Angry Sweet Pain

Music

[💖 🌼Simple Symphony @Hoainguyen888]

She brought the house down🔥🔥🔥

[Bleu J @BleuSoul22]

Their performance of My Lovin on this episode was just as fire

[Truth Matters @politicsusa46]

Let’s try and break the anxiety so many are feeling about what’s going to happen next Tuesday.

This from Steve Hofsetter might just make you chuckle like it did me, as another week of tyranny reaches an end.

🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/1kijffgg9l

[Bonnet Bunny @Bunny3Bonnet]

A BLACK MAN.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Mental Slavery Begins At School.

[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

They hated him because he spoke the truth! Handsome, intelligent, courageous and strong 💪🏿

[BLACK-MEDIA-HUB✊🏿 @BmediaHQ]

1887 photograph of Harriet Tubman, her husband Nelson Davis and adopted daughter Gertie.

This 1887 photograph offers a glimpse of Harriet Tubman that is often missing from the stories told about her: Harriet not as an Underground Railroad conductor or Civil War scout, but as a wife and mother figure surrounded by family.

Standing beside Tubman are her second husband, Nelson Davis, and their adopted daughter, Gertie. Tubman married Nelson in 1869, after her return to Auburn, New York. Their marriage lasted nearly two decades, until Nelson died from tuberculosis on October 14, 1888.

Nelson had his own history of service. During the Civil War, he served as a private in the 8th United States Colored Infantry, one of the Black regiments formed as African American men were finally permitted to serve in the Union Army. Tubman herself also served the Union during the war as a nurse, cook, scout and intelligence operative.

Her family life had also been shaped by slavery and separation. Before escaping to freedom, Tubman had married John Tubman in Maryland. When she escaped in 1849, John remained behind. Harriet later returned to Maryland intending to bring him north, but John had remarried and chose not to leave with her. Their marriage was effectively over, and Harriet eventually built a new life with Nelson.

Gertie became part of that new chapter. Tubman never had biological children of her own, but she and Nelson raised Gertie as their daughter. The family lived in Auburn, where Tubman spent her later years helping formerly enslaved people, supporting her community and working toward the establishment of a home for elderly African Americans.

Photographs of Tubman are relatively rare, which makes this image especially meaningful. It captures a woman whose life is often remembered through extraordinary acts of courage, while also showing the quieter family relationships that mattered to her.

[Michael Jackson Crave @moonwalker4077]

38 years ago today, MJ dropped Moonwalker, a fever dream of Bad Era hits. Speed Demon claymation chases, robot transformations, Leave Me Alone, the immortal Smooth Criminal sequence and MJ’s cover of Come Together that turned The Beatles song into a high energy funk and pop-rock track.

From the imagination of Michael Jackson it’s still unlike anything else, not a movie so much as a portal. An anthology of pure magic. 🌙 ✨

[Vinyl Records🎱✝️🇧🇷👪🗽 @j_c_domingues]

The Brothers Johnson
Strawberry Letter 23 - 1977

[۟ @CAPTAINSOSAS]

this is so fucking iconic yall don’t get it

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

It’s Weekday Update with your hosts, Colin Toast and Michael ChELMO!

[Angry Sweet Pain @AngrySweetPain]

@GrowingUpRetro Toyota Celica

[CatDance @academiccatt]

this first single post Motown era being half a century old today - ik they were happy to be free 🙂‍↕️

[Kalan Hooks @KalanHookstv]

Ernie Isley and Angela Winbush on “Summer Breeze” at Sinbad’s Summer Jam in 1997 in Aruba are one of the most iconic guitar solos and surprise guest performances of all time

[𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝟑𝟒𝟒 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 @Section344Lions]

Mike Valenti's full rant on Sam Laporta's podcast interview:

"First thing's first. On basis, it could be any player in any town & this would be my basic advice -- read the f'ing room. You're average costumer can't afford to put groceries on the table. No one cares about your plight, Sam. Sorry. You get millions to play a kid's game, and as you said, you're going to get paid regardless. Sam -- do yourself a solid. You said your agent handles most of it. If that take is brewing and I have no problem that it is -- tell your agent. Tell your wife. Tell your mom. Tell your inner circle. You can't go public with that. You just saw what happened with Jalen Duren who didn't talk but just wanted his money. Now what do you think it sounds like for fans when they see the last part of if i don't get to wear the Honolulu blue -- whatever. Buddy, what are you doing? And i'll say it again -- read the room. This is the problem. This is where athletes get it wrong. Nobody cares about your problems. You don't have problems. Not like the people who watch you. The only reason you exist, Sam, are the very people who can't afford to buy a home. They can't afford their car payment. They can't afford to live right now ... And then at the end of it you're flippant? Ahh, if I don't get to dawn the jersey -- whatever, I'll get paid somewhere else. Dude. Hope it felt good in the moment because that's a lose-lose. I'm not telling Sam Laporta don't feel that way internally. You can't verbalize that. Do it to your agent. Tell your wife. Tell your friends. You can't do that, because now here's what happens. You will get people who previously liked Sam Laporta who now are going to rage & say trade this guy. You can't in a city like Detroit make that comment. And here's the other thing I would say to him. Oh yeah alright you'll get paid somewhere else that's great, that's great, that's great. Where is a better situation than here exactly? In this offense with the relationship with the QB you have. With a team that's going to win most years. Alright, do me a favor go wear the powder blue in Tennessee. Because it's just whatever, right? See that's my other problem with this & then i'll shut up ... This is what really pisses me off. Wearing the uniform of this team should matter. The Lions have built something here where it should start to matter. Years past it didn't matter. Wearing the Honolulu blue didn't mean anything. That wasn't like wearing a Steelers helmet or Chiefs helmet. But Rico, this is something that we can accept one thing. We're upset that the Lions don't go all-in. But the one thing we can't be upset about is every year I'm pretty comfortable saying they're gonna win 10 games & that these fans will bleed for you. These fans will show up & they'll go into debt to watch you play. And for you to go out there on a pod and that's your take? No. No. It just doesn't work. You gotta read the room, dude. ... Go ahead, take New Orleans' money and play down there next year. Cause it's just whatever, right?"

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

This image highlights two historical realities that are essential to understanding how the United States was formed.

Before European colonization, Indigenous peoples lived on, governed, and maintained these lands for generations. As the nation expanded, Native communities were pushed off their territories through war, forced removal, and treaties that were frequently violated. The loss of land, culture, and autonomy had lasting consequences that continue to affect Native nations today.

At the same time, millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their homelands through the transatlantic slave trade. Enslaved people were compelled to provide unpaid labor that supported major industries such as agriculture, construction, and transportation. This labor contributed significantly to the country’s economic growth while denying basic human rights to those who were enslaved.

These histories are not competing narratives — they are interconnected parts of the same national story. Land was acquired through displacement, and wealth was built through forced labor. Understanding this does not place blame on people living today, but it does require honesty about how the past shaped the present.

Learning accurate history helps explain modern inequalities, ongoing discussions about justice, and the importance of acknowledging all communities involved in the nation’s development. Education, not denial, is what allows societies to move forward with greater awareness and accountability.

[Michael Jackson Crave @moonwalker4077]

50 years ago today, the Jacksons dropped “Enjoy Yourself” their first single after leaving Motown, co produced by Gamble & Huff, with Michael and Jackie on lead vocals and Randy officially in the lineup.

A Philly soul/funk that peaked at #6 on the hot 100 and #2 on the R&B charts, later certified platinum. The message is still airtight 50 years later: stop staring into space worrying about what you can’t control, let yourself go and enjoy the night while the music is running hot.

Some advice never expires 🕺🏽🔥

[Maria Alejandra ⁽ᴹᴶ⁾ @ArialeB_]

Por eso odio qué le den más créditos a quincy que a Michael Jackson 🙄