A friend who grew up Evangelical: "You learn early on that you do whatever you want to do, and say, 'God told me to do it.' One time I broke up with my boyfriend, and said God told me to do it. I argued with his mom, who said, 'But God told ME y'all were going to get married!'"

The best way to send a message to Mitch McConnell and other Republicans is to make Elizabeth Warren Majority Leader of the Senate.

My covid-era hairstyle has graduated from Javier Bardem from No Country for Old Men to Joaquin Phoenix in Joker. This is not an improvement.

I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere. #CountdownToMars

People often think NASA has around 20 percent of the US budget. Try 0.4. Not even a whole damn percent. And they're creating medical advances, advances in weather forecasting, understanding the carbon cycle, AND LANDING ON MARS. Imagine what they could do with 1%.

So I've been stuck on the camera policy for my Zoom classes. I totally get the worries about student privacy and invasiveness. But I also know that my teaching gets radically worse when I'm facing mostly all black squares. So this time, I tried complete honesty. Report-thread:

If you're curious about how whiteness operates unchecked, look no further than Music City, USA. Almost 20 years of data shows how the country music industry excludes and devalues BIPOC artists (a thread) ⬇️

this whole thread is worth reading, but it's this observation about trauma that particularly gutted me

easy things to do: - if you hear anyone repeat the bullshit that these attacks weren't racist, tell them to shut the fuck up - if someone proposes more policing is the answer, tell them to shut the fuck up - if you see anyone humanize the shooter, tell them to shut the fuck up

Batman/Superman #16 (story by me; art by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki ✒️🤙🏼🖌️ , @Sabine_rich; letters by Saida Temofonte) comes out Tuesday 3/23 at your local comic book shop! Let's talk about this panel on Page 2 of the book. DC Comics kit Matt

So you’re asking if I actually can explain how the new Georgia voting law discourages voting, especially in minority & lower income communities and sets up ways for the legislature and exec branch to tamper with elections the way President Trump tried? Okay, if you insist. 1/17

It sucks though that I can't just enjoy beauty of the natural world on a family member's porch without being reminded that to some, I look more like a burglar than a scientist; without having to deploy de-escalation tactics my parents taught me before they'd ever let me drive.

i am seeing a take, "you don't need an [engineering] degree to be a programmer!" and i do agree but i'm also seeing a "engineer means being legally culpable for the consequences of professional work" and i agree, too but there's more to it than just those two things

I hate when people overhype things on on twitter so I will just state calmly that this is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life

Good software architecture takes both debate and iteration. You need trust on a team for both.

Nobody beats Dr. Jessica Morrison 14 times in a row. 😅 Congrats!