Unclench your jaw.
Relax your brow.
Go get a drink of water.
See if you've taken your meds
Eat something.
Doesn't matter what you look like right now, i think you look amazing.
Because you do.
You're a wonderful person.
And have this. 🫂🖤 you did great today. You made it through
Amber Shana Williams who plays Tamar in 'The Chosen' on what self-care looks like for her which is sitting in stillness. For more interviews go here: blackgirlnerds.com/the-cast-and...
Two dynamic action shots of American track and field icon Jackie Joyner-Kersee in competition. Top image: Jackie mid-javelin throw in a stadium with orange seating. She wears a red-and-white top with bib number 578 on her chest, long hair pulled back. Her right arm about to drive the javelin forward, left arm across her chest, face lifted in fierce concentration. Bottom image: Jackie clearing hurdles in rain during an outdoor track event. Water streaks across the frame as she leaps over a barrier in mid-flight. She wears a navy-blue USA with white and red accents, bib number 33 or 6 visible, white track spikes, and her hair pulled back. Her leading left leg extends straight over the hurdle, trailing right leg tucked, arms pumping for rhythm, muscles engaged, expression focused amid splashing rain and a blurred stadium crowd in the background. The paired photos showcase her exceptional athleticism and versatility across heptathlon events, including javelin and hurdles.
Voted the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century
🎈Happy Birthday Jackie Joyner-Kersee! 🎈
3 gold 1 silver 2 bronze medals (long jump & heptathlon) at 4 different Olympic Games. She's held the women's heptathlon world record since 1988. She was born #OTD in 1962. #champion
#WomensHistoryMonth
“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.“
― Martin Luther King Jr.
This one don’t ask permission.
🎵 Uptown Funk — Mark Ronson
Swagger activated
🎵 About Damn Time — Lizzo
Confidence in glitter
🎵 Hey Ya! — Outkast
Controlled chaos
🎵 Good as Hell — Lizzo
Hair-flip energy
🎵 Mr. Brightside — The Killers
You know every word. You shout them.
Shoulders first.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Erin Jackson the first Black Woman to win Olympic Gold Medal in Speed Skating
Geoscientists will soon have two powerful new eyes on Earth, offering unprecedented views of the changes occurring within the planet’s upper atmosphere and on its surface. https://scim.ag/3Mg0Xpa
During a dive last year in the Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, researchers documented a giant phantom jelly, a deep-sea species rarely seen since it was discovered a little over a century ago. “There was a mixture of excitement and disbelief,” said one marine biologist. trib.al/HfkWfp4
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Every day miners in the DRC working under unsafe conditions with no protective gear, die so that we can have new electronic devices. A cruelty we all participate in willingly or not. It feels so hopeless 😔. How does one stop the cruel exploitation.
www.dw.com/en/rubaya-mi...
Charles Yang of Time for Three absolutely slaying me. I would lose my mind if I heard this live. Even crappy phone speakers made me scream and cry.
Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
A hooded garment with long sleeves, made of strips of material stitched in horizontal rows with decorative embroidery around the hem and cuffs.
Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment.
bit.ly/4oRZuCC
Finished up the Detective Agency book nook! Inspired by the extremely well-known "Detective Famous" agency. 😆
Naturally, Black therapists have been in high demand, despite being underrepresented in their field. According to the American Psychological Association, in 2019 there were approximately 106,000 licensed psychologists in the U.S., yet only 3 percent are Black.
In a world of Sundown Towns where Black people weren’t allowed after nightfall, Green Book businesses were tiny spots of light. Traveling while Black was about survival. The Green Book Project documents that history:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
A group of people sit at a table at the Education Department with white name cards in front of them.
“Buckle Up”: Trump Official Pledges to Fix Accreditation
The first NACIQI meeting with Trump appointees in place featured fiery rhetoric against accreditors and questions about diversity, equity and inclusion. https://bit.ly/4iZ6f4c
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
It’s time to speak up while you still can.
Good morning, y’all!
May your winning streak continue,
Your losing skid finally end,
Your past mistakes become today’s redemption,
And that opportunity knock on your door.
Photo of African daisies with soft gold, yellow, pink, and coral, and a circle of orange around the purple-black center of some.
for you, a softly vibrant + peaceful moment with some African daisies
🤍🕊️
(from a few summers ago, needed on a rainy windy day such as today)
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #daisy #flowers #oregonphotographer #oregon
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
Got the dreaded ”we see something unusual on your mammogram results” phone call yesterday. Went back in this morning for another mamo and ultrasound. The radiologist looked at everything and said “You’re all clear!”
Women, stay up on your yearly mamo. It’s not fun but it can save your life.
They hate on our Black queens because they can’t handle their greatness.
Different pictures of Van Dyke throughout the years
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.
I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
As newsrooms shutter and paywalls rise elsewhere, public media delivers critical, unbiased reporting without fear or favor. That's the promise of a free press in a democracy.
Click here to support the network of voices that keeps our public conversation honest and informed: n.pr/4pCcFIx
i just had a real counting crows sing along. August and Everything After is a masterpiece. i need it on vinyl.
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
