'Double Dutch' Rope Jumping brought to New York by Dutch Immigrants in the late 1600s has been a Black♥️American past time since the late 1920s in Harlem but performed in Black American communities nationwide. Becoming an 'organized sport' in the 1970s, expanding worldwide.💯

I’m in awe of all the student journalists right now who are literally skipping class and sacrificing time to cover the protests as media outlets have been blocked from entering private campuses.

...do you not see that this system is working as designed?
Do you truly not understand?

Anyway, the Committee to Protect Journalists has been tracking how many journalists have died in Gaza cpj.org/2024/04/journa…

Not at the NU encampment right now, but these drone photos show how the camp's scale has grown and evolved since Thursday -- last photo is from today at 7:30pm. (Courtesy of Christian Rodriguez!)

The young person whose poster this is has come to many protests since October and watching the names on her poster grow every time I see her is a punch in the gut. I cannot imagine the pain she must feel and yet on NU’s encampment I saw her actively leading things despite it all.

We are a beautifully connected world. One in which we recognize the hurt and pain and humanity in one another.

someone mentioned how as more and more encampments pop up at different universities, it’s essentially showing us what a general strike would look like, and i just think it’s beautiful we’re sorta seeing the beginning of what could become something bigger.

a really good read about zendaya, challengers, child stars, acting and the trajectory of her career as Hollywood’s acceptable version of a Black girl. vulture.com/article/zenday…

My girlfriend and I found a library at a local university that had a private movie collection donated from a private collector. Place has 42,000 movies. One of most impressive collections of films I've seen. So we cancelled all our subscriptions.

where are the casting announcements like chop chop Netflix

*to the tune of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso”* i’m working laaaaaate, ’cause i’m a writerrrrrr

If you’re between 25-29, you’ve reached an age where you’re starting to feel like giving up on yourself, thinking it’s too late to start anew as you see people around you settling down. Don’t let that energy influence you. This phase is crucial; persevere through it.

'Vereens' is crazy lol. Y'all, please make sure you're going to real, licensed dentists 'cause this ain't it.

Dozens are braving the rain at UChicago to rally in solidarity with Palestine and the encampments on campuses across the country, calling on the University to 'divest from the Gaza genocide.'
#OnAssignment for Block Club Chicago with Maxwell Evans

For $2.3b we could build a subway & elevated on the west side from in order to improve connections to jobs that aren’t in the loop & increase frequency on outer branches of the Pink & Orange Lines.

This @uchicago Gaza solidarity rally has turned into a march

Students and activists attend a pro-Palestinian rally at the University of Chicago Friday in Chicago. Attendees spoke about the importance of divesting university funds from institutions with ties to Israel.