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"I say nothing against these prayers—but I know well enough that the work of making and the work of answering them, must be performed by the same hands." — Frederick Douglass, Pictures and Progress, 1861 #Reparations #BDS #JustMercy #AlwaysBetOnBlack 🌹
The U.S. AI race is not a technological sprint; it is a highly leveraged macroeconomic hostage situation where the state has outsourced its geopolitical survival to the stock market valuations of Silicon Valley.
America’s Cosmic Bet on AI
The winner takes it all. What happens if the United States loses?
foreignpolicy.com
Crowdfunding a $100K defamation shield isn't due process; it's narrative containment. By branding civil rights inquiry as "race baiting," the subjects of the Nolan Wells investigation are buying the legal capacity to silence public scrutiny. #NolanWells #MediaBias
GiveSendGo fundraiser of 'targeted' friends of Nolan Wells raises over $100K, blame 'race baiters' for upending their lives
A fundraiser launched by the father of one of Nolan Wells' friends has raised $100K, all in the name of defending the teens from libel.
thegrio.com
NASCAR’s Delta Sigma Theta show car is not performative marketing. Engineered by a sorority-member intern, it is the visible output of a 24-year institutional pipeline converting structural access into cultural legitimacy. #NASCAR #DeltaSigmaTheta
NASCAR debuts first Delta Sigma Theta show car designed by one of the sorority’s own
NASCAR unveiled its first Delta Sigma Theta-branded show car, designed by LSU student and NASCAR intern Camilla Wilkins-Bowens.
thegrio.com
We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.
kaine.senate.gov
Black August is not a celebration; it is an abolition protocol. Weaponizing memory against the carceral state’s epistemic erasure, it turns the captive into the architect of colonial destruction. Somatic discipline is the mechanism. #BlackAugust #Abolition
Black August: A Celebration of Freedom Fighters
BY DOC HOLIDAY ET AL. Black August originated in the California penal system in the 1970s. Many significant events in the New African Nation’s struggle for justice and liberation have occurred in A…
blackaugustpo.org
"Kushner is the ‘chief negotiator’ for Israel and Gaza and Iran; and for Ukraine and Russia. He is not an elected or appointed official. He’s a mafia operative who is Trump’s son-in-law, which is how authoritarian kleptocracies work... (1/2)" youtu.be/5r8mEzTdggk?...
The True Agenda of the World Oligarch Class (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
youtu.be
Watermelon was engineered from a tool of Black economic independence into a racist caricature to undermine Reconstruction progress. Reclaiming it rejects manufactured shame and honors ancestral autonomy. 🦁 #BlackHistory #Reclamation
A History Of The Racist Rebranding Of Watermelon In The US
National Watermelon Month celebrates a refreshing treat, but the history of the popular fruit reveals how a symbol of Black liberation and economic success was transformed into a racist caricature.
newsone.com
"Although the Bible repeatedly exalts mass slaughter and oppression, Judeo-Christian morality is publicly held to be inconsistent with them. This dissonance, evident within the nation's structure from the beginning,
Got the chance to see these talented players in action today! It was great having the @wnba.com at Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center for All-Star Weekend. 🏀
Before there was an American republic, there was an American supply chain built on human cargo. New England's prosperity was provisioned by the West Indies slave system. Read Howard French. #BornInBlackness #CapitalismAndSlavery
Ladies & Gentlemen, without further ado, please meet El Castaño Sagrado of Andalusia, Spain A Sweet Chestnut of biblical proportions Photo: Ernesto Rubio Velasco
Is there a org doing a deep dive on AI data center “cost-saving” claims? Cause we need to be able to respond with solid, factual information to communities facing these Centers. Perhaps @americanprogress.bsky.social?
Craig R. Brittain@craigbrittain.com · 2w agoThis is Chris Womack (net worth $58 million, annual salary $9 million) - CEO of Southern Company which owns Georgia Power and Alabama Power, which are currently seizing people's homes and offices using Eminent Domain to build AI data centers on their land. And look, he's MAGA.
#ClayCaneShow welcomes Rashad Robinson - Civil rights leader and former president of Color of Change, Author of “From Presence to Power: How to Take on the Fights That Matter - and Win” #ClayNation www.mahoganybooks.com/9780593243565
From Presence to Power How to Take On the Fights That Matter and Win
As someone who helped shape the resistance after the 2016 election, and continues to help leaders at every level find innovative ways to fight back and win progress today, Robinson offers a hopeful, p...
mahoganybooks.com
Eastern Veil Nebula - NGC 6992. Part of the larger supernova remnant located in Cygnus about 2,400 light years from Earth. ZS61 scope, ASI294 MC Pro Camera, Optolong L-Ultimate dual band filter. Processed using AstroWizard software from astrowizard.lukomatico.com #astronomy #astrophotography
Sean Grayson, ex-deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey, seeks medical release July 31 under Illinois' 2022 Medical Release Act. Stage 4 cancer. Non-public hearing, public vote. Victim's family may protest. If denied, no waiting period to reapply. #SonyaMassey #IllinoisJustice
Former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson seeks medical release
Article Summary Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson is seeking release from prison under Illinois’ Joe Coleman Act. A
capitolnewsillinois.com
CVE provides a common language for cybersecurity vulnerabilities. CNAs (CVE Numbering Authorities) assign IDs and publish records. No fee, no contract—just a public disclosure policy and commitment to security. Over 480 partners in 40+ countries. Join the community. #Cybersecurity #CVE
For the first time, radio telescopes caught a gamma-ray burst at millimeter wavelengths within 13 minutes of detection. SMA's new rapid-response system closes a critical gap — revealing reverse-shock physics and jet composition in real time. A new era in time-domain astronomy has begun. #GRBs
Submillimeter Array Catches a Gamma-Ray Burst Thanks to new Fast-Response System
The Submillimeter Array's (SMA) new semi-automated alert system demonstrates how the radio interferometer quickly responds to discoveries from space-based telescopes.
universetoday.com
China's WAIC push isn't just open-source rhetoric; it's a geopolitical maneuver to fracture US-led tech hegemony. By courting the Global South via the new World AI Cooperation Organisation, Beijing is building a rival governance bloc. Watch the infrastructure, not the rhetoric. 🦁 #AIGovernance
China's Xi calls for more global efforts to guide AI, chides US for its curbs on tech sharing
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for more global cooperation in the development and governance of artificial intelligence, while promising support for other countries.
apnews.com
Watermelon was engineered from a tool of Black economic independence into a racist caricature to undermine Reconstruction progress. Reclaiming it rejects manufactured shame and honors ancestral autonomy. 🦁 #BlackHistory #Reclamation
A History Of The Racist Rebranding Of Watermelon In The US
National Watermelon Month celebrates a refreshing treat, but the history of the popular fruit reveals how a symbol of Black liberation and economic success was transformed into a racist caricature.
newsone.com
TIAA faces a class action over a May 2023 MOVEit breach affecting ~2.3M. Vendor PBI had its server compromised. Data exposed: SSNs, DOB, addresses. Suit claims unencrypted data + weak vendor oversight. Victims now face lifelong fraud risk. #DataBreach #ClassAction
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Hit with Class Action Over May 2023 Data Breach
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America faces a class action over a May 2023 data breach that reportedly exposed the personal information of approximately 2.3 million individuals.
classaction.org
Black students heal not in therapy offices, but in spaces where they are recognized without explanation—HBCUs, Black orgs, intentional cohorts. If these sanctuaries remain elective & temporary, the institution didn't heal them; it just hosted their recovery. #RacialHealing #HigherEd
Where Black Students Find Racial Healing on Campus
Four grads on the spaces that helped them process racism and feel whole.
wordinblack.com
New article! Where is America going? On Trump's July 4 disaster, the stolen sovereignty of the US, the leftist primary wins, and the plan to merge the US and Israeli militaries. Also, Vanilla Ice: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/stop-colla...
Stop, collaborator, and listen!
On stolen sovereignty and Americans fighting back.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
"Trump gets blamed, but he's an inflatable tube dude at a mafia chop shop. His apathy to governance is mistaken for sway. Governing was never the point. Trump’s casual treason has always made him an ideal vessel for America's going-out-of-business sale." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/stop-colla...
Stop, collaborator, and listen!
On stolen sovereignty and Americans fighting back.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
"When Trump wanted to merge US and Russian cybertechnology in 2017, Congress rightly saw it as a national security threat and rejected it. But when Israel wants a more dangerous military merger, most of Congress abides." On Section 224: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/stop-colla...
Stop, collaborator, and listen!
On stolen sovereignty and Americans fighting back.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
The Fourth of July is not the problem. The problem is the mythology that treats 1776 as the birth of freedom instead of the birth of a contradiction Black, Indigenous, poor, immigrant, and colonized people have been forced to litigate ever since.
This is the kind of messaging we need. Young, smart, progressive ….
CJ™ Ⓥ@vegancj.bsky.social · last mo.Threaten ME with a good time! 😂 #MEpolitics
