I had Covid 2-3 times (I’d say 3 comfortably but I didn’t test myself the last time, just my kids) I KNOW my brain is not the same
Sean Padilla (He/They) Will Write a Good Song About Anything@seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 8h agoI feel this. I’ve only had COVID-19 *once*, and my ability to do mental math has been partially compromised since, so I can imagine the effects that MULTIPLE infections would have on my mind
"Who benefits from the extraction of national resources? In Burkina Faso, this question has increasingly been posed… as a question of sovereignty. The issue is…whether the structures governing extraction reflect the priorities of the Burkinabè people." #Africa #Sovereignty #Economics #BlackSky
Burkina Faso and the return of political economy | ROAPE
Contemporary global political discourses are often noted for their intense polarization, in which elections are increasingly reduced from choices about governance and ideology to something more banal ...
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Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · 14h agoIn this piece, Nishant Upadhyay asserts that developments in Burkina Faso have facilitated a repoliticisation of political economy, including everyday life, through mass mobilisation. roape.net/2026/08/05/b...
When you see animation superfans/historians offhandedly referring to "Betty Boop's Black grandmother," folks, this is who they're talking about.
Zack Davisson@zackdavisson.com · yesterdayHelen Kane flat-out stole Baby Esther's act www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc0x...
this trailer dropping just days after Mahershala Ali said he's no longer talking about the legendary fumble of Marvel not making Blade? Feige hadda be sleepless every night after this one if I was Bassam Tariq I would done have billboards up going THIS IS WHAT MARVEL TRIED TO STEAL FROM YOU!!!!
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother | Official Trailer
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Cunningham had been sending signals that she was MAGA but she didn't press it for attention and notoriety. That changed once Fox News and Republicans tried to position themselves as Clark's defenders this summer. She knew Caitlin wouldn't go full MAGA so she took the opportunity to stand in for her
She saw how the whole right-wing world fixated on Caitlin Clark and the WNBA after the Alyssa Thomas foul situation and struck while the iron was hot. I think it shows that she has a strong understanding of how right wing media works and was waiting for the right moment to start her grifting career
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3d agoSophie Cunningham’s rise says less about basketball than the incentives of a sports culture where outrage, identity politics and attention have become lucrative commodities
I don't know what series this is or who these characters are, but I would imagine that this is as heartbreaking as me seeing Elmo do a commercial for HBO. Regardless, PBS encouraging AI is horrifying
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hiksmash@hiksmash.blacksky.app · 2d agoWhat is PBS Kids doing telling 3rd graders to use Ai to write a poem???
“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” —Malcolm X, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz
I wonder what Black folks did in 1978 that made Mormon God go "You know what?! I actually fuck with y'all! Lemme lift that curse real quick!" Who dropped an album that year?
Ma$on@masonfromtwitter.bsky.social · 3d agoOne of the bigger issues at the time was that they were opening a temple in Brazil and they had no way of keeping black people out of the Mormon church because a huge chunk of Brazilians have Black ancestry. "God" changed his mind on racism on June 8 1978 and the Brazil temple opened October 30 1978
Wild Style trailer with Lady Pink, Lee Quinones, Fab 5 Freddy, Patti Astor and others "Wild Style (1983) is a landmark film that is widely considered the first hip-hop movie, capturing the nascent culture of graffiti, breakdancing, DJing, and MCing in the South Bronx."
Wild Style (1983, trailer) ['Lee' George Quinones, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy, Patti Astor]
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Lady Pink was born in the Andes and her mom was born in the Amazon rainforest. She was the only girl in Basquiat's art circle. Only 17, making art, and hanging with Basquiat and Bowie... NYC grafitti police have been harassing her and her husband, so she had to leave NYC. Leave Lady Pink alone!!!
Two Police Raids Forced Lady Pink to Leave New York City
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Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · 3y agoA hell of a flex. “At 17, I was going to parties with Andy Warhol at some rich person’s house and hobnobbing with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. I didn’t even have time for my senior year of high school, because I was exhibiting and traveling the world..” news.artnet.com/art-world/la...
Especially salient today when we are surrounded by so much ignorance.
Strictly 4 My Navigators@lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 3d agoRemembering James Baldwin on his birthday (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987)💙🕊
At any weight this is crazy! But do this to mine and…you know what accidents have a propensity to happen.
Fannie Jack Hammer@0hbetave.bsky.social · 4d agoParents what are yall doing if you found out a 400lb teacher (any teacher) was stepping on your kid's back as a form of punishment?
Bluesky was hating and wouldn’t let me post this earlier 😭 7 hours later: Blueberry BBQ poor man’s burnt ends 🫐
never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
...I also realized that I haven't cleaned out/organized my glove compartment out in forever! Smfh
I got a ticket because I was googling an Arabic perfume smfh lol
Fuck! I ended up leaving working early due to illness, and on the way back home, I got pulled over by a motorcycle cop because I was holding my cellphone 😬
My one preliminary question was, “Is there someone who would be upset that you’re responding to my DM”? That’s it! I ain’t asking bout nobody else cuz I don’t compete in the physical. I am going to respond to your efforts. The efforts looked like driving to ATL on a torn ACL. I declined. 🤭
Big Bad Booty Daddy@bamaslymm.blacksky.app · 3d ago"You sure it ain't NOBODY else that's claiming you??" "I KNOW you got a lot of hoes." "You say that to all your hoes." "Who are you fucking like this???" "WHAT BITCHES ARE YOU FUCKING???? HOW MANY?!??!"
© Max Ginsburg. 'The Friends.' Oil on canvas, 1981. 101.6 x 55.9 cm.
