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Conjure. Hoodoo. Public Health. Policy. History. Astrology. Books & Black culture.
Lady D. Emerald 💚💜🤎
K. Howell, PhD (c), MPH, MPhil
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Lady D. Emerald 💚💜🤎
K. Howell, PhD (c), MPH, MPhil
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Introduction:
Hi I'm Khadesia (ka-dee-jah) or Lady D. Emerald.
I am a weaver of black spirituality, history, culture, public health, policy, & ethics/bioethics for Black & Indigenous liberation.
I'm a medium, 2-head, astrologer, candle maker and so much more!
A multifaceted Black woman 💁🏽♀️
Hi I'm Khadesia (ka-dee-jah) or Lady D. Emerald.
I am a weaver of black spirituality, history, culture, public health, policy, & ethics/bioethics for Black & Indigenous liberation.
I'm a medium, 2-head, astrologer, candle maker and so much more!
A multifaceted Black woman 💁🏽♀️
They should delete my students loans then since my degree ain't a professional one.
It really seems like this administration is trying to eliminate the field of public health. MPHs and DrPHs will no longer be considered "professional degrees" by the DOE and, therefore, will face limits to accessing federal student loans.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
They should delete my students loans then since my degree ain't a professional one.
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Bingo
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Bingo
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The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters last week, joining a court battle that could help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026.
https://to.pbs.org/3LFoSO4
https://to.pbs.org/3LFoSO4
DOJ sues to block California map that could tip control of Congress to Dems
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in ...
www.pbs.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters last week, joining a court battle that could help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026.
https://to.pbs.org/3LFoSO4
https://to.pbs.org/3LFoSO4
I think they did this to break up the possibility of her winning tbh. It gives more people a chance to win. They've done it in other categories in the past and it has helped.
Wow, Frieda McFadden has 3 books nominated in the same category?! (I didn't realize when I voted.)
Goodreads, y'all gotta set some rules. That's too many noms in the same category. 2 feels like the absolute limit, but 3 is a no.
Goodreads, y'all gotta set some rules. That's too many noms in the same category. 2 feels like the absolute limit, but 3 is a no.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I think they did this to break up the possibility of her winning tbh. It gives more people a chance to win. They've done it in other categories in the past and it has helped.
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Posting without context on purpose but I'm so tired of industry professionals saying Black readers don't show up for Black authors. It is utterly disgusting, it is completely inaccurate and disrespectful, and it most definitely does not encourage me to read you when you're saying that.
We are here.
We are here.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Posting without context on purpose but I'm so tired of industry professionals saying Black readers don't show up for Black authors. It is utterly disgusting, it is completely inaccurate and disrespectful, and it most definitely does not encourage me to read you when you're saying that.
We are here.
We are here.
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Vicks expires????
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Vicks expires????
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You ever heard of Julie Dash? Some of you undoubtedly have,but quite a few I'd imagine not.
Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States.
In 1991.
There's a book as well.
Julie Dash turns 73 years old today
Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States.
In 1991.
There's a book as well.
Julie Dash turns 73 years old today
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
You ever heard of Julie Dash? Some of you undoubtedly have,but quite a few I'd imagine not.
Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States.
In 1991.
There's a book as well.
Julie Dash turns 73 years old today
Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States.
In 1991.
There's a book as well.
Julie Dash turns 73 years old today
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
I just did the most important thing I could do for myself today:
Stand outside with my cup of tea and let the sun beam on me for a good ten minutes.
So rejuvenating.
Stand outside with my cup of tea and let the sun beam on me for a good ten minutes.
So rejuvenating.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I just did the most important thing I could do for myself today:
Stand outside with my cup of tea and let the sun beam on me for a good ten minutes.
So rejuvenating.
Stand outside with my cup of tea and let the sun beam on me for a good ten minutes.
So rejuvenating.
Not good @lyszflo.bsky.social
The U.S. Mint has been making pennies in Philadelphia, the nation’s birthplace, since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act. https://to.pbs.org/4ifYVkB
U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
President Donald Trump has ordered its demise as costs climb to nearly 4 cents per penny and the 1-cent valuation becomes somewhat obsolete. The U.S. Mint has been making pennies in Philadelphia, the ...
to.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Not good @lyszflo.bsky.social
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✨ #Commissions are open for mid November! ✨
🐲 COMMS PAGE AND TOS
🐲 KO-FI
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Shoot me an email and let's chit-chat or make an order through Ko-Fi! 👁️👅👁️
#commissionsopen
🐲 COMMS PAGE AND TOS
🐲 KO-FI
🐲Email: cvnnblcomms@gmail.com
Shoot me an email and let's chit-chat or make an order through Ko-Fi! 👁️👅👁️
#commissionsopen
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
✨ #Commissions are open for mid November! ✨
🐲 COMMS PAGE AND TOS
🐲 KO-FI
🐲Email: cvnnblcomms@gmail.com
Shoot me an email and let's chit-chat or make an order through Ko-Fi! 👁️👅👁️
#commissionsopen
🐲 COMMS PAGE AND TOS
🐲 KO-FI
🐲Email: cvnnblcomms@gmail.com
Shoot me an email and let's chit-chat or make an order through Ko-Fi! 👁️👅👁️
#commissionsopen
Uranus retrograde went into Taurus Friday.
Mercury went retrograde in Sagittarius today (Sunday).
Jupiter goes retrograde in Cancer Tuesday.
Mercury went retrograde in Sagittarius today (Sunday).
Jupiter goes retrograde in Cancer Tuesday.
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Uranus retrograde went into Taurus Friday.
Mercury went retrograde in Sagittarius today (Sunday).
Jupiter goes retrograde in Cancer Tuesday.
Mercury went retrograde in Sagittarius today (Sunday).
Jupiter goes retrograde in Cancer Tuesday.
I care.
Easily.
Don't care for All Night outside of the production.
Easily.
Don't care for All Night outside of the production.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I care.
Easily.
Don't care for All Night outside of the production.
Easily.
Don't care for All Night outside of the production.
Quite literally been thinking about getting a pregnancy pillow because I know it'll change my life.
Mind you. I'm not anywhere near pregnant
Mind you. I'm not anywhere near pregnant
30+ folks, get an ergonomic pillow and a comfortable eye mask. The sleep is amazing!
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Quite literally been thinking about getting a pregnancy pillow because I know it'll change my life.
Mind you. I'm not anywhere near pregnant
Mind you. I'm not anywhere near pregnant
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BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
I keep forgetting today is Sunday.
Earlier it felt like Thursday and now it feels like a Tuesday night.
Earlier it felt like Thursday and now it feels like a Tuesday night.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I keep forgetting today is Sunday.
Earlier it felt like Thursday and now it feels like a Tuesday night.
Earlier it felt like Thursday and now it feels like a Tuesday night.
Exactly. People don't read. That's the problem. She played chess not checkers. The lower courts have more progressive judges so she sent it back to them.
Everybody’s mad at Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — but here’s what really happened.
She didn’t block food assistance; she issued a short pause so another court could review before billions of dollars were released without oversight.
She didn’t block food assistance; she issued a short pause so another court could review before billions of dollars were released without oversight.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Exactly. People don't read. That's the problem. She played chess not checkers. The lower courts have more progressive judges so she sent it back to them.
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Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
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 1:15 PM
Lots of hard, shitty lessons being learned from this presidency. And one of the many I hope you're learning is, white supremacy is incompatible with reality, and cannot exist without historical revisionism.
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💜📚 Cover Reveal 📚💜
Love Is A Contact Sport by Frederick Smith
A Black, Queer, 2nd Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel. June 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social (6/16/26 pub date).
Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles.
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#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
Love Is A Contact Sport by Frederick Smith
A Black, Queer, 2nd Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel. June 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social (6/16/26 pub date).
Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles.
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#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
💜📚 Cover Reveal 📚💜
Love Is A Contact Sport by Frederick Smith
A Black, Queer, 2nd Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel. June 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social (6/16/26 pub date).
Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles.
💜💜💜💜💜
#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
Love Is A Contact Sport by Frederick Smith
A Black, Queer, 2nd Chance, College Reunion, MM Romance novel. June 2026 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social (6/16/26 pub date).
Cover design by Ray Jean-Gilles.
💜💜💜💜💜
#Romancelandia #BlackBookSky #LGBTQBookSky #BookSky #RomanceBookSky
This sounds messy.
*adds to tbr*
*adds to tbr*
“I used to date your brother. And you're four years younger.”
“My grandmother used to say, ‘a new broom sweeps well’. You know what that means?”
“No. What?”
“It means younger men do it better.”
Is your holiday decor already up? Then ’tis the season for unexpected romance!
#BlackBookSky #Holiday
🔗👇🏾
“My grandmother used to say, ‘a new broom sweeps well’. You know what that means?”
“No. What?”
“It means younger men do it better.”
Is your holiday decor already up? Then ’tis the season for unexpected romance!
#BlackBookSky #Holiday
🔗👇🏾
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This sounds messy.
*adds to tbr*
*adds to tbr*
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To frame this another way: there are a lot of decision-makers sounding the alarm about a "student reading crisis" while implementing policies in their districts and schools that are actively removing books from the hands of students
(And that's BEFORE we talk about the censorship going on, too)
(And that's BEFORE we talk about the censorship going on, too)
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
To frame this another way: there are a lot of decision-makers sounding the alarm about a "student reading crisis" while implementing policies in their districts and schools that are actively removing books from the hands of students
(And that's BEFORE we talk about the censorship going on, too)
(And that's BEFORE we talk about the censorship going on, too)
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Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
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Last year I could barely do a Top 8.
This year?! Battle for top 10 gonna be ugly because I feel like the end of the year is gonna come with some bangers.
This year?! Battle for top 10 gonna be ugly because I feel like the end of the year is gonna come with some bangers.
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Last year I could barely do a Top 8.
This year?! Battle for top 10 gonna be ugly because I feel like the end of the year is gonna come with some bangers.
This year?! Battle for top 10 gonna be ugly because I feel like the end of the year is gonna come with some bangers.