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    May 9

    "Justice in South Georgia is hard to achieve for African Americans.” Me, on the district attorney who saw “no grounds for arrest” in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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  2. 16 hours ago

    It’s like, what sort of chest pain is most worriesome? How many nights of fever before you need to go to the doctor? How tired is too tired? What if the "covid toes” haven’t quite cleared up yet? Not many people can answer those questions for you.

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    16 hours ago

    #382 More to CoVid-19 in just the past 11 days. That’s an average of almost 35 deaths per day.

    #31 Thirty-one shy of 2,000 in less than two months.
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  4. 16 hours ago

    "One thing I learned is how startlingly little care or advice is available to the millions of Americans managing symptoms at home.” This was exactly my biggest concern when I was sick for those 3 weeks or so. Glad to hear you’re getting better, .

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  5. 16 hours ago

    just imagine these numbers in two weeks

    BREAKING: Texas officials report 58 new deaths since yesterday - single largest death toll in one day since this started. We have had 116 deaths over three days. Worst three day total this month.
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    22 hours ago

    The onlyfans I know

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  7. 23 hours ago

    Ahh, saw he was originally from Seattle and figured it was Rainier Beach.

    2:18
    Blake Snell saying what a LOT of other players are thinking right now. I agree with him one thousand percent and I’d feel the exact same way if I were in his position. Good for him for saying it.
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  8. May 14

    Oh yeah and as with most discussion of “millennials,” I just assume - or I have to, to keep my temper down - they’re talking about themselves because my people aren’t reflected in those characterizations.

    Replying to @byjoelanderson
    Oh and re : the recent *OK Boomers* memes have mostly been from young white people who don’t actually know any Black people over age 30, and by young Black people who apparently suck at reading contemporary history — and don’t bother learning about their own fams.
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  9. May 14

    Feel free to resent your boomers, if you must. But I can’t fathom the world many black boomers were born into and i am very grateful for their resilience in spite of circumstances designed to ensure their failure.

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  10. May 14

    So many people have already talked about how great The Warmth of Other Suns was and let me be the latest: it’s the best book I’ve ever read, and in a lot of ways, made me resent lumping black boomers $ those of other generations in with others. They haven’t lived the same lives.

    Just now returning to Twitter after years of hibernation, completing my book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. It’s an x-ray of our country. It drops on Aug. 11, 2020. I hope you will love it as much as you did The Warmth of Other Suns.
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  11. Retweeted
    May 13

    it also put into context just how amazing 20th century black excellence was. couldn't get a break anywhere we went, and people still managed to change the world.

    Replying to @bomani_jones
    Also as a person that loves to read, this is my favorite book of all time. As a product of the Great Migration, this book gave me so much insight on my family journey. The ones that left and the ones that stayed.
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  12. May 13

    It’s terrifying to know your parents and older family members live somewhere that’s seemingly already given up on social distancing.

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    For people asking me if Houston is really open.
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  13. May 13

    Tying it all together, I really only thought of Stevie as the sorta corny “I Just Called to Say I Love You” guy until I saw Jon B performing “Mi Cherie Amour” on “New York Undercover.” I’m sure I would’ve eventually been drawn to Stevie but I have Andre Harrell to thank for that

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  14. May 13

    anyway. the best stevie song is “superwoman,” which was probably performed better by donny hathaway. but my favorite stevie song, at least today, is

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  15. May 13

    and i’m so glad she pointed out this moment from "school daze" because, before the era of the internet, it was impossible to find this song anywhere. but it was so evident that it was a stevie joint.

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    And this one is completely obvious, sonically (and I tried to find the actual movie clip), but this was such a powerful School Daze moment because of the GREATNESS infused in the music!
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  16. May 13

    a very pleasant surprise that i learned from on stevie wonder's 70th birthday is that my favorite michael jackson song was, of course, written by stevie.

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    "I Can't Help It" is one of Mike's smoothest grooves, and of course it is, because it's Stevie.
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    May 13

    I’m so thankful to celebrate another year’s successful service of the Protect at all Costs Watch Ministry. Happy 70th Birthday to one of our actual living wonders! BIRTHDAY IN THE KEY OF STEVIE 🎂

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  18. Retweeted
    May 11

    The pandemic disproportionately killing African Americans spared Breonna Taylor, an EMT and essential worker in Louisville, only for her to die as one of the black Americans disproportionately killed by police every year. My latest:

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    May 13

    It's been 35 years since the city of Philadelphia bombed the Black liberation group, MOVE, live on television. Yet few know about it. On the 35th anniversary, speaks with 's about memory and the long road to justice.

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    May 13

    The MOVE bombing: 35 years ago on this date, the Philadelphia police department bombed a Black residential neighborhood, killing 11 citizens.

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  21. May 13

    man, think about what you have to give up to get in that one blow. a 20-pound wild animal will give you absolute hell, i promise you.

    Replying to @byjoelanderson
    Crazy athletic, but they’re only taking one blow.
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