Went downtown after the announcement that Biden won the election and this is what I captured that day

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A hip-hop odyssey using footage spanning a decade. Welcome to the stormy inner world of one Congolese-American coming of age in the US.

Starring Nathan Nzanga
Directed by Caleb Slain
Created in community at Prodigy Camp

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Racism rooted in slavery has not gone away in Brazil — and it took time until its existence was even acknowledged.

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Brazil imported more African slaves than any other country in the world: over 4 million people. Despite the ancestry forming a big part of the population, the development of a national Black identity was hindered after the country’s abolition of slavery in 1888.

Brazil didn’t have an apartheid system like South Africa’s or Jim Crow laws like the United States, and its mixed population was seen as a symbol of harmony between races. The idea of Brazil being a “racial democracy” affected how Brazilians saw the role of race in their own lives — until the myth was debunked.

“Several people were raised with certain privileges for being a light-skinned person, but still suffering some discrimination and not understanding exactly why is that so,” explains lawyer and diversity studies professor Thiago Amparo. “Only by understanding the history of Brazil, the [social] construction of whiteness and their own Black ancestry, they start to self-identify as Black.”
The rise in the number of Brazilians who self-identify as Black came as a result of the Black movement’s fight to denounce racism in the country and to promote positive references of Blackness. Many achievements have been made over the past decades, such as the implementation of affirmative action practices. However, challenges remain. Seventy-five percent of people killed by police in Brazil in 2019 were Black, and socio-economic characteristics of this population widely differ from those of white people.

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Hi , thank you for all the support . I will be putting this song out soon .

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At cashapp $nikkialiah
Venmo : Aliah -Sheffield

As an independent artist every little bit helps 🙏🏽

I wrote this song after watching a tik tok video posted the link to the video below
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Earth is ghetto I wanna leave
can you beam me up
Im outside on the street
by the corner store , you know the one on 15 th
got a bright shirt on so I’m easy to see
I been down here stranded
Indefinitely
I can’t reach my planet
but I need to leave
you should see these people
It’s hard to believe
how they treat
Each-other
It’s hard to conceive

earth is ghetto
I wanna leave

They have the hungry starving
nothing to eat
The homeless living
out on the street
And the sick are dying
Crooked police
Politicians lying
Criminals on the street
I got five on fuel if you need it from me
I’ll sit in the back if we riding too deep
Better lock the doors, these people lie steal and cheat
Roll the windows up, so we can head out in peace

Earth is ghetto
I wanna leave

I been down here stranded
Indefinitely
I can’t reach my planet
but I need to leave
you should see these people
It’s hard to believe
how they treat
Each-other
It’s hard to conceive

earth is ghetto
I wanna leave

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A chrome ball is a key visual effects tool.

How do visual effects artists match their digital creations to real light? Sometimes, it involves using a very shiny ball.

Leo Bovell of Tryptyc has worked on a range of visual effects projects, but one of his most memorable experiences might be shooting in the Lincoln Memorial for an episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” His task? Replace the real Lincoln with a completely digital — and destroyed — version. To do it, he used an industry-standard HDRI map of the light in the scene.

HDRIs — high dynamic range images — mesh together different pictures to create a complete depiction of the light in a real scene. After that, it’s a matter of teaching a computer to cast that light onto digital objects. This technique is used for everything from creating entire scenes to providing key references for artists.

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Further Reading:
Paul Debevec is a visual effects pioneer for a wide range of projects, including creating the first digital portrait of the president of the United States. His work in HDRIs was equally groundbreaking, and he catalogs it and other work on his personal website.
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Large libraries of these digital scenes make it possible to simulate a wide range of environments. HDRI Haven provides more than a few worlds to explore.
https://hdrihaven.com/

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ending soundtrack to underworld evolution repeated

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Perhaps the most beautiful and relaxing piece of music I’ve ever heard, extended to 15 minutes. Although there are many copies of this song on youtube, I didn’t see any that included the piano intro after the beginning.

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Drippy Heels (Nashville, TN) !

Music Produced by : Mike Beasley

Drummer: Keenan Renfroe (@keeoflife) // Bass Guitar : Mike Beasley (@mikebeasley_)

Video: Sayyo Productions

Thanks for watching!!!

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Nancy Pelosi has accused Donald Trump of associating himself with sedition and treason in a strong statement calling for the removal of the president through impeachment after a failed call for enactment of the 25th amendment.

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The final vote on Tuesday night was 223 to 205, with only one Republican backing the non-binding resolution that asked Mike Pence, the vice-president, to declare Trump ‘incapable’ under the 25th amendment

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protesters in philadelphia made up a chant that said “take it to the streets defund the police no justice no peace!” however when a video was posted to tik tok many people thought they heard “take it to the streets say fuck the police now bounce that ass no peace!!” so i took that idea and ran with it!! I am in no way making any money by uploading this free remix to youtube (my channel got demonetized months ago) but if I did all proceeds would have gone to the black lives matter movement!! so with that being said please bounce your ass to this link here and donate if you can 🖤✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 https://ift.tt/36PWUqt

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