Fair warning.
I'm a relentless, unapologetic Quote Poster.
It's part of my #BlackTwitter heritage
It's how i put my stamp on something and say "nah, for real, you should look at this thing here, especially through the lens of my comment"
#QuoteToots #QuotePosts as human, intentional, curation
CurlMix On The Brink. This Black-Owned Business Needs Your Order Before Dec. 31st to Survive 2025. - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcgP_mM3zs
#RolandMartin #RolandMartinUnfiltered #CurlMix #ProtectCurlMix #BuyBlack #SupportBlackBusiness #BlackStarNetwork #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackThreads #BlackSky #BlackFedi
#Blackmastodon #BlackTwitter #FreeDC #Resistance #ICEOutOfOC
There was a huge win against ICE last night. Judge Beryl Howard granted an injunction prohibiting ICE from making immigration arrests without a warrant or without having probable cause to believe the immigrant is a flight risk. Great work from Monumental work by ACLU and AMICA. https://www.wivb.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-judge-issues-injunction-restricting-immigration-arrests-in-nations-capital/
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #FreeDC #Resistance
Our MAGA lite traitor of a mayor must have had someone read the tea leaves for her. She gives up a run for 4th term. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-wont-run-for-reelection-to-seek-4th-term/4020358/
We need to watch her and see if she does a "poison the water" end run like Eric Adams to hamper whomever we elect next.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #FreeDC #FreeChicago # ICEOut
When you fight you can win. Today, a federal judge ruled in DC's favor that deploying the national guard here is illegal!! Remember, this is the case our traitor of a mayor didn't want filed. I'm posting our AG's response. The judge's order is linked. https://oag.dc.gov/release/attorney-general-schwalb-issues-statement-court
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #FreeDC #HarrietsWIldestDreams
It is important for everyone to not only see how your tax dollars are being wasted by the Trump militarization of American cities, but also how these surges slowly destroy the ability of our court systems to function. Our Courtwatchers have been super busy and posted their report on what happened in DC during the emergency and then followed by the surge. P.S. DC is STILL occupied. https://www.courtwatchdc.org/
Quote posts? In MY server?
Fuck yeah.
This feels like a win for #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackTwitter
All 53 of us left on this platform.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #DMV #PPowWow
If you are in the DMV this weekend and looking to prioritize some joy, then drop in on the 49th Annual Baltimore American Indian Powwow. The first Grand Entry is at noon. Northern Host Drum is Warpaint; Southern Host Drum is the Zotigh Singers. It's not a huge powwow by West Coast standards but we always have a good time there. Good dancing and drumming, great vendors and good food. https://www.baltimoreamericanindiancenter.org/events
Join us Monday, November 10, 2025 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET for Fedi for the Culture: Creating Spaces for the Movement.
Learn more: https://mendoresist.org/event/2025/11/fedi-culture-creating-spaces-movement
#FediForTheCulture #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #CulturalWeekOfAction
i joined Twitter in April of 2007 at a SXSW. actually, a whole slew of us Black bloggers joined Twitter that day after our panel, Blogging While Black. that is, by the way, the real origin story of #Blacktwitter.
anyways, i joined that year but the blogosphere was still going strong. some people considered it a passing fad. others like me saw it as an API that you plugged into publishing platforms, not the platform itself.
actually, some of us wondered if Blogger was going to be twittered… 🧵
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Mamdani #NYC 3rd party and outside people cannot come in during a presidential election year and ask for support. They have to be there month in and month out, being in the community and working FOR the community, not just for themselves. His campaign thanked Working Families Party because that is what they do. I hope the young people see there is a way to take over the Democratic party . Do the work. Follow the path. 2/2
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Mamdani #NYC
Mamdani gave a great speech last night. He, his campaign manager, and his army of volunteers did a great job talking to the people of NY. But it wasn't his speech that caught my attention. It was his manager's comment that they worked on getting to that point for 8 years. This supports my argument that if people outside the party want to make inroads they have to do the community building work first! 1/2
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #HaymarketBooks #PolicingOfFamilies
HayMarket Books has another exciting book launch program coming tomorrow 11/4. It features one of my former students AND a former colleague! The new book is called HOW TO END FAMILY POLICING. Looking for something interesting to watch tomorrow evening? Register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1901211
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #MikoMarks #Trouble One of my favorite country singers Miko Marks (she's Black) sent out a news letter with a link to the indie label she is with - Redtone Records. They have her recording of Trouble" with her band The Resurrectors, on their splash page. It's perfect for some enthusiastic motivation in today's times.
Enjoy. https://youtu.be/phSV44CFiIU
"Black people can't swim."
[VIDEO: Josh Liendo sets 🥇world record🥇 for 100m Butterfly.]
No, racist dipshits, you made it so Black people couldn't access pools and waterfronts, and the waters we historically had access to were polluted or caused illness.
Don't look at Canada as if it was better.
I nearly drowned when I was five in a pool that had a step-off between shallow and deep ends, instead of a gradient. As a result, my parents made me take swimming lessons up to the Bronze Cross (lifeguard assistant) level.
There weren't a lot of other Black kids with me in those classes. That was in the 70s, but change is slow AF.
2018 article:
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And he couldn’t swim because learning to swim is one of those intersections where race, space and class collide. Black people in the United States drown at five times the rate of white people. And most of those deaths occur in public swimming pools.
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https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-expert-troubled-history-black-people-have-had-swimming
2010:
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The major reason behind the problem could lie in the era of segregation says Prof Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America.
"The history of discrimination… has contributed to the drowning and swimming rates," says Prof Wiltse.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11172054
So congratulations Josh on your win and your record. I, for one, understand exactly what this means.
(Edited to fix important typo.)
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #Politics #HakeemJeffries
I am confused. Why would someone threaten Hakeem Jeffries? Did they mistake him for someone who does anything?🤔
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #FreeDC #NoKingsDay
Needless to say the weather was great today. We had people come in from all over. I think a person from Arkansas was the furthest I talked to. Took my teenage grandson to his first real demo. Had to step away from the table I was manning on juror training to do an interview. When I got back he had stepped up and was doing my spiel! My heart is overflowing today. He is ready to pick up the mantle and fight for his generation. 2/2
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #NoKingsDay #FreeDC Thanks to all you democracy warriors who came out today, not just to DC, NY, Boston, and Chicago and places where you could be safe, but also to those brave folks in places like Florida, Texas, Montana, little towns in OH and in the middle of red states. We see you and hold you up. Keep fighting. Keep resisting. We can win. 1/2
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #NoKingsDay #FreeDC #DMV
Hi folks. If you are in MD or VA and with a group marching into DC tomorrow for No Kings, please stop by the #FreeDC tents. We will be there with #HarrietsWildestDreams and will have lots of information on the push for statehood for DC, KYR, reporting ICE and how to do jury service. No need to register, just drop in. FreeDC will be at the 400 block of C St, NW which is the John Marshall Park.
