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Assata Shakur changed my life when I read her autobiography my freshman year of college.

Cuba stood 10 toes behind her for 40+ years. She leaves behind a legacy we should all continue.

If you’re paying attention, we’re starting to lose key figures within Black radical thought year after year after year. We’ve lost Nikki Giovanni, Faith Ringgold, Bell Hooks, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Amiri Baraka, and so many others. Men and women who shaped our understanding of freedom, resistance, and what it means to live fully in our Blackness.

Giants who held the line, and we’re losing them one by one. Learn their names. Carry their work forward.

I’ve always recommended Assata’s autobiography right alongside Malcolm X’s. Both are phenomenal. Both are foundational. Assata’s especially is a gift of Black radical thought and Black feminist thought. Everything she talks about in that book is still relevant in 2025. We can still apply her words directly to our current political space.

Fuck the alphabet boys and the New Jersey State Troopers. Y’all never got her and you never will.

She’s free eternally.

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During this morning’s debrief at work we all realized the court docket has now disappeared. Last week it was hella glitchy — the system kicking us out every 5-10 minutes, crashing mid‐task. Now? It’s just gone.

As November approaches, the government is still shut down. Why? Because the Democrats won’t approve the proposed budget. Why? Because that budget has something in it that would fuck 20 million people out of their healthcare. So the Democrats said no, bro — fix that. You can’t screw 20 million people out of healthcare. We cannot do that.

Now, because no budget has been passed and the first of the month is coming, there’s a possibility 40 million people could lose their food assistance.

Essentially, this administration said: “You think 20 million losing healthcare is bad? How about we just starve 40 million and let you decide which is worse.” That’s a psychotic 1-upper.

Politics is the business of our existence. I never cared about it until I started doing the work I do now — and I saw how it really moves money. The reason I care so deeply is because life is the most precious gift we have, no matter how fucked the circumstances. Turning that into a business is fucking disgusting. So yeah, I’ve formed a love/hate relationship with politics over the years, but I’ve definitely disengaged from this administration — it’s overwhelming.

What I do know is that since January, handfuls of people have been fucked every day. Whether someone gets kidnapped and deported to an unfamiliar country, whether your job gets tanked because of budget cuts, whether you’re a farmer and import/export gets destroyed — it’s been daily fuckery.

If on November 1st, 40 million people don’t know how they’re going to eat — nourish their bodies — that is an escalation in fuckery. I don’t even know what word fits. It very much feels like they’re edging the population. They’re testing the Democrats to see what they do and testing the people to see if we wild theeeeeeeee fuck out.

It’s a game, bitch. It’s a test.

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Nobody flirts anymore because everyone’s terrified of rejection — or worse, that the story will end at the flirting. Whatever happened to flirting just for fun? Flirting to pass the time, to build conversational stamina, to sharpen your banter? We’re always talking about “losing recipes,” and baby, this is one of them.

Nobody knows how to talk to each other because nobody flirts for flirting’s sake anymore. Everyone thinks if there’s chemistry, it must be destiny. It’s not.

I was flirting with this man today — just light work — and he goes, “Wow, you’re going to be my wife.” Sir, huh? How did we get here? He followed it up with, “How you just gonna edge me like that?” 🫢 Ew.

My summer therapy homework reminded me: if you don’t use it, you lose it. Brain elasticity matters. Witty banter matters.

It’s like cognitive exercises with lip gloss.

Practice safe flirting. 🧠💋

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Y'all remember when cam’ron had the community calling Jay-Z Joe Camel 🐪???

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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New favorite love song, kinda energy I’m talking about.

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Your death hasn’t set well with me.

I’m disgusted.

This has really been on my heart so heavy.

It hurts to see someone who was passionate about their community die the way you did. You didn’t deserve that and I’m so sorry. I’m not even sure why this affects me the way it does. I didn’t know you personally. Maybe it’s because the way media is posting the video of your death all on the internet — having absolutely no empathy. Or the fact that someone who actually cared about the community lost his life in the same place he found inspiration.

The week has been off. I’ve been playing your music non stop since 3/31 and all I can say is I’m sorry this happened to you. Thank you for the inspiration and knowledge young king.

Erimas - God will rise, the marathon continues.

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I’m super fucked up over Nip. Nipsey was indeed everyone’s favorite. A free spirited street nigga with intellect.

He changed the rhythm of expectancy to expand life lines. He encouraged and motivated the community to seek guidance. He was more than rap — he was a movement in his prime. THE MARATHON MUST GO ON. The world is hurting. His impact has created a circumference of legacy.

We’re your force now - We love you Erimas.

The world didn’t deserve you. ❤️❤️