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Citizen.Coping

@propcazhpm.bsky.social

Omg, I love it.

The Civil War ended 1865. African American newspaper the Freedom's Torchlight, was teaching folks to read. 🥹

"To Make Negro Literature"
by Elizabeth McHenry

Read free #OpenAccess
#Blackademics #BlackSky

library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

(Also The Emancipation Circuit, T. Davis)

1.2 Front page of Freedman's Torchlight (December 1866), a newspaper designed to
provide basic literacy instruction, reading material, and lessons in political responsibility
to African American adults for whom formal schooling was inaccessible. Watkinson
Library, Trinity College Library, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

May 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM

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Grumpy dad energy

@fdsignifier.bsky.social

Ice is kidnapping black citizens in Chicago in the middle of the night.

October 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM

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Grumpy dad energy

@fdsignifier.bsky.social

Acab should include people who randomly accuse others of using AI for their thumbnails.

September 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM

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Black Nerd Problems

@blacknerdproblems.bsky.social

FINAL WEEK FOR CROWDFUNDING: www.kickstarter.com/projects/eye...

September 6, 2025 at 1:21 AM

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amy brown

@amybrown.xyz

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM

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工藤マコト

@makoto1101.bsky.social

September 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM

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✎𓂃joanna maciel

@joannamaciel.com

coolcoolcoolcool

September 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM

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Angel Callie 🪽⚖️

@angelcaliel.bsky.social

“After all, the initiative outright says that the danger of pornography is that it acts as a vector for the ‘transgender ideology.’”

If anyone needed evidence that their end goal is the erasure of queer visibility, and possibly even our existence itself, here it is. This is an existential threat.

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · Sep 3

www.polygon.com/steam-visa-m...

The censorship on Steam is coming for everyone on the internet

Game developers are being denied early access, while others are struggling to get paid in the saga involving Steam, Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal

www.polygon.com

September 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM

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[Santa’s Scotch Bonnet]

@jforjae.bsky.social

Outshallah 🫶🏽

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 31

Rudy Giuliani suffered severe injuries in a car accident last night, according to his spokesperson

August 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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Black Aziz Anansi

@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app

Please share

September 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM

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Undead mother

@mommyscarcass.bsky.social

(Comm art)
#myartiguess

A human version of Rainbow Dash in the panty and stocking art style, she has brown skin and her signature rainbow hair. Her jacket is blue like her coat and she wears jeans with a yellow chain attached. Her sneakers are elevated at the heel, with yellow bolts similar to the wonderbolts uniform.

A human version of Twilight Sparkle in the Panty and stocking art style. She's pressed against an invisible wall, mouth agape. She has a lavender dress with a pink vest. She wears dark purple stockings with an altered version of her cutie mark on it. Her hair is in a short, perfect bob.

July 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM

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Undead mother

@mommyscarcass.bsky.social

(Comm art) Finale
#myartiguess

A human version of Rarity in the panty and stocking art style, she is dark skinned and plus sized with a cute frilly pink, purple, and blue dress with white stocking and blue heels. She has on makeup with blue eyeliner, eyeshadow, and lipstick. Her hair is curled and pulled up in a ponytail with a big diamond hairtie. On her fingers you can see vitiligo spots, hinting that it may be covered by her makeup on her face.

A human version of Apple Jack in the panty and stocking art style, she has light brown skin and her hair is set in 2 braids. She has her iconic hat and wears a light green button up with apple buttons. Her jeans are bell bottoms that are bleached at the bottoms and covering her boots. The sides of her jeans have tassels and her belt has a half gold apple as the buckle. She's wearing brown gloves and is covered in freckles.

August 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM

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Anne 🩵🩷🤍 [נעמי יעל]

@tranniehathaway.bsky.social

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation pauses operations a day after Israeli artillery and warplanes killed 27 people attempting to reach an aid distribution site
www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-hu...

US-backed Gaza aid group suspends distribution to starving Palestinians for a day

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation pauses operations a day after Israeli artillery and warplanes killed 27 people attempting to reach an aid distribution site

www.middleeasteye.net

June 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM

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JΛKΣ✌️

@mothmanshadow.com

LAPD out there like

The popo pepper sprayed a sin bather in a a Georges Seurat painting

June 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM

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Unbound

@unboundsocials.bsky.social

Time is a mess. The truth? Even messier.

#TheParadoxParadox by @dan.nerdcubed.co.uk is a dark sci-fi comedy set hundreds of years in the future. It's also set a fair few years in the past..

Order a copy: unbound.com/products/paradox

#books #scifi #scifibooks #YouTube #book #NerdCubed