MAGA is freaking out about Arabic numerals being taught in schools, just like when they were in school and not paying attention in math, history, government, civics
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Phd Student University of Cambridge I Columbia alum Studies how AI systems impact Black people Founded non profit AI for the People Compassionate I Respectful l Seeks online civility Proud British - American #Blacksky
Is Blackness an Effective Organizing Tool? #ADOS, Lineage, Reparations, and Blackness as an Organizing Tool ft. Diami Virgilio
#ADOS, Lineage, #Reparations, and Blackness as an Organizing Tool ft. Diami Virgilio www.patreon.com/posts/ados-l...
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say. "When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
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I assumed elite pedophile rings were part of a coordinated disinformation campaign then ..... these files hit 👀
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This is EXACTLY why I wrote my book. This shit is *exhausting.*
So exhausting..
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"If I could, I’d make the algorithm 100% MAGA related. But it’s not going to work out that way unfortunately," Trump said. "Everyone’s going to be treated fairly.”
“If I could make it 100% MAGA, I would, but it’s not going to work out that way,” Trump said. “Unfortunately, no, everyone’s going to be treated fairly. Every group, every philosophy, every policy will be treated very fairly. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Trump signs executive order facilitating TikTok deal
The president signed the order Thursday after the administration had signaled that a deal was being finalized between Chinese and U.S. officials.
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America is truly divided l knew almost nothing about Charlie Kirk before his murder. He came to speak at my university and l didn’t go because l was tired. I would have been so shocked. There is no room for political violence in this country. I had no idea he was organizing so many young people
Shana Tova to everyone celebrating in Illinois and across the world. As we celebrate Rosh Hashanah, I want to wish you all a new year full of joy, good health, and prosperity.
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.
MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, the largest private provider of scholarships to minority students.
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New academic on the block ... I got another citation alert! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Exploring #Diasporawars on Black Twitter - Tyler Musgrave, Yuning Ye, Kentaro Toyama, Sarita Schoenebeck, Megan Threats, 2025
Black Twitter, now operating on X (formerly Twitter), is a crucial online platform that shapes cultural production, political activism, and educational exchange...
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"Claims of pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. Geneticist explains analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement" news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
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Megyn kelly saying the quiet part out loud again
One of my favorite moments in the history of free speech: Larry Flynt publishing a satirical Campari ad featuring Jerry Falwell Sr. as an incestuous drunk who first had sex with his mother in an outhouse. Falwell sued. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court found that satire is protected speech.
Algorithms are increasingly deciding who gets access to benefits, housing, and healthcare. Left unchecked, these algorithms can produce biased results, making everyday people vulnerable to automated discrimination—without them even knowing about it. www.youtube.com/shorts/Hc1dg...
We must ensure that automated decision systems are safe
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Our paper was retracted after a right wing pressure campaign. But the citations keep coming. So happy our contributions to the field are valued by our peers. journals.openedition.org/ejas/24114
The ADOS Movement: Policing the Boundaries of Lineage
1. Introduction American Descendants of Slavery Advocacy Foundation (ADOS AF) is a grassroots organization established in 2016 to promote a lineage-based identity and advocate for federal reparatio...
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