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Drupal Dev. Dad of cat. Voice of Devon in How It Ends (https://howitendspodcast.com).
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Post of the Day (PotD). 🎧
Random thoughts. 🧠
Bits of joy. 😹
Geeking out: Open Source. Writing. Books. Movies. Podcasts. Music. VO/Narration. EVs. Cycling.
he/him
🇺🇸🇳🇬🇹🇹🇬🇧
Post of the Day (PotD). 🎧
Random thoughts. 🧠
Bits of joy. 😹
Geeking out: Open Source. Writing. Books. Movies. Podcasts. Music. VO/Narration. EVs. Cycling.
🎧PotW: The African History of Africa | WBUR On Point
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
See also:
share.libbyapp.com/title/10716896
#blacksy
#booksky
#podcastrecommendations
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
See also:
share.libbyapp.com/title/10716896
#blacksy
#booksky
#podcastrecommendations
An African history of Africa with Zeinab Badawi
Everybody’s heard about Ancient Egypt. But just downriver, the kingdom of Kush was one of the most powerful states in the Nile valley. Sudanese-British journalist Zeinab Badawi gives us a lesser-known...
www.wbur.org
August 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎧PotW: The African History of Africa | WBUR On Point
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
See also:
share.libbyapp.com/title/10716896
#blacksy
#booksky
#podcastrecommendations
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
See also:
share.libbyapp.com/title/10716896
#blacksy
#booksky
#podcastrecommendations
This weekend I went on the New Bedford (MA) Underground Railroad Walking Tour. Our NPS Park Ranger was amazing - knowledgeable and passionate about a community which historically prevented slave catchers from succeeding in their nefarious work.
#inspiration
#blacksky
#fuckice
@altnps.bsky.social
#inspiration
#blacksky
#fuckice
@altnps.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This weekend I went on the New Bedford (MA) Underground Railroad Walking Tour. Our NPS Park Ranger was amazing - knowledgeable and passionate about a community which historically prevented slave catchers from succeeding in their nefarious work.
#inspiration
#blacksky
#fuckice
@altnps.bsky.social
#inspiration
#blacksky
#fuckice
@altnps.bsky.social
📼PotD: "White Jesus" | @montemader.bsky.social on YouTube (2m40s)
youtu.be/G1VYrZh1Vvc
Happy Sunday. Stay blessed 🙏🏾
youtu.be/G1VYrZh1Vvc
Happy Sunday. Stay blessed 🙏🏾
"White Jesus" strikes again it seems.
YouTube video by Monte Mader
youtu.be
August 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
📼PotD: "White Jesus" | @montemader.bsky.social on YouTube (2m40s)
youtu.be/G1VYrZh1Vvc
Happy Sunday. Stay blessed 🙏🏾
youtu.be/G1VYrZh1Vvc
Happy Sunday. Stay blessed 🙏🏾
🎶 Newport Jazz Fest 2025: Day 1 Recap, pt. 1
- Ron Carter Quartet
- Preservation Hall Jazz
- Sofi Tucker
- Philadelphia Experiment
- Raye
- The Roots
The legendary Ron Carter kicked off the festival playing as smooth and powerfully as ever. A blessing to witness.
#newportjazz
#musicsky
#blacksky
- Ron Carter Quartet
- Preservation Hall Jazz
- Sofi Tucker
- Philadelphia Experiment
- Raye
- The Roots
The legendary Ron Carter kicked off the festival playing as smooth and powerfully as ever. A blessing to witness.
#newportjazz
#musicsky
#blacksky
August 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🎶 Newport Jazz Fest 2025: Day 1 Recap, pt. 1
- Ron Carter Quartet
- Preservation Hall Jazz
- Sofi Tucker
- Philadelphia Experiment
- Raye
- The Roots
The legendary Ron Carter kicked off the festival playing as smooth and powerfully as ever. A blessing to witness.
#newportjazz
#musicsky
#blacksky
- Ron Carter Quartet
- Preservation Hall Jazz
- Sofi Tucker
- Philadelphia Experiment
- Raye
- The Roots
The legendary Ron Carter kicked off the festival playing as smooth and powerfully as ever. A blessing to witness.
#newportjazz
#musicsky
#blacksky
📼PotD: The Hays Code | @ashleytheebarroness (2m20s)
youtube.com/shorts/m5RDy...
Per the late great Roger Ebert, film is an empathy generation machine. Learn how through The Hays Code Hollywood systematically generated antipathy towards Black people.
#youtuberecommendations
#burnhollywoodburn
youtube.com/shorts/m5RDy...
Per the late great Roger Ebert, film is an empathy generation machine. Learn how through The Hays Code Hollywood systematically generated antipathy towards Black people.
#youtuberecommendations
#burnhollywoodburn
The Hays Code #shortvideo #youtubeshorts #rememberinghistory #blackhistory #americanhistory
YouTube video by Ashley B
youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
📼PotD: The Hays Code | @ashleytheebarroness (2m20s)
youtube.com/shorts/m5RDy...
Per the late great Roger Ebert, film is an empathy generation machine. Learn how through The Hays Code Hollywood systematically generated antipathy towards Black people.
#youtuberecommendations
#burnhollywoodburn
youtube.com/shorts/m5RDy...
Per the late great Roger Ebert, film is an empathy generation machine. Learn how through The Hays Code Hollywood systematically generated antipathy towards Black people.
#youtuberecommendations
#burnhollywoodburn
Happy Freedom* Day
(* initial pull request, not yet passing code reviewed, just barely validated by code sniffers and de-linters but pushed out as "Version 1" release by the assholes in Marketing)
(* initial pull request, not yet passing code reviewed, just barely validated by code sniffers and de-linters but pushed out as "Version 1" release by the assholes in Marketing)
July 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Happy Freedom* Day
(* initial pull request, not yet passing code reviewed, just barely validated by code sniffers and de-linters but pushed out as "Version 1" release by the assholes in Marketing)
(* initial pull request, not yet passing code reviewed, just barely validated by code sniffers and de-linters but pushed out as "Version 1" release by the assholes in Marketing)
PotD: The Anti-Life Party | Takes by @jamellebouie.net (11m)
youtu.be/Em6hb2Mg0XA
I feel like this is more relevant now than when it was first posted.
#youtuberecommendations
youtu.be/Em6hb2Mg0XA
I feel like this is more relevant now than when it was first posted.
#youtuberecommendations
The Anti-Life Party
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
PotD: The Anti-Life Party | Takes by @jamellebouie.net (11m)
youtu.be/Em6hb2Mg0XA
I feel like this is more relevant now than when it was first posted.
#youtuberecommendations
youtu.be/Em6hb2Mg0XA
I feel like this is more relevant now than when it was first posted.
#youtuberecommendations
📼PotD: The Origins of Policing in America | Washington Post (7m)
youtu.be/eBvo2OE5kqM
#Juneteenth we celebrate true freedom and the continuing fight to realize it for all in America. ICE is nothing new. Only the latest in a long line of tools deployed by the powerful to rob us of freedom.
youtu.be/eBvo2OE5kqM
#Juneteenth we celebrate true freedom and the continuing fight to realize it for all in America. ICE is nothing new. Only the latest in a long line of tools deployed by the powerful to rob us of freedom.
The origins of policing in America | Perspective
YouTube video by Washington Post
youtu.be
June 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
📼PotD: The Origins of Policing in America | Washington Post (7m)
youtu.be/eBvo2OE5kqM
#Juneteenth we celebrate true freedom and the continuing fight to realize it for all in America. ICE is nothing new. Only the latest in a long line of tools deployed by the powerful to rob us of freedom.
youtu.be/eBvo2OE5kqM
#Juneteenth we celebrate true freedom and the continuing fight to realize it for all in America. ICE is nothing new. Only the latest in a long line of tools deployed by the powerful to rob us of freedom.
🖼️PotW: ICE and Superman | John Jennings
www.patreon.com/posts/131203...
A picture's worth a thousand words.
www.patreon.com/posts/131203...
A picture's worth a thousand words.
June 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🖼️PotW: ICE and Superman | John Jennings
www.patreon.com/posts/131203...
A picture's worth a thousand words.
www.patreon.com/posts/131203...
A picture's worth a thousand words.
Reposted by AFN
Our episode is out now:
June 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Our episode is out now:
Reposted by AFN
A reminder that Memorial Day is a Black holiday.“
The fact that the freed slaves’ Memorial Day tribute is not as well remembered is emblematic of the struggle that would follow, as African Americans’ fight to be fully recognized for their contributions to American society continues to this day.”
The fact that the freed slaves’ Memorial Day tribute is not as well remembered is emblematic of the struggle that would follow, as African Americans’ fight to be fully recognized for their contributions to American society continues to this day.”
The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day
Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865
time.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A reminder that Memorial Day is a Black holiday.“
The fact that the freed slaves’ Memorial Day tribute is not as well remembered is emblematic of the struggle that would follow, as African Americans’ fight to be fully recognized for their contributions to American society continues to this day.”
The fact that the freed slaves’ Memorial Day tribute is not as well remembered is emblematic of the struggle that would follow, as African Americans’ fight to be fully recognized for their contributions to American society continues to this day.”
🎧PotD: The Secret World Behind Those Scammy Text Messages | NPR Planet Money (34m)
www.npr.org/2025/05/23/1...
The secret: it's far more tragic than you think. And also, a harbinger of a future being shaped by a certain 🍊 someone and his acolytes.
#podcastrecommendations
www.npr.org/2025/05/23/1...
The secret: it's far more tragic than you think. And also, a harbinger of a future being shaped by a certain 🍊 someone and his acolytes.
#podcastrecommendations
May 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎧PotD: The Secret World Behind Those Scammy Text Messages | NPR Planet Money (34m)
www.npr.org/2025/05/23/1...
The secret: it's far more tragic than you think. And also, a harbinger of a future being shaped by a certain 🍊 someone and his acolytes.
#podcastrecommendations
www.npr.org/2025/05/23/1...
The secret: it's far more tragic than you think. And also, a harbinger of a future being shaped by a certain 🍊 someone and his acolytes.
#podcastrecommendations
🎧PotD: Ffff | The Allusionist (44m)
www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/...
Well fuck.
The prevailing mood (for me anyway) since at least last November. For some much needed levity, enjoy this enlightening discussion of that Swiss Army Knife of the English language: fuck
#podcastrecommendations
www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/...
Well fuck.
The prevailing mood (for me anyway) since at least last November. For some much needed levity, enjoy this enlightening discussion of that Swiss Army Knife of the English language: fuck
#podcastrecommendations
May 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🎧PotD: Ffff | The Allusionist (44m)
www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/...
Well fuck.
The prevailing mood (for me anyway) since at least last November. For some much needed levity, enjoy this enlightening discussion of that Swiss Army Knife of the English language: fuck
#podcastrecommendations
www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/...
Well fuck.
The prevailing mood (for me anyway) since at least last November. For some much needed levity, enjoy this enlightening discussion of that Swiss Army Knife of the English language: fuck
#podcastrecommendations
📺 30-Day Viral Health Trends Challenge | @speeed.co
youtu.be/nygR3g0-lts (47m)
My past lives as a bio researcher and EMT made me allergic to #health trends. This video surprised me in the best way possible! It even inspired my own Summer 2025 Challenge. More on that soon!
#youtuberecommendations
youtu.be/nygR3g0-lts (47m)
My past lives as a bio researcher and EMT made me allergic to #health trends. This video surprised me in the best way possible! It even inspired my own Summer 2025 Challenge. More on that soon!
#youtuberecommendations
I Tried 30 Viral Health Trends For 30 Days to See What's Worth It
YouTube video by Speeed
youtu.be
May 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
📺 30-Day Viral Health Trends Challenge | @speeed.co
youtu.be/nygR3g0-lts (47m)
My past lives as a bio researcher and EMT made me allergic to #health trends. This video surprised me in the best way possible! It even inspired my own Summer 2025 Challenge. More on that soon!
#youtuberecommendations
youtu.be/nygR3g0-lts (47m)
My past lives as a bio researcher and EMT made me allergic to #health trends. This video surprised me in the best way possible! It even inspired my own Summer 2025 Challenge. More on that soon!
#youtuberecommendations
Now get out there and make some memories!!!
🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how busy you were
- how many hours you worked
People will remember:
-that time the waitress said "enjoy your meal" and you said "you too"
-you hoped nobody noticed
-everybody noticed
-they think you're so dumb
- your salary
- how busy you were
- how many hours you worked
People will remember:
-that time the waitress said "enjoy your meal" and you said "you too"
-you hoped nobody noticed
-everybody noticed
-they think you're so dumb
May 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Now get out there and make some memories!!!
🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
📺PotW: SINNERS, man! w/Akela Cooper | Blackman Beyond (~2h15m)
A great discussion of Ryan Coogler's Sinners 😈🧛♂️ and all things creative, nerdy and Black with writers @marcbernardin.bsky.social and @akelacooper.bsky.social. It's a fun one! IYKYK!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
#postoftheweek
A great discussion of Ryan Coogler's Sinners 😈🧛♂️ and all things creative, nerdy and Black with writers @marcbernardin.bsky.social and @akelacooper.bsky.social. It's a fun one! IYKYK!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
#postoftheweek
Anyway, I hope you see Sinners. It is absolutely a film worth diving deep into. And i hope you listen to me and @akelacooper.bsky.social dig in on the latest Blackman Beyond. m.youtube.com/watch?v=XjZ8...
Blackman Beyond: SINNERS, man! With special guest Akela Cooper! - #446
YouTube video by Kevin Smith
m.youtube.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📺PotW: SINNERS, man! w/Akela Cooper | Blackman Beyond (~2h15m)
A great discussion of Ryan Coogler's Sinners 😈🧛♂️ and all things creative, nerdy and Black with writers @marcbernardin.bsky.social and @akelacooper.bsky.social. It's a fun one! IYKYK!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
#postoftheweek
A great discussion of Ryan Coogler's Sinners 😈🧛♂️ and all things creative, nerdy and Black with writers @marcbernardin.bsky.social and @akelacooper.bsky.social. It's a fun one! IYKYK!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
#postoftheweek
🎧 The Caribbean, Colonizers & Christianity | Not Just the Tudors (49 min)
shows.acast.com/not-just-the...
The Carib/Kalinago, Tainos and Lokonos were not erased and did not die out. They and their legacies live on in the Caribbean and throughout the diaspora.
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
shows.acast.com/not-just-the...
The Carib/Kalinago, Tainos and Lokonos were not erased and did not die out. They and their legacies live on in the Caribbean and throughout the diaspora.
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
The Caribbean, Colonisers & Christianity | Not Just the Tudors
The dynamic and complex encounters between Europeans and Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean following Columbus's arrival in 1492
shows.acast.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🎧 The Caribbean, Colonizers & Christianity | Not Just the Tudors (49 min)
shows.acast.com/not-just-the...
The Carib/Kalinago, Tainos and Lokonos were not erased and did not die out. They and their legacies live on in the Caribbean and throughout the diaspora.
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
shows.acast.com/not-just-the...
The Carib/Kalinago, Tainos and Lokonos were not erased and did not die out. They and their legacies live on in the Caribbean and throughout the diaspora.
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
🎧PotD: Preparing for a Colonoscopy | Butts and Guts (16m)
my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/but...
In honor of my gastro doc college roomie, us Gen Xers, and Chadwick Boseman (RIP), let's demystify colonoscopies. Esp for us Black folks. If 45+ y/o get checked!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/but...
In honor of my gastro doc college roomie, us Gen Xers, and Chadwick Boseman (RIP), let's demystify colonoscopies. Esp for us Black folks. If 45+ y/o get checked!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
Preparing for a Colonoscopy
On this episode of Butts and Guts, Cleveland Clinic gastroenterologist Dr. Christine Lee talks about what you need to know about preparing for a colonoscopy.
my.clevelandclinic.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🎧PotD: Preparing for a Colonoscopy | Butts and Guts (16m)
my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/but...
In honor of my gastro doc college roomie, us Gen Xers, and Chadwick Boseman (RIP), let's demystify colonoscopies. Esp for us Black folks. If 45+ y/o get checked!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/but...
In honor of my gastro doc college roomie, us Gen Xers, and Chadwick Boseman (RIP), let's demystify colonoscopies. Esp for us Black folks. If 45+ y/o get checked!
#podcastrecommendations
#blacksky
🎉Big congrats @talkingdrupal.bsky.social on Episode 500!!! Here's to the next 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣! talkingdrupal.com/500
Talking Drupal #500 - Community Edition | Talking Drupal
talkingdrupal.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🎉Big congrats @talkingdrupal.bsky.social on Episode 500!!! Here's to the next 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣! talkingdrupal.com/500
Reposted by AFN
Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
May 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
Reposted by AFN
New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social
Allow me to introduce y'all to Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the Interim President of the African nation of Burkina Faso. Let's learn about why America even cares he exists. Here's a hint... he's daring to not need the West.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Allow me to introduce y'all to Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the Interim President of the African nation of Burkina Faso. Let's learn about why America even cares he exists. Here's a hint... he's daring to not need the West.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
May 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New Hood Politics w/ @prophiphop.bsky.social
Allow me to introduce y'all to Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the Interim President of the African nation of Burkina Faso. Let's learn about why America even cares he exists. Here's a hint... he's daring to not need the West.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Allow me to introduce y'all to Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the Interim President of the African nation of Burkina Faso. Let's learn about why America even cares he exists. Here's a hint... he's daring to not need the West.
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
🎧PotD: Seeing White | Scene on Radio Podcast (14 episodes)
pca.st/episode/ba0c...
A semiannual reminder that if you haven't listened Scene on Radio's season 2 series Seeing White, what the actual fuck!? Er, I mean, do give it a listen. Highly recommend. 10/10.
#podcastrecommendations
pca.st/episode/ba0c...
A semiannual reminder that if you haven't listened Scene on Radio's season 2 series Seeing White, what the actual fuck!? Er, I mean, do give it a listen. Highly recommend. 10/10.
#podcastrecommendations
May 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🎧PotD: Seeing White | Scene on Radio Podcast (14 episodes)
pca.st/episode/ba0c...
A semiannual reminder that if you haven't listened Scene on Radio's season 2 series Seeing White, what the actual fuck!? Er, I mean, do give it a listen. Highly recommend. 10/10.
#podcastrecommendations
pca.st/episode/ba0c...
A semiannual reminder that if you haven't listened Scene on Radio's season 2 series Seeing White, what the actual fuck!? Er, I mean, do give it a listen. Highly recommend. 10/10.
#podcastrecommendations
I tried to put the jeans away a little too soon.
#springinnewengland
#springinnewengland
a group of basketball players are playing a game of basketball on a court
ALT: a group of basketball players are playing a game of basketball on a court
media.tenor.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I tried to put the jeans away a little too soon.
#springinnewengland
#springinnewengland
Seconding Samurai Champloo! Best intro and outro! 🎶
RIP Nujabes
RIP Nujabes
May 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Seconding Samurai Champloo! Best intro and outro! 🎶
RIP Nujabes
RIP Nujabes