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“In race talk the move into mainstream America always means buying into the notion of American Blacks as the real aliens. Whatever the ethnicity or nationality of the immigrant, his nemesis is understood to be African American.” - Toni Morrison (On the Backs of Blacks)

an eldest daughter once said being the firstborn means you’re automatically irritated by incompetence. not because you’re harsh, but because you were never given the room to be incompetent yourself. the daughters who know… know.

Forensic labs have a chemical test that tells whether blood at a crime scene came from a wound or from a period. Period blood fails it. They're two different fluids. Nearly half the proteins in menstrual blood don't exist in the blood running through your veins. Only about a third of what gets shed during a period is actually blood. The rest is uterine tissue, mucus, and vaginal fluid. And the blood portion itself doesn't clot. The protein that normally handles clotting is missing, and the fluid carries other enzymes that break apart any clot trying to form. Composition varies a lot between women. The total is around 36% blood on average, but a 1985 study of 28 volunteers measured individuals ranging from 1.6% to 81.7%. The rest is the shed uterine lining, mucus from the cervix, and fluid from the vaginal walls. In 2007, researchers found stem cells in menstrual fluid. Adult stem cells, collected from the lining the uterus sheds each month. They grow faster in the lab than bone marrow stem cells, survive 68 rounds of division without developing genetic errors, and can be turned into neurons, heart cells, cartilage, bone, or pancreatic cells. Clinical work followed. In 2020, a trial in China gave these stem cells to 26 severely ill COVID patients and used 18 others as a comparison. Mortality in the treated group was 7.69%. In the comparison group: 33.33%. A late-stage trial at Iran's Avicenna Research Institute completed a study using them to try to restore fertility in women whose ovaries were barely producing eggs. In January 2024, the FDA cleared Qvin's Q-Pad, a device that runs the standard diabetes blood-sugar test (HbA1c) on period blood instead of a needle draw. The readings line up with traditional blood tests almost identically. Menstruation itself is rare in the animal kingdom. About 98% of mammal species don't menstruate. At all. They reabsorb the uterine lining each cycle instead of shedding it. Only primates, a few bat species, the elephant shrew, and one kind of spiny mouse actually bleed. And this trait evolved independently three separate times in different branches of the mammal family tree. The leading theory for why: the uterus lining acts as a screening layer. Somewhere between 30 and 60% of human embryos get discarded before a pregnancy is even recognized, often because of genetic errors, and menstruation appears to be the body's way of doing that filtering.

How to actually destroy it all: 1. Empty Trash manually at photos.google.com/trash 2. Clear Archive at photos.google.com/archive 3. Delete Locked Folder contents 4. Turn off Face Grouping in settings 5. Go to takeout.google.com and download everything first 6. Then use myaccount.google.com/delete-services to nuke Google Photos entirely

The YouTube hood podcast stories aren't gonna tell you this ... but time Warner (which has always been CIA backed) was pressuring Pac to join Death row years prior.

Olandria talks about her journey and branding outside of the villa

40 years ago Celia Cruz was singing on Sesame Street in Spanish and it was not an issue at all.. we’ve regressed so much

A woman in our FB group is paying $934 per month on a 84 month loan (17.5%) for a baseline trim Kia Carnival. Which means she'll roughly pay close to $80k for it over the life of the loan. And people are telling her it's not that big of a deal. At least she got a new car....

Less than 1% of pro golfers are Black, and only 8 Black women have reached the @LPGA. Ray Lee is working to become one of them & wants to be 1st Black woman to win an LPGA major. My exclusive interview with her via @dbltakesports on what it really takes to get there ⬇️ #Golf

Hey all, it’s publishing day for my book “How to Sell a Genocide,” which is a data-driven account of mainstream media’s role in creating the conditions of mass death in Gaza. 100% of royalties go to @MECAForPeace. Thank you! a.co/d/0eEN8Afq plutobooks.com/product/how-to…

Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone is a 12:05 minute long song. It’s not until 3:53 that you hear someone sing a word. Labels are not letting bands cook like this on the intro anymore and we are losing!!!

Hi Scott, you may not remember me from my broadway performing days in NYC, but you’re being a complete lying asshole. So, here it is: Scott Jennings swings both ways. Not that I care, who gives a shit. But he’s lied about this since 2009 & there are at least 100 photos of him at fire island bars from back in the day. @adammocklerr ask him about this on CNN next time.

💰 This guy says you should start taking Social Security at age 62. He walks through the real math on claiming at 62 vs 67 vs 70 using a clear example: roughly $18k/year at 62, $24k at full retirement age (67), or $36k at 70. He shows the break-even points and reminds us that the average life expectancy here in the US is 79 years old. It’s not just about getting the bigger monthly check — it depends on your health, how long you live, and your personal situation. It’s such a practical reminder that these big decisions need to be run with your own numbers, not just generic advice. It’s also wise to run this past a financial adviser. Would you claim Social Security early (at 62), at full retirement age, or wait until 70? What’s your reasoning? When the time comes, I’ll be collecting it at 62.

CIA op.

Harry Anslinger, Director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics made it his personal mission to destroy Billie Holiday because of Strange Fruit.

Teyana Taylor made it her mission to recreate one of Janet Jackson’s most iconic looks and she did NOT disappoint ✨

@Tg_Moscow @luxemiaa He was out of line to have asked in the first place!

@luxemiaa The entitlement some people carry in public needs to be studied. Asking is one thing, reaching for a stranger’s boarding pass is wild. Glad you reminded him about boundaries in surround sound

I was standing in line to queue for a flight. I had my headphones on. Usually my face (resting bitch, if you will) is enough that people don’t talk to me. The man in front of me turned around and said something. Took off my headphones. He asked me if I was sure I should be in line already. Yep. Put my headphones back on. He then proceeded to reach his pasty ass hand for my boarding pass as if he was going to check it himself. I let out the biggest and deepest “MF! Don’t you fckin touch me!” Samuel L. Jackson would have been proud, y’all. He turned deep red and turned his azz right around. Whenever I think about it, I just do not understand the audacity. What gives you the right!? I would NEVER. Ugh.

Amazing new program in Washington, DC. Friendship Bench DC provides one-on-one time with a grandparent who is ready to listen and offer advice. Now at 4 DC public libraries. Everyone is welcome. ❤️

natasha cloud, one of the best players in the WNBA, is being blackballed by the league for her vocal pro-palestine activism. this is unacceptable and not enough people are talking about what’s happening to her.

A major US newspaper publisher is rolling out an AI-generated content farm that will use the bylines of real reporters without their consent.