About that awful piece in The Atlantic. It suggests that Chesa Boudin created the Tenderloin (she's gotta be joking; we all know what it was like before), it makes SF an object of nostalgia (hasn't she ever read joan didion on haight ashbury?), it describes Asian Americans as

THREAD. Sometimes the bias of the New York Times is so outrageous that it surprises even me. Because what the NYT did yesterday in its election coverage is so dangerous, I try my best to analyze it carefully below.

Glad to see I'm not the only one raging about that particular NYTimes headline. 😒 Groaned, read the article, and immediately uninstalled the app. 🌾 🐪

THREAD. There is a very revealing thing at the heart of the flood of elite media "think pieces" about the San Francisco DA election. If you get past the flowery writing, what's going on is a pretty fascinating fraud.

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The more I read these panicked articles about places like NYC and San Francisco being 'unsafe', the more I realize it's not about crime at all - just discomfort with poverty being more visible

San Francisco’s poverty rate is 10%; Detroit’s is 33%. San Francisco’s unemployment rate is 3%; Detroit’s is 20%. Yet, San Francisco’s homelessness rate is a whopping 3 times higher than Detroit’s. Why? If you want to understand homelessness, follow the rent:

Proud Boys stormed the Pine Valley Public Library in Wilmington, North Carolina. I did some research from people who witnessed things on the ground and took pictures, and it would seem that not only was the Sheriff's office ineffective - they ESCORTED the proud boys to the room!

Something that's hard to convey to people who don't walk in their shoes: there are a lot of women walking around today who aren't just sad. They're frightened. They're terrified.

An abortion ban will result in more men committing murder. This isn't hysteria or a false panic. It's an objective truth. Homicide is the number 1 cause of death for pregnant women. Boyfriends and husbands who don't want to have a baby will take matters into their own hands.

Abortions in the 3rd trimester are almost always done for fetal anomalies. There is no 39 week “I’m bored so I’m having an abortion” abortion. These procedures are $20k plus. Seriously. Stop fetishizing the fetus.

A judge has ruled that Cushman & Wakefield is in contempt for failing to comply with our investigation into Donald Trump and the Trump Organization's financial dealings. The company must pay $10,000 every day until it complies with our subpoenas.

A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore 🧵

THREAD. This is an important thread about how the New York Times used misinformation to skew the public's perception of the LAPD's killing of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta. What happened to her, and what the NYT did, is important.

Can we please stop with the reimbursement system for grad students? I’m owed $7537.07 in reimbursements. This is more than 20% of my yearly income pre-tax. Some of these expenses occurred MONTHS ago. Expecting people to have this kind of money on hand is absurd

Today my husband was handcuffed and had tasers pulled on him by Oakland Police Dept. because a random couple accused him of stealing their truck. He was in fact sitting in his truck. That he owns.

We, the Postdocs, Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees, & Graduate Student Researchers at UC announce a multi-unit strike starting November 14. United with Student Researchers United-UAW & @uaw2865 we will make University of California stop their unlawful conduct & bargain in good faith.

The strike by researchers, postdoctoral scholars, tutors, teaching assistants and graders – including scores of workers at UC Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – is one of the largest walkouts in academic labor history. kqed.org/news/11932147/…