BREAKING: The UNC System Board of Governors approves policy repealing its previous DEI requirements.
2 members voted against the measure: Joel Ford and Sonja Nichols.
2 members, Gene Davis and Pearl Burris-Floyd, spoke at length about the policy before the vote.
Story to come
For a university system that has 242,518 students (and represents a state of 11 million) it's curious to make only 5 seats available for members of the public to have access to, at the system's public meetings #ncpol#nced
Senator Mitt Romney and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have admitted that the push to ban TikTok was partially motivated by a desire to control the dissemination of news from Gaza.
https://t.co/EZlfRr38oM
BREAKING NEWS: Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his exemplary leadership of Ukraine as it fights off Russia’s illegal invasion. RT IF YOU THINK THAT ZELENSKY MUST WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!
Dear Twitter, please don't mix up! On the left, you see courage defending your country from the Russian invasion. On the right, you can see an attempt to save your image after working on the channel that helped for years to ignite and support the war
One of the most bizarre features of our pandemic discourse has been the hand-wringing obsession over the possible long-term negative affects of a vaccine to kids, but hardly any discussion at all about the possible long-term negative effects from kids getting Covid itself.
Want to help @raindovemodel and team help trans folx and other vulnerable Ukrainians get out of the country during the Russian invasion? You can volunteer or donate here: https://t.co/0692ByXaVP. Please RT.
🧵 Like many of the Ukrainians who woke up to the terrifying sound of shelling, Andriy, 19, realized that Putin's invasion of his homeland meant the end of his life as he knew it. He had to escape.
https://t.co/crq1M2rirj
@BeingCharisBlog For my immunocompromised family, for myself, for my coworkers and friends, for anyone whose path may cross mine. For peace of mind in my anxious brain.
first house searches and first arrests of Crimean-Tatars in the occupied territories adjacent to Crimea. The first to be arrested is Leila Ibragimova, director of Melitopol History museum.
Russians following Stalinist playbook in occupied Ukraine: arrest intellectuals, artists, curators, leaders. Decapitate society. They did it in 1933, they will do it in 2022. History repeats itself
My dad was killed by Russian fascists when he was crossing a street at midday in the city where he lived for 50 years. He didn’t want to leave. Fleeing wasn’t his style. RIP Dad. I love you ❤️ #russiawarcrimes#Severodonetsk#RussiaUkraineWar#StopPutin
The man who sold ammo to the 17yo school shooter who killed 10 & injured 13 in Santa Fe, TX school shooting and who sold 4k rounds of ammo online to the shooter who killed 12 & injured 58 in the Aurora theater shooting is likely to be appointed to the TN state school board.
Again we must ask why the US is dragging its feet, and NATO's, on giving Ukraine the airpower it needs. It's been two weeks. If they wanted it to happen, it would. Putin knows this, too. Are they still looking for some deal with this mass murderer?
Let's discuss Russian economy. Many underestimate its dependency upon technological import. Russia's so deeply integrated into Western technological chains that severing these ties will lead to its collapse. Sanctions are already effective and can be made even more efficient🧵