Suchiththa

Church listen up. A brother is hurting.

@pj22dog91309 @BlackHorse1827 @HistoryBoomer Former International student here. No. There aren't enough university spaces in my own country. Hope that helps.

@BlackHorse1827 @HistoryBoomer Can they not study in their own country??

I’m furious. We’ve gotten official word that “several” students at my college have had their visas pulled (among the hundreds reported across the country). No reasons given. My school is about as activist as a jar of peanut butter. My other international students are worried. Is there a list? Who’s being pulled. Is any politics bad? Now they’re afraid to express themselves. If you say “good,” you have my utter contempt. My foreign students came to America to learn, both the specifics of their majors, but also the larger lessons America has to teach about freedom and success, about being able to explore ideas and experiment with different versions of themselves. And Trump is taking that away. Be quiet. Keep your head down. Free speech is for others, not you. Just like back home. If you’re thrilled because all those blue-haired woke kids are getting their comeuppance, you should know that during the culture wars, my international students have always been a breath of fresh air, challenging woke shibboleths because they came from worlds where none of that made sense. I’d gladly take 10 kids from China over 10 kids from a progressive Brooklyn private school (sorry Zoe). But I’m sure the Trump administration is carefully vetting their deportation lists, not just doing random searches of social media sites for dangerous words like “trans,” or “Palestine,” or “free speech.” Because we can trust the government.

@ADioumaev @JohnStag86404 @nathano235 For real? Sri Lankan Cinnamon is sold as Mexican? I'm thoroughly offended.

@JohnStag86404 @nathano235 And that's not even cinnamon. Real cinnamon is sold as "Mexican cinnamon" (NOT from Mexico, btw) in the US.

I need the people talking about “Growing vanilla in America” to understand that there is absolutely no way that happens. The growing requirements for vanilla are so specific that replicating it outside the tropics is nearly impossible, it takes three years of growth 1/?

@1m_chart @meathead @WhereHodler And your preferred solution is to ignore all of the immediate trauma? Not expand scope to include long term health?

@meathead @WhereHodler Therein lies the problem, the FDA mission specifically states it only adresses “immediate” trauma. Long term health is ignored

Your health is at risk. My wife is a PhD microbiologist. She retired from the FDA in 2018. She and her team did vital research on food safety. They developed rapid testing methods for detecting pathogens (one of her tests was adopted by McDonalds). She was involved in identifying the pathogens found in BlueBell ice cream and Jack-in-the-Box and many other cases. There were a dozen or so other teams in her lab working to save lives and make food safer. They all got the axe today. And don't give me the BS that the FDA is corrupt. These are scientists not politicians. She couldn't even accept a box of donuts from an equipment salesman and they made me sell my stock in OXO Good Grips because the FDA regulates kitchen tools. They worked long and hard for you. This is sad.

@qdan2225 @StellaOShea1 @2022kbkb @SangitaMyska @r_a_k_e_s_h England is a nation. Therefore English is a nationality.

@StellaOShea1 @2022kbkb @SangitaMyska @r_a_k_e_s_h English is an ethnic group my god you are thick as shit. British is the nationality.

This brown, Hindu, East African Indian, British, Londoner is also…English. Get over it.

@TheRickWilson Counterpoint, there was a ton of vetting, but it yielded the least qualified and most culture war prone folks. Don't forget that the Project 2025 folks play a big part in all of this.

There was no vetting.

@TheGymQuinn @techrobot4k @souper_deluxe @gregjstoker Which is 14:14 in 24h time.

@techrobot4k @souper_deluxe @gregjstoker 1:14 isn’t eastern time. It was 2:14pm eastern time

In case you missed Elon’s 14 flags tweet, here’s what you need to know: He is involved in a system of communication with white supremacists and he’s not even giving dog-whistles anymore. The 14 word slogan posted at 11:14pm among white supremacists: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." When fascism comes to America it’ll be wrapped in a flag. Most sane people will argue it’s already here…

@WTPRPOed @AngiB4547 @SenatorLujan Lowering costs should not be happening at the cost of human lives. IHS was already the most understaffed department. This is an insane move.

@AngiB4547 @SenatorLujan They can't stand facts. Any attempt to lower cost is met with a meltdown from these leftists

President Trump just fired: • 90 physicians • 350 nurses • at least 25 nurse practitioners • nearly 20 dentists • 85+ pharmacists • 45 lab techs All employed by the Indian Health Service to provide health care. This is going to have dangerous consequences for our Indigenous brothers and sisters. ictnews.org/news/abrupt-fe…

@pezzertron @MccoulfMichael @allenanalysis It doesn't prevent infection but it curtails serious disease.

@MccoulfMichael @allenanalysis Running rampant - hyperbole much. So are you telling me that The Covid vax prevents infections, really, really-really.

🚨 BREAKING: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital denies VP J.D. Vance’s 12-year-old relative a heart transplant because she isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19, per NYP. So let’s get this straight—Vance spent years screaming about vaccine mandates, but now his own family is facing the very real consequences of ignoring medical guidelines? Turns out, anti-science rhetoric doesn’t hold up when it’s your loved one on the operating table.

@jiredia @dianarachel__ @SSN674Trepang @allenanalysis We literally do. Anyone who was immunocompromised was highly recommended to get the Covid vaccine. It significantly increased their chances of not being hospitalized with serious disease. A transplant donee automatically become immune compromised when they receive a transplant

@dianarachel__ @SSN674Trepang @allenanalysis You can throw the word science around. It doesn't mean that you're saying anything scientific. You have NO PROOF that people who have not been covid vaxxed getting a transplant are at any more risk than those who have gotten the covid shot.

@RamonaRichey @allenanalysis Do you know what an organ transplant is like? And organ donee automatically becomes immunocompromised for a significant period of time. If you're not vaccinated against a variety of diseases then you're at a much higher chance of dying or experiencing transplant rejection.

@allenanalysis Better question- why does she need the vax- to receive a transplant-?

Which of course means you're fine with the Pentagon budget being slashed by 30% right? Doge could immediately find the 2 Billion in savings that way. After all, the DoD hasn't passed an audit in a few years now... Clearly there is mis-spending there.

@drmistercody What's with these "Twitter is the new town square" folks limiting who can reply to them? Buncha clowns.

She's talking about cancer research and you're likening it to Netflix getting paused, which makes you seem like a fucked up little demon.

@racette_tr58982 @thepopculturist @dcffk @dijoni We know you by your fruit. And it's rotten. You wouldn't ever ask if a white person deserves to be there. But you question every single person of colour who gets into a position. The fact that pilots can't qualify without being qualified doesn't even occur to you You're racist

Yes, they are gifted and yes, they’re talented. And yes, they are pilots. And yes, they are black.

@RasmusJarlov @memizon Whoa whoa whoa. No. That's utterly revisionist. Look the US engaging in imperialism is bad. Pretending that Greenland was obtained without duress from its indigenous communities is also bad.

@memizon No, we did not. You can learn more here: youtube.com/watch?v=LMqnI9…

People in Denmark now see the United States as a bigger threat than North Korea and Iran. Denmark has until now been one of the most pro-American countries in the world and one the longest standing allies of the United States. But it looks like the world's most poorly justifiied ("we need it") illegal land claim has hurt relations enormously. Who could have guessed. theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

@DreAllDay @esjesjesj But that's not what I'm saying. The OP asks a question of why this EO is good. Your response is "because people voted for him and he won, thus his action is the will of the people" My response is to ask, so if he does anything at all, it's good cause it's the will of the people?

@SuchiththaW @esjesjesj This overlooks the system of checks and balances that our govt is based on. POTUS does not have absolute power. People only talk as if he does — and offer these fear mongering hypotheticals – when it’s Trump.

I defy any single Trump supporter to explain why this vile decision is good in any single way

@LovePhoenix69 @snakey @hankgreen With respect, there's something about a speck and a log that I think you need to go meditate on this morning. You've been shown the truth by one of the most truthful scientific communicators out there. If you are a fellow brother in Christ, it's time to humble yourself and learn

@snakey @hankgreen And you are mentally ill.

People really just make up a reason why something must be wrong and then assert their confidence in the thing they just made up /out loud, where everyone can hear them./ Then i guess they move on with their day having given up any allegiance to accuracy or curiosity. Wild.

@KgHoffy_ @kishGauss @WiseWomanCrone @Alex_Zander_11 @esjesjesj Guess you've discovered your ignorance on multiple fronts on this thread, huh?

@kishGauss @WiseWomanCrone @Alex_Zander_11 @esjesjesj English language is wild huh? I never spell it that way.

@DJcalligraphy @DreAllDay @esjesjesj That is how elections work. I know that. I'm saying that you can't handwave the decisions that the leader makes using that. Democracy isn't just checking in every 4 years. Every major decision being made needs to be scrutinised especially if it might cause major harm.

@SuchiththaW @DreAllDay @esjesjesj 1. That's literally how elections work in America... I don't know how they work in your 3rd world country, but it's how they work here. 2. He didn't cancel cancer research... He paused funding for 1 week until there can be some oversight

@DreAllDay @esjesjesj This is an incredibly reductive answer. So anything he chooses to do is an extension of the will of the people? What if he invades Canada? Or Nukes Mexico? Or starts WW3? You can't just handwave everything he chooses to do as "the will of those who voted for him".

While I do not deem myself a “Trump supporter,” I do understand logic, so I will help here. 1. Since half the people on this app absolutely hate Trump, they often pull things about him out of context, and frame them in the most negative right. What you have shared here is one example. If you already hate Trump, context is unnecessary – this is enough for you to go off of, as it confirms what you already believe — Trump is terrible. 2. Even if this was in 100% full context, Trump was chosen by the American people via a Democratic, free and fair election. So, the decisions that he makes are by extension, the decision that we as citizens, made.

@LISAAGEORGE2 @littleashtag @TeeLee279353798 @SarahIronside6 I feel like you don't see your own drama. There might be a log you need to deal with.

I have a sincere question for women who voted for trump. I just want to know how you feel now that he is trying to make it legal for an employer to not hire you or fire for getting pregnant or simply being a woman?