Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
Sending love ❤️
If you're looking for some great databases of the ongoing resistance (as well as some other useful resources) here's a thread of where to start.
1. Check out Choose Democracy's website with incredible guides on action you can take: choosedemocracy.us
They want us to think we’re alone. We are not. The Resistance is Everywhere.
Welcome to Resist List. Your online hub of the ongoing resistance to the growth of authoritarianism in the United States.
@bluemiriam.bsky.social that is a most excellent emotional support chicken. 🙏🏽☮️♥️
BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
Hero.
Remember: no mandate, no majority. 37.75% of the electorate didn't vote; 31.5% voted for him; 30.6% voted for her.
Today, we reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight for justice and equality. As we celebrate his legacy, we're reminded that much more work is needed to fulfill the promise of a more just and democratic future for all.
Tomorrow noon east-coast time, 9am Pacific: we'll be here to talk about beloved community, power, storytelling, and enter this next era of US history together, heads held high, friends held close. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_y...
@mugsp.bsky.social
Come to the Petaluma Arts Center Jan 16-Feb 22 to see my latest work in Forest Unseen - artists responding to forests and trees. After years of performance work, the is the first purely visual exhibition I’ve had in a long time. Honored to be among these talented artists.
Plantain Chips
Listen to @leahstokes.bsky.social , our southern-California climate genius, frame the problems and solutions in her usual brisk, humorous, and exceedingly informed way.....
If you use our tool to get your own file, here’s how to help our team learn more about the ways insurers deny claims … www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Clean energy is very cheap. Climate advocates would like to make it more abundant. But who exactly is impeding this, one might ask? www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now...
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Also, barely any of them made it to the table. The kids decided it was appropriate to snack on them before dinner. 😆
Roasted with garlic in bacon fat!
Did you see the Linda Perry “Let it die here“ documentary when it came around? I missed it and really want to see it.
I hope you have a wonderful meal!
Inpatient oncology rounds Thanksgiving week, I am reminded yet again:
There is no greater blessing than an ordinary day shared with our loved ones.
I was there too! High five!
Love this. I just got mine too!
I greatly enjoyed this conversation. It’s right on time for holiday #grief; I hope you find it helpful.
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Yesterday’s sky after the storm.
I also see it as a call to invest in and strengthen my community. ♥️
You too, my friend. ♥️
We can’t do this life alone.