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afrofuturist, professor by day, author of fiction and smut by night, summer kayaker, winter hermit, & proud member of the 92%
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This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10

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This is so important. No pretenses. Speak the truth. Because it’s time now to start ensuring that record is crystal clear.

#sinners

Nice parallel with SINNERS.

How did I know they would completely defund Headstart? They wrote it down in Project 2025 .

To all My Earpers #WynonnaEarp 😉

been annoyed about how “self care” is marketed 1) to the ladies and 2) is still ultimately about improving your appearance in some way. Why can’t it be self care when i sit in the grass for an hour listening to the birds and getting high. Riddle me that one, capitalist dickbags

Love her. ♥️

SINNERS. Go see it. In a theater. 70mm if possible. I’d read nothing about the movie, watched no trailers — went in blind and was BLOWN AWAY. And Delroy Lindo better get an Oscar nomination.

Let me get this straight: Fringe extremist infiltrates a major political party, rises to the rank of Vice President, throws around diplomatic weight to force a meeting with the Pope, and then MURDERS said Pope? Folks. This is a Dan Brown novel.

If someone is arguing against due process, just ask them if they believe someone is innocent until proven guilty. It's the same thing.

Counter-argument: You should use Sinners to springboard yourself into some other Black American horror like the following

#Sinners syllabus

Aaaaaand another lane opens for China — whose influence in Africa is already ascendant.

People want institutions to stand up www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

Confirmed cases of measles in the US. 2020: 13 2021: 49 2022: 121 2023: 59 2024: 285 Total cases: 527 (5-years) 2025: (first 90 days) 628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.

The National Park Service quietly edited its website about the Underground Railroad to remove key references and quotes from Harriet Tubman and soften its language about slavery

If it is at all possible for you, i cannot more strongly recommend having friends over for dinner. Doesn't need to be a fancy dinner party. Just, physically hang out with people you like for a few hours. It rules. Community!!!!!

Boat derangement syndrome

Stop calling them layoffs, and start calling them what they are: purges.

We’re proud to be one of the first organisations conducting in-depth research into people of colour’s relationship with nature in the UK and attitudes that limit participation. Learn more here: wildinthecity.org.uk/commission-us/ #blackinnature #pocinnature #conservationresearch

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

My new favorite way to mark time is "two and a half months until kayaking season".

Conservatives warning about George Soros but make the footage Elon Musk

April is Autism Acceptance Month, and I just want to say this: You don’t have to change to be worthy of love. You don’t have to mask, shrink, or shape-shift for anyone. Your authentic self is something to celebrate. Not just for April, but always. #autismacceptance #austismawareness

Bill Burr is a national treasure 🎯! "You journalists need to get your balls back"

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

The last Black-owned bowling alley in Chicago will stay open after Chicagoans rallied to book out the bowling alley — everything from large company outings to birthday parties

People are out here underestimating the power of speeches like “I Have a Dream” wasn’t a speech. Staawp it. You look silly. Speeches have the power to move people—that’s why they want to bully people into silence, and that’s why we’re going to be louder than ever.

Walz: "My beef on this is that this guy is out there crying about his portfolio, and my mom's Social Security check this month is late. That he's attacking the portfolios of working Minnesotans and working Americans who have paid into these programs that he calls a Ponzi scheme."

SAVE THE DATE: Very excited to announce that I will be participating in the Durham County Public Library AfroFuturism Fest on Saturday May 17th! I’ll be in a couple of panels and a mini book fair. Will share more throughout the month!

Apropos of nothing: Kamala Harris predicted this exact moment happening: “Understand that part of Trump’s plan is to put in place a national sales tax of at least 20% on everyday goods and necessities.” She warned us over & over again & she was so right.

“We must dissent because America can do better.” Good to hear Wisconsin Judge Susan Crawford quote Justice Thurgood Marshall in her victory speech tonight.

‘Target suffers eighth week of foot-traffic losses since caving on DEI Costco, which resisted demands to end DEI, extends its streak of foot-traffic gains to 13.’

Cory Booker just surpassed the longest time holding the Senate floor. #CoryBooker #filibuster #humanity The record was previously held by Strom Thurmond - a racist stain on history to fight against civil rights act. Congratulations @corybooker.com, fight on.

Huh, weird

Booker's team just told MSNBC they’ve gotten 14,000 voicemails from people supporting Cory’s filibuster and sharing their stories—and another 280 million people have liked his speech on TikTok alone. A masterclass in capturing attention. Well done.

You can become a member of the National African American History and Culture Museum. support.si.edu/site/Donatio...

Wanuri Kahiu is a Kenyan filmmaker whose bold work has made waves at home and around the world. In 2018, her film "Rafiki" became the first Kenyan feature to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Despite facing a temporary ban in Kenya, "Rafiki" received international praise. Read ➡️ w.wiki/CzFQ

I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now

It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

So underrated!

Just a reminder for the white people and foreigners who don’t believe fascism exists unless it happens to them and think Americans are “lazy” in response to Trump: SIX Ferguson activists are DEAD and some are missing in the 10 years since Michael Brown was killed & the Black Lives Movement began.

“As previously reported by Nielsen, in the United States, Black consumers hold around $2 trillion in spending power, and Black women have been hailed as having large impacts on trends of consumer behavior.”