If you will be in the NYC area for the @atproto.nyc community day on 8/22, @blackskyweb.xyz will be hosting a community mixer in Brooklyn on 8/20! Spots are limited, so be sure to sign up asap via the link below. And no worries, we have more events coming. Stay tuned! luma.com/6n8btnyb
Blacksky Community Mixer · Luma
Join the Blacksky for an evening mixer with their team and others building in the AT Protocol space. We’re gathering in Brooklyn for good conversation, fresh…
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This app exists because of the support of our community who've been building Blacksky alongside us. Thank you for testing, sharing feedback, and helping us create an open social experience that belongs to its community. We can't wait to hear what you think. See you on the app. ❤️🔥
If something feels off, we want to hear about it. Whether it's a bug, something confusing, or an idea that would make the app better, your feedback helps shape what we build next. Here are steps for how to report bugs and leave feedback:
How to Join the Beta | Blacksky Documentation
A step-by-step guide for iPhone (TestFlight) and Android (Google Play) testers
docs.blacksky.community
Once you're in use it however you normally would. Scroll your feed. Post. Reply. Like things. Follow people. Discover new communities. Try different features. Break things (hopefully not 😉). The goal is simple: use Blacksky like it's your everyday social app.
Joining the beta is easy. Download for iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/ST8N2Qda Download for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... If you run into any issues, you can follow the instructions here for help: docs.blacksky.community/info-about-b...
Blacksky - Apps on Google Play
Discover communities, trending conversations, and social media built for you.
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🔥 The Blacksky mobile app is here. Today we're opening up our public beta on both iOS and Android. If you've been waiting for a native mobile experience, now's your chance to try it before our full public launch and help us make it even better. 🧵👇
Y'all — find the store(s) in the thread 🧵 below closest to you and REPOST it. 👇🏾📚✊🏾 #BlackSky
Penn professor Sarah J. Jackson's new book explores impact of Black storytellers on American culture | Africana Studies
africana.sas.upenn.edu
Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 2w agoI have not been doing a good enough job posting these but here is a thread of independent bookstores you can give your money for a signed copy of A SECOND SIGHT: Up first, Brookline Booksmith, MA
A mystery bookseller (haha yes really) in Baltimore, MD has signed copies of TWO of my books, not saying this should be a weekend scavenger hunt if you are in Baltimore, just saying with two you can really get the scope of things!
@solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social in Washington, D.C. has signed copies of my book and some of the best independent bookstore signage in the game
I have not been doing a good enough job posting these but here is a thread of independent bookstores you can give your money for a signed copy of A SECOND SIGHT: Up first, Brookline Booksmith, MA
"We are creating a living memorial to document the life of Assata Shakur with the aim of remembering and preserving her legacy—and our own." #activism #archives #AssataLives
Assata Shakur Archives Project launches a "call for artifacts," digital and physical, on "'activist, artist, mother, grandmother, poet, writer, revolutionary freedom fighter Assata Shakur.'" For more info: www.assatashakurarchives.com #archives #activism #BlackLives #BlackWomen
Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.
An Enemy State Motherland people keep growing— beyond the fences built. Grow around our futures— beyond the appetite mistaken surveillance for power. One day they’ll ask how forests appeared— where only branches fell? The answer will be: we never stopped becoming roots. #BlueSkyArtShow #growing
Do your hip stretches fellas 🙂↕️ don’t be shamed
Making Cardboard Robots with #MicroBit #Ai #Robot #Robotics #Programming #STEM #Steam #PiDay NoireSTEMinist.com
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
New York, powerhouse coming through 👀🚨: The Roundabout bringing Mix & Master to the Todd Haimes soon- ✍🏽 by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Kamilah Forbes, starring Kara Young & Ruben Santiago-Hudson in a generational battle over the Bronx's last record shop w live DJ sets throughout. #KingMajesty
Mix and Master
The last record shop in the Bronx is on its final spin. A rising DJ isn’t ready to let the music die.
roundabouttheatre.org
Before Sister Rosetta Tharpe, it was guitarist, bassist and vocalist Memphis Minnie (1897-1973) who helped shape the sound of modern pop music and recorded around 200 songs #WomensArt
