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[Serena Williams @serenawilliams]

Let’s go Super Bowl halftime??! I died a little! 💃🏿

[World News Tonight @ABCWorldNews]

Two giant pandas from China have arrived in Washington D.C. and were transferred to their new home at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Bao Li and Qing Boa will make their debut in January 2025. @DavidMuir reports. https://t.co/mBuqgKcsbc

[Oscar the Grouch @OscarTheGrouch]

You want some motivation? Fine. Remember it's trashcan not trashcan't.

[Mark Hyman, M.D. @drmarkhyman]

The medical benefits of quality food are undeniable.

I’ve seen autoimmune diseases disappear, depression vanish, migraines evaporate, psoriasis and eczema clear up; Alzheimer’s patients’ memories improve and type 2 diabetes resolve in a short time simply by changing eating habits.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In cultures of politeness, dissent is a threat to social harmony. People nod and smile even if they disagree, and silence fuels groupthink.

In cultures of integrity, dissent is a sign of commitment to quality. People voice their views, and respectful debate improves decisions.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

MAGAs are labeling DEI as "Didn't Earn It," which is wild because in reality, generating historic wealth through 2 billion acres of stolen land from Native Americans, enslaving Black people for 300 years, banning Asian immigration until 1965, & banning women from financial access til 1974 — all without paying a single red cent in reparations or restitution — is the living breathing example not earning it.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

(Goes to check lookups for ‘BOTUS’)

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Urging people to be positive doesn’t boost their resilience. It denies their reality.

When times are tough, we don’t need good vibes only. We need a hand to keep us steady through all the vibrations.

Strength doesn’t come from forced smiles. It comes from feeling supported.

https://t.co/qEUjMN0b1Z

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

With my mother. Daddy’s funeral.

He wasn’t assassinated because he wanted his children to be judged “by the content of their character.”

But for dismantling racism, poverty & militarism.

He wanted corrective measures to eradicate racism, not the delusion that it doesn’t exist.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1970, rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix died at 27 years old.

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix ,was a musician, singer, and songwriter. Despite a relatively brief mainstream career spanning four years, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music."

Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, eventually earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later finding work with Little Richard, with whom he continued to play through mid-1965. He then joined Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after having been discovered by bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals.

Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US. The double LP was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. He headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 as the world's highest-paid performer before dying from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.

Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored over driven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in developing the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."

Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously.

In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year and in 1968, Billboard named him the Artist of the Year and Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

Rolling Stone ranked their three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.

[CWDavis @1cwdavis]

@SharkWeek @Discovery 🎧☀️📚

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

What is more clear than ever is that American school children need also lessons on African history pre-Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Because the ignorance African architecture, technology and centers of learnings by educated adults is just breathtaking. Like, stunning.

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

The letter X will be holding a press conference later today. #TwitterX

[Shark Week @SharkWeek]

OH NO #SharkWeek

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

You can't understand 1776 if you don't understand 1619. July 4, 1776 when the colonists declared independence, 1/5 of the population of the 13 colonies was enslaved. They would not gain freedom for a century. This, too, is the 4th of July. This, too, is the story of America.

[Ben & Jerry's @benandjerrys]

This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: https://t.co/45smaBmORH

[Ben & Jerry's @benandjerrys]

The tragic murder of Tyre Nichols exposes what has been hidden in plain sight—that policing in America was explicitly created to protect and promote white supremacy. 🧵1/4

[Maryland Elections @md_sbe]

Welcome to Day 4! Early voting centers are open 7a-8p daily through November 3 and we've already had 2,269 early voters today! Learn more about early voting at: https://t.co/frQo7271Mj #PlanAhead #SaveTime #VoteEarly  #MDvotes #TrustedInfo2022 #UnofficialCount

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

In toxic cultures, people are rewarded solely for individual results. How they treat others is ignored.

In healthy cultures, people are valued for collective contributions. Pay, performance, and promotions depend on elevating others.

If you're an asshole, you're not a success.