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November 24, 2024 at 4:28 AM
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"I'm not going to be a Picasso and give it all away."

— Miles Davis
📚 Miles: The Autobiography

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August 22, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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"If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else."

— Toni Morrison
📚 Barnard College commencement address, 2011

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August 11, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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To those observing, this is a special and important time in Kemetic understanding of the seasons!

For the Southern Hemisphere, The Rebirth of the Sun approaches!

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zisoregondo.blacksky.app Ziso Het-Heru Regondo @zisoregondo.blacksky.app · Nov 19
For those observant or curious about the Southern Hemisphere-aligned observances of Kemetic Spirituality, (not a religion)

Adjust accordingly if your roots are Afrikan, but from the Northern hemispheric portion of the Great Continent.

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23 SEPTEMBER African New Year's Day Beginning of a new cycle on the Southern Hemisphere. Day of Renewal. The day marks the Return of the nurturing energy of the Sun. 23 DECEMBER African Royalty Day Exaltation Day. The day when the Sun is closest to Earth. Royalty is spiritually renewed. We celebrate being Afrikan and our tried and tested form of governance Ubukhosi/Afrikan Royalty. 21 MARCH Lamentation Day Nomkhubulwane/Auset laments the departure of her husband. The Sun officially departs from the Southern Hemisphere, the beginning of the winter season. 21 JUNE Rebirth of the Sun Day of Hope. The Sun begins its journey towards the Southern Hemisphere. Southerners are hopeful of the return of the Sun.
June 20, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."

— Audre Lorde
📚 The Uses of Anger, 1981

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September 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."

— Alice Walker
📚 Anything We Love Can Be Saved, 1997

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September 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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"Periodt."

— Black LGBTQ+ community / AAVE
📚 Black Queer vernacular / Twitter / TikTok

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September 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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"It's giving what it's supposed to give."

— Black LGBTQ+ community / AAVE
📚 Drag culture / Black Queer vernacular

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September 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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"No cap."

— Black Twitter / AAVE origin
📚 African American Vernacular English / Black Twitter

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September 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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"Only God can judge me."

— Tupac Shakur
📚 "Only God Can Judge Me"

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September 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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"Real eyes realize real lies."

— Tupac Shakur
📚 widely attributed to Tupac

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September 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

— Toni Morrison (quoting Shakespeare in her own context)
📚 Beloved

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September 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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"I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."

— Audre Lorde
📚 Coal

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September 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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"If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anything else."

— Nikki Giovanni
📚 Black Feeling, Black Talk

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September 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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"I'm not bossy. I'm the boss."

— Beyoncé
📚 "Flawless" / Ban Bossy campaign

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September 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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"I do not need you to remind me of my poverty. I know it all too well."

— Lorraine Hansberry
📚 A Raisin in the Sun

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September 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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"I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man."

— Jay-Z
📚 "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" remix (Kanye West feat. Jay-Z)

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September 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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"Ain't nobody got time for that!"

— Sweet Brown
📚 KFOR-TV news interview after apartment fire

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September 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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"Hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your husband cause they rapin' everybody out here."

— Antoine Dodson
📚 WAFF-48 News interview / "Bed Intruder Song"

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September 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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"I know why the caged bird sings."

— Maya Angelou
📚 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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September 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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"Your silence will not protect you."

— Audre Lorde
📚 "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"

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August 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time."

— James Baldwin
📚 Interview on WGBH

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August 30, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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"Still I rise."

— Maya Angelou
📚 "Still I Rise"

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August 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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"Even the night must end, and the sun will rise."

— Maya Angelou
📚 On the Pulse of Morning

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August 27, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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"I am my ancestors' wildest dreams."

— Black Twitter proverb
📚 Black Twitter / collective wisdom

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August 26, 2026 at 1:03 PM