Sam Jackson’s Backhand

The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin An older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.

James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.

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I promised @jeahbrandey.being.baby a Wagon Wednesday 🍑 Thread, So lets get it going 👏🏾😏

Ladies or whoever wants to join in 👀

We like ALL Wagons!!! Big, small, medium, bubble, flat, it doesn't matter…just post those cakes 😍

As alway, Be RESPECTFUL & have some DECORUM 💯

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s response:

“We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king. The MTA has initiated legal proceedings in the Southern District of New York to preserve this critical program. We’ll see you in court.”

Black homophobes will have us back in shackles just so they don’t have see a Trans woman receiving the humanity they don’t think they deserve. The amount of Black folks I see celebrating trumps transphobia is disgusting and this is why we’ll never win. #blacksky

Hi, I’m God.

There is no free speech if only the rich and powerful are allowed to exercise it.

I don't even have anything insightful to say today.

I still can't believe he won after his actions 4 years ago today.

Hella bots on here

I love you honey 😘😘😘 happy anniversary!!!

....and another thing.

Happening now: Amazon Labor Union workers and supporters are rallying outside JFK8 on Staten Island ahead of a midnight strike due to Amazon refusing to come to the bargaining table following a Dec. 15 deadline.

#STRIKEMAS

We love to see it!

Anybody with me?

Philly has beautiful murals all over the place. Here is one you can’t see from the ground - only from our hotel window

Don’t lose the one you love because you’re too proud to admit when you’re wrong…

Block list full of bots and spam accounts here. That and I be randomly blocking white people I see.

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I really like the inclusive environment on my skyline. No matter if your straight, gay, bi, trans, non-binary. We all laugh, crack jokes, support & respect eachother. This is what a community looks like 🫡😭

Ain’t turnin a damn thing loose

Idk Kanye be spitting facts sometimes

Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble? Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.

Hospitals gave mothers medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, and then reported them for positive drug tests

Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”

[commercial for pants] Is your underwear cold?

Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth

Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.

"Twitter isn’t real life" turned into "leaving Twitter is ignoring reality” very quickly!

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work