Happy JACKIE ROBINSON DAY! On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers, marking the end of MLB segregation.

But if the NFL hadn't also been segregated, we would likely be celebrating someone else today.

That's because Jackie Robinson would have been in the NFL.

Darth Maul, would deliver death mail, ha

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Death Mail! One of the best!

“Never give up. Making our nation and world fit for our children and grandchildren is a task for marathoners — not sprinters. It is a complex and long-term struggle that must be pursued with both urgency and persistence”
— Marian Wright Edelman

Thank you for sharing. Just donated. Also a first gen college student + Cyclone back in the day ❤️

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NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why. "It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."

A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...

Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the #NoKings Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.

TJ Otzelberger’s Basketball CURE-ALL! Shots aren’t falling? Down by 10 early? Put them in hell with his patent-pending defensive formula! Turn defense into offense! Win the biggest games! #BlueCy

Love is the final fight.

I also try to avoid saying I “have to” do something. It is an overused phrase, and removes one from decision making.

There are few things in life one “has to” do, ha. Better to say / think I “choose to” do XYZ because ABC.

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Same as it ever was
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Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

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Jesse Jackson never stopped fighting for America, in times of darkness he turned to hope and embodied the light.

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How I arrived on Bluesky

The ability and willingness to schedule a meeting.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Exactly, now add a column showing total average team revenue. I could be wrong, but owners are likely getting a bigger share of revenue than ever before.

The 5th year of war in Ukraine has begun.

At 4am on this day in 2022, Putin ordered his troops to destroy Ukraine. They tried. They failed.

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Here’s last night’s story about Twitter, how it went from bad to worse under Elon Musk, and the real reason why John won’t be tweeting in the future. Hint: it has something to do with his amazing feet. youtu.be/p7ZG_xWYLzI

I was also thinking about this. Thank you for posting it.

Vladimir Putin is caught in a vice of his own making Russia’s president cannot win the war, but fears peace

The chances are waning that Vladimir Putin’s armies in Ukraine will produce something he can call victory. But Russia’s president cannot give up. We explain why

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

So cool. A real “Leaders eat last” moment. Outstanding that the NFL has this award, and fitting that a Chicago Bears offensive lineman is the first recipient.

Thank you Joe 🙏🐻⬇️

After winning the first Protector of the Year Award, Joe Thuney received some messages from some of the great offensive linemen who came before him

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As we approach the Super Bowl, and embrace Black History Month, and take in the ICE atrocities in Minneapolis, I want to post this wonderful summary of Prince’s Minneapolis sound GOAT halftime performance.
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Minneapolis has real Boston 1775 vibes lately. No surprise that John Adams—a moderate farmer and lawyer, yet the principal agitator for independence—was radicalized against the English crown by its Eye of Sauron-like brutality against his city.