mekkaokereke

mekkaokereke, 12 hours ago to random

Every Black rapper has a political opinion. Every single one. But you only hear about the political opinions of the ones that support Trump. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Because that's what US news, which is tuned for white eyes, pushes.

Many white Dems and white GOP folk genuinely believe that Black folk only vote for Black folk, and that Black folk blindly vote for whoever a Black celebrity tells them to vote for. They're genuinely surprised when Black folk don't vote for Kanyes or Hershels or Tim Scotts. Every time.

mekkaokereke, 5 days ago to random

There are only ~40 million Black people in the US. Population similar to Lagos state in Nigeria (the tiny red part).

There are ~250 million US white folk (~220 non-Hispanic white + ~30 million Hispanic white).

So Biden's "missing" 10% of Black men, is fewer than 2 million. Or less than 1% of white US population.🤡

White voters don't face the massive systemic voter suppression that Black voters do. So increasing white dem turnout is much easier.

So if your boy doesn't win, blame yourselves.

mekkaokereke, 6 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to random

Feminists taught me that Mad Max Fury Road is not a feminist movie. I get that.

Fury Road was just an action movie where the violent protagonist was a woman with a visible disability, instead of an able bodied man. I get that.

But I still enjoy the fact that George Miller looked at all the dudes that got angry that a woman was the star of a Mad Max movie, and said "Cry about it!" and doubled down.

I am so watching this.

Furiosa extended trailer
(CW: movie violence)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LYV3001u574

mekkaokereke, 6 days ago to random

The most ridiculous thing about US notions of decorum, is that people are expected to be silent when Black women are attacked.🤷🏿‍♂️

If a Black woman is attacked and no one says anything, it's allowed to slide. But if a Black woman is attacked and people say anything in response, either calmly and politely like AOC did, or with an in-kind response like Crockett did, then all the "neutral" parties come pouring out of the woodwork, worried about "decorum."

Deeply unserious.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greene-called-bleach-blonde-bad-174434071.html

mekkaokereke, 6 days ago to random

🤔This is an article attempting to understand Black men voters' lack of enthusiasm for Biden... that doesn't include the word "police" once. Like, not even included once!

Y'all aren't even pretending to listen.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-voters-opinions-michigan-joe-biden_n_6647a22ce4b00e1a0a6c0fd5

The article also repeats the lie that Black people didn't turn out for Hilary like they did for Obama, which is another not so veiled way of victim-blaming Black people for the most successful and egregious voter suppression campaign in modern US election history

mekkaokereke, 10 days ago to random

Is Trump ahead in the polls, because Biden is losing support amongst one of his key demographics: Black men? Or are the polls all a lie?

Trump ahead in polls?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/politics/biden-trump-battleground-poll.html

Biden camp doesn't believe the polls?
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/14/biden-polls-denial-trump-2024-election

Either way, the most important thing to do, is to ignore, insult, argue with, and generally disrespect, Black men online! 🤡 Find a Black man, and yell "Trump is worse!" in his face as hard as you can! Swear at him, and threaten him with violence!

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mekkaokereke, 10 days ago to random

Meghan Markle looking radiant as she visits Nigeria.🇳🇬♥️

Sometimes I get sad thinking about what could have been, and how many deep wounds could have been healed. I can see a world where we can all say "imperialism was bad, slavery was bad, colonialism was bad, and exploiting smaller countries for their natural resources is bad. Let's choose to do better."

When I think about which royals could bridge our current world with that better world, I think of Harry and Meghan.

mekkaokereke, 13 days ago to random

If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

mekkaokereke, 13 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to random

Reminder for underrepresented folk feeling sad discovering that some of the "founders" of Open Source are also open eugencists. Don't feel so sad! Because a lot of founders of Open Source are openly and vocally disdainful of those eugenicists, racists, and other bigots. ♥️👍🏿

There are a lot of different personalities in Open Source. And given the demographics of what OSS looked like back in the days, the percentage of bigots is higher than the public at large.

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mekkaokereke, 13 days ago to random

If you see a crowd of 100 people:

• In Atlanta? You can expect ~47 of them are Black. 👍🏿

• In San Francisco? About 5 are Black. 😑

• In Palo Alto? About 2 are Black. 😮

There are more students at Gunn High school in Palo Alto, than there are Black people living in Palo Alto.

mekkaokereke, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to random

Two facts:

1. Coach Spencer Danielson's contract is ~$6.535 million.🤡

2. Boise State is about to lose a whole lotta games.🤡

College football coaches aren't as important on game day as they pretend to be. The win/loss ratio is decided in recruiting.

Boise State head coach foolishly says that incoming freshman are not eligible to earn from his NIL collective.
https://www.on3.com/nil/news/boise-state-coach-spencer-danielson-declares-incoming-freshmen-not-eligible-for-nil-during-first-year-with-program/

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mekkaokereke, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

😬The levels are so deep on this one.

A non-white Ukrainian girl was told that she wasn't eligible to be miss Ukraine, because she didn't look white. She was told to be quiet and not protest the racism.

She grew up to be a singer and influencer, advocating for non-white Ukrainians.

Then the government of Ukraine asks her if she'd be comfortable being scanned to be the AI avatar for a character that would speak internationally for Ukraine. She agreed to do this for no compensation.

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mekkaokereke, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

Again, "Trump is worse!" Then blocked🤷🏿‍♂️

https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/@steter/112402055418029413

Gotta respect the doubling down! Replying to me posting some dude saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me, with saying "Trump is worse!" then blocking me too! The commitment to the bit is impressive!

Listen, you can get as mad as you want. You can call Black folk criticizing Biden "Bitching" if you want. We're still going to do it.

The CDC under Biden dropped the Covid isolation period from "5 days" to "vibes days." Not Trump.

mekkaokereke, 17 days ago to random

"Trump is worse!" And then I'm blocked.

People get so cranky at Black folk for pointing out the irrefutable evidence that Biden's Covid policies got a lot of people long Covid, and caused a lot of other people to die of Covid unnecessarily.

You can get mad at me. You can yell "Trump is worse!" until your voice gets hoarse. I'm not talking about Trump. I'm talking about pandemic decisions made during this administration.

Y'all know I'm right.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112397660473954665

mekkaokereke, 17 days ago to random

So... there was a shooting at Drake's house today. Someone got shot.

🤔 Is this rap beef still funny? Not a rhetorical question. Is it "real" yet? Is this entertaining enough?

For the record, no, I don't think Kendrick or any of his people had anything to do with it. If something bad happens to Drake because of them directly, it will most likely happen in LA or the East Bay or Atlanta or Miami. Because that's where it always happens.

mekkaokereke, 18 days ago to random

No one watches women's sports! (Because we don't televise the games 🤡).

So the WNBA premiere of Caitlin Clark was televised. But the WNBA premiere of Angel Reese (2023 champ who beat Caitlin Clark) and Kamila Cardoso (2024 champ who beat Caitlin Clark), wasn't televised or available to stream in the app. So... A fan set up a bootleg stream. 430K viewers tuned in to watch.🤯

https://www.nola.com/sports/lsu/angel-reese-lsu-fan-livestream-wnba-debut-drew-430000-viewers/article_ad17806f-56e1-5be1-ab0c-785e0a26dbaf.html

This is free money! Customers are trying to throw it at you!

mekkaokereke, 17 days ago to random

Mini vacation over!

Feeling refreshed!

mekkaokereke, 19 days ago to random

This paper is trash. We do this every few years.

The conclusion is correct (graduate degree holding white men believe the most 'taboo' conspiracy theories), but the reasons it suggests why, are sociology-babble garbage. The real reason is:

• Racism is a lie. To believe in racism, you must believe a set of easily debunkable lies.
• Richer, whiter, maler, more educated populations are not less racist, despite attempts to twist stats to say this. They're more racist.

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/05/believes-the-most-taboo-conspiracy-theories-it-might-not-be-you-think/

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mekkaokereke, 19 days ago to random

On rap beef:
J Cole wrote an anti-diss track but y'all didn't like that one, huh? He opted out of this little "provoke each other until real violence happens" game that y'all are enjoying so much. He made a smart decision.

For those that don't listen to rap:
Drizzy is a nickname for Drake.
Jigga is Jay Z.
Kodak is Kodak Black.

J Cole refused to engage in the "Old rappers suck! / new generation of rappers suck!" debates. He refused to get drawn into rap battles. Instead he compliments everyone.

Screenshot of lyrics: I'm dead in the middle of two generations I'm little bro and big bro all at once Just left the lab with young 21 Savage I'm 'bout to go and meet Jigga for lunch Had a long talk with the young brother Kodak Reminded me of young brother from 'Ville Straight out the projects, no fakin', just honest I wish that he had more guidance, for real Too many brothers in cycle of jail Spending they birthdays inside of a cell We coming from a long bloodline of trauma We raised by our mamas, Lord we gotta heal We hurting our sisters, the babies as well We killing our brothers, they poisoned the well Distorted self image, we set up to fail I'ma make sure that the real gon' prevail, brother

mekkaokereke, 22 days ago to random

I told y'all, cops don't do what you think they do.🤷🏿‍♂️

Black folk know this from lived experience. Some white folk only learn this when they go to report a theft or sexual assault and find out that the $11B/year NYPD are not equipped to handle that.

15K NYC bikes stolen a year!

https://www.404media.co/nypd-bike-lock-chain-kryptonite-columbia-university-protests/

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mekkaokereke, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to random

If Kendrick weren't rapping about insulting Drake, would you still be this interested?

Kendrick always raps like this. So why the sudden attention? Are you celebrating the lyrical skill? Or the fact that he's threatening another Black man's life?

What specifically are we celebrating?🤔

Everyone's celebrating "bars." I've been watching all day, haven't seen anyone talk about the bars where K Dot said he'd take the Draco to Drake. Or where he said he'd extort Drake next time he checks-in in LA.

mekkaokereke, 23 days ago to random

Good.

But as I've said before, roid rage isn't a real thing. It's not.

I've never taken steroids. I don't need them. But a lot of people I train with do take steroids and other PEDs.

Angry violent little men want to commit violence, but can't shake anything at a buck fifty. So they take steroids.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/29/nypd-union-sues-adams-administration-over-new-zero-tolerance-policy-on-steroid-use-among-cops/

mekkaokereke, 23 days ago to random

The emergency slide has requested and been granted whistleblower status.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/missing-delta-boeing-emergency-slide-found-on-beach_n_6630f8fae4b0c558f741c0e5

mekkaokereke, 26 days ago to random

Yesterday I pointed out that the fertility rate dropping is a good thing, because the biggest drop has been the disappearance of teen pregnancies.👍🏿

I also said that the right way to increase the birth rate, is to build a society where girls who grow into women, choose to have babies when they are women and understand the world and the implications more.

But many of those women, choose not to have kids. Why not?

This is easy to know. Because women tell us.

https://www.tiktok.com/@tallmomrunning/video/7362198294891760942

mekkaokereke, 26 days ago to random

@Gargron A US based 501(c)3 lets you accept US donations that are tax deductible. It doesn't grant any magic powers to Americans, or tech companies, or even Silicon Valley.

Being able to accept donations from US citizens in a tax deductible way, gives Mastodon more chance of surviving without needing to resort to VC driven commercialization, or block chain schemes. This is a good thing.

I get that people are (rightfully!) suspicious of any change, especially those that involve boards.