Mercy Thokozane Minah
@iamafreedom.bsky.social
maker. (b. 1992). free all oppressed people! [commissions open]
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hello & welcome to everyone who's followed me onhere 😊💕 I'll be sharing art more frequently from March. but if you'd like to keep up with insights on new and retrospective work, I have a recently started Patreon. I'm also taking commissions for custom art 💋 www.patreon.com/MercyThokoza...
May 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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If you actually give a shit about diversity and inclusion in the book community? You have to read INTENTIONALLY! This is one of the reasons I track my book data because I can go down my list of books I have read last year and note on what type of books I need to read more of.
February 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you actually give a shit about diversity and inclusion in the book community? You have to read INTENTIONALLY! This is one of the reasons I track my book data because I can go down my list of books I have read last year and note on what type of books I need to read more of.
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And there it is. Same holds for activists, writers, "free speech" orgs, arts institutions and everyone else who has been silent for 15 months.
February 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
And there it is. Same holds for activists, writers, "free speech" orgs, arts institutions and everyone else who has been silent for 15 months.
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I think I've found a way to articulate what bothers me about the trajectory of the modern tech industry (and to some extent... society).
We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it.
This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.
We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it.
This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.
February 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I think I've found a way to articulate what bothers me about the trajectory of the modern tech industry (and to some extent... society).
We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it.
This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.
We are on this Earth to provide for each other. That's the "mission" of humanity as I see it.
This is incompatible with what the tech industry seeks to do.
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apples, painted by james marion shull, 1912
February 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
apples, painted by james marion shull, 1912
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So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!
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burbank no. 2 plums, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1900
February 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
burbank no. 2 plums, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1900
hello & welcome to everyone who's followed me onhere 😊💕 I'll be sharing art more frequently from March. but if you'd like to keep up with insights on new and retrospective work, I have a recently started Patreon. I'm also taking commissions for custom art 💋 www.patreon.com/MercyThokoza...
February 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
hello & welcome to everyone who's followed me onhere 😊💕 I'll be sharing art more frequently from March. but if you'd like to keep up with insights on new and retrospective work, I have a recently started Patreon. I'm also taking commissions for custom art 💋 www.patreon.com/MercyThokoza...
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One of my favorite artists @iamafreedom.bsky.social is creating art of Black queer love. I want to highlight them this month. They are open for commissions now and I recently got mine back. Look at this literally gorgeous portrait of my wife and I. #blacksky #queersky
February 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One of my favorite artists @iamafreedom.bsky.social is creating art of Black queer love. I want to highlight them this month. They are open for commissions now and I recently got mine back. Look at this literally gorgeous portrait of my wife and I. #blacksky #queersky
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Y’all, please read this Blinkist excerpt from The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han 🥹
December 20, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Y’all, please read this Blinkist excerpt from The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han 🥹
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words are a personal palette, in the mind and on paper... and the colors we choose to paint with will always be the most beautiful mystery, to me
December 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
words are a personal palette, in the mind and on paper... and the colors we choose to paint with will always be the most beautiful mystery, to me
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Philly has beautiful murals all over the place. Here is one you can’t see from the ground - only from our hotel window
December 20, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Philly has beautiful murals all over the place. Here is one you can’t see from the ground - only from our hotel window
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you think you don't matter but i notice it every time a bee or squirrel or cat or bird doesn't show up where i'm used to seeing them every tree makes a sound when it falls
December 20, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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gifted myself a haircut, new sketchpad and pretty rings for surviving this wild ass year. #Blackskyover30 #art @bsky.art
December 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
gifted myself a haircut, new sketchpad and pretty rings for surviving this wild ass year. #Blackskyover30 #art @bsky.art
December 20, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Lying is so awesome. Crafting reality is usually the provenance of gods and kings, but with one word, I can be the most interesting person at a party, the highest ranking person at a meeting or the least qualified person currently operating heavy machinery.
December 19, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Lying is so awesome. Crafting reality is usually the provenance of gods and kings, but with one word, I can be the most interesting person at a party, the highest ranking person at a meeting or the least qualified person currently operating heavy machinery.
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I want to go on a fun date. Something active like dancing lol.
December 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I want to go on a fun date. Something active like dancing lol.
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Some days I open my journal and begin with:
"I want to hurt someone so bad today, and ugly cry while doing it."
Whew... Life. 🤷🏾♀️😥
"I want to hurt someone so bad today, and ugly cry while doing it."
Whew... Life. 🤷🏾♀️😥
December 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Some days I open my journal and begin with:
"I want to hurt someone so bad today, and ugly cry while doing it."
Whew... Life. 🤷🏾♀️😥
"I want to hurt someone so bad today, and ugly cry while doing it."
Whew... Life. 🤷🏾♀️😥
December 19, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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It’s okay to learn you were wrong to judge or to be annoyed or even just that your perspective was incomplete. What matters is how you move forward with the information.
There’s far too much “well I guess I can see that but I’m still annoyed.” What are you, 4?
There’s far too much “well I guess I can see that but I’m still annoyed.” What are you, 4?
December 18, 2024 at 11:10 PM
It’s okay to learn you were wrong to judge or to be annoyed or even just that your perspective was incomplete. What matters is how you move forward with the information.
There’s far too much “well I guess I can see that but I’m still annoyed.” What are you, 4?
There’s far too much “well I guess I can see that but I’m still annoyed.” What are you, 4?
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i learn lessons about why love is important & hate too. why joy is important & anger too. why distance is important & closeness too. why it’s important to forgive & to withhold forgiveness. why considering others but never betraying yourself is important. so much balancing tryna get it just right.
December 14, 2024 at 10:11 PM
i learn lessons about why love is important & hate too. why joy is important & anger too. why distance is important & closeness too. why it’s important to forgive & to withhold forgiveness. why considering others but never betraying yourself is important. so much balancing tryna get it just right.
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i learn lessons of the opposite nature over & over until i conclude with a balanced perspective. swaying between two extremes often to know how choosing & sacrificing feels. learning what i need & want and what i could do without, what can’t coexist & what can. weighing and measuring right & wrong.
December 14, 2024 at 10:11 PM
i learn lessons of the opposite nature over & over until i conclude with a balanced perspective. swaying between two extremes often to know how choosing & sacrificing feels. learning what i need & want and what i could do without, what can’t coexist & what can. weighing and measuring right & wrong.
I know false starts are a thing but does false... momentum also exist? where it's like a true start and you're propelled forward but the wind that's meant to carry you across whatever new height, just... falls flat? I feel like I went from perpetual false starts to momentum that just plateaus.
December 18, 2024 at 8:32 PM
I know false starts are a thing but does false... momentum also exist? where it's like a true start and you're propelled forward but the wind that's meant to carry you across whatever new height, just... falls flat? I feel like I went from perpetual false starts to momentum that just plateaus.