THE Audra McDonald. Period, full stop.
Excellent piece by Charlotte Alter for TIME Magazine.

Audra McDonald Is Our Greatest Living Broadway Actor | TIME
Audra McDonald on playing Mama Rose in Gypsy, the highs and lows of her career, and her record Tony nominations and wins
https://time.com/7285826/audra-mcdonald-broadway-tony-gypsy-interview/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-the-brief&_bhlid=9bdf27b81cefca5000340a540c539f1c945bae51- My doctoral committee chair Dr. Smith!

America's Obsession with Black Violence is Misplaced
History Reveals How Violence Has Been Used by White People with Little Accountability
https://open.substack.com/pub/susanksmith/p/americas-obsession-with-black-violence?r=28h7dt&utm_medium=iosThis 🐩 (Trump and his 🐀 Vance) are going to have us at war by year end. For this 🍆 measuring contest with Zelenskyy (who is bigger) and other ILLEGAL, WAR CRIMINAL, behavior.
Get me tf out of here.
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Google is actually going to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to gulf of America on maps, a duck farm had to euthanize their entire 100k flock due to bird flu, the CDC was ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, USAID staff are being targeted AFTER all international aid was pulled EXCEPT for Israel and Egypt, and DeepSeek essentially told us our current U.S. based AI models ain’t bout sh**.
Am I getting that all right? You know, for the last 48 hours or so of news?!
Ok…
My mortgage co is starting to act like an apt co calling me on day 5 of the month. 🤬 I got a house so I can get to the 15th! RELAX!!
SPIT THIS FIRE SIR #KendrickLamar #GNX
Coming to a sermon near you 😩
This just blessed my whole Friday. From what I’ve listened to so far this whole GNX album is it 🔥🔥

BLK ALERTS - ‘I Pray This Nightmare Will Be Over’: Black Teen Faces 20 Years In Jail For Sex During Dubai Vacation
Source: Detained In Dubai / Detained in Dubai An 18-year-old Black man from Britain could spend 20 years in a Dubai prison for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old British girl while on a family vacation in the emirate. According to BBC, Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, north London, was on v..
https://blkalerts.com/2024/11/21/i-pray-this-nightmare-will-be-over-black-teen-faces-20-years-in-jail-for-sex-during-dubai-vacation/#RnB
I don’t think any of us should get over it.
My composition has changed a bit. Unlearning. Relearning. Detaching myself from a poor cable news and mainstream media diet. Selective reading. Selective listening.
I don’t think it’s wise to take in hours of unhinged, misguided, corporate opinion all day, every day...
I’m on a quest to stop the enablement of willful ignorance.
But this whole album still hits front to back!!
#RnB
Adulthood is the worst hood I’ve ever had to live in 😒
Here’s an example of why
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Me: 🥹🥹😩😩
To all the therapists, we appreciate y’all 😩
Yes, I’m aware that’s not normal to hear things like that.
Yes, I’m aware it’s called misophonia.
No, you don’t get used to it