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Julian Randall Author of REFUSE | PILAR RAMIREZ | THE DEAD DON'T NEED REMINDING & THE CHAINBREAKERS Chicago
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Impostor Syndrome should be tax deductible if we being honest

The funny thing about NBA Centel is that it prolly has taught a number of people an important lesson/reminder about checking your sources

As of this morning, the fundraiser to keep Semicolon Bookstore alive — with the addition of a cafe — is at $20,000. The goal is $25,000. “We can create this coffee shop venture that is going to be employee-owned, so it’s going to give the team ownership.” thetriibe.com/2025/02/semi...

Y'all I can finally announce that we are doing a 5th Anniversary edition of the ASOWAR series!!! 🎉❤️⚔️💚🌌 This edition with custom sprayed edges debuts exclusively at Apollycon. Sign up for my newsletter to receive an early access pre-order link tomorrow! rosiesrambles.beehiiv.com/subscribe

This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op

NEW — Danielle Moore hopes adding a cafe can save the remaining Semicolon bookstore. She’s hoping to raise $25,000 by March 16 through a Kickstarter campaign. Here’s how you can help: thetriibe.com/2025/02/semi...

My favorite part of Angel Reese in @unrivaledwbb.bsky.social has been seeing how much more decisive her pace has become on offense She's special— and she's growing!

Chris Paul was definitely the kid who used a gun in every game of Rock Paper Scissors (shoot)

What are the odds Adam Silver called the Lakers and told them to save the Luka-Lebron rollout for Monday after the Super Bowl as revenge for the NFL muscling in on NBA Xmas?

The paperback of Blood Justice is dropping in April, and B&N is having a 25% off preorder sale with code PREORDER25, so now is your time to preorder! I’m also doing a little mini tour for the paperback release, so be on the lookout for deets soon! 🫶🏽 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blood-just...

Magical 🧙🏾‍♀️ Black Boy Books for your 9-13yo! Happy Black Buying Month! bookshop.org/wishlists/3a...

The cat rarely gets invested in what I am watching on TV but let me tell you, I'm watching Batman Beyond and he is locked *in* I think he thinks this is archival footage of a particularly badass cat

I do not seek forgiveness for not supporting a genocide. I do not seek forgiveness for requiring my opposition party oppose the starvation of children. I do not need your forgiveness if that is the lesson you have taken from this.

New Year means updated reading list First 10 books of 2025! Happy New Year!

The best part of school visits is the haunting existential questions from well meaning children. A 4th grader yesterday tapped me on the shoulder and asked, "How popular would you say you are?" And I've been thinking about it hourly since

God's aim is always true and ever improving

I think what's being done to trans people in this country is a FUCKING SCANDAL. It's absolutely an attempt at eradicating trans people from public life and ALL OF US must refuse this. Everyone. Stop being a loser mealy mouth person. This is bullshit. You should say so in all the places you inhabit.

NEW — Chicago native Eve L. Ewing is dropping her new book, ‘Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism.’ “The ways that we have been treated are really at the basis of the origins of the American project.” thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...

Surely, everyone in the comments of this article is going to be super reasonable

I can't believe I thought this would be a boring trade deadline lolol

Donald Trump and Elon Musk have cut off funding for half of the health centers that serve 400,000 Virginians, forcing some to close, which could mean up to 200,000 Virginians are suddenly without healthcare www.vpm.org/news/2025-02...

Did a lovely school visit today where the student guesses of how old I am were surprisingly reasonable

I'm glad Doechii won Best Rap Album because she deserves it but also because it's making certain people have a meltdown and I just love that 💕

If my greatest enemy won Song of the Year for a diss track about me and then Diana Ross handed him the trophy, I do not know what I would do... but it would be bad

This Bulls trade is a perfect encapsulation of why the team been stuck in the mud my whole adult life. There has been nothing resembling a clear plan and philosophy on roster construction for years and nobody who is making decisions deserves to still be making decisions.

YWA era Lebron, I truly am aging

Love seeing two books of mine on this graphic from Booklist, along with favs like Root Magic, Omega Morales, Pilar Ramirez, and Valentina Mejia! #kidlit #mglit

Couldn't pull off this trade in 2K with cheat codes and magnets

The friendships that end are not always going to have a clear before and after. You can't count on the same elasticity to friendship, like anything it requires attention to survive

Most unhealed people’s behaviors are driven by 1 of 3 things: 1. Their pursuit of alignment with power 2. Them being perceived as a “good person” 3. Confirming you’re not mad at them personally Understanding this helped me tremendously in responding appropriately to weird interactions w/ folks.

No Context #Severance S2 Ep 3

Sorry I was gone, I quit Twitter years ago and I am having trouble unfiltered my thoughts again

not rooting for it but it will be a part of Saquon's legacy if he gets Hard Knocks: Offseason canceled just because he's so good at football

I am officially "NFL coaches and I saw the same movies as children" years old... yikes?

People who run are always funny to me. They'll say stuff like "An easy 10 miles" and I've never met an easy 10 miles of anything

Also, hello to all my new followers! Yall are cool to stay so long as there is nothing ambiguous to you about a nazi salute

I think this is the most relatable thing I will read this year

First BIG announcement of the new year!! I've joined Macmillan Speakers Bureau! I'd love to come to your school to give a presentation, reading or talk on my life as an author! www.macmillanspeakers.com/speaker/juli...