Poking my brain with a stick till it moves

Dyke March London 2026

Please have a moment of silence for the people who were killed instead of freed when news of emancipation finally reached the furthest corners of the american south.

have another moment for the ledgers, catalogs, and records that were burned and the homes that were destroyed to hide the presence of very much alive and still enslaved people on dozens of plantations and homesteads across the south for decades after emancipation.

and have a third moment for those who were hunted and killed while fleeing the south to find safety across the border, overseas, in the north and to the west.

black people. light a candle, write a note to those who have passed telling them what you have achieved in spite of the racist and intolerant conditions of this world, feel the warmth of the flame under your hand, say a prayer of rememberance if you are religious, place the note under the candle, and then blow it out.

if you have children, sit them down and tell them anything you know about the life of oldest black person you've ever met. it doesn't have to be your own family. tell them what you know about what life was like for us in the days, years, decades after emancipation. if you don't know much, look it up and learn about it together.

This is Juneteenth.

Here is an entire youtube playlist by Mannof1000Thoughts with a ton of indie animation videos AND a livestream he did where he watched some with the creators!!!

For games, there are TONS of lists out there like these:

go see I Love Boosters in theaters.

"I'm tired of CGI and AI"

go see I Love Boosters in theaters.

"everything is so sanitized and puritanical these days"

go see I Love Boosters in theaters.

"why is the color grading so bad in films?"

go see I Love Boosters in theaters.

"I miss when movies were weird and fun and had real heart"

go see I Love Boosters in theaters.

"I just feel hopeless about the world and my place in it"

hi hi hey ho hi hi hey hi hey ho

They released an album too! I don't think this song is on it but the rest of their stuff is SO GOOD !!