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This one don’t ask permission.

🎵 Uptown Funk — Mark Ronson
Swagger activated

🎵 About Damn Time — Lizzo
Confidence in glitter

🎵 Hey Ya! — Outkast
Controlled chaos

🎵 Good as Hell — Lizzo
Hair-flip energy

🎵 Mr. Brightside — The Killers
You know every word. You shout them.

Shoulders first.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Erin Jackson the first Black Woman to win Olympic Gold Medal in Speed Skating

NASA greenlights two earth science missions, to researchers’ relief Orbiting satellites will monitor changes in the stratosphere and on the planet’s surface

Geoscientists will soon have two powerful new eyes on Earth, offering unprecedented views of the changes occurring within the planet’s upper atmosphere and on its surface. https://scim.ag/3Mg0Xpa

During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

DRC: Many killed in coltan mine disaster in east — rebels At least 200 were killed when mines collapsed at a coltan mining site in eastern Congo this week, rebel authorities say. The Rubaya mines, where the disaster occurred, supply a key metal for smartphon...

Every day miners in the DRC working under unsafe conditions with no protective gear, die so that we can have new electronic devices. A cruelty we all participate in willingly or not. It feels so hopeless 😔. How does one stop the cruel exploitation.
www.dw.com/en/rubaya-mi...

Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.

Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’

See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26

A hooded garment with long sleeves, made of strips of material stitched in horizontal rows with decorative embroidery around the hem and cuffs.

Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment.

bit.ly/4oRZuCC

Finished up the Detective Agency book nook! Inspired by the extremely well-known "Detective Famous" agency. 😆

Finding a Black Therapist | Black Girl Nerds Naturally, Black therapists have been in high demand, despite being underrepresented in their field. Let's explore this.

Naturally, Black therapists have been in high demand, despite being underrepresented in their field. According to the American Psychological Association, in 2019 there were approximately 106,000 licensed psychologists in the U.S., yet only 3 percent are Black.

In a world of Sundown Towns where Black people weren’t allowed after nightfall, Green Book businesses were tiny spots of light. Traveling while Black was about survival. The Green Book Project documents that history:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

A group of people sit at a table at the Education Department with white name cards in front of them.

“Buckle Up”: Trump Official Pledges to Fix Accreditation

The first NACIQI meeting with Trump appointees in place featured fiery rhetoric against accreditors and questions about diversity, equity and inclusion. https://bit.ly/4iZ6f4c

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

It’s time to speak up while you still can.

Good morning, y’all!

May your winning streak continue,
Your losing skid finally end,
Your past mistakes become today’s redemption,
And that opportunity knock on your door.

Photo of African daisies with soft gold, yellow, pink, and coral, and a circle of orange around the purple-black center of some.

for you, a softly vibrant + peaceful moment with some African daisies
🤍🕊️

(from a few summers ago, needed on a rainy windy day such as today)
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #daisy #flowers #oregonphotographer #oregon

A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.

Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.

Got the dreaded ”we see something unusual on your mammogram results” phone call yesterday. Went back in this morning for another mamo and ultrasound. The radiologist looked at everything and said “You’re all clear!”
Women, stay up on your yearly mamo. It’s not fun but it can save your life.

They hate on our Black queens because they can’t handle their greatness.

Different pictures of Van Dyke throughout the years

Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!

Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025 Here are the most powerful and influential women in the world. These remarkable leaders are shaping industries, economies, and communities--across commerce, education, and artificial intelligence.

For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.

I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!

As newsrooms shutter and paywalls rise elsewhere, public media delivers critical, unbiased reporting without fear or favor. That's the promise of a free press in a democracy.

Click here to support the network of voices that keeps our public conversation honest and informed: n.pr/4pCcFIx

i just had a real counting crows sing along. August and Everything After is a masterpiece. i need it on vinyl.

I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.

Friendly reminder to give yourself some grace today.

Be on your side.

“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland

When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.

In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...

Robert Reich The Hidden Costs of Denying Paid Sick Leave

96% of the highest-paid workers in the US have paid sick days.

Just 38% of the lowest-paid workers get them — including the thousands of retail workers working this holiday weekend.

Only in America do we call working people ‘essential’ but deny them paid sick leave.