Deb B
Writer, podcaster, author. I love books, fantasy, science fiction, music, classic movies, & brunch. Not in that order.
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- Reposted by Deb BThe International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
- Reposted by Deb BNEW: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle. But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
- Reposted by Deb BThe racist video posted by the President is perhaps the most egregiously racist thing shown in the White House since Woodrow Wilson screened Birth of a Nation there in 1915. Here's an article from Denver's Black newspaper in 1915 calling for Americans to denounce such racist imagery.
- Reposted by Deb BI don’t know a single Black Person in my life that didn’t know we would get to the day when the orange demon would post racist videos when he came down the escalator in 2016. Not. A. Single. 1. On the flip side…l know a whole bunch of other folks that told me this was economic anxiety & capitalism
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- Octavia tried to tell y'all... "Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool..." #octaviabutler #quotes
- She's a liar and not even a very good one, which is typical in this clown show administration.
- Reposted by Deb BJust want to say, I see all the comments saying it’s a sign of his senility or mental decline. You could be right but I have a thing about linking racism to mental acuity. Not sure it needs to be, most of the time, and I don’t like the idea of racism as deviant, for a lot of reasons.
- Reposted by Deb BNEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica built the Rx Inspector tool to show you. Now a proposed bill would also require manufacturing location information on packaging for both generic and brand-name drugs.
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- Reposted by Deb BThe entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
- Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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- Reposted by Deb BMedgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/m...
- Reposted by Deb BA reminder of who Mike Johnson is. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/a-bi...
- Reposted by Deb BNot only is it Black History Month. It’s also its 100th anniversary!! To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.
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- Books for #BHM and beyond. A Black Women's History of the United States - Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky
- Books for #BHM and beyond. We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance - Kellie Carter Jackson #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison
- Books for #BHM and beyond. The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison
- Books for #BHM and beyond. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison
- Books for #BHM and beyond. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison #booksky #diversebooksky #Blackbooksky #ToniMorrison
- Reposted by Deb BMary Ellen Pleasant, American civil rights pioneer, entrepreneur. The “Mother of Civil Rights in California”; one of the wealthiest & most powerful people in California. Key role in major #civilrights court cases; California black rights activist #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #PolSky
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- Reposted by Deb BWarnock on the arrest of Don Lemon: It’s chilling, and I think that is the intent. They intend to send chills down the backs of journalists. The authoritarian march is happening in real time, and it’s way past the time to wake up.
- Reposted by Deb BHell, yeah. “I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”
- Reposted by Deb BFYI-This is where that incredible video came from. If you want to see more video like that, give @djbyrnes1.bsky.social a follow. bsky.app/profile/djby...
- Reposted by Deb BWonder what they all have in common 😒
- #20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky
- #20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. The Improvisers by Nicole Glover #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky
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- Reposted by Deb B"Slavery was real" Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington. Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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- Reposted by Deb BVoters overwhelmingly voted to repeal a zoning amendment that would have allowed larger homes to be built in the last Gullah-Geechee community on Georgia’s coast Black homeowners feared it would have pushed out the Black generational property owners
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- #20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Tom Reiss - The Black Count #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky
- #20TBRbookchallenge Choose 20 books from your TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. Ayana Gray - I, Medusa #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky #diversebooksky
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- Reposted by Deb B“The Oglala Sioux Tribe is seeking answers after four enrolled members were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis.” www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-...
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- Women of Afrofuturism Exhibit at the SFO Museum Afrofuturism, an artistic and sociopolitical liberation movement, examines the past, questions the present, and reimagines the futures of Black people. www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/...
- Trump Closing NASA’s Largest Library Today, Along Side Staffing Cuts – Materials Set to Be ‘Tossed Away’
- Reposted by Deb BMary Sheffield was sworn in as Detroit’s 76th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office in the city's 324-year history
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- One would think the secretary of state would have more important things to focus on right now.
- Reposted by Deb BRyan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...
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