On August 21, 194 years ago in less than a month, Nat Turner led a revolt. Dozens died. But what haunted white Southerners wasn’t the blood—it was the intention. The reading. The prophecy. The belief that enslaved people could think, lead, and judge.
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Image: Emancipation and Freedom monument at Browns Island Richmond Virginia.

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"I'm sick of Web3. I'm sick of corpo shit. And I'm sick of the impression that Web3 Corpo Shit is the only way to be online," @albinanigans writes in a really excellent guide to Mastodon for BIPOC folks, "So Your Black Ass Still Wants to Get on Mastodon":

https://qcb.neocities.org/mastodon

The guide pulls no punches about the Whiteness of Mastodon while arguing that federated social media is indeed the non-corporate alternative.

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Hi wassup everyone! 👋🏿 I'm looking for some help to keep this server running for anyone who is able to contribute!

I've made this spreadsheet to share the current revenue + current expenses.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tSCadn0hisxoCsnarWaSj-A6gYU94wRcWaO2KcYD4LA/edit?usp=sharing

If you are able to contribute:

Patreon link for recurring: https://patreon.com/andcomputers

Stripe link for one-time: https://donate.stripe.com/6oEeXQ8TW6xZfks7ss

Please help boost if possible 🏁

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Barbara Jordan—a Black woman from Houston’s Fifth Ward—crossed every line drawn to keep her out: the color line, the gender line, the sexuality line, the Mason-Dixon line. And when, 49 years ago this week, the nation asked who would speak for America in crisis, she answered. With conviction. With the Constitution. And with a voice they never forgot.
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Image: Barbara Jordan DNC keynote speech, NYC, July 12, 1976. AP.