Ryan L. Williams

The Revolution Was Live-Tweeted In “We Tried to Tell Y’All,” Meredith D. Clark chronicles the heyday of Black Twitter.

Wonderful review of Meredith Clark’s “We Tried to Tell Y’all” - thrilled to have her in conversation this weekend at MLK Library #BlackHistoryMonth

New look at Season 3 of ‘SQUID GAME.’ Out June 27th.

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.

What Banksy says…

Joe Biden Loves His Son

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If I said “squabble up” what would that mean in one image?

Introduce yourself as a Black TV character #Blacksky

How to Visit Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris After a fire shuttered the beloved Gothic landmark for five years, visitor demand is expected to be high once the doors reopen Dec. 8. Here’s how to plan your visit and what to expect.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is scheduled to reopen to the public on Dec. 8 after a fire engulfed it five years ago. Once the doors are reopened, more than 40,000 people are expected daily.

Here’s how to plan your visit and what to expect.

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Introduce yourself as a Black TV character #Blacksky

Post from Peter Sweden: BREAKING: The European Federation of Journalists representing 320.000 journalists have announced they will stop posting on X.

They will halt on January 20, 2025 when Trump takes office, noting the “threat to democracy and freedom of expression posed by the cooperation between the president of the most powerful country in the world, Donald J. Trump, and the richest man in the world, Elon Musk…”

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When that “second dinner” plate hits all the right flavor notes #Thanksgiving

Just joined, and READY!!

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#AgathaAllAlong making all its episodes #Wicked Green and Pink!! I see you @disneyplustr.bsky.social

THATS how u spell ‘tookus’?! 🤯

If you’re ever surprised by how clueless we, as a people, appear to be sometimes, just remember that a scant 25 years ago The Blair Witch project came out and 90% of the population was like “holy shit is this REAL?!”

I’ve mentioned this before, but if you’re short on cash but have an urge to shop, go to your library digital apps and browse the books, audiobooks, movies, shoes, magazines. It works really well to give you the same feeling without spending the cash. (Plus you’re supporting public libraries.) 💙📚

What a lot of anti-trans activists who fret over the future fertility of trans kids (an important issue, this is why informed consent is so important) don't realize is that for much of history trans people who wanted to transition were required in many countries to be sterilized.

A recent photo of the river Exe and some trees in the mist.

Sorry, I apologise for posting Exe/tree/mist views on Bluesky.

Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”

If a Civil War breaks out, meet me at the library.

They don’t know where, or what it is!

Despite a massive head start, BlueSky has now overtaken Threads in the US 👇

This is exactly what the vibe on bluesky is like🙌🏽🙌🏽 #bluesky #blacksky

our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.

The House Ethics Committee is meeting on Wednesday to decide whether to release their report on Matt Gaetz.

This meeting, which had previously been cancelled, is now back on the books.

The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit makes its way to the DC Public Library The guide, created by postman Victor Green, gave Black Americans safe spots to eat and rest as they traveled across the United States during the era of Jim Crow.

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Family includes everyone! ❤️

Jarvis: His generals called him fascist. Joe Scarborough called him fascist, and now the fascist is in charge and it is journalism's job to cover it that way, not to back off and say okay, well that's it, we lost. Let the fascism happen. No