Marble floors horrify me, because I hate cracked shit.
Lawrence Everett Forbes
@bohemiandork.com
Black queer writer, painter, caregiver, and Lambda Literary Fellow. As seen in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and WIRED. Currently working on a memoir. | Clips, paintings, and miscellany can be found at bohemiandork.com. 🇺🇸🇻🇨🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🩼♿️
I’m going to start referring to him as King Joffrey, because, well…🤷🏾♂️
Reveal@revealnews.org · 4h agoThe world’s richest person exploits government investment to his own financial benefit and the many ways this intersects with his views on race and technology. It’s nothing less than a futuristic vision of a frightening new world order.
Just sent a difficult text to my Nuclear Unit, because this level of caregiving is not sustainable. Dementia is as cruel as cancer and a horrific way to go.
With all the rage-bait disguised as news, please find something that renews your spirit. Life is far too short to fall prey to all of this soul-crushing madness. 🧘🏾
The beginning of a dangerous trend. Remember how hard these institutions went on Wikipedia when it first launched? And now look at them! [sighs]
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5h agoMiami University: All academic departments at Miami to integrate artificial intelligence into the curriculum by 2027-2028 "If it's this embedded in the world, then it needs to be embedded in the learning and in the coursework" miamioh.edu/news/2026/08...
Having self-respect and no shame at the same time is a balance I will likely never achieve. But that's cool.
An excellent profile of one of our foremost artists:
Colson Whitehead’s Big Score
As he closes out his Harlem crime trilogy with “Cool Machine,” the two-time Pulitzer winner turns again to the city that made him, and to the private ghosts behind his restless reinventions.
newyorker.com
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 7h ago“I’m a really lazy bitch, but I have a punitive superego. The two go together.” — Colson Whitehead
I think a good way to think about the current moment is understanding white supremacy as a spectrum with passive acceptance as the status quo out to actively arguing for global genocide.
These MyChart notifications feel like a form of harassment. 🤦🏾♂️
In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
What a turd of a “human being.” I hope he McConnells soon.
Craig R. Brittain@craigbrittain.com · yesterdayChuck Schumer on voting to keep funding ICE and DHS while punting the ball until December, after the midterms: "This CR gives us the time to continue hashing out a budget. Senate Democrats will always be willing to work across the aisle."
🚨Hunger Strike Happening "Noah" Amber Smith, a trans woman locked in Mens Central Jail, has not been receiving her T blockers. She's been on hunger strike for two days. While on the phone, the nurses denied her meds agin. She informed the cops shes on hunger strike. They made her hang up the ph-
Wikipedia remains one of the most useful things online. No subscription fees, no ads, no stupid pursuit of AI, all curated by relentless nerds. Maybe remember to throw them a few bucks every now and again.
Another Great Depression downloading…
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 7d ago"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
extreme income inequality is bad for a lot of reasons but today the one i'm mad at is people having the wealth and power to force me to live inside their delusions
The country was lost when no one could find the courage to punish an insurrection.
A monumental announcement! @nickmarino.bsky.social is joining us on The Podcast of Disaster on August 13th at 7:30 PM EST! If you have a question, please submit it through our Google Form. forms.gle/5z55vyANpCMM... Listen on the Discord server! discord.gg/qZtccYpt
Questions For Nick Marino
Here is the Google Form to submit your questions for Nick Marino, the creator of Sonic X Godzilla, who will be joining us live on The Podcast of Disaster at 7:30 PM EST on Discord. Rules & Guidelines ...
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Love this for her. Trans rights are human rights!
Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social · 2d agoNearly three years ago, this salon owner in Traverse City told transgender people that they weren’t welcome at her establishment and that they should get their hair done at a pet groomer. Now she has to pay. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
Currently reading Kiese Laymon's "Heavy," and...
Mind Blown Reaction
ALT: Mind Blown Reaction
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Anemia really will have you believing that you're freezing, even in the summertime.
The difference between information and rage-bait is all-too thin.
I’m in this anthology, courtesy of @lambdaliterary.org, who honored me with fellowship last year. I included an essay—“Finicky Like Me”—honoring my paternal grandmother, who deemed me her favorite grandchild. Still miss that woman but love that she survives on the printed page. Asé.
2025 Emerge Anthology
The 2025 Emerge Anthology represents 82 of the most talented queer emerging and emerged writers. This collection was edited by Holly Zhou, a 2025 Writers Retreat playwriting fellow, with an introducti...
lambdaliterary.org
The layered attacks on Black folks by Donald Trump has deepened the economic inequities facing Black communities. But the consequences reverberate far beyond us. This @naturbanleague.bsky.social report affirms what we know to be true: this harm is coming for everyone.
Urban League report says Trump administration is harming Black Americans’ chances at American Dream - The Boston Globe
Released on Thursday, the annual “State of Black America” report grimly describes Black Americans ' economic and political prospects as having worsened due to policy changes from President Trump’s adm...
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Justin Pearson and the movement against the pollution and politics of America's AI buildout. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Anger Over Data Centers Is Fueling a New Political Movement
Justin Pearson, a Tennessee lawmaker, has become one of the loudest voices amid a growing national backlash against the pollution and politics of America's AI buildout.
politico.com
