Tax rates on the ultra rich have been plummeting for decades, and they now pay less than the bottom half.

But it’s never enough. This is the Republican agenda. On display again tonight — as they pretend to care about the debt.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We were told not to share this publicly, but last year was record-breaking—America’s national parks saw over 331 million visits.

Please listen and share—this is a very serious situation. This is extremely alarming! The Trump administration, across two agencies, is considering bringing criminal charges against employees simply for doing their jobs.

Roy Ayers, whose 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' charmed generations, dies at 84 The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.

The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.

Shows an image of a black fairy stepping out of a golden frame. Forest surrounds her. Ornate letters spell “BFD Black Fae Day Flora & Fauna. May 10th, 2025. 11AM-4PM Garden Party & Vendors (All ages). 7PM-11PM Cocktail Hour & Ball (21+). Carver Event Center. Portland Organ. Black Fae Day & Novel Escapes logos are underneath. Featured Photographer and fantasy art by Najestic Ent

Outside of my own events, I’ve never heard of a fantasy space that celebrates black culture and nerdiness. I literally created what I wanted to see in the world and invited EVERYONE to come join me in this space. If you love diverse spaces/people and want to frolic as a magical being, join me!

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I learned something new today.

Over on X, Chris Rufo is out with a series of leaked internal chats between trans intelligence analysts at NSA, where they talked about things like coming out, bottom surgery, and their sex lives. So yeah, employees should be afraid of things like that even if they’re not fired.

Replying to @BookishbyJennaavh I got you! 🫶 #thecozyarchivist #ebooks #ereader #kindle #kindlegirlie #kindlealternative #boox #booxgocolor7 #kobo TikTok video by candice🍿📚🏁

FYI, Amazon will no longer enable the downloading of ebooks to exterior devices starting February 26th.

Here’s a tutorial on how to download your ebooks off of Amazon. You can use Calibre (free software) to reformat the kindle books to be used on other devices.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2DQuRqn/

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Only 2 white doctors accepted Black patients in my Midwestern hometown, population 100,000. When I was a kid. Only 2. How's that not supposed to have a lasting impact? Must have been at least 5000 of us.

Short story collection by one of my current favorites in science fiction / fantasy. / speculative fiction whose title says it all. #blackbooksky #booksky

Hoping the bonobos are coming to get us really soon

Issue 11 is here! | midnight & indigo A collection of Black speculative fiction stories that traverse the strange and the hauntingly real. 21 Black women writers across the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe share tales in wh...

New story just dropped!

“Gruff” is a reimagining of a famous fable involving a bridge, a troll, and a couple of goats. This time, the scariest monster might be Polly, the eldest sister in a family of powerful witches, who will take no mercy…

Big Sister Horror!

www.midnightandindigo.com/issue-12/

Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon "Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Dollar General Tells Stores to Let ICE Talk to Staff, Customers Dollar General Corp. is instructing store managers to let immigration enforcement agents who visit their locations speak with staff and customers, showing how companies are preparing to cooperate on t...

Dollar General is obeying in advance.
No more money to Dollar General.
Also, no one is safe there. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICE raids are conditioning Americans to see people being snatched off the street, from their jobs, or from their schools without fighting back or assisting them.

Image is of a book entitled Practicing New Worlds by Andrea J. Ritchie

Audiobook and not fiction but inspired by speculative black fiction: Practicing New Worlds by Andrea J. Ritchie

Remember, the boycotts end when demands are met…

not in a specific date that we post to let the folks we are boycotting know to adjust their financials.

Before all of this, waved arms around. Kindred was the first Octavia Butler book I would refer to people. It is USA history lesson disguised as fiction. Traveling back and forth from 1976 ( published in 1979 ) to the early 1800s. #blackbooksky #booksky #blackhistory

Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and nonbinary youth.

"Remind yourself constantly that no one gave you your identity, truth, or power, and no one can take them away without your permission." ⤵️

Anti-Trump demonstrators in Los Angeles have taken over the 101 freeway to protest ICE deportation raids.

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Many Thousand Gone is an African American history book for children by award winning author, Virginia Hamilton ( Mar 1936 - Feb 2002 ). She wrote what she called ‘liberation literature’. She lived many years in a town I like to visit, Yellow Springs, OH. #blackbooksky #booksky #blackhistory

this is my first black history month working at a black-owned bookstore, and yesterday i was sitting at the desk feeling like i was missing something. but in fact i did not need to curate a bhm display bc over half our stock is black books. a surprising relief that i’m still processing

Freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster Loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people

The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...

Despite Declining Border Crossings, ICE Keeps Moving Migrants Out of San Diego ICE is transferring immigrants to other parts of the country, disrupting their cases and legal representation.

ICE is transferring immigrants to other parts of the country, disrupting their cases and legal representation.