Vika Zafrin

Creator of supportive infrastructure, storynaut, parent, fellow traveler. Coffee, network, food, genders. Opinions all mine. She/her/hers.

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

“Zora Neale Hurston said that Black folk have an urge to adorn,” @ProfHolloway says. “The more adornment we can give to the ceremony, the more memorable it is.”

A Homegoing to Remember
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@MBTA I'm so sick of the fact that my 12 year old cannot depend on your buses to get to their medical appointments. So, so tired.

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@SlaveryarchiveX @elotroalex @DukePress Fantastic news!! I see a way to request a desk/exam copy, but not to preorder it otherwise. But will keep an eye out.

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@CambMA @KenFrankenstein You’re a communications center? Do what Somerville does and be a communication bridge between city hall and constituents.

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@CambMA @KenFrankenstein Nah, the timeliness of the responses wasn’t the problem. It was that we asked you for info on when to expect the next update, and you did not in any way use your city hall connections to find out. Instead you referred us to (lack of) info we already had anyway.

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@CambMA @KenFrankenstein Whoever you are maintaining the city’s Twitter account, please be more useful next time.

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@CambMA @KenFrankenstein Except Cambridge Public Schools have announced a closure. https://t.co/AIt3ya0pRP Not that the snow page is updated. 😱

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@CambMA That's not at all an answer. Things WILL change, one way or another — right? The city will confirm no closures or declare an emergency. By when can we expect a decision?

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@corsent No kidding. And also, chillingly, this guy perpetuates an old narrative going back to at least the Italian futurists.

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@themba Octopus street snack, Padova, Italy. Fancy lunch, WD50, NYC (RIP). Some molecular gastronomy place, Chicago ~1998. My mother's kitchen table, growing up. Japanese food, FuGaKyu, Brookline MA. Steak, my bro's place. Anything, Georgian (country) food restaurants. Pernil, anywhere.

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@roopikarisam Still doing the gods' work, I see.

[Karine Jean-Pierre Archived @PressSec46]

Extreme House Republicans are marching us toward a government shutdown.

They can’t even get an agreement among themselves.

The solution is simple: Stop playing political games with peoples’ lives.

[Bahar Ostadan @BaharOstadan]

NYPD officers have made over *1 million* traffic stops since Mayor Adams took office.

Black drivers were ~9x more likely to get searched than white divers. https://t.co/6SySzJU5nc

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@profwernimont …Did you?

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@ChaseSupport I'm getting a blank screen saying only "Internal Server Error" when signing into your website. Is this a known thing?

[Dr. Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman]

Sylvia Poggioli’s sign-off has been right up there with Ofeibea Quist-Arcton in ‘Dakah’ and Terry Gross’s welcome to “FreshAIR.” The voices of @NPR

[A.D. Carson, Ph.D. @aydeethegreat]

“‘break the whole machine’
🔊 by @vintagegotdaheat”