Kelly D.
@comradekelly.bsky.social
Black feminist scholar, consultant, essayist and playwright!
www.kinshift.com
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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They’re openly talking about revoking citizenship from an opponent on account of how they don’t like how many people voted for him.
It has been six months.
It has been six months.
June 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They’re openly talking about revoking citizenship from an opponent on account of how they don’t like how many people voted for him.
It has been six months.
It has been six months.
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CNN showed the NYPD last night - LIVE - threatening to arrest protesters if they didn’t disperse.
Now the Mayor says - again on CNN - that they only arrest ppl (86 last night) who are violent and destructive.
They don’t even bother to keep the story straight. Disgusting if not surprising.
Now the Mayor says - again on CNN - that they only arrest ppl (86 last night) who are violent and destructive.
They don’t even bother to keep the story straight. Disgusting if not surprising.
a man and a woman are sitting next to each other in a room and the woman is making a face .
Alt: Kandi Burress (Black woman in a fancy dress) at a Real Housewives reunion,waving her hands in the air, crying out in frustration, “The lies, the lies, THE LIES”
media.tenor.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
CNN showed the NYPD last night - LIVE - threatening to arrest protesters if they didn’t disperse.
Now the Mayor says - again on CNN - that they only arrest ppl (86 last night) who are violent and destructive.
They don’t even bother to keep the story straight. Disgusting if not surprising.
Now the Mayor says - again on CNN - that they only arrest ppl (86 last night) who are violent and destructive.
They don’t even bother to keep the story straight. Disgusting if not surprising.
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You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.
June 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.
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once again I must tap my own sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
once again I must tap my own sign
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Nearly three years before the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd as he cried that he couldn’t breathe, Zoya Code found herself in a similar position: handcuffed facedown on the ground, with Chauvin’s knee on her. Code said she began pleading: “Don’t kill me.”
“That Could Have Been Me”: The People Derek Chauvin Choked Before George Floyd
They describe an officer quick to use force and callous about their pain.
www.themarshallproject.org
May 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Nearly three years before the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd as he cried that he couldn’t breathe, Zoya Code found herself in a similar position: handcuffed facedown on the ground, with Chauvin’s knee on her. Code said she began pleading: “Don’t kill me.”
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You can pretend bisexuality isn't real but even the algorithms have clocked that I want both men and women's rugby clips.
May 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
You can pretend bisexuality isn't real but even the algorithms have clocked that I want both men and women's rugby clips.
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direct link is up! I got to be a guest on OPB Radio’s “Think Out Loud” this afternoon and I’m sooooo pleased with my efforts at delivering a believably soothing NPR Lady Voice - a tall order for someone whose normal cadence is A) loud, B) fast, and C) laced with swears
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
Oregon arts organizations scrambling after National Endowment for the Arts grants are withdrawn
Claire Willett, a Portland-based playwright, artist and grant writer, joins us to share the latest developments.
www.opb.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
direct link is up! I got to be a guest on OPB Radio’s “Think Out Loud” this afternoon and I’m sooooo pleased with my efforts at delivering a believably soothing NPR Lady Voice - a tall order for someone whose normal cadence is A) loud, B) fast, and C) laced with swears
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
Maternal death rates are falling for every group – except Black women. Why? The answer isn’t solely healthcare. My take at the link. Please share!
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Guest Commentary: Black Mamas Matter
Maternal death rates are falling for every group — except Black women. Here's how to do better during Black Maternal Health Week
thephiladelphiacitizen.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Maternal death rates are falling for every group – except Black women. Why? The answer isn’t solely healthcare. My take at the link. Please share!
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/guest-commen...
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/guest-commen...
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW: TCE, a chemical used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, can cause cancer, organ damage and a potentially fatal heart defect in babies.
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.
The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took…
propub.li
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: TCE, a chemical used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, can cause cancer, organ damage and a potentially fatal heart defect in babies.
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
Republicans in Congress want to reverse a ban on it.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social and @lisalsong.bsky.social
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holy shit
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
holy shit
“These moments where people learned how to be together without the scaffolding of the state, when they learned to solve problems without succumbing to the impulse of calling the police, that should serve as a true inspiration for the work that we will do in the future." — Angela Davis
March 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“These moments where people learned how to be together without the scaffolding of the state, when they learned to solve problems without succumbing to the impulse of calling the police, that should serve as a true inspiration for the work that we will do in the future." — Angela Davis
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some ideas:
—call reps every Monday
—small weekly donation to a different Gaza family or other mutual aid
—EXTREME social media limits to avoid doomscrolling
—block on sight instead of arguing with trolls
—make sure all your vaccines are up to date
—book club or discussion group at your church
—call reps every Monday
—small weekly donation to a different Gaza family or other mutual aid
—EXTREME social media limits to avoid doomscrolling
—block on sight instead of arguing with trolls
—make sure all your vaccines are up to date
—book club or discussion group at your church
March 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
some ideas:
—call reps every Monday
—small weekly donation to a different Gaza family or other mutual aid
—EXTREME social media limits to avoid doomscrolling
—block on sight instead of arguing with trolls
—make sure all your vaccines are up to date
—book club or discussion group at your church
—call reps every Monday
—small weekly donation to a different Gaza family or other mutual aid
—EXTREME social media limits to avoid doomscrolling
—block on sight instead of arguing with trolls
—make sure all your vaccines are up to date
—book club or discussion group at your church
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Born on Feb.29th: BHM Edition (Bonus)
Augusta Savage (1892-1962) Sculptor
During the Harlem Renaissance she was well known as a sculptor, art teacher & community art program director. Artistic style: realistic, expressive & sensitive. Works were primarily made out of red clay.
Augusta Savage (1892-1962) Sculptor
During the Harlem Renaissance she was well known as a sculptor, art teacher & community art program director. Artistic style: realistic, expressive & sensitive. Works were primarily made out of red clay.
March 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Born on Feb.29th: BHM Edition (Bonus)
Augusta Savage (1892-1962) Sculptor
During the Harlem Renaissance she was well known as a sculptor, art teacher & community art program director. Artistic style: realistic, expressive & sensitive. Works were primarily made out of red clay.
Augusta Savage (1892-1962) Sculptor
During the Harlem Renaissance she was well known as a sculptor, art teacher & community art program director. Artistic style: realistic, expressive & sensitive. Works were primarily made out of red clay.
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Journalists at mainstream US publications are absolutely allowed to engage in activism as long as it is aimed at reinforcing existing hierarchies and undermining progressive change. NYT news reporters recently engaged in a startlingly effective campaign against trans rights, for example.
This isn't meant to be a dunk, but I'm genuinely surprised when people don't understand that journalists generally cannot take part in activism if they want to be taken seriously as journalists
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Journalists at mainstream US publications are absolutely allowed to engage in activism as long as it is aimed at reinforcing existing hierarchies and undermining progressive change. NYT news reporters recently engaged in a startlingly effective campaign against trans rights, for example.
This week I have been sad because everyone has a really bad strain of the flu, but at the pharmacy, health center, hair dresser, and lab, I was the only one wearing a mask.
February 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This week I have been sad because everyone has a really bad strain of the flu, but at the pharmacy, health center, hair dresser, and lab, I was the only one wearing a mask.
My writing practice can be so frustrating to me at times because I consider words and concepts, sometimes tangents, that make me slow AF AND are harder to do in front of a blinking screen.
February 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My writing practice can be so frustrating to me at times because I consider words and concepts, sometimes tangents, that make me slow AF AND are harder to do in front of a blinking screen.