I am going to miss the bird, after being a daily user for many years. My 10,000+ connections there have migrated to lots of places. That was Elon's plan all along; to divide the goodness and sense of community that we had established in that App! I hope to find the same community here!
06:15 PM - Apr 03, 2023
In response to Sarah Tennyson.
Hi! Thank you so much for your support! It really is overwhelming. I am here and on Mastodon @kwaku mastodonapp.uk if people want to connect. I will take a few days to decide what my next move is with Twitter,
03:07 PM - Jul 08, 2023
Patience is a virtue Spoutans. With the heavy input, we undoubtedly will have delays n Spoutible.
03:11 PM - Jul 02, 2023
A lot of people have been complaining about Spoutible's speed. We were not expecting a 708.65% increase in traffic which is still increasing. This is a lot of new users in a short timeframe.
11:20 AM - Jul 02, 2023
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Soon we will implement interest filters. In the settings menu, you will be able to set what you are interested in seeing in your timeline and explore section. These filters will also be used for suggesting people to follow. So if you do not select K-pop, you will not see K-pop.
06:15 AM - Jul 02, 2023
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I hired a plumber to help me with repairs. He already had a rough and tiresome day. His old car broke down, his electric drill is faulty, and he lost his wallet. In all the tension and stress, he finished my repairs on time.
Since his car broke down, I drove him home.
Since his car broke down, I drove him home.
05:24 AM - Jun 21, 2023
In Austria for centuries, locals have created massive bonfires atop many of the mountains. They then light them as the sky goes dark on the longest day of the year. These fires turn the mountaintops into beacons and cast a mystical effect across the whole mountainous region. #solstice
04:11 PM - Jun 21, 2023
My Hot Take: My heart hurts for this young woman's family. Again, it's not the Bobby Earles and the Peggy Sues. Systemic racism and biases infect every aspect of our lives.
#sme #theculture #health #BlackMaternalMortality #ToriBowie #NPR
#sme #theculture #health #BlackMaternalMortality #ToriBowie #NPR
07:42 AM - Jun 21, 2023
#Juneteenth ! #FreedomDay ! Learn more about it: https://nmaahc.si.edu/expl...
The freedom struggle continues.
"Oh freedom
Oh freedom
Oh freedom over me!"
#MassIncarceration #VoterSuppression #HousingDiscrimination #HealthcareDisparities #WealthGap
The freedom struggle continues.
"Oh freedom
Oh freedom
Oh freedom over me!"
#MassIncarceration #VoterSuppression #HousingDiscrimination #HealthcareDisparities #WealthGap
nmaahc.si.edu
The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth | National Museum of African American History and Culture
Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
09:20 AM - Jun 19, 2023
This day in history.
08:01 AM - Jun 20, 2023
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We dream of the fathers we wanted, of the children we wanted to be. We make vows about the parents we can become. Then at some moments in our lives we find ourselves running in darkness, seeking the predictable warmth of an unconditional--& momentarily almost perfect--kind of love
#ThreadChallenge
#ThreadChallenge
07:03 PM - May 17, 2023
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At the celebration of life, the family stood up to recall happy stories, only happy stories. Called up to speak, I sat silent, unable to voice an abridged version of the man's life.
Maybe that was the special thing I shared with my dad, who was also a journalist. The need to tell the whole story.
Maybe that was the special thing I shared with my dad, who was also a journalist. The need to tell the whole story.
07:01 PM - May 17, 2023
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I flew home to see him one last time. Shaking in his wheelchair, unable to speak, he turned his wrist to reveal his open palm
#ThreadChallenge
#ThreadChallenge
06:57 PM - May 17, 2023
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This is the moment to forgive, right? And to forget. Except the body remembers.
For decades, I tried to copy my friends' casual closeness with their dads...but finally understood we could only forge a connection without the mist of an imagined past.
#ThreadChallenge
For decades, I tried to copy my friends' casual closeness with their dads...but finally understood we could only forge a connection without the mist of an imagined past.
#ThreadChallenge
06:56 PM - May 17, 2023
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Years passed, with a hundred new stories & yet, the same story over & over again. Then--at rock bottom & about to lose his family--my dad quit. He didn't just promise this time, he really did it.
He got sober.
#ThreadChallenge
He got sober.
#ThreadChallenge
06:54 PM - May 17, 2023
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I'm standing outside in the dark. My 4H meeting is over. Mom's working & Dad's supposed to pick me up... but he isn't here. One by one, my friends get in their parents' cars & wave a furtive goodbye
I try & try but I can't remember who took me home, or when or what happened after
#ThreadChallenge
I try & try but I can't remember who took me home, or when or what happened after
#ThreadChallenge
06:52 PM - May 17, 2023
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He lost his radio job & things went downhill. I don't really know what he was going through then. His words on those nights, slurry & impenetrable, only frightened me.
And what did I know of grief at 10 years old?
#ThreadChallenge
And what did I know of grief at 10 years old?
#ThreadChallenge
06:49 PM - May 17, 2023
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My dad started drinking in the Army. A vice that arrived with girlie magazines & gov't rationed smokes. Alcohol bonded men. It gave them options. They could run their fears through a joke-line. They could shout in the streets instead of crying.
The crying came later on
#ThreadChallenge
The crying came later on
#ThreadChallenge
06:47 PM - May 17, 2023
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Its thunder cracked with ice cubes poured into a glass, & waves of liquor roiled with no predictions. Light & sentimental one moment, the mood would flip. And every time it surprised me.
How angry he could be.
#ThreadChallenge
Its thunder cracked with ice cubes poured into a glass, & waves of liquor roiled with no predictions. Light & sentimental one moment, the mood would flip. And every time it surprised me.
How angry he could be.
#ThreadChallenge
06:45 PM - May 17, 2023
In response to Sarah Tennyson.
it's delicious, it's just commercial kitchen trauma.
04:29 PM - Jun 18, 2023
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I make collages using paint and old photographs, maps and other ephemera from my family's history to try and document their lives. This dovetails nicely with an interest in genealogy.
This is a tribute to my Dad in honor of Father's Day on Sunday.
This is a tribute to my Dad in honor of Father's Day on Sunday.
09:31 PM - Jun 17, 2023
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That Black women are the world's saviors. That we're strong and can handle any and everything. That our value lies solely in what we can do for others.
We're tired and often unprotected at large and within our own community. We aren't allowed to just be and rest in our full humanity.
We're tired and often unprotected at large and within our own community. We aren't allowed to just be and rest in our full humanity.
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King Lavender-licous @BMWillzWhat's one misconception about your community/demographic that you'd like to clear up?01:56 PM - Jun 17, 2023
What's one thing, above all else, you would like others to walk away knowing.
Please respond by quoting. The information is too important to hide in the comments. I and others will echo.
04:14 PM - Jun 17, 2023
