Sage

Jess is a beautiful and dignified Black lady in a floral dress, grey hair and spectacles. She looks at the camera with reserved warmth.

This is Jess. She was born in Jamaica in 1938. She now lives in Tooting. Her portrait & story were taken by Steve Reeves, the great London photographer on instagram. I don't think he's here, though, so I'll tell you a bit about her.

Jess had a happy childhood in Jamaica. She rode a mule to school.

Every time

Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.

DECENT PEOPLE:
This administration will be remembered as the cruellest and most inept in American history.

RFK JR :
No. It won't.

The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

We need to have more conversations tho...

Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

it took bruce willis 130 minutes to realize he was a ghost and you expect men to notice a haircut.

Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency.

via Brett Murphy:

The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:

There’s a guy on tiktok who is learning to read and is reading on live and having people help him with sounding out the words and understanding what the words mean. I think that is so dope. And folks in the live are being real cool about it and engaged. Love to see it.

Also tried on a cock ring today, and it definitely was not big enough for my balls. Also that shit HURTS. Props to yall that wear them regularly lol

I never forgot that girl who opened the tub of ice cream at the supermarket, licked it, and then put it back in the fridge.

She and her idiot friend were there giggling away. Hope her life was ruined forever

Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Harriet the Spy' Star and 'Gossip Girl' Favorite, Dead at 39 Michelle Trachtenberg, the actress known for 'Harriet the Spy,' as well as TV shows like 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Gossip Girl,' has died.

Rest in peace Michelle Trachtenberg

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If you play video games on the highest difficulty, that's great! 👍

But don't give gamers who play on easier difficulty a hard time about it. Everyone likes to enjoy games differently and there is no right or wrong way to play.

Breaking News: Scientists from the University of the Basque Country have discovered a groundbreaking molecule, WIN55.212-2, that reverses early cognitive damage caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

I still get bothered about them folks telling us they don’t wash their legs when showering and they don’t shower regularly and they consider swimming as a form of bathing.

As long as I live, that will be imprinted in my brain.

Nice heels

This mf monologue???

Happy Black History Month

Wise man in a sweater in his home library 📚 contemplating: I don't know what word in the English language --I can't find one-- applies to people who are willing to sacrifice the literal existence of organized human life so they can put a few more dollars into highly stuffed pockets. The word 'evil' doesn't even begin to approach it. ~Noam Chomsky

Wise man…

Don’t feel bad when ppl don’t like you cause let’s face it…u don’t like everyone u meet either 😐

Not Even DOGE Employees Know Who’s Legally Running DOGE Despite all appearances, the White House insists that Elon Musk is not in charge of DOGE. US Doge Service employees can’t get a straight answer about who is.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have repeatedly affirmed Musk’s leadership of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. But according to a new court filing from the White House, the administrator of DOGE isn’t Elon Musk after all. Who is? No one knows.

FYI