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#Books #Reading #BookerPrize #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackTwitter The Booker Prize list was announced today. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/28/nx-s1-5874638/2026-booker-prize-longlist-fiction I often buy the prize winner although I don't know why. I haven't liked a single one. That's probably an unpopular sentiment, but I have the 2024 winner, ORBITAL, sitting in my recovery stack. Started it but won't finish it. I really do need to stop buying them.

"What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech https://youtube.com/watch?v=iZDcB1NhMfo&is=C3R3dDmtL-86h98X

In a July Fourth special broadcast, we share the words of Frederick Douglass as read by actor James Earl Jones #AmericanIndependence #4thOfJuly #America250 #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackThreads #BlackFediverse #FrederickDouglas #JamesEarlJones

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#NationalGuard #DC # #Michhigan #Minnesota #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackTwitter The National Guard is still occupying DC against the will of the residents here. We were terribly disturbed and stunned to learn 3 Democratic governors sent fresh troops to DC. Michigan and Minnesota are 2 of the 3. If you live or have ties to either state we are asking you to email your governors and ask them to withdraw their troops from DC. I won't be on line for a week or so but go to freedcproject.org/guard.

@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io I don't think the #LLM situation is quite compatible to #BlackTwitter . For instance, it's news to me that BlackTwitter had billion dollar advertising budgets for filling everyone's social media timelines.