Dan Smith

Nomadic applied researcher. 💙 that social science gobbledygook. Aspiring #blogboy 🏀.

[GodMode Da Dante 💸⏳🧨 @DanteRainne]

At a bachelor party and embracing debate

If Kawhi wins a championship with LA I say he’s a top 5 NBA player of all time

Championships with 3 separate teams can’t be underestimated and more important than winning one with one team

My boys disagreed

Thoughts? @BarstoolBigCat

[Reuters @Reuters]

6⃣ facts about Sunset Park, a southwestern Brooklyn neighborhood, where the subway shooting happened https://t.co/NVuirO3c01

[Dan Smith @dsmithjo]

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[The New York Times @nytimes]

Fear and pain have acted as grim unifying forces among the diverse Asian American population over the past year and a half as racist attacks have surged in the U.S. https://t.co/O5MmriiUs7

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

As the coronavirus outbreak sweeps through New York City, the Korean-American writer Ed Park observes a rising tide of anti-Asian sentiment.
https://t.co/iwQGacUWwK

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Bklyn. Street art.

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A piece from @jardinel_roses at the @ArtsGowanus exhibition outside of @OSHBklyn. #AAPI #Filipino

[NPR @NPR]

MYTH #1: Asian Americans are a monolith

More than 22 million people of Asian descent live in the U.S. While those of East Asian and Southeast Asian descent make up the largest shares — no group makes up a majority.

A ​huge variety of ethnicities exist within regional groups.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A 65-year-old woman from the Philippines was attacked near Times Square on Monday by a man who yelled, “You don’t belong here.”

The brazenness of the attack — and the seeming indifference of bystanders — has caused more fear among Asian-Americans. https://t.co/7X8wrfcp3z

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Ennis Playground.

[Stop AAPI Hate @StopAAPIHate]

Stop AAPI Hate is proud to announce our latest national report, measuring anti-Asian hate incidents from March 2020-Feb 2021. In the last 12 months, we have tracked 3,795 hate incident reports from APIs in all 50 states and DC.

[Dan Smith @dsmithjo]

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first reported COVID-19 fatality—a Brooklyn resident—in New York City.

[Slate @Slate]

The continued rise in attacks against Asian Americans has a long, troubling history. https://t.co/zoNHXXhZDr

[NYT Magazine @NYTmag]

“I didn’t want to be something cool. I didn’t want to be calm. I wanted to be a player that made you say, ‘Did you see that?’ ”

We interviewed Kevin Garnett.

https://t.co/sLmbet42qC

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

Artists in Manila created a mural to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna on the first-year anniversary of their death. The basketball legend and his daughter died in a helicopter crash that killed all 9 people on board

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A Central Park stroll.

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E.T. followed by The Princess Bride on @FreeformTV. My afternoon is set.

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According to ESPN, Detroit quietly made the biggest blockbuster deal in the history of the league: its haul was the entire Suns franchise. https://t.co/VHX5Vh748g

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Van Jones was emotional talking about Joe Biden becoming the next President of the United States

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

Cheering in the streets in sections of Brooklyn as several outlets call the race. Horns hocking, loud hoots.

[Dan Smith @dsmithjo]

Some levity from @BBCAMERICA: White House Down is on.