N. K. Jemisin

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Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

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In light of the latest round of bullshit in the NYT or WaPo or other "papers of note," I offer you Gen. Sherman's words: "You have heretofore read public sentiment in your newspapers, that live by falsehood and excitement; and the quicker you seek for truth in other quarters, the better."

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What Wole said. If you'd like to listen to 4 African writers of science fiction and fantasy, flung all over the world, discuss what it's like to dream up the Afrocentric worlds we do, come join us on Saturday! Registration link is here: macmillan-publishers.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hey y'all. Join me, @suyidavies.com, Tlotlo and Ivana for a discussion on Afrocentric futurisms. We'll talk African speculative fiction, thematic resonances in our recent books, class, climate and African philosophies in SF, plus more! Register here: macmillan-publishers.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tordotcom Publishing Presents: A Roundtable on Afrocentric Futurisms. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.macmillan-publishers.zoom.us Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tordotcom Publishing Presents: A Roundtable on Afrocentric Futurisms. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Isn't it interesting that they're trying to frame themselves as initiating *that* war instead of the Civil War? Wannabe Confederates still don't like being called what they are. Probably because it reminds them they lost the first time.

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" www.mediamatters.org/project-2025...

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution"www.mediamatters.org

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I am reading Hannah Arendt right now and she makes this point. Over and over. With a freakin hammer. There are a LOT OF PEOPLE in the world very eager to pick a group and blame it for their problems, esp when they don't have a strong grasp of where those problems really come from.

Everyone is always afraid to say why people like Trump or Marie Le Pen have some level of popularity and it’s just that there’s a lot of people in the world who believe in racism. You end up with these goofy ass explanations for Trump where it’s NAFTA or shit and it’s like no you know what it is

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We are so excited to have this stunning special edition of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin! There are only 500 out there in the world, and you could own one! This unboxing video shows the details: www.youtube.com/watc... www.32auctions.com/o...

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, Curious King Standard Amethyst Edition | A Special Edition Review - YouTubewww.youtube.com Hi everyone. Today's video is a special edition review; an unboxing and flip-through review of the limited Curious King edition of The Fifth Season by N.K. J...

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Just got these copies a few days ago, in time to add one to the Romancing the Vote auction!

We were super excited when we got the pictures of this one last night!!! You can see a video of someone admiring this beauty here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG-c... Only 500 exist!!! Who will get this one? www.32auctions.com/organization...

Special Edition The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisinwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Special Edition The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Something that probably flew under most people's radar, but is kind of a big deal (it allows those veterans to access VA care and disability etc) A very good thing.

Biden pardons veterans convicted under military ban on gay sexwww.bbc.com The announcement, which came during Pride month, will affect thousands of veterans.

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This is like that long-running Twitter joke where Twitter kept adding things and everyone said, "Just get rid of the the Nazis." Except now it's "Just stop hanging out with Nazis all day, boss." But he won't. He can afford to do whatever he wants, and he wants to hang with the Nazis.

Tesla is running out of excuses for its prolonged sales slumpfinance.yahoo.com (Bloomberg) -- Tesla Inc. is expected to report another quarter of weaker sales, and it’s running out of alibis.Most Read from BloombergBlackRock Buys Preqin for $3.2 Billion in Private Data PushJusti...

Lol. Poor & middle class rural white folks finally starting to figure out that mmmmaybe the billionaires do not have their best interests at heart. So little, so late.

Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Vouchers School choice advocates are intent on expanding the availability of vouchers to fund private education at the expense of public schools, but rural residents of these targeted states are putting up some of the strongest resistance.

Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School Voucherswww.propublica.org School choice advocates are intent on expanding the availability of vouchers to fund private education at the expense of public schools, but rural residents of these targeted states are putting up som...

Romance writers are once again running Romancing the Vote, to support voter advocacy groups! I've got an auction item up here, too, so check it out!

Mwahahaha We have 17 Buy it Nows available at launch! You can view them here: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Romancing the Vote 2024www.32auctions.com Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2024' hosted online at 32auctions.

What happens when you put business interests in charge, instead of educators.

“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flatwww.nytimes.com Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

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“She's trolling New York City. The gall to wear an MTA shirt on today of all days. Just complete contempt for New Yorkers,” transit advocate and The War On Cars podcast co-host Doug Gordon said.

Hochul shows MTA 'pride' on day NYC congestion pricing would have begungothamist.com The governor put the program on an indefinite pause earlier this month.

Just got these copies a few days ago, in time to add one to the Romancing the Vote auction!

Special Edition The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisinwww.32auctions.com Auction item 'Special Edition The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Race is still factored in. White applicants get to keep the advantages they've accrued through systemic racism without any countervailing forces.

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Authors Against Book Bans is in People magazine today!!! Have you joined yet? Don't let the fascists win. people.com/new-coalitio...

New Coalition Against Book Bans Launches Nationwide With Support From Authors Like Judy Blume and Julia Quinnpeople.com A nationwide coalition against banning books has been launched with over 1500 members including New York Times bestselling authors Judy Blume and Julia Quinn.

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It's been two years. This day must be avenged. Vote.

I try to look for at least one item of good news every day. Here's today's!

NEW: A US bankruptcy-court trustee plans shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in judgments against Jones, he told the court in an emergency motion yesterday

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assetswww.houstonchronicle.com Jones has been saying on his web and radio shows that he expects Infowars to operate for...

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Here’s a miracle solution: stop fuckin doing it

Oooh, to watch later!

Just finished up a livestream with EarthSky about the end of the universe! You can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLic... It was a really fun conversation! 🔭🧪

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), with Katie Mackwww.youtube.com Katie Mack is a theoretical cosmologist specializing in the connections between astrophysics and particle physics … so that's the very BIG and the very SMALL. She also works on topics related to the early universe, black holes and the formation of the first galaxies. She's also a well known science communicator. Her 2020 book is called The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) … which begins at the Big Bang and then it delves into some fates for the universe you might have heard of, such as the Big Crunch, heat death and the Big Rip … and much more. A review of this book at EarthSky.org said it was the perfect combination of a little scary and a little amusing. Katie will be speaking with EarthSky's founder and editor-in-chief Deborah Byrd.

Latimer is a wannabe Trump. I hope the Bronx realizes how dangerous he is.

read my latest:

Jamaal Bowman's Democratic primary challenger has run a campaign on white grievancewww.thehandbasket.co George Latimer has targeted NY-16's first Black representative with overt racism.

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I’ve seen online communities you noobs wouldn’t believe. Attacking comments in the forums of Usenet. I’ve seen Geocities blinking under a million construction GIFS, and threaded flame wars spanning hundreds of LiveJournals. These memories will be lost…like tears in rain…

This is probably part of why everyone on bluesky is 38 years old: 38 year olds are basically the only people who consider it totally normal to flee a sinking ship and then just casually resume the conversation on the tropical island they end up on. They've outlived dozens of ships.

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In a show of solidarity with those facing the most extreme repression across the pro-Palestine movement, Hind's Hall arrestees who have been offered deals by the Manhattan DA have chosen not to accept them. Press conference at 4pm today:

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The People's Library - Sunday 6/23 - 10 am to 5 pm at Grand Army Plaza - bit.ly/peopleslibrarygap - Please consider stopping by if you can.

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Imagine being such a shitty mayor, the Public Library is calling you out.

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*goose chasing man* And did appeasement help Lincoln? DID IT HELP, YOU MOTHER FUCKER????

What an abominable lesson to draw from the Lincoln-Douglas debates - and just in time for Juneteenth! 🗃️ www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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This was the view when I looked up today on NYC. Great theater weekend and then a momentous vision of mirroring sky and skyscraper

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Thank you, brave officers, for exploding your cars on the streets in order to protect us from "no crime at all" www.nola.com/news/crime_p...

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This is an excellent description of the editorial failure behind The NY Times' decision to run Alina Chan's lab leak article. What's the value proposition to the readership of presenting a one-sided argument that most scientists find lacking? Did no editor bother to ask that question?