Not the Only One

Jack Dorsey-backed app building toward decentralization, Bluesky strained its relationship with Black users after failing to moderate threatening comments toward a Black woman, who had previously played a prominent role in bringing more people of color to the app.

We're resharing Roxanne Moore's 2021 IX piece, where on the 30th anniversary there was a call to support the families’ and demand governments to act and end the injustice once and for all. In 2024, we continue to call on government to act. "We cannot, and must not, wait another generation for change." - Roxanne Moore (2021). Read now 👉https://lnkd.in/gHpq--VQ

We've come so far:' Indigenous stars talk representation and role models Two actors who never expected stardom talk about what it's like to appear in some of the year's most popular shows featuring Indigenous actors. #cbc #news #News #Indigenous https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-stars-representation-role-models-1.7113047?cmp=rss

“Today I found my son's head, ten days after finding his body. I am now carrying it to his grave, my heart pounding with joy. Today I can give him a complete death. Today I can weep for him as I should.” Palestinian father / X

UK friends, Channel 4 produced a video report from Ethiopia's Tigray region, that's ~ 5 mins, but dives into the hunger crisis caused by the war, while addressing the travesty of the UN awarding Abiy Ahmed the FAO Agricola Award, subject of my most recent thread. Lindsey Hilsum is the narrator, but the Ethiopian journalists who produced Channel 4's on the ground footage are unnamed because of the threat of jail when you help produce critical journalism in Ethiopia. https://www.channel4.com...

Yes. I’m TIRED of speaking up and getting punched. I want to live too. My family needs me too. Uplift those of us who are unafraid and on the frontline. / X

@ameliajdowd The worse thing was quite that a few people messaged me who had read the play over the last few years and experienced the same thing. Death because of ingrained maladministration. It’s just.. I’m still angry about it.

The gap can't be "explained away" by funding or seniority, says Scripps Institution of Oceanography report