The Gray Sage
@walterdgreason.bsky.social
Historian. Economist. Professor. UX Designer.
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#tdih 1898 in Wilmington, NC:
-- massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
-- Black press & businesses burned
-- coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction era government #terrorism
💔
🧵including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
-- massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
-- Black press & businesses burned
-- coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction era government #terrorism
💔
🧵including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
Nov. 10, 1898: Wilmington Massacre
The elected and interracial Reconstruction era local government was deposed in a coup d’etat in Wilmington, North Carolina.
www.zinnedproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#tdih 1898 in Wilmington, NC:
-- massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
-- Black press & businesses burned
-- coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction era government #terrorism
💔
🧵including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
-- massacre of African Americans by white supremacists
-- Black press & businesses burned
-- coup d’etat of elected, interracial Reconstruction era government #terrorism
💔
🧵including Reconstruction lessons & @pbs.org doc ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wi...
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So Democrats get:
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
1. A CR that will prevent the GOP from facing the wrath of Americans for a shutdown over the holidays
2. A coupon for one (1) meaningless ACA vote that will fail
3. An end to the illegal RIF/SNAP moves that are already before the courts
Those all seem like wins for the GOP.
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Simon Says 🔥🔥🔥
I stuck to 4 so I could stick some images on but THIS track??? 😮💨
1st time I heard this I was in a club with my bf at the time, in Harare, on a Saturday night, on the dance floor, wearing a bespoke White & Gold fit & my beloved Reignman IIs!
The intro, the WTF 😳 expressions 🤣
🔊🔊🔊🔊
I stuck to 4 so I could stick some images on but THIS track??? 😮💨
1st time I heard this I was in a club with my bf at the time, in Harare, on a Saturday night, on the dance floor, wearing a bespoke White & Gold fit & my beloved Reignman IIs!
The intro, the WTF 😳 expressions 🤣
🔊🔊🔊🔊
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Simon Says 🔥🔥🔥
I stuck to 4 so I could stick some images on but THIS track??? 😮💨
1st time I heard this I was in a club with my bf at the time, in Harare, on a Saturday night, on the dance floor, wearing a bespoke White & Gold fit & my beloved Reignman IIs!
The intro, the WTF 😳 expressions 🤣
🔊🔊🔊🔊
I stuck to 4 so I could stick some images on but THIS track??? 😮💨
1st time I heard this I was in a club with my bf at the time, in Harare, on a Saturday night, on the dance floor, wearing a bespoke White & Gold fit & my beloved Reignman IIs!
The intro, the WTF 😳 expressions 🤣
🔊🔊🔊🔊
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Circulating on Threads as to who’s in favor (for what it is worth)
@senjackyrosen - NV
@senatorbaldwin -WI
@senfettermanpa - PA
@senatorhassan - NH
@senossoff - GA
@anguskingmaine -ME
@sengarypeters - MI
@senatordurbin - IL
@senatorshaheen - NH
@senmarkkelly - AZ
@senslotkin - MI
@senjackyrosen - NV
@senatorbaldwin -WI
@senfettermanpa - PA
@senatorhassan - NH
@senossoff - GA
@anguskingmaine -ME
@sengarypeters - MI
@senatordurbin - IL
@senatorshaheen - NH
@senmarkkelly - AZ
@senslotkin - MI
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Circulating on Threads as to who’s in favor (for what it is worth)
@senjackyrosen - NV
@senatorbaldwin -WI
@senfettermanpa - PA
@senatorhassan - NH
@senossoff - GA
@anguskingmaine -ME
@sengarypeters - MI
@senatordurbin - IL
@senatorshaheen - NH
@senmarkkelly - AZ
@senslotkin - MI
@senjackyrosen - NV
@senatorbaldwin -WI
@senfettermanpa - PA
@senatorhassan - NH
@senossoff - GA
@anguskingmaine -ME
@sengarypeters - MI
@senatordurbin - IL
@senatorshaheen - NH
@senmarkkelly - AZ
@senslotkin - MI
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Glad this appeared in @chicagotribune.com today. Includes signatures of CEOs of Chicago & Illinois Chambers of Commerce & other business folks, & from faith & philanthropic sectors. But worth noting how few business types actually signed, & that some of these business orgs helped get us here.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Glad this appeared in @chicagotribune.com today. Includes signatures of CEOs of Chicago & Illinois Chambers of Commerce & other business folks, & from faith & philanthropic sectors. But worth noting how few business types actually signed, & that some of these business orgs helped get us here.
Simon Says, Pharoahe Monch
Haters’ Anthem, Jean Grae
Industrial Revolution, Immortal Technique
Battle Cry, Army of the Pharoahs
Guillotinz, Raekwon f. Rebel INS
The Abduction, Tony Touch f. Wu-Tang
Nat Turner, Reef the Lost Cauze
Just Begun, Black Star f. Electronica, Cole
Haters’ Anthem, Jean Grae
Industrial Revolution, Immortal Technique
Battle Cry, Army of the Pharoahs
Guillotinz, Raekwon f. Rebel INS
The Abduction, Tony Touch f. Wu-Tang
Nat Turner, Reef the Lost Cauze
Just Begun, Black Star f. Electronica, Cole
#Blacksky What's a song that makes you do this? Is it the beat, the lyrics, or what?
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Simon Says, Pharoahe Monch
Haters’ Anthem, Jean Grae
Industrial Revolution, Immortal Technique
Battle Cry, Army of the Pharoahs
Guillotinz, Raekwon f. Rebel INS
The Abduction, Tony Touch f. Wu-Tang
Nat Turner, Reef the Lost Cauze
Just Begun, Black Star f. Electronica, Cole
Haters’ Anthem, Jean Grae
Industrial Revolution, Immortal Technique
Battle Cry, Army of the Pharoahs
Guillotinz, Raekwon f. Rebel INS
The Abduction, Tony Touch f. Wu-Tang
Nat Turner, Reef the Lost Cauze
Just Begun, Black Star f. Electronica, Cole
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Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Martha Rich, a commercial and fine artist based in Philadelphia #WomensArt
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Welcome to November! Do you love indie fiction? Love supporting it? We hope you'll see our work. (And tell people about it!) 💜 #Booksky
Atthis Arts 2025 Visibility
We hope you love our work.
www.atthisarts.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Welcome to November! Do you love indie fiction? Love supporting it? We hope you'll see our work. (And tell people about it!) 💜 #Booksky
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From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Teachers #Teacher #Professor #Fiction #Librarian #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Teachers #Teacher #Professor #Fiction #Librarian #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism
From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Teachers #Teacher #Professor #Fiction #Librarian #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Teachers #Teacher #Professor #Fiction #Librarian #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism
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🌞 sun ra
✨ space is the place
the music is different here
the vibrations are different
not like planet earth
☁️ #sunra #spaceistheplace
🌐 #futurejazz #afrofuturism
✨ space is the place
the music is different here
the vibrations are different
not like planet earth
☁️ #sunra #spaceistheplace
🌐 #futurejazz #afrofuturism
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🌞 sun ra
✨ space is the place
the music is different here
the vibrations are different
not like planet earth
☁️ #sunra #spaceistheplace
🌐 #futurejazz #afrofuturism
✨ space is the place
the music is different here
the vibrations are different
not like planet earth
☁️ #sunra #spaceistheplace
🌐 #futurejazz #afrofuturism
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Got my advance copy of @mkn.bsky.social’s latest book today and I’m geeked to read it. On presale now and available in March. Stay tuned! #booksky #HATM 📚💙
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Got my advance copy of @mkn.bsky.social’s latest book today and I’m geeked to read it. On presale now and available in March. Stay tuned! #booksky #HATM 📚💙
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Albert Camus (1913-60)
Born in Algeria, he moved to Paris in 1940 and finished 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 as tanks rolled into the city.
"A writer cannot put himself today in the service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
Born in Algeria, he moved to Paris in 1940 and finished 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 as tanks rolled into the city.
"A writer cannot put himself today in the service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Albert Camus (1913-60)
Born in Algeria, he moved to Paris in 1940 and finished 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 as tanks rolled into the city.
"A writer cannot put himself today in the service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
Born in Algeria, he moved to Paris in 1940 and finished 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 as tanks rolled into the city.
"A writer cannot put himself today in the service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
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November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
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November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Important new work from BLACK WHITE AND READ! #booksky
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Important new work from BLACK WHITE AND READ! #booksky
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“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“The problem is that when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.”
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“Love isn’t often a loud expression, a big gesture, or a showy offering. It’s felt more than seen. ‘Love by the way you walk, the way you sit, the way you eat. This world very much needs love.’” Thich Nhat Hanh #kindness
October 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Love isn’t often a loud expression, a big gesture, or a showy offering. It’s felt more than seen. ‘Love by the way you walk, the way you sit, the way you eat. This world very much needs love.’” Thich Nhat Hanh #kindness
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"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering.
Out of a fear of the unknown,
- they prefer suffering that is familiar."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
from the book: "Fragrant Palm Leaves"
Via "Just Dharma Quotes" 🙏❤️
Out of a fear of the unknown,
- they prefer suffering that is familiar."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
from the book: "Fragrant Palm Leaves"
Via "Just Dharma Quotes" 🙏❤️
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering.
Out of a fear of the unknown,
- they prefer suffering that is familiar."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
from the book: "Fragrant Palm Leaves"
Via "Just Dharma Quotes" 🙏❤️
Out of a fear of the unknown,
- they prefer suffering that is familiar."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
from the book: "Fragrant Palm Leaves"
Via "Just Dharma Quotes" 🙏❤️
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“The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Rise and shine my friends. You are what love looks like ❤️
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Rise and shine my friends. You are what love looks like ❤️
October 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Rise and shine my friends. You are what love looks like ❤️
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Rise and shine my friends. You are what love looks like ❤️
Learn more ancient history this weekend. It will put the present issues in perspective.
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Learn more ancient history this weekend. It will put the present issues in perspective.
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism
Every past was once a future. #afrofuturism