Ah yes it's "students give up" time 😭 every term w a month left. Endless encouraging emails, in class support, meetings, extensions... sigh. Solidarity to all my academe teaching humans who are all trying to help our students.
2 weeks ago, I wrote how the Supreme Court is creating a dual state for trans people with its rulings. It's incredibly relevant after today's decision voiding conversion therapy bans.
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Trans friends, thank you for being you, and for, when you can, sharing yourselves with a world that is so frequently undeserving of the light you bring to it. I love and support you, always. 🏳️⚧️🫂🫶
Changes that Republicans made to SNAP will kick a lot of people off food stamps starting April 1.
If you can, please support your local food bank.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak
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Katie Mack
“No book is genuinely free from political bias. The opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.”
- George Orwell
🗃️March 28, 1898: In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court upheld the principle of birthright citizenship enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment. A thread on birthright citizenship… 1/6🧵
As harmful autism disinformation campaigns go, grievance parents‘ attempt to break off “ #profoundAutism” as a separate diagnosis via smearing #neurodiversity advocates is notable—mostly for its spitefulness. Select observations by @embergreen.bsky.social:
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Matt Novak
Medical schools will no longer be required to teach about health inequities. The change comes as political pressure about diversity, equity and inclusion grows. Experts say removing DEI from the guidelines will affect patient care.
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