“Senator Wants To Make Calling the Police On Black Folks For Doing Nothing a Hate Crime” and other tweeted links…

Senator Wants To Make Calling the Police On Black Folks For Doing Nothing a Hate Crime [buff.ly]

US Airman Michael Giles’ 25 Year Sentence Is Proof That Stand Your Ground Does Not Apply To Black People [buff.ly][twitter.com]

Black Boys Feel Less Safe in White Neighborhoods, Study Shows [nyti.ms]

'A devastating scenario': Brazil sets new record for homicides at 63,880 deaths [theguardian.com]

Lawsuit brings $289 million verdict against maker of Roundup weed killer [arstechnica.com]

Empty shipyard and suicides as 'Hyundai Town' grapples with grim future [reut.rs]

Brian Kemp, Enemy of Democracy: An expert on voter suppression, he will help keep Georgia red. [nyti.ms]

Frozen machines, 243-percent turnout, and other woes in Georgia voting [arstechnica.com]

Mysterious odor reported in several OC cities [abc7.com] via @ABC7

Sacramento welfare investigators track drivers to find fraud. Privacy group raises red flags. [sacbee.com]

New job center opens in Culver City [abc7.com] via @ABC7

Kofi Annan, the former @UN secretary-general, has died aged 80. Annan won the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian work. [twitter.com]

Happy Birthday to the man who had the ships to take us back to Africa 🌍🌍 Prophet Marcus Mosiah Garvey 🙏 [twitter.com]

Aretha Franklin was a force behind the scenes during the civil rights movement— donating concert proceeds, posting bail for activists, hosting fundraisers and using her platform to promote voting rights. And she empowered generations of women with her music. #rip#ArethaFranklin[twitter.com]

The Queen of Soul singing "Precious Lord" at MLK Jr.'s memorial service 50 years ago. This is chilling to watch. Aretha Franklin is a national treasure in life and death. Fly high, Queen. [twitter.com]

Rest in Power, Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin (1942 - 2018) [usatoday.com][twitter.com]

From the time that Dinah Washington 1st told me that Aretha was the “next one” when she was 12-years old, until the present day, Aretha Franklin set the bar & she did it with the professionalism, class, grace, & humility that only a true Queen could... 📸: Hassan [twitter.com]

“My daddy says I don’t know what I’m doing. Well, I respect him, of course, but I’m going to stick to my beliefs. Angela Davis must go free. Black people must be free." ~Aretha Franklin #QueenOfSoul#AngelaDavis via @democracynow[twitter.com]

I have many memories of me coming into her home and she would be playing the piano and singing. Words can’t describe the pain I’m feeling, but God is telling me that she is at peace. Today we lost an icon, a legend, but today I lost my grandma. I love u and imma make u proud 💕 [twitter.com]

Black Women's Labor in America Has Always Been Exploited | Teen Vogue [kolumnmagazine.com][twitter.com]

The first documented group of enslaved Africans transported to North America by the English arrive in Point Comfort, VA (1619) #todayinblackhistory[twitter.com]

Birthday of Ernest E. Just, biologist and pioneer of cell division (1883) #todayinblackhistory[twitter.com]

"Dr. Cannon was a foundational voice in Womanist theology, which seeks to escape the white- and male-centered views of religion and ethics and to value the experiences and insights of Black women in those areas." [nytimes.com]

I would like like to know myself. Ironically, it is the Chinese not the West who can make a compelling case that their focus in Africa has been not on spreading ideology but on the practical business of securing natural resources and creating future customers and trading partners [twitter.com]

@Ajairah1 What China will do with African “elites” will be exploitation but it will be secular exploitation: the Chinese will not demand that we worship them as “gods” which is exactly what the European does to this day.

There is nothing glorious in Africa that has not been reassigned to “White or non black” ownership. Ethiopia – Not African Origin Egypt – Not African origin Sudan – Not African origin Mali – Not African origin The Moorish Empire – Not African Ancient Zimbabwe – Not African

@Ajairah1 It seems “normal” that ancient Rome was somehow British in the same manner that all these African achievements are somehow not of African origin. Senegalese physicist Cheikh Anta Diop dedicated his life to eradicate this “normalcy.”

@Ajairah1 It may help to mention that, for English speakers to this day, ancient Rome is British because every widely distributed presentation of Rome is filled with folks with posh English accents. This was done to perpetuate the British Empire at the expense of modern Italians.

@KinteSpace @Ajairah1 I was surprised when I first discovered Alexander the great was really Macedonian because he is represented as a western European today.

young bruh, the only people that should sing at any Aretha Franklin memorial service are girls, descendants of North American enslavement, who are less than 14 years old

Today we celebrate Nigerian environmentalist, Doyinsola Ogunye who has made it her lifetime task to take care of the environment and teach young kids about their natural habitat. [thisisafrica.me]

Wildfire Smoke Is Smothering the US—Even Where You Don't Expect It [wired.com] via @WIRED

"Naomi Beckwith Promoted to Senior Curator at MCA Chicago" [artnews.com][twitter.com]

Artist Martin Puryear Chosen for US Pavilion at Venice Biennale - [goo.gl]

A colourful breakdown of the various ways characters come to a sticky end in Shakespeare’s plays. [openculture.com] via @openculture[twitter.com]

HBO officially orders @ReginaKing -led 'Watchmen' series [buff.ly][twitter.com]

In the New York Times (1980) V.S. Naipaul said: 'I don't count the African readership and I don't think one should. Africa is a land of bush, again, not a very literary land.'

The sexism and misogyny by the most celebrated male writers is often omitted in their obituaries. #naipaul[outlookindia.com]

Mexico's black communities have been virtually absent from cinema, until now. Director Jorge Pérez Solano cast locals from the Costa Chica. Watch the trailer 📽️ [remezcla.com]

sci-fi film. two shot. white actor playing human and white actor playing android actor playing human, she says something to the android about having no soul the script writer of any skin color never imagined a black woman would be watching this 'what has no soul, now?' @ava

Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley has a blistering critique of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman: [slate.com] via @slate

Carrier Command : Realtime Games Software Ltd. : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive [archive.org] via @internetarchive => @megafunkmega[twitter.com]

During BLFI 2 we seeded buckwheat in a section we’ve been cultivating the longest. We are fallowing this piece of land this year to let it rest and regain fertility. Buckwheat is a cover crop that attracts beneficial insects and pollinators, suppresses weeds, and loosens top… [twitter.com]

young bruh, this whole “fake it to make it” thing really got going when the Greeks managed that hostile take over of Egypt #ptolemies#cleopatra

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