Misty M"ask Up" Kirby, Ph.D., Senior Fellow HEA

I wrote this five yrs ago while on sabbatical in Hong Kong. So much has changed, yet so little. I am more determined to make a difference with those who need their voices amplified. Social justice for all, not the few chefprofbub.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/and…! #BetterTogether #PhDLife #HigherEd

@1goodtern Agreed. If he doesn't regularly test, then he cannot be certain he has #AvoidedCovid #MaskUp

So, get lost, you dimwit troll bot. It's not about you.

This dingbat troll... it's probably a troll farm bot, so there's no point arguing with it... But my point has never been that everyone is going to get badly affected by Covid. My point has always been that the damage covid infections cause to *some* people is going to be enough to put a dent in our society that is the difference between thriving and struggling.

On the contrary Ben, I spent several years travelling on foot around the region recording the testimonies of the minorities of the Middle East in this award-winning book. It records first hand testimonies from the Yezidis, the Copts, the Maronites, the Armenians, the Kurds and the Palestinian Christians as well as many Israelis and Jewish Egyptians. I've also made an entire Channel 4 documentary series on the Sufis of the region. That is exactly why, like your sister, I am so incensed by the mass murder currently underway in Gaza. Do dm me your address and I'd be happy to mail you a copy if you'd like to learn a little more on this subject.

@FixingEducation Some of us tried to warn y'all about the evils of places like Pearson, but you wanted status w your culturally exclusive, gate keeping tests so your kids could do better than 'their kids'. #ReapWhatYouSow #PrivitizingEducation #TestingTesting #StatusGame

The biggest benefiters from K-12 school budgets are the testing companies: The Growth of Educational Testing 1955…$7 million 1997….$263 million 2021…$2.825 BILLION! (with a B)

Former public school students speak out on the dangers of adequate funding for public schools.

Won’t someone think of the upper classes? And I don’t mean the ones at the top of the concrete cancer infested stairs. (This is brilliant.)

Our top story at the Mississippi Free Press today: "Trump Encourages Russia to Attack American Allies: ‘Do Whatever the Hell They Want’" We may be a local Mississippi outlet, but this is important. It should be leading every newspaper in the country. mississippifreepress.org/39734/trump-en…

With my mother. Daddy’s funeral. He wasn’t assassinated because he wanted his children to be judged “by the content of their character.” But for dismantling racism, poverty & militarism. He wanted corrective measures to eradicate racism, not the delusion that it doesn’t exist.

I marched with three generations of my family at #Oxford’s solidarity rally for Palestine today while fully aware of devastating reality in #Gaza - where 3 and 4 generations of families have been wiped out in the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza over the past 91 days #ceasefirenow

@levarburton @iammrvandy 🙏(& I know one named @levarburton ❤️)

@MarkHamill @iammrvandy I love it when legends demonstrate their commitment to modeling exemplary human behavior. Also, it takes one to know one! @iammrvandy @MarkHamill

@FixingEducation Lunch...you mean the #DutyFree time that is spent mostly #working with #students. Most days, I eat #lunch during my #StudyHall bec there's no time during #lunch.

I’m amazed at teacher contracts…specifically what little time (prep) is provided for teachers to actually get stuff done. If teachers ONLY worked contractual hours, 90% of the needed work wouldn’t happen even for the most efficient ones. 🤔 And don’t even get me started with the time provided for lunch.

@KerryWitch I gave up on that in May 2020

#auspol Since the failure of the Referendum I feel a certain distace for 60% of fellow Australian citizens. I’m inclined to think they are selfish and irredeemably stupid. My empathy level has declined and I no longer believe in the ‘fair go’ much as an Australian trait.

Australia in its ninth COVID wave. The infection professionals are not in masks. I leave this for your contemplation.

The abuse and rhetoric on this site is really ramping up. I am now being called ‘pure evil’. Wonder why? Because I fight for equity, fairness and action on climate change? For women’s rights, including reproductive rights, for compassion towards everyone & for freedom of belief?

Prior COVID infection increases risk of RSV in kids by 32 to 47%. PRIOR COVID INFECTION NOT "IMMUNE DEBT" Why does the scientific evidence not matter anymore?

@sjeeves @markwarschauer @WarwickLanguage The question is interesting and one I had not yet considered... I fear your answer is spot on.

@markwarschauer @WarwickLanguage The answer is going to be no, just like using a satnav makes us poorer navigators.

Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures has been published! It is openly licensed and freely available online at openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647…. edited by @czernie @catherinecronin with many wonderful authors #HE4Good Launch event via @unboundeq coming soon inshallah!

#NewPost drmistymkirby.com/in-need-of-cou… #NewYork #CityGovt #Shame #Nepotism #Binghamton

As long as we allow for the continued oppression of Palestinians, we will not see peace in the Middle East. Full speech: youtube.com/watch?v=6tOpRz…

@LMDiBartolomeo I am so sorry. The whole situation is unjust. Since #academia started running like #business where it's bums in seat & #ProfitOverPeople, the #quality has declined as they get rid of the real thinkers.

And just like that, my beloved job at my alma mater will officially end on May 9, 2024. The meeting took 11 minutes, 22 seconds. #WVUmistake #academicdecimation