Arsalan Adil
@CosmicCharsi
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Love Physics, Chai, and Mountains. In that order. PhD student in Theoretical Physics at UC Davis
Davis, CA
Joined November 2018
I can’t stop thinking, so I'm writing something. This is about the physics students of Gaza. 1/N
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Is this how the establishment plans to solve the country's problems? By abducting a lawyer who has put his life on the line numerous times to give a voice to the marginalized? Shame on them بنے ہیں اہل ہوس مدعی بھی منصف بھی کسے وکیل کریں کس سے منصفی چاہیں؟ #ReleaseJibranNasir
Jibran Nasir's wife @manshapasha says 15 armed men in a White Vigo abducted her husband. #ReleaseJibranNasir
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First, not only do UCI,SB,SD have higher median rents than LA, they also have higher % increases than UCB, SF, LA (dist. b/w blue and orange). Second, clearly we’re all being shortchanged:8/10 campuses will still be rent burdened; 5 are more rent burdened than they were in 2018.
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Why has BT chosen to use this survey, as opposed to one of many rent data conglomerates (HUD, Zillow etc) to decide which campuses are excluded from the high base-wage category? As an eg, I take here HUD median rents (yes, ik they’re underestimates) for each of the campus loc.
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Since the numbers used to determine the rent-burden are drawn from a SELF-REPORTED survey by UAW of what workers currently pay in rent, they represent housing that grad workers have had to settle for as a matter of necessity (crowded housing, further from campus etc.).
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This is a great example of how bad statistics can lead to poor decision making. This speaks survivorship bias to me: a short 🧵on just another reason why I'm voting no.
@resist_uci Good question. The data linked in the thread shows that workers at the four campuses that get the additional $2,500 are those who have the highest rents. This is in part because they have a lot less access to campus housing than other campuses, including UCSB.
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The only bot on Twitter you should be following
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The great conjunction of the Saturn and Jupiter happening now via a live feed from IST's observatory in Islamabad! https://t.co/qmgPJyv9Ns
@JibranHaithere and I will be presenting in an hour on topics of cosmological interest
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"Sultani jamhoor ka aata hai zamaana Jo naqsh-e-kuhan tum ko nazar aaye mita doh" -Iqbal Approximate translation: [God to the angels] The time of the people's rule approaches Erase every imprint of the (oppressive) past you see https://t.co/y30azvRile
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Richmond, Virginia, can continue removing city-owned Confederate memorials, the state Supreme Court ruled this week.
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This is beautiful. Perhaps aptly described as “Musica Universalis” by Pythagoras
approximate patterns traced by the inner planets, relative to the Earth
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This is disgraceful. All workers deserve the right to bargain and strike for better wages and benefits. To Janet Napolitano and @UCSC: stop this outrageous union busting and negotiate in good faith.
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At the age of 17, Nobel Laureate Physicist Abdus Salam found a 2-page long elegant proof of one of Ramanujan's problems. This was his 1st paper ever published and here's the annotated version: https://t.co/LhhW9mglwu
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Trump tweets age so nicely. They're like a fine cheese. Except it's the maker that smells. 🧀 #TrumpRecession
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I don’t like to brag, but tell me when you’ve ever seen a prettier solar panel. ☺️New raw images just came down! Check out the latest at https://t.co/tjr8tfaCg5
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