Tomi Choyce

"There's not a single person who, I think, in this country, unless they were really not paying attention, did not know who Donald Trump was or what he said he was going to do... including use of the military."

Maggie Haberman at The Institute of Politics at Harvard on 9/25/25

youtu.be/pBvshoqu-7A

Could you imagine if Biden said “nationalize” elections?

Tim, sir!!! Oh, my! 🤦🏾‍♀️

I want us to reserve our intellectual curiosity, effort, and output for those who've sought the truth & have found it! Folks contributing contrarian opinions in favor of a status quo or deflection from what's in plain sight aren't truly earnest or self-aware.

#BlackHistory #BHM #PSA

Target may have hit rock bottom | CNN Business Target’s problems are intensifying.

*smiles in #BlackHistoryMonth*

The world watched as 250+ journalists & media workers were MURD in Gaza. *[Silence] In 2021, regional offices of a media org known for its independent, investigative reporting and diverse coverage was bombed on LIVE TV. *[Silence] US news & media have been captured. #WaPost & the free press is over.

The Washington Post just laid off its entire award-winning photo team. They were our eyes in places we'll never see. It's a horrifying loss at a time when lying governments, propaganda and AI slop are on the rise.

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

I was going through my archived projects. This HOPE phase was a passion project, for sure. As always, polka dots make me smile! 😊

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Side-by-side image of book: "The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration" by Robert Axelrod and pages from inside the book a) chart "Promoting Norms" and subsection on Metanorms detailing a story from Texas in 1930 about the practice of lynching. This paragraph is highlighted with key points in the story and explains: "This is one way to enforce a norm: punish those who do not support it. In other words, be vengful, not only against the violation of the norm, but also against anyone who refuses to punish the defectors." The author (R. Alexrod) goes on to say, "This is what I will call a metanorm. Metanorms are widely used in the systems of denunciation in communist societies."

I found this story about Texas in 1930 in this book. It explains so much about human behavior: trust, norms, and aggression.

If you're fascinated by game theory, cooperation & the "Tit for Tat" war game strategy you'll enjoy this video: youtu.be/mScpHTIi-kM

#booksky #cooperation #norms #punishment

Copied text from original post on IG: A viral clip exposes libertarian talking points, in this case from Magatte Wade, an African libertarian who describes herself as a ‘prosperity activist’. The rhetoric erases the violent economic truths behind Africa’s present reality and its colonial history. The reaction speaker, @willz.talks, dismantles the claim that “Africa is not poor because of colonialism” by reminding viewers that the continent is still living through the aftershocks of empire and ongoing extraction. Ethiopia is held up as never colonized, yet the country endured one of the most brutal modern invasions under Mussolini and continues to face resource theft by multinational corporations that operate with almost no oversight. That is not economic freedom; that is neocolonial extraction. He then breaks down how Botswana is consistently misused as a libertarian example of success. Botswana’s stability is linked to its intact pre-colonial governance and the discovery of diamonds after independence. Yet the most decisive factor in its growth is the state's nationalization of its primary resource sector. By libertarian standards, this should be a socialist nightmare, yet it is precisely why Botswana is able to retain wealth rather than watch it leak to foreign corporations.

The continent is so cooked with ops like this being so bold and wrong.

#Africa #multinationals #imperialism #Ethiopia #diamonds

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“The universe usually rights itself.”

“Protests are supposed to f*** with authority, Carlton. If they're okay with doing what you're doing, then you're doing it wrong.”

—Bel-Air, S2E3: Compromised

You’re going to have to break rules to get the best people — because the best people are not cogs in a machine.

#recruiting #hiring #talent #culture #people #DOAC

Excerpt from King: A Life

#MLK #MartinLutherKingJr #King #civilrights #booksky

Dr. King condemned the triple evils of racism, poverty, and militarism.

You just voted for $3.3B more to Netanyahu as he commits genocide on Palestinians and you oppose HR 40 which studies reparations for Black people.

You are the 'white moderate' that Dr. King condemned as worse than the KKK.

Your Brain on Grief, Your Heart on Healing “Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve… to live in the world with the absence of someone… ingrained in your understanding of the world… For the brain, [they are]…

Your brain on grief, your heart on healing – fascinating findings from one of the first scientists to use fMRI to study emotion www.themarginalian.org/2022/05/25/t...

He'd purposely let suspects run — to get the adrenaline and arrests

Listening to This American Life, Episode 405: Inside Job - a former crooked narcotics cop turns his interest to busting crooked narcotics cops.

www.thisamericanlife.org/405/inside-job

It’s not every day that an AI notetaker captures the exact moments when a friendship begins — but this one did!

The images capture everything: the instant ease, our shared laughter, intense listening, and the spark of a connection.

Wish all Zoom meetings were this good!

#Otterai #networking #tech

I love peanut butter, so I'll have to try those!

Dang! At least you got the ones with peanuts. 🙃I accidently bought the dark chocolate M&M’s but I meant to get the ones with peanuts.

Research shows that highly #altruistic individuals often face social exclusion or resentment. Why? Their actions can make others feel bad by comparison.

This phenomenon is known as the “do-gooder derogation” or antisocial punishment.

If your intuition is informed accurately the danger signal will sound when it should.

Quote from #TheGiftofFear by Gavin de Becker.

The most dangerous people often don’t present as violent or dangerous—until the moment of betrayal or attack. Their weapon is believability.

Yes! "Please pitch me the pay rate for all future/initial contacts going forward" is what time I'm on, too.