I wrote about the NBA’s cancellation of the Hawks’ magic city night and what makes Atlanta different from everywhere else
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I wrote about the NBA’s cancellation of the Hawks’ magic city night and what makes Atlanta different from everywhere else
defector.com/the-atlanta-...
Jalen Johnson shines as the Hawks win their 6th in a row!
Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 24 PTS, 6 AST, 4 3PM
CJ McCollum: 17 PTS, 7 AST
Dyson Daniels: 15 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.
You deserve this SO MUCH 🐣 🪶
Happy ancestral birthday to Dwayne McDuffie, who inspired me and so many others by blazing trails and opening up the horizons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6y...
Black history shows us that oppressive systems can be challenged.
In Code & Conscience #20, I discuss how the resistance of the past can help communities hold tech companies & leaders accountable today.
Read the issue here: bit.ly/code-conscie...
Or listen on YouTube: youtu.be/RIwKQy2VW3E
The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit.
Gentle Spades
"I'm a veteran"
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
You’re invited as we learn more about the Black and Jewish alliance tonight on @pbs.org Use the hashtag #BlackandJewishAmerica to join the discussion. 9/8c
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Sorry X-Men, This 10/10 Superhero Masterpiece Shows Marvel How It's Done - @screenrant.bsky.social
screenrant.com/x-men-better... @kierongillen.bsky.social @casparw.bsky.social
I have been sitting on this forever. I can't wait for you to read what we're creating.
A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
I'm not great about tooting my own horn. But as an independent journalist whose work is reliant on contributions from my readers, it's part of the job.
So here's a post and thread on my work over the last year and beyond -- and why you, reader, should subscribe.
(Plus, shameless dog photos!)
Our beauty never leaves. We just need to see it
A majestic black cat with glowing yellow eyes in a snowy, twilight forest scene. Text says: Ready fur holiday horror? Jólakötturinn, or the Yule cat, prowls the countryside at Christmas and punishes those who don't get new clothes before Christmas Eve.
Forget Santa. In Iceland, the Yule Cat judges your outfit 🎅🏼
Jólakötturinn is said to roam snowy fields at Christmas, devouring anyone who hasn’t received new clothes before Christmas Eve. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)
This is a ridiculous Falcon's game
Jonathan the Tortoise (left) and friend
Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old
192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!
Hey folks: this morning we're launching a monthlong fundraiser for @techdirt.com. Over the last year, we've been steadfast in not self-censoring, not capitulating, not sanewashing bullshit. But that's come at a cost. And we need help: rtb.techdirt.com/products/fri...
Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds.
Watch full episode on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0...
🏆 FRIDAY'S FINAL SCORES 🏆
Jalen Johnson's triple-double leads the Hawks to victory in Emirates NBA Cup Group Play!
Donovan Mitchell: 42 PTS (16 in 4Q), 7 3PM
Nickeil Alexander-Walker: 28 PTS, 5 3PM
Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, died on Sunday at the age of 88, the NBA announced.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
Really great courses
Folks, my team at @boltsmag.org is bringing you all the results all night... but they're not at 100K followers yet.
Let's get it there! If you've been enjoying our election coverage, press that follow button!
ahh! a small fluffy ghost sits on a hardwood floor staring directly at us. but actually... the longer we take it in, the more cute the ghost becomes. one could even mistake this little guy for a golden retriever puppy wearing a sheet with eye, ear, and mouth holes cut out of it. even though he gave us a fright, we would still pet this ghost puppy.
My goodness. Please don’t send in ghosts. They are very frightening. We only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: theodore.goldenvelt)
The Python Software Foundation was recommended for a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation. The terms of the award said PSF could not work on DEI, whether or not the grant funding was used for it.
PSF therefore declined the funding.
Science suffers, but commitment to core values remains
