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15 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Three paragraphs into this article and we’ve already got a member of the HFPA emotionally quoting (and likely misusing) @baratunde about the healing power of love during a Zoom meeting with publicists.

Lord, grant me strength as I continue. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Our members — imagine how diverse we are. We’ve got Muslims and Jews and Catholics, etc.... We want to change. We want to do good things, but it doesn’t have to be this drastic.” She then added, “Let’s not be overly woke.”
I… don’t understand.
Whooboy. We are laughing.

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9 Jul
There’s a Black girl from New Orleans named ZAILA AVANT GARDE currently competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee today and no one talk to me about anything else. nola.com/gambit/news/th…
WHAT?!

“I actually have two Guinness Book world records right now,” she says. “One is for most bounces in one minute with three basketballs. The other is most juggles in one minute with four basketballs.”  brparents.com/article/zaila-…
Okay, @wnba @KingJames @chiney, y’all know what to do:

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7 Jul
Now I want to know who this traveling executive was.
Bond, Kwame Bond.
Sekou Holmes and Dr Jamal Watson at your service.
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1 Jul
Here are some Congressmen from Southern States who served in the latter half of the 19th Century who are perfectly worthy of statuary honors (Alphabetical for ease of use):

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Here are some Congressmen from Southern States who served in the latter half of the 19th Century who are perfectly worthy of statuary honors (Alphabetical for ease of use):

John A Hyman
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John R Lynch
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30 Jun
The thing about @lilnasx is that if he hadn’t birthed Old Town Road and Montero and become a self made cultural icon, he’d STILL be a genius communicator and marketer.
He’d be Montero Hill, a 22 year old junior employee whose ideas and abilities were likely overlooked because he doesn’t fit the corporate description of communications and marketing genius.
How many other Montero Hills are out there, working at your companies well below their abilities - not even getting interviews at your companies - because you can’t recognize the talent in this form?

And how much money are you leaving on the table because you can’t?
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26 May
There's enough here to justify tweeting almost every paragraph in this, but y'all should just read the whole thing. vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021…
The story of how @DarrylMBell became the only Ron Johnson we acknowledge?!?!
And while we're here...
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13 May
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