Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹

Amplifying progressive media from the US South (mostly). Bernie alum. Occasional reviews of independent films and hot sauces. He/him. #BLM #M4A

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Social distancing getting SERIOUS out here. #COVID19

[Maximillian Alvarez @maximillian_alv]

I hope people understand now that when they say they want government to "be run like a business," this is what it means. Forcibly imposed hierarchy w/ little to no democratic accountability. Top-down decisions made by privileged ghouls that enrich a few and exploit the many.

[XMAP: In Plain Sight @InPlainSightMap]

Thank you @thedailybeast! #LOOKUP
https://t.co/vNHIUOSpG3 Help End Immigrant Detention https://t.co/7WMjykJGi6

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Most flag-waving freedom-loving #4thofJuly-celebrating shit I can possibly imagine

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Do you hear the mournful wail of millions? The kin of Frederick Douglass share his words... great piece from @NPR
https://t.co/4MYLPrEQQl
#WhatToTheSlaveIsTheFourthofJuly

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Images of beautiful #Juneteenth protests in NYC + some distinctly NOLA second line sounds. Thank you @michaelpremo @NelStamp, we Stan forever, etc
https://t.co/7E5XlSxIp9 #DefundNYPD #DefendBlackLives #BlackTransLivesMatter @Mvmnt4BlkLives

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Just some amazing reporting from @wagingnv on recent historic protest, mutual aid work & Black-led resistance in the crescent city
https://t.co/hiKhq7ZdeK
Shot by Jordan Flaherty, Lily Keber, Abdul Aziz. #SouthernSolidarity #NewOrleansPeoplesAssembly #HouseofTulip

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

.@Booker4KY ran a helluva inspiring insurgent campaign, and with great media. There is DEFINITELY an inflection point. Can’t wait to see him on the ballot again.

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

In the end, this will be a pretty unimpressive primary margin for a $41 million candidate who started w/ a huge name ID advantage.

McGrath might be living proof there's an inflection point at which massive sums of out-of-state $$ become more harmful than helpful. #KY06 #KYSEN

[Jonathan Schleifer @Jonathanchad]

It's done. It's huge. In a state that Trump won by 30%


1. 200,000 Oklahomans got health care


2. OK is the first state to put expansion in their constitution


3. More than 50% of Republican Senators and Members will now represent expansion states.




It's a BFD.

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Save for thxgiving white ppl:

[Char 🌈✨ @CharCubed]

We're all having "hard conversations" about racism, police brutality, & #BlackLivesMatter I hope.

You've probably noticed that detractors often use the same "racist talking points." Here's a guide to help you answer, for the times you may get stuck.

Feel free to save & share!

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

#GoneWithTheWind is not in my top 100 films but I 100% approve of this contextualization from @ProfJStewart (@tcm is lucky to have her... so is @hbomax , I guess?)

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

Arthur Jafa’s "Love is the Message, The Message is Death" will stream online for 48 hours beginning June 26. https://t.co/qDbi6CE3tc

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

#Mississippi-born Arthur Jafa’s LOVE IS THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE IS DEATH (2016, 7min) streaming on a loop til tmrw 2pm est. Don’t remember where/when I viewed it but it’s a clarion call that’s never left the heart or the headspace. https://t.co/jb8XpWLLqc
#deathisloveis

[Studio Museum in Harlem @studiomuseum]

Along with twelve institutions across the United States and Europe, the Studio Museum proudly presents a 48-hour continuous stream of Arthur Jafa's 2016 video "Love is the Message, The Message is Death," beginning tomorrow at 2:00 pm. #DeathIsLoveIs

More: https://t.co/EXcsR8yYaj

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Must watch: Carlos Javier Ortiz’s A THOUSAND MIDNIGHTS (2015, 12min) made for centennial of the Great Migration, is a thing of beauty. Expires tmrw midnight est. https://t.co/m3YNfH2uhJ

[Reel South @ReelSouthDocs]

Watch this film ASAP since it expires in a few days. It chronicles the economic and social histories of Black Americans of the Great Migration. The implications of their migration have far-reaching consequences for Black America today.
https://t.co/Ap3ul2VFMw

[Reel South @ReelSouthDocs]

Reel South has always believed in giving a voice to Black storytellers. For Season 6, we recommit to recruiting and broadcasting Black stories from our region. Submit by August 20: https://t.co/KJryL2fQfC #blacklivesmatter #amplifymelanatedvoices

[broiled @broiledcrawfish]

This is my Parks and Rec audition.

[People for Bernie @People4Bernie]

.@atticascott4ky talks about the bills she's fighting for in the Kentucky Legislature and ends her speech with a shout out to "all the people who have told Mayor Fischer you got to go! Resign @louisvillemayor!”

#BreonnaTaylor

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Last chance for the sublime HALE COUNTY, THIS MORNING THIS EVENING @HaleCountyDoc by Ramell Ross, free via @FilmLinc virtual cinema. Best #Alabama film in some time. https://t.co/Y3xMjh2FqC

[Film at Lincoln Center @FilmLinc]

Today is the final day to watch RaMell Ross's Oscar-nominated documentary HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING for free in our Virtual Cinema! https://t.co/fiq1yDchmj

[Nick Shimkin 🍞🌹 @FauxPasFilms]

Yo how had I never ever heard of @scalawagmag? Following great article on Mossville La./ enviro racism, they’re hosting virtual screening of @MossvilleDoc tonite + discussion w makers & enviro organizers from #Atl #Birmingham & @NCEJN
$5 sugg donation/ film avail 24hrs, JOIN UP

[Scalawag @scalawagmag]

**BREATHING WHILE BLACK**

Join us next Thursday at 6:30 PM for a virtual film screening of @MossvilleDoc, Q&A, and break out groups with local environmental activists. RSVP now! https://t.co/yLq04eDhMH
@southerlymag @dceff_org
@ncelenviro @NCEJN @MossvilleDoc @gaspgroup