Terra Foster

National Director of Training/NAACP. Criminal Justice Adjunct Professor/Alabama A&M University. Former & first Executive Director/AL NAACP. #myBlackJob#s

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

This one’s for you Congressman John Lewis!

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@KerryHolmekb Yes

[Amunet @freakoutsideofx]

Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have been married for 34 years ❤️

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

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[WithoutHistory @WithoutHistory]

This photograph shows James Zwerg, a college student from Wisconsin, after he was bęaten by a mob in Alabama for participating in the Freedom Rides.

Following the beating, he lost consciousness and was left unattended for hours as white ambulance crews refused to assist him. He was eventually taken to the hospital by an ambulance designated for Bląck patients. The incident took place in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1961.

At the hospital, Zwerg simply stated, "Segręgation must be stopped. It must be broken down."
He's still alive today at the ripe age of 85.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Holy shit, this is BRILLIANT: This dude breaks down why everyone thinks the whole WHCD event was fake... everything about trump is FAKE.

Best video you'll see today.

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

@BAMsEnergy @LurieFavors Bad to the BONE!!!

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Bad to the BONE!!!!

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

@belleamieeee @JaysRealityBlog Baby, the internet stay winning and never forgets!!!

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

@GeneralPatton83 So happy they are not guilty. Manny is a top medical surgeon and #SunnyHostin is a brilliant legal scholar. Their two children are top students in college. Lovely family!

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

Good! The rent is too damn high!

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This morning, I became the first New York City Mayor to visit Housing Court. And what I saw will stay with me for a long time. Families on the brink of losing their homes. Tenants navigating unsafe conditions, harassment, and uncertainty, searching for justice in an overwhelming system. Small property owners trying to keep up with their mortgage payments.

I met with Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, New York City Administrative Judge Shahabuddeen Ally, and other members of the bench, and I walked through Resolution, HP, and NYCHA Parts. I spoke with people in intake, with legal service providers, and with the advocates who show up every day to stand beside New Yorkers who need support.

Housing court is where the promises we make about dignity, stability and public excellence are tested in real time.

In the months ahead, my team will work closely with the Chief Judge and the Chief Administrative Judge to confront the concerns we heard — directly from judges, tenants, landlords, legal service providers, and advocates.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild.

He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed.

When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them.

Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate.

The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions.

Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement.

The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean.

That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.

[ESPN @espn]

A'ja Wilson and Paige Bueckers after South Carolina's win over UConn in the Final Four 😂

[Boardroom @boardroom]

Some of the @WNBA's biggest stars are building major followings as the league enters a new CBA era. 🏀📈⁠
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With higher salaries and revenue share in play, player influence is becoming real value.

[Alabama A&M University @aamuedu]

Former Alabama A&M University quarterback Xavier Lankford is taking his Bulldog pride to the biggest stage in professional sports, spending Super Bowl week in San Francisco as one of a select group of students chosen nationwide for the NFL’s Super Bowl LX (SBLX) Select 25 Experienceship. #StartHere

More: https://t.co/N2TWEXoEJV

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

@AnnaRMills Just watched your presentation on ChatGPT In The Workplace: Practical Strategies for Faculty, Staff & Administrators! You shared some really valuable gems. Thank you.

[Angel Reese @Reese10Angel]

i loveeee a good coat🫦

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

@peacock Really disappointed @Peacock canceled Bel‑Air. This show gave us powerful representation, fresh storytelling, and a modern classic that mattered. Fans deserve better — please reconsider or find a way to continue its legacy. #SaveBelAir #BelAir

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

@slothanova Bye girl byyyyeeee!

[Terra Foster @TerraTFoster]

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any better.🦋