This historian dug up the hidden history of 'amateur' blackface in America
In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.
Rhae Lynn Barnes new book ‘Darkology’ explores the deep and disturbing history of blackface and minstrelsy in America from the birth of the Jim Crow character all the way up to how we as Americans learned minstrel songs in school.
American history was ugly and we should know about the ugliness.
11.03.2026 22:58
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Waging an illegal war.
Locking up innocent men, women, and children.
Killing citizens in the streets.
Fleecing the treasury to line the pockets of the Epstein Class.
Man, I really don’t feel like paying my fucking taxes by next month. This flat-out feels like taxation without representation.
11.03.2026 01:54
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Standard Time forever!
08.03.2026 19:11
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🥷🐈⬛
#caturday #catsky #cats
07.03.2026 17:55
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Don’t know why it took me so long to finally put it in writing but all new editions of ‘Forgotten Places’ will now explicitly state that no one can use the words and stories that took me a decade to craft, to feed the AI beast.
#booksky #books #noaislop
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02.03.2026 03:55
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So we had to send our custom blinds in to get fixed (thanks kitty). In the meantime, I found a good, stout fellow to help blot out the light.
28.02.2026 17:29
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Ugh! Of course I end up going to Disneyland the weekend of the ‘MAGA Invasion’ weekend of the Parks. 🙄
#fucktrump #fuckmaga #fuckfacism #trumpisapedofile
28.02.2026 17:28
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23.02.2026 01:40
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We worked together at Disneyland and Universal Studios.
21.02.2026 20:09
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Was at my local library and spotted a children’s book by an old friend and coworker. So cool to see Todd McClain in print!
#anaheimcentrallibrary #captaintalltale #booksky #books
21.02.2026 20:03
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Forgotten Places, Vol One: The Void & Beyond
The Void & Beyond
Your new, favorite short horror story collection - Forgotten Places.
21.02.2026 19:26
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I’m so sick of all this AI bullshit. I had to sit through a presentation at work today explaining that using AI tools is now going to be a core part of our mid-year and end of year reviews.
I feel like the last sane person in the middle of a creepy cult, screaming and not being heard. I hate AI.
20.02.2026 04:43
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“The shadows seemed to stretch and swell, magnified and distorted into grotesque and vivid forms as can only be seen through the lens of midnight.”
Volume Two is coming…
Volume One is available now!
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#forgottenplaces #booksky #books #horror
18.02.2026 06:58
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It’s a few months late and still needs to be framed but my dad’s 70th birthday piece is done at last!
#crossstitch #crafty
17.02.2026 04:56
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Johnny Williams is February 8th. He and I share the same day.
10.02.2026 01:07
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#brucespringsteen #theboss #fucktrump
02.02.2026 05:21
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Ah yes, the original film where they literally raided the UK costume repository for anything and everything and there really is very little uniformity (pun intended). Heck, the black Staff Officer uniforms were from Truffaut’s 1966 production of ‘Fahrenheit 451’.
01.02.2026 17:01
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Blep! 👅
#caturday #cats #catsky
31.01.2026 19:41
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Talking Heads - Blind (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Talking Heads
Same as it ever was…
This music video has become shockingly more and more relevant with each passing day of this shitty, Nazi regime squatting in The People’s House.
#fucktrump #releasetheepsteinfiles #defundICE #trumpisapedofile
27.01.2026 04:20
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Me stepping on a LEGO: Screaming!!!
Pinhead Minifig: No tears, please. It’s a waste of good suffering.
27.01.2026 02:22
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25.01.2026 23:50
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Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
Kristi Noem is an absolute disgrace. Tell your representatives in Congress it’s time to impeach!
25.01.2026 22:12
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DreamHaven Books owner Greg Ketter emerging from a cloud of tear gas that ICE agents fired into the streets of Minneapolis.
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
25.01.2026 17:32
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A most logical statement, if I ever heard one, from Mr. Spock
#StarTrek #Movies #FilmSky #Reaction #OC #TrekSky #Spock #Vulcan #Logic #FuckICE
25.01.2026 14:12
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I’d like to extend a deeply heartfelt “Go fuck yourselves!” to the cowardly Democrats who voted to give ICE an additional $10 Billion.
Also, where the fucking-fuck are the Epstein files?!
#dobetterdemocrats #defundICE #fuckICE #fucktrump #trumpisapedofile #releasethefullepsteinfiled
24.01.2026 01:12
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