Sociologist & policy wonk
Progressive who's fed up with the right's assault on facts. Passionate about economic, racial & sexual equality; protecting the right to vote; and strengthening democracy.
Sammie Rae Stephens
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@kissedbythesun Great to hear from you! I’ve been off Twitter. Haven’t been participating here either. No time for social media aggravation! Hope you’re well!
Jay RosenThis piece in New York Magazine by Olivia Nuzzi has been generating superlatives— for good reason. Her artistry as a writer.
Donald Trump's Final Campaign: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-running-for-president-2024.html
"There [his Doral club] he meets regularly with an impressive, ideologically diverse range of policy wonks, diplomats, and political theorists for conversations about the global economy and military conflicts and constitutional law and I’m kidding. He goes there to play golf.”
Jeff KosseffI began regularly tweeting in 2019, first just to promote my books. This month I decided to stop tweeting not for any political reason or to make a statement, but because the product had degraded. My feed was filled with a bunch of nonsense that wasn’t fun to wade through. As a consumer (and content creator), I decided to go elsewhere. And that is exactly how it should be: platforms should be free to decide how to moderate, and consumers should be free to decide whether to go elsewhere.
HairpikLooking forward to seeing Halle Bailey as The Little Mermaid! When the haters chime in on something as innocent as a fairy tale, you know you’re doing something right. #blackmastodon #blackfriday #blackjoy #TheLittleMermaid #blackactors
@pamelalightsey There's just no excuse for this sh*t in 2022! None.
Pamela LightseyThe way these racists keep holding on to their take on "history" no matter what! #BlackFriday #BlackMastodon
"Stafford took good care of his slaves. If caught up on their work, they could hire themselves out to the other plantation owners so they could earn their own money. However, when the Civil War started and Cumberland Island was taken over by the Union army, all of Stafford’s slaves left him—to his great surprise."
https://npplan.com/parks-by-state/georgia/cumberland-island-national-seashore-park-at-a-glance/cumberland-island-national-seashore-historical-sites/cumberland-island-national-seashore-dungeness/cumberland-island-national-seashore-slavery-on-cumberland-island/
"Stafford took good care of his slaves. If caught up on their work, they could hire themselves out to the other plantation owners so they could earn their own money. However, when the Civil War started and Cumberland Island was taken over by the Union army, all of Stafford’s slaves left him—to his great surprise."
https://npplan.com/parks-by-state/georgia/cumberland-island-national-seashore-park-at-a-glance/cumberland-island-national-seashore-historical-sites/cumberland-island-national-seashore-dungeness/cumberland-island-national-seashore-slavery-on-cumberland-island/
zhiviDo you know who Henrietta Lacks is? Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E Lee. Read the article.
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Mitch Effendi (ميتش أفندي)well said.
i always have to remind people that the actual KKK conducted a march in my town in PA as recently as 1980. Segregation is so recent, my parents actively participated in it.
They'd hoped that I'd be part of it too. I'm in my mid-30s, and a lot of my peers think it's ancient history.
@mmpadellan Ah yes, it's confusing to get started. But it's well worth it once you dive in. Glad you made it!