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You can have a range day… ON A BOAT?!
Let’s come up with a motivating activity before flight ops…👇🏻
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Went for a walk. Some old men walking around asked me to take a pic for them.
All I said was yes before one asked “are you Arab”
We start speaking in Arabic
Me: “Yes”
Him: “you’re Lebanese.”
Me: “yes, born here, my parents born there. How do you know?”
Him: “your accent”
😭
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Meets French person yesterday
*speaks French*
“Oh you’re Lebanese!”
“How did—
“French Lebanese accent!”
I’ve got a Midwestern accent but when I speak French (the French that I learned in US… WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED), I apparently mix it with my Middle Eastern accent?!?!
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When I told them I forgot the village names (true I can barely remember), one of the old men turned to the other and said “why would she remember the village names?! You can barely remember them. She was born here! At least she can speak Arabic well!”
Me watching them argue
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The coast guard is severely underrated
USCG Air Station Astoria started off 2024 with the rescue of Leo the dog that fell from a 300-ft cliff in Ecola State Park, near Cannon Beach, OR.
Happily, it was a successful rescue with Leo reunited with his owners!
#USCG
#CoastGuard
#dogrescue
#helicopter
#dog
#rescue
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This will have to be close enough
One of the law schools I applied to was NYU. A few months have gone by and I hear nothing so I’m going back through my application. Then I notice the logo looks off. Turns out I applied to New York Law School… Not New York University…
please share something embarrassing that you have done in a professional capacity, for science.
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So I rarely wear tank tops because I get insecure about my arms
I bought a couple on sale so I wore one in front of my friends for the first time
as soon as I walk into the room
Friend: PAULA WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING UNDER YOUR SHIRTS YOU COULD BEAT SOMEONE UP
😌💪
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I feel like I sound like a poor person complaining but $1000k dollars for the MPRE/BAR just for registering?
This is rough. I don’t know how people do this.
:/
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twitter for sure has a button that they can press to make Mike Vining trend anytime he hasn’t gone viral in more than a couple months
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I’m sorry but you simply don’t get to call yourself elite or professional anymore if your capacities don’t include basic skills like being able to work with someone who isn’t the same gender as you.
Women in Army special operations face blantant sexism, mostly from senior NCOs. The comments in an anonymous survey range from bizzare to outright disturbing.
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I wish I was joking but I’m not
*on the phone with my mom
“Law school is hard and stresses me out sometimes…”
“Well, I grew up in a war with bombs. That’s worse.”
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I cannot win.
Americans telling me I’m not a real American despite the fact I was born and raised here my whole life because I’m Middle Eastern.
Then having Middle Easterners telling me I’m not a real American because I’ll never be American “enough”.
Everyone can fuck off.
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There’s a miltwitter friend here who is always offering me encouragement and kind words (and I’m sure to others as well) without ever bragging or boasting about it on their timeline.
When I’m having a rough day I ask how they deal with X issue or talk out a problem and…
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Me in an Arab owned store listening to people speaking Arabic knowing they think I don’t know Arabic
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2023 year in review
-Finished 2L
-Got Army internship
-Spent my summer at Liberty (real twitter made me do it vibe)
-visited DC for the first time
-rode in a helicopter for the first time
-met twitter friends irl
-found more supportive people
-started 3L
-fittest I’ve ever been
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From 0 chin-ups 4.5 months ago to 8 strict today at the end of my workout 👀
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I have less than 6 hours of law school before I am completely done with classes.
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Will have to wear another day unfortunately but I feel like a confident happy woman again and no one can take that away from me 🙂
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One of the old men yelled “ahh bint Libnan!”
Of course, “where are you parents from? North or south? What village? Are they Christian or Muslim?”
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In about two months I’ll graduate law school.
I grew up in a low income immigrant home with what was a really rough family environment. I had a really hard time imagining a good future for myself as a little girl.
Within the past 6 years, I graduated HS, went to undergrad…
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A miltwitter mutual with whom I interact with just retweeted an incredibly bigoted thing regarding Arabs onto my feed.
FYI I’m an Arab Middle Eastern American
Unfollow me. Block me. You don’t get to enjoy being friendly to me while sharing views like that.
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Me: this is my dream job
Everyone else: but have you thought about this higher paying job that has nothing to do with all the hard work and passion you have?
Please tell me one day it stops?
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Expecting students to pay $1000 for books for only one semester is truly outrageous
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A woman went on fucking national TV and said to John McCain she didn’t trust Obama because she thought he was an Arab and used the word Arab as a pejorative.
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Me wondering for 20 minutes why the rice isn’t cooking in the rice cooker
*realizes I forgot to plug it in*
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I actually started using this account shortly before I began law school. So many of you followed me since the beginning. I could list many things that have happened since I joined.
I do hope my presence here was useful to someone or made even a small impact for just one person.
I have less than 6 hours of law school before I am completely done with classes.
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Guys… I graduate in 2-3 months?
Some of you met me when I was 20 years old and before I even started law school… and now 2.5 ish years later I’m graduating?
Wtf
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Youre a terrible guy if I tell you about a man who is harassing me, did harass me, etc and your responses are
“I wish you hadn’t told me.”
“Him? He’s my friend. I don’t want to know that.”
“Someone’s bothering you… ugh do I want to know who?”
“What do you expect? He’s a man.”
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When I joined twitter 3 years ago I never would expected it would have changed my life the way it did. The friends I’d make, the mentors I’d gain, the things I’d learn, or the places it would take me.
Last summer I took a chance on an internship with the Army and it was…
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I did my exit counseling for graduation today and the administrator told me “congrats” and it took a minute to register what he was saying .
Then a professor told me I’ve made my three years here worthwhile.
And damn my time here is coming to a close.
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If a friend is coming over… and they tell you they feel sick… so you ask them to take a Covid test… and they think that’s rude?
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@un_a_valeable
“You want us to *actually* do something besides verbally condemning? Why would you even ask that? What a weird question?”
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I graduate law school in 4 months. I’ve been active on twitter and known some of you longer than I’ve been in school.
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Everyone cheering on more violence looks stupid. You know real people live in the Middle East right? You know it’s not just a video game or a war game? People have relatives, friends, and loved ones there.
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It is the first work day I’m in DC…
Y’all just wear little lanyards all the time?
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… they’re always incredibly thoughtful and patient.
Shoutout to that person.
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I met a reserve soldier once and I have a cousin who lives in Europe. Let me explain to you what this authorization from Biden really means 👇
A 🧵…
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… School of Law.
I call up NYU because I need their email now for my application. They administrator goes “it’s a good thing you called because some people don’t and send stuff to NYLS instead of NYU.”
Without hesitation, “oh my god that’s insane. I would have never guessed”.
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yes
The best fries are the ones that come from your local gyro spot that look like this
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Twitter isn’t real life but 5 people I met over twitter helped me in some way with the application for the real job I’m applying for! 😂
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Yea count me out of the fucking MENA law students association that just decided it didn’t have the capacity condemn Hamas and practically at “terrorism is okay”
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was talking to a friend about how it feels trying to find a guy as a middle eastern/arab American woman
I quipped, “it’s not easy to casually bring up GWOT, war crimes, and Middle East politics on the first date so I can figure out if he has crazy views I should know about.”
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IM SUPPOSED TO GRADUATE LAW SCHOOL… law school? LAW SCHOOL AT 23?!?!?
Guys… I’m supposed to graduate and take the bar? Within 7 months? Wtf is going on?
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So
@Arditi_d_Popolo
is a wonderful human being and the type of person when you meet her where you realize “this is the type of friend all women need to have.”
Aussi très chic!
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A prof I personally know from another institution just asked me if they could be the person to hood me at my graduation if possible
Like I don’t know how that works but that’s a nice thing to ask 😭😭😭😭
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Me: I hate biglaw. Never want to work in that
Firm gifts me a bar exam prep course
Me: god bless you and your corporate family
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Many people outing themselves who think that Arabs don’t have the capacity to empathize with their Jewish friends or that Jewish people don’t have the capacity to empathize with their Arab friends.
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Getting ready for my last semester and I feel like this person doesn’t get enough credit for their food work. But
@adam_shniderman
for almost three years now has been helping me out as a student. I ask him questions about school, he calls out my BS and tells me when I need to…
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Like clockwork
“I waited 3 years for this.”
“This is my moment to celebrate you.”
“I was the one who supported you.”
“Don’t you remember all that I did for you?”
No, I don’t remember. I do remember sitting alone in my tears after years of being neglected and told to settle.
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… I’ve earned and demand a certain level of respect that was a really high moment for me.
To then have a superior agree with me? That’s not going to be something I probably ever forget.
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Has he heard of Abu Ghraib?
Even if you assume he means regular ordinary Americans and not the government, he’s still wrong.
Hate crimes soared after 9/11. I served with a guy who told me he vandalized 7 Elevens on Long Island bc Muslims worked there.
When I got out my boss said he did the same thing.
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Never imagined that senior Bush officials from GWOT would go on cable news to rightly criticize a Democratic president for being weak on preventing suffering to civilians in war and calling out IHL violations.
And yet here we are…
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Guys… I’m supposed to graduate and take the bar? Within 7 months? Wtf is going on?
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The answer is apparently yes bc a person I don’t know came up to me today and literally said “do you workout?”
“Yea, why?”
“You have a massive arms.”
💪
Me showing my friend a picture of my new outfit this morning
“Do I look like I workout? Do I look jacked?”
“🙄”
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“It’s battery, actually”
Tell me you went to law school without actually telling me you went to law school.
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Happy thanksgiving to all my twitter friends. 2-3 years ago I knew none of you and now I’m so thankful for this weird app.
Some of you are the folks I accidentally bump into or bother in your office. Some of you answer my endless questions and give me advice. Some of you are…
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Many highlights from this adventure
Meeting Legal Eagle (who is truly a gem)
Robot waiter
Trying crab rangoons for the first time (10/10)
Confirming Glaxton is a wolf irl and when he said I was a force to be reckoned with 😈
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Every time I wear these sunglasses I get compliments on them. Best $15 I’ve spent on clothing/accessories 😂
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In an argument with my mother over the phone she told me she wants me to join the military so I can learn some discipline.
That’s it folks, I think she finally broke my brain.
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I think for those of you who have followed me for a while would know I’ve dealt with not being confident enough and insecure.
The fact that this week I went into a meeting and in a tactful way stated that I’m proud of how I’ve built myself to where I am now, and, furthermore…
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Just kinda insane that growing up post 9/11 that being born Middle Eastern or looking brown was enough to dictate your life or how people treated you despite being a patriotic American.
Now gen z Americans are praising OBL, a terrorist, and it’s barely breaking news.
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I want my circle back so I can tweet about my feelings in “private” to 30-40 people who don’t care
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Passing a cemetery and see a man out in the cold just sitting alone in a lawn chair in front of a grave.
I know nothing else except that I’m going to go pray a little.
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Anyways, I’m really proud of myself for figuring out this summer and doing something that was hard.
I spent my entire childhood being told I was weak and I wouldn’t be good enough or be able to handle things. And look I have my rough days when I need help from friends, many…
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Literally never considered cheating in college because I’d rather not ruin my life forever?????????
Oh, so y'all wrote all your own essays, never looked up answers on Quizlet on your phone during tests, didn't get Chegg to pass online homework, and never looked at someone else's quiz when you were in college?
Let's talk about all you had to do to GET your degrees actually.
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… I got do things that I never thought I’d be lucky enough to experience. Meet people I never thought I’d meet.
And most importantly, I got to walk away from an experience *not* wanting leave, inspired, and excited to see what happens in the future.
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“why else are we here if not to live with unreasonable passion for things”
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The Lebanese have become so numb that when I call my mom and tell her I’m scared and worried from watching the news, she is utterly unmoved. She just keeps telling me to focus on my schoolwork and not to worry.
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Anyways I’m down like 5lbs and multiple inches and training is going well and diet is great and I’m very proud!
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Gosh I literally just want to go outside and scream and dance and be happy
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I’m single and ready for my ice cream date!
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I didn’t know a comment section on posts could be so bad until this morning when I learned that people think the National guard should be gunning down the border or “dropping” people…
We have too many people in this country using the rhetoric of war zones that don’t…
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Absolutely insane that I’ll be able to call myself an attorney if I pass the right exam.
Who allowed this?
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Me trying to explain to irl friends how I met someone
“Okay, so I met them on twitter, then they introduced me to someone else on twitter, then they introduced me to someone offline, then that person introduced me to someone back on social media.”
Them:
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Need to order my high school transcripts and I can’t wait to see the D and Cs on there.
Young girl who scared she’d barely make it through highschool now at a T14… what a glow up ☺️
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My four favorite foods from my ethnicity
(Gosh it is so hard to pick just 4)
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Oh fuck just heard this one
“You don’t need extraordinary perfection. You need extraordinary consistency.”
I love that
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I know it’s cheesy or cliché at this point but I really am proud of myself
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