Shamira A. Meghani

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academic: anti- & post-colonial, diaspora, queer, feminist, ecologies/climate, literature and film. 
vegan (est 2001), nonbinary (they/them). often angry, but ever hopeful — especially from the seat of my trike!


https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8495-2487

Let's talk about the Black Panther Party’s "Free Breakfast for School Children" program & how it changed America.

Started Sept 1968 in Oakland, CA at St. Augustine's Church, the aim of the program was to address the challenge of poor children in Black communities going to school hungry.

If you have notes in Evernote it might be a good time to make sure they are safely backed up! Evernote looks to have fired almost all its employees.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36609641
Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off | Hacker News

Threads, Twitter, and Bluesky: Our billionaire is better than your billionaire.

Mastodon: You actually don't need a billionaire at all.

Threads, Twitter, and Bluesky: Hold on, we have to ask our billionaire if that's true.

Fun fact: the MP3 file format is as old today as 8-track tapes were when MP3 was invented
We're hiring 24 professors in the humanities, including Humane Artificial Intelligence (Data and platforms for social, cultural, and economic innovation) and Communication, information and social inequalities in a digital world #Job #digitalhumanities #nlp #nlproc https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/job-opportunities/?details=00347-02S0009TKP
Vacatures bij de RUG

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Penultimate gig at The Holbeck for Slung Low before we leave for a new home on Monday.
The amazing @[email protected] were rehearsing for tonight’s show when I sneaked this pic.
Amazing musicianship in the event room at the oldest working men’s club. As it always has been.

Oh shit this has just ruined me

RT @[email protected]

Extraordinarily moving, and well worth three minutes of your time.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1599457606015209472

I Am Incorrigible on Twitter

“Extraordinarily moving, and well worth three minutes of your time. #TransRightsAreHumanRights https://t.co/CpP5D7fcO9”

Twitter
I fell in love with this painting by local artist #lanisehoward at the Art Share LA show. #blackfriday #artsharela #blackjoy #blackmastadon
Little Red Corvette

Prince · 1999 · Song · 1982

Spotify
Here’s my offering for #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon I feel like sharing some James Baldwin who died December 1st 1987. Here he is with Toni Morrison in a fabulous hat and here he is laughing with Nina Simone and here he is just being excellently James all his life Xx #JamesBaldwin #NinaSimone #ToniMorrison #booksadon #booktoot #blackjoy