“We need to talk about the toxic masculinity that killed #JoyceQuaweay” and other Tweeted Links…

We need to talk about the toxic masculinity that killed #JoyceQuaweay [blavity.com]

11 times police successfully disarmed white people without killing anyone [blavity.com]

Community mourns loss of man, 21, who was shot and killed while taking out trash in Compton @avaetc [abc7.com]

This black-owned business creates school supplies celebrating black culture @iayori [blavity.com]

My experience being the only black person on a tech product team [blavity.com] @iayori

“You are too smart to be Mexican” – Racism in the Research Lab [kristof.blogs.nytimes.com] @migueldeicaza

harder to send money home to Nigeria [youtube.com]

The Real Value of $100 in Each US State [taxfoundation.org]

How Mapping India's Slums With Balloons Resulted in Unexpected Photography [core77.com]

This 19-year-old Is Flying High as Zambia’s Youngest Pilot Ever - [okayafrica.com]

August 5, 1864: During The Battle Of Mobile Bay, John Lawson Is Injured [blackthen.com]

U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds [reuters.com]

Health Secrets of the Amish [nytimes.com]

Florida cut $100M from its mental hospitals – chaos followed [tampabay.com]

FTC to Crack Down on Paid Celebrity Posts That Aren’t Clear Ads [bloomberg.com]

Singapore Is the Perfect Place to Test Self-Driving Cars [citylab.com]

How Silicon Valley helps spread the same sterile aesthetic across the world @iayori [theverge.com]

Minds Turned to Ash: Burnout is more than working too hard [1843magazine.com]

Sorry, everyone: The future of sex is total apathy [fusion.net] @tamtamsworld

Here Are All the Climate Records Earth Shattered Last Year [wired.com]

Dentists forgot to study flossing for a century, recommended it anyway [arstechnica.com]

Brains of overweight people look ten years older than those of lean peers [theguardian.com]

Humpback whales around the globe are mysteriously rescuing animals from orcas [mnn.com]

China finally built an elevated bus that straddles traffic and it's totally bizarre [theverge.com]

“Science isn’t self-correcting, it’s self-destructing.” [thenewatlantis.com]

Live-Action Series on Kingdom of Dahomey All-Woman Military Regiment in Development [shadowandact.com]

Science fiction publishing has a major race problem, new report shows [theverge.com]

36 STUNNING PORTRAITS OF NATIVE AMERICAN TEENAGE GIRLS FROM THE 1800 TO 1900′S [first-americans.com]

Esther Phiri - Zambia’s Own “Million Dollar Baby” – Is the Subject of a New Documentary (Trailer) [shadowandact.com]

Review: Skillfully Executed & Informative ‘Olympic Pride, American Prejudice’ (Opens Today) [shadowandact.com]

The Cinematography of James E. Hinton for “Ganja and Hess” [kintespace.com] @AVAETC @shadowandact [twitter.com]

Viola Davis Talks Harriett Tubman Film + “Sticky Racial Situations” in Upcoming Series ‘American Koko’ [shadowandact.com]

Anthony Mackie Joins John Boyega in Kathryn Bigelow’s Film Based on 1967 Detroit Race Riots [shadowandact.com]

New York Is Killing Me: Albert Ayler’s Life and Death in the Jazz Capital [pitchfork.com] via @pitchfork

when, say, a young Quincy Jones gets all this press for his white music teacher a whole generation learns to overlook Black teachers @avaetc

Jesse Owens Wasn’t Alone: New Film Explores Untold Story of the 17 Other Black Olympians of 1936 [soco.space]

yes, Tyler P. -yes, a girls’ school in Africa -but with @avaetc I think Oprah finally has a future she can invest in and collaborate with