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Georgia girl. Cowboys fan. Nonna. Aspiring farmer. Spoiled-dog parent. Optimist. Volunteer. Entrepreneur. Music junkie. Globe trotter. Bookworm. Jenga master. Jeopardy nerd. Gen Xer. Here to encourage… share… be.

For the record, the proportion of professors at Cambridge who are Black is 0.4%. The number of Black people in the UK population is 4%. So the number of Black professors at Cambridge is ONE TENTH of what you would expect in a meritocracy.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18h ago

Paddy O'Connell, asked on the programme to estimate what % of professors at Cambridge are black, estimated it at 30%. Seriously, 30%.

The National Association of Black Journalists gives Stephen A. Smith the “Thumbs Down” award for his “recurring public pattern of disparaging public commentary directed at prominent Black women across politics, sports and media.”

🇮🇹 Rome colosseum offers evening tours to combat heat The Colosseum has extended opening hours at night this summer to allow more visitors to see the famous Roman amphitheatre in cooler temperatures after sunset.

Voter suppression is already happening, and it should be on everybody’s radar. We can’t wait until Election Day to start screaming about this shit. Jeffries is warning that Republicans have “adopted voter suppression as an electoral strategy” and will do everything they can to rig the election.

🙌🏽 Thousands of Black pilots, aviation professionals, students & future industry leaders gather at #Chicago's McCormick Place this week for the 50th Annual ✈️Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) Conference. Celebrating 50 years of breaking barriers & creating opportunities in aviation.

I hate that we have let the nastiest racists on earth define and redefine our language. From "woke" to "DEI." Trump's policies are not anti-DEI. They are racist. US firms did not abandon DEI policies. They fired competent black women in droves on the basis of race and sex.

Ian Johnson@mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 2d ago

DEI means recruiting the best candidates and appealing to the widest possible customer base - which results show is good for people, and for business www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

guardian newspaper report friday august 14th saying
US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived
Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t