Big Tech isn’t serving you—it’s extracting from you. Wu: “Platforms bleed you dry.” Only antitrust can break the cycle. But under Trump? The extractors now own the regulators. #AgeOfExtraction #BigTechAntitrust

Levy, Steven. “Welcome to Big Tech's ‘Age of Extraction,’” WIRED, Nov. 7, 2025.

By 1320s, European maps marked “Melly”—Mali’s gold empire. Africa wasn’t hidden; its wealth was globally known via trans-Saharan trade. #BornInBlackness #AgeOfExtraction

“João the African”? A title born of plunder. Portugal didn’t stumble on West African wealth—it hunted it from day one. Extraction, not discovery. #BornInBlackness #AgeOfExtraction

Portuguese “discovery” of West Africa? No—it was a deliberate end-run around African power to seize gold & slaves. Not exploration: economic siege. #BornInBlackness #AgeOfExtraction

800 years ago, Polynesians & Native Americans met—DNA proves it. Global contact began long before Europe sailed. #BornInBlackness #AgeOfExtraction

Europeans weren’t first—they were last to arrive with guns. Zheng He reached Africa decades before da Gama. Global exploration began long before the “Age of Discovery.” #BornInBlackness #AgeOfExtraction

“Age of Discovery” is a fairy tale. Atlantic unity was forged by African knowledge, labor, and loss—not European miracles. #BornInBlackness #AgeOfExtraction