Notices by Venita (venitamathias@masto.ai)

Guess which Green wasn't censured?
#Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse

https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/consumer-reports-tests-of-synthetic-braiding-hair-find-carcinogens-in-all-products/#:~:text=Carcinogens,%20or%20cancer-causing%20chemicals,a%20probable%20carcinogen,%20methylene%20chloride.
#Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse

Don't expect folks to get out and fight to get back to normal when normal wasn't working for them.

#Blackhistorymonth
June 30, 2015 - Misty Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal ballerina in American Ballet Theater's (ABT) 75-year history. (Photo credit: Brad Trent) #Blackmastodon #Blackfediverse

#Blackhistorymonth Godfather of Graffiti - Darryl “Cornbread” McCray. (Philadelphia Weekly) "At the time (the 1960s), there was a movement brewing in the city composed of scores of young, Black teenagers. They organized themselves into groups named after Black Greek fraternities. That was the first wave of the hip-hop revolution.” #Blackmastodon #blackfediverse
https://philadelphiaweekly.com/godfather-of-graffiti/

@StillIRise1963 Right. He conveniently disappeared.

#blackhistorymonth
First Great Migration (1915) During WWI, African-Americans living in the South became the targets of aggressive recruitment campaigns from northern businesses due to the
dwindling labor pool.
"Southern officials tried to slow the tide of migration by arresting or detaining afro-americans who tried to leave. Local police regularly searched departing trains for people they thought might be heading north."
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1987/03/art5full.pdf. #Blackmastodon

When White supremacy and capitalism work as intended.
#Blackmastodon #Blackfedi

#kwanzaa
Happy Kwanzaa - Umoja
Our strength is tightly
bound
hands and arms
intertwined
a united front ever forward
moving on
#Blackmastodon ##Blackfedi

@mekkaokereke Why is Bernie or any other Senator even acknowledging Musk's musings regarding how taxpayer money is spent? Musk is being written about and media covered as if he won the popular vote in the presidential election.

Poet, Nikki Giovanni dies at 81.

there is a feeling of sadness and strength in the passing of one
who hugged you with her words
the gentle assurance of joy in being a black woman remains intact
a well to drink from as necessary
https://archive.ph/AQ5Kt - Biography in her own words.
#Blackmastodon #Blackfedi #Poetry

#democracy #resistance #fascism #civilrights #Blackmastodon

@mekkaokereke It is one of the best series I've watched in a long time. The back story is excellent. The villany is consistent throughout. I watched the finale twice back to back because I wasn't sure I saw what I saw. Collin Farrell and Christin Milloti give tour de force performances; all the 🌷🪻⚘️🌻. Farrell was also excellent in Sugar on AppleTV+.

@mekkaokereke @AJFish @fsologureng @michael_w_busch
I have no interest in post election analysis. As you wrote, our community has always lived under this white supremacist system, and the system is not changing any time soon. We will continue to thrive and rise.

@mekkaokereke White women in the movement were always doing Ida dirty. Standing up for her principles: Ida B. Wells and the Suffrage Movement
https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-stories/ida-b-wells/standing-up-for-her-principles-ida-b-wells-and-the-suffrage-movement

I guess folks have forgotten what it was like living under Reagan policies. We're not going back to that shit neither.

Disaffected Republicans are playing a long game. Four years of Harris eight of "real" conservative policies like in their hero Reagan's era. Democrats need to listen and prepare.

The WP slogan is "Democracy Dies in Darkness." They have succumbed to the darkness today.
"The Washington Post has decided not to make a presidential endorsement for the first time in 36 years" - Will Lewis, Publisher and CEO.
#Washingtonpost #EditorialBoard
#Blackmastodon

Wading through private health care plans deciphering deductible, coinsurance, and co-pay requirements for each plan (which can vary by state) along with percentages and premiums. PPO, Out of network preference and consequences. Then, it is the same for separate dental and vision plans. Finding good, affordable health care should not be this difficult.
#ushealthcaresystem

@br00t4c Asking for a friend...