Whoo hoo!!! This so fantastic 🎉

Happy #Juneteenth! Our big news is finally here!!

Introducing the BNA Artist Fellowship — a short film incubator for Black animation talent.

We’re not promising fireworks yet, but the spark is there — and with your help, we can light it up. 🔥

📣 Wanna support? givebutter.com/BNAFellowship

It is not a “DEI” rollback it is the resegregation of American universities. Headline writers could at least be honest about this.

An Open Letter to American Law Enforcement Officers By Michael Fanone Like so many of you, I was profoundly influenced by the September 11, 2001, attack on our country by foreign terrorists.

Take a few minutes to read this especially if you are in law enforcement or have family or friends who are. open.substack.com/pub/michaelf...

Seriously.

The wrong ICE is melting The wrong Amazon is burning

Sign of the day…

This is a great thread but I'm just gonna quote post this and yell YES THIS a lot

Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, And Pop Culture Effortlessly Shines A Light On Black Nerd Experience Jordan Calhoun’s memoir serves as a window into how Black-coded characters shaped his worldview

Turns out it links back to my profile on @jordanmcalhoun.com's Piccolo Is Black Memoir. The video is 47 minutes long. Godspeed.
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Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein meme that says 'My closest friend for 10 years" (a real quote by his best friend Jeffrey Epstein)

Donald Trump is trying to shut down the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. This will lead to mass child abuse on an unprecedented scale.

This would be the single biggest move to directly help pedophiles that any President has ever done in US history

The 'Shock and Awe' of Democracy Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen discuss the recent emergency order from State Democracy Defenders Fund seeking to prevent public disclosure of any terminated FBI agents and personnel.

Can pro-democracy 'shock and awe' shout louder than the authoritarians?

According to a recent emergency order filed by State Democracy Defenders Fund, the answer is "yes." Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen discuss this breaking lawsuit.

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library