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Jane Bolin was an American attorney and judge. She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law, the first to join the NYC Bar Association and the NYC Law Department. Bolin became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the U.S. in 1939. #blackhistory www.biography.com/legal-figure...

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Alice Coachman was an American athlete. She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal. #blackhistory www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

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Gwendolyn Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She was the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize, awarded in 1950. poets.org/poet/gwendol...

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The best mail is @peculiarityshop.bsky.social mail!! Pretties arrived just in time for my trip AND I got a Becky head! WINNING #shoplocal @hillarymonahan.bsky.social

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Marsha P. Johnson was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen. Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. #blackhistory www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

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Today was a long week so I’m late!! #blackhistory Misty Copeland is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT). In 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to a principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history. www.womenshistory.org/heritage-and...

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She was the first great recording star of gospel, with a unique mix of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She appealed to R&B and rock audiences, later referred to as "the Godmother of rock and roll" tinyurl.com/2bruunxa

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The fact that this EO was signed days after the Muskbros seized both the treasury and USAID shouldn’t worry us at ALL, right? www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

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Shirley Chisholm was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first Black woman to be elected to the US Congress. In 1972, she became the first Black nominee and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential candidate. nmaahc.si.edu/shirley-chis...

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Happy Black History month! Mae Jemison is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut who was the first African-American woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. She is an activist for women (and especially minority) in STEM. www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

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Happy Black History Month! Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She helped found the NAACP and advocated for African-American equality—especially that of women. www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

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My new favorite pastime is going to the thrift store and buying as many banned/challenged books as I can find. www.ala.org/bbooks

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Southeastern MA friends - did you know that Jeff Kinney loses 6 figures a year on The Unlikely Story bookstore, because he pays fair wages and feels that strongly about its benefit to the community? I know where I’m spending my dollars!! (more than just books too!) www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/n...

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When they show you who they are, believe them. ogles.house.gov/media/press-...

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I’m done trying to speak truth to people who clearly have no interest in hearing it. My response from now on is going to be “I hope you reap what you have sown”

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Here’s your friendly reminder that www.regulations.gov is still alive and well, and accepting public comment on govt agency policies being formed.

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It was pretty eye opening when a Chinese content creator pointed out that revolution happens when people can’t survive and we (in the US) are being kept with our noses just above water.

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Apparently, the lines are busy tonight

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I literally laughed my whole ass off.

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With all of the pending stupidity I am curious if there’s a way to partner apartment dwellers with homeowners to create homesteading relationships? Like I’ll work the garden and take shifts feeding livestock but I live in a tenement house so I can’t do it myself.

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Is it just me or is anyone else getting an obnoxious number of robocalls in the last two days? Like exponentially more than I have in a couple of years…

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This perspective is what I needed today.

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For whatever reason, my “Discover” feed has had a ton of German folk in it (maybe because I downloaded the Deutsch keyboard for Duolingo?) The response to Velveeta Pol Pot and Elonia has been unilateral. They see the pattern repeating. It’s unnerving but emboldening.

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