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Recovering particle physicist. Sock puppet and lousy fanboi for @yangyang_cheng.
Joined March 2010
For those of you who may be wondering how my Twitter feed is such an excellent selection of @yangyang_cheng's finest (and nearly nothing else), here's how it works. #SockPuppet4Life
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It is **illegal** for public employees in Michigan to strike, yet a judge has just refused to issue an injunction against @geo3550's strike . What's going on? One of my biggest hobbyhorses is that labor folks should get the words "can" and "can't" out of their vocabulary. 1/
INJUNCTION DENIED
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🚨Breaking News: After 3 historic days of a strike led by SEIU Local 99 members, our Bargaining Team is proud to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with LAUSD! Our fight brought our city and country together. WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!!!!✊🏾✊🏿 https://t.co/QCUkrFbYDA
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New investigation from me: Local developers are buying rent-controlled apartments, clearing out existing tenants, and marketing to housing choice voucher holders -- incentivized by DCHA's overpayments. In the process, they're eroding affordable housing.
dcist.com
Local real estate firms are increasingly keen to cash in on a lucrative government program. One local developer has leveraged it to build a small empire of low-income apartment buildings where...
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🚨📢Tomorrow is the start of our 3 day UPC Strike! We are striking to protest @LASchools unfair practices. Picket lines will be set-up at #LAUSD schools & facilities through Mar. 23. @UTLAnow will be joining in solidarity!#LAUSDStrike #United4LASchools
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Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a thread of today's updates 🧵 ⬇️
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“They got money for war but can't feed the poor." https://t.co/MyvAwHLg3h
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Millions of people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP will see a cut of $90 a month or more. Some recipients say it will make it harder to buy healthy food.
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Currently our @metrobusinfo 🚌 account is suspended. We’re working to get this restored for our bus customers. Sorry for the inconvenience. In the meantime, check https://t.co/k6Syw2a8DM for Metrobus status, at-stop bus displays if available, or sign up for Metroalerts #wmata
wmata.com
Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.
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Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a thread of today's updates 🧵⬇️
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"The primary struggle in the world today is not the essentialist framing of China versus the US, east versus west.... The fundamental choice is between clinging to an old order crumbling under its own weight, and forging a new world while there’s still time."
"Every act of rebellion, however spectacular or humble, is a reclamation of the self and a love letter to a stranger." I write about the 20th Party Congress & what it means for China & the world, how we got here, & flickers of hope in the long night ahead: https://t.co/MRaLQAkQxC
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How do you turn racist comments by Latinx members of the LA City Council into an attack on me? Ask @nytdavidbrooks who in his recent column misrepresented my scholarship, which the @nytimes routinely allows its columnists to do. This is what happens when accuracy is nothing. 1/
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Havel once said that “if the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then … the fundamental threat to it is living the truth — this is why it must be suppressed more severely than anything else.” Putin’s regime bears out these words to the full. https://t.co/VAQh1rX8Dj
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Thousands of Russians have voiced their opposition to the war on Ukraine.
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People dismiss Kanye as sick, dumb, crazy etc. But he's also a shield. There are white people in fashion and merchandising boardrooms literally signing off on his ideas to use White supremacy to boost publicity, sales, and profit. They should also be held accountable.
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We asked Cherokee Nation citizens one question: What would having a Cherokee Nation delegate in Congress mean to you? Watch to learn more about the Treaty of New Echota, Congress’s broken promise, and why seating the #CherokeeDelegate matters right now. https://t.co/eR87WwcuXj
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Last night’s rally ticked a lot of boxes on the fascism checklist: -Talk of an “invasion” of foreigners -Warning that “sicko leftists” are “indoctrinating” and “destroying our youth” -Fear-mongering about “skyrocketing” crime -Denying the legitimacy of political opponents 5/
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(2/2) Me at the end of the thread: aaand it's marketing https://t.co/uIvqxr0dXK
Holy Viral A lot of people keep asking where they can copy trade the politicians, well that’s what we’re building Show some support and pre download our app for free through here 🫡 https://t.co/c1C7Y1zITI
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(1/2) Me at the beginning of the thread: hey this is informative and a good illustration of the conflicts of interest we allow in our politicians
Two days ago the NYT posted an investigation into politicians trading stocks They found that 81 Democrats & 101 Republicans filed up to 3,700 trades and $100M in possible volume Many had 100% winners, with some perfectly timed Here’s examples of just how good they were
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the oldest lady is living her best life, obviously. pink hair, cat, furs. dang.
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lolwut. this whole thing is amazing. like somebody had the randomizer on max
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What should scientific collaborations do about Russian involvement? Should academics boycott states with abortion bans? What's the role of academia in confronting injustice? I write about cross-border collaboration in times of war and oppression @WIRED: https://t.co/TU5AeWSM1v
wired.com
Science agencies around the world halted partnerships with Russia after it invaded Ukraine. But such actions are shortsighted and do more harm than good.
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