Blues According to Brother Yusef
@brotheryusef.bsky.social
Conscious Bluesman
Who will say the quiet parts out loud?
Who will help us read the temperature in the room?
Who will help us when there seem to be no adults in charge?
Please, keep asking questions, stop and think, and actively listen.
Who will help us read the temperature in the room?
Who will help us when there seem to be no adults in charge?
Please, keep asking questions, stop and think, and actively listen.
September 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Who will say the quiet parts out loud?
Who will help us read the temperature in the room?
Who will help us when there seem to be no adults in charge?
Please, keep asking questions, stop and think, and actively listen.
Who will help us read the temperature in the room?
Who will help us when there seem to be no adults in charge?
Please, keep asking questions, stop and think, and actively listen.
Capitalism sells you the ladder, then rents you the rungs.
August 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Capitalism sells you the ladder, then rents you the rungs.
Turns out, America didn’t fall from grace. It just ran out of good PR.
June 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Turns out, America didn’t fall from grace. It just ran out of good PR.
Putin is dangerous because he's a calculating gangster. Trump is dangerous because he's a narcissistic trickster with no depth. One moves like a chess master, the other like a toddler with a flamethrower.
May 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Putin is dangerous because he's a calculating gangster. Trump is dangerous because he's a narcissistic trickster with no depth. One moves like a chess master, the other like a toddler with a flamethrower.
How to say you're racist without saying you're racist:
Attack institutions for being 'divisive' when they try to include Black, Indigenous, and marginalized voices.
Attack institutions for being 'divisive' when they try to include Black, Indigenous, and marginalized voices.
March 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How to say you're racist without saying you're racist:
Attack institutions for being 'divisive' when they try to include Black, Indigenous, and marginalized voices.
Attack institutions for being 'divisive' when they try to include Black, Indigenous, and marginalized voices.
I guess nobody thought how vulnerable this thing was until someone decided they weren't gonna play along. Now we're in the middle of a smash and grab and just watching like an unarmed security guard.
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I guess nobody thought how vulnerable this thing was until someone decided they weren't gonna play along. Now we're in the middle of a smash and grab and just watching like an unarmed security guard.
Did you know In Nigeria, "maga" means a fool—someone gullible, easily conned, and blind to the scam unfolding right in front of them. Oh, the irony! And this was long before you-know-who decided to slap it on a red hat.
March 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Did you know In Nigeria, "maga" means a fool—someone gullible, easily conned, and blind to the scam unfolding right in front of them. Oh, the irony! And this was long before you-know-who decided to slap it on a red hat.
You can't fool all the people all the time, but clearly a few is all you need!
March 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You can't fool all the people all the time, but clearly a few is all you need!
I wonder how many voters are realizing they really stepped in it… and how many who sat out the election are seeing exactly what they left on the table.
#VotingMatters
#VotingMatters
March 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I wonder how many voters are realizing they really stepped in it… and how many who sat out the election are seeing exactly what they left on the table.
#VotingMatters
#VotingMatters
#VladimirZolensky is the man. About time some didn't take Trump's foolishness.
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#VladimirZolensky is the man. About time some didn't take Trump's foolishness.
I posted this last time around. If this can happen again, Ive lost all faith in this nation living up to anything it's supposed to stand for.
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I posted this last time around. If this can happen again, Ive lost all faith in this nation living up to anything it's supposed to stand for.
I just read that the shelf life of a democracy is about 200 to 250 years. Yea, something to think about.
February 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I just read that the shelf life of a democracy is about 200 to 250 years. Yea, something to think about.
There’s an open mean-spiritedness in the air of this nation. I suppose it’s always been there, just beneath the surface, but now it’s on full display. And I can feel its destructiveness. I worry, can we ever put this genie back in the bottle?
February 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There’s an open mean-spiritedness in the air of this nation. I suppose it’s always been there, just beneath the surface, but now it’s on full display. And I can feel its destructiveness. I worry, can we ever put this genie back in the bottle?
I'm sorry, but we deserve Trump. This is what happens when we refuse to examine past issues. They don't just go away—they fester like a cancer. And then… surprise!
February 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm sorry, but we deserve Trump. This is what happens when we refuse to examine past issues. They don't just go away—they fester like a cancer. And then… surprise!
"I keep my X account active so I can gauge the temperature in the room, so to speak. I think it's strategically intelligent to know what and perhaps how those I vehemently disagree with think."
February 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"I keep my X account active so I can gauge the temperature in the room, so to speak. I think it's strategically intelligent to know what and perhaps how those I vehemently disagree with think."
As a message to the Black Community I once heard someone wisely say "Instead of worrying about the White House, you should focus on your Black house."
February 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As a message to the Black Community I once heard someone wisely say "Instead of worrying about the White House, you should focus on your Black house."
To the Republicans members of the House and Senate...
"Have you no decency?"
@edwardrmurrow
"Have you no decency?"
@edwardrmurrow
February 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
To the Republicans members of the House and Senate...
"Have you no decency?"
@edwardrmurrow
"Have you no decency?"
@edwardrmurrow
Why do you think he pardoned the J-6 protesters? Think about it. This is gonna get real in a minute.
February 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Why do you think he pardoned the J-6 protesters? Think about it. This is gonna get real in a minute.
Being woke means staying awake, not just to what feels good, but to what’s real. The right just elected a man who dont hide the strings. The emperor got no clothes, and they don’t care-they’ll call him best dressed. Power dont need a mask when the people love the lie. Stay sharp, or get played.
February 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Being woke means staying awake, not just to what feels good, but to what’s real. The right just elected a man who dont hide the strings. The emperor got no clothes, and they don’t care-they’ll call him best dressed. Power dont need a mask when the people love the lie. Stay sharp, or get played.
I just noticed that I get triggered every time I go riding through my burnt up community to go check up to my house. This must be PTSD. It's like I can't process what I'm actually looking at. Like staring at a raw grotesque scar or something. It's unsettling. Wow.
#Altadena #Altadenafire #Eatonfire
#Altadena #Altadenafire #Eatonfire
January 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I just noticed that I get triggered every time I go riding through my burnt up community to go check up to my house. This must be PTSD. It's like I can't process what I'm actually looking at. Like staring at a raw grotesque scar or something. It's unsettling. Wow.
#Altadena #Altadenafire #Eatonfire
#Altadena #Altadenafire #Eatonfire
What I don't want is to live in an echo chamber. I need to understand all perspectives. That's how you know the temperature in the room so I know how to proceed forward with my navigation in this life.
January 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
What I don't want is to live in an echo chamber. I need to understand all perspectives. That's how you know the temperature in the room so I know how to proceed forward with my navigation in this life.
People who know me know that I complain a lot. One day, I was complaining, and the Lord spoke to me. He said, "Hey, Brother Yusef, cheer up, man. Things could always be worse." So, I cheered up- and the Lord was right.
It got worse!
#perspective
It got worse!
#perspective
January 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
People who know me know that I complain a lot. One day, I was complaining, and the Lord spoke to me. He said, "Hey, Brother Yusef, cheer up, man. Things could always be worse." So, I cheered up- and the Lord was right.
It got worse!
#perspective
It got worse!
#perspective
Blues According To Brother Yusef:
"Trump’s populism sells the illusion of unity, but delivers division, turning democracy’s open hand into a weapon of control."
#Democracy
#Leadership #Populism #Trump
#PoliticalQuotes
#DemocracyMatters
#LeadershipMatters
#ProtectDemocracy
#PoliticalDiscourse
"Trump’s populism sells the illusion of unity, but delivers division, turning democracy’s open hand into a weapon of control."
#Democracy
#Leadership #Populism #Trump
#PoliticalQuotes
#DemocracyMatters
#LeadershipMatters
#ProtectDemocracy
#PoliticalDiscourse
January 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Blues According To Brother Yusef:
"Trump’s populism sells the illusion of unity, but delivers division, turning democracy’s open hand into a weapon of control."
#Democracy
#Leadership #Populism #Trump
#PoliticalQuotes
#DemocracyMatters
#LeadershipMatters
#ProtectDemocracy
#PoliticalDiscourse
"Trump’s populism sells the illusion of unity, but delivers division, turning democracy’s open hand into a weapon of control."
#Democracy
#Leadership #Populism #Trump
#PoliticalQuotes
#DemocracyMatters
#LeadershipMatters
#ProtectDemocracy
#PoliticalDiscourse
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that America has "socialism for the rich" and "rugged free enterprise for the poor."
#MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr #DrMartinLutherKingJr #socialism #Justice #EqualRights #humanity #freedom #VoterSuppressionBill #FightRacism
#MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr #DrMartinLutherKingJr #socialism #Justice #EqualRights #humanity #freedom #VoterSuppressionBill #FightRacism
December 28, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that America has "socialism for the rich" and "rugged free enterprise for the poor."
#MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr #DrMartinLutherKingJr #socialism #Justice #EqualRights #humanity #freedom #VoterSuppressionBill #FightRacism
#MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr #DrMartinLutherKingJr #socialism #Justice #EqualRights #humanity #freedom #VoterSuppressionBill #FightRacism
"If you insist on maintaining a permanent underclass in a society built on wealth and privilege, you're not just risking inequality—you're courting the very ruin of your society."
__Blues according to Brother Yusef
__Blues according to Brother Yusef
December 27, 2024 at 10:07 AM
"If you insist on maintaining a permanent underclass in a society built on wealth and privilege, you're not just risking inequality—you're courting the very ruin of your society."
__Blues according to Brother Yusef
__Blues according to Brother Yusef