The lesson so many refuse to learn.
11.03.2026 15:48
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The lesson so many refuse to learn.
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Good morning, #TwinCities.
Deal announcement for Bright Phaedra by Felicia Martínez. An author headshot and the Thinking Ink Press deal announcement on a white background: The Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus reimagined in a multiverse with sentient artificial intelligences.
Big news!!
I am SO excited to share that my sci-fi novella, Bright Phaedra, has landed with Thinking Ink Press @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social
It's a near future story about asexual connection, the temptations of AI, and the unboundedness of love.
I can't wait for you all to read this one!!
“Trump has often had a complicated relationship with the truth, but it’s striking to see that play out in the context of a war.
The school strike wasn’t even the only example from Monday’s press conference.” - CNN
The future blends history and technology. Afrofuturism reveals the path forward.
Powered by an unprecedented decade of Black excellence, 2015-2025. #BlackSky
Coogler and Jordan
Sinners cast
Mosaku superstar
Delroy, legend
For outstanding achievement in cinema, history, and culture, the winner is … #Sinners
“If you saw an economy teetering on the brink, the only advice I’d give the administration is don’t do anything rash… don’t do anything silly.... I have a feeling that advice may have come a week too late.”
On Captain Lemba and marronage
On the carceral impulse
Peter Rachleff, professor emeritus
Dr. Suzanne Rivera, college president
Lissette Acosta Corniel shared her study of Santo Domingo and the origins of transatlantic bondage for the James Brewer Stewart memorial lecture at Macalester College. #history
Deeply evil and not at all the case when I began teaching in 1999. You wouldn't have much left over, but you could eat without having a side hustle.
Everyone my age and older needs to call out the ridiculously low wages being paid to PK-12 practitioners these days.
""Employees who altered internal records and leaked in an effort to hurt the Trump administration will be held accountable," the spokesperson added."
It's Women's History Month and we've got something fun planned for Sunday. Like what we're doing? Follow along here or on Substack. Both are free. And share to keep the stories coming. #HATM
jasonherbert.substack.com/p/reckoning-...
My entire life the systematic murder and incarceration of Black people has been a daily norm that just runs in the background of American life and has been perpetuated by every major institution and publication and when you talk to or about Black folks you need to take into account that context
Dow asks Texas to legalize plastic pollution from its plant - Texas Tribune www.texastribune.org/2026/03/02/t...
SCOTUS just blocked a state court ruling that required a new congressional seat in Staten Island.
The NY court's ruling, upheld by a state appeal court, would have likely delivered a new congressional seat for Democrats.
SCOTUS conservatives grant the stay: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.
"This Is What AI And Greed Does" - Video Game 'Preservation Service' Myrient Is Shutting Down. (Repost)
“Over at Haiti Then & Now blog, Celucien L. Joseph interviewed Ronald Angelo Johnson about his new @cornellupress.bsky.social book *Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom & Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution*.” 📚
Before you go to sleep, take a look at this list of great reads. #ScholarSunday
"I am almost exclusively reliant on the work of journalists from The Boston Globe, from the Boston Herald, from a number of other great outlets ..." www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/bost...
"Caribbean countries have pledged to support Cuba through a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by a US fuel embargo, after a leaders summit defined by regional divisions...."
CARICOM pledging support - Jamaica still feeling from Hurricane Melissa
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
#LibraryLife
Scholar Sunday for everyone.
Graphic History Company. NJ History.
Two centuries of pain led to the entrenchment of a lynching culture that has barely changed over the last 140 years.
#Blackademics
Also, in 1944, the Youth Council of the LA Branch of the NAACP organized an event entitled the "Motion Picture Unity Awards." Winners included Lena Horne, Dooley Wilson, and Rex Ingram. Here are excerpts of the event's program: #NAACPImageAwards
I'm very glad that WE honored MBJ for his ridiculously incredible work in Sinners #NAACPImageAwards
"A lie—no matter how powerful the person is—is still a lie. And the truth—no matter how small the person is—is still the truth.”
Give Ryan Coogler all the things.
#NAACPImageAwards
& the 57th naacp award for Entertainer of the year goes to goes to Michael B. Stack/Smoke Jordan!! 👏🏾👏🏾 💐 💐 #NAACPImageAwards
For such a time as this. NJ Institute for Social Justice.
The Timothy Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, Red Bank, NJ
The Black Speculative Arts Movement
Shifting Landscapes, Hallowed Grounds, Harambee City, and Afrofantastic TV
Sharing new art about rare Black history.
Iran has closed the Straits of Hormuz. 20 to 30% of all oil flows through the Straits of Hormuz. Oil traders here in Houston are predicting oil that was trading at $73 a barrel will soar to over $100 by Monday morning. Energy stocks will soar. So will the cost at the pump. All Trump’s fault #PB #USD
Great news!
Book cover for The Black Fantastic 20 Afrofuturist Stories
The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, edited by me, is a nominee for best collection for the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards! @libraryofamerica.bsky.social
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
