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Gina Murrell

@ginamurrell1.blacksky.app

Librarian. Copy Editor. Writer. Zine and Graphic Novel Enthusiast. View-Master Reel Collector. Burrito Eater. Reader. Bi. Femme. She/her. All Black Lives Matter✊🏾🌈

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Reveal@revealnews.org · 2d ago

The spirometer, used to help doctors diagnose lung disease, had a so-called race equation built into it. It was drawn from assumptions about the anatomy of Black people that were false and based on “science” traced back to American slavery. Why are hospitals around the US still using it?

A “race equation” baked into a standard medical test is hurting Black patients, but most hospitals are still using it

A standard medical test with racist origins is cutting off Black patients from needed treatments. Why do hospitals still use this harmful test today?

revealnews.org

Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 2d ago

In the 1780s and 90s George Washington kept his Philadelphia-based household staff enslaved despite Pennsylvania’s gradual abolition laws by trafficking them out of the state and back into the state to reset the clock every 6 months despite the fact that he had publicly supported the laws.

Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is wild. In late 2025, federal and state officials kept a Mexican woman in custody for almost a month by repeatedly rebooking her just before her 72-hour time limit ran out. www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Veronica McDonald@veronicamcdonald.bsky.social · 2d ago

There are no trans women playing in the WNBA so "protecting women from trans" is not actually a problem. The REAL problem is BLACK WOMEN are playing hard against White female players and White people don't like that. "Protecting women against trans" is actually "Protecting White Women from Blacks"

Adrian Holman@ahol888.bsky.social · 2d ago

Former NBA player Royce White crashes WNBA game while wearing blonde wig wltreport.com/2026/08/28/w...

Rebecca Brückmann@historleans.bsky.social · 15h ago

“I’m afraid and heartbroken because when I speak to people they’re like, ‘Oh for God’s sake, forget that. It was 20 years ago that there were Nazis and skinheads, now it’s gone,’” she said. “They’ve normalised it. It’s not my safe Sweden any more, it’s not the Sweden that I’m used to.” Tess Asplund.

Anthology Film Archives@anthologyfilm.bsky.social · 2d ago

TRUE NORTH SPECIAL SCREENING – FILMMAKER MICHÈLE STEPHENSON IN PERSON! September 8 at 7:00 This propulsive cinematic confrontation with Canada’s anti-Black racism explores the pivotal, yet often overlooked, Canadian civil rights movement. Preceded by Dawn Wilkinson's DANDELIONS

Still from TRUE NORTH. Poet and activist Ted Joans at the Congress of Black Writers in Montreal, Canada, 1968.Still from TRUE NORTH. Demonstrators protesting the incarceration of students involved in the Sir George Williams Affair.Still from TRUE NORTH. Women supporters gathered outside the courtroom during the Sir George Williams protest trials.Still from DANDELIONS. Dawn Wilkinson holds up a movie camera, facing the viewer.
Bee Quammie@beequammie.blacksky.app · 16h ago

Gonna get back to everyone who replied yesterday, but the Canadian Black Literary Festival Book Fair went so well yesterday! Sold books, talked writing process and inspiration, met amazing people, had a great time! My babies, nephew, and one of my besties came through to support ❤️

Bee in a red dress at a table with her books and a poster reading The Book of Possibilities Bee and her older daughter, wearing locs and a denim jacket. Text reads Helper #1Bee and her younger daughter, wearing twists and a blue top. Text reads Helper #2.Bee in a red dress at a table talking to another Black woman
Gina Murrell@ginamurrell1.blacksky.app · 7h ago

Before checking out Rabbit Books and Bar on Ave A at E 11th St, I dropped by Confectionery!—“a completely vegan, woman-owned + operated business” that sells handmade baked goods and chocolates at 440 E 9th St by Ave. A. 🍪🍫🍰 www.confectionerynyc.com/about #vegan #WomanOwned #SmallBusiness #NYC

Exterior of Confectionery!—“a completely vegan, woman-owned + operated business” at 440 E 9th St in the East Village. A bright red awning with “confectionery!” in light blue, lowercase cursive across the front is above the entrance. A single pink table and chair is in front where a woman and two children are standing. Aug 29, 2026.
Gina Murrell@ginamurrell1.blacksky.app · 11h ago

On Saturday afternoon, I went to the East Village to check out Rabbit Books and Bar, located at 170 Ave A and 11th St. Owned by Marianna Vaidman Stone and her daughter, Emily Samara Stone, Rabbit Books and Bar opened this month. 📚🍷 evgrieve.com/2026/08/rabb... #books #WomanOwned #SmallBusiness #NYC

Exterior of Rabbit Books and Bar, located at 170 Ave A and 11th St, with a red awning spanning the length of the storefront with its tall windows. Aug 29, 2026.
Sumita Pahwa@sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 12h ago

There were forty five thousand people there, about 80% women. Stars performed for free. $10 million raised from ticket sales, and Melinda Gates showed up to double it.

Emily Gorcenski@emily.gorcen.ski · 15h ago

Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields concert raising $20m for abortion care nonprofits (among others) while putting on an absolute banger of a show should be getting more play than it is in the millennial retirement home that is Bluesky

Ursula@ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 18h ago

Since it's Fred Hampton's birthday... Iberia and Francis Hampton were Mamie Till's neighbors. When Till’s regular babysitter was unavailable, Iberia babysat Emmett. Fred was born in 1948. That would make him seven years old when Emmett was murdered in Money, Mississippi.

Zinn Education Project@zinnedproject.bsky.social · 3d ago

#tdih 1955, while visiting family in Mississippi, 14-yr-old Emmett Till was lynched. 💔 Till was vilified by mainstream (white) press, including Washington Post. Important to also teach about & study Black press & reporters, like Simeon Booker. Read ⬇️ zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/em...

Gina Murrell@ginamurrell1.blacksky.app · 11h ago

In very local news: This morning, I was surprised to discover I had completely run out of grits, so none with Sunday breakfast. I’m slippin’ lol 😆😭 (Normally, I stay on top of this sort of thing.)

Rep. Jared Huffman@rephuffman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Our parks belong to all of us. These places should be protected for every generation, not sold off to Trump’s ultra-wealthy friends to profit off of. I will fight this, both for Yosemite and for every treasured park that would be up for grabs if this domino falls.

Anna Kramer@annackramer.bsky.social · 3d ago

SCOOP: Trump officials are pressuring the National Park Service to find a way to give a small piece of Yosemite to a private developer. The land would be used for a road, to give the developer rare private access to the heart of the park.