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After a long absence from Bluesky, I peek in and read this. Aaahhh. Chef kiss! Mwa! We dey for your back. Free speech must be protected

The terror is the point

A Free White House Press is In Peril. I Demand to Meet Trump April Ryan is one of the White House press corp’s longest-serving members. Here she reveals the extraordinary battle over freedom being fought in the West Wing—and her part in it.

"The White House Correspondents Association was formed in 1914 because of a rumor that a Congressional committee was going to select which journalists could attend Woodrow Wilson’s press conferences.

Now it’s a president picking journalists." -April Ryan

www.thedailybeast.com/a-free-white...

Identity, sexuality, and the new African diaspora in the USA: A conversation with Bisi Adjapon Bisi Adjapon is a Ghanaian Nigerian American writer and is part of a literary trend that addresses the new African diaspora in the USA in 21st-century fiction. Adjapon is the author of The Teller o...

Shout out to South African Professor of Literature Isabella Villanova for this study based on my works:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

You know what stories I would like to read and hear about?

People who have been pushed even more to the left/progressive/ Dem socialist side after the last several years-- and after everything happening with the Dem establishment now.

Thank you, Mark, for standing up for your daughters and other women

This is a sad day

Amen.

How deliberately cruel. I honestly don’t know what it will take to stop it

"A whole new level of cruelty": Health experts decry "devastating" cuts to HIV treatment programs The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation said the latest cuts will deprive 350,000 people of HIV treatment.

“What’s transpired over the last three or four days just takes it to a whole new level of cruelty and inhumanity and, frankly, a whole new level of stupidity in doing this is the most non-strategic way.” Tens of thousands of people will die as a result of this action.

www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...

So glad @philipobaji.bsky.social on here. He is doing essential work - please do support him if you can.

I guess Russia and the United States are brothers now. Forget the cousins and allies across the pond 🥲

They did not understand that ESL programs were designed to help students learn English. They thought foreign language immersion programs made children abandon English. Ignorant buffoons did not realize that foreign language was important for State dept, CIA etc. Everything foreign was deemed evil

🚨 UPCOMING EVENT: Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms, April 10-11 at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social & online. In collaboration with Senior AI Advisor @sethlazar.org & co-sponsored by the Knight Institute and @columbiaseas.bsky.social. RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/artif...

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

Collective action everyone can do.
Pass it along.

Terrifying

bisi!! thank you so much ❤️ you’re a light and a joy!!

Yay!!! The brilliant Ryan worked with my fabulous editor Rakesh Satyal to bring Daughter in Exile into the world. He is an exceptional talent plus dependable and caring. It was a privilege. Do connect with him!

What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi “To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.

This is a hard but necessary read: ending USAID means children starve to death.

BREAKING NEWS - According to Israeli media, the Israeli army begins a large-scale ground and air attack in Syria.

Exactly!

Thank you. It’s getting to the point where I don’t want to even read the articles. Why must we be tormented by his face, his chainsaw, etc etc etc?

Donate to Bringing Tamazight to the World, organized by Brahim El Guabli Imazighen are the Indigenous people of North Africa, and their language is called Tam… Brahim El Guabli needs your support for Bringing Tamazight to the World

My friend Brahim is raising funds to encourage scholarship of indigenous North African languages and cultures. Please join me in donating, if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/bringing-t...

Congratulations, Mona! I am eager to dive into it as I have your previous books

Share FAR and WIDE: The American Medical Association is our source for information on health. BELOW is their YouTube page. Bird flu is spreading throughout our country & most people have NO clue. Please stay UPDATED and BOOKMARK this page for your health & well-being.
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Reading this now and it’s chilling and you should by all means preorder it!