New Substack essay: American Gentry. Billionaires and oligarchs tend to get most of the attention when it comes to surging inequality, but identifying our local elites is just as important to figuring out the American social order. https://t.co/I6p0lszoia
Breaking: A lawsuit could be filed against UM System President and MU Chancellor Mun Choi after students who disagreed with MU’s COVID-19 policies were blocked by his Twitter account.
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“You can’t relate to that if you’re white, but you can listen and you can try to help because this is not okay.”
Kirk Herbstreit with a powerful and emotional statement this morning on College Gameday
Perhaps the greatest anti-slavery speech ever uttered is “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” by Frederick Douglass, in 1852. I wanted to make the speech more accessible. Here’s a thread with an abridged version of the speech we should reread every #FourthofJuly. 1/
I can’t believe Taylor Swift is about to turn 30 - she still looks so young!
It’s strange to think that 90% of her eggs are already gone - 97% by the time she turns 40 - so I hope she thinks about having kids before it’s too late!
She’d be a fun mom. :)
@alocker99 Well millions of students do it successfully every year. Maybe the concept is to distinguish the ones like you from the capable ones. (Assuming you’ve done poorly on finals)
For anyone who is interested, the fundraiser for my Brothers scholarship is this weekend! 100% of proceeds go towards the scholarship that we award each year. We would love to see all of you there. RT’s appreciated to help spread the word.
labor day is that fake friend who buys you a drink and says 'buck up bro' while may day is the homie who lets you sleep on their couch and cooks you perfect poached eggs in the morning