A. Mo

J.D., librocubicularists, aunt, dessert enthusiaist, aspiring novelist, Californian

[A. Mo @ArianeWanders]

Jeez, can't be perfect all the time. Sorry. #personallyoffended https://t.co/TuszsExOu9

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Ariane rocket suffers rare failure https://t.co/Z26CiUxKvK

[A. Mo @ArianeWanders]

@MalloryRubin my fiance, who has heard you many times in the background, says he believes you like True Lies. Is this true? Should I listen?
-long time listener, first time tweeter

[A. Mo @ArianeWanders]

@jowrotethis Por qué no los dos?

[Matt Bellassai @MattBellassai]

WE HAVE LIVED TO SEE BEYONCÉ ALBUM OF THE YEAR

[A. Mo @ArianeWanders]

How is the fire alarm at Newark Airport still going off? Not a drill, not an emergency. Just fire alarms.

[Oluwajomiloju @JomiAdeniran]

“Everyone was worried about me leaving Tatum on the bench during the Olympics, but I’m here to talk about a more important bench: the Supreme Court.”

[Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey]

Venezuela has one of the highest rates of police violence in the entire world. 55x higher than the United States. More than the Philippines under Duterte or El Salvador under Bukele. Venezuela currently has more state violence than anywhere in the world other than Palestine. It is no communist utopia. https://t.co/ebWPV9dkBV

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Europe's Ariane-6 rocket poised for debut launch https://t.co/tvC2Y633ID

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

[gathering my fellow haters together like how they gathered the scientists in Apollo 13 when the ship malfunctioned]

okay everyone we have 2 wks to figure out a way for the mavs & celtics to play each other in the finals and they both lose

don’t give me excuses give me answers

[Jessica Clemons @lulu_clemons]

I'm serious when I say I'll never be over this. #Oscars2024

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Gaza's Nasser hospital: Fears for patients as Israeli raid continues https://t.co/gRbg0IYQ6N

[Dr Eleanor Janega @GoingMedieval]

Palestinian Children's Relief Fund - working since 1992 they are currently focusing on providing emergency hygiene supplies to families especially in Rafah, but they also supply essentials of all sorts including bedding, food, and medical supplies:
https://t.co/w22MgD01xu

[Matt Bellassai @MattBellassai]

i can’t believe they’re still playing football at this point like they should be in bed

[Complex Music @ComplexMusic]

Mos Def's response when asked if Drake's music is hip-hop:

"Drake is pop to me. In the sense like, if I was in Target in Houston, and I heard a Drake song... It feels like a lot of his music is compatible with shopping."

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Since this seems to be the most common response. let me address it.

DEI does not mean you dont hire on merit. Of course you hire based on merit

Diversity - means you expand the possible pool of candidates as widely as you can. Once you have identified the candidates, you HIRE THE PERSON YOU BELIEVE IS THE BEST.

What makes the whole " what about the players " comment ridiculous is that it's presumes that all positions are hired based on some quantitative rather than subjective version of merit. They aren't

Even choosing the best basketball player is very much a guess. Which is why the best players weren't always the first pick in the draft and some go undrafted

The reality is that most positions hired in a company don't have a quantitative metric you can use to hire someone.

How do you pick the best barista, sales assistant, marketing or salesperson, etc

More often than not it's an educated guess

So when you see a company like @ibm say they want to add x percent more PoC or women or whatever group, they already know that the majority of positions they hire for don't have metrics for picking the best .

As @elonmusk said "if merit for a job is roughly the same, then the tie reaker should be diversity (of all kinds)"

Which is exactly what well managed companies choose to do

DEI also does not mean you can't fire someone if you made a mistake.

Of course you can.
I'm a big believer in hire slow, fire fast. If it's the wrong person. Fire them.

Finally. Let me address the thought that I'm "virtue signaling".

I wrote this on @x because I knew very well that almost everyone on here would disagree with me. I don't virtue signal. I want people to challenge my positions. I want to have engaging discussions that help me learn.

[A. Mo @ArianeWanders]

The small trophies segment from Six Trophies this week is so funny💀. The techno music, Lego building… @SheaSerrano and @netw3rk

[Michael Tubbs @MichaelDTubbs]

This false notion of a hierarchy of human value and all lives not mattering equally will continue to produce the barbaric conditions we see in our world.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Rescued Swedish bear arrives in Devon via Eurostar https://t.co/x0xLqzSuaP