#CULTURE

A brief thread concerning a work colleague (who will likely be very embarrassed, but nonetheless..), who is deserving of significant public praise for his teaching of our students at @UCDMedicine,
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Your idol isn’t a trendsetter, black women/people are —THREAD Hair pins Corsets Half-buttoned up jackets and cardigans (special shout-out to cholas ) Bandana top, another shoutout too Durags, literally
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The Jordan brand does $4.7B in revenue per year.But did you know the sneaker empire was built on a lie?Here's the crazy story 1/ In the 1984 NBA Draft,
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It's not just him, or even the particularly powerful, of course. This attitude to illness is so widespread and so damaging.https://twitter.com/Sisyphusa/status/1247457266980343808 I always remember this advert for Beecham's that infuriated
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trying very hard to not write a whole thread ripping apart people's bullshit ideas towards gay trans folks and bi ppl because my head hurts and twitter shittiness is not
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a little thread explaining why you shouldn't cancel conan gray and explaining why the reasons that you are using to cancel him doesn't make sense: i'm going to do this
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Quick train of thought: Entitlement and being "liked."There's this very common (if unspoken) assumption among white people, most especially in regard to white men, that the default should be to
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Justice Department Seeks to End Illegal Online Sale of Industrial Bleach Marketed as "Miracle" Treatment for COVID-19https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-seeks-end-illegal-online-sale-industrial-bleach-marketed-miracl
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[ #hugsforyeji ♡ ]— a thread of yeji’s photos that equate to one hug each for her birthday. ♡ [ #hugsforyeji ♡ ]— her family photos with insam and hongsam!
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1/7THREAD: Go Strategy First in Your #AI Projects, or Pay the PriceFun fact: If your #AI project is predicated on solving one discrete problem (i.e. a band-aid), you're inordinately likely
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As the whole education world is (finally) diving into antiracism training I've been thinking about these kinds of posters and what they mean to/for the individuals that you are (ostensibly)
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Ancient Civilization occurred in Africa has some evidence shows that the first human civilization to use tools actually came from Africa over 2.5 million years ago.Ancient African tools continue to
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Since tomorrow is #IndigenousPeoplesDay, here's a thread on the rich and badass history of Hmong people & Hmong culture by —an actual Hmong person—not from a Vietnam war textbook entry
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This week I did my first virtual seminar. It was a great experience. Hats off to the organizers! And it got me thinking about digitization and the IO of seminars.
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A few years ago a team of researchers submitted a series of bogus academic papers to academic journals in cultural, queer, race, gender, fat, and sexuality studies to determine if
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It's not about how many books you read but how you read that determines the benefit you derive from it. If you want to 'expand' your knowledge and weld it
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