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in image| ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS
I believe churches are meant for praising
God. But so are 2am car rides, showers,
coffee shops, the gym, conversations with
friends, strangers, etc. Don't let a building
confine your faith because we will never
change the world by just going to church,
we need to be the church.
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Here is an explanation or intersectional analysis as it relates to the Kobe story. I found it useful.

I don’t know anything about current athletes who aren’t gay and shirtless, so I only know of Kobe by how much he meant to a lot of people. When I saw he died, I said “oh wow.”

Later, I said, “didn’t he get accused of rape or something?”

My news feed is filled to the brim with stories of sexual assault— stories of black men, Indian men, and white men— and they are all intense and complicated and people hold these men up high on pedastels while others say to tear them down and distance themselves. I’ve taken down the smiling visage of one such Indian man.

But guys, can’t we think more deeply?
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speaking of funny.
in imageRush Limbaugh, on nicotine:
"There is no conclusive proof
that nicotine's addictive... And
the same thing with cigarettes
causing emphysema, lung
cancer, heart disease.
speaking of funny.
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in imageSam Stryker
@sbstryker • Feb 27
Gays should legally have off work Friday for the
Drag Race premiere and Lady Gaga's new song
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Gaga looked at the charts and said you guys are in
a crisis, I'm on my way
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in imageunrulyascetic
COVID-19
puts
a damper
on Spring
break.
difficulty
breathing
probably wont
Kill you but
feels lıkeit
Seems
might
unnecessay
KAPOTASANA
TImE CHANGE
@unrulyascetic
unrulyascetic Is this in poor taste? I genuinely don't know
o #ifyoudontlaughyoullcry…
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h/t @diary.of.a.yogi
in imageDCENATH
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h/t @diary.of.a.yogi
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20 years of solid content
in imagebeastskills
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wfh looks like this @daniidc
@katelynntully
@dzmlegal
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BHAGAVAD GITA
wfh looks like this
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in imageTHE BATTLE OF ENGLISH AND
MATHEMATICS.
QUESTION:
1 rabbit saw 6 elephants while
going to the river. Every elephant
saw 2 monkeys going towards the
river. Every monkey holds 1 parro
in their hands.
How many Animals are going
towards the river???
how many?
Type something....
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Also, this alogarithim is hilarious.
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Am I being sold jeans or
fitness videos with this
ad?
Also, this alogarithim is
hilarious.
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@vanessisamess
in imageR
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Louise Rutledge
How about red, and yellow, black, and white, we are
precious in his sight--Love your neighboor as yourself. This
world better get it together before it's to late.
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Louise Rutledge Preach! I love you Grandma!
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in imageDavid Lunn
@davidlunnfit
Stop rolling around on lacrosse balls
and PVC pipes and start strength
training your joints.
Give your body strength and control in
the ranges of motion you need and you
won't have to use your warm ups trying
to trick your nervous system into giving
you more range of motion.
0:01 • 15 Apr 20 from Bermuda • Twitter for Android
Ili Minia, Tininnt antivitir
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davidlunnfitness
@Jomoves
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"quarantine" In the worst hour of the worst season of the worst year of a whole people
a man set out from the workhouse with his wife.
He was walking—they were both walking—north.

She was sick with famine fever and could not keep up. He lifted her and put her on his back.
He walked like that west and west and north.
Until at nightfall under freezing stars they arrived.

In the morning they were both found dead. Of cold. Of hunger. Of the toxins of a whole history.
But her feet were held against his breastbone.
The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to her.

Let no love poem ever come to this threshold. There is no place here for the inexact
praise of the easy graces and sensuality of the body.
There is only time for this merciless inventory:

Their death together in the winter of 1847. Also what they suffered. How they lived.
And what there is between a man and woman.
And in which darkness it can best be proved.

From New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
in image"quarantine"
In the worst hour of the worst season
of the worst year of a whole people
a man set out from the workhouse with his wife.
He was walking-they were both walking-north.
She was sick with famine fever and could not keep
up.
He lifted her and put her on his back.
He walked like that west and west and north.
Until at nightfall under freezing stars they
arrived.
In the morning they were both found dead.
Of cold. Of hunger. Of the toxins of a whole
history.
But her feet were held against his breastbone.
The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to
her.
Let no love poem ever come to this threshold.
There is no place here for the inexact
praise of the easy graces and sensuality of the
body.
There
is only time for this merciless inventory:
Their death together in the winter of 1847.
Also what they suffered. How they lived.
And what there is between a man and woman.
And in which darkness it can best be proved.
From New Collected Poems by Eavan Boland
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in imageDo not be daunted by the enormity
of the world's grief. Do justly now.
Love mercy now. Walk humbly
now. You are not obligated to
complete the work. but nerther are
you free to abandon it.
- The Talmud
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in imageFear
Khalil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.
But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.
Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.
The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
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in imageChani Nicholas
@chaninicholas
WELCOME GEMINI SEASON! ASK
17 QUESTIONS WAIT FOR O OF
THE ANSWERS! GO
EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE!
TALK JUST TO MAKE NOISE!
LEARN SOMETHING NEW BUT
NOT WELL ENOUGH TO BE
GOOD AT IT! WRESTLE WITH
YOUR EVIL TWIN WHAT HAPPENS
IN FIGHT CLUB STAYS IN FIGHT
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@chaninicholas
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Cc: @amayanaomi
Thanks, babe.
@ryanoconn
in imageRyan O'Connell C
@ryanoconn
just want to make enough gay stuff so a
closeted kid in high school doesnt have to
try to see himself in led zeppelin
2:13 AM • May 15, 2020
them.
@them
Cc: Camayanaomi
Thanks, babe.
@ryanoconn
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I drew a line in the sand a few years ago to no longer hold close to my heart those who could not hold my community in their own. What community?

"Other." The marginalized. My community lives in a second America.

If you want to make America great, it means dismantling systems of oppression. That starts at home, with you.

Dear White folks, Straight folk,Christians.

Give this a read, tell me what you think.

https://sojo.net/articles/our-white-friends-desiring-be-allies
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in imageKaruna Maze
11 hrs •
HH The Dalai Lama speaks tonight about George Floyd and showing
compassion and love to one another. Every monk & Rinpoche around
him is wearing a mask
Behold: Leadership, Intelligence, & Kindness with no ego.
LIVE
o 11.5k
...
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in imagekcbyonce
20m
Ijeoma Oluo •
@IjeomaOluo
The beauty of anti-racism is that you
don't have to pretend to be free of
racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-
racism is the commitment to fight
racism wherever you find it, including
in yourself. And it's the only way
forward
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in imageElizabeth Warren
@ewarren
Donald Trump is calling for violence against Black
Americans. His advocacy of illegal, state-sponsored
killing is horrific. Politicians who refuse to condemn it
share responsibility for the consequences.
Trump threatens American lives and American
democracy. We need to vote him and his enablers out-
but we must also commit ourselves to the work of
dismantling structural racism and white supremacy in our
country.
We have to make real change in our country and
fundamentally reform how the law is enforced in America.
We need accountability for law enforcement and
accountability at every stage of our criminal justice
system.
The idea that communities of color alone are responsible
for fighting racism is misguided and can have dangerous
consequences. It's not enough to stand as an ally. We
must be anti-racist. White Americans must ask ourselves
what we are doing every day to dismantle systemic
racism.
This tragedy tears us apart. My prayer is that this atrocity
can lead to greater understanding and ultimately the
grace we all need to ensure justice for all.
8:36 PM • May 29, 2020 • Twitter Web App
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in imageBASOM
blackboysom
This weekend is anniversary of
Tulsa Massacre, when deputized
whites supremacists killed more
than 300 African Americans. They
looted & burned to ground 40
square blocks of African American
homes, hospitals, schools,
churches, and businesses.
#Reparations
blackboysom Repost from @melanatedsocialwork
On May 31, 1921 and June 1, 1921 a white mob burned down...
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in imagemichaelgeovanni
N
PR
michaelgeovanni Before anyone writes the narrative for us,
we fully support all people who have felt the brunt of oppres...
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Hi team! It's your friendly neighborhood yoga coach! Balance gym is at it again— matching donations and elevating queer POC’s voices.

One of the seminal yoga texts, the Bhagavad Gita, has the story of a Arjuna, a young Archer, going to war to fight injustices (against his cousins, no less). He grapples with the concepts of pacifism, patience, and change-- aren't Yogi's suppose to be peaceful??

“Inaction is action,” Krishna tells him. He shows up as his chariot driver, guiding him to find a right action In his confusion and concern. Krishna doesn’t want anyone to get hurt! Especially not his cousins... but as Krishna reminds him, sometimes it is a greater injustice to nor Fight for peace.

If you are a practitioner looking for a way to help stop injustice, and your money goes further than your arrows, please consider doing the yogic thing and donating.

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"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Birmingham city jail
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DC Fire and EMS #StayHomeDC •
@dcfireems
Shortly after midnight, #DCsBravest
received a call for a report of 2
military personnel suffering the
effects of a nearby lighting strike
within the Lafayette Park perimeter.
Both were transported with non life
threatening injuries.
•V
@washingtonlanprobs
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a quick, insightful little read for my nonPOC friends (if you wanna be anti-racist— or think you are already)
in imagea quick, insightful little
read for my nonPOC friends
(if you wanna be anti-
racist- or think you are
already)
HOW TO RESPOND
TO COMMON RACIST
STATEMENTS
By @wastefreemarie
BE
ANTI-
RACIST
LISTEN
LEARN
AMPLIFY
ACT
@wastefreemarie
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why not saying anything is most certainly saying something
in imagewhy not saying anything
• is
most certainly saying
something
It is not enough to be non racist.
You must
be unapologetically
ant
i - raci
st.
@ghostdumps
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Louisiana has one of the lowest minimum training requirements for entry-level police, at 360 hours.
To be a licensed manicurist, you'll need 500 hours.

Yoga teacher? 200.
in imageLouisiana has one of the
lowest minimum training
requirements for entry-
level police, at 360 hours.
To be a licensed
manicurist, you'll need 500
hours .
Yoga teacher? 200.
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I found these average numbers interesting:

Hours of training:

Fire arms : 60 Hours
Self-defense: 51

Community Policing Strategy: 8
Conflict Managment: 8
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in imageCrystal Y. Jolley
Yesterday at 02:50 • 2
•••
I implore all of my RIC friends to read this, hell all of my friends!!! If */*
matter to you, then #blacklivesmatter. There is no separating the two!
I'm black, I have always been black, and will continue to be black until |
take my last breath. Being black is not all that I am, but it's a large part
of who l am. When you don't see that, respect that, or appreciate that,
then you don't see me at my fullest and most wonderful. If seeing me
and my blackness offends you, there lies *your* problem, not mine. I'm
no longer going to keep quiet or hold back, to appease those who may
feel uncomfortable talking about and thinking about race. l've come a
long way from the girl who "hated" her blackness, not because | actually
hated my blackness, but because the world around me hated my
blackness, which I then internalized. I hope that you do want to see me,
and I hope that you do work to educate yourself, and I hope you do try
to understand, and I hope you do develop empathy. But if not, that'll
have to be okay. l'll keep it pushin, because *l see myself*: black,
beautiful, strong, intelligent, passionate, and devoted to educating
these babies about how to embrace, love, except and *see* their fellow
human
Gail Hall
I see you.
I think to myself, what a lovely, kind, young lady has
grown into a lovely young women.
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in imageWHITE FRAGILITY: WHY IT'S SO HARD FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT RACISM
feel some unease around certain groups of people,
if only a heightened sense of self-consciousness.
But this feeling doesn't come naturally. Our un-
ease comes from living separate from a group of
people while simultaneously absorbing incomplete
or erroneous information about them. When the
prejudice causes me to act differently—I am less
relaxed around you or I avoid interacting with you
—I am now discriminating. Prejudice always mani-
fests itself in action because the way I see the world
drives my actions in the world. Everyone has preju-
dice, and everyone discriminates. Given this reality,
inserting the qualifier "reverse" is nonsensical
When a racial group's collective prejudice is
backed by the power of legal authority and insti-
tutional control, it is transformed into racism,
far-reaching system that functions independently
from the intentions or self-images of individual ac-
tors. J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, professor of American
studies and anthropology at Wesleyan University,
explains, "Racism is a structure, not an event."13
@soydiemer
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@MEN.IN.YOGA NARY A BLACK FACE,
ALL THE WAY DOWN
in imagemen.in.yoga @MEN.IN.YOGA
YOGA IS
NOT ABOUT
TOUCHING
YOUR TOES.
IT'S ABOUT
THE JOURNEY
ON YOUR WAY
DOWN.
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michaeljoelhall Hillii! Nows a great time to spotlight a
POC yogi.
michaeljoelhall | don't see a whole lot of black
representation on this feed!
C
NARY A BLACK FACE,
ALL THE WAY DOWN
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wanna learn & grow?
in imageSURJ Webinar:
White People's Work To End Racism
This is a webinar especially for newer
white folks to racial justice work
Tuesday June 9 8:00p EST |
Register Here:
bit.ly/WhitePeoplesWork
SHOWING UP
RACIAL JUSTICE
@showingupforracialjustice
wanna learn & grow?
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I have been on a learning journey with friends on the topic of police defunding— or perhaps it could be called “resource re-allocation”— anywho, i liked these infographics!
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dear straight people:
Pulse was a gay night club where a bunch of folks lost their lives to senseless gun violence 4 years ago.
in imagethem.
Trump Administration
Erases Trans Health
Protections on Pulse
Anniversary
BY NICO LANG
@them
dear straight people:
Pulse was a gay night
club where a bunch of
folks lost their lives to
senseless gun violence
4 years ago.
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in imageAaisha Joseph • 2nd
C-level Executive Support Professional
trib Member
Purveyor of Love, Joy an...
2d • Edited • ®
#Zoom has 14 C-level executives.
It has 1 Black C-level executive (hired recently)
His title is Chief Diversity Officer.
Zoom Video Communications
#Airbnb has 17 senior leaders.
It has 1 Black senior leader.
Her title is Head of Global Diversity and
Belonging.
Airbnb
#Chartercommunications has 22 senior leaders.
It has 1 Black senior leader.
Her title is Chief Diversity Officer.
Charter Communications
#Bankofamerica has 16 C-level executives.
It has 1 Black C-level executive.
Her title is Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer.
Bank of America
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@roisinmurphyofficial interviews @jessieware for @interviewmag cc: @yasmikey
in image@interviewmag
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interviews Cjessieware
for
@interviewmag
cc: @yasmikey
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h/t @ryanpcathcart read it all
in imageread it all
willam
Brian Broome
5 hrs •
17
brian_thor
I have never had a Chick Fil A sandwich or any other
food from Chick Fil A. . I swear. This isn't me bragging
it's just that | live in the city and all the Chick Fil A's tend
to be farther out than I care to go. Chick Fil A is out of
the way for me because I don't drive.
When I see them in airports or whatever, I just keep
walking because I know what they're about. They're
about hating me and most of the people I love.
I see people eating Chick Fil A all the time. They say it's
delicious. I see people who claim to be "liberals" eating
Chick Fil A and I wonder if maybe I'm being a stick in the
mud with my anti-Chick Fil A stance.
But today Uganda announced a bill that would make it
OK to kill gay people. The National Christian Foundation
paid a preacher to go to Uganda to help with this bill.
Chick Fil A funds the National Christian Organization.
Ain't no way a gatdamn sandwich can be that feeking
delicious.
willam THIS is why u shouldn't eat at @chickfila. Spread this.
I know plenty of gay people that think it's fine to give them t...
h/t @ryanpcathcart
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in imageIHE PROCESS BEGINS WITH
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ACCEPTANCE THAT
AMERICANEINDRA WITHOUT
EXCEPTION, ARE SOCIALIZED
TO BE RACIST, CLASSIST AND
SEXIST, IN VARYING DEGREES,
AND THAT LABELING
OURSELVES FEMINISTS DOES
NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT
WE MUST CONSCIOUSLY WORK
TO RID OURSELVES OF THE
LEGACY OF NEGATIVE
SOCIALIZATION.
bell hooks
@FEMISLAY
@femislay
the blank was "woman" but
it's also me too
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MEANWHILE, AT HYATT
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HYATT
The House's next class of lawmakers arrived
for freshman orientation-der unprecedented
conditions Thursday-most embers-elect
and their staff wore ma.
alked up to check
in at a desk set up outdoors and manned by
people also wearing masks.
=
The Washington post
Democracy Dies in Darkness
=
"I mean, we've doubled the number of
Republican women in the House," she said. "If
you want to ha
seat at the table, we've got
to run and we've got to in. This is just the
start of it; we can't finish here. We've got to do
it again every election cycle."
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