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This entire thread is absolute gold, and I want to highlight that last part: "Ph.D.s are about depth... in ONE SINGLE TINY TOPIC."

This matters because the PhD, as indicated in every hooding ceremony, demonstrates that the degree holder has made an original contribution to THEIR FIELD OF STUDY.

also discrimination against a demographic is *never* about first verifying someone legally qualifies in it

Islamophobia targets tons of people who are not and have never been Muslim! transphobia affects vaguely masculine-looking cis women!

you don't need to define the demographic to bar the hate!

China warns Philippines over Taiwan remarks amid rising tensions Beijing warns Manila to stop ‘playing with fire’ after Marcos signals potential Taiwan conflict involvement.

Beijing warns Manila to stop ‘playing with fire’ after Marcos signals potential Taiwan conflict involvement.

I had no idea there was such a place. Nice to see a new way for photography to work its magic.

Artist documents lives of African diaspora as new faces in Korea's US camptowns - The Korea Times Che Onejoon's “Nelson and Emma from Nigeria and Their Children Born in Korea, Dongducheon” (2021) / Courtesy of the artist, Hakgojae Gallery'Current landscape of Dongducheon, Paju and Song...

Onejoon Che:

Korean neighborhoods like Dongducheon that housed U.S. service members and their families became mostly vacant in 2004 after base consolidations. These former base communities, full of affordable, vacant houses, began to attract African migrant workers, became known as “Africa Towns”

Also too: if your school complies with white supremacist demands, you are not getting a good education. You are instead being indoctrinated into a white supremacist conception of the world, which will fail you because it is based on lies and bigotry.

When universities comply with white supremacist demands, do they or do they not become white supremacist institutions?

Hello from Portland, OR!

We're here for the @ofnhp.bsky.social rally because you can't spell laboratory without LABOR 💪✊

a poster that reads CHINGA LA MIGRA above a drawing of several alligators crashing a generic looking truck with ICE agents in it into the swamp, below it reads NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ON STOLEN LAND

conveniently ratio'd for either legal or half letter size, so you conveniently can just print it out on any printer if you like, whose going to stop you (not me)

please invite your archaeologist friends here

Eddie Palmieri, a trailblazer in Latin music, has died at age 88 The bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was recognized as an NEA Jazz Master.

The bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was recognized as an NEA Jazz Master.

“Put on your oxygen mask first.”

Imagine a German saying they're proud of the Nazi part of their history.

Congrats to @teenvogue.com, who have won a @rooseveltinstitute.org award for their reporting. We are proud to have their courageous, bold journalism on our platform. Find their Flipboard account here.

flipboard.com/@teenvogue

camp mystic did the same thing btw. beyond tragic.

"Since 2013, the owners have successfully petitioned to remove 30 buildings from the official floodplain, including an infirmary, an arts and crafts building and an office."

And yesterday the fucking Arizona Supreme Court used an AI “reporter” to announce that a man’s death sentence was being upheld:

Noticing a pattern here.

Twitter and Threads fill up on empty carbs and it’s called growth

Does it have a problem? Or is Bluesky measuring real growth and comparing it to sites like Twitter and Threads--sites crawling with bots?

Americans putting their money where their malice is

Preview: Tales of Paranoia - First New Robert Crumb Comic in 23 Years to Usher in Fantagraphics' 50th Anniversary – Broken Frontier New Robert Crumb comics work is coming our way in 2025 courtesy of 'Tales of Paranoia' and Fantagraphics Books.

stoked for this

The federal aid hotline was unavailable to people going through devastating flooding in Texas for 5 days because Kristi Noem and DHS let funding lapse.

Noem personally signs off on all funding requests for more than $100,000, and it took her five days to do so for the hotline.

Racism is why we can’t have nice things. So many White people want to make sure Black people don’t benefit from policies and programs. So much effort is put into keeping our people down.

Ah I see so fomenting insurrection nets you a place in the new admin, got it. Interesting that the 'blue lives matter' crowd dgaf about these dillweeds inciting each other to attack police.

A 6-panel comic Panel 1) Caption: Watching a reel on facebook about parenting Reel: Parents, try asking your toddler what you can do to be a better parent. You might find the answer incredibly humbling and may change the way you parent forever. Panel 2) Rachael imagining what Henry might say: Henry: More imaginative play Henry: More cuddles Henry: Please look at your phone less Panel 3) Rachael: This could be really useful, I'm gonna try it. Panel 4) Caption: And so Rachael: Hey Henry, how can I be a better mummy? Panel 5) Henry thinking Panel 6) Henry: Wheels

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What do I do with that...??

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Will always love the Daily News 😤

As ever — and more so with this administration — money talks

sadly but realistically, this will probably have more of an effect than any statement from any politician.

seriously, keep pressuring corporations that cooperate with this authoritarian regime.

money talks.

"Health of the US customer" is doing a lot of work in this quote