Hey Noelle

Me: Hey bud. Can you grab me some scissors? I need to open a package

Son: here you go mom!

Now...wait.

I lost a wonderful contract under MCCEI because of this. The work they do is critical. I'm glad there are people fighting and they need more support.

This is 38! In this year I'd love how to freaking figure out Bluesky so I can actually build community here.

Watching the met gala this year is making me so emotional. So much Black excellence. I turn 38 in a few days and this is the year to get a tailored suit baby! #metgala #blackdandy

Thunderbolts really surprised me. I got the action and humor I was expecting, but the dialogue centering mental health was really a welcomed gift. I'll be watching again soon.

The Anti-DEI to Resegregation Pipeline None of this should be a shock, but here we are, surprised Pikachu faced and all.

The Anti-DEI to Resegregation Pipeline
open.substack.com/pub/deiunder...

So over at Booktok we were told First Time Caller was an must read, so Noelle did. Takeaway?

Cute 90s style romcom with a great FMC. The MMC? He doesn't believe in love when his dad stood by his mother going through cancer and is happily traveling together. Not a spoiler but it drove me nuts💙📚

me: i just need a break
also me: starts five books, opens a "build a new career path" doc, cries, reorganizes my email folders, stares into space

Let's gooo!!

Was Cory Booker being "performative"? I don't think so, but at the end of the day, impact matters. He made history and I was proud to watch him finish strong.

Hopefully Strom Thurmond took some time out of his busy schedule burning in hell to get the news that he was just beaten by a black man.

Cory* long day, yall

As Corey Booker prepares to break the record of the longest speech on the senate floor staying on topic for over 24 hours, a reminder that when Ted Cruz did his 21+ hour filbuster he resulted to reading Green Eggs and Ham to eat up time.

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

The Atlantic did the right thing releasing the messages this morning. If this wasn't "classified" what is? Gift article for yall to see www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

That part!!

Thank you

Small gray fluffy dog with black eyes and nose stares at camera while sitting on a beige carpet

Last weekend I said goodbye to my 17 year old "puppy", Ottobear. Through this grief, I was able to allow my loved ones to support me without trying to "keep it together". I took space as I needed it and accepted all the help that was given to me.

Thank you, Otto, for a final lesson in love.

Happy International Women's Day!
Take your birth control!
Make that appointment!
Celebrate by using your reproductive rights! 😃

A person with a dimple could never intimidate me. "Ooh I'm shaking in my boots cutie patootie"

This doesn't make John Deere a perfect or even progressive company. If DEI didn't make sense for the company and their bottom line, they wouldn't do this. DEI matters. Period.

Watching the last episode of The ReidOut. Absolutely heartbreaking #weneedjoy #tvoff

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

The Great Resegregation The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

Actually, I'm good.

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.

trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I'm half way through A Court of Mist and Fury and I am pissed! I can't stop talking about the group and getting angry at the characters. I fear I'm growing obsessed with ACOTAR.

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.

When you hear "slavery was such a long time ago...People need to get over it" remind them that Harriet Tubman and Ronald Regan were alive at the same time.

From US Forest Service.

Oooh say more. Wait wait don't lol