Malik, via DC

Good morning good ppl 🥰 I haven’t given y’all a book thread in a lil minute so here’s one inspired by Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS. This will be a mix of books I already read and loved, and a few from my TBR. All the authors are BLACK and as usual, drop a 📌 to bookmark! Let’s get started!
#BlackBookSky 📚💙

Wind Waker??? I am giddier than a mf.

I really feel any Stevie song gets a pass.

If you live in a swing district, you can save Medicaid. Call, write, Email and visit your representatives often. Then do it again. There's no other way, no magic wand. We need three Republican votes, or Medicaid goes away very soon.

In case you're unaware, the American Medical Association has a youtube page; they are doing daily updates on bird flu and other outbreaks since the CDC can not. https://youtube.com/@americanmedicalassociation?si=Ij-vp2kMio_P3iZk

American Medical Association YouTube channel:

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Meditations in an Emergency It's good to be shocked, but don't be awed

New, from me:
So much is happening, so quickly. The purpose of shock and awe is to bewilder and overwhelm. It is important not to look away, or get discouraged. Try to discern the what is a big and real threat. Here is my best effort to do so. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/meditation...

What's the edge to getting hired as a software engineer in this AI age and AI infused hiring process?!

Leon and I have some thoughts.

If you guys have been looking for a fact checker on Blue Sky, here's an entire starter pack filled with them.

(It is for fact-checkers around the world, so don't just follow them all, but go in and find the one for your locale.)

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

Thanks to @aoc.bsky.social for these fact sheets.

AOC: “We are on the eve of an authoritarian administration.” 🇺🇸

We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video!

Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.

They need to add expedited replay for all the player safety related rules. Facemask, horse collar, roughing the quarterback, etc. a lot of the annoying calls this weekend it would apply.

We got a legit shootout.

a man in a bulls jersey is talking to a man in a white shirt . ALT: a man in a bulls jersey is talking to a man in a white shirt .

OMG this game...
THE CURSE OF SYNDER IS OVER!

Persona Dancing: Endless Night Collection is $10.99 on US PSN buff.ly/3ZucKmo

They made a whole movie about Zuckerberg and he seems every bit of the sociopath out for vengeance and to feel superior that the movie displayed. None of these men were ever likable people. And they found out you don’t magically become likable with a billion dollars but you can force it 🙃

Something I try to explain to tech peeps/investors is the danger of seeing yourself as the outcome, rather than the enabler.

It leads to creating 'value' that isn't valuable to the user. It just complicates their journey to the outcome you are meant to deliver.

Facebook is speed-running that. /1

Indeed. This has been a team sticking point for years.

This was peak gaming design

I had the purple game boy 🥰

Friendly reminder that if art is how we decorate space, then music is how we decorate time.
#booksky #music

It really doesn't feel like Christmas until I hear Pleasure's version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town."

"What do you want to do?" is a great way to pay homage for someone who has Colman's range. He's great in everything.

Did anyone else first see this on Clarissa Explains It All and pined over it the rest of their childhood

Ain't no way!! 😂 😂

Opinion | Jack Smith didn't really have a choice Smith's move could be an effort to keep the cases alive in the long term.

This is a great write-up by @barbmcquade.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban The largest state with an abortion ban, Texas can offer broader insight into the impact of abortion laws than any other state in the country.

Please always read Caroline Kitchener 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Why I’m using Bluesky | a blog by Pawlean Thoughts shared into pixels by Pauline Narvas since 2008

I posted about Bluesky on my Instagram yesterday and a few people asked me, "why?" This is always a perfect starting point for every blog post 😆

www.pawlean.com/posts/why-im...

Breaching the Trust Thermocline Is the Biggest Hidden Risk in Business Companies have no way back from a sudden loss of trust

Had a tech bro tell me this morning that I need to go away and learn about the Trust Thermocline, to understand why emotive products like Twitter fail slowly then suddenly.

I pointed out I am fully aware of the Trust Thermocline. On account of being the chap who created it

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You might want to educate yourself. It’s FLAVOR FLAV,,, classically trained pianist who plays 15 instruments,,, lectures at Harvard,,, and most recently carried the US Olympic Water Polo team. To get a small piece of recognition for my contributions this year is a GREAT honor. Again,,, what did you?