Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’

Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.

For the fifth straight day - hundreds of students - joined in solidarity with teachers and community members - walked out of at least seven different high schools in Los Angeles, while other schools across the US, also continue to see student strike actions against ICE raids and beyond.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.

No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.

Hate has no home here.

BREAKING: Physicists found a never-before-seen quasiparticle that only has mass when moving in one direction.

It's known as the semi-Dirac fermion, and the breakthrough could change quantum physics.

Learn more: journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...

How are we Honoring Black Excellence & Equity in Leadership, Cannabis, and Beyond?

As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, it’s critical to uplift the voices of leaders who challenge outdated systems & carve paths in business Leadership.

Name some who deserve a shout out, below 👀 👇🏽

Tech elites, fueled by an ideology that embraces capitalist monarchy, helped Trump win the election. Now he's ramming through mass infrastructure projects to fuel AI - which will only accelerate jobs lost to automation. The future is here, you just weren’t invited. itsgoingdown.org/good-night-t...

The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers!

Read, print & distro freely!

Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social:

itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...

Shut down the Senate: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

God bless

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.

It’s Tuesday, and the latest episode of “Planted with Sara Payan” is LIVE!

This week, Sara sits down with Luna Stower, Head of Impact at #Ispire.

⛓️‍💥 radiomisfits.com/psp139/

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@lunastower.bsky.social on “Roots vs Suits” in the latest episode of Planted!

Listen to full episode, here: radiomisfits.com/psp139/

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#Ispire #cannabis #cannabisindustry #marketing #womeninweed #podcasts

Happy Monday!

Here’s what’s happening at “Planted with Sara Payan” this week.

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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported 36 million cases of suspected child rape media in 2023, containing 100 million files.

An overwhelming 85% of child rape media distribution came from Zuckerberg's Meta—primarily Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. #OpDeathEaters 🧵

I would absolutely read a 5,000-word deep-dive on whatever high-powered PR agency is charging Mark Zuckerberg tens of millions of dollars to shape his public image as a bootlicking scrub

Happy to move on over from #META to Blue Sky... Who's out there ? 📢