Eboni🤘🏾

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2024-08-12 15:40:49

I was really not aware of the virulent hate that some of our African (continental) and Caribbean cousins harbor towards Black Americans until recently.
Black people weaponizing slavery and systemic racism *against* Black Americans is one of the sickest things I’ve ever seen.
“Haha you were slaves” is wild behavior as it is, but especially awful coming from people who look just like you.
Is there a reason for this that I’m not aware of? Or is it just internalized racism? #blackmastodon

2024-08-04 20:17:58

Has anyone seen this before? This is first time receiving a follow request.
Why would I receive this if my account is public? :think_bread:
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2024-07-27 23:13:05

📚Book Talk📚
I finally got around to finishing Exhalation by Ted Chiang. We had a 2 hour power outage last night, that gave me plenty of time to finish the last two stories.
My favorites from the collection are:
- The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate
- Exhalation
- The Lifecycle of Software Objects
- Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom
The rest were okay, but these 4 were phenomenal.
#books #bookstodon

2024-05-08 18:16:15

The FDA misses its own deadline to propose a ban on formaldehyde from hair products
“The Food and Drug Administration has missed its own deadline to propose a ban on the use of formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers and hair straighteners on the market in the United States.”
#news #BlackMastodon https://www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1249365649/fda-misses-deadline-formaldehyde-ban

2024-04-12 02:01:04

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@npub19fc…ay3c If he did shoot, I’m curious about the situation because the article stated that these were plainclothes officers who didn’t state that they were officers.
Dude may have thought he was getting robbed or carjacked.

2024-03-27 05:00:44

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@npub19fc…ay3c everything Big X puts out is gold. I love his use of old school samples, which is what really hooked me to his music.

2024-03-19 04:53:03

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@npub1typ…c8hh I can’t wait to see what else I can do with it - I’m pretty blown away so far!

2024-03-17 22:35:47

I hit a brick wall using BS4 with my #python project and finally decided to give Selenium a try today.
My goodness…I’ve been putting this off for way too long. This shit is COOL. 🤯

2024-02-14 15:16:39

[What a Teacher's Letters Reveal About Robert Smalls, Who Stole a Confederate Ship to Secure His Freedom From Slavery]
“When Harriet M. Buss, a white, educated Baptist woman from Massachusetts, moved to South Carolina to accept a position as a teacher in March 1863, she likely didn’t anticipate that one of her students, Robert Smalls, would go on to become a member of the United States House of Representatives.”
#history #histodons #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastodon
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-a-teachers-letters-reveal-about-robert-smalls-who-stole-a-confederate-ship-to-secure-his-freedom-from-slavery-180983758/
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2023-11-16 22:00:16

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@npub19fc…ay3c Good lord, who needs a blocklist when we can just check your mentions everyday? 🫠

2023-10-19 02:15:01

Boy Scout Troop #16
📆 July 1953
📍 Houston, headed to Santa Anna, California for a "Boy Scout Jamboree"
#blackhistory #histodons #houstonhistory #houston #photo #blackmastodon #history
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2023-10-12 18:48:12

[ Hair relaxers may boost Black women’s uterine cancer risk ]
“Long-term use of chemical hair relaxers by postmenopausal Black women is associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer, a new study shows.”
https://www.futurity.org/hair-relaxers-black-womens-uterine-cancer-risk-2985632/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hair-relaxers-black-womens-uterine-cancer-risk-2985632
#health #blackmastodon #science #women

2023-10-12 01:41:46

📆 1930s
📍 Somewhere in Houston
I found another adorable photo of an unidentified 1930s couple and just had to share.
The difference in facial expressions is sending me. 🤣
Our guy looks cheesily happy and in love while sis is giving a a bombastic side-eye to someone off camera.
Who has her brow this furrowed during the couples' photoshoot?!
#histodons #houston #photo #blackmastodon #blackhistory #houstonhistory #history
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2023-10-01 04:20:42

“…Texas as we know it exists only because of slave labor. Southerners—and most Texians that came from the South—wouldn’t immigrate to Texas without it.
Thousands didn’t, in fact, worried that the Mexican government’s ingrained opposition to slavery put their “property” at risk. For Mexicans, newly freed from Spanish oppression, abolishing slavery was a moral issue.”
- Forget the Alamo
#houston #texas #history #histodons #texashistory #blackhistory

2023-08-17 04:17:41

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@npub189n…satx Thank you for this.
This thread immediately transported me back to a kitchen in Houston’s South Park neighborhood. I can smell the burning oil/grease and stained towels. I can hear the metal clink of the comb going in & out of the fire.
My Granny would take me to a woman who was “hard of hearing” to get my hair hot-combed when I was between 8-10 years old.
I hated it w/a passion! Good lord, did I hate going. The lady could never hear my yelps & cries when she burned me. 😩

2023-08-05 04:23:22

[ Affirmative action fight comes to Corporate America ]
“Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm focused on startups led by women of color, is being sued by a group founded by Edward Blum, the man behind the recent Supreme Court case that struck down affirmative action in higher education.”
Because of course. 🙄
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/04/affirmative-action-fight-comes-to-corporate-america
#blackfedi #blackmastodon #affirmativeaction #startups

2023-07-19 21:12:41

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@npub189n…satx well, well, well guess who fucked around and found out. you love to see it 👏🏾More of this delicious, sweet sweet karma please

2023-07-19 02:43:12

Houston's first female court jury [1/2]
📆 1959
📸 Houston Post
#houston #history #histodons #blackandwhite #texashistory #texas #photo
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2023-07-15 16:14:25

My last boost, another excellent historical thread from @npub1d80…tvu8 , is so important because many people do not know how severely the GI bill’s discriminatory distribution disadvantaged several generations of Black Americans.
It is the single event that I use as a reference for anyone who questions US racism.
To deny people, who died and bled for a country that already treated them less than cattle, their deserved rights to housing, healthcare, and education is indescribable.

2023-07-09 03:44:08

[ Anna Johnson Dupree ]
https://www.curioushistonian.com/anna-johnson-dupree/
Anna Johnson Dupree was an extremely important Houstonian who never received the recognition she deserved during her lifetime.
Unbeknownst to many, the work she and her husband have done for Houston's Black community still resonates today.
#histodons #history #Blackhistory #houstonhistory #blackmastodon #jimcrow #texas #texashistory #houston #civilrights

2023-07-03 03:13:53

Bishop College Cooking Class [2/3]
📆 1905
📍 Bishop College (defunct as of 1988)
Here is a photo of the Bishop College class of 1905.
Rutherford B. H. Yates is in the upper-right
Side-note - major props to the sole woman in this photo.
#history #histodons #Blackhistory #houstonhistory #texashistory #blackmastodon #Houston #texas #photo #blackandwhite
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2023-07-02 05:30:52

I never did this when I migrated last Fall, so I figured the 2nd best time to do it is now! ☺️
My name is Eboni and I’m from #Texas. 👋🏾 I work for a top-10 #tech company which is hilarious considering I went to school to be an archaeologist. 😅
On that note, I’m fascinated with #history and it consumes a lot of my spare time.
I’m a #gamer (#Playstation, #Nintendo Switch, and #PC) and enjoy tinkering with my #Linux system when I have the time.
I also have an amazing partner named David. ❤️

2023-06-29 03:56:39

I need a new #Linux terminal.
I’ve been using the xfce default one for like a decade.
I mean, it works fine but I’m seeing some snazzy ones out there and now my eyes are wandering.

2023-06-28 02:25:31

[ 2 kids and a dog ]
📆 1920s
📍 Somewhere in Houston
📸 Harry Walker
#houston #houstonhistory #texas #history #histodons #blackhistory #blackmastodon #photo #blackandwhite
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2023-06-25 03:29:26

[ Rooftop view of Downtown Houston (facing NNE) ]
📆 1927
📸 Cecil Thomson
The Niels Esperson building, center, was constructed between 1925 and 1927 by Mellie Esperson as an ode and monument to her late husband, Neils.
It was the tallest building in Houston until the Gulf Building's completion in 1929.
#houston #histodons #history #houstonhistory #texas #architecture #photo #blackandwhite #cityscape
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2023-05-16 04:57:25

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@npub19qm…sn8k 100% accurate. 😣