Shailla Raymond

USF and NYU Alumna | Shiloh’s mama 🐶

[Shailla Raymond @ShaillaR]

Remember to donate to your local food banks! https://t.co/G4PrkYGUc6

[Eugene Scott @Eugene_Scott]

One in 5 American adults was found to be illiterate in 2024, according to the National Literacy Institute. More than half — 54 percent of adults — read below a sixth-grade level. And the numbers are getting worse.

[Heather Long @byHeatherLong]

Another worrying sign: Black unemployment rate is 7.5%, up from 6.1% a year ago.

In downturns, it's typically young people and Black Americans who suffer first with layoffs. Both Black men and women have seen unemployment rise a lot.

[Fwiw, the unemployment rate for white Americans is 3.7%, which is lower than 3.8% a year ago]

[⚜️Sovereign⚜️ @sauvamemte]

People who are alive and who do not have disabilities because of vaccinations, want to make vaccinations something illegal all because they cannot read medical research without being arrogant enough to think that they know better than experts. Vaccinations are necessary. Period.

[Shailla Raymond @ShaillaR]

This is so heartbreaking

[aka @akafaceUS]

Wow! Palisades in LA is COMPLETELY GONE.. This is horrible.

[Capri Delgato @recogniZE_TAste]

I feel bad for the black women who really wanted to become a mom someday but can’t now. It’s even riskier than before

[Deb @dancingdg]

How can the total number of voters be less this year than there were in 2020 after we’ve had the biggest turnout than ever before? Demand a recount and an investigation.#DoNotConcedeKamala.

[Shailla Raymond @ShaillaR]

Heartbroken 💔

[rizal ❦ @Aaliyahzin]

This is not Kamala’s fault btw. She worked her ass off to a beautiful campaign with the ~100 days she had. She’s arguably the most qualified US presidential candidate ever, with prior experience in all 3 branches of government. Americans simply voted against their best interest.

[alex @aloomf]

the only thing america hates more than a rapist is a woman

[Wendell Pierce @WendellPierce]

Elections have consequences. The Supreme Court will be changed for a generation. I’ll never see a moderate court again in my lifetime. Alito and Thomas will step down and Trump will appoint 40 year old partisans to the bench. The damage he is about to inflict on our institutions the next 2 years will be irreparable.

[Dimplez 🇳🇬 @Dimplez]

Every Black woman in America empathizes with Kamala right now.

Overwhelming qualified. Still doubted.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study

https://t.co/wUebZij1Ti

[Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist]

Toilets, wastewater COVID-19, RSV, and Influenza all increasing

This thread will be wastewater related, looking at new variants, levels, and what happens in the air after you flush that wastewater down the toilet with some cool video/graphics. 🧵1/

[Jonathan Friedman 📚 @jonfreadom]

The book is no longer restricted, but still "under review."

This is an encapsulation of the kinds of stories, histories being targeted for banning all over... In fact, someone tried to ban the same book in Prosper ISD, Texas earlier this year 👇👇👇 https://t.co/yJC2PTKVGP

[Jonathan Friedman 📚 @jonfreadom]

The teacher who filed the complaint-- which led to the book being restricted to back rooms and requiring specific parental permission for a student to even see it -- zeroed in on these 2 pages as allegedly breaking new Florida education laws, incl the Stop WOKE act.

[Jonathan Friedman 📚 @jonfreadom]

In Escambia, Florida, someone is trying to ban this children's book about Wilma Rudolph, the African-American sprinter who set world records in running and won gold medals at the 1960 Olympics.

What's so "controversial" about it?...

[Bish 🗽 @thebishundercov]

Goodbye twitter, been a good run. #RIPTwitter