They don't regard the Sooners as intriguing? Guess we gotta show ‘em today: OU 34 Auburn 16 Boomer! @OU_Football
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High-quality boxing talk right here, animated by the warmth of true friendship. youtu.be/fPRmMkSKJeo?...
Bill Belichick-Patriots beef, Melo & HOF Class of 2025, Canelo vs. Crawford | Bomani Jones
YouTube video by The Right Time with Bomani Jones
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😂 Connections gettin a little naughty wit it today… 😏 Connections Puzzle #805 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪
The Naval Academy Canceled My Lecture on Wisdom www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...
Opinion | The Naval Academy Canceled My Lecture on Wisdom
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Yeah, ol’ Josh Pate is paying attention to what’s going on with OU football. Respect. Boomer! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
MY Post-Spring Top 20 Rankings + CFP Future Format Debates
Podcast Episode · Josh Pate's College Football Show · 05/12/2025 · 1h 25m
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Hey @dancharnas.bsky.social, this rich story you expertly tell is revelatory, maddening and sad—even as it highlights hidden gems that evoke joy and nostalgia. Hopefully, today’s villains will be less impactful in reversing cultural and racial progress. slate.com/culture/2024...
The Song of the Summer Is Actually the Song of 1982
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” is one of several recent hits bringing back the genre that never got a name.
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A fun Friday hang right here. The last 20 minutes, especially, offer quality riffs on comparative hardship, international travel and Belichick’s relationship podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Foxworth Friday: Lakers Eliminated, LeBron's Future, More Bill Belichick Drama
Podcast Episode · The Right Time with Bomani Jones · 05/02/2025 · 57m
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Moving analysis about the latest campaign to erase certain stories and truths to pave the way for yet another lie. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”
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This We Want The Funk documentary is so vibrant and joyful! I especially love the unexpectedly poignant moment when @markanthonyneal.bsky.social helps synthesize how The Great Migration and the Rust Belt factory jobs connect directly with The Funk…
If anybody can navigate this treacherous moment, Bunch can. Trump’s Order Puts the Smithsonian’s Chief in the Hot Seat www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/a...
Smithsonian’s Leader’s Future Unclear After Trump Executive Order
The president’s executive order demanding change at the institution presents a perilous test for Lonnie G. Bunch III, its secretary, whom the White House calls a partisan Democrat.
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“This is not about left or right; it’s about right and wrong. This is not a partisan moment; this is an American moment—a moral moment.” —Senator Cory Booker
What a thrill to chat with @markanthonyneal.bsky.social about the ultimate card game! During this centennial of the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, we get into their profound impact and their fun contribution to The Culture—“The Porter’s Game,” Bid Whist! youtu.be/I_bMa-YJ1z0
Left of Black | Lamont Jones on the Card Game from Black Culture: BID WHIST!
YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.
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"Far from harmless, the crusade against DEI has been a way of laundering racist policies into the mainstream. The anti-woke right’s public focus on hollow cultural signifiers obscures their actual goal: undoing the gains made by the Civil Rights Movement."
Thot Leedurr@docdre.distributedblackness.net · 2y ago[better late than never, I guess] "The war on DEI is a smoke screen" www.theverge.com/politics/613...
“So why on earth is our “liberal” media credulously giving Republicans the benefit of the doubt on this? Treating their obsession with DEI as anything other than what it is? Anti-Black racism. The new N-word.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism
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Fun listen. This is hilarious, smart and insightful. 👊🏾😂 @theblackguywhotips.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
3048: Camp Contraband
Podcast Episode · The Black Guy Who Tips Podcast · 02/09/2025 · 1h 56m
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Classic fun Friday chit-chat right here: That New Orleans Blaccent; How to compliment that honey at the party … Domonique tusslin wit his pops 😂 youtu.be/hqKDN0C2514?...
Foxworth Friday: Super Bowl Preview, Plus Receiving and Giving Compliments
YouTube video by The Right Time with Bomani Jones
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What an enlightening, edifying conversation. Thank you, @imaniperry.bsky.social and @esglaude.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=nZo3...
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This artist threw a four-punch combination with just his left hand: double jab; half-hook/half-uppercut; hook—then finished with a right hook that missed
"The fact that the new segregationists feel compelled to cover their tracks with euphemism is an acknowledgement of the weakness of their intellectual position, the lingering stigma against overt discrimination, and the Civil Rights Movement’s moral clarity."
Joel D. Anderson@joelanderson.bsky.social · 2y ago"Behind the anti-diversity movement’s performative worries about qualification is a not-so-subtle subtext implying that any person of color in a position of authority is unqualified." @victorerikray.bsky.social on Trump and MAGA's segregationist goals. theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
Berg's story about "Manuela" at the hotel is everything! 💪🏾 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
"Peter Berg" - SmartLess - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · SmartLess · 01/13/2025 · 59m
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I appreciate Ifill's clear-eyed and inspirational focus on doing the work required to "build a strong, enduring, healthy democracy."
Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 2y agoMy MLK day piece is up. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Cool to learn about a hero whose name I didn't know until Hugh Price discussed with the "Westchester Whisters" Edmund Gordon's transformative impact as a founder of the Head Start program, which provides education, nutrition and health-care assistance to children living in poverty. ❤️♠️♦️♣️
If only they'd tell us where we can listen to Alexander O'Neal's classic debut album ...
@lamontsixnolow.bsky.social · 2y agoJimmy Jam is such a gifted storyteller blessed with first-hand experiences of an amazing American musical journey. The brotherhood between Jam and Terry Lewis is inspiring (and I love the "Upward Bound" element). The moderator here guides a riveting, rich conversation. youtu.be/eZyhzW5XVIM?...
Honored that the fellas from the @thinkingpoker.bsky.social podcast mentioned our chat about The Gist of Bid Whist as one of their 2024 favorites. I look forward to playing cards with you again soon, Andrew. And Carlos, as fellow boxing fans, you KNOW we had to go deep on boxing and cardplay!
Jimmy Jam is such a gifted storyteller blessed with first-hand experiences of an amazing American musical journey. The brotherhood between Jam and Terry Lewis is inspiring (and I love the "Upward Bound" element). The moderator here guides a riveting, rich conversation. youtu.be/eZyhzW5XVIM?...
USC Thornton Pop Forum with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
YouTube video by USC Thornton School of Music
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The Gist of Bid Whist is making its way around the globe, touching down in Hawaii with Professor Rebecca Heino on her vacation! 💪🏾🙏🏾👊🏾💙
