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daniellericks.bsky.social
Twitter defector. Howard U Prof + Director of a MD nonprofit focused on hyperlocal media and free speech.
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We are so f*ck*d.

If I can’t walk, drive, Uber, metro or take the train, I’m not going. *investigates ferry tickets for the Martha’s Vineyard vacation*

I'm grateful for @lizs1.bsky.social!! She actually DID feed my cats while I was away. 🫶😽❤️

If you are new to the Swamp Princess that is Doechii; first of all, welcome to the her fandom secondly, check out her NPR Tiny Desk concert. You can thank me later. 🐊 youtu.be/-91vymvIH0c?...

Glad somebody is doing something, but we know the wheels of justice turn slowly… sooooo….

Target is sued for defrauding shareholders about DEI. Anywhooooo what y’all cooking for dinner? - www.reuters.com/business/ret...

Good luck with that.

Are “they” ready to admit it was never about the price of eggs or the economy?

FAFO season loading…

So it was never about the tanking economy or the price of eggs. Picture that.

Abbott elementary starts at 8pm this week with an hour long special. Please spread the word! 🎄 🫡

Hillary Clinton was right about everything and he’s going to get away with all of it.

Saw this on FB and it spoke to my soul, “We can all stop having imposter syndrome now. Apparently each of us is qualified to be Secretary of anything.”

My Howard U students told me I should start doing an OOTD on TikTok. My class is at 8:10 AM. I’m getting dressed in the dark to head to class and lucky if I put my cloths on facing the right direction! 😂 But I love their vote of confidence.

That part.

I haven’t gone back to watching MSM news. I’ve drastically decreased my newspaper consumption. I don’t miss the nonstop news cycle at all. How about you? Has your news consumption changed since the election?

In response to the Blue-eyed blonde who won Miss Universe 2024 the Convict’s son tweeted: "Biological [and] objectively attractive women are allowed to win beauty pageants again. WE ARE SO BACK!” Folks need to stop acting like we don’t know what he meant. The hoods are off and he said what he said.

I laugh every time an appointment is announced. A WWE Ex heading up the Dept of Ed? Sure. Makes perfect sense. 😂We are in the FAAFO portion of American History.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

Who sits in a medical facility- in radiology to be exact- talking on the phone like they are at home? Just loud and wrong!

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That part.

After 15 years, yesterday, I finally deactivated my Twitter account (I refuse to call it X). I have great memories of the early days: meeting new people on the app and then having Tweet Ups to meet IRL. Nothing lasts forever.

90 percent of folks have no clue what’s coming their way in the next 1-4+ years.That's the sad part. But don't look to Black women to save you. Y’all at the FAFO moment in history.

The amount of effort I have to use to follow the 5K people I was following on the alphabet app is exhausting! But it is T minus 24 hours before I exit the app formally known as Twitter so I’m forging ahead.

Rebuilding a social media presence on 🦋 feels like the old days of 🐦 before the bots and trolls took over.

I’m keeping this updated 👍🏾 #BlackSky go.bsky.app/F5kYEyc

Bluesky has officially hit #1 on the App Store charts for Free Apps in both the UK and US.