On Oct. 1, 15 people begin a 100+ mile walk along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, from Cambridge, MD to Kennett Square, PA – similar to the paths freedom seekers took in the 1800s! Follow along on the We Walk With Harriet FB page. Donate at gofund.me/66a44232

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HOW TO BUY A GOOD CASHMERE SWEATER 🧵 I want to address this comment left by someone in response to my Brick Watch Company tweet. It also gets into something I've been wanting to talk about: how to buy a good cashmere sweater.

Last month (November 2022) for the first time in "postcolonial" Boston history, the Massachusett tribe hosted a mishoon camp with allies from neighboring Nipmuc and Wampanoag tribes. What is a mishoon and why is this so important? Keep reading... /1

Norman Rockwell is often associated with the conservative, racist politics of 1950s white America. So I thought it would be nice to share some of his lesser-known antiracist work from the 1960s. The Runaway, 1958 \ Golden Rule, 1961

Interesting thread

🚨 My goodness. Facing budget shortfalls, @npr just announced it will cancel the Summer 2023 internship program. This makes me truly sad. I may be wrong but I don't recall this happening in my nearly 30 years. NPRinterns are part of NPR's lifeblood & a pipeline of great talent.

IMPORTANT: Those at-home tests you’ll be able to order next week won’t arrive by Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or New Year’s. BUT! If you have private insurance you can walk into most drug stores and get 8 free at-home tests at no cost PER INSURED PERSON, EVERY 30 DAYS.

This is delightful

Since its almost 2023, now is the perfect time for me to redo this thread! BLACK OWNED PLANNER AND STATIONARY COMPANIES YOU SHOULD BUY FROM 🧵

Dying 🤣

#Missing 17-year-old Hermonie Quick (5’2 143lbs). Last seen in the Towson area wearing a black tank top, leopard pants and white crocs. Anyone with information is requested to call 911 or 410-307-2020. #HelpLocate #BCoPD

Need to get my car running & pay collapsed roof/phone bill- please check out my Et$y shop @ buff.ly/3Bya7mF , kukwstumckacw- thank you! 😊 #NativeTwitter #IndigenousTipJar #TipANative #beadwork #BuyNative #NativeMade #FirstNations

finding out that k*m kardash*an not only destroyed marilyn monroe’s gown (the most important dress of the 20th century) but also permanently altered one of the only two “oyster gowns” that mcqueen ever made (the most important dress of the 21st century) is my villain origin story

You can't miss this new perspective from Alice Wong 王美華 for High Country News. Disabled people like her rely on power to live, and are the most vulnerable in power outages like the ones recently caused by atmospheric rivers in CA. hcn.org/articles/ideas…

MY BODY IS NOBODYS BUSINESS. On what would’ve been the 50th anniversary of roe v. wade we share our stories — reproductive care is health care. Thread:

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUIT JACKET, SPORT COAT, AND BLAZER? A friend of mine recently emailed me to ask whether he accidentally bought a suit jacket by mistake, when he wanted a sport coat. I see this sort of thing happen often, so let's break down the differences 🧵

"I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake." —Leopold II of Belgium Before Hitler killed 6 million Jews.…. Leopold Il of Belgium killed over 10 million Africans in Congo and amputated the arms of countless others. A THREAD