Sam

please, please, please stop writing you "gave voice" to xyz marginalized group. No you didn't, and you didn't "make space" either, you just started listening. that's what you did, sit down. be humble. listen better. listen quieter.

Elmiene & Tank singing Whitney Houston is my favorite thing today.

something to discuss on the show, i imagine @spaikin @jm_mcgrath

some days it just hits. today is one of those some days. missing my ppl that aren't here anymore. miss kicking it w/ them about nothing at all, the not so memorable days of just spending time doing nothing that's the only freedom we knew, in company of those that reciprocate care

LOL @ every org putting their Black History Month event on the last day of February. Sat gonna be a busy one!

Land. Sea. Sugar. Salt.: Terrestrial and Aquatic Contemplations of the Caribbean is curated by Michelle Jacques, Head of Exhibitions & Collections/Chief Curator, and Sally Frater, Senior Curator/Curatorial Manager of Remai Modern. artmuseum.utoronto.ca/exhibition/lan…

The African American, African, and Black Diaspora Studies e-book collection for libraries includes 636 titles that span the humanities and social sciences, covering history, religion, literature, art, anthropology, and more. Browse the collection: buff.ly/w8N90XK

This Friday in Toronto. Jamaica Household Workers’ Union is asking for your solidarity. Domestic workers in western 🇯🇲 were hit hard by Hurricane Melissa. Homes damaged, income lost. Purchase tickets via @jcaontario (scan QR👇). Proceeds go to JHWU’s hurricane recovery fund.

teaching walcott's "Caribbean Pop Culture in Canada; Or, the Impossibility of Belonging to the Nation" mark campbell's "Other/ed Kinds of Blackness: An Afrodiasporic Versioning of Black Canada." today is going to be a good day💙🖤 that means playing deborah cox, k'naan & shad🎵🎵

“the function of freedom is to free someone else.” -toni morrison

need help w/ reccos, any spas in TO or GTA that specializes on working on Black people & their specific skin considerations? want to gift a spa care package (facial, massage etc.) for a dear friend, but don't want to send them anywhere. anyone had good experiences somewhere?

The John Hope Franklin Research Center at @DukeU is pleased to share that the archive of philosopher, scholar, and author Sylvia Wynter will be opened to the public beginning March 3 blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/202…

"It's like the sun's coming through..." Today is D'Angelo's b-day. 🕊️ Let's celebrate by watching these two dudes simultaneously nerd out over and get lost in the last couple of minutes of "How Does It Feel." This is what good music does.

The response to Toronto police corruption shouldn't be a $90 million dollar raise Tell the mayor and city council to boost city services like recreation, long term care and shelters, not policing visit anothertoronto.ca to take action right now

Musicians- music streaming isn't the problem with getting paid. Capitalism is. Believe me- muthafuckas were broke in the 90s and before too.

beautiful and terrifying at the same damn time

I think there’s been a misunderstanding, when I said I wanted feedback on my writing, I meant I wanted you to tell me how great it is

The year isn’t done yet and neither are we! 🎉 December at Nia Centre is stacked: our annual holiday celebration, the final Niaflix screening of 2025, special opportunities to engage with our Winter Artist in Residence, and more Tickets: linktr.ee/niacentre

Many rivers to cross But I can't seem to find my way over Wandering I am lost As I travel along the white cliffs of Dover Many rivers to cross And it's only my will that keeps me alive I've been licked, washed up for years And I merely survive because of my pride

Jimmy Cliff’s music carried hope, resistance, and joy across generations. From « The Harder They Come » to « Many Rivers to Cross », he changed music, not only reggae forever. His songs will keep guiding us for many rivers to come. 🕊️💚💛❤️ Tracy and Jimmy never recorded a duet together, but they shared the stage for the final song, « One Love », at the “Bob Marley All-Star Tribute” in Jamaica in 1999. Photo KMazur / WireImage file

mad with him, mad at him, mad at the world, mad that's it's what we have to deal with