ZingerLearns @ZingerLearns@social.cleverlibre.org

I volunteer to write the next chapter of THE TWITTER FILES on how the decision was made to deactivate the accounts of a bunch of journalists that reported on Musk

Just send me all the internal communications.

My email is in my bio.

Olbermann is gone too. This was his last tweet.

reading my students' reflections about what they have learned about academic writing in my class this semester reminds me two things that cannot be said enough:

🗣️ PRE-WRITING IS WRITING TOO!

🗣️ ACADEMIC WRITING REQUIRES A LOT OF PRE-WRITING!

[context: they report having felt guilty because they are "not writing" ...but the work they are doing is the wind-up to producing text]

Ok, it's been 3-weeks since I've joined Mastodon and here's my take away so far:

1. White folx prioritizing their fuckin feeling OVER their IMPACT of their racist behavior

2. I'm thankful that I was strategic in joining the instance I'm on because, due to their efforts, they've DEMONSTRATED their INTENT to prioritize voices like mine

3. As a Black women, there's no truly safe space for us

Remember when Congress was going to ban members from trading stocks?

Assistant/Associate Professor position in Cognitive Science/Learning Sciences at Illinois: https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/2464

An online graphic novel includes this illustration of "old world language families"
From: http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=196

We have an advert out for a Lecturer (Teaching) in our department @ucl

We're particularly interested in the teaching of this:
https://tinyurl.com/y9fbsatv
and this:
https://tinyurl.com/2p8dy6f3

All details for application & advert available here:
https://tinyurl.com/2b37tntd

You can also DM/email me for more discussion/details

#statistics #datascience #teaching #UCL #london

“Remember: white supremacy is not a shark/it’s the water”

“… it [white supremacy] isn’t just the broken treaty: it is also the treaty”

1. The criminal and civil charges filed against @SBF_FTX@twitter.com allege that his tens of millions in political donations was a central component of his crimes and misconduct.

We contacted the 98 campaigns and 24 PACs that received money from SBF, FTX and other FTX execs

🧵

“Just 12 companies out of more than 18,700 worldwide merited a “triple A” score for their environmental disclosures in 2022”
https://on.ft.com/3FPtDhF

'After more research, Ms. Corless made the startling allegation that hundreds of children who had been in the care of Catholic nuns may be buried on the grounds of the old home in Tuam (pronounced Chewm), many in a disused sewage system. Her theory was widely dismissed until forensic archaeologists emerged from a test dig on the site with photographs of commingled juvenile bones.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/world/europe/ireland-mother-and-baby-home-tuam.html

US friends: the Biden administration is reopening the free COVID tests through USPS program at COVIDTests dot gov for new orders tomorrow, more details here: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/free-covid-home-test-program-restart-00073962

Sometimes it actually doesn't get better.
We can however do better in showing up to help make things softer for them.

Study finds maternal death rates 62% higher (2020) in states w/ restrictive abortion policies. States w/ limited abortion access have fewer maternity providers, 34% higher death rate for women of reproductive age & greater racial inequality in healthcare.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/accessibility/3774936-maternal-death-rates-higher-in-states-that-ban-restrict-abortion-research/