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In 1857, Thomas Howland became Providence, RI's first Black elected official.
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In 1857, Thomas Howland became Providence, RI's first Black elected official.
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
Later that year, he decided to emigrate to Liberia with his wife & daughter after the Dred Scott case denied Black people protections of U.S. citizenship. He was denied a passport.
Thomas Howland, 1856
John Blanchard
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Churches should provide therapists for their congregation
Obviously the government should be too…but that’s a separate conversation
Obviously the government should be too…but that’s a separate conversation
October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Churches should provide therapists for their congregation
Obviously the government should be too…but that’s a separate conversation
Obviously the government should be too…but that’s a separate conversation
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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy
President John F Kennedy
October 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy
President John F Kennedy
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Pretending, under such circumstances, that we can simply "election" & "normalcy" our way out of this problem is not only unserious, but borders on complicity & fascist accommodation. Time to wake the fuck up.
August 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Pretending, under such circumstances, that we can simply "election" & "normalcy" our way out of this problem is not only unserious, but borders on complicity & fascist accommodation. Time to wake the fuck up.
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Folger Library offer free online-only subscription which gets you access to JSTOR and a load of other stuff!
August 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Folger Library offer free online-only subscription which gets you access to JSTOR and a load of other stuff!
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At one point, Sandra Day O'Connor founded an internet company to teach people civics. I just looked it up and it still exists!
August 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
At one point, Sandra Day O'Connor founded an internet company to teach people civics. I just looked it up and it still exists!
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"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
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"Advisory opinions are technically non-binding but are considered authoritative because they summarise existing law...They are expected to be used in future litigation and to bolster political negotiations."
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Advisory opinions are technically non-binding but are considered authoritative because they summarise existing law...They are expected to be used in future litigation and to bolster political negotiations."
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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When you see people talking about getting 3.5% of a population protesting, they are citing Erica Chenoweth.
July 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
When you see people talking about getting 3.5% of a population protesting, they are citing Erica Chenoweth.
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
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The genius of the Wired people, as I see it from outside, is that they very quickly saw how a specific model of _tech_ reporting could be much more easily adapted into a closely related model of _political_ reporting, in a world where actual and organizational technology is urgently relevant.
July 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The genius of the Wired people, as I see it from outside, is that they very quickly saw how a specific model of _tech_ reporting could be much more easily adapted into a closely related model of _political_ reporting, in a world where actual and organizational technology is urgently relevant.
I need some meta-data analysis on Sandra Bland’s surveillance footage…MF’n stat!
okay so I think we are finally ready as a people to talk about the real truth of Lee Harvey Oswald
The nearly three-minute discrepancy may be related to the widely reported one-minute gap—between 11:58:58 pm and 12:00:00 am—that attorney general Pam Bondi has attributed to a nightly system reset.
Read more:
www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
Read more:
www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
July 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I need some meta-data analysis on Sandra Bland’s surveillance footage…MF’n stat!
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A benefit of the #SaveOurSigns campaign is we get to learn about all the national parks. Have you been to Reconstruction Era National Historical Park? It includes the Penn Center where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC staff planned the Poor People's Campaign! www.nps.gov/reer/index.htm
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
The Reconstruction era,1861-1900 the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, economi...
www.nps.gov
July 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A benefit of the #SaveOurSigns campaign is we get to learn about all the national parks. Have you been to Reconstruction Era National Historical Park? It includes the Penn Center where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC staff planned the Poor People's Campaign! www.nps.gov/reer/index.htm
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I urge the world: don’t forget the people of #Sudan.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
June 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I urge the world: don’t forget the people of #Sudan.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
Ongoing fighting has displaced more people than in any other crisis.
Health facilities are out of service or providing limited care.
Diseases are spreading fast.
We need urgent funding.
We need access to make sure people receive health care.
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Sorry, what?
Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
June 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Sorry, what?
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The gutter sees it all.
June 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The gutter sees it all.
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Father’s Day seems like the perfect time to pay tribute to the Godfather of House music Frankie knuckles.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9I...
#BlackMusicMonth #PrideMonth #MusicSky
music.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9I...
#BlackMusicMonth #PrideMonth #MusicSky
June 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Father’s Day seems like the perfect time to pay tribute to the Godfather of House music Frankie knuckles.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9I...
#BlackMusicMonth #PrideMonth #MusicSky
music.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9I...
#BlackMusicMonth #PrideMonth #MusicSky