Randolph Potts
@rpotts-sawubona.bsky.social
Licensed Clinical Psychologist Health Psychologist Community Psychologist ABPsi life member African/Black Psychology Psycho-Oncology.
You can help protect our Immigrant community in Memphis!
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You can help protect our Immigrant community in Memphis!
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
You can help protect our Immigrant community in Memphis!
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You can help protect our Immigrant community in Memphis!
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
We have a training for volunteers who would like to answer calls on our hotline. Volunteers must be bilingual in Spanish and English, with access to a laptop and internet. Sign up at bit.ly/vecindarios901 Anótese en bit.ly/vecindarios901
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
RSF Drone Attack Strikes a Kindergarten in Sudan, Kills 50
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Deadly attack on kindergarten reported in Sudan
Drone strikes on a town in South Kordofan on Thursday are said to have killed at least 50 people.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
RSF Drone Attack Strikes a Kindergarten in Sudan, Kills 50
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Come to my book event queen? Seriously can we have some butts in the seats at this bookstore next Friday? Welcome one & all near DC & spread word!
Join me & author Jamila Minicks at Sankofa books in DC in just 2 weeks for the first event discussing my novella FES IS A MIRROR! It’s guaranteed to be popping, lit, & woke & we’d love to share this moment with you! Register here, it’s free or by donation or you can get a ticket including the book!
Book Event - Fes Is a Mirror: A Novella with Author Chantal James | sankofa-dc
Join us for an evening with acclaimed Washington, DC–based author Chantal James, as she presents her latest novella, published October 28, 2025.
Be part of the discussion, meet the author, and explor...
www.sankofa.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Come to my book event queen? Seriously can we have some butts in the seats at this bookstore next Friday? Welcome one & all near DC & spread word!
Toward Algorithmic Justice in Africa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhx...
African Voices in AI | The Nairobi Conversation
YouTube video by Algorithmic Justice League
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Toward Algorithmic Justice in Africa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYhx...
Your new healthcare is now available.
Caution: With this healthcare plan,
tomorrow morning you will not be "woke".
Caution: With this healthcare plan,
tomorrow morning you will not be "woke".
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Your new healthcare is now available.
Caution: With this healthcare plan,
tomorrow morning you will not be "woke".
Caution: With this healthcare plan,
tomorrow morning you will not be "woke".
Reposted by Randolph Potts
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
1/6
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🧵
Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
1/6
Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.
Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...
🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay
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A stunning cover and a meaningful step for representation.
Wicked for Good star, Marissa Bode appears on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Viet Nam. This marks the first time a person who uses a wheelchair is on the cover.
Wicked for Good star, Marissa Bode appears on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Viet Nam. This marks the first time a person who uses a wheelchair is on the cover.
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A stunning cover and a meaningful step for representation.
Wicked for Good star, Marissa Bode appears on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Viet Nam. This marks the first time a person who uses a wheelchair is on the cover.
Wicked for Good star, Marissa Bode appears on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Viet Nam. This marks the first time a person who uses a wheelchair is on the cover.
Right on the heels of Chadwick Boseman receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- new published article:
A Wakanda Within Reach: Black Panther and the Mental Health of Black Men.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Wakanda Within Reach: Black Panther and the Mental Health of Black Men.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Wakanda Within Reach: Black Panther and the Mental Health of Black Men
This article examines Black Panther’s T’Challa as a therapeutic framework for understanding the mental health journeys of Black men and boys. Drawing from decades of comic book storytelling and cin...
www.tandfonline.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Right on the heels of Chadwick Boseman receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- new published article:
A Wakanda Within Reach: Black Panther and the Mental Health of Black Men.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Wakanda Within Reach: Black Panther and the Mental Health of Black Men.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Zahrah the Windseeker
Winner of the The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature
In the northern Ooni Kingdom 13 year old Zahrah Tsami feels like a normal kid – she grows her own flora computer; has mirrors sewn onto her cloths; and stays clear of the Forbidden Greeny Jungle.
nnedi.com/books/zahrah...
Winner of the The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature
In the northern Ooni Kingdom 13 year old Zahrah Tsami feels like a normal kid – she grows her own flora computer; has mirrors sewn onto her cloths; and stays clear of the Forbidden Greeny Jungle.
nnedi.com/books/zahrah...
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Zahrah the Windseeker
Winner of the The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature
In the northern Ooni Kingdom 13 year old Zahrah Tsami feels like a normal kid – she grows her own flora computer; has mirrors sewn onto her cloths; and stays clear of the Forbidden Greeny Jungle.
nnedi.com/books/zahrah...
Winner of the The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature
In the northern Ooni Kingdom 13 year old Zahrah Tsami feels like a normal kid – she grows her own flora computer; has mirrors sewn onto her cloths; and stays clear of the Forbidden Greeny Jungle.
nnedi.com/books/zahrah...
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Memphis on ICE,
While being contaminated to enrich the world's richest man
(Bringing to mind the title of the recently departed Jamil Al-Amin's [H. Rap Brown's] Political Autobiography published in 1969
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT...
While being contaminated to enrich the world's richest man
(Bringing to mind the title of the recently departed Jamil Al-Amin's [H. Rap Brown's] Political Autobiography published in 1969
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT...
Task Force Taps Motel Guest Registries
Without warrants, feds and police are requesting guest data, renewing questions about MPD’s involvement in immigration enforcement.
www.memphisflyer.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Memphis on ICE,
While being contaminated to enrich the world's richest man
(Bringing to mind the title of the recently departed Jamil Al-Amin's [H. Rap Brown's] Political Autobiography published in 1969
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT...
While being contaminated to enrich the world's richest man
(Bringing to mind the title of the recently departed Jamil Al-Amin's [H. Rap Brown's] Political Autobiography published in 1969
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT...
Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, helped orchestrate a decades-long scheme that brought more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S. He was convicted in a sweeping case last year, but President Trump said on Friday that he would pardon Hernandez. nyti.ms/3KyKxHx
December 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Juan Orlando Hernández, former president of Honduras, helped orchestrate a decades-long scheme that brought more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S. He was convicted in a sweeping case last year, but President Trump said on Friday that he would pardon Hernandez. nyti.ms/3KyKxHx
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
A conversation with aja monet on organizing from a place of love, the legacy of the Maroons and the urgency of art at a time when artists & cultural workers are under attack and the Trump administration slashes funding for places where creativity & community thrive.
inthesetimes.com/article/art-...
inthesetimes.com/article/art-...
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A conversation with aja monet on organizing from a place of love, the legacy of the Maroons and the urgency of art at a time when artists & cultural workers are under attack and the Trump administration slashes funding for places where creativity & community thrive.
inthesetimes.com/article/art-...
inthesetimes.com/article/art-...
Unmasking AI, Elon Musk’s Grok (“MechaHitler”)
& the "New Jim Code"
aas.princeton.edu/publications...
www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1...
prospect.org/2025/07/17/2...
& the "New Jim Code"
aas.princeton.edu/publications...
www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1...
prospect.org/2025/07/17/2...
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Unmasking AI, Elon Musk’s Grok (“MechaHitler”)
& the "New Jim Code"
aas.princeton.edu/publications...
www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1...
prospect.org/2025/07/17/2...
& the "New Jim Code"
aas.princeton.edu/publications...
www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1...
prospect.org/2025/07/17/2...
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rest in power Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Kwame Ture and Imam Jamil Al-Amin - For the Love of the People
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
rest in power Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
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London fam! @nisrinelamin.bsky.social is going to be in town next week!
and for the rest of us who are not in london, we can join virtually!
lse.ac.uk/events/the-p...
and for the rest of us who are not in london, we can join virtually!
lse.ac.uk/events/the-p...
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
London fam! @nisrinelamin.bsky.social is going to be in town next week!
and for the rest of us who are not in london, we can join virtually!
lse.ac.uk/events/the-p...
and for the rest of us who are not in london, we can join virtually!
lse.ac.uk/events/the-p...
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
RFK JR KILLING HIS OWN COUSIN 💀?
Tatiana Schlossberg is dying from leukemia while cousin Bobby guts the cancer research keeping her alive. She's in CAR-T trials at Sloan-Kettering - trials he just defunded. Her chemo is from govmt-funded research he calls wasteful.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Tatiana Schlossberg is dying from leukemia while cousin Bobby guts the cancer research keeping her alive. She's in CAR-T trials at Sloan-Kettering - trials he just defunded. Her chemo is from govmt-funded research he calls wasteful.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
JFK's granddaughter criticizes RFK Jr.; says she has terminal cancer
Schlossberg minced no words about the damage she believes Kennedy’s actions have and will inflict on cancer patients and on medical research.
www.usatoday.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
RFK JR KILLING HIS OWN COUSIN 💀?
Tatiana Schlossberg is dying from leukemia while cousin Bobby guts the cancer research keeping her alive. She's in CAR-T trials at Sloan-Kettering - trials he just defunded. Her chemo is from govmt-funded research he calls wasteful.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Tatiana Schlossberg is dying from leukemia while cousin Bobby guts the cancer research keeping her alive. She's in CAR-T trials at Sloan-Kettering - trials he just defunded. Her chemo is from govmt-funded research he calls wasteful.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...