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Rational Black Thought Episode #133 April 22, 2023 - Life is tragic simply because…one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.…James Baldwin artwork

Rational Black Thought Episode #133 April 22, 2023 - Life is tragic simply because…one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.…James Baldwin

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Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The Pale Blue Dot and existential anxiety: https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dothttps://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-existentialism/#:~:text=Existentialism%20is%20the%20philosophical%20belief,governments%2C%20teachers%20or%20other%20authorities.https://philosophynow.org/issues/115/all_the_consequences_of_thisNews: Shot for ringing a doorbell while Black:https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/4/17/23686644/ralph-yarl-kansas-city-shootingFox blinked: https://www.reuters.com/legal/fox-resolves-dominion-case-bigger-election-defamation-lawsuit-looms-2023-04-19/I told you DeSantis was Trump’s little bitch:https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/04/20/trump-now-claims-endorsements-from-majority-of-gop-congress-members/?sh=7452145659c6MTG sticks foot in mouth, again:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop-homeland-security-b2322874.htmlThey always felt this way:https://thegrio.com/2023/04/20/oklahoma-commissioner-quits-recording-lynching-black-people/This shit is for us: Free your mind and your ass will follow: https://www.africanholocaust.net/mental-slavery/#:~:text=Mental%20slavery%20is%20a%20state,about%20self%20and%20the%20world.Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What happened to the Ark: https://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/PDFs/articles/noegel-ark-2015.pdfhttps://mythologyexplained.com/ark-of-the-covenant/Closing: A Guinness Record only we could win: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/louisiana-woman-s-5-foot-afro-is-world-s-largest-guinness-says-giving-her-title-for-3rd-time/ar-AA19XMP3?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3c9aa3a7e9c14075a6a84f1cad65e80a&ei=6Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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