Beginning Monday, April 19, DC residents who are 65 and older will be able to get vaccinated without an appointment at walk-up sites across DC. Learn more: mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-… #DCHOPE

There are only a few days left to apply to the Undergraduate Think Tank, coordinated by Howard University & supported by The U.S. Russia Foundation. The think tank facilitates seminars, workshops, & research for undergrads to advance diversity, equity, & inclusion in REEES. aseees.org/news-events/as….

If you keep asking yourself why you don't feel better, read this. If you can't feel at all, read this. If you aren't sure what "trauma" really means, read this. As he tends to do, Ed Yong is not here writes what many of us are feeling but can't put in to words. Just beautiful.

TW: Suicide This episode can help you recognize and support people at risk of suicide. I don't explicitly ask this often, but please share this around. The tricky thing about suicide is you don't always know who is struggling. npr.org/2021/04/02/983…

Maker friends: Georgetown is hiring for a manager of our wonderful Maker Hub!

On unsolicited advice for chronically ill folks: Why do we get so upset when you recommend a book, diet, vitamin, exercise, essential oil, tea, meditation, etc? THREAD. 🧵 #NEISvoid #ChronicPain

Please join me in sending some $$ to support Collective Action for Safe Spaces in their extended bereavement leave.

🚨I wrote about how individualism is still sabotaging the pandemic response, and how it has been accentuated by vaccinations & the CDC’s recent guidance. Our collective problem still exists & has been even more heavily shifted onto the most vulnerable. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Hello! I'm a trans design researcher & I'm happy to say that the complete text of my book, design justice: community-led practices to build the worlds we need, is freely available from The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social this #pride month ;) design-justice.pubpub.org #PrideMonth #pride2021 #queerdesign

Announcing "Race and Russian Studies in The Russian Review," an exploration of the ways that race and racial identity have been discussed on the pages of the journal from the 1940s to the present. Great work by Kamal Kariem, PhD Candidate at Princeton! russianreview.ku.edu/resources

Join us for our virtual information session on December 2, 2021 at 5:00pm EST to learn more about the admissions process, program opportunities and curriculum, and connect with our faculty! Hope to see you there! RSVP to receive joining information: bit.ly/3kIsH4K

My incredibly talented and relentlessly hardworking spouse Sasha (who hates Twitter) is releasing their first vinyl EP next month and so I’m proud I’m crying about it. Preorder here and get yourself some weird woozy textural techno: mildfantasy.bandcamp.com/album/tephra-ep

It feels like a good time for a reminder that trans kids have always existed. This is what gender euphoria looked like on me at nine years old.

Day 9 of COVID and this virus is still kicking my ass. Felt better for a couple of days but spiked a fever again and am as sick as I was when this started. Chills, body aches, fatigue, sore throat, congestion, cough. Even this latest variant is no joke. Wear a mask, y’all!