#Deb Sullivan

[titleknown]

So, while I've talked about this in other posts, I figured I may as well compile it in one post with this nifty propaganda poster (more on that later)

Long story short, they're bringing back KOSA/the Kids Online Safety Act in the US Senate, and they're going to mark it up next Thursday as of the time of this post (4/23/2023).

If you don’t know, long story short KOSA is a bill that’s ostensibly one of those “Protect the Children” bills, but what it’s actually going to do is more or less require you to scan your fucking face every time you want to go on a website; or give away similarly privacy-violating information like your drivers’ license or credit card info. 

Either that or force them to censor anything that could even remotely be considered not “kid friendly.” Not to mention fundies are openly saying they’re gonna use this to hurt trans kids. Which is, uh, real fucking bad. 

As per usual, I urge you to contact your congresscritters, and especially those on the Commerce Committee, who'll likely be the ones marking it up.

Those senators are:

Maria Cantwell, Washington, Chair

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota

Brian Schatz, Hawaii

Ed Markey, Massachusetts

Gary Peters, Michigan

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois

Jon Tester, Montana

Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona

Jacky Rosen, Nevada

Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico

John Hickenlooper, Colorado

Raphael Warnock, Georgia

Peter Welch, Vermont

Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member

John Thune, South Dakota

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Dan Sullivan, Alaska

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Todd Young, Indiana

Ted Budd, North Carolina

Eric Schmitt, Missouri

J.D. Vance, Ohio

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Again, it doesn't work unless you do it en-masse, so make sure to call ASAP and tell them to kill this bill, and if they actually want a bill to allow/get sites to protect kids, the Federal Fair Access To Banking Act would be far better.

Also, this poster is officially, for the sake of spreading it, under a CC0 license. Feel free to spread it, remix it, add links to the bottom, edit it to be about the other bad internet bills they're pushing, use it as a meme format, do what you will but for gods' sake get the word out!

Also, shoutout to @o-hybridity for coming up with the slogan for the poster, couldn't have done it without 'em!

[dear-indies]

Hi & thank you for your help! I’m looking for a female faceclaim between the ages of 24-34 that has more of an edgy, badass, almost vampiric vibe to her rather than something cutesy.

FKA twigs (1988) African-Jamaican / White, possibly Egyptian - showed up for Mustafa's Artists for Aid Concert in London (Sudan and Gaza).

JuJu Chan (1989) Hongkonger - in Wu Assassins and Fistful of Vengeance.

Úrsula Corberó (1989) - in Money Heist and Snake Eyes.

Rina Sawayama (1990) Japanese - is bisexual and pansexual - has spoken up for Palestine!

Damaris Lewis (1990) Afro-Kittian - in Titans.

Sarah Kameela Impey (1991) Indo-Guyanese / White - in We are Lady Parts - has spoken up for Palestine!

Ruby Soho (1991)

Melisa Aslı Pamuk (1991) Turkish - has spoken up for Palestine!

Shotzi Blackheart (1992) Filipino and White.

Hari Nef (1992) Ashkenazi Jewish - is a trans woman - has spoken up for Palestine!

Abadon (1992)

Jessica Henwick (1992) Chinese Singaporean / White - in The Matrix.

Sky Ferreira (1992) Ojibwe, Cree, Chippewa Cree, Cheyenne, Brazilian of Portuguese and possibly other descent, Galician Jewish, Bukovina Jewish, White - singer and actress - has Chronic Lyme Disease.

Deb Never (1993) Korean - is gay.

Pınar Deniz (1993) Turkish [Lebanese] - has spoken up for Palestine!

Mina El Hammani (1993) Moroccan - has spoken up for Palestine!

Taylor Momsen (1993)

Jordan Alexander (1993) African-American and White - has spoken up for Palestine!

Mia Khalifa (1993) Lebanese - is bisexual - has spoken up for Palestine!

Zheani (1993)

Devery Jacobs (1993) Mohawk - is queer - has spoken up for Palestine!

Slick Woods (1993) African-American - is bisexual.

Dani Miller (1994)

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (1994) Chinese / White - in Ahsoka.

Lyrica Okano (1994) Japanese - in The Runaways.

Emma Dumont (1994) - in The Gifted.

Lily Sullivan (1994) - in Romper Stomper and Evil Dead Rise.

Coty Camacho (1995) Mixtec and Zapotec - is pansexual.

Kehlani (1995) Filipino, African-American, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Choctaw, Mexican, White - is a non-binary womxn and a lesbian (she/they) - has spoken up for Palestine!

Sasha Calle (1995) Colombian.

Adeline Rudolph (1995) Korean / German - in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Resident Evil.

Heather Baron-Gracie (1995)

Tati Gabrielle (1996) African-American, ¼ Korean.

Jasmine Sokko (1996) Chinese Singaporean.

Ruth Codd (1996) - is an amputee.

Emma Mackey (1996) - in Sex Education.

Rhea Ripley (1996)

Lauren Jauregui (1996) Cuban [Spanish, possibly other], likely some Basque - is bisexual - has spoken up for Palestine!

Mei Pang (1996) Malaysian-Chinese.

Kiana Ledé (1997) African-American, Swedish, Mexican, Cherokee - has spoken up for Palestine!

070 Shake (1997) Dominican - doesn’t like to put labels on her sexuality - has spoken up for Palestine!

Blair Lamora (1997) Ojibwe and Argentinian.

Sierra McCormick (1997)

Juliette Motamed (1997) Iranian - has spoken up for Palestine!

Ethel Cain (1998) - is a bisexual and trans woman - has spoken up for Palestine!

Andy Blossom (1998) Chinese.

Doechii (1998) African-American - is bisexual.

Brianne Tju (1998) Chinese / Indonesian.

Lauren Tsai (1998) Taiwanese / White.

Kenna Sharp (1999) - is a lesbian - ha spoken up for Palestine!

Baby Storme (2000) African-American.

Hope this helps!

[saydams]

the usa senate passed the budget that banned all aid to UNRWA and Biden signed it.

the senators who voted for this budget (preventing usa from funding UNRWA) are under the readmore. if your senator is on this list, call (202) 224-3121 and demand they find another way of funding relief to palestine.

Tammy Baldwin Wis.

Richard Blumenthal Conn.

Cory Booker N.J.

John Boozman Ark.

Katie Britt Ala.

Sherrod Brown Ohio

Laphonza Butler Calif.

Maria Cantwell Wash.

S. Capito W.Va.

Benjamin L. Cardin Md.

Tom Carper Del.

Bob Casey Pa.

Bill Cassidy La.

Susan Collins Maine

Chris Coons Del.

John Cornyn Tex.

C. Cortez Masto Nev.

Tom Cotton Ark.

Kevin Cramer N.D.

Tammy Duckworth Ill.

Dick Durbin Ill.

Joni Ernst Iowa

John Fetterman Pa.

Deb Fischer Neb.

Kirsten Gillibrand N.Y.

Lindsey Graham S.C.

Chuck Grassley Iowa

M. Hassan N.H.

Martin Heinrich N.M.

John Hickenlooper Colo.

Mazie Hirono Hawaii

John Hoeven N.D.

Cindy Hyde-Smith Miss.

Tim Kaine Va.

Mark Kelly Ariz.

Angus King Maine

Amy Klobuchar Minn.

Ben Ray Luján N.M.

Joe Manchin III W.Va.

Edward J. Markey Mass.

Mitch McConnell Ky.

Robert Menendez N.J.

Jeff Merkley Ore.

Jerry Moran Kan.

Markwayne Mullin Okla.

Lisa Murkowski Alaska

Chris Murphy Conn.

Patty Murray Wash.

Jon Ossoff Ga.

Alex Padilla Calif.

Gary Peters Mich.

Jack Reed R.I.

Mitt Romney Utah

Jacky Rosen Nev.

Mike Rounds S.D.

Brian Schatz Hawaii

Charles E. Schumer N.Y.

Jeanne Shaheen N.H.

Kyrsten Sinema Ariz.

Tina Smith Minn.

Debbie Stabenow Mich.

Dan Sullivan Alaska

Jon Tester Mont.

John Thune S.D.

Thom Tillis N.C.

Chris Van Hollen Md.

Mark R. Warner Va.

Raphael G. Warnock Ga

Elizabeth Warren Mass.

Peter Welch Vt.

Sheldon Whitehouse R.I.

Roger Wicker Miss.

Ron Wyden Ore.

Todd Young Ind.

[zorilleerrant]

Guidelines for requesting a fic from me (this doesn't include nearly all the fandoms I'm comfortable working in and I'll update it as people ask me about other fandoms):

Batman and Batfam

I'll write for anyone (and I do) but of the characters people are less likely to ask me about, my favorites:

Terry McGinnis

Bao Pham

Cass Cain

Claire Clover

Luke Fox

My favorite minor characters:

Maps Mizoguchi

Diego Perez and the Bat Pack

Victoria October

Deb Donovan

Grace O'Halloran

Blade Sommer

Flamingo

Mara Al Ghul

Van Wayne

Lance Bruner

Helena Kyle (Huntress)

Kyle Selinas_450

Li'l Kitten

Evan Blake (Wolfspider)

White Mercy

My favorite ships to write/chat about:

Cass Cain/Xanthe Zhou

Dick Grayson/Garth(/Donna Troy)

Dick Grayson/Jimmy Olsen

Dick Grayson/David Sikela

Ric Grayson/Bea Bennett

Tim Drake/Bernard Dowd

Bruce Wayne/Lex Luthor

Bruce Wayne/Khoa Khan

Bruce Wayne/Black Adam

Babs Gordon/Helena Kyle

Mary Hamilton/Poison Ivy

Diego Perez/Merissa Cooper/Lucas LaPorte

Blade Sommer/Max Gibson

Cass Cain/Steph Brown

Tim Drake/Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong

Steph Brown/Kyle Mizoguchi

My favorite gen relationships:

Bruce Wayne & any of his kids

Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne

Van Wayne & Kate Kane

Beth Kane & Kate Kane (& Mary Hamilton)

Dick Grayson & Barbara Gordon

Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne

Dick Grayson & (Will) Grayson

Dick Grayson & Lance Bruner

Dick Grayson & Zitka

Cass Cain & Steph Brown & Tim Drake

Damian Wayne & Jon-el Kent

Damian Wayne & Mara Al Ghul

Terry McGinnis & Max Gibson

Jason Todd & Terry McGinnis

Cass Cain & Lady Shiva (only wooby sorry)

Maps Mizoguchi & Kyle Mizoguchi

Cass Cain & Mr. Dhaliwal

Diego Perez & Merissa Cooper & Lucas LaPorte

Harley Quinn & Eddie Nygma

Harley Quinn & Amanda Waller

Bruce Wayne & Oliver Queen

Jason Todd & Tyler

Tim Drake & Detective Williams

Cass Cain & Xanthe Zhou

Poison Ivy & White Mercy (& whoever Ivy is dating)

Dick Grayson & Vic Stone & Gar Logan & Raven Roth & Starfire

Dick Grayson & Waylon Jones

any and all pets or animal sidekicks

Other Mainline DC

Favorite characters:

Marcus Shugel-Shen

Xanthe Zhou

Booster Gold

Gary Green

Malik White

Peacemaker

Artemis Crock

Amanda Waller

Favorite ships:

Laura Shugel-Shen/Winston Shugel-Shen

M. Mallah/The Brain

Booster Gold/Ted Kord

Skeets/Buggles

Gary Green/Casey MCU

Captain Cold/Heatwave

Vic Stone/Gar Logan

Zari Tazari

Felicity Smoak/Chloe Sullivan

Favorite gen relationships:

Marcus Shugel-Shen & his parents

Marcus Shugel-Shen & the Ultra-Humanite

Marcus Shugel-Shen & Billy Batson

The Legends Crew

Xanthe Zhou & John Constantine

Black Adam & Malik White

Uncle Leek & Lay-lay

Peacemaker & Adebayo

Peacemaker & Red Bee

Artemis Crock & her parents

Vixen & Bumblebee (& Beast Boy)

Clarion & Teekl

Non-Mainline DC

Favorite characters:

John Constantine

Virgil Hawkins

Tim Hunter

Lainie Belloc

Death of the Endless

Favorite ships:

Virgil Hawkins/Richie Foley

Lainie Belloc/Mona Doyle

Lucifer/Maze

Favorite gen relationships

John Constantine & his family

John Constantine & Chas Chandler

John Constantine & Tim Hunter

Lucifer & Lainie Belloc

Lainie Belloc & Cal

Death & any character who canonically died

Other Fandoms I'm Thinking About Right Now

Murderbot Diaries

Only Murders in the Building

Avenue 5

Cookie Run: Kingdom

my original stuff but I don't know if you can follow that

I'm open to pretty much anything, but I'll let you know if you hit on a NoTP or a squick or something, or if I don't know the fandom. This list will change as I think of different things or my interests change, but you're still welcome to ask me about any of it. Or anything else I've written about. Or haven't written about.

Lately I've been writing 1-2k in response to ideas usually. I'm trying to get myself to write drabbles and flashes but it's not working so likely if you ask you'll get something fairly long.

Anyone's welcome to ask for a fic even if we've never interacted before. Both specific and general prompts are welcome, and I like writing Gen content of all kinds as well as ship content, character studies, and worldbuilding.

You're also welcome to just ask me questions about my fandoms (or my original fiction).

[bamboomusiclist]

9/17 おはようございます。Rusty Bryant / Wildfire Prst10037 等更新しました。

Maxine Sullivan / The Queen & Her Swedish Jazz All Stars Volume2 KS205 Maxine Sullivan / The Queen & Her Swedish Jazz All Stars Volume4 KS2055 Maxine Sullivan With The Keith Ingham Sextet / The Lady's In Love With You ST-257 Dave Pell Lucy Ann Polk / Plays Burke And Van Heusen KL-1034 Dizzy Gillespie / One Night In Washington 60300-1 Dizzy Gillespie / At The Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 2310-749 Barney Kessel / Feeling Free S7618 Charlie Mingus Quintet / Chazz DEB-139 Dizzy Gillespie / Digital At Montreux 1980 D2308226 Rusty Bryant / Wildfire Prst10037 David Fathead Newman / Concrete Jungle P10104 David Fathead Newman / Keep the Dream Alive p10106 Michael Jackson / Dangerous 465802 1 Louie Ramirez / Laura - Do It Any Way You Wanna C-280 Jorge Lopez Ruiz 5 / Atencion De Quimica Argentina S.A.

[titleknown]

Do you think Section 230 is pretty much going to be passed? I've been thinking about leaving the internet completely over this.

...Well, like many things, the answer is "It's Complicated,"

Firstly, for the most part, efforts to screw up Section 230 aren't direct repealing all of it so much as carve-outs that majorly weaken it, in ways that could still deeply screw up free speech.

The recent Kids Online Safety Act/EARN IT Act is being pushed for, and while it's not in committee, given the former was sent to the Commerce Committee last time and the latter to the Judiciary Committee, they're probably gonna send it next time, and you're probably going to want to call your senators if they're in said committee to tell them to kill those bills.

The membership of the Commerce Committee:

Maria Cantwell, Washington, Chair

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota

Brian Schatz, Hawaii

Ed Markey, Massachusetts

Gary Peters, Michigan

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois

Jon Tester, Montana

Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona[a]

Jacky Rosen, Nevada

Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico

John Hickenlooper, Colorado

Raphael Warnock, Georgia

Peter Welch, Vermont

Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member

John Thune, South Dakota

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Dan Sullivan, Alaska

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Todd Young, Indiana

Ted Budd, North Carolina

Eric Schmitt, Missouri

J.D. Vance, Ohio

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

The membership of the Judiciary Committee:

Dick Durbin, Illinois, Chairman

Dianne Feinstein, California

Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota

Chris Coons, Delaware

Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut

Mazie Hirono, Hawaii

Cory Booker, New Jersey

Alex Padilla, California

Jon Ossoff, Georgia

Peter Welch, Vermont

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Ranking Member

Chuck Grassley, Iowa

John Cornyn, Texas

Mike Lee, Utah

Ted Cruz, Texas

Josh Hawley, Missouri

Tom Cotton, Arkansas

John Kennedy, Louisiana

Thom Tillis, North Carolina

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

So yeah.

I may as well add, If you've got the misfortune to be calling a Republican, be sure to bring up how KOSA will be used as a way for Big Government to spy on people via mandated age verification, and how EARN IT will be used to censor conservative speech.

That'll get the bastards attention. And no matter what you do, don't shut up about it, because silence means the fuckers win, just look at FOSTA/SESTA...

...Tho, in better news, the questioning in those Supreme Court suits tackling Section 230 seem to show that the justices are at least reluctant to try and do much to 230, very specifically because of how much it could fuck up.

Which begs the question, if even these fucking demons know why fucking with Section 230 is a godawful idea, what excuse do these senators have?

Point is, the efforts to undermine it aren't all at once so much as gradual and insidious. Call your senators folks, and stay vigilant.

[nicolae]

Chimie organică - Hidrocarburi

Credit stânga: modificarea lucrării lui Jon Sullivan; stânga mijloc: modificarea lucrării lui Deb Tremper; dreapta mijloc: modificarea lucrării lui „annszyp”/Wikimedia Commons; dreapta: modificarea lucrării lui George Shuklin (Toți compușii organici conțin carbon și majoritatea sunt formați din viețuitoare, deși sunt formați și prin procese geologice și artificiale.) Toate ființele vii de pe…

[alledherlu-q-pereon]

Alaska - Lisa Murkowski / Dan Sullivan

Hawaii - Brian Schatz / Mazie Hirono

Washington - Patty Murray / Maria Cantwell

Oregon - Ron Wyden / Jeff Merkley

California - Alex Padilla / Laphonza Butler

Arizona - Kirsten Sinema / Mark Kelly

Nevada - Catherine Cortez Masto / Jackie Rosen

New Mexico - / Ben Ray Lujan

Colorado - Michael Bennet / John Hickenlooper

Utah - Mike Lee / Mitt Romney

Wyoming - Jon Barasso / Cynthia Lummis

Idaho - / Jim Risch

Montana - Jon Tester / Steve Daines

North Dakota - John Hoeven / Kevin Cramer

South Dakota - John Thune / Mike Rounds

Nebraska - Deb Fischer / Pete Ricketts

Kansas - / Roger Marshall

Oklahoma - James Lankford /Markwayne Mullin

Texas - Jon Cornyn / Ted Cruz

Minnesota - Amy Klobuchar / Tina Smith

Iowa - Chuck Grassley / Joni Ernst

Missouri - Josh Hawley / Eric Schmitt

Arakansas - / Tom Cotton

Louisiana - / John Neely Kennedy

Tennessee - Marsha Blackburn / Ben Haggerty

North Carolina - Tom Tillis / Ted Budd

South Carolina - Lindsey Graham / Tim Scott

Kentucky - Mitch McConnell / Rand Paul

Alabama - Tommy Tubberville / Katie Britt

Mississippi - / Cynthia Hyde-Smith

Georgia - Jon Ossoff / Raphael Warnock

Florida - Marco Rubio / Rick Scott

Illinois - Dick Durbin / Taamy Duckworth

Michigan - Debbie Stabenow / Gary Peters

Wisconsin - Ron Johnson / Taamy Baldwin

Indiana - Todd Young / Mike Braun

Ohio - Sherrod Brown / J. D. Vance

Pennsylvania - Bob Casey, Jr. / John Fetterman

New York - Chuck Schumer / Kirsten Gillibrand

New Jersey - Bob Menendez / Cory Booker

Maryland - Ben Cardin / Chris van Hollen

Delaware - Tom Carper / Chris Coons

Virginia - Mark Warner / Tim Kaine

West Virginia - Joe Manchin / Shelly Moore Capito

Connecticut - / Chris Murphy

Rhode Island - Jack Reed / Sheldon Whitehouse

Massachusetts - Elizabeth Warren /

Vermont - Bernie Sanders / Peter Welch

New Hampshire - Jeanne Shaheen / Maggie Hassan

Maine - Susan Collins / Angus King

i have genuinely one of the weirdest skills to be able to brag about

[ryanhamiltonwalsh]

A belated thank you to everyone who came out to the Morphine reissues/Mark Sandman birthday celebration on Sunday. What a truly special day. (L to r) Dnorsen Design, who made both reissues look incredible cover to cover and made my Morphine map dreams come true, Sabine Hrechdakian who was so generous with her time and memories for the liner notes and then elevated the walking tour from “notes from a guy who wasn’t there” to a uniquely special sharing of the past that brought the whole thing to life, and Matt Sullivan from Light in the Attic who lit the initial match and watched over the flame until it crossed the finish line. Manager Deb Klein and re-masterer Pete Weiss aren’t in the photo here but it obviously couldn’t have worked without all their hard work and input. And then we were all gifted that remarkable, track-stopping Vapors of Morphine performance. Dana Colley, Jerome Deupree that was so great. Thank you. As I walked back to my car in the rain at the end of the day, totally exhausted, that refrain Dana had the crowd sing over and over (see video here) looped in my head until I finally sang it out loud and no longer cared that I was soaked.

[art150class]

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Showcases Black History

For this assignment, I decided to follow the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The stories they highlight are important to understanding the history of the United States more in depth and spotlight the diversity that has always been present in our nation. 

The NMAAHC publishes Instagram posts highlighting individual Black trailblazers throughout US history. Two examples of people the NMAAHC have posted about include Mary McLeod Bethune and Diahann Carroll, who were pioneers and proponents of diversity in their respective fields. 

Mary McLeod Bethune was a teacher who was appointed Director of Minority Affairs for the National Youth Administration under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She was the first Black woman to head a federal agency and was part of Roosevelt’s “Black cabinet,” the group of FDR’s Black policy advisors which Bethune herself led. This was significant as this was during the Great Depression, a time where segregation still persisted in the US. Bethune also founded the National Council of Negro Women “to empower Black women concerned with social justice and human rights issues.”

Diahann Carroll was an American actress known for movie musicals such as Carmen Jones (1954) and the TV shows Julia (1968-71) and Dynasty (1984-1987). Julia, in which Carroll played a nurse, was significant to television history, as she was the first African-American lead character in a non-stereotypical role. For her role on Dynasty, where she played Dominique Deveraux, “Carroll immortalized Black female power.” 

A picture of Caroll as Julia and Marc Copage as Corey on the TV show Julia.

Bethune and Carroll are important to the history of the United States as they were trailblazers in their respective fields. They were Black female role models at a time when segregation still existed. It is important to have representation of all races and ethnicities in our culture, and Deborah Willis is furthering this with her mission of looking for photographs of Black people throughout US history. As she explains in the documentary Through a Lens Darkly, she was ”amazed and dismayed” there were no Black people in history textbooks, so she made it a goal to show the history of African-Americans through photography with Black people both in front and behind the camera. Her project has lasted over 35 years and is further exemplified in Picturing Us, where she shows pictures of African Americans throughout US history and explains its significance. 

The image Racoon Couple in Car in Picturing Us symbolizes “the celebration of Black life…and cultural achievement.” The photograph also celebrates Harlem as “a source of pride” for African Americans as it was a time of cultural, literary, and musical achievement. Racoon Couple relates to the NMAAHC’s photographic archive, including one of Duke Ellington, who was a prominent musician during the Harlem Renaissance. Many of his compositions, such as “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” have since become jazz standards. In the picture (which can be found in the citation section below), you can see the joy on his face as he plays the piano and the audience’s sheer happiness around him. Both Racoon Couple and the photo of Duke Ellington are a celebration of Black history in the United States. 

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington perform “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1965. Both were influential figures in jazz. 

People like Deb Willis and institutions like the Smithsonian help expose us to important stories in history that may be otherwise untold. By highlighting important African American figures that have broken barriers and blazed trails, the NMAAHC shows us the celebration of Black pride throughout history. 

Works Cited (Listed Alphabetically)

Family Pictures USA, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, June 19, 2013, 7:49-8:46, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZWSexAjgk.

Alice George, “Was the 1968 TV Show ‘Julia’ a Milestone or a Millstone for Diversity?,” Smithsonian Magazine, updated October 4, 2019, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/was-1968-tv-show-julia-milestone-or-millstone-180970198/#:~:text=Squarely%20situated%20at%20an%20intersection,American%20authenticity%20to%20win%20viewers. 

“Mary McLeod Bethune and Roosevelt's ‘Black Cabinet’”, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian, accessed July 19, 2023, https://anacostia.si.edu/exhibitions/mary-mcleod-bethune-and-roosevelts-black-cabinet%3Aevent-exhib-4309. 

National Museum of African American History and Culture (@nmaahc), photograph of Diahann Carroll, photograph by G. Marshall Wilson, Johnson Publishing Company Archive, courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, July 17, 2023, https://www.instagram.com/p/CuzDWHWPUbZ/. 

National Museum of African American History and Culture (@nmaahc), “Duke Ellington, 1959,” Instagram, photographed by William Lanier, Johnson Publishing Company Archive, courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, April 29, 2023, https://www.instagram.com/p/Crnoi1dPcBE/. 

National Museum of African American History and Culture (@nmaahc), “Mary McLeod Bethune - Daytona Beach, Florida,” circa 1915, photo by William Ludlow Coursen, courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, July 10, 2023,  https://www.instagram.com/p/CuhByc0MP6D/. 

Deborah Willis, Picturing Us: African American Identity in Photography (New York, The New Press, 1994), 8-9.

Picture/Video Credits

The Ed Sullivan Show, “Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing),"” YouTube, uploaded June 26, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myRc-3oF1d0. 

NBC Television, “Diahann carroll julia 1969,” circa 1969, uploaded August 31, 2011, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diahann_carroll_julia_1969.JPG. 

James Vanderzee, Racoon Couple in Car, 1932, courtesy Donna Vanderzee, from Picturing Us: African American Identity in Photography (New York, The New Press, 1994), 7.

[laresearchette]

Sunday, May 14, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (AMC Canada) 9:00pm MATCH ME ABROAD (TLC Canada) 10:00pm EDGE OF THE EARTH (CNN) 10:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: SUPERSTAR (ABC Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

NETFLIX CANADA THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN

IIHF MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (TSN) 5:00am: Slovenia vs. Canada (TSN3) 5:00am: USA vs. Hungary (TSN) 9:00am: Norway vs. Switzerland (TSN3) 9:00am: France vs. Denmark (TSN) 1:00pm: Czechia vs. Kazakhstan (TSN3) 1:00pm: Sweden vs. Austria

MLB BASEBALL (SN1) 1:30pm: Atlanta vs. Jays (SN Now) 1:30pm: Rays vs. Yankees (SN360) 4:00pm: Padres vs. Dodgers (TSN2) 7:00pm: Cardinals vs. Red Sox

SULLIVAN'S CROSSING (CTV) 7:00pm/8:00pm (SEASON FINALE): Maggie's medical training is put to the test as she races against the clock to save the life of a friend. In Episode Two, Maggie returns to Boston prepared to face the consequences of her actions, while Cal searches for closure of his own.

HOLMES: NEXT GENERATION (CTV2) 7:00pm: Mike Holmes and his children tackle a renovation that has fallen off the tracks for expectant parents; the team is on a time-sensitive mission to finish the nursery and the only working bathroom in the house prior to the baby's arrival.

NBA BASKETBALL (TSN4) 8:00pm: 76ers vs. Celtics - Game #7

MYSTIC (Super Channel Heart & Home) 8:00pm: When tension between Dan and Issie starts affecting Champs training, the KP gang decide to take action. Meanwhile, Mystic seems to be warning Issie about the illegal trawler.

A TOWN CALLED MALICE (Showcase) 9:00pm: Cruel Summer

UNDERCOVER UNDERAGE (Investigation Discovery) 9:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Roo leads her team on a new decoy sprint in Oklahoma by launching two new underage personas; after initial contact from two sexually aggressive adults, a potential misstep could put one of the investigations in jeopardy.

QUEEN OF THE DEUCE (documentary) 9:00pm: In the 1970s, Greek-Jewish Chelly Wilson built a porn-cinema empire in NYC's The Deuce and a rep as a savvy operator.

THUNDER: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF ARTURO GATTI (Super Channel Fuse) 9:10pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Untangling the myths of Arturo Gatti, and celebrating his explosive career.

MLS SOCCER (TSN/TSN5) 9:30pm: LA Galaxy vs. San Jose

SCOTT'S VACATION HOUSE RULES (HGTV Canada) 10:00pm: Kelly must convince her husband Paul that purchasing an old dark cottage will help their retirement; Scott leans into the gorgeous teal lake this property sits on and gets to work with Deb transforming it into a beautiful coastal cabin.

THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND (History Canada) 10:00pm: Rick, Marty and the team make a discovery below the Garden Shaft that could be the key to solving the Oak Island mystery.

PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Makeful) 10:00pm: Christmas Celebrity Special: Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution.

[ms-cellanies]

Here is the list of The Senate Commerce Committee:

Majority Members

Maria Cantwell, Washington (Chair) Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Brian Schatz, Hawaii Ed Markey, Massachusetts Gary Peters, Michigan Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Jon Tester, Montana Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona Jacky Rosen, Nevada Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico John Hickenlooper, Colorado Raphael Warnock, Georgia Peter Welch, Vermont

Minority Members

Ted Cruz, Texas (Ranking Member) John Thune, South Dakota Roger Wicker, Mississippi Deb Fischer, Nebraska Jerry Moran, Kansas Dan Sullivan, Alaska Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Todd Young, Indiana Ted Budd, North Carolina Eric Schmitt, Missouri J. D. Vance, Ohio Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Seriously, call your Senators now. This needs to be stopped before it goes any further. They want to drive LGBTQIA+ off the internet entirely, and Democrats are going along with this.

[larryland]

REVIEW: "Twelfth Night" at Shakespeare & Company

REVIEW: “Twelfth Night” at Shakespeare & Company

[tomorrowusa]

Some Senate Republicans favor white nationalists in the armed forces. The biggest culprit seems to be Sen. James “Snowball Jim” Inhofe (R-OK) who is chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee. 

Here’s a list of Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Some of them are up for election in 2020. If you live in one of the states they represent then contact them and ask, “why do you want white nationalists in the US military?”

[neweramuseum]

NEM Submissions July 2021 - curator Jane Schultz.

"Excuse my absence here. Life gets ahead of us sometimes and it did to me, enjoying the sunshine and seeing friends and family again. I hope the same has been there for you and the summer is shining good things on you. For the next while, we will go without theme and I will post images that go to my heart instead. Thank you all for supporting this page despite my absence. Andrea and I continue to be overwhelmed by your talent and creativity. For this selection, I went back over the last several months, so some are older and others are newer. Enjoy."  -- Jane Schultz

FEATURED WORKS BY: Susie Leff, Deb Field, Vicki Cooper, Rita Colantonio, Jo Sullivan, Fatma Korkut, Patrizia Caravaggio, Joyce Campbell, Judy Lurie Wahlberg, Clint Cline, Robi Gallardo and Janis Brandenburg Lee.

[thestarlitrose]

It's actually a lot more than *just* a TikTok ban. It's basically a repeal of the Freedom of Information Act and would give the government the ability to take down websites that have a following of over 1 million (Tumblr? AO3? Who knows?!). It would also fine you $250K minimum for the use of a VPN if you tried to go around it. It would greatly effect the way we use the internet. It would make it incredibly easy for the government to go without being held accountable. There's a lot more to it and saying it's a TikTok ban definitely is purposefully misleading.

It's called S.686 - RESTRICT Act

You can read it here: Scroll to the end of the article to download a copy.

It was sponsored by Sen. Mark Warner, a democrat from Virginia.

Cosponsors are as follows:

Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]

Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]

Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]

Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]

Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]

Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]

Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]

Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]

Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]

Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] 03/14/2023

Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] 03/15/2023

Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] 03/15/2023

Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] 03/21/2023

Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]

Contact Your Representatives here:

Senate or House

Be polite. State that you are concerned and let them know in the nicest way possible if they vote yes on this, you will do everything in your power to get their opponent elected. This is a bipartisan bill. One of the only ones we've had since the Patriot act. The important thing is to get your friends and family involved. Write letters. Etc.

Reminder that Zuckerberg actively lobbied with Republican PR firms to make TikTok illegal because he couldn't compete with it.

Reminder that for all it's faults TikTok has brought tons of awareness to important issues that barely got any coverage until they blew up on TikTok, and more that still barely got any mainstream coverage even after they did.

Reminder that TikTok has become the largest and easiest place for people to come together and organize, and has 150 million active users in the US.

Reminder that congress, especially conservatives, stand to gain a lot by banning it, because it means less people will hear about all the problematic (fascist) shit they're trying to pass, such as the 300+ anti-trans bills, the bills seeking to make abortion a felony punishable by death, or how they're trying to remove the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). They also get to 'look tough' against China.

Reminder that claims of concerns over data privacy are bullshit, because China could literally just buy our data if they wanted it. Tech companies just like and including Facebook collect and sell our data all the time. China wouldn't need to build an app to get it.

Reminder that banning TikTok sets a precedent that Congress could come for literally any other social media they deem 'a threat' and ban that too. Yes, even your personal favorite one.

Reminder that we should care about this and instead of saying "Good Riddance TikTok!" we should be actively trying to stop this violation of free speech and stop handing more power to fascists just because we personally don't like a thing or think it's cringe. This is bigger than your personal tastes.

Please sign this letter from the ACLU to your members of Congress and urge them to listen. There's also a hearing this Thursday on March 23rd at 10am EST in DC where the TikTok CEO will be testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The hearing will be open to the public and will also be live streamed online.

I don't care if you hate TikTok or think it's "cringe." If you all actually hate Facebook and fascists as much as you say you do, then you won't stand for letting them win this fight to ban it.