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@eleven8 When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

Im hitting up every last one on my next run thru Brooklyn 🥰

A moment for the Final Four teams 👏 ( 📸 davidsuhphoto/IG)

@thandoau Dear God, I see what you’ve done for others

i accepted an invite to hang out from the sweetest girl on instagram and at the hangout, i met a few other lovely ladies. we’ve hung out every second day since and now we are rotating dinners at each other’s homes. that’s been a dream of mine so obviously i’m over the moon 🥹😭

I am a black woman tall as a cypress strong beyond all definition still defying place and time and circumstance assailed impervious indestructible Look on me and be renewed - Mari Evans, I Am A Black Woman, 1970

@XinoYaps I’ve started with the Messer videos and will most definitely invest in getting certified

@Tbest255 Learn the material. Spend your money on one of the other certifications on the list. CCNA will get you the most ROI.

Data center tech certs on a real budget? 🔥 Here’s the updated breakdown with free YouTube + budget Udemy options: 1️⃣ CompTIA A+ — Two Exams (Core 1 + Core 2) — Total: $530 Free (YouTube) Professor Messer — 95 videos, ~26 hours, completely free online. The gold standard for free A+ prep. Paul Browning — 31+ hour full course on YouTube covering all major A+ topics. Budget (Udemy) Courses from Jason Dion or Mike Meyers run $15–$20 on sale (Udemy sales are nearly constant). Look for courses with practice exams bundled in. Total with free YouTube: ~$530 (exams only) Total with Udemy: ~$545–$550 💰 Savings vs. traditional study guides/bootcamps: $400–$500 2️⃣ CompTIA Server+ — Exam: $390 Free (YouTube) No single dedicated Server+ channel dominates like Professor Messer does for A+, but NetworkChuck covers CompTIA topics broadly and makes complex IT concepts very accessible. ITFreeTraining on YouTube also has server-related content. Budget (Udemy) Udemy has a Server+ practice exam course with 607 questions covering virtualization, storage, security, and troubleshooting — typically $15–$20 on sale. Total with free YouTube: ~$390 (exam only) Total with Udemy: ~$405–$410 💰 Savings vs. traditional study guides/bootcamps: ~$150–$200 3️⃣ Cisco CCNA — Exam: $300 🏆 Best Free Option of the Bunch Free (YouTube) Jeremy’s IT Lab offers a full CCNA 200-301 v1.1 course on YouTube, completely free, updated for the 2025 exam blueprint and praised for being beginner-friendly. It’s widely considered the best free CCNA resource on the internet. Budget (Udemy) Neil Anderson’s CCNA course on Udemy is highly rated and runs $15–$20 on sale. Jeremy’s IT Lab also sells his own practice exams on Udemy for around $15. Total with free YouTube: ~$300 (exam only) Total with Udemy add-ons: ~$315–$335 💰 Savings vs. bootcamp/paid courses: $600–$1,000+ 🏆 Schneider Electric DCCA — Exam: $250 Free — everything Study materials are free through Schneider’s Energy University platform, so there’s nothing to supplement here. Just study their free course and sit the $250 exam. 💰 Savings: Entire course content is free, compared to $400–$600 paid courses elsewhere Cost Summary (Budget Path) CompTIA A+ (2 exams): ~$545–$550 CompTIA Server+: ~$405–$410 Cisco CCNA: ~$315–$335 (Jeremy’s IT Lab ⭐) Schneider DCCA: $250 (fully free materials) YouTube + Udemy route saves you hundreds to over a thousand dollars compared to traditional study guides. For CCNA especially, Jeremy’s IT Lab is legitimately world-class content for free. Which cert are you starting with? 👇 #DataCenter #CompTIA #CCNA #ITCertification #DataCenterTech

Dear God, it’s me

This GitHub is literally a library of hundreds of FREE CyberSecurity courses with certifications. Save this.

50 THINGS TO DO INSTEAD OF WASTING ANOTHER YEAR (start them in April):

@SM_Rollins 😍😍😍😍💫💫💫

Pulling this out at the first home game of the season. 😈🔥😮‍💨

The first WNBA game I attended as a teenager was the @HouComets vs the NY Liberty and they are making a come back 🥹

@DeeLaSheeArt That’s exciting!! Looking forward to what you grow 🌱

My landlord just got the garden beds ready for me! I’m so excited!!!

The Ayo Edebiri x Chanel cover and editorial is the best thing PAPER has done in years. I am literally obsessed.

@flowwithkel @blacktwiterthrd Great doc! ‘Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space’ Directed by Tracy Heather Strain Narrated by Vanessa Williams pbs.org/wgbh/americane…

KILLED IT!!!!

There will be five Black head coaches in this year's #NCAAWBB Sweet 16 - Dawn Staley - Kara Lawson - Niele Ivey - Kenny Brooks - Amaka Agugua-Hamilton Another milestone in this historic era for Black coaches in the sport

@IssaKhari I’m hoping I’ll be able to catch your next spaces #soMuch2say

@Tbest255 Lol.

The United States 🇺🇸 voted “No” in 2026…SMFH (via NBC news) The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution on Wednesday acknowledging the trafficking of enslaved Africans as one of the most serious crimes against humanity. The resolution also emphasized the importance of reparations as a meaningful measure to address past injustices.

rise and grind!!!!!!

Crazy how this what I get paid to do 🤩! I love being a woman in Film🩷 Thanks to my crew as well for pulling my visions to life🫶🏽✨.

11. Stop waiting for the perfect moment. It doesn't exist. Start messy. Build the plane while you are flying it. You can always refine it later.