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With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.

!!!!!!!!!!!

North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE - Bolts Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in....

Charlotte's black sheriff, who was elected in 2018 and who has not cooperated with ICE, is one of the black sheriffs being targeted by the GOP in North Carolina. boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

GENDER NEUTRAL

Me, on FT, BEFORE the first date: lemme see your toilet, tub, and kitchen real quick……..

Love them so much. Like. 🥹🥹

“Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story” — 60 years of taking pictures at DOC NYC “Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story” is about the meaning and legacy of “Black is Beautiful,” and another about Kwame Brathwaite.

“Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story” is about the meaning and legacy of “Black is Beautiful,” and another about Kwame Brathwaite.

This happens *way* more in CA than I’d like. 😭

When people’s voices don’t match their appearance, I feel like one of those babies that get freaked out when they’re surprised.

I had no business in it. neither did my cousin killed in the first few yrs of war after 9/11, or my Vietnam vet uncle, or my grandfather (WWII) or his dad (WWI) or my great great grandfather in the civil war.

Do not let Black young people in your orbit sign up to serve in the U.S. military.

I don’t talk about my time as a servicemember bc it was a blur & I sometimes just completely forget (trauma training™️), but every chance I get to talk to a Black youth who is thinking about the commitment, I offer my support (financial, network, mentoring, etc.)—

and I tell them not to do it.

Opinion | Why We Must Steer Black Children From Military Service Horace Small writes that Black parents must discourage children from serving in the armed forces.

OPINION: "We are not saying our children should not be leaders, warriors or protectors. We are saying they must not be tools for a system that does not love them. We must offer them other ways to build their future—because there are alternatives," Horace Small writes.

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures

Between advances in mRNA, gene editing, and finding the links between viral infections and auto immune diseases we might see real cures in our lifetime.

Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!

OJO Obrero (ojonc.org) is now available. This website features information about confirmed ICE operations in our state to help parents and workers get to school and work safely. OJO Obrero only features sightings that we can confirm involve federal agents, rather than crowdsourced reports

Damn. That just blew me.

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ... 423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott makes second big Triad HBCU donation to N.C. A&T North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University officials announced she donated $63 million to the school.

MacKenzie Scott's $63 million donation is the largest single gift ever received by North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

Sadly…..

So we have two different strains (H5N1 and H5N5) that can infect people in the US currently. And evidence that H5N1 is asymptomatic and humans to human.

When do start the vaccination conversation?

Lmao, I don’t plan on it. 😌✨

BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!

We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Ah. Didn’t think about the labels encouraging that but I could see that. It’s all gross though. Banish that nigga and stop forcing him on us. Leave me alone. 😭

Omg seriously. Heard him on Summer’s new project and I’m like ????! Leon PMO too cause nigga, really?!

🥰

You have such a cherubic, auspicious face. I’m kind of obsessed.

Tell Congress: Recognize and Punish Israel's Genocide in Gaza Ask your Representative to co-sponsor the new resolution that would formally recognize Israel's genocide in Gaza and push the US to fulfill its legal duty to prevent and punish genocide.

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