Binta Dixon

Feeling 20 lbs lighter mentally and thicker than ever. 🙌🏾✨️💅🏾

‘It should not happen’: Worker describes Border Patrol arrest at Lowe’s in Matthews One man said federal police broke his pickup window and stole his keys. Another said they aimed rifles at him.

Border Patrol agents have arrived in Charlotte. We'll share a few resources in this thread for those looking to document and protest this agency's reckless deployment in our neighbors' streets. 🧵 www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

Wawa Gatheru - Closing the Climate Work Gap Through Black Girl Environmentalist | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

This made my day! Wawa is an incredible leader and visionary. I love witnessing the incredible work of Black Girl Environmentalist reach more people.

A Nelson’s Sparrow perched upright among tall green and brown grass stems, lit by soft golden morning light. The bird’s buffy face, streaked breast, and small bill are clearly visible as it stands alert amid the autumn vegetation.

A Nelson’s Sparrow seen from behind at the edge of a muddy shoreline. The bird’s warm brown and olive back shows bold streaking as it holds a small insect in its bill, with water rippling beside it.

A Nelson’s Sparrow partially hidden among dense green and brown marsh vegetation. The bird peeks through stems and seed heads, its pale chest and subtle face markings catching the sunlight.

Just a couple of Nelson’s Sparrows being ridiculously cute 😍 Fall migration never disappoints! 📷👐🏾🫶🏾🪶

Desirability Part 2: Disobeying white Eurocentric Beauty Standards YouTube video by Hoodrat to Headwrap

Love the range of this conversation 💜

Great Blue Heron, Fairfax VA USA Photo credit Gene Levinson, iPhone 15 Pro, September 2025

Great Blue Heron
Fairfax VA USA

Happy Birthday!!! ✨️💐🎂

A REMINDER TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF YouTube video by JADE FOX

A lil midweek pep talk from one of my favs. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Demand context.

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters. We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.

If I do nothing else in this life, I will write stories about how my people connect to nature. I will gather with our plant, animal, and elemental cousins as often as I can. I will uplift all of our names. We are children of the Earth, and we will never be destroyed. grist.org/language/nat...

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a man in a black suit is standing in a room with other people ALT: a man in a black suit is standing in a room with other people

Your presence is still missed and we wish you here. 😢
Continue to Rest in Power, sir. 🙏🏽🙅🏾‍♂️ #ChadwickBoseman
Nov. 29, 1976 - Aug. 28, 2020

"You know what honey, I'd be a rock. They seem like they got it easy, ya know? Even if somebody steps on em, they win, because it hurts that person." -Lauren Keke Palmer

It had to be said.

TFW you're still online at your desk at 1:30am & your wife, who went to bed hours ago, appears naked in the doorway, intoning dolefully:
"I am the ghost of common sense"
before vanishing into the night
[no photo]

Ummm 56 minutes on the stairmaster is a flex. I am both jealous and thankful we haven't seen a haboob this dramatic in Tucson this year.

"dark academia" do you mean middle school

A lot of people forget that RAP stands for RHYTHM AND POETRY

Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar Hi everyone, I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses

Just a little bump to help the wonderful @rsagarcia.bsky.social help cover cancer treatment expenses:

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I'm sitting for a cat who is 21, so basically a 100 year old woman. She is so regal and sweet. Yes, I'm giving her anything she wants 😭

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Down, down to hell, and say I sent thee thither⁠

Critical AI Resources - bookjockeyalex.com

Wanted to share a critical AI spreadsheet I've been working on for a little bit now. It has a list of resources and links to materials I thought were interesting or that I used in my schools Critical AI LibGuide. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Decision Tree by Karama Neal - Foofaraw Frequencies Decision Tree by Karama NealRead the full story on Foofaraw PressNarrated by KeenanIntro music by lashmanArtwork by Hollowe StudiosAdditional art by Tony TranBrought to you by Horse Browser

Flash audio fiction by Karama Neal! Love this story.

Come by my panels tomorrow! Get some fantastic historical inspiration for your fiction! Ask me easy questions like “what is your name” and “list some colors you like” and “wow, you’re so nice and delightful, are you sure this is your first time paneling?”

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Two tabby cats sleeping on a green and white quilted blanket.

If you ever wonder where I am or why I'm not online much it is because if I move even an inch, my cat gives me one airplane ear to let me know to stop it immediately as I am his naptime support wall.

I know this is specific to big brother, but boy does it speak to soooo many other things in the world right now. 😅😭

I'm trying this more often and I think my brain likes it!