BigAngBlack

BigAngBlack, 19 days ago to vancouver

'I thought I was going to die': Murder suspect says he feared for his life during struggle with off-duty #Vancouver #police officer

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/julio-segura-stand-testimony-donald-sahota-vancouver-officer-deputy-murder-trial/283-e3640de9-bdfd-40b8-8fb5-b202298835cd

#Washington

BigAngBlack, 22 days ago to random

😑

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts

BigAngBlack, 12 days ago to random

Quick, share you no. 1 '#Trump is a felon' dance song!

BigAngBlack, 28 days ago to LGBTQ

Yung Miami Catches Heat For Launching "The Gays" Merch Collection

https://allhiphop.com/news/yung-miami-the-gays-merch-collection-backlash/

> She previously apologized for offending members of the #LGBTQ community

#HipHop

BigAngBlack, 25 days ago to random

Buddy...

AOC v MTG

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/17/aoc-v-mtg-house-hearing-chaos

Next to him, Raskin buried his face in his hands.

Comer imposed a five-minute recess. When the hearing resumed, Lauren Boebert – the Colorado extremist and theatrical exhibitionist who usually battles for attention with MTG – was of all people the one to offer an apology “to the American people”.

“When things get as heated as they have,” Boebert said, “unfortunately, it’s an embarrassment on our body as a whole.”

BigAngBlack, 4 days ago to pdx

#PDX #Portland folx

When's the last time you saw tots on a menu that wasn't McMenamins?

BigAngBlack, 30 days ago to pdx

'Our space is open to all': Portland's first Somali-owned late night coffee shop in Old Town

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/portlan-first-somali-owned-late-night-coffee-shop-old-town/283-93d1e4c1-b7f8-4ed3-8f39-d7d28c9031de

> Three second-generation immigrants are creating Portland’s first Somali-owned late night coffee shop, Above Grnd in the Old Town neighborhood

#PDX
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BigAngBlack, 12 days ago to random

Orange 80s style football Jersey for the NYC Convicts, player #34 Trump

BigAngBlack, 20 days ago to HipHop

This highlights so much that's wrong with prison sentencing and freedom of speech

New Orleans rapper BG won’t go back to prison – but judge will scrutinize lyrics

https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/22/rapper-bg-prison-lyrics-new-orleans

> Musician is on supervised release, and judge’s reading will decide whether he is adequately attempting to ‘re-enter society’

#HipHop

BigAngBlack, 12 days ago to blackmastodon

#NYPD disproportionately cited people of color for ‘#jaywalking’ in 2023, mirroring racist enforcement nationwide

https://www.oregonlive.com/reckon/2024/05/nypd-disproportionately-cited-people-of-color-for-jaywalking-in-2023-mirroring-racist-enforcement-nationwide.html

> “Walking while Black” laws, first created in California in 1925 as a safety measure and lobbied by the automobile industry, are controversial due to racist enforcement and because they shame pedestrians while giving more protections to cars on the road

#BlackMastodon
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BigAngBlack, 7 days ago to random

Do it. G'head. Do it

Sandy Hook relatives ask bankruptcy judge to liquidate Alex Jones company

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/03/alex-jones-sandy-hook-payment

> Far-right conspiracy theorist, who was ordered to pay $1.5bn in damages over false hoax claim, complains of unfair treatment

BigAngBlack, 6 days ago to random

Bruh...
Charging gig workers to rent e-bikes so they can deliver shit for a different company that makes money off them

Whizz wants to own the delivery e-bike subscription space, starting with NYC | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/05/whizz-wants-to-own-the-delivery-e-bike-subscription-space-starting-with-nyc/

> New York City, home to over 60,000 gig delivery workers, has been cracking down on cheap, uncertified e-bikes that have resulted in battery fires across

BigAngBlack, 20 days ago to random

Clark Neily on X: "Judge Carlton Reeves has criticized #QualifiedImmunity before, but wow, he really cut loose this time. It's extremely rare for a sitting judge to express this level of disdain for a legal doctrine that #SCOTUS has consistently and repeatedly affirmed. /1 https://t.co/1TdShAVOdC https://t.co/Z58WxY3TSU" / X

https://x.com/conlawwarrior/status/1792724389517312378?s=12&t=nZsWKnkGAutKW2AZSun5Wg

BigAngBlack, 15 days ago to MadMax

#MadMax but with toasters

BigAngBlack, 19 days ago to random

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/23/free-church-of-scotland-under-fire-for-failure-to-apologise-over-slavery-money

BigAngBlack, 24 days ago to ethelcain

...probably capitalism

Alabama poultry plant could be closed for 30 days for allegedly hiring minors | #Alabama | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/18/mar-jac-poultry-child-labor-violations

> At least two children have already been killed while working in Mar-Jac Poultry plants in the US south over the last year

#ChildLabor

BigAngBlack, 27 days ago to blackfriday

#BlackFriday May, 17, 2024

1838
Sara T Smith addressed 2nd Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women

1875
1st meeting of Kentucky Derby won by Oliver Lewis

1881
Frederick Douglas appointed recorder of deeds for DC

1954
SCOTUS ruled on Brown v. Board of Education

1957
Prayer Pilgrimage in DC, largest civil rights demonstration to date

#BlackMastodon
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BigAngBlack, 7 days ago to dragonball

#Dragonball but power levels work like #capitalism

BigAngBlack, 20 days ago to blackfriday

#BlackFriday May 24, 2024

1854
Celebrated fugitive slave Anthony Burns arrested

Lincoln University, PA founded, 1st college-degree granting HBCU

1887
E. McCpoy patents lubricator

1910
Walter M Hard patents device to improve trolley car service

1966
Leontyne Price opens Metropolitan Opera Season

1991
Hal McRae named manager of Kansas City Royals, 1 of 2 serving in MLB

1993
Eritrea achieves independence

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BigAngBlack, 12 days ago to Salesforce

So, my company switched us to using Salesforce last year, it's been rough going so far. If they start making shitty moves to get more market share and raise profits, this shit could get much worse

#Salesforce plummets as weak forecast sparks concerns of AI competition

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/30/salesforce-shares-ai

> Cloud-based software firm could lose $48bn in market value if losses hold, amid fear rival AI offerings are hampering demand

BigAngBlack, 6 days ago to blackfriday

#BlackFriday June 7, 2024

1863
The Battle of Milliken's Bend

1868
Marie Laveau ''Queen of The Voodoos'' retired

1930
NYT agreed to use ''Negro'' with a capital N

1953
Mary Church Terrell wins battle to end segregation in D.C. restaurants

1966
RFK ''Day of Affirmation'' address addressing apartheid in South Africa

1986
Both Jackson drafted by KC Royals MLB

1987
Lloyd Richards wins Tony as Best Director for ''Fences''

#BlackMastodon
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BigAngBlack, 13 days ago to blackfriday

#BlackFriday May 31, 2024

1870
Congress passed 1st Enforcement Act, penalties for public officials against civil rights and suffrage

1881
Booker T Washington recommended for principalship by General Armstrong

1909
The Negro National Committee (NAACP) held 1st conference in NY

1910
Union of South Africa formed

1955
SCOTUS ordered school integration ''with all deliberate speed''

1979
Zimbabwe proclaimed independent

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BigAngBlack, 24 days ago to random

‘We don’t have a democracy’: why some Oregonians want to join Idaho

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/18/oregon-idaho-border-vote

> Proponents of the Greater Idaho movement have argued Democrats in Portland don’t understand their way of life

BigAngBlack, 3 days ago to climate

The world’s largest fungus collection may unlock the mysteries of carbon capture

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029979

> Research is uncovering the key role that fungi play in getting soils to absorb carbon

#ClimateCrisis