“Ralph Nader’s Grandniece Died in Ethiopian Plane Crash” and other tweeted links…

Ralph Nader’s Grandniece Died in Ethiopian Plane Crash; Now He Is Urging Boycott of Boeing Jet http://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/13/ralph_naders_grandniece_died_in_ethiopian

The Yale Dad Who Set Off the College-Admissions Scandal - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-yale-dad-who-set-off-the-college-admissions-scandal-11552588402

What parents bought with bribery at elite colleges wasn’t education. It was brand recognition https://qz.com/quartzy/1573337/the-college-admissions-scandal-was-about-brand-value/ via @qz

The mass shooting in New Zealand was designed to spread on social media https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/18266859/new-zealand-shooting-video-social-media-manipulation via @Verge

"I didn't have control": A 14-year-old on why she quit social media https://www.fastcompany.com/90315706/kids-parents-social-media-sharing

Senegal has launched a new digital platform for public health insurance http://bit.ly/2DMHGFp https://twitter.com/Mx_Tobor/status/1125437958289547264/photo/1

"There will not be a separate admissions system for the wealthy. And there will not be a separate criminal justice system either." says Andrew Lelling, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts on the indictments on rich parents.

" At Yale, women received $68,800 less than men, and at Brown, the median disparity was $76,500. Over all, the median N.I.H. award for female researchers was roughly $126,600, compared with $167,700 for men." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/science/women-scientists-grants.html#click=https://t.co/nF0Igjmjf3

"A descendant of an American slave on Wednesday sued Harvard University to gain possession of photos of her great-great-great grandfather that the school commissioned in 1850 on behalf of a professor trying to prove the inferiority of black people." https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1108487267683876864

In 1975, there were 303 Black students at #Stuyvesant, one of NYC's elite public schools. Look how the numbers have declined:

1980: 212 1990: 147 2000: 109 2018: 10 2019: a mere 7 Black students even offered slots

This backsliding is indefensible and borderline CRIMINAL. https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1107744299582660609

106 years ago today Harriet Tubman passed away. A photo of her funeral. She is buried in Auburn, NY. https://twitter.com/DiggsWayne/status/1104787538403827723/photo/1

British University Blues: “On average, compared with white men: white women got 15% less Asian women, 22% less black women, 39% less” https://www.bbc.com/news/education-46473269

A white woman used the "higher up on the totem pole" phrase with me today.

Yesterday a white woman wrote that a little girl was her "spirit animal".

A few weeks ago, on 2 occasions, a white & a black woman BOTH used powwow to describe a group.

Non natives: STOP IT.

@terrycrews Mr. Crews, this is why research into sexual vulnerability of BM is necessary. BM have been victims of sexual violence & rape since slavery. BM are more likely to be forced to penetrate, experience statutory rape & sexual coercion than many women in the U.S.

@DrTJC @terrycrews Yes: Toni Morrison put a rape scene showing the victimization of black males in her Pulitzer prize-winning, woman-centered BELOVED in the last century to prevent this conversation today😇

Remembering the burglary that broke COINTELPRO https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/mar/08/fbi-media-anniversary/ via @muckrock

In particular, I'm disgusted by the @UofTCompSci Dept.'s practice of allowing in 3x the number of students in first year than it allows to continue on towards a BSc in the second year.

An appalling bait-and-switch that contributes toward the immense pressure students experience.

I’m completely obsessed by click farms - where thousands of machines are lined up to generate fake engagement. https://twitter.com/account/suspended

Today is the northern equinox. Day and night have equal length. In the morning, day becomes a little longer than night and we begin our long turn sunward. If we take a moment, we can feel our bodies and spirits rejoice.

Frontiers | Herpes Virus Reactivation in Astronauts During Spaceflight and Its Application on Earth | Microbiology https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00016/full

If males got preg would there be as many missiles bullets bombs and Wars? War is the Period Of MAN https://twitter.com/MrChuckD/status/1105328574079295489/photo/1

@MrChuckD Killer Ape Theory is fake 20th- century science. Check out that Nova documentary and let the white folks explain it to you. It follows that warlike behavior ain't nothin natural so study was no more, bruh😇

What students know that experts don't: School is all about signaling, not skill-building https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-caplan-education-credentials-20180211-story.html

Dotun Popoola’s Scrap Metal Works http://africandigitalart.com/2019/03/dotun-popoolas-scrap-metal-works/ https://twitter.com/digitalafrican/status/1104653238228406272/photo/1

Jamaican Fine Artist: Alicia Brown http://africandigitalart.com/2019/03/jamaican-fine-artist-alicia-brown/ https://twitter.com/digitalafrican/status/1106102749941432320/photo/1

Digital artist and dreamer David Ella http://africandigitalart.com/2019/03/digital-artist-and-dreamer-david-ella/ https://twitter.com/digitalafrican/status/1106465110606954496/photo/1

Victor McElhaney, 21, was remembered as a gifted jazz musician who used to mentor young people and supported local artists. Police continue to search for his killers. https://abc7.com/memorial-held-for-usc-music-student-shot-killed-near-campus/5207335/

"Were you in a band with a Myspace page between 2003 and 2015? If you were, then any music you uploaded to the social media network is now gone." https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/18/18271023/myspace-music-videos-deleted-2003-2015-server-migration

Meet Romania's Very Internet-Savvy Witch Community - https://www.wired.com/story/romanian-witches-internet/

Most Wasabi Is Fake [video] https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/585172/wasabi-fake/ (http://bit.ly/2Fh42yH)

I've been saying this for the last 31+ years. #TheGoodBook was one of the first ways to manipulate a slaves mentality. Choose death or conformity? Do your own research. #SlaveBible #EddieGriffin #SundaySermon Go to The Source. https://twitter.com/EddieGriffinCom/status/1125110415757733889/video/1

Can someone summarize Game of Thrones for me? All seasons. In 280 characters? I don't watch it. 🤣

Visited inglewood today & was reminded how much I miss black geographies. black elders who ask how you’re doing. Black people sitting on a porch, unbothered, black haircuts. Black sons & fathers. Free.

@Nijla1 @sabrinamoella Sounds like the last scenes in «Devil in a Blue Dress» but umm... I am from Inglewood and umm... the vibe you are getting is microscopic compared to what «should» be here. #gentrification

Also: check out «The Bastards of the Party» for historical context😇

Cave Canem: Poets on Craft | The New School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSkySHcErYQ&feature=youtu.be @cavecanempoets

N'Dea Davenport, Singer + Songwriter :: Artist Profile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LqHzw2L0v4&feature=youtu.be

Interview With Ms. Allimadi About her play "Empress Taytu Betul" http://www.blackstarnews.com/entertainment/theater/interview-with-ms-allimadi-about-her-play-empress-taytu-betul

@Biblio_PHI_L You do NOT want to hear this right but my life is not that long: a few books by white authors of the dome

Black Athena
Africa Counts *African Fractals
The Mismeasure of Man

And anything by Noam Chomsky. My point is: we are better than reactionary discrimination😇

I find it revealing when people mock where I came from, & say they’re going to “send me back to waitressing,” as if that is bad or shameful.

It’s as though they think being a member of Congress makes you intrinsically “better” than a waitress.

But our job is to serve, not rule.

(“Thoughts and prayers” is reference to the NRA’s phrase used to deflect conversation away from policy change during tragedies. Not directed to PM Ardern, who I greatly admire.)

I’d like to also apologize to the black men that were hurt by my comments regarding a lack of support regarding my sexual assault.

Truth is, if it had not happened to me, I would have been suspicious and doubtful too.

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27259689/toxic-masculinity-male-friendships-emotional-labor-men-rely-on-women/ so so accurate. Men need more friends (who talk to each other about life, not just women. Or about women in an honest true way.)

When you come across people with the same skin as you and...

Your level of resepct is lowered, You stop caring about being polite, You automatically think the worst, You're more prone to violence,

You're a part of the problem.

How to sleep on a plane http://dlvr.it/R0rNMs https://twitter.com/forlitke/status/1106286138665242624/photo/1

@Ajairah1 There are people of European origin that do no harm and have the label “white” imposed upon them but don't get it twisted: whiteness all about enmity 😇

@Ajairah1 There is also the possibility that sending out the troops for every single alarm no matter how insignificant is more of a “luxury”—an inefficient, ineffective, extravagant waste of resources—ironically unsustainable, just like the white folks😇

@Ajairah1 It's a great mental health exercise to go back and listen to, say, what Angela Davis saw in South Africa during apartheid: http://kintespace.com/player.html#/audio/angela_davis1

@vrn9n @Ajairah1 Not my intent; read again and parse with commentary, omitting the word "conflate"😰