Comfortably #Black. Escaped the South, currently enduring the #PNW. Just out here chillin trying to be a little less dumb every day #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday
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Last Notes npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub188z…uzmm It's OK, sometimes we make forgiveable mistakes. At least you didn't commit 34 crimes npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub188z…uzmm No. Dont do it. Take it back npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black Quick, share you no. 1 '#Trump is a felon' dance song! npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1grx…uxfe The city he grew up in that he acted like the king of is biased against him and its a crime npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black In response to pro-Palestine protests, Portland State University freezes ties with Boeing https://www.kgw.com/article/news/education/psu-portland-state-university-boeing-israel-palestine-protest/283-040775fd-1aa5-4692-b7b2-6605deb1fb88 > #PortlandStateUniversity President Ann Cudd said the school will pause seeking or accepting further gifts or grants from #Boeing pending "debate." #Palestine #PDX npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1gzl…kk4u The same cycle as comic book movies. Once you find people that actually TRY npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k I havent seen that thread, got a link? npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black I read an article awhile back, can't remember where, about the number of people that are vegan and stop, I think it was a pretty high number - ‘I’d buy fish and hide it under kale’: the star vegan chef who developed a taste for liver https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/30/the-star-vegan-chef-who-developed-a-taste-for-liver > What happened when a #vegan influencer started craving burgers? npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub12ty…vnqc Is the loops account link correct? npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1xzm…eykm How many colors? npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black Southeast #Portland garden connects Black community to ancestral roots https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/southeast-portland-garden-black-community-ancestral-roots/283-1c513b36-3da9-421a-8b8a-1cc11c61db2b > Malcolm Hoover, who comes from a family of farmers, turned an abandoned lot into a bright green space for Black people to connect #BlackMastodon @npub13vy…lczv @npub1amh…t78z npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black A gunman killed and injured protesters at a #BLM march. Why did #police blame the victims? | US policing | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/19/blm-march-portland-shooting > Survivors of a mass shooting have publicly shared video contradicting police claims that victims were armed and part of a ‘confrontation’ #PDX #Portland https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/958/963/136/583/164/original/aa62642c0318cef2.jpg npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black Washington County (Oregon) sued for sending law enforcement to respond to mental health emergencies instead of mental-health providers https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-county/lawsuit-washington-county-mental-illness-emergency-response-services/283-a8a8df0c-51e1-4966-88e7-629cb926ddd7 > The lawsuit details cases in the county where law enforcement was sent to #MentalHealth emergencies, resulting in trauma or arrests for people in crisis #police https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/885/606/676/060/137/original/751a73b190b35cd4.jpg https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/885/607/139/079/940/original/201815436ea6342a.jpg npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black South Dakota tribe bans governor from reservation over US border comments | #SouthDakota | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/05/south-dakota-tribe-bans-kristi-noem-reservation-border > #Oglala #Sioux tribe banishes #Republican $KristiNoem after she spoke about wanting to send razor wire to Texas npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1nkh…dl8x Android is still open source, there are other versions besides the Google flavor. LineageOS and GrapheneOS pretty popular OnePlus is usually pretty good about their hardware, some manufacturers aren't shitty about it Linux mobile is still a work in progress npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k Wild. Hopefully they gave those people a good severance. But it's ridiculous. I'm curious how many were part of the union npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black F*** Microsoft $69 BILLION!!! - Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox staff | #Microsoft | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/25/microsoft-layoffs-activision-blizzard-xbox-staff > The tech giant acquired #ActivisionBlizzard three months ago for $69bn #layoffs npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black ‘This is wild’: #FloridaMan plays guitar during brain surgery to remove tumor | #Florida | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/florida-man-play-guitar-brain-surgery > Guitarist Christian Nolen plays the #Deftones and #SystemOfADown on doctors’ instructions while undergoing awake craniotomy npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black If you was a 80s/90s kid, what was gettin numbers when you were watching? "Crossroads" for me https://youtu.be/_W4OVeCiFp0?feature=shared https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/681/738/417/007/267/original/2700355510f276a9.jpg npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black I'm just saying, it's extra super-duper crooked when somebody that grew up in the South act like slavery wasn't the whole conversation. Like, that history is all around you but you talking like you ain't never seen it your whole life. When she took that long-ass pause before she answered and tried to make a joke, you already knew she was about to drop verbal diarrhea npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black #Banks use your deposits to loan money to #FossilFuel, emissions-heavy firms https://arstechnica.com/?p=1992594 > Your $1,000 in the bank creates emissions equal to a flight from NYC to Seattle. #ClimateChange npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k He aint up there spinnin on his head is he? @npub13vy…lczv npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k Im jealous of Mr Blow still out here bustin moves @npub13vy…lczv npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k Like I said, I have a bias for the band. They've made music in that style and hopefully kinda illustrates how got on the on-ramp into rock, stuff like that, slowly turning up the energy over time. And add in a little hiphop here and there Not sure ive ever heard Jose James, ill check it out npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k I've been to loud metal shows and wore myself out in the crowd, it has it's place and it can feel good at the right time Obviously I have a bias being a fan of the band and their style before they released this but I think this is a great cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azTzGHR7Rbc And this band at the same time does loud yelling and screaming npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k I think that's kinda due to media portrayal. Prince is Rock. Rock is very general but the narrative created around it is wild noise and screaming. And there's shades and layers You a Sade listener? npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k I managed to stumble into rock and some metal somehow in the late 90s through Korn and Deftones and eventually Sevendust(black frontman). Something about the percussion and melodies caught my ear. Led me into a lot of other genres. Still can't get into country though, like walnuts, I just do like it npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black #LennyKravitz Believes Black Media Has Ignored His Contributions To Music https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/740134-lenny-kravitz-bet-media-ignored-black-music > Do you agree with the rock star that Black media hasn't given him his due flowers, or is this a blown-out proportion on his behalf? #BlackMastodon @npub13vy…lczv @npub1amh…t78z https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/505/912/493/510/053/original/f04e47eb10aa97d7.jpg https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/505/912/617/080/537/original/08c32493959447a6.jpg https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/505/912/764/905/428/original/35eeae654b913a93.jpg npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k He might still be npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1r3v…p4tu @npub1grx…uxfe Tyson also made the smart observation that the amount of resources needed to make Mars hospitable for humans could just be used to fix Earth. If we can do it there, why not just do it here at home npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black For all the people complaining about #sports and the #NFL being discussed here, *I* haven't seen THAT in my feed. But if you're seeing things you don't like, that's the beauty of the #Fediverse, you can just block the instances that are doing it, right? You can control what you see At least that's what I hear npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k They assaulted my mouth with aggressive blandness. It's like the opposite of flavor npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black How old you gotta be to enjoy walnuts? I still ain't there yet npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black Black Farmer in Chicago Grows Organic Food Inside His 18-Wheeler Semi-Trailer Truck https://www.blackbusiness.com/2023/07/derek-drake-black-farmer-chicago-grows-organic-food-inside-semi-trailer-truck.html?m=1 > Meet Derek Drake, the founder and CEO of Ditto Foods, a Black-owned hydroponic farming company located in south suburban Chicago. #BlackMastodon @npub1amh…t78z @npub13vy…lczv https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/009/284/334/096/993/original/463edfd037e9002e.jpg npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1hpc…hjn3 A tale as old as time. Well, hopefully they learn better methods than the US, I would expect a more sensible approach that what happens here npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black Capitalism? Or just evil cruelty? Y'all, help me out on this one. Why would you write this law? Texas judge blocks bill that would allow state to override local water breaks rules https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/30/texas-judge-blocks-republican-death-star-law > Republicans’ ‘Death Star’ law would have hurt many local labor laws, including paid sick leave and mandated water breaks npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1agu…j0sk So, better reach but moderation isn't there yet? npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1agu…j0sk Youre pretty savvy with Friendica. Some people are looking for a good way to rebuild their mutual aid network that they lost on twitter but are also trying to defend against hate and harassment. Would Friendica have options that help them npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub135d…tg9k Its the perputual condition and tempermant of the south, "be happy with what you got, toughen up and deal with it" i think it's partly because living in the south conditions you to a way of life that's difficult to escape from (just not prepared for life in different places/cultures), and party "misery loves company (people need community so they don't want you to leave, dont wanna be alone, dont wanna feel like they failed where others succeeded) @npub1jpp…euxz @npub189n…satx npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black @npub1pqk…z65u curious, i feel like you've done lot of research on most of these options, what do you feel are the strengths of each, if its possible to break it down that way? npub1zdcvyupfvuhmfngz8l7wq8y6c7k6z7pu3f5ct2vvy3rv3tjcjuwqkm9px8 Ang Black Time to Re-Up Yall For all the new folx showing up... Back in Nov we all wanted to create a rally point for diversity and connection and find a way to spread some joy AND!!! celebrate Blackness and dope Black shit so every Friday we all encourage Black and Brown folx and all our marginalized family to join us to lift spirits with #[0]. So follow #[1] and check out/follow these groups #[2] #[3] and spread the word when you can #[4] 1/x