Rushdie has lost an eye and the full use of one had and I learned about it from a Spanish website.
I know we are in meltdown politically but I would have thought that at least a few British writers would have kept up with the story.

This whole thread is a doozy.

Well … the one thing that could bring all of Blackademic Twitter together has happened.

Some white faculty are mad because a Black professor gives away books by Black authors to students — for free — and had the audacity to tell us he was doing it.

This is not a good sign.

Shoigu called the defense ministers of Turkey, France and Britain and said that Ukraine was preparing to detonate a “dirty bomb” This is a complete lie as everything else from Russia

In case you were wondering if celebrity statements had impact on hate in the real world.

Antisemitism is real. It exists.

When we talk about it, and the tropes that it comprises—mostly subtle, shadowy, by design—we can begin to do the work of combatting hate. 1/x

84 percent. My god.

Just a reminder that you can outlaw this while keeping the rest of your precious freedom of speech intact. In Germany you could fine these people now, for fun and profit.

I'm sorry. If @Adidas doesn't end their relationship with Kanye, they are absolutely complicit in antisemitism.

A Jewish graveyard was recently desecrated a few miles from my house. These are active, incredibly dangerous forces that we must have zero tolerance for.

I don't (...and truly cannot) pay attention to most main character-type discourse on here and so I enjoyed this as a standalone funny joke late last night & then this morning I saw what it was referencing and how alarmingly close to reality it was lmao

If I were religious, I'd send prayers. Instead I'll send rage. Fuck all of you selfish fucks. Especially those of you who are trained to know better but instead choose your own motivated biases to justify your lack of even the simplest of actions.

A good detail from Dan Kane, illustrating how some gun 'thefts' are really black market sales

1. 'North Carolina, like many states, does not require gun owners to report thefts'

2. 'states that require reporting show a reduction in gun trafficking'
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This made me laugh.

Imagine protesting for *37* days in a row. The people of Iran are demanding freedom. The time for regime change is now. #IranRevoIution

Facts.

Thinking about covering a preprint? Think about whether the immediacy is actually relevant and potentially helpful, or if you can just wait for peer review. Also, consider potential harm if research turns out to be wrong Tom Ulrich is at #sciwri22 #SciWri22