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Phonte called to tell me this is the thing I had to read today. As a black North Carolinian. And he was right. Better than every second of that ESPN
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I’m at an event once with one of the most frequently called upon “centrist” analysts of highered. He insists, in public, that “everyone has high speed Internet”. He meant it.
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I had student meetings today and I am emotional. That's my content warning. Every year that passes, it is more likely that the black women on campus - any campus
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I am 100% positive that this framing can be traced to a single consulting firm or university presidents group. Real reporting would find it and put it in context.https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1254499178962718720 No
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I cannot believe this isn't posted EVERYWHERE. I think it reads like a wild maniac wrote it. Seriously.https://twitter.com/argyle_sox/status/1252991390474256384 I mean...do they have some special insight into something that the entire
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Couldn’t figure out what this hometown number was calling me so today I picked it up. It’s my 18 year old cousin wanting to sell me Cut Co knives. Hi.
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I called my aunt Helen to see if she got the meat I sent to her. She lives in a place called Red Springs. It is what it sounds like.
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I have to tell you something. My long nightmare ended today. Five days ago, in the middle of a GLOBAL PANDEMIC, a *#!? mouse got into my house. Money was
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Honest Johnson, I only do the title because of my black and brown and queer students who have effectively said to me, “I wish a bitch would call you Tressie
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I repeat: removing zoom from k-12 schools was and is a right, good decision. You'll see here some of the things I have said are an issue but said by
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Again, I cannot overstate that the fixes people presume have more variability than they can imagine in a complex system. Let's take a local example:https://twitter.com/patrickDurusau/status/1246892615556943872 I have a high familiarity
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I regret to inform you that I cannot commit to anymore zoom happy hours, parties, socials or clubs at this time. See also: brunches, lunches, dinners, potlucks or dances.
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