Ways to improve my community has been on my mind a very long time. I deeply believe that people should help build the place they came from, but as a Black person it's complicated, because a lot of us either move away becomes our hometowns are not desirable to move back to, so improving it …read more.

An old pic I found on my PC from 2017 on my way to the library. A shoeshiner buffing shoes outside the New York Public Library. There’s still a lot of dwindling traditional trade skills swirling around New York City.

I think unlike most people, my life wasn't changed by the pandemic, in-fact, I was living my best life. I'm an introvert, and at the time of the pandemic, I was living alone in my Brooklyn apartment. I didn't even have my cats yet. I was already working from home, so the lockdown was just …read more.

Something most people don't understand is doublespeak. It's when a person says one thing, but really means something else which is usually something sinister. So, they make what they say sound acceptable enough so that people don't clutch their pearls. Doublespeak is practiced a lot by white people in America when used in racist context, …read more.

How has technology changed your job? #Technology has changed my job because it made me lose it. I was tier 3 technical support at a software development company and my employer switched to #AI to get rid of most of us. Although, it's not really AI, but only automated messages from a brainless bot that …read more.

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Not saying "No" is the number one killer of every American. I am the queen of, "No" and it makes people mad. Saying "No" means you have control over your life and which way you want it to go. It cuts …read more.

I don’t think people realize how geographically tiny Manhattan actually is. I took this pic of the entire length of it from NJ while on my lunch break at my old job. Using buildings as markers, World Trade Tower One (far right) is downtown, Empire State Building (middle) is midtown, and all those little needles …read more.

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Are you superstitious? I don't consider myself superstitious, however, I still do some superstitious stuff besides the usual black cat crossings, throwing salt over my shoulder, not breaking mirrors, and opening umbrellas inside a building: 💀 Burning My Hair: As a kid, my Mom would do my hair and then pile it into an ashtray …read more.

Studying for my C++ quiz tomorrow. Used Perplexity AI to generate some practice tests. The fact that a toaster decided that I needed positive reinforcement is creepy