Gerard Miller (they/them)

Come through, Tish!

In a starry frame on a purple background there is a black and white picture of Wilma Rudolph in a white tracksuit holding up two gold medals with a third gold medal around her neck. The text reads "For day 3 of #BlackMagicalHistory month, we want to uplift Wilma Rudolph. Overcoming childhood polio, Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win 3 gold medals in track & field during a single Olympic Games, paving the way for many of our current track faves."

For day 3 of #BlackMagicalHistory month, we want to remember Wilma Rudolph.

Who is a Black Olympian you admire?

honestly think some of the hesitation here is that no one wants to sound like a crank. i was talking at an event last night and even i felt like a crank while i was speaking!

Dorothy Porter in 1939, at her desk in the Carnegie Library at Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division, Howard University

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜

The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.

Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.

This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

You need to understand that spotify is paying them in exposure by exposing them to less than one thousand monthly listeners

The Grave Of Octavia Butler, Writer Who Once Prophesied LA Fires, Still Stands In Altadena Cemetery The grave of Octavia Butler, whose novel "Parable Of The Sower" predicted fires engulfing Los Angeles, still stands at a Altadena cemetery.

A sliver of good news from the fire in Altadena.

www.blackenterprise.com/grave-octavi...

Don't destroy their home and wonder why they invade yours. 💚

Evangelicals overwhelmingly chose Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter — a literal Sunday school teacher.

There is no reason to think they will ever return to sanity…

Mind you, she was with him from '92 to '19, so she's no saint. While we applaud her doing the right thing by giving away the ill-gotten gain, we should be careful not to pedestalize her.

just a reminder that your local library has more than just books! many also have dvds, cds, video games, internet hot spots, grindr hookup spots, chupacabras, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, skibidi toilets, gateways to the shadow realm, and so much more! maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚❤️📚❤️📚

someone in that semafor “what we got wrong” referred to trump’s “totalizing victory” and i think it is swell how people are pretending like this is 1984

He pulled an Edison

Meee!!!

And stay out!

Sanibonani!

“I really like to think that a black, beautiful, loving world is possible. I really do. I think.”

-- from Nikki Giovanni's essay collection Gemini: An Extended Autobiographical Statement on My First Twenty-five Years of Being a Black Poet (1971)

RIP dear Nikki
#BlackSky

“The Black University already exists; it’s for us to recognize it, not to create it. Our work is crystal-clear. The question is, are we teachers ready to learn—are we leaders ready to follow?”

Nikki Giovanni “I Fell off the Roof One Day (A View of the Black University) 1969

Ermgah, thanks!

Clearest image ever taken of Heart Nebula, located 7500 light years away from us

Yea, sometimes I think he's pretending to be old. Ole shape-shifting self... lol

Review: Horror for the unafraid in 'The Wishing Pool' Tananarive Due, an award-winning master of horror and science fiction, allows readers the chance to explore a full showcase of her talents in this year’s...

A great review of my short story collection, THE WISHING POOL.

www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/202...

Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.

Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”

I was bouta say, you can't just say you got a deep deal like that, and not say where! Lol

The Helix Nebula

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

Hey, lil guy!