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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
Thank you, thank you for your essential services.
This is so reckless. Watch Musk grant DOGE-aligned tech companies opaque and lucrative contracts. Follow the money. Expose the predictable corruption.
A diverse flight crew of a gay guy, a Black man, and a woman
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
02.02.2025 01:19 — 👍 51804 🔁 6398 💬 886 📌 420
A Black History Month image in Orange, yellow and green showcasing culture and people, with a black heart at the center.
A challenge to White friends & family: intentionally celebrate Black History Month as a form of resistance against the blatant racism we have seen from the Trump administration. Our Black friends & family are tired of trying to educate White people about American History. Join me. Onward together.
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A man jumping, under the words "Make Time For Joy"
Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.
01.02.2025 16:22 — 👍 13304 🔁 2623 💬 287 📌 163Four years ago I wrote my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb. Both when I wrote it and performed it, I did so while continuously reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King’s legacy.
20.01.2025 19:50 — 👍 5853 🔁 1053 💬 101 📌 83Whatever happens, never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So always make time to share books with kids, and help them find books to love. Make reading central to everything you do. It will change their lives forever!
#literacy
If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
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Looking at the “blue sky” today. “The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
― Barbara Kingsolver
A memory from scenic Harpers Ferry, WV
