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Adriana Smith did not “give birth”. A 1lb unfinished baby was cut from her brain-dead body as yet another chapter in cruel “medical” experiments conducted on Black people. This one to see if corpses can be used as incubators. 🤢🤮

I’d rather enjoy the wild beauty of those who inspire laughter, joyful movement, and thoughtful discourse than spend my energy beating back beasts craving cruel feasts. Kill ’em with kindness. Ruin them with ridicule. Wither with wry wit. Lay them bare with laughter! 😈

We are all frogs in a pot of vigorously boiling water and will all be cooked if we don’t extinguish the flame.

Despite all that, I left the theater steeped in admiration for the tenacity of Black folks & others struggling under the weight of white supremacy. Definitely want to see in theater again. Ideally with a larger, more melanated audience. But I’m not sure if Austin can serve that up for me. #Sinners

‘Sinners’ is so deeply woven with history, culture, & traditions, it didn’t land like a typical horror movie for me. Though vampires create gore aplenty, the most horrific bits are the true pieces of history quilted together in the story.

Destroying the country to “own the libs” is a choice. 😒

A pal & I are buddying up once again to clubhop at Moontower. Anyone who knows me much, knows I’m loathe to do “downtown”. Now I’m gonna do a 4 day run right on the heels of my annual SXSW exposure, with ATX TV in my near future.

Self-care in the form of internal energy massage. Crucial fuel for me in these dark times is laughter, from sub-vibrational smirks to thunderous guffaws.

Despite the prevalence of Crocs, I don’t think we can count on Mike Judge writing us out of this timeline. We are in for the entirety of ‘Dark Idiocracy’.

Laughter is good balm in troubled times. Fools speaking truth to power a long-honored tradition. What parade of fantastic fools will reveal themselves this year?

2025 Comedy Festival Lineup Announced Comedy Bang! Bang!, Upright Citizens Brigade, Stand Up and Clown, Gotham Comedy Club, and much more.

Happy to be lending a hospitable hand. Some of the folks listed have given me the laughs for years. I always discover a new fave (or finally stop and listen to oldies) each year.

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SHE should donate anything over $100k to groups working to help marginalized communities. Continue to set the example she started. It’s over 3x her goal & should be sufficient retainer for legal action.

Now, it is a glaring example of why some folks have trust issues with “allies”.

The woman who was manhandled in ID has a GFM. It asked for $30k and is OVER 1/4 MILLION DOLLARS! I haven’t ever clicked through. It’s unconscionable for it not to be closed by now. It’s well over stated goals.

?? Who are you? I don’t know you. This post makes no sense whether addressed to me or Ms Maddow.

You can’t just assume the title of “ally”. It’s really a verb in its most effective and comforting practice. Something you do, show, and be. Telling someone you are often puts them on alert that you might not be.

I hope you will comment on the network cancellation of so many platforms for marginalized viewpoints, especially Joy Reid’s show. Maybe even walk away after your 100 days since you took the pay cut and work more nights to help them save and make more $$.

Roberta Flack, soul and R&B icon behind Killing Me Softly, dies aged 88 Much-loved singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson, had suffered a stroke in 2016

Rest in Power, Ms Flack

Mom used to go see her at Mr Henry’s when she could find a sitter in our DC days. ‘Killing Me Softly’ has always strummed deep into my soul.

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Can we get Mike Judge to write a better timeline please?

There is no “quiet part” anymore. Just quiet people.

Can I call him Mr Petty-dent! FFS!

At least I’m awake and not trying to convince people how asleep I am. Feels like our dark path was set in stone once they built their trenches in the quicksand of ANTI-WOKE. Grant us the inner strength to withstand the daily carnage.

Our defiant & myriad resistance confounds. The celebration of community, with jubilant strategies to support each other to buffet the ongoing storm of cruel & callous petty ignorance. How to get through is up to each according to their story. Consequences abound.

A month in and they are STILL in Own the Libs mode. Despite all the “owning” doing NOTHING to allay the anxieties driving them to a white Christfaux Fascist at the ballot box. The winners are FURIOUS! The bulk of the conquered refuse to prostrate themselves, rend their garments & roll in the mud..

What if…they’re not really billionaires? Maybe THEIR math doesn’t math. 😉

Go ahead.

Let the people see you for what you are.

Ohhh. I’m good at this one. Do I get credit for the 53-74% of my life I live like this. 🤣

This makes me laugh so much. The car politely waiting for the swastitruck to take care of business then “Naw, ain’t got time for that.” is the chef’s kiss.

Seems like I’ve started having Petty Mondays. It’s not a musical thing. More like jumping into Threads comments dropping nuggets. Some golden, some with a distinct funk.

Better hearts than mine may forgive you who allowed it to get to this. I’m not sure I have it in mine. Certainly not anytime soon. Happy Sunday