History Month! Today i thank George Washington Carver, whose brilliance in botany & innovation enabled him to teach, thru Tuskegee, farmers to rotate crops, replenish soil health, & limit reliance on the volatile market for cotton/tobacco. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2WYf...
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This is NOT a little local vote. This is to flip the seats in CONGRESS.
find out more and follow @joshweil.bsky.social and @gayforcongress.bsky.social !
THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.
find out more and follow @joshweil.bsky.social and @gayforcongress.bsky.social !
THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.
February 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is NOT a little local vote. This is to flip the seats in CONGRESS.
find out more and follow @joshweil.bsky.social and @gayforcongress.bsky.social !
THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.
find out more and follow @joshweil.bsky.social and @gayforcongress.bsky.social !
THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.
Happy day 11 of Black History month! I am in awe of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery by stealing an entire damn confederate ship and piloting thru south-infested waters to become a civil war freedom fighter, congressman, and american hero. youtu.be/hMfBhPDxLQM?...
From Slave to Congressman: The Story of Robert Smalls - Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History
YouTube video by Comedy Central
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February 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy day 11 of Black History month! I am in awe of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery by stealing an entire damn confederate ship and piloting thru south-infested waters to become a civil war freedom fighter, congressman, and american hero. youtu.be/hMfBhPDxLQM?...
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Super Bowl lesson: Stopping an arrogant Chief from a third term is probably a good move for America right now.
February 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Super Bowl lesson: Stopping an arrogant Chief from a third term is probably a good move for America right now.