once i was at a party and a guy came up to me and was like "hey you look bored, let me tell you about my research detecting quasars." we dated for 7 months.
funny that she's positioned herself as a gen z organizer, as a voice for our generation while selling us out to establishment politics every single chance she gets. i haven't forgotten how hard you tried to peddle your republican loving friend btw! loser behavior!
โThe Vietnam protestโ-โ
Were followed by Richard Nixon becoming President, Republicans dominating politics until the 1990โs, and Democrats shifting towards hard on crime policies. Yโall want to talk about history but donโt want to talk about how it fits together.
1968-1992.
bridgit mendler writing a song about being perceived as a dumb blonde that nobody takes seriously in 2012 and then proceeding to get a BA from USC, an MA from MIT, and a JD/PHD from harvard & MIT in 2024 is such hot girl shit. nobody's doing it like her.
the class solidarity + morals leaving people when they get a 6 figure offer from raytheon, lockheed, deloitte, ey, deutsche, mckinsey, cravath, motherboard, berlin rosen, j.p. morgan, exxon, shell, chevron
having to grieve my early 20s while watching people refuse to get vaccinated, corporations refuse to provide safe working conditions, the government refuse to erase student debt or pass social safety bills
today i helped my mom pay off her mortgage for our house. mom and i have both been working 2-3 jobs at a time for years to make her mortgage payments (since i was 16) and i am so HAPPY that my mom no longer has to worry about this
why do rich people go into politics if i was rich i would live in a little house by the sea and fulfill as many mutual aid requests as i could and mind my business instead of spending $14m to run for a 2 year term
"some koreans". are koreans not capable of being leading quantum physics researchers? is there something you'd like to share with the class on how you view koreans?
Imagine being a leading quantum physics researcher, dedicating your life to the edges of reality. You have climbed the ranks to manage multiple labs. Then, some Koreans figure the thing out and you get 100 texts, at 8 am, with a poorly formatted arxiv link saying "cap or no cap?"
do not flirt with me i am boring, awkward, and dramatic. if you text me "hiiii" i'm either going to respond with a paragraph on 14th century east asian fabric production or pass away bc i can't think of a response.
Ke Huy Quan lost his health insurance because he wasnโt being hired in 2021 after filming EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
He called the filmโs producer to ask: โCan you tell me if Iโm good in the movie? Nobody wants to hire me.โ
โEEAAO came out in 2022 and my life changed.โ
rename indian quad. rename colonial quad. your living areas for students are named after literal colonizers & the indigenous tribes they systematically wiped out.
@ualbany
@HavidanUAlbany
@MikeChristakis
Amplifying our voices; A message from Michael Christakis, Vice President for Student Affairs, and Tamra Minor Chief Diversity Officer and Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion โก๏ธ
I really would like to know the logic that goes into these admissions decisionsโฆ
I had a 97th percentile LSAT (above median for most) and a 3.5 GPA (around median) as a STEM major, had UG research, had a job, was an NCAA athlete, and was rejected from every T20 law school.
lovely 6'3 guy asked to take me to dinner & i was like "sounds amazing but i'll be in miami for work next week so maybe in december?" and it turns out that miami is his hometown and he'll be there at the same time as i am so now he's planning a little weekend beach picnic
v unpopular opinion esp considering im on space twitter often but i genuinely do not care about exploring the cosmos & finding the answer to the creation of the universe & all life as we know it when people are literally dying bc they cannot afford food, healthcare, housing
this is neocolonialism. you are out-pricing local populations and taking away vital resources from them. as a southeast asian, i am letting y'all know that westerners moving to our countries is killing us. the maids, drivers, staff you encounter are not paid enough to live here.
@lovedoveclarke
@DoorDash
you're amazing ๐ i'm glad you're using your platform to talk about this!! doordash is so nasty, they're being investigated for wage theft rn:
The City of New York is investigating DoorDash over wage theft allegations.
13 workers have filed complaints totaling over $22,000 in stolen wages.
And more than 50 other complaints totaling over $50,000 are reportedly on the way.
a swastika is NOT freedom of expression. a white student saying the N word is NOT freedom of expression. this is hate speech, and it's disappointing we have to use social media to make our voices heard & to ask the university to hold people accountable
@HavidanUAlbany
this little refugee girl is 24 today ๐
& raising money for the pcrf & wfw so other children growing up under political violence may one day get to turn 24, to begin healing from the traumas of their childhoods, and build happy adult lives.
this is sooooo crazy to read as a muslim who has to spend 18 hour days in school & work while fasting, use personal time for holidays, couldn't wear a hijab growing up bc of islamophobia, can't see family bc of a literal travel ban, witnessed the bombing of muslim countries for
i think nft piss me off bc people are actively choosing me to partake in manufactured scarcity than help their communities. if i was rich i would be donating to gofundmes, local orgs, direct mutual aids. not buying bad monkey art.
he passed away today. my uncle loved and fought for a lot of things, most notably democracy and human rights. i know everybody he's ever met will remember him for how kind and joyful he was despite all he faced in his life. ุฅููููุง ูููููููฐูู ููุฅููููุง ุฅููููููู ุฑูุงุฌูุนูููู
my uncle is so silly that sometimes i forget he's suffered unimaginable horrors. i was telling him about my new job and how sometimes i feel like i'm falling behind my peers and he went "i was in a reeducation camp until 30, don't worry you're never behind" love him
casually flirting in college is so fun, you talk for 3 months & follow them on twitter/insta forever & get to watch them become increasingly more left as you age & take a little joy in the fact that you're still good enough friends to check in about random current events
fun chem fact: for a long time, people thought glass was a slow flowing liquid bc glass panes on old buildings are thicker at the bottom. they were half right! glass is an amorphous solid, so glass atoms do continue to flow & do not retain a rigid crystalline structure.
conservatives are so funny to me bc they'll be like "i'm a tough american and nothing offends me unlike you snowflakes" and then turn around and cry when people don't want to work or be with them
i know this is a joke but a LOT of male depression is rooted in them holding themselves to unrealistic patriarchal standards and then punishing themselves when they cannot achieve it.
i save numbers with first and last name, their job title, and a little note about where i know them from w/ their coffee orders & continue to add to the note as i get to know them w/ allergies or common interests and it's rly soooo useful
damn that's crazy has she tried working a full time job while going to school and juggling 7 extracurricular clubs and organizing to keep her community safe the way all poor people of color are forced to do to survive in this country? maybe it'd help buff up her application.
College admission season update - From a friend:
โNiece got 1450 SAT, 4.2 GPA, competitive athlete. She didnโt even get into her safety schools. Going to junior college this year and is very depressed. The POC kids in her class, C students at best, are all headed to Berkeley,โฆ
@evelanoire
@ollivex
Washington DC does not have cash bail, neither does the state of New Jersey. If you see any funds going around for DC or NJ, it is a scam.
being a girl is actually so gross at times bc sometimes you think men are friends with you bc they like your personality and enjoy your presence but rly they're just trying to get laid and only see you as a sexual object :-)
while we're renaming indian quad & colonial quad buildings can we also.... get muslim students more food options on campus that donโt require them having to spend real money on halal shack or going vegan?
locking my twitter for the next 3 weeks while i interview for more permanent organizing and advocacy positions in/near my hometown ๐ everybody wish me luck pls