Jane H. Murphy

Assoc Prof. Historian of Islamicate Science. Colonialism and Science. she/her. BLM. Views do not reflect those of my employer.

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

Really what more is there to say?

[Governor Jared Polis @GovofCO]

No one likes an unflattering photo or painting of themselves, which is why I went in a different direction for my official portrait. I’ve always been proud to support Colorado art, and this portrait was an exciting opportunity to do exactly that while embedding my image into the fabric of Colorado's history. I’m proud of the final product and want to thank the artists for their artistic vision, and personally feel that I have never looked better.

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

8. As good as it is, however, it could be better, as the focus on the needs of the needy should be paired with the appetites of the greedy, which is to say, with this question: Why do people who have more money than their children’s children’s children could spend want more?

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

I owe the television part of my career to Joy Reid, as do so many other Black voices y'all never would have heard of if not for her.

And *that's* why she's gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation

https://t.co/uXZVdbX4wu

[Gina Acosta @ginacostag_]

10. A battery made of paper

Singaporean startup Flint presented rechargeable, flexible batteries made of paper, specifically cellulose.

And when these batteries expire, they biodegrade in about six weeks.

[Ben Wikler @benwikler]

I was also one of the only candidates to raise voter suppression – a huge issue across the country, particularly the South. 

In Wisconsin, we’ve tackled voter suppression through a year-round voter protection operation and a focus on judicial races as well as legislative and executive offices. 

Let’s take that model nationwide.

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

27. If nothing else, setting aside politics risks giving Trump greater opportunities to steal Democratic success, as he is about to steal Joe Biden’s success, while blaming liberals for everything that goes wrong.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History.

The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter:

A thread.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Jimmy Carter didn't learn to embrace all races, he didn't know "all races." He grew up around Black people.

You know who can explain it better?

Jimmy Carter

[Ellie likes data @ellim992]

Karen Bass did not cut $17 million from the fire budget. Los Angeles is busy today, with better things to do than feed you budget appropriations. So I will—
1. In '23 the department spent $12 million on new SCBAs because the old set expired. This was not a recurring expense!
2/

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Russia saw the disinformation and was like: Damn! That's a good idea.

Never forget that Russia targeted "no single group more than African Americans." 40% of the disinformation was on FB & 2 out of every three posts was aimed at Black people.

https://t.co/pTpCnzTfgo

[Qondi @QondiNtini]

We will stop talking about race when people stop doing things like this

Deal?

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Many vaccines — polio, measles, DPT, rubella, chickenpox, mumps — are required for all children attending school. The reason is that vaccines work not just by increasing individual disease resistance, but by suppressing the underlying communicable disease.

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

19. Here’s what Schiff could have said:

[👑 Mr. Weeks 👑 @WonderKing82]

Not yall cussing me because I said more white people are on government assistance.... lol... it's a simple fact... y'all don't have a problem saying Black women are welfare queens when the real queens of welfare are White Women followed by their welfare kings and children.

[Susan @susanbordson]

Good Lord, I am listening to an analysis piece on NPR that is examining what mass deportations would do to the construction industry in Texas.
Where in the heck were these stories before the election??

But we got headline after headline parroting "Trump wins on the economy" tho

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

15. The AP has the rest:

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

14. The incident was reported “by a nurse who called [police] after a patient requested a sexual assault exam,” according to the AP.

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

13. But the stand-out is Trump’s pick to be secretary of defense. Given the details of a 2017 police report, former Fox host Pete Hegseth appears to have drugged and raped a woman after she confronted him on his “creeper” behavior during a Republican event that she organized.