General reminder of who's on the hook if we don't have a surplus this time
General reminder of who's on the hook if we don't have a surplus this time
'Ella Baker, the great socialist and civil rights organizer, was born this day in 1903. Here's her classic 1935 article on economic exploitation and black domestic workers in Great Depressionβera New York.'
The Bronx Slave Market | Ella Baker & Marvel Cooke
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Lola Falana and Kreskin... I'm watching.
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Tour de France 1927...
Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur - excellent animation, good storylines. Watched it with my daugher, jokes for both of us...
βIβve always been convinced that my true profession is that of journalist.β Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez,, born in Aracataca, Colombia, on this day in 1927
Some motorcycle folks from another era...
Really enjoy your photos!
Boxing at 8 - look at the lineup! All at the start of their careers.
Frank's Place
Good morning.
Please do not waste your Wi-Fi and time letting folks annoy you today.
Mute, block, and protect your peace.
Kansas City Journal
March 3, 1926: Not all Scots thrill to the sound of bagpipes. Neighbors of the Highlanders Institute in Glasgow seek a court order to quiet the shriek of the instrument during dances and other events.
Kalshi cofounder & CEO Tarek Mansour insists those two acts are different. Kalshi isnβt a betting site, he says. Itβs a marketplace regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and legally allowed to operate in all 50 states, more than online sportsbooks.
Sitting on PBS for the night. I've never heard of/seen Dinosaurs until right now...
'Novelist, essayist and outspoken civil rights activist James Baldwin sat down with Maya Angelou, his longtime friend and fellow author, for an intimate, wide-ranging exchange in 1975.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-Z... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
A portrait of Bob Power in a studio leaning against a mixing board.
Salute to a man who was probably the single most important studio engineer of my most formative years and beyond. He shaped sound, sharpened samples and varnished vocals. Tribe, De La, The Roots, Badu, DβAngelo and too many more. A true wizard.
RIP Bob Power. ποΈ
"Elena" is harvesting oranges. "We are working hourly and paid minimum wage, but the pressure is like we're working piece rate. The supervisors are always rushing us, saying we need to work faster." #WeFeedYou
Wheatley
Her Washington poem
Feb. 28, 1776: Washington sends thanks to Phyllis Wheatley, a young Black writer of Massachusetts who last year had sent him a poem, βTo His Excellency, George Washington.β The general writes her: βI thank you most sincerely for your polite notice of me, in the elegant Lines you enclosed. 1/4
A PSA from Thomas Massie:
Someone pouring a cup of chai
Iftar, Day 10
Weather blessed us here in Southern California...
Pretty good for a single dad... π
In a win for the Gullah Geechee people on St Helena Island in South Carolina, access to a long-used cemetery has been restored
This is awesome... Thanks for posting this!
Happy heavenly birthday mom. Would have been your 82nd circle around the sun. You are missed - your granddaughter stole your whole face.
WKCR pays tribute to the life and legacy of Mr. Willie Colon on Friday from 11 pm through Saturday 2 am (est).
Hella musician, innovator. Yeah, he went off the rails at the end of his life. His talent can't be denied. Godspeed.
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