Judge approves $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train ...

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Poster announcing the dates for the International Black Writers Festival sponsored by Howard University in DC.

Hey DC!! Coming to see you. Save the Date!

announcement about virtual panels tied to Black women in publishing.

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a woman in a blue dress is holding a crown in her hands and saying `` it 's my birthday '' . ALT: a woman in a blue dress is holding a crown in her hands and saying `` it 's my birthday '' .

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Summer Breeze, Pts. 1 & 2 YouTube video by The Isley Brothers - Topic

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Stanley Clarke: Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

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Ananda Lewis' Sister Reveals 'Heartbreaking' Final Moments (Exclusive) YouTube video by Entertainment Tonight

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The Ananda Lewis Show September 18,2001 Opening YouTube video by A'drian Bush

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Ananda Lewis.

Remembering poet icon/educator/author Nikki Giovanni and Prince Rogers Nelson on their birthday.

WE ALL WE GOT I Digital Green Book Welcome to We All We Got: A Digital Green Book for the Culture—a guide for navigating the ever-growing wave of digital manipulation aimed at dividing, deceiving, and discouraging Black communities.

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News - Mass Grave of Slaughtered Black Civil War Soldiers Possibly Located - Archaeology Magazine SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY—Live Science reports that archaeologists believe they have found evidence of a forgotten and […]

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Michael Jackson - Earth Song (Official Video) YouTube video by michaeljacksonVEVO

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The Second Edition of The Business of Being a Writer Officially Releases Today | Jane Friedman This new edition dramatically revises and re-envisions how to best help writers understand the business they’re entering.

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He Vanished Into a Cave for 63 Days—And Emerged With a Scientific Breakthrough No One Saw Coming In 1962, a young geologist vanished into a cave in the French Alps for over two months. What he experienced in total darkness would later reshape modern biology. The experiment began as geology—but en...

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Bessie Coleman, the first Black Aviatrix, was denied entry to US flight schools. So she moved to France. Learned French and got her license there in 1922. (thx AOL.com)

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Now I want one! lol

D’Wayne Wiggins, Founding Member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64 D'Wayne Wiggins, one of the founding members of R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, has died. He was 64.

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Everybody Loves The Sunshine YouTube video by Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Topic

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REST IN POWER.

GSA prepares to sell over 400 federal properties A new list of “non-core assets” includes the FBI and DOJ headquarters in Washington.

They’re forcing federal workers back to offices that are going to disappear.

Why?

Because they’re shutting the government down. Permanently. People made fun of me for saying this a month ago. But here we are.

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Guru's Jazzmatazz ft. Angie Stone & Herbie Hancock – Keep Your Worries (Later Archive 2000) YouTube video by BBC Music

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