Blackout Day 2020 News, Photos, Videos and Tweets

'We've lost a special soul': World snowboarding champ drowns in freak shallow water blackout while spearfishing in Australia

Athletes and fans have expressed their shock and heartache after hugely popular two-time snowboarding world champion and Olympian Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin, who was just 32, died in the water off the Gold Coast of his native Australia. Read Full Article at RT.com

blackout day 2020 - RT
3:31am PDT - July 8th, 2020

Blackout Day draws attention to Black spending power

Black Americans are urged not to buy anything for one day to help highlight how much their dollars mean to the U.S.

blackout day 2020 - CBS News
1:33pm PDT - July 7th, 2020

What is #BlackoutDay2020? Here's what you need to know.

The Blackout Day on July 7 isn't the same as the movement that caused Instagram to be covered in black squares last month. This latest Blackout Day isn't about social media at all. Rather, it's about the power of money and how we choose to spend it. With the …

blackout day 2020 - Mashable
8:46am PDT - July 7th, 2020

Blackout Day 2020: Economic protest encourages supporting Black-owned businesses

Blackout Day comes amid calls for social justice and racial equality.

blackout day 2020 - USA Today
7:09am PDT - July 7th, 2020

Blackout Day economic protest encourages shoppers to buy only from Black-owned businesses Tuesday, boycott others

July 7 is Blackout Day, a "day of solidarity in America where not one Black person in America spends a dollar" outside of Black-owned businesses.

blackout day 2020 - USA Today
1:08pm PDT - July 6th, 2020

Make a vaccine? I'm trying to teach my kids the alphabet - Reuters

It's tough to do any useful work when you're stuck at home, struggling to home-school bickering kids, let alone when you're trying to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.

blackout day 2020 - Reuters
11:11pm PDT - July 5th, 2020

Into the fog: How Britain lost track of the coronavirus - Reuters UK

To tackle the coronavirus in Britain, doctors and health specialists needed to find it. But with few tests, little contact tracing and a government culture of secrecy, they lost sight of the enemy.

blackout day 2020 - Reuters
2:00am PDT - June 29th, 2020

Streamers call for one-day Twitch boycott amid harassment allegations

#TwitchBlackout demands action to back up statements from Twitch executives.

blackout day 2020 - Ars Technica
9:08am PDT - June 23rd, 2020

'Ring of Fire' eclipse darkens sky across Africa, Asia

Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed a dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse yesterday.

blackout day 2020 - RTE
2:22am PDT - June 22nd, 2020

‘Literally putting a band-aid on racism’: Iconic bandage company goes woke in latest corporate pander-fest

Band-Aid has released a line of bandages in five different skin tones, pledging to donate to Black Lives Matter to combat systemic racism. Unfortunately for its woke aspirations, the joke is right there in the brand name. Read Full Article at RT.com

blackout day 2020 - RT
3:40pm PDT - June 11th, 2020

A Week Later, I’m Worried We Missed the Point of #BlackoutTuesday

#BlackoutTuesday was never meant to be a Black Lives Matter slactivist stunt. A week later, it's clear we missed the entire point. A Week Later, I’m Worried We Missed the Point of #BlackoutTuesday by CCN.com

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9:03am PDT - June 9th, 2020

‘Where does this end?’ NYT oped suggests cutting off family & friends unless they protest or give money to anti-racism orgs

A New York Times opinion piece suggests the only true way to alleviate white guilt is to cut off family and friends unless they support anti-racism causes, either through protest or financial contributions. Read Full Article at RT.com

blackout day 2020 - RT
2:23pm PDT - June 6th, 2020

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

MamJ (@ziyarara)
9:56pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Hennie v/d Heever (@havdh4024)
2:02pm PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

WILLIAM THE BLACK (@wc_hyman)
11:43am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Roshnee (@RoshneeNarrande)
10:39am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Colin Dovey (@ColinDovey)
9:50am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Nico Kock (@KockDino)
9:30am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Jim Ramage (@ramage_jim)
6:20am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Veron (@VernAtal)
6:04am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Leona Kleynhans (@leona_kleynhans)
5:27am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

John Antoni (@JohnArthurGalt)
5:11am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Mthezza Mazwai ka Mconi:Rhamangodiza (@MTHETHELELISAMU)
4:30am PDT - July 24th, 2023

RT @ChrisHatt11: "...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day mil…

Facts may be Facts but is it the truth? (@SouthAfricansP1)
4:24am PDT - July 24th, 2023

"...he 21st of July marked the country's 1,176th hour of blackouts – equivalent to 49 days, cumulatively. This 49-day milestone is the same as the total blackout hours in 2022 (34 days), 2021 (7 days), 2020 (5 days) and 2019 (3 days)." https://t.co/ROILrBCf7M

Chris Hattingh (@ChrisHatt11)
1:20am PDT - July 24th, 2023

#OTD in 2020, #Blackout #Tuesday occurred. If you participated on that day, great. But what have you done to advance the economic ecology of African Americans since that time: Has it been #PerformativePilgrim or have you moved all of us higher on #MountEquality?

David A. Scott (@AuldViking)
3:31am PDT - June 2nd, 2023

just realized that on this day in 2020 i was getting like blackout drunk celebrating the fact we got put in quarantine which meant i didn’t have to go to work

camilla (@whiskeyjnk)
10:30am PDT - March 13th, 2023
Showing up in the @lids feed with an @SFGiants Blackout @NewEraCap 59Fifty on this day in 2020. https://t.co/HlNbFZT9MV

Showing up in the @lids feed with an @SFGiants Blackout @NewEraCap 59Fifty on this day in 2020. https://t.co/HlNbFZT9MV

Matt Fraser (@mattfraser_9)
12:30pm PST - March 8th, 2023

RT @WorldPressPhoto: Photo of the Day | Illuminated by mobile phones, a young man recites protest poetry while demonstrators chant slogans…

LIT LIV (@xoLITLIV)
6:52pm PST - March 6th, 2023

RT @WorldPressPhoto: Photo of the Day | Illuminated by mobile phones, a young man recites protest poetry while demonstrators chant slogans…

The Story (@WATSEMBAMIRIAM)
6:42pm PST - March 6th, 2023

RT @WorldPressPhoto: Photo of the Day | Illuminated by mobile phones, a young man recites protest poetry while demonstrators chant slogans…

Roger Velazquez (@rvelazquezphoto)
6:32pm PST - March 1st, 2023