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Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be
The curated feed, now run by a team of six moderators, is the meeting ground for hundreds of thousands of Black users on Bluesky. Is it ready to meet the moment?
Blacksky
Blacksky is a social network. It is developed and maintained by Blacksky Algorithms. The project provides curated feeds and moderation tools to support Black social media users, many of whom previously used Black Twitter.
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The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
Unpacking the Racism of Digital Blackface in the Information Age
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Black Futures
Check out Black Futures - <b><b>“A literary experience unlike any I’ve had in recent memory . . . a blueprint for this moment and the next, for where Black folks have been and where they might be going.”—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> (Editors’ Choice)</b><br><br></b><i><b>What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?</b></i><br><br>Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of work—images, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to tell the story of the radical, imaginative, provocative, and gorgeous world that Black creators are bringing forth today. The book presents a succession of startling and beautiful pieces that generate an entrancing rhythm: Readers will go from conversations with activists and academics to memes and Instagram posts, from powerful essays to dazzling paintings and insightful infographics.<br><br> In answering the question of what it means to be Black and alive, <i>Black Futures</i> opens a prismatic vision of possibility for every reader. by Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew on Bookshop.org UK!
Nodestar: Building Blacksky w/ Rudy Fraser
Social media isn’t really social anymore. But that might be changing. Rudy Fraser over at Blacksky Algorithms has built something new. He has built the infrastructure to provide a safe online space for the black community, and in the process challenges the ideas of hierarchical, centralised networks. His work — even outside the very cool development of Blacksky — is an amazing, concrete example of how the abstract ambitions of decentralisation can provide real value for people, and sets us up for a new kind of tech politics.
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A Challenge on Barack Obama & The Black Papers feat Dr. David Johns | Angela Rye SoloPod
One thing that came up tonight is the creator pay gap between Black creators and white creators. Well documented in the brand deal space. Less so in the paid subscription space but exists there too. I ran a survey about this last year and we did some live sessions. Three things kept coming up.
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Currently watching "Is Substack for sellouts?" with @angelahollowell.bsky.social @michellejackson.bsky.social @coreygumbs.bsky.social open.substack.com/live-stream/163194
