28 years of being on social media (shout out to moderating icq forums, friendster, hi5 etc) and the steam is just about run out. where will we find ourselves in connectivity next and now?
What's the biggest challenge to our #FoodSecurity today? 🌎🌽
Understand why more people are being pushed into hunger ↔️ while the humanitarian dollar is being stretched to breaking point. ⬇️
The wilmington massacre/Insurrection of 1898 was a carefully orchestrated coup which overthrew a biracial government
It was a white supremacists campaign to strip black citizens of the right to vote & remove them from public office. Over 100 black citizens were murdered.
—On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.
It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. By sundown, [Alex] Manly’s newspaper [The Daily Record] had been torched, as many as 60 people had been murdered, and the local government that was elected two days prior had been overthrown and replaced by white supremacists.
For all the violent moments in United States history, the mob’s gruesome attack was unique: It was the only coup d’état ever to take place on American soil.
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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life & economic success, but the traffic got better.
The traffic got BETTER.
I still do music. I promise lol. I’m also a whole mom and living my life. It’s been a year and a half since my last full-length album. Everything’s ok. 😅😂
Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood. https://t.co/vXkB9t51m9
Some of your favorite Apple Music radio shows are now on @ApplePodcasts. There, Apple Music subscribers can listen to must-hear episodes, complete with full songs.
Follow shows to get notified about new episodes, and download them to listen anytime. https://t.co/fO2VWw1wmP
BREAKING: @sagaftra has voted to authorize a strike against 10 of the biggest video game companies.
An overwhelming 98% voted to authorize a strike.
The union now has the authority to call a strike for video game voice actors, plus physical motion and stunt performers.
If you want a sense of just how sketchy the funding for crisis pregnancy centers is, watch North Carolina Sen. @NatashaMarcusNC explain how $20 million in state funding is being sent to private homes and empty storefronts
An honor & joy to have fellow radio host/activist, singer/songwriter, disruptor & changemaker @RissiPalmer on the show! She shares her journey in Country, what’s changed (and what hasn’t), and why “ego death” is a necessary skill. Out now! https://t.co/SMZAfNq79Q
The Philippines and US imperialism: a quick history behind today’s Marcos-Duterte regime
51 years ago today, current Philippine president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.’s father Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law, ushering in an era of terror