not just grandfathers. One set of grandparents had a corner store; the others were an engineer and a teacher. The women in my family always worked
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not just grandfathers. One set of grandparents had a corner store; the others were an engineer and a teacher. The women in my family always worked
I'm exhausted by all the efforts to rewrite the history of the 2022 US Senate primary in Pennsylvania, with folks insisting "we told you so!" as to Fetterman, that Conor Lamb was always the better choice, and generally ignoring Malcolm Kenyatta's historic candidacy.
So let me say a few things. 🧵1/
one of my favorite movies
If you're trans in Kansas, you need $200 to get on a bus to Philadelphia. We would be happy to welcome you here
whoever did the voice for the crosswalk at 2nd and Spring Garden. Philly accent. Slightly bored. Makes me laugh every time
Remember when everyone went all in on MOOCs? youtu.be/KqQNvmQH_YM?...
Weather update: It's snowing in Philly
In America, we can't eradicate racism with law or policy. But we can make racism shameful again. Doing so is ultimately a political and cultural act, and it must be a conscious one. And it is an important part to restore some semblance of our liberal democracy.
/fin
I enjoy being in the "FU, how can I help?" part of the country
I know. I can't believe I'm quoting him, but it's a good one
Showing my age, I like to say "Nattering nabobs of negativism". it's a phrase from the Nixon administration
Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...
they don't want to take over the administration of the election. They want to decide the votes
just saw this exhibit! Very interesting and beautiful
Musk became a US citizen in 2002. He is an immigrant, a naturalized citizen.
voting on tenure promotion. And that's just the standard responsibilities in their academic departments. If they have roles on university-level committees or leadership roles, they have even more influence
when you think about the men in academia who were hanging with Epstein, remember that these men were gatekeeping at every level. Professors do this: undergraduate mentoring, voting on graduate admissions, graduate mentoring, voting on faculty hiring..
another Fetterman?
Lawrence Summers said that! He said that there are "issues of intrinsic aptitude" that explain why there are fewer women faculty in math and science.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
@amtrak.com I would rather take a train than any other form of transportation, but I just rode an Acela from philly to boston that was filthy on every seat and surface with some non-functioning bathrooms. Do better
Hi everyone, you can get a doorbell camera from other companies, and then choose NOT to connect it to any network or the police
Agree.
Puerto Rico's in America
Here is the FBI's Epstein List
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
Why are so many undocumented immigrants being held in detention for so long instead of being deported?
Simple. The billionaires who own the detention centers get paid for keeping people here. They don't get paid for people who get deported.
It's not about the law, it's about taking your money.
Was he also upset by The Wiz?
the Gayborhood
This
I, not a journalist or expert, knew that something terrible was going to happen that day. It was all over social media
