|Miki's dude|BlackScholar|Me|PhD| I study memory, forgetting, art, criticism, power. I also talk sports. (he/đ¤) âthey remembered the maps within"- A. P. Gumbs
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I am facing tough times after the sudden loss of my mom. I am managing a lot on my own and need help with expenses.
Please consider donating or sharing his GoFundMe. It means a lot. gofund.me/e9614d74
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Very excited to share with folks that Joshua Williams was finally freed today, and smiling ear-to-ear on a Group FaceTime chat after being released this afternoon and on a long ride back to St. Louis. Josh was a Ferguson political prisoner who was so so wronged, but thatâs for another day. Today is a joyous day as Josh feels what freedom feels like and a real meal tastes like. #MikeBrown
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Important interview with a former ESPN colleague:
âMy brother died thirteen years ago on the sidewalk in downtown Las Vegas. Itâs a stark reality, but it illustrates the tragic arc of being brought there as kids so our dad could gamble at sportsbooks, to then surviving on the streets there as a homeless person and dying at 36â
After a decorated 24-year run at ESPN, Nicole Noren resigned in protest.
She couldnât go along with the networkâs all-out embrace of gambling.
For the first time publicly, in @CJR, Noren shares the deeply personal reasons behind her decision.
cjr.org/the-interview/nicoleâŚ
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I am Brianâs lawyer.
I sued the Department of Homeland Security over their unlawful actions, and after months of litigation, they released him to me at the Laredo border and I brought him back home to Austin.
We will continue to pursue compensation for damages.
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Natanya (@n4t4nya) says the rise of AI is an unfortunate symptom of a trend in recent years towards imperfections and human flair being removed from music.
"It's the symptom of something really wrong that we're getting tricked [by AI], because we've been conditioned to appreciate and accept music that doesn't have human flair in it, which I think is awful,â she says.
âEven in the way that we track vocals, we try and blur out all of the imperfections, and vocal coaching is now about being completely on pitch, rather than the feel, which is kind of stupid.â
Natanyaâs new album âATTITUDE ERAâ arrives on September 20.
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I think this phrase has become the leftâs version of a âSister Souljah momentâ, where politicians can signal theyâre serious by publicly denouncing and distancing themselves from really crazy ideas like âdismantling institutions that target Black people for violenceâ.
only back here to say this:
white liberals + white marxists (generally) have, over the past few days re: âwoke 1â discourse, truly solidified why capital M âmaterialismâ + âelectoral pragmatismâ are not for me.
and itâs not only what youâre saying. itâs *how* youâre saying it.
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the context of the comment, in the interview, came up re: Thanksgiving, which is clearly an unserious and waste of time conversation to you all. it is not at all a waste of time or unserious to me and mine.
therefore, there isnât much for âusâ to discuss.
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Of all years to miss AFRAM, this one sucks to miss. Iâve gone the past few years, and worked it for at least a decade. But some things we canât control. Take it in stride, and keep it moving. Yâall have fun out there this weekend. Happy 50th.
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Lots of people have asked me why Iâm so stubborn about staying in print and this issue is one of the reasons why. I think it matters to have a physical copy of Black people being beautiful that you can hold in your hands. And share with others.
Has there been any public statement on this? Because itâs ridiculous and unserious.
If, as some of you say, Park Chan-wook being kicked out of the WGA was a factor in any of these NO OTHER CHOICE omissions, I must seriously question the double standards of an organisation which awarded the most notorious scabber and informant of all, Elia Kazan, many times over.
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yâall donât want criticism, yâall want affirmation. and yes this is about the current discourse related to movies.
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New School University is shutting down programs, PhD admissions have been paused, and faculty are now receiving emails to resign.
Of course, this isn't the first crisis, BUT the administration's response hasn't always been like today's revamped austerity "shock therapy.â đđ˝
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E make sense
Baba Oladotun's dad on separating Maryland & Georgetown: "you just find the one that we felt like, logistically, what's best for us? When you look at it, if I have to go to Georgetown, maybe 15, 20 minutes more. You multiply that by 365 days. That's about 7,000 minutes. That's about 120 hours. What can you do with that?...Iâm very stingy when it comes to my time. I can drive 20 minutes to the game, get a good parking...I can go to campus and grab my two daughters and go have lunch and dinner. How long am I going to have that opportunity? I don't know"
My guy said âwith the way 295 is set up đŹâ and I respect it.
Baba Oladotun's dad on separating Maryland & Georgetown: "you just find the one that we felt like, logistically, what's best for us? When you look at it, if I have to go to Georgetown, maybe 15, 20 minutes more. You multiply that by 365 days. That's about 7,000 minutes. That's about 120 hours. What can you do with that?...Iâm very stingy when it comes to my time. I can drive 20 minutes to the game, get a good parking...I can go to campus and grab my two daughters and go have lunch and dinner. How long am I going to have that opportunity? I don't know"
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