Show newer

"Tillman, a literal manifestation of the idea that football players are troops, will always be uniquely useful to the league in its quest to maintain its status as an American institution."

defector.com/the-nfl-still-isn

“Much like the larger history of Black music, there is always this tension between the creativity and innovation that happens in the Black community and how that music exists in the broader community"

xpn.org/2023/02/13/r-and-b-80s

Ruth Ben-Ghiat says,

"The strongman is at his worst as a leader when he is most needed by his country," I write in Strongmen. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria last week offers the latest example of this sad reality. Autocrats lack empathy, and they see humanitarian impulses as weakness. Their priority in any situation is never public welfare, but rather self-preservation."

#autocracy #Turkey

lucid.substack.com/p/erdogans-

"K. Leroy Irvis became Pennsylvania’s first Black speaker of the House in 1977, and the first Black speaker in any state legislature since reconstruction. We examined how Irvis’  rise to the speaker’s rostrum, which has some striking parallels to today’s state House, could provide lawmakers with a precedent on how to chart a path forward through gridlock, disagreement and confusion."

cityandstatepa.com/personality

"At first, the scammer may spend time getting to know you online. But eventually, the scammer will ask for money. Often, the request will be linked to an alleged emergency, like issues with accessing bank accounts, jail-related or legal costs, or medical expenses. Scammers are also increasingly posing as successful cryptocurrency investors who claim they can teach you how to make your own fortune.

No matter the line, it's all a lie."

forbes.com/sites/kellyphillips

This is how to actively respond to a threat to your personal or professional reputation. Strong, factual, and jargonless.

allaccess.collegeboard.org/our

You can find this book, 'They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South' at Bookshop.org. Unfortunately, slaves were used as labor for very long time in America...up to the 1960s.

"white women make up about 40% of all slave owners.

White women were active and violent participants in the slave market. They bought, sold, managed and sought the return of enslaved people, in whom they had a vested economic interest.

Owning a large number of enslaved people made a woman a better marriage prospect. Once married, white women fought in courts to preserve their legal ownership over enslaved people (as opposed to their husband’s ownership), and often won. “"

bookshop.org/p/books/they-were

"Erika Brodnock is an award-winning entrepreneur, philanthropist, angel investor, and keynote speaker. She is the founder of Kami, an app that provides support and counseling for working parents."

hackernoon.com/foundersconnect

Bessie Coleman... Despite being the 1st licensed Black pilot in the world in 1922, she wasn’t recognized as a pioneer in flying until after death. Went to flight school in France & paved the way for generations of diverse fliers like the Tuskegee Airmen, Blackbirds, and Flying Hobos. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

"Often these people come armed with solutions to solve the first-order consequences of a decision but create worse second and subsequent order consequences. Luckily, for them at least, they’re never around to see the train wreck they created."

fs.blog/iatrogenics/

"When it comes to email attacks, the odds are stacked against your workforce—and this new data shows just how much. Threat actors are increasingly taking advantage of social engineering tactics to encourage employees to open malicious emails and fulfill requests like providing login credentials, updating bank account information, and paying fraudulent invoices."

helpnetsecurity.com/2023/02/09

"Attackers who infiltrate a social media account often immediately change the recovery email and phone number for the account, essentially locking the owner out. For the average Joe, attempting to get a resolution when this happens can be extremely difficult"

forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/20

"Cushman stayed in Five Points for several days, and when she emerged she had traded her clothes with a dying prostitute. These rags became her costume for Nancy. On the night of her first performance, she hid in her dressing room and emerged fully transformed. But it was what she did next that amazed everyone."

Show thread

"With very few jobs available to women, most who had no independent means or family to return to were forced into the sex trade. They were reviled by New York’s politicos but visited by many of the same men who decried them in the newspapers and pulpits."

smithsonianmag.com/arts-cultur

When you write a reply on internet, please think of the listener. How are they going to hear the words you say? They don't know you, so they don't have context of your statement. Just be kind. Use kind words. Disagree without insults. Simple stuff!

Show older
Qoto Mastodon

QOTO: Question Others to Teach Ourselves
An inclusive, Academic Freedom, instance
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.