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Let me just say that having been there, the idea of being a Black woman in labor in America and having to go before a judge is terrorism.

I think that there can be something in another person that calls to you, something you can’t articulate, maybe.
a familiarity, or a strangeness…who knows.
I’m not saying the physical is irrelevant, I’m just saying that’s certainly not *all* that does it.

Take a moment to pause, breathe, and give thanks. You have already made it halfway through the week. Every step, every challenge, every small victory is part of the journey.

Stay focused. Stay grateful. Stay aligned with your purpose.

Finish the week strong. The work you are doing matters.

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

Long Covid ruled as occupational disease in nurses - Switzerland Long Covid confirmed as an occupational disease in nurses.

Long Covid ruled as occupational disease in nurses

https://www.europesays.com/ch/17407/

Long Covid confirmed as an occupational disease in nurses. Keystone-SDA Baloise Insurance must recognise the Long Covid disease…

This is a level of ignorance you can’t combat

Happy birthday! 🎂

Jesse Jackson, longtime civil rights leader and presidential candidate, has died The civil rights leader died "peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family."

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, has died. He was 84.

maturing is realizing none of us are easy to love. we all come with history, habits, and blind spots. it’s not about finding someone flawless. it’s about finding someone willing to understand you and committed enough to grow alongside you.

To anyone that needs clarification, "your best" is what you can accomplish without damage to your physical, mental and emotional health, not what you can accomplish by destroying them

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

There were so many parts of that that I love. It reminds me that the Caribbean is so similar in so many ways.

The dominoes, the piragua(ice cones), the sugar cane, the nod to the Grammy, the revelry—the PR pride. Just wonderful to watch.

Why It's So Hard To Turn The Lights Back On In Puerto Rico Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, almost 80 percent of the territory is still without power. While nobody expected a quick…

In case anyone forgot or didn't understand the reference

www.wgbh.org/news/2017-10...

If you were hoping for some sort of overt political statement: see the literal plantation Benito created to perform in.

"they're making the halftime show political!"

....whole time it's a world class exhibit of how beautiful, loving, and full of life the people they're trying to erase from this country actually are.

Benito's MINDDDDD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I heard Jamaica. Exactly! Big up the Caribbean! REP REP REPPPP

Waved all the Caribbean flags!!! Yes Benito 🥲🥲🥲

One of my all-time favorites.

The restraint collapse that comes after having held it all in, done all the "right things," been compliant and polite, responsive and social across different people, code switching and just swallowing down everything in your body that is screaming STOP THIS.

...I deeply appreciate the work you do.

‘Black’ banned from flyers for FAMU College of Law Black History Month event, student says A student at FAMU College of Law says the school told her to remove the word 'black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law.

A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law

I’d like to meet my person now

this company allows you to send flowers even if all you have is their social media info
www.socialflowers.com/how-it-works...

a woman is sitting at a desk with her hands up in the air ALT: a woman is sitting at a desk with her hands up in the air

I'd hit him with the books with wasting my time

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this will be unpopular but i will say your lady probably wouldn’t even be tempted to accept if you were already doing those things for her 🌚

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

I just wanna vibe with Labybug Mecca for a moment!!

Happy Black History Month!! ✊🏾🖤

@bklynbee.bsky.social did you see this?

“I miss you”

Prove it.

“I like you”

Prove it.

“I want you”

Prove it.

or shut up

Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?

Elections have consequences: Virginia's new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger, put an end to the state’s partnerships with this ICE program on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise to roll back collaboration.
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...