Our 2025 #GreatReadsAward shortlist has just been launched. From #PictureBooks to #YA, there's something for all ages. Full details at bit.ly/Greatreadsaw... - where schools (Primary & PP) can register (& maybe win a set of the shortlisted books!)
Marisa
@missstroud.bsky.social
Tall. Dark. Seeker of knowledge and wisdom... ancestors' biggest hopes and dreams and a bigot's worst nightmare. Black Mothers Matter
If y’all don’t stop sending campaign texts about a single comedian and find some jobs for the 300,000 Black women who’ve lost them since the current administration took over…
I mean, they aren't wrong. Someone said that the rich white guys were the canaries in the coal mine and I just stared in *American citizens and legal residents deported without due process*
They just tear-gassed us. They tried to run us over in a van holding a peaceful protester. They shot us with pepper balls. They dragged another protester into the facility.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot. one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
This is AMAZING! We need all other states to follow suit! $12K per child saved. Incentives early childhood carers and educators? *blows dust off ECE certs* New Mexico is first state in nation to offer universal child care - Office of the Governor - Michelle Lujan Grisham share.google/z5J5JpwsvYKN...
New Mexico is first state in nation to offer universal child care - Office of the Governor - Michelle Lujan Grisham
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This was the topic of discussion at the nursing station last night... why hasn't federal min wage risen since I worked for it in my teens? I AM OVER FORTY.
So apparently minimum wage would have to be $66/hour to match the home buying power of boomers making minimum wage in the 1970s We’re fucked.
We already have over 230 million people," [Foreign Minister] Tuggar said. "In the words of the famous U.S. rap group Public Enemy — you'll remember a line from Flavor Flav: 'Flavor Flav has problems of his own. I can't do nothing for you, man.'" lol. lmao www.npr.org/2025/07/11/n...
Nigeria says it won't accept deportees from U.S.: 'We have enough problems of our own'
Nigeria's government is pushing back against U.S. efforts to send the country migrants and foreign prisoners, with Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar quoting Public Enemy to drive home his point.
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
wired.com
Please support this extraordinary Gen Z Isaiah Martin who is running for Congress, He was just forcibly removed for a redistricting hearing committee. Share:) He's the young voices we need. 👊👏👏
There is literally NOTHING in the U.S. economy that is as good or better than it was eight months ago. NOT ONE THING! Everything is worse, most especially inflation.
i believe in a two state solution i want two state that from river to the sea palestine will be free
@jkodom.bsky.social liked your recent article... am i incorrect that mist of the folks in the age group are actually millennial? The ‘Portlandia’ crowd: Portland ranks No. 1 in country in this demographic category. www.oregonlive.com/data/2025/07...
You should listen to the international newsrooms trying to figure out their coverage - “if he bombs Iran.. but he if he doesn’t.. but what if he does before we have lunch. Can we have lunch?” I speak 5 languages, so I can confirm - everyone is having same issues.
Hey, Mike. As someone whose wife barely survived an assassination attempt, let me tell you: Your joke isn't funny and you have an entire state to apologize to.
Had the sitting president singing hymns. #BlackSky
Still cannot believe this happened
It’s so easy to be an artist. You just do it. That, of course, is why it’s so hard to be an artist. You just have to do it. People despise how artistic courage highlights their own cowardice. Thus, crave the art, despise the artist. my random thoughts on it, better said by all the ppl in history
felt compelled to look up ICE authority for warrantless arrests if I'm reading this correctly, the circumstances under which ICE can arrest a citizen are basically limited to 'I literally saw you commit a felony and you're about to escape and no one's gonna be able to get a warrant' this aint that
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
"It's bullshit," Gov. Hochul says of the arrest of NYC Comptroller Brad Lander by ICE. She says she will call him when he's out of detention. "But what about all the people who don't have that high profile position?"
It's why I just laugh when a man wants to insist his woman will work because... I'm Black, that's the default. Like it or not.
Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.
Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate
Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
motherjones.com
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.