Building Digital Ecosystems at Google. https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke He/him.https://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.comhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3muhacfrnmc2qThe thing I love most about the obsession with the Spartans, is that the Spartans weren't even good at war. They weren't. 🤷🏿‍♂️ They were obsessed with *battle*. But battle is not war. When you look at their war track record? They lost as much as they won against the poets, farmers and wine drinkers.🤡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhacfrnmc2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3muggdcit4c2qCool! US tough American men are finding pictures of Canadian military women (high school girls) to laugh at? I wanna play! Here's one! Let's all laugh at her! 🤔Wait... why is no one laughing? She was a tank commander in Ukraine, then a drone pilot. She's not even Ukrainian! She volunteered! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3muggdcit4c2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mugap3ehb22q"Can't blame her I would do the same. All I could give her was my debt And my last name. Ain’t no love in the hood only hearts torn. Love letters to the innocent and unborn. Was it meant to be? was I wrong? But I’ll never get to know. So I carry on." -Tupac "Words to my first born (OG version)" [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugap3ehb22qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mug4te2o5s2qThe man is relentless! He's not playing fair! He's like "🤔Damn. They didn't like my BQE plan, huh? Whatever! The best way out, is forwards! Hit 'em with another 'lil infrastructure win! Quality of life! And another! Bike Twitter is with us! And another! Faster buses! And another!" That's cheating! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mug4te2o5s2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3muflwbmnrs2qI said what I said... They will bankrupt colleges and college towns. They will bankrupt airlines and other small businesses. They know. They don't care. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3muflwbmnrs2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3muewtkhk4s2q100 arrests without a conviction? I told y'all two things were true: 1) No immigrant has been stopped by ICE more times than I've been stopped by cops for driving/existing while Black. 2) I'm not even in the top 10% of innocent Black men frequently stopped by cops. My experience is not unique.🤷🏿‍♂️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3muewtkhk4s2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mudwhpuews2qThey wrote down that they're more afraid of people like Vinod Khosla than undocumented people. It has never been about illegal immigration. It has always been about what they see as a "clash of civilizations."🤡 And to them, clash doesn't mean "US vs Asia." It means "White people vs Asian people." [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudwhpuews2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mudmcfeick2q👴🏻"Let's build doomsday bunkers, but then convince the special forces trained operators that guard us, not to turn on us once the S hits the fan! Yeah, that'll totally work!"🤡 But to answer Josh: You can't fit 8 billion in a bunker. The biosphere big enough to support all people, is called "Earth." [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudmcfeick2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mucsxt3dmk2rBut rewarded *by who*? I'll say that the MAGA crowd likes that nonsense. But everyone else doesn't. I like to point everyone to the caricature of Colby Covington. He started as what a conservative guy would have respected in the 90s, and ended up as what a MAGA guy would respect in 2026. 🙂🙃 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucsxt3dmk2rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3muclg5fep223Yes, but I don't think it's been "erased as a cultural value," as much as "Trump and his fans don't like it."🤷🏿‍♂️ Real humility is still very much a cultural value for everyone except Trump and his wannabes. I'm talking about real humility, not the fake humility sometimes demanded of Black people. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3muclg5fep223https://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mublicxobc23Natasha Cloud has been the coolest for a long time. How can you not love her? https://m.youtube.com/shorts/R_9kPh0Y2_830 Aug 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mublicxobc23https://blacksky.community/profile/mekka.mekka-tech.com/post/3mubkp2bshs23Nah. She'll be fine. Relax. 1. Mamdani, Brandon Jacobs, Brandon Johnson, Michelle Wu, etc, all sailed through their first 100 days. 2. It doesn't matter very much if some randos call her a fascist. It matters very much if she is one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:6vwhi5d44wq5ttdhu5rrfbx3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubkp2bshs23