https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/nikole-hannah-jones-issues-statement-on-decision-to-decline-tenure-offer-at-university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill-and-to-accept-knight-chair-appointment-at-howard-university/

I found this statement to be a really good read.

https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1413101463149101058?s=20

Oh, THAT rings a bell.

Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) Tweeted: The instigators bragged about what they had done and were never brought to justice because they defeated Reconstruction with violence and political compromises. “We have had no fraud in our elections in South Carolina since 1884,” boasted one of the organizers

Watching Iron Fist on NetFlix. Pretty disappointed with how they treat his relationship with the homeless guy.

“Piss in your shoes.”

“People must think we’re alike.”

Lost opportunity to honor what he said, delve. “Where did you learn that? Who did you hear that from?”

And then that hunter-gatherer we-never-should-have-started-farming BS. Please.

Oh, right, and then some pop Buddhism. EYE. ROLL.

“My brother’s a very… black-and-white kinda guy.”

OH GREAT THIS MEANS WE GET TO DEAL WITH HER DITHERING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SERIES DOESNT IT?

Om mane padme om??? Seriously???

“I can’t be involved in this.”

YOU ALREADY ARE HONEY

Jiminy crickets.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/twitter-addict-realizes-she-needs-rehab/619343/

This really rings true for me.

Well… I feel better.

Welp. We fumbled that one, for sure. Could’ve had a star, but….

Nice job, racists.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/05/sixty-years-of-climate-change-warnings-the-signs-that-were-missed-and-ignored

Good article (long-ish).

«When climate fear starts to grip, it is worth remembering that we have knowledge that offers us a chance to act.»

https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-data-on-covid-19-vaccinations-race-ethnicity/

Oy. Several things going on here, but: 😦

https://twitter.com/granawkins/status/1411619145930604555?s=20

Really good original thread by Sim Kern, with interesting replies, but I like this thread by Grant the best.

Grant♟️ (@granawkins) Tweeted: @sim_kern – Don’t say it’s impossible. – Fuck. Around. And. Find. Out. https://t.co/cwGORnP8ob

https://twitter.com/David__Osland/status/1410183979203018752?s=20

Heh.

David__Osland (@David__Osland) Tweeted: So it’s England v Ukraine. One is deeply divided between ultra-nationalists and people who want to join the EU, with dodgy Russian money funding its rightwing politicians. But Ukraine has its problems too.