Reina 🎃 (she/her)

And he already had more charisma in a 5 second clip than Tomas has had in months.

YouTube video by Vogue Oscar-Winning Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Breaks Down 18 Looks, From Sinners to Black Panther

Ruth E Carter is a gift to the culture and to America. m.youtube.com/watch?v=oaU9...

While we're talking about it:

Remember to support your local libraries and to use their services.

The more you use them, the more likely they will continue to exist for everyone to use.

Here’s a general MAGA blocklist that I’ve been using for years.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Definitely feels like the huge wave of official govt accounts all joining the “Antifa Website” all at once maybe don’t have our best interests at heart

Wow, Thursday's episode of #BTG is kinda boring for me. I want Dani to have her modeling agency and all, but the way they're going about it makes me cringe sometimes.
And I'm glad they've finally told us something about Hayley; she and Bill are still ick to watch.
Bright spot is Martin and Smitty.

I hope so too!

Emma Stebbins Created One of New York's Most Iconic Monuments, Then Vanished From History Books At the Heckscher Museum of Art, "Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History" marks the first exhibition dedicated to the overlooked sculptor.

Historic on many levels. news.artnet.com/art-world/em...

Was just about to post this same thing. Thank you to all the people running these helpful block lists!

Now watched s3, which was harder to watch, both because it delves into tough subjects and because I'm not the target audience. In fact, I'm older than the parents on that show. lol

I was worried, because it's too rare to see adaptations of Black women's books. I hope it does super well!

Glad to see it's also based on Piper Huguley's book!

'The Dress': Serena Williams and Ruth E. Carter Team Up For Biopic on Trailblazing Black Fashion Designer, Ann Lowe | Blex Media 'The Dress': Serena Williams and Ruth E. Carter Team Up For Biopic on Trailblazing Black Fashion Designer, Ann Lowe

Well, this is pretty dang cool! blexmedia.com/the-dress-an...

Clara Zetkin’s Prescient Analysis of Fascism - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung The Communist icon’s groundbreaking speech 100 years ago still offers lessons today

Instead of dragging out Arendt, re/read Clara Zetkin.

For Zetkin, it was “evident that fascism is different in every country, but it always has two key features:

a sham revolutionary program [that reflects] the moods .. and demands of broad social masses; and the use of brutal and violent terror.”

Please donate and boost.

Given his unjust banning, I am taking up Link's charge and doing Fund Me Fridays in his stead.

If you have funding needs, drop them in the thread below. I'll also be grabbing links that I've missed from previous threads and reposting them.

Today is a good day to meet some people's needs.

"My neighbors die of heat...homes become uninsurable, as the sea rises ever faster...hurricanes...But the AI overlords tell us with a straight face that their products, which cannot draw an accurate map of the United States, will somehow solve this crisis, if only we let them make it worse first.."

@leftistlawyer.com is inspiring as fuck, so if you do not already follow her, please do! ✨️

Yes, and flus and colds and allergens and wildfire smoke and... (love "I have new information"...exactly.)

Happy Friday to you!

I have a surprise coming for Ruaa, but she needs a little gesture today, so I want to offer my platform to @itsmeio.bsky.social to secure and visibilise her writings

Any coffee received from now on, I will send to her family. But please support her directly!

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I'll be mostly offline for the next few days. For photo coverage of No Kings in Chicago tomorrow, follow my friend @aaroncynic.bsky.social, and of course, for Chicagoland protest coverage, follow @unraveledpress.com. Much love to everyone marching and taking action this weekend! I love you, Chicago.

Preorder Ling & Ting for a FREE virtual visit Email from gracelin.com also the Double Nine Festival & Very Asian Book Trip Recaps It's October and my favorite season-- and a busy one! As well as book work and eating mooncakes, I just finished the

My Oct newsletter is out! Did you see that I am offering a FREE virtual visit when you preorder the new Ling &Ting book from the Carle Museum?

Please share w/educators you know & sign up for my newsletter yourself!

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This is fantastic & never occurred to me. I think I'll start doing it too!

Something like

"I noticed that you use Uline products. Unfortunately, their money goes to support anti-democratic extremism. I hope you'll consider using other vendors; here are some options: refuseuline.com Sincerely, etc"

6 Middle Grade Historical Fiction Books by Indigenous Authors These enlightening and engaging middle grade historical fiction books by Indigenous authors span centuries and stretch across Turtle Island.

Get ready for Native Heritage Month with Historical MG Fiction: bookriot.com/middle-grade... #KidLit @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social @kimspencerwrites.bsky.social @leeandlie.com @bookriot.bsky.social

Still my favorite romance trilogy!

If you're just starting out writing, or have been at it for a while but could use some inspiration:

I can recommend NEVER SAY YOU CAN'T SURVIVE: How to Get Through Hard Times By Making Up Stories by @charliejane.bsky.social

Finally watched s2 of Heartstopper and it's so adorable and makes me smile.
And then I feel angry at all the people who want to squash and hurt queer people.
Just let people be themselves and have joy.

True. They also seem to take the less soapy options a lot.

Book cover for Beverly Jenkins' Destiny's Embrace with text in dark pink and yellow above and below an African American couple embracing. Her back is to the viewer, her blue 19th century style gown revealing her back and he's shirtless gazing at her. A cowboy hat and yellow roses are on the grass in front of them, tiny purple flowers in the field surrounding them with a sunset and tree-dotted mountain landscape behind.

Book 5

#20TBRBookChallenge
Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no expectations, just covers.

#Booksky #BookChallenge
#ReadingChallenge #Readersky
#ReinaReads