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“White supremacy is a white problem that needs to be solved by white people.”

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What is the WORST ice cream flavor ever? I'll start: MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP also known as toothpaste flavored travesty. #blacksky #bluesky #food

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Here is the Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council's statement: "The power of drag as a medium of art is undeniable, serving as a platform for self-discovery, inclusivity, and celebration of diversity."

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The Green Brothers have been indispensable to me recently. We could all learn something from their examples. youtu.be/JCvLbT1uXXg?...

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Jaya is right; the consumer system was developed in part to help Gilded Age robber barons divide and conquer the working class by convincing office workers (then a newly developing cohort) that they had more in common with elites than factory workers and more to gain in an alliance with bosses.

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It always rhymes, it always rhymes, it always rhymes... 😢

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Thank you for loving libraries, for supporting libraries, for being library people, Audre Lorde & Toni Morrison 💜 Happy Birthday! This will always be your day ✨ 📖

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My "Following" and "Only Posts" tabs are filled with polite and respectful posts by mostly teachers, academics, and journalists. My "Popular with Friends" tab is filled with smut.

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It's hard to have an adult relationship with a parent in the same way that it is hard to listen to a recording of your own voice or stare too hard in the mirror. The moment it hits you that the thing your mom does that annoys you so much is something you do . . .

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Eric's conversation w/ Nina del Rio on @1067litefm.bsky.social is now available as a podcast! 🔉 www.iheart.com/podcast/438-...

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Looking for current events to bring into your classroom? Check out my latest post at econeveryday.com #TeachEcon Farmers Fear Deportation Fallout - Econ Everyday for Everyone search.app/xYT4zWfGSiFJ...

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Trump has introduced an immediate halt to all work on PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, set up by George W Bush). This includes the HIV treatment provided to 20 million people through PEPFAR, people who will die without treatment. And many more will acquire HIV as a result.

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With all the perpetual drama going on in the world around, it's important to remember that progress still happens. Today, of all days, the person I grew up knowing as my uncle decided to disclose that she is a woman. Don't ever let anyone ever rob you of hope for the future.

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When you were a kid, did your mom tell you if you wore your coat inside the house, it wouldn't work outside, or were you raised by normal people?

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Sometimes I go back to these old Obama speeches and remember how I felt when I first watched them. A lot more gray hair on my head now, but the hope in my heart still lives. "Together we will sing the song that tears down the walls that divide us." ~Barack Obama youtu.be/Kf0x_TpDris?...

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It's not in the forecast today, but I can't shake the feeling that there's tornadoes brewing. Brewing another pot of coffee.

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Today in 1980: “Rapper’s Delight” becomes the first rap song to crack the Billboard Top 40. Recorded in one take. “I still to this day can't really get a hold of how much of an impact that this music has had on the world, said Master Gee. “It's still very hard to digest.”

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The world doesn't deserve Elle Cordova, but I'm glad we have her. youtu.be/HDHbjYNBwXI?...

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The only task we have is to do all the good we can. There is always an opportunity to improve the world right in front of us. Our power is in doing the good things.

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Today is the Sundayest of Wednesdays

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I've been binging the British History Podcast over the holidays. I put it on as I got into bed and woke up at 3 am with some of the most disturbing dreams. I looked at my phone and realized the St. Patrick's Day special had been the narration in my dreams. @thebhp.bsky.social

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"Two Lawyers Arrested at Pervert Fete," The Times-Herald, Jan. 3, 1965. Details the arrests at the 1965 New Years Eve masquerade ball hosted by and benefiting San Francisco's Council on Religion and The Homosexual.

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goodnight, mr. president

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Guinea worm used to afflict 3.5 million people each year. This year, thanks in part to Jimmy Carter, there have been 7 cases. He negotiated the longest humanitarian cease-fire in history to distribute water filters & larvicides www.scientificamerican.com/article/jimm... via @tanyalewis.bsky.social

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Jimmy Carter was a true American hero who dedicated his career and life to public service. He was a true inspiration in every life he touched, and we thank him for everything. Rest in peace, Mr. President.

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Rest in Peace, Mr. President.

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Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of the death of Leelah Alcorn. She was a trans girl who was 17 years old when she died. I want you all to remember her with me.

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Ocean container carrier Hapag-Lloyd announced two surcharges ahead of a potential strike by unionized longshore workers at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports in January. They go into effect day of Trump inauguration www.freightwaves.com/news/hapag-l...

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Possibly the first gay justice on the U.S. Supreme Court and he wrote a strong dissent in the Korematsu case -- brought you to mind, @georgetakei.bsky.social . www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/the-...

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