Mandela Namaste

if all the animals along the equator were capable of flattery, then Thanksgiving and Halloween would fall on the same date

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

Using this platform now feels like abetting a fascist state, so I made a Bluesky acct. mandiba13 over there too. Take care of yourself, look out for others, especially strangers, resist where and how you can. See y'all on the battlefields. The only way out is through.

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

As someone who's tried to break into the movie biz for years and is finally feeling close to it— worked on my 1st movie set last week and am nearly done w 2 scripts I want to use to get repped— leaving a hub like NYC rn would be devastating. I honestly need to stay here.

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

I haven't tweeted in years, so you know I'm for real rn. My lease ends Aug 31, and if I don't get a full-time job by then, I'll have to leave NY. I'm experienced in blogging, comms/PR and TV/film production and was also on Jeopardy and Sports Jeopardy if that matters to anyone.

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

going to bed, hoping to see plenty of the They Had Us in the First Half, Not Gon Lie meme in seven hours. Fuck Donald Trump!

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

i've had a strange sense of calm all day, but every time I see Trump up in one of these very early swing state reports I can feel my blood pressure rising

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

@judysquirrels Ice Cube is going to post this clip on IG by the end of the day as a reason to vote for Trump, mark it down

[Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt]

JD says there’s a movie that is extremely influential to his entire political worldview and I promise you with a thousand years of searching IMDB you’re never guessing this one

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

I’ll never forget that night. I was with friends at my college’s student union, and it dawned on us at like 10 PM what was happening. We sat silently for a while, then I went to see my sister and started sobbing. Honestly felt like the world was on fire for the next week.

[William Goodman @goodmanw]

Godspeed to you if you're going to a party (?) to watch tonight, but I had a party in 2016 to watch the results, and the vibe shift that happened was so sudden and horrific that I'll quite simply never do that again in my life.

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

just as a side note, I know people have been saying this for eight years, but what the fuck, man. How is this psychopath still seen as a legitimate candidate? It was obvious to me from Day 1 that he was a grifter, and I'm no special person (and certainly wasn't back then)

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

my final prediction. Hopeful about NC, GA and AZ but I don't quite see it. Blue Wall state I think is most at risk is Michigan.

[Joel D. Anderson 🆓 @byjoelanderson]

What I think about in wake of Quincy Jones’ death is how big and audacious his life was. His grandfather was a slave. It’s not like he descended from talented tenthers. His imagination, talent, charisma-and amazingly good fortune-took him places almost no black men had ever been

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

one of the absolute greatest non-sequiturs of all time lmao, a king from beginning to end

[boogie woogie bagel boy @bippburger]

rip quincy jones man💔🐐

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

RIP Quincy Jones, who defined the highest level of musical genius for 5 generations. Perhaps the greatest producer & soundtrack composer of all-time. The most quotable, the coolest, who made everything from Thriller to Vibe to the Fresh Prince. Who did it all, better than anyone.

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

It can’t be overstated how essential Quincy Jones is to American popular music. He helped develop the sound of the most famous artist ever, and worked with almost every famous jazz musician. He is Forrest Gump, except he was always an essential participant in that history

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

RIP to the GOAT among GOATs, a polymath to die for, and one of the greatest talkers in the business. Pasting in Q’s legendary interview with Vulture from few years back in celebration of what a legend he was: https://t.co/Uqw0Fq6aP0

[Variety @Variety]

Quincy Jones, who distinguished himself over the course of a 70-year career in music as an artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer, has died. He was 91.

Read more about his life and legacy here: https://t.co/koC2PB0Abs

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

@Wellstonist funniest part is that they don't get that Kamala is a centrist who will help them in similar ways that Trump has, but Owning the Libs >>> any policy plank, so they'd rather self-immolate than concede rhetorical ground to Dems. Very funny world they've constructed for themselves

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

Elon OD'ing on ketamine Tuesday night is the funniest possible outcome of Kamala winning the election. In fact, he's a coward if he doesn't OD

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

This shit is so funny

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

Going for a morning run in Manhattan on Marathon Day, feeling like I’m about to play blackjack with Satan

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

the awesome thing about KD is that most of the time he's just a stoner who loves to hoop but every once in a while he'll drop some stone-cold truth bombs that make you question your whole life, we are gonna miss him a lot when he's gone

[Kevin Durant @KDTrey5]

@narcissiszt @jwest_57 Stop blaming me for losing money because you have a gambling problem

[Mandela Namaste @mandiba13]

Trump going to a swing state and being racist about their most popular athlete days before the election could be an all-time screw up lmao