I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that. As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why this is happening. 🧵

Organize!

*Current Mood* as I try to get through the last two weeks of my first AY as PhD /instructor. It was brutal, this whole thread pretty much sums up my take away from the year:

Disappearances in the context of the uprising in Colombia. What incredible bravery and strength to keep protesting in the face of this brutality.

"The U.S. and Mexico vowed to continue their joint efforts in blocking asylum seekers from reaching the border, for which Mexico has long received U.S. funding." democracynow.org/2021/6/9/headl…

This is damn near impossible. It's like asking: "Can you briefly explain how the universe works?" However, there are some things people should know. A thread.

chomsky snorting milk through his nose with laughter

Este jueves!!!

Via najournalists: More than half of the The New York Times' Indigenous affairs coverage relied on stereotypes. Out of 300 articles, 804 stereotypes were used. “Violence” was the most frequently used stereotype and was found in 40 percent of coverage analyzed. najanewsroom.com/2021/08/02/naj…

I was arrested in March in Charlotte. My court date was aug 13. Now, it’s March 2022. These charges impact my ability to get jobs and housing. Fuck the police.

"If I were to summarize the main points I’ve taken from Chomsky’s writings and talks, they would be this: You should have both compassion and consistency, care about freedom and fairness alike, and be rational, curious, and humble." currentaffairs.org/2018/12/lesson…

CONVERSATORIO📜|“Autorías indígenas sobre la autonomía: diálogos con el proceso Constituyente de Chile”. Exponen constituyentes Adolfo Millabur Ñancuil y ROSA ELIZABETH CATRILEO ARIAS, nuestro coordinador Salvador Millaleo y la académica Amy Kennemore (she/her), entre otras. 🗓️19/08 - 18:00 hrs. ➡️bit.ly/3mgDQLI

Les invito a hacer una lectura necesaria. El.Stasiek acaba de entregar los resultados de su investigación, hecha para CIPCA, sobre el rol de las diferentes formas de "agricultura familiar" en #Bolivia. Es sin duda una contribución muy importante. cipca.org.bo/noticias/se-pr…

Hey @UCPrezDrake - do you know how your negotiators treat the teachers who make University of California’s excellence possible?

🚨BREAKING: UC-AFT’s Executive Board served notice to UC management that lecturers will strike on Nov. 17 and 18 against unfair labor practices committed by the University of California. #UCUnfair #WeTeachUC (1/4)

Hey @UCPrezDrake, why won’t you #KeepYourPromise? UC lecturers deserve better! #WeTeachUC

“The exploitation (and I don’t use the word lightly) of lecturers by the UC system has been a matter of policy for many years. It appalled and startled me when I first encountered it in the early 1970s.” latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Listening to a panel of gringos talking about Bolivia and they're *still* stuck on the question of coup or no coup. No discussion of events on the ground, of grassroots struggles, or issues facing Bolivians. Rather, it's about them being right. As usual.

Beloved UC Davis Lecturer/Choral Director Erik Peregrine is being laid off by UC Davis Music. Please sign & share to save faculty jobs at the University of California. Tell Laurie San Martin, Mika Pelo @atekwanae & Mary Croughan to rescind this unnecessary layoff! actionnetwork.org/petitions/rein…