“@AVAETC’s 13TH is an important freshman course in Black history for new generations” and other Tweeted Links…

.@AVAETC's 13th is an important freshman course in Black history for new generations [youtube.com] @Reelblack

.@DoubleToasted1 makes history by talking Black film and theater (with clips) on the Internet to a youth audience. [youtube.com]

How 'Nigerian Spielberg' Izu Ojukwu is taking advantage of free speech and a changing industry [theverge.com]

‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ Is 21 Years Old Today. The Easy Rawlins Franchise Needs to Be on Screen [shadowandact.com]

.@YouTube black history: both @kcoolman of (@DoubleToasted1) and @Reelblack started on cable access [youtube.com]

A Documentary About the Life and Tragic Death of the Great Jazz Trumpeter Lee Morgan [newyorker.com]

first Ethiopian animation institute [youtube.com] <= @megafunkmega

The creepy art of Kirill Semeonov [designer-daily.com]

The World’s Largest African Poetry Archive Is Coming to an Internet Near You [tak.pt] via @TakePart

the struggle behind the voice of James Earl Jones [youtube.com]

.@megafunkmega is the bright-ass set lighting for their interior design tours a cultural thing? [youtube.com]

@KinteSpace It's a technique & speed thing. Auto, hit shutter then whip cam. Quick ambiance would be a china ball but some want antiseptic.

A day at the California farm where the workers will get the pay they deserve [theguardian.com]

end the mufukkin death penalty in California [youtube.com]

prop 66 need one mo' 6 to let you know who eff'in with you [youtube.com]

$7.5 million in marijuana seized in Compton drug bust [abc7.com]

The hardest part about growing up poor was knowing I couldn’t mess up even once [vox.com]

How America Is Battling Its Horrific Opioid Epidemic [wired.com]

A third of the homeless people in America are over 50 and I’m one of them [vox.com]

North American millennials on the debates [youtube.com]

young bruh, not wanting to talk to your children like a California girls camp counselor from the 1980s does not make you an "abusive" person

Anti-Defamation League identifies Pepe the Frog meme as anti-Semitic hate symbol [theverge.com]

Worse Than a Slaughterhouse: 250,000 Trapped in East Aleppo Amid Devastating Bombing Campaign [democracynow.org]

Goldman's Libya Salesman Was a Little Too Good [bloomberg.com]

Why Yale and U.S. Honors The Killer, Paul Kagame [blackstarnews.com]

Why Some Wars Get More Attention Than Others [nytimes.com]

Why bad science persists [economist.com]

This Is Why Net Neutrality In Africa Is a Pipe Dream [iafrikan.com]

Verizon technician sold calling, location data for thousands of dollars [arstechnica.com]

Y2K 2.0: Is the US government set to “give away the Internet” Saturday? [arstechnica.com]

.@MercedesBenz manufacturing in South Africa [youtube.com]

European Millennials will flock to electric cars (if survey results hold true) [greencarreports.com]

“Our IQs have never been higher – but it hasn’t made us smart” [bbc.com]

Landlord installs Faraday cage to block phone signals [telegraph.co.uk]

Portland’s Small-House Movement Is Catching On [nytimes.com]

Nissan emergency truck concept: electric-car battery for rescue power [greencarreports.com]

Hacker fakes German minister's fingerprints using photos of her hands [theguardian.com]

French Banks Offer Credit Card Numbers That Change Every Hour [tech.slashdot.org]

Afrika's MeerKAT Radio Telescope Is Revealing The Universe’s Secrets, One Image At A Time [iafrikan.com]

80% of current drug applications in China failed to meet analysis requirements [sciencealert.com]

Chinese couples divorcing to get around property-buying rules [youtube.com]

How being alone may be the key to rest [bbc.com]

Ruben Rivers: Heroic Staff Sergeant in the 761st Tank Battalion During World War II [blackthen.com]

Caves in Which Jewish Rebels Hid from Romans 2,000 Years Ago Found in Galilee [haaretz.com]

6,000-year-old fabric reveals Peruvians were dyeing with indigo before Egyptians [latimes.com]

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