Dr B Learned Hand @pvsundarb@qoto.org
Joined Nov 2022
@joelanman
From the “Hand of God” to the “The Golden Boot” a 36 year drought ends for # Argentina
#messi #Maradona
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How to address antisemitic rhetoric when you encounter it https://www.npr.org/2022/12/01/1139929829/how-to-address-antisemitic-rhetoric-when-you-encounter-it?sc=18&f=1001
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Two years ago this week, some QAnon clowns started a rumor that Pres. Biden was about to nominate me for Secretary of Education. They did this to fearmonger over the prospect of a trans woman running American public schools.
This was especially funny at the time because I have zero qualifications to be on my local school board, let alone lead the Department of Education.
Death threats. Doxxing. An avalanche of nasty messages. Delightful.
Fox News rather bizarrely took it seriously.
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SAN FRANCISCO — In a cab tonight a white female cabdriver who says she is 55, said racist things about Asians. (I won’t repeat them.) I tell her what she says is racist. “Stop the cab,” I say. Says she’s not racist “because I’m Swiss.” Then says, “pay before you get out”, confirming her racist mentality. “What makes you think I won’t pay?” She says, “I don’t know.” Then: “why are you getting out of the cab?” I got out. Reported her immediately to the relevant agency. #SanFrancisco #BlackMastodon
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#Harvard names Claudine Gay as the first Black president of university #BlackMastodon #highered
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/dec/15/harvard-claudine-gay-first-black-president
@LauraFieldcut@mastodon.social @StevenBeschloss
“.. Opposition to woke principles has become a business opportunity, too. A former Green Beret has found success with a “patriotic” coffee brand, Black Rifle, based in Salt Lake City. The conservative commentator Sara Gonzales founded American Beauty, a cosmetics company “for women who love America.” (Lipstick shades include Freedom Fighter and Triggered ) Vanessa Santos, who runs a right-leaning public-relations firm called Red Renegade PR, told me that the market for anti-woke goods is niche but ardent. “People want to buy something that’s patriotic,” Santos told me, and “they want to know the kind of person who’s behind the product"
do not expect to persuade the alt-right.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/19/the-ceo-of-anti-woke-inc
@StevenBeschloss
something that can help by By Sheelah Kolhatkar.
Of course, do not expect to persuade the alt-right.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/19/the-ceo-of-anti-woke-inc
“The term “woke,” which dates back nearly a century, was initially used in Black communities to describe a raising of consciousness and has since become a catchall denoting awareness of a range of social-justice issues. “
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Are we really just going to move on to the next issue after the leading candidate for the presidency and former White House occupant urged the termination of the Constitution to reinstall him in power, as if this is just another off-kilter comment and not foreshadowing where this is heading? Six years on, have the media learned that little about the danger this man portends?
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Elon Musk is using his platform to advocate for the prosecution of Dr. Fauci—and his excited, aggrieved sycophants couldn’t be happier. I guess if Trump won’t rejoin the bird app, then Elon is determined to be just like him.
https://twitter.com/sundarb/status/1598624393118511105?s=12&t=fVAJJDfY7K6BMFKRqHwJ_w
Hope the federalists apologize to @marcelias
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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) has been unanimously elected leader of House Democrats, the first Black person to lead either party in either chamber.
A new chapter with new leadership.
Well done, Mr. Leader!
I am a professor of business. Currently on sabbatical and traveling the world.
Receiving a Tanjore painting fro IIM Trichy faculty
Hello all, I am a political refugee from ElonTwitter. Hoping to Learn how to use Mastodon.
Joined Nov 2022
