🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 Carla Williams 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
@carlajwms.blacksky.app
I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.
Photographer, writer, archivist
https://www.carlajwilliams.net/
https://tinyurl.com/carlajwms
https://tinyurl.com/TBWbks
2025 Guggenheim fellow (WTH, I’m proud of that)!
#NOLATwitter
#NOLASky
Photographer, writer, archivist
https://www.carlajwilliams.net/
https://tinyurl.com/carlajwms
https://tinyurl.com/TBWbks
2025 Guggenheim fellow (WTH, I’m proud of that)!
#NOLATwitter
#NOLASky
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There will be another 60 vote Friday* on the garbage shutdown deal. If we can convince just one Senator from the 52 republicans and 8 Dems that voted yes to flip, we could still stop this. Please jump on the phone today, call them, and share this widely.
*If all goes by the regular schedule
*If all goes by the regular schedule
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
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I’m seeing so many people and orgs posting food access info on instagram and like, Yayyyyyy except that so much of the info is out of date and hasn’t been fact checked. I know, info changes fast! I’m doing my best to keep up. Here’s the latest New Orleans community fridge update.
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I’m seeing so many people and orgs posting food access info on instagram and like, Yayyyyyy except that so much of the info is out of date and hasn’t been fact checked. I know, info changes fast! I’m doing my best to keep up. Here’s the latest New Orleans community fridge update.
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What's happening in Sudan is horrific and deserves more of our attention.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What's happening in Sudan is horrific and deserves more of our attention.
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Reminder that one of the best reasons to get a library card is the Culture Passes you get to use with it.
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reminder that one of the best reasons to get a library card is the Culture Passes you get to use with it.
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.
Listen in ⬇️
Listen in ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.
Listen in ⬇️
Listen in ⬇️
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Hey #NOLA today is Clay Fest day at The Broadside. It's a free event for all ages :) There are a bunch of artists selling their stuff and there are some demonstrations and stuff. Last time there were some booths for kids to do fun things.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hey #NOLA today is Clay Fest day at The Broadside. It's a free event for all ages :) There are a bunch of artists selling their stuff and there are some demonstrations and stuff. Last time there were some booths for kids to do fun things.
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Keith Lee Started his TikTok Journey cooking Meals While he was on FoodStamps and relying on giftcards Cooking for his wife, family and those who were less fortunate; now he’s calling on all Businesses and Companies to help he doesn’t want money he wants FOOD AND GIFTCARDS to be distributed to help
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Keith Lee Started his TikTok Journey cooking Meals While he was on FoodStamps and relying on giftcards Cooking for his wife, family and those who were less fortunate; now he’s calling on all Businesses and Companies to help he doesn’t want money he wants FOOD AND GIFTCARDS to be distributed to help
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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We’re stalling out with 1 week before we return to court.
We received 1 $50 donation yesterday. We need to raise another $18000 before November 12.
Can you help by amplifying or donating to keep my family housed?
We’re doing all the things we can on this end...
We received 1 $50 donation yesterday. We need to raise another $18000 before November 12.
Can you help by amplifying or donating to keep my family housed?
We’re doing all the things we can on this end...
I know everyone is in need right now.
If you can, please continue to amplify & donate to this fundraiser.
We’re doing our part, both on earth, and in heaven.
Amen.
We’re almost there.
gofund.me/bf0e28217
If you can, please continue to amplify & donate to this fundraiser.
We’re doing our part, both on earth, and in heaven.
Amen.
We’re almost there.
gofund.me/bf0e28217
Donate to Help Sinnamon Love Keep Her Family Housed, organized by Kamilah Rouse
I have an urgent ask to keep my family and I housed.
Hi, I’m Sinnamon Love… Kamilah Rouse needs your support for Help Sinnamon Love Keep Her Family Housed
gofund.me
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We’re stalling out with 1 week before we return to court.
We received 1 $50 donation yesterday. We need to raise another $18000 before November 12.
Can you help by amplifying or donating to keep my family housed?
We’re doing all the things we can on this end...
We received 1 $50 donation yesterday. We need to raise another $18000 before November 12.
Can you help by amplifying or donating to keep my family housed?
We’re doing all the things we can on this end...
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Congratulations to Kaohly Her, who was elected last night as the first woman and first Hmong American mayor of St. Paul, MN!! (This is a HUGE upset victory!)
November 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Congratulations to Kaohly Her, who was elected last night as the first woman and first Hmong American mayor of St. Paul, MN!! (This is a HUGE upset victory!)
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Will you be in London on Dec 3rd? Perhaps you'd like to come to UCL and hear me talk with Matthew J. Smith about my new book, and potentially even get a book from me without paying international shipping!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
The House Archives Built & Other Thoughts On Black Archival Possibilities
A public conversation with archivist and writer, Dorothy Berry, hosted by the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Will you be in London on Dec 3rd? Perhaps you'd like to come to UCL and hear me talk with Matthew J. Smith about my new book, and potentially even get a book from me without paying international shipping!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-house-...
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
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Reminder that Louisiana is only rolling out 25% of Snap this month. A client I work with from down the bayou is taking care of her great granddaughter (8yrs old) and didn’t hers this month. Check in with your neighbors. We still haven’t gotten any answers on which 25% will receive theirs.
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Reminder that Louisiana is only rolling out 25% of Snap this month. A client I work with from down the bayou is taking care of her great granddaughter (8yrs old) and didn’t hers this month. Check in with your neighbors. We still haven’t gotten any answers on which 25% will receive theirs.
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What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What's happening in TX-18 is more obscene than not seating Grijalva during pro formas. Turner died in March. Abbott delayed the special election until yesterday, and now it goes to a runoff early *next year.*
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
Congress can and should require special elections to be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
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For perspective: There were 8 special elections for Mississippi Senate yesterday and 2 for Mississippi House.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
NEW: Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the state Senate tonight for the first time since 2011.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
It came as Democrats flipped 2 Senate seats and 1 House seat.
“Mississippi just broke the supermajority—and the people have taken back their power,” the party says.
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
For perspective: There were 8 special elections for Mississippi Senate yesterday and 2 for Mississippi House.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
Mississippi Democrats flipped 2 of the 4 GOP-held Senate seats that were on the ballot and the sole GOP-held House seat that was on the ballot.
Democrats held the other 5 seats.
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87 votes was the margin of victory in Marietta, GA.
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
87 votes was the margin of victory in Marietta, GA.