HUGE BREAKTHROUGH, ESPECIALLY FOR SUB SAHARAN AFRICA
BBC News - Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer
bbc.co.uk/news/health-66985273
#BlackMastodon
#BlackTwitter
#Africa
Deals are in place to make 100 million doses of the vaccine each year to fight the complex disease.By James Gallagher (BBC News)
15 Famous Black Architects - First African-American Architects
Most people can’t name one black architect, here’s a list of 15 great black pioneering architects, including Beverly Loraine Greene, first black female architect.
#BlackHistoryEveryDay #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter
veranda.com/home-decorators/g3…
Their work, talent, and perseverance paved the way for future Black design professionals—and so much more.Steele Marcoux (Veranda)
Kamoinge is a group of black Photographers who formed in 1963.
Their mission statement: "Honour, document, preserve, & represent the history & culture of the African Diaspora with integrity & respect for humanity through the lens of Black Photographers"
This wonderful work is important to counterbalance the whitewashing of #History by mainly white, middle-class historians/reporters throughout time.
#BlackHistory #Photography #BlackMastodon #AmericanHistory #BlackTwitter
Pianist Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins, who became the first African-American to perform at the White House, had his talents taken advantage of from an early age.Sophia Alexandra Hall (Classic FM)
I hit 3000 plays on my Bandcamp
Makes me happy that folks have given my beats a chance
Even if you've listened once and thought "man, this shit is wack", thank you 🙏🏾
bluemarvelmusic.com
#blacktwitter #blackmastodon #blackfedi #music #hiphop #beats #beatmaker #musicproduction #musicproducer #bandcamp
What it means when people exhort non-White peeps to “start your own instance” or go to another more suitable one—-the digital version of White Flight/segregation.
“[Mastodon risks] ghettoizing the Black community in a federated space. All of the Black people go here and [other] instances have the option of engaging with them or deeding from them.]”
#BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #Inequality
techpolicy.press/the-whiteness…
A conversation with Dr. Johnathan Flowers about Elon Musk's changes at Twitter and the dynamics on Mastodon, the decentralized alternative.Justin Hendrix (Tech Policy Press)
NPR's "On The Media" has a segment this morning on #Mastodon which is a pretty good introduction to the #fediverse.
They talk specifically about designed non-virality on M*; and the absence of quote-tweets, how this hurts #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon.
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…
What happens when you slow down socializing?WNYC Studios
Good morning. Here’s a quote for today. What’s the most important park of the quote? Mine is is in the reply. I’ll do a conversation topic post tomorrow. 😊
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #blackisbeautiful #diversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #asian #indigenous #indigenousPeople #mena #history #NativeAmerican #native #PursueBlackJoy
Question: How many UK podcasts are hosted and run by Black people from the UK?
I know a few,
The Resource Groups Podcast - resourcegroups.com/feed/podcas…
About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge - audioboom.com/channels/4947699…
But theres got to be many more right? #blacktwitter?
Remember when you first heard about Black twitter and thought it was actually a separate website? Was that just me?Mastodon hosted on blacktwitter.io
