Interested in politics, race, culture, class and language. African American. Mother of twins. Former Entrepreneur, Editor, Translator, Proofreader, College Advisor for NYC educational nonprofit. Caretaker of elderly parents. Work in College Admissions and as EF Coach. Atheist. Cannabis user. Traveler. Lived in Spain for years, miss it. Occasional foul mouth. Avatar is a pic of my great grandmother, background is a blue and white antique Arabic mosaic roof tile from Andalucia. #nobridge
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Last Notes npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Why do the headlines read right-wing media “duped” by Russia? They weren’t fucking duped. They’re fucking TERRORISTS and TRAITORS. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 What WON’T Trump say to stay out of jail. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 If you think your vote doesn’t matter, it’s because you’re a VICTIM of your oppressor’s propaganda. You’re doing EXACTLY what they want you to do. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 It’s funny how when those companies you’ve known all your life disappear, they fade from your memory pretty damn fast. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 🎯 EXACTLY!! wtf is it with people not being able to face fucking reality. It seriously pisses me off. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The media IS NOT MAKING “MISTAKES.” They’re betraying the public on purpose. ACCEPT REALITY. It’s easier and makes more sense. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Just shut up and vote against fascism. THIS IS YOUR ONLY JOB. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 When someone tells you they’re going to execute people from the White House, you should believe them. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I probably wouldn’t have seen it before I understood he was trying to stop American audiences from seeing it. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Now, I’m going to make it my business to see “The Apprentice." npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Short-term thinking by PSYCHOPATHIC MORONS rules the world. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I don’t know what that means. What is “confitulation?" npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 "It's frightening, because it suggests that Trump and his supporters have already intimidated some media companies, which seem to be pre-emptively capitulating to him.” npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 "A robust body of scientific evidence has now shown that straighteners and other hair products marketed to Black girls and women have been linked to endocrine-disrupting substances associated with the early onset of menstruation and many of the reproductive-health issues that follow, from uterine fibroids, preterm birth and infertility to breast, ovarian and uterine cancer. Many of these hormone-health-related problems are more common in Black women…” npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 SCOTUS seems to do something somewhat decent right BEFORE they take a hammer to one of the pillars that undergirds a freedom for someone. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 "Among Black adults who have experienced discrimination, about three-quarters said it made them feel as though the system as a whole was designed to keep them down. Black adults who have faced discrimination also felt varying emotions as a result — 76% felt angry overall, 53% said they worried about their personal safety, and 41% felt depressed, for example." npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Thanks for saying that! I enjoy your posts too! npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I feel you on this. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The nerve of charging someone almost $100K a year for college and withholding diplomas for protesting is a motherfucking outrage. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Alvin Bragg was ELECTED. Trump was found GUILTY. DO NOT FUCKING TELL ME THAT ELECTIONS DON’T MATTER! npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Fascists NEVER deserve the benefit of the doubt. Is this not clear yet. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I’m no fan of libertarians, but I do appreciate the way they treated that fucking criminal at the rally. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 You give your oppressors cause to pat themselves on the back and be proud of their work when you don’t vote. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I’d be curious to see how these racist fucks would fare when they have no social security or medicare and their house gets destroyed by climate change weather. Oh yeah, they’ll just die. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Fascists won’t help your asses fix your houses after 20 fucking tornadoes. Dummies. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Can we skip to the bunker part now. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I hope the wealthy haven’t given up on deep sea exploration. They should keep pushing the boundaries. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 They struggle in the party of hate that they want to hate in because while they hate, they’re one of the hated groups. The Log Cabins are sad fuckers. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I don’t know. This is a conversation white people need to have amongst themselves. You all will decide this election. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Each non nazi white person needs to convert 5 white nazis. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 If we let them kill public education, we’re totally doomed. FIGHT TO REFORM PUBLIC EDUCATION. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 If anyone asks who did something, just say Mrs. Alito. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Sitting on SCOTUS is supposed to be an honor, not some dirty, corrupt place from which to impose fascism. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I REFUSE to accept that nothing can be done about the obvious corruption on the Supreme Court. I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS and it MUST CHANGE. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The U.S. fascists will follow the Russian fascists and outlaw being gay if they get power. Is this not clear? npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Don’t say shit about caring about trans people, gay people, Black people, brown people, immigrants or your own damn self if you don’t VOTE for Biden. And, you can kiss my ass too. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 "CBS News, in partnership with The Trace and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, reviewed records from hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the United States and found that many had routinely resold or traded in their used duty weapons -- a practice that has sent thousands of guns into the hands of criminals.” npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Yeah, just like no white people give one fucking shit that Trump would kill all Black people here. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The Orcas are our friends. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Important things you need to remember about the struggle for freedom are that it will be ongoing and you can NEVER GIVE UP. People are all the same. And, no group of people has the right to abuse another group of people through violence and lies. The group abusing all groups are the wealthy. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 As a mom on Mother’s Day, I wish for a better world for all children. We adults have to do the work to make it better. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 When my sister sold her home, she had her white realtor come to show the appraiser around. She LEFT HER OWN HOME during the process. Right now, my college friend is removing all signs of Blackness from her home before she puts it on the market. All art, photos, statues are being packed. All books are being turned spine in. THIS IS WHAT RACISM DOES. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 "Median Manhattan rent was $4,250 last month, a 3.7% monthly increase and 0.2% annual increase. It was the third time in four months it’s gone up year-over-year, and was also a whopping 26.7% higher than prepandemic average in April 2019. Studio apartments rose to $3,250 while two-bedroom units dipped to $5,195.” npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 SOMEONE is going to be elected president of the U.S. in November. It can either be the guy you yell at who changes his approach, or the guy you yell at who puts you in a camp. Up to you. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I wish shooting a Black child was as egregious as shooting a puppy in the United States. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 When all the unhoused people in the United States are moved into camps, go visit them and explain through the fence that you didn’t vote because of Gaza. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 When your gay friends are stripped of their marriages, tell them you didn’t vote because you wanted to make a statement about Gaza. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 A bunch of greedy assholes who want all the marbles are going to KILL US ALL. Fight back. THERE IS NOTHING TO LOSE because if they win, you DIE. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 “ 'The choice of Columbia’s administrators to ignore university statutes and customary practices honored over the past six decades, to have our students violently arrested, and to impose a militarized lockdown of our campus, has irrevocably undermined our trust in them,' the statement read.” npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 NONE of this campus shit is about antisemitism. NONE OF IT. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Now that the random violence of fascism is beginning to happen to white people, white people should think HARD about ALL the things that have happened to Black people over the last 400 years that they IGNORED. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 As you watch the terrorism and abuse of college students and ask how can this happen, please know Black Americans been asking the same for 400 years. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 If college protests are made to seen as antisemitic, then fascists can crush free speech and opposition to genocide all in one fell swoop. A twofer. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 One of the biggest threats to democracy in the United States is the corrupted Supreme Court. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I talk about racism in a direct way because throughout my immersion in white culture, I've tried every other way. I've found that as long as you give white people an out, they’ll take it. Soft voice is an out. This isn’t an intellectual discussion, this is a practical discussion of life and death. Maybe not for YOU, but for us. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The attorney should have asked SCOTUS if it would be okay if the Executive had them murdered. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The fact that this presidential immunity question is being discussed in SCOTUS makes this nation look like the land of morons. Seriously.🙄 npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I’m very happy for your friend and for you.❤️ npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The government, media and people at large lied about the motives of protesters in the Civil Rights Movement too. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I think we can now stop saying “google it” when looking for info. No one will find it there. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 “ 'In Wednesday’s hearing, president Shafik repeatedly claimed that she was inaugurating a new era at Columbia. Her actions thus far suggest that this era will be one of repressed speech, political restrictions on academic inquiry, and punitive discipline against the university’s own students and faculty.’ ” npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. I was 10 years old. Put in perspective the fact that until I was 10, abortion was illegal. So, I began my life without bodily autonomy. I had it from ages 10 - 60, and now I’m back at square one, without any. This RIGHT didn’t even exist for one person’s entire lifetime. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 The lesson that everyone should get by now is 50 years of rights IS NOT VERY LONG TO HAVE RIGHTS and they can be RESCINDED. EVERYONE SHOULD GET THIS. ALL GROUPS. Act accordingly, ffs. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 If you don’t get why voting is important, you should think about the fact that people DIED for your right to do it. Maybe they understood something you don’t and actually SACRIFICED their LIVES for YOU to be able to do it in the future. HONOR THAT until you get it. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 My kid and their girlfriend moved in together. Movers overcharged by $500.00. Girlfriend called, left a message and didn’t hear back. She said she didn’t want to be “mean.” This morning, it was my kid’s turn. They left a polite and precise message at 8am explaining that the behavior of the company would force them to file a complaint with the AG’s office, BBB, their rep and they would stop payment on their credit card. They got a message within 30 minutes and refunded the $500.00. BE “MEAN." npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 My sister is a middle school teacher in GA. Something racist happened at the school and the white admin. handled it very well. They did all the right things. My sister says she’s never felt so supported at work anywhere in the nation. Good people are everything. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I still can’t get over the fact that people discussed trickle down economics like it made any fucking sense. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 “Media” is made up of human beings. STOP giving those human beings a pass. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 Progress shouldn’t be measured by technological innovation, it should be measured by global human cooperation for the common good. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I’m reading about projected sea level rise by 2030. That’s 6 YEARS FROM NOW. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I want to see a movie where we band together across the globe to defeat fascism, the evils of capitalism and combat climate change with cool, new innovations. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I can’t see anything from X or Meta when I read articles because I don’t have accounts. All it tells me is how dependent the media is on nazis and traitors. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 In 2024, librarians are freedom fighters. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I hope every person who talks shit about older folks lives to a ripe fucking old age. That’s the only retribution I need. npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s StillIRise1963 I'm a 59 year old African American woman. I've desegregated a town, a school system and many other spaces. When I discuss racism in this nation, I'm not going to ameliorate my speech for the comfort of anyone. I don't exist to comfort others about the reality of what I was born into - what we all live in together. If that's a problem for you, I suggest you embark on some self-reflection to determine what your actual role is within this system.
