“the problem with ‘Dear White People’” and other Tweeted Links…
the problem with “Dear White People” [youtube.com] @megafunkmega
Director Justin Simien [youtube.com]
14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed arrested for bringing homemade clock to school [theverge.com]
How Foul Weather and Physics Can Turn a Crane Into a Tragedy [wired.com]
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration by @tanehisicoates [theatlantic.com] [twitter.com]
LUSD veteran running for election shows again we are overqualified for positive change [youtube.com]
The chart that shows why 20-somethings will have the shortest healthy retirement [telegraph.co.uk]
An artist accurately sums up in 3 words why being a “respectable” black person won’t make a difference [blavity.com]
In Remembrance of Black Rage [kathmanduk2.wordpress.com]
Geronimo Pratt Dies: Former Black Panther Dies [2011] [theroot.com] via @TheRoot
Ex-Black Panther Leader Elaine Brown Slams Stanley Nelson’s ‘Condemnable’ Documentary [thedailybeast.com] via @thedailybeast
Never forget about the Black Panther Party's free food programs. [twitter.com]
Helen Mirren: 'Men should get their arms off women's shoulders' [telegraph.co.uk]
sister with a one-hour talk about couponing [youtube.com]
Two Iranian Artists and the Revolution [newyorker.com] @another_africa
Welcome to the era of open source cars [arstechnica.com]
Terry Gilliam Explains The Difference Between Kubrick (Great Filmmaker) & Spielberg (Less So) [openculture.com] [twitter.com]
had Francis Coppola decided to tell the story of post-war Italian socialism crushed by the U.S. government instead of mafia opera ...?
Untold Truths About the American Revolution | [howardzinn.org] [howardzinn.org]
California wildfires that are destroying homes and lives, in pictures [telegraph.co.uk]
California’s low snowpack truly exceptional [arstechnica.com]
Molting seals in California are shedding toxic fur [theverge.com]
Valley Fire grows to 61,000 acres across 3 counties [abc7.com]
LAUSD schools without air conditioning amid sweltering heat [abc7.com]
Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada at LACMA [youtube.com] @vernissagetv @another_africa
Celebrity curators: Good for publicity, but what does it say about art? [independent.co.uk]
MICHAEL MASSENBURG ARTIST PROFILE [youtube.com] @mikemassenburg @JuneCarol_E @megafunkmega
OUT OF THIN AIR Artist Talk with @mikemassenburg [youtube.com] #Inglewood @another_africa @JuneCarol_E @megafunkmega
Here’s the Real Way to Get Internet to the Next 4 Billion People [wired.com]
15 Pictures that Basically Sum Up Your Nigerian Childhood [zikoko.com] [twitter.com]
City bankers 'bid' for good-looking women, claims female trader in sex discrimination case [telegraph.co.uk]
Performing Under These LEDs at the WEAR IT Festival in Berlin > Wearable Technologies 09/25/15 // [twitter.com]
All Hail my Ethiopians #Ethiopia [twitter.com]
trying to tell others what an ancient African word means in modern English is a backwards thing to do: try the other way round @liberatormag
Almost 400 Wikipedia accounts banned for running paid article "shakedowns" [theverge.com] [twitter.com]
Lando, the comic book, issue #1 [marvel.com] @megafunkmega
Just released cover of @NisiShawl's upcoming Belgian Congo steampunk novel, #Everfair. [twitter.com]
"Science fiction is all about figuring out how to be different together." @AAhairsto #blackscifi #FergusonFuture #blacktothefuture
Pan African Space Station POP-UP at Fondation Cartier, Paris [chimurengachronic.co.za]
Rosh Hashanah with Miles Davis [newyorker.com]