Ruth Ricks

💯 The documentary on her was really good.

yeaaaahhh...💯

I am a huge fan of question reframing. Because before I respond I would like us to take a journey down the road of where you got me fucked up

If I saw her rolling down Santa Monica Blvd, I'd definitely volunteer to be one of her kitty minons.

Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.

ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...

Way less eyeliner...way better beard.

A lot of people think it’s perfectly normal for white boys and men to go through a racist or nazi phase. They think it’s just part of the coming-of-age process, and that eventually, these boys will learn to hide or change those beliefs enough to participate in polite (not kind) society.

Much like colonizing museums claim about African artifacts held in European and American collections, if the Louvre cannot properly take care of its possessions, perhaps another nation can. I heard the Benin Royal Museum in Nigeria may have a space.

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

DAMN. 💔

Same, same, same

AMEN!

I watched Rogue One right after finishing the series and cried the whole time. So good.

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!!

Just the one!!

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

People of the diaspora...

a gentle reminder ...

this is not for you.

continue to thrive

The Project 2025 crew was banking on large numbers of Black people being out in the streets ala Ferguson/George Floyd and that was going to be the pretext to declare martial law. We’re not playing ball and they’re getting impatient so now they’re sending troops to where we are.

Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it

But it is, isn't it??

Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight “We did everything according to state law, everything was compliant,” said Patty Sheehan, the city’s first openly gay elected official. “FDOT never moves that quickly with anything.&#82…

Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...

Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be

The full list of all 18,500 children killed in Gaza, in video form.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

Very sad, all around.

James only got his freedom only after training his brother to take over for him. Jefferson couldn't do without his mac and cheese.

This. This right here.

Inside a Gaza hospital: A British surgeon on what he's witnessing firsthand Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.

This is an extraordinary interview. Please listen.

www.npr.org/2025/07/21/n...

“Giving you the gift of time by canceling today’s meeting. I will email you an update or we can circle back early next week.”

All those rich people buying up all the land in Hawaii for houses and plantations should be put to the task of stopping this. Might as well put their celebrity to good use since the native people they've displaced won't be listened to.

Immigration authorities demand landlords turn over tenant information Some legal experts and property managers say the demands they reviewed pose serious legal questions because they're not signed by a judge and may violate a housing discrimination law.

JFC, bulk subpoenas: “Immigration authorities are demanding that landlords turn over leases, rental applications, forwarding addresses, identification cards and other information on their tenants” www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...