taocowboy

people ask me all the time, what is the tao, taocowboy??? so i tell them all the time, when someone writes something very stupid on twitter, and you ignore it, that's the tao...

Hair discrimination has never just been about hair. It’s about being told our natural selves aren’t acceptable. New York now requires training on kinky, coily, and curly hair as part of their version of the CROWN Act, joining dozens of other states. We deserve dignity and respect everywhere we go! blackenterprise.com/new-york-cosme…

Useful Victorian phrases for saying no to things. #TuesdayMotivation

@SchwanderMurphy @soigomaa @Schubskreis it wasn't quite ready i love the work she's done en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Sun…

@soigomaa Her revolutionary Dover Sun House was demolished in 2010! Barbarians! @Schubskreis

In 1942, Maria Telkes built a device that turned seawater into drinking water using only sunlight. It was ready to save soldiers dying of thirst in the Pacific. But a man at MIT kept delaying the contracts until the war was over and thousands of soldiers had died who could've been saved. When it finally shipped, it saved downed airmen and torpedoed sailors. She then built the first ever solar-heated homes in history. But MIT fired her. She died at 94 with 20 patents and 100+ published papers to her name and yet most people don't even know she existed.....

No matter your position on abortion, be informed and know the facts

🇲🇽🚨 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum just made it clear: Mexico has every right to send fuel to Cuba, whether for humanitarian or commercial reasons. No apology. No hesitation. No asking permission. Washington has spent six decades telling the world who can trade with Cuba and who cannot. Mexico is saying that era is over. Sovereign nations make their own trade policy. They do not wait for a blockade to be lifted. They act. First Mexico restarts oil shipments. Now the President is putting the empire on notice. Cuba is not alone. Latin America is waking up. And the days of Washington dictating who gets fuel and who gets starved are coming to an end.

Absolute bombshell. Pope Leo directly rebukes Pete Hegseth for trying to frame the Iran war as a Christian holy crusade. The Pope declares God will not listen to their prayers because their hands are full of blood. A devastating moral condemnation of the Pentagon.

The MAGA cult member though he had a gotcha question and got his ass handed to him.

🎸 Tuareg Blues, often referred to as Desert Blues, is a hypnotic and deeply evocative genre of music that originates from the Imazighen people of the Sahara Desert, spanning Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Burkina Faso and many other countries. Rooted in centuries-old Imazighen traditions, it merges the haunting melodies of North African Imazighen music with the raw energy of American blues and rock. The Imazighen, have long used music as a means of storytelling, resistance, and cultural preservation. Traditional Imazighen music was played on instruments like the teherdent (a type of lute) and the imzad (a one-stringed violin, traditionally played by women). However, in the late 20th century, as Imazighen communities faced displacement, political struggles, and exile, many young musicians turned to the electric guitar, inspired by the revolutionary sounds of Western blues, rock, and reggae. This fusion created a distinct style-characterized by pentatonic scales, hypnotic rhythms, call-and-response vocals, and the steady, trance-like repetition reminiscent of both Saharan folk chants and Mississippi Delta blues. The influence of artists like Ali Farka Touré, whose Malian blues style bridged African and American blues traditions, also helped shape the genre. The music features driving guitar rhythms, often with reverb-heavy electric guitars that produce a shimmering, almost psychedelic effect. Call-and-response vocals reflect lmazighen oral traditions and communal storytelling. The lyrics are poetic and political, speaking of exile, freedom, rebellion, and the vast beauty of the desert. The hypnotic, repetitive structure of the music creates a trance-like atmosphere, deeply connected to the rhythms of nomadic life and the endless expanse of the Sahara. by Houssaine Ousbouh

The only way to respond to GOP scapegoating…

The same stain on society who would call ICE on their students. 😑

Well said. 👏👏👏

Let’s Go 🔥

Filming the last episode of SVU Season27 as we speak… Then I’m back on the road with my Lil Tour Partner @BabyChanelworld ❤️ ICE T and BodyCount shows this summer!

Happy 62nd birthday to Tracy Chapman! In 1988, Tracy Chapman had already performed earlier in the day for Nelson Mandela’s 70th. Stevie Wonder was about to go on when technical difficulties forced him to pull out..so Tracy performed again, to a way bigger audience. Within two weeks of this performance her album went from 250K to 2 million sold.

In March of 2023, a self styled “Goon Squad” of Rankin County officers kicked in the door of a Braxton, Mississippi home and tortured Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker for nearly an hour and a half. They beat and tased them, used racial slurs, sexually assaulted them and shot Michael in the mouth. This was not a rogue unit acting in a vacuum. For years, families in Rankin County and across Mississippi have reported raids, beatings and humiliation at the hands of law enforcement with little to no accountability. The “Goon Squad” case simply forced the country to look at what Black residents have been saying all along. This post is not about shock value. It is a reminder that this level of violence is still possible whenever police operate without real oversight, transparency or consequences. If this could happen to Michael and Eddie just a little over three years ago, it can happen again. We need to stay informed and amplify their stories, and always demand structural change. Not just prison time for a few officers, but a policing system that will no longer do this to our kids and our community. 🎥: @ABC

Excellent rebuttal.

Samuel L. Gravely Jr. broke barriers at every level—first Black commander of a U.S. Navy warship, first fleet commander, and first to rise to vice admiral.

In 1848, Biddy Mason was forced to walk 1,700 miles from Mississippi to Utah, then taken on a second march to California. After learning slavery was illegal there, she sued her enslaver, won her freedom in court, and bought land that ultimately made her one of the richest women in Los Angeles.

.@JamesTalarico: The kind of religion that says you can treat people however you want as long as you have a personal relationship with Jesus is an abomination. Scripture says you can't love God and hate other people. You can't love God and abuse the immigrant. You can't love God and bully the outcast. You can't love God and oppress the poor. We spend so much time looking for God out there, that we miss God in the person sitting right next to us.