Hi, all, a personal request. Whatever the Supreme Court decides about the Jan. 6 obstruction charges, I am hopeful this can be one space where no one posts surprise or says this is not who we are as a country. I'd be grateful for real dialogue about where we are and what we still must do.
11:19 PM - Apr 16, 2024
Rewrite: Supporters Assume Black Voters Will Fall for the Okey Doke Despite 400 Years of Evidence to the Contrary
11:07 AM - Mar 04, 2024
"Watch the intersection" means to be or become aware of how all your identities impact who you are in a space and how you affect others. This was painful to read.
You are rarely a single piece of your greater self in a space.
You are rarely a single piece of your greater self in a space.
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Casey Wagner @CannibalHolidayI love how Americans will tell non-americans they can't have an opinion about America, but America has disrupted HUNDREDS of other governments in the last century just so American businesses make more money.10:26 AM - Feb 27, 2024
Get fucked. Really :)
11:55 AM - Feb 27, 2024
If you're inwardly carving out space right now between yourself and the angry, defensive, unaware one, that puts you at the same end of the field as he is. The desire, need and mandate to never be uncomfortable, disagreed with or perceived as less than awesome has no levels. It's work to be done.
05:14 PM - Feb 23, 2024
Every time you frame yourself as the victim in a dispute.
Pause.
Ask if you need to assert your authority as a white person, or man, or other privileged person, in this moment. Ask why you cannot and must not ever accommodate another. In a world that so deeply accommodates you.
Pause.
Ask if you need to assert your authority as a white person, or man, or other privileged person, in this moment. Ask why you cannot and must not ever accommodate another. In a world that so deeply accommodates you.
07:38 PM - Feb 20, 2024
To make it clearer, if you start posting "timeline cleanses" in the midst of #BLM posts or difficult political discussions, reconsider how that lands on the people who can't decide not to be affected by awful stuff for a few minutes.
10:33 PM - Feb 13, 2024
When others' spouts sometimes make it to my timeline, I'm reminded there are whole communities who log out of thoughts of injustice and oppression as a choice for comfort.
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SpoutingClassics™️ @SpoutingClassicsWhile we appreciate the song, Kevin, we'd also prefer people don't tag us on political comments. We try to give people a short respite from those things. Thank you.02:53 PM - Feb 13, 2024
10:03 PM - Feb 13, 2024
More. Of. THIS. PLEASE.👇🏾👇🏾🔥
#BBIMP #StopTheSchoolToPrisonPipeline #RethinkThePolice #CopsLieWeDie #RacialBias #SystemicRacism #Philadelphia #BlackSpoutible #community
#BBIMP #StopTheSchoolToPrisonPipeline #RethinkThePolice #CopsLieWeDie #RacialBias #SystemicRacism #Philadelphia #BlackSpoutible #community
05:46 PM - Jan 30, 2024
Republicans aren't supporting Trump DESPITE his indictments and cognitive decline. A core cultural value of whiteness is not having to abide by rules. They WANT to elect a convicted felon to the Presidency.
(It's not a "Republican" thing either. Watch how the same behavior shows up here every day.)
(It's not a "Republican" thing either. Watch how the same behavior shows up here every day.)
01:17 AM - Jan 23, 2024
This is what we keep talking about, and it's not okay. Stop. Doing. This.
And when you do, fix it.
Everyone's pointing at the "other" folks who need to fix themselves.
Fix. This.
And when you do, fix it.
Everyone's pointing at the "other" folks who need to fix themselves.
Fix. This.
04:36 PM - Jan 18, 2024
Listen all the way through. Then don't clap or ask more of her, SPEAK HARD TRUTHS YOURSELF. This is not the year of kindness and comfort - it is yet another year of saying what needs to be said because the stakes, for hundreds of years now, remain high because white supremacy has no off switch.
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Thurgood Du Bois @GodzChild4EvaLadies and Gentlemen......Mrs. JASMINE CROCKETT!!11:23 AM - Jan 10, 2024
*Don Cornelius voice*
#Spoutible #RepublicanHypocrisy #WhiteSupremacy
11:44 AM - Jan 10, 2024
The danger in this headline isn't the single, deranged fascist or his evil followers.
The danger is YOU if you read this with concern for others because you think you'll personally be okay if he wins.
https://www.businessinside...
The danger is YOU if you read this with concern for others because you think you'll personally be okay if he wins.
https://www.businessinside...
03:13 PM - Jan 08, 2024
If it's helpful to anyone, because I speak to this regularly in my strategy work, the awesome first response here is "Yes." Make the first answer to a Yes or No question "Yes" or "No." Otherwise, people assume you didn't hear/understand or are ignoring them and repeat until acknowledged.
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aaron @beec4240customer on phone: i bought a trailer hitch from you can you look it up10:15 AM - Jan 08, 2024
me: let's start with your name
c: can you look it up
me: yes
c: well can you look it up
me: i need your name first
c: i just need you to look it up
me: i can. i need to know who you are
c: [tells me name]
10:41 AM - Jan 08, 2024
Claudine Gay supported Harvard's Jewish students, decried the October attacks and addressed the crisis in Gaza multiple times.
She was not found to have committed plagiarism.
She did not step down for having plagiarized but due to repeat, false accusations regarding both of the above.
She was not found to have committed plagiarism.
She did not step down for having plagiarized but due to repeat, false accusations regarding both of the above.
10:06 AM - Jan 03, 2024
I just watched The Color Purple (2023) and wrote a long thread - what an experience! The thread wouldn't publish, so adding my screengrab of my many thoughts here.
https://youtu.be/zTnircQsM...
https://youtu.be/zTnircQsM...
07:24 PM - Dec 24, 2023
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This 60-sec video could change or save a life. Adding next steps from earlier COVID campaigns: 1) contact them separately (e.g., call/text); 2) don't call 911 etc without checking wtih them.
I wrote down and verbally agreed with what my friend would say to help pave and confirm an escape alibi later.
I wrote down and verbally agreed with what my friend would say to help pave and confirm an escape alibi later.
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Creative AF (She/Her) @Cre8tEveRemember this sign!!!04:49 PM - Dec 22, 2023![Video]()
Violence at Home #SignalForHelp - YouTube
Isolation can increase the risk of domestic violence at home. If this is the case for you, use this hand signal on a video call to show you need help. If som...
05:02 PM - Dec 22, 2023
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I appreciate the simplicity and focus of this spout.
I also recognize how big a shift this would be for some, because cultural training assigns a default, unquestioned and uncontestable mantle of innocence, expertise and authority in any space.
To shift from that self-image to this is real work.
I also recognize how big a shift this would be for some, because cultural training assigns a default, unquestioned and uncontestable mantle of innocence, expertise and authority in any space.
To shift from that self-image to this is real work.
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Diogenes Wept @DiogenesWeptI don’t want to be part of the problem anymore. This is a good place to start.07:50 PM - Dec 21, 2023
02:09 PM - Dec 22, 2023
9 Threaded Spouts
A THREAD: We're heading into 2024, and you are not ready. Not "we." "You." Here's why and what you can do about it.
02:28 PM - Dec 21, 2023
Filing under "You'd never do this to Black people." So much sorrow.
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Coherent Marketing @SmitInNC😕09:07 PM - Dec 14, 2023
10:31 AM - Dec 15, 2023
THIS. I easily say this once a month. It happened to Black people yesterday, it'll happen tomorrow, and you probably were the perpetrator one of those times. The difference is: 1) when you do it to us, we challenge it, and 2) when we do, you call that an "over-reaction."
Until it happens to you.
Until it happens to you.
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"PROTECT BLACK WOMEN!" - yeah right @Original_Phoenix_RisingIf you're a non Black marginalised person & can't discuss your experiences without saying "if it happened to a Black person...", you're an anti Black racist. Especially when it's usually something that DOES happen to Black people, & they're also part of your marginalised group.05:55 PM - Dec 11, 2023
05:59 PM - Dec 11, 2023
I'd say, keep the tag and when followers see trolls, they reply, report or block, based on content, and keep enjoying their tunes. Benefits outweigh the irritants. Otherwise, trolls successfully disrupt a community experience.
If the content doesn't warrant a ban, does it warrant ending the tag?
If the content doesn't warrant a ban, does it warrant ending the tag?
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SpoutingClassics™️ @SpoutingClassicsPopular splashtags, like #SpoutingClassics , have provided a way for "troll style" accounts to target communities on #Spoutible .03:32 AM - Dec 11, 2023
As a result, this account will no longer promote any splashtags. It’s our way to ensure we don’t unintentionally provide them a stage where they aren’t welcome.
More…
11:09 AM - Dec 11, 2023
If your greatest triggers in left political discourse are not being depicted as well-meaning in thought, Liz Cheney not being acknowledged for decrying Trump, and non-whites not explicitly exempting you and others when confronting white culture...
If that's your focus as we face Nov 2024...
If that's your focus as we face Nov 2024...
12:04 PM - Dec 10, 2023
Oh...noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Why would you not work with the Cherokee Nation to do this???
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R H @AtreyuBastian09:15 PM - Dec 04, 2023
10:01 PM - Dec 04, 2023
DEI does not equal zealotry. So tired. Isn't massive tech wealth enough? In what you perceived to be a meritocracy but was a completely gated opportunity in your favor? https://world.hey.com/dhh/...
world.hey.com
The waning days of DEI's dominance
The acronym for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion entered the common corporate lexicon with overwhelming force in 2020. Executives everywhere quickly learned they needed a passable position on DEI to stay employed, and a cottage industry of consultants sprung up to provide it. There were endless proc..
08:52 PM - Dec 01, 2023
Noooooooo
Also
LOL
Also
LOL
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Unapologetically Beth @bostrawskiPresenting, FRANDY THE BUNNY!05:56 PM - Nov 27, 2023![Screen shot of profile
Frandy The Bunny
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06:07 PM - Nov 27, 2023
@DrBlackDeer , you posted something today that spoke directly to my heavy heart and soul:
"If I never hear the word savage again, it would be too soon."
Thank you for this. I also disengage immediately.
I was grateful to connect to something and someone in the steady sea of dehumanization.
"If I never hear the word savage again, it would be too soon."
Thank you for this. I also disengage immediately.
I was grateful to connect to something and someone in the steady sea of dehumanization.
09:25 PM - Nov 26, 2023
Person saying it: I am demonstrating my independence, integrity and high standards.
Me hearing it: they're demonstrating both their impenetrable sense of exceptionalism (as in, I won't be affected, so this can be theoretical for me) and whom they deem expendable in order to retain that self image.
Me hearing it: they're demonstrating both their impenetrable sense of exceptionalism (as in, I won't be affected, so this can be theoretical for me) and whom they deem expendable in order to retain that self image.
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Myron Clifton @PresidentKamalasHandOkay07:54 PM - Nov 25, 2023
My response to anyone telling me they won’t vote for Biden
I’m not gonna proselytize to grownups who know exactly what’ll happen if republicans win
I don’t care about your religion race gender your country of origin
Campaign against democrats?
You are dead to me
Okay
12:04 PM - Nov 26, 2023
More free tests! It takes seconds to order!
(USA)
If you missed it last time, you can get a total of 8 this time.
https://www.covid.gov/test...
(USA)
If you missed it last time, you can get a total of 8 this time.
https://www.covid.gov/test...
11:06 AM - Nov 20, 2023
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