California! Did you know that Asian American deaths due to COVID increased by 25%, compared to 2% among Whites? Help us amplify these important findings: aapidata.com/covid19 (2/n)

Things are HORRIBLE right now but be mindful to support & center attention on the Asian community in the Atlanta area and follow their lead on next steps Drop any #ATL orgs or folks to support in the replies, especially mutual aid collectives #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate

These deaths somehow mean more because of the rise in anti-Asian violence related to COVID-19, but no mention of how they’re connected to the long policing of Asian sex work, which so many Asian Americans and those speaking up against anti-Asian hate endorse.

This was a really helpful resource

I/we haven't been striking for 3 weeks to get a 5k/yr raise, no substantial disability protections, no meaningful improvements to childcare/dependent healthcare, and no regulation over employer-imposed rental costs. We can do better and the task is to convince others we can too.

🎧"What I've known in my bones during my entire 48 years on this planet is that nothing is certain + that we must build a world that acknowledges our interdependence with one another so no one ever falls through the cracks."Alice Wong 王美華 #TheCaliforniaReport bit.ly/3VJLbSN

With GSRs/TAs in voluntary mediation, there’s lots of new info, but don’t be afraid! Join us in a seminar series starting Tuesday! Learn about: ✅ how bargaining & mediation works ✅how did a higher ed strike work at Columbia ✅how can we win a strong contract as GSRs/STEM GSRs

We must demand changes in how disabled students request access and accommodation. Students are repeatedly traumatized by the process of asking for accommodation and getting denied. They should be learning not fighting for access to classrooms and exams. #DisabilityTwitter

According to the Department of Energy, graduate student stipend rates should now *begin* at $45k, "excluding benefits" This means the federal government has set a floor for graduate student stipends that is more than $10k higher than what most JHU grads currently receive

The role of the autonomic nervous system in emotions is complex, but maybe we just need to examine it with fresh eyes. This paper changed how I think about its functioning during emotions and rest.

New Reza Abbasi-Asl lab preprint! Unsupervised pattern discovery in spatial gene expression atlas reveals mouse brain regions beyond established ontology biorxiv.org/content/10.110… In collab w/ Yu Wang, Alex Lee, Bin Yu, Bosiljka Tasic Hongkui Zeng Allen Institute UC Berkeley 1/8

My co-author Rebecca Barter and I are thrilled to announce the online release of our MIT Press book "Veridical Data Science: The Practice of Responsible Data Analysis and Decision Making" (vdsbook.com), an essential source for producing trustworthy data-driven results.

best part about interning is hearing about the different flavors of how every grad program advertises how great everything then and then summarily destroys this goodwill over time