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Fight me! Cause I gave a whole ass TED talk about this. Actually don’t fight me I’m really sad. ted.com/talks/siyanda_…
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Siyandawrites
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Siyandawrites
@SiyandaWrites
Woefully ungovernable and pathologically optimistic. Writer, Satirist & Pan-Africanist.
Katılım Şubat 2011
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We were told NIH funding cuts were about eliminating DEI.
But the data now shows grants are down across nearly every field of medicine: cancer, diabetes, mental health, brain disorders.
With the greatest cuts hitting Alzheimer’s research, down more than 50%.
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Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign strategy and mobilization tactics with a U.S.-based "pro-family" group that calls homosexuality a public health threat, activists in both countries told Reuters. reuters.com/sustainability…
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I am once again begging people to stop using ChatGPT to write your YouTube scripts. It’s so fucking weird
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Many people who don't work in education are not aware of just how much of ed-tech is just siphoning public money into tech companies who don't even provide functional software. The product doesn't need to work; it just needs to let them hire fewer and less qualified teachers.
Kelsey Piper@KelseyTuoc
A very well-written, very justifiably angry parental reflection on edtech:
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Think of all the veterans who voted for an entitled empty headed little twat like this to make decisions on their benefits
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This level of stupidity is DISGUSTING.
This DOGE bro just testified that Black history “is not for the benefit of humankind.”
These were the idiots who thought they should be dismantling federal programs. 🤡
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The Wright Museum’s MLK Day Tik Tok was outstanding workplace comedy
philip lewis@Phil_Lewis_
Growing up, I went on many field trips to the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit. My granddad also worked there. It is a special place. I wrote about the museum & how the 60-year-old institution is finding a new audience with its new social media series contrabandcamp.com/p/one-of-the-o…
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These are not DOGE “kids”. These are fully functioning grown men with agency. They made a choice to serve in a capacity to remove jobs, contracts, and services for anyone not white! They were highly unqualified and the very definition of handpicked, merit-less, and privileged.
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@putmanmodel @moshik_temkin They didn’t work for free they got a 150K government salary with zero experience
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@moshik_temkin I still can’t get past the screening process: the richest man in the world asking for “geniuses willing to work for free.” In my opinion, that’s less a merit filter than a magnet for patsies.
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This is pretty incredible. Cultural Revolution-type world in which zealous young bros without any real knowledge of anything were destroying the lives and careers of scientists and researchers based on their childish interpretation of what they thought their dear leader wanted.
Molly Ploofkins@Mollyploofkins
One of Musk's DOGE bros explains how he flagged "DEI" grants for termination
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One of Musk's DOGE bros explains how he flagged "DEI" grants for termination
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The content factory churns away. And they said American manufacturing couldn’t be saved
philip lewis@Phil_Lewis_
Kash Patel confirms UFC fighters will train FBI agents this week, calling it a "historic opportunity' deadline.com/2026/03/kash-p…
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The DOGE goons are getting deposed for a lawsuit on behalf of the American History Association and others and holy shit this hurts to watch
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There's a psyop to get us to stop reading. So now more than ever, we must double down on reading, writing & critical thinking. And those with children or with children in their realm of responsibility, must double down on making sure they can read, write and think for themselves!
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