Florida wants to teach about "skills" slaves obtained in the antebellum south because "beneficent" slaveholders taught their slaves to read, write, blacksmithing, etc. They say this is supported by "scholars." Well, let's see what the scholars really say.../1
People should not be dying in jails & prisons. Governments have a duty & obligation of protection & care. One person dead on Rikers is an abomination.
26 dead under a single Mayor in less than 2 years is mass homicide. NYC Mayor Eric Adams must resign.
For those who don't know, I'm the Executive Director of @TheScienceHaven-- we're on a mission to gift 100 telescopes to Black families across the USA! Share and tag people and organizations to help us get it done! It takes a village to raise the future of science! #StellarDreams
1/ I haven’t dated since 2015. My stories of re-entering the dating pool are comedy. Went on a date. Awkward small talk. He reached across the table and HIT me, HARD. I said WTF is wrong with you? He said he just killed a HUGE bug on my shoulder. Bug goop EVERYWHERE 😭 I left 😭
@MLSMoves IMHO, MLS Live was light years above ESPN+. But it's not just that the streaming was horrible, the TV contract was a nightmare IMO. People may not agree, but having a consistent schedule that doesn't cowtow to ESPNs other interests is really nice.
One week ago, a court in California ruled that employers cannot be sued for spreading COVID to their workers due to lack of protections.
This week, In-N-Out banned their employees from wearing masks.
This is horrible.
Carlee Russell is at the center of a missing persons investigation after she told family she was checking on a child she said was walking alone along the side of an Alabama highway
Her car was found abandoned, with no sign of her or a child
https://t.co/iPGpPZ3Ntp
But honestly more platforms should be clearing out DM histories from their databases. Why do you want private data you're liable for that nobody is paying you to protect?
Over the past decade, a "consensus" emerged on housing - that if only we built more housing, irrespective of its characteristics, the crisis would get better.
Now we've got a national construction boom...and a worsening crisis.
The consensus has failed. We need a new course.