Legendary dancer, choreographer and #AlvinAiley muse #JudithJamison died on November 9, 2024, at age 81. She was the artistic director emeritus of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

https://www.ebony.com/remembering-judith-jamison-a-trailblazer-in-dance-and-the-arts/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/arts/dance/judith-jamison-dead.html

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𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘩. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.

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#CoSoPhotography

𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘈𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

https://nicenews.com/

For those who may need it: 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨 is an enjoyable daily read.

𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2022 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴.

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Also, New York passed Prop 1, an Equal Rights Amendment that not only protects abortion rights and specifically protects against discrimination based on gender but it’s become only the second state (after Nevada) to specifically include LGBTQIA+ folks in their gender protection language.

This is after winning three elections in her home state to get to the State Senate.

The congresswoman she’s replacing, Rep. #LisaBlunt Rochester (D), has won her Senate race, making her the first woman and Black person to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate.

Maryland’s #AngelaAlsobrooks has also made history, becoming the state’s first Black senator. Rochester and Alsobrooks will be the first time that two Black women will be serving in the U.S. Senate at the same time.

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𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 ... - Teresa Jusino

Delaware is making all kinds of history! Delaware State Senator, #SarahMcBride, has won her race for Delaware’s U.S. House seat, becoming the first openly trans member of Congress!

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I hadn't realized #Lioness season 2 had begun already.

𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘐𝘈’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘑𝘰𝘦, 𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘺𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘺𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘑𝘰𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮.

Series stars Zoe Saldaña, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, and Nicole Kidman.

https://youtu.be/Kc1Basl-pMU

#TRUTH

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺’𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵. - Portia.Noir

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For all the readers ...

https://bookshop.org/shop/mrlesliesmith

From director Julius Onah comes the next Captain America evolution – Anthony Mackie stars as Sam Wilson, who has taken over as the new Cap from Steve Rogers after he retired at the end of the Avengers movies. Brave New World picks up with Harrison Ford as the US president, with the power dynamics in the world changing (a real meta reference).

Glad to see the Red Hulk 👍🏾

https://youtu.be/1pHDWnXmK7Y

#RecluseReleases

It should have been an A 🤣 but he was an asshole who hated anything made after 1960 ... 🤣

A lot of the film is off script and ad libbed similar to a straight theater piece and many of the characters didn't meet until they met in the film. Much of the interactions between the characters are real and raw. I spent at least 6 pages on the production and cinematography alone and really emphasized why Tony was an exceptional choice for the role and how he handled it.

My film teacher gave me a B for the convincing arguments and the amount of knowledge I had about both films.

In my film class I wrote a 15 page analysis of the Night Of The Living Dead 1990 remake that Tony Todd was in. My film teacher has a FIRM rule that nothing modern (after 1960) could ever be discussed in his class, especially not remakes.

But on top of knowing everything there was to know about both versions, I knew someone who worked on it and someone who knew Tony personally. I had enough background to speak analytically about why the remake was perfect and improved on the story.

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The actor #TonyTodd has died. He was best known as the star of the #Candyman horror movies. Todd died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his manager Jeffrey Goldberg confirmed. He was 69. The cause of death has not been shared.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/09/nx-s1-5185232/candyman-actor-tony-todd-dies

Well that took 4 hours ... and my whole body is really angry but everybody is rehomed safely and @IronButterfly saved like a gazillion baby snails and put them in the 100 gallon ❤️ She's a snail superhero.

Time for aquarium duty. Setting up a new, larger tank for the kitchen. @IronButterfly will be rehoming a lot of snails. I love keeping them but I do still think they are gross. She doesn't mind though.

Peace comes from doing what is necessary and doing it well. Mindfulness is a component of this as well.

Do less.

The things that are most important for a good life and a balanced life really aren't as much as you may think.

The most powerful and most meaningful statements also don't require a lot of words and a lot of energy to speak them.

Say less.

𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬. - Epictetus