STEM PhD. Professional advice-giver (#researchdevelopment). Actual (née Aspiring) cat guardian. #adoptee Pronouns: she/her
Oakland, CA
Joined April 2015
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@WIRED do better. #adoptees are tired of stereotypes and mischaracterizations of our complicated and diverse life experiences. Adoption needs to be framed as finding parents for children—not finding children for ppl who want some (a downright dangerous mindset)
WOW @WIRED. This entire article is a dangerous, hyperbolic gishgallop of inaccuracies and stereotypes adoption scholars have labored decades to correct. And are easily disproven. I’m rarely speechless. But I don’t even know where to begin. #adoption #antiadoption #wired
@WIRED We want real scrutiny & comprehensive reform of the hodge podge of state laws governing adoption practices & adoptee rights. They were not developed as evidence or science-based practices. Echoing @AmandaTDA do your research on Georgia Tann
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#BREAKING: I’m filing a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department to bring an end to its pattern of repeatedly and blatantly violating the rights of New Yorkers.
No one is above the law — not even the individuals charged with enforcing it.
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“An apology to adopted people for the loss of their identity.” This simple phrase took my breath away. Will I see this in my lifetime? With no #whatabout, no #notall, no comparisons? Just an acknowledgment that the loss of identity is a loss. Period. @clann_project
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When disability rights protesters peacefully objected to cuts in Medicaid, more than 180 were arrested. @CapitolPolice took down people with physical disabilities. I have not yet found even one marauder or looter handled like these disabled heroes were.
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I feel like we are downplaying the “a couple of bombs found” part of the day idk
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i cant really wrap my head around the fact people who violently breached the building, and trashed it were allowed to just...leave the capitol.
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Coup or not, the executive branch today encouraged a militia to attack the seat of the legislative branch and threaten the physical safety of Congress. it's the most alarming thing to happen to the country's constitutional order in 150 years
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COVID Update December 17: This is my worst thread. I hate writing it. But I have to write it. 1/
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Whenever I see someone trying to parallel park I avert my eyes and continue walking giving them the privacy they need because I’m a decent human being
Check out this great thread if you have covid vaccine questions!
List of the most common questions I am getting regarding #CovidVaccine. Here's a shot at answering them. Hope they are helpful! Many answers I got from recently available @CDCgov material.
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[Random loose mRNA lying around in a deltoid]
Nobody:
Ribosome: let me go ahead and transcribe this
Macrophage: Yo, check out this cool spike I found
T-cell: wtf is that? Get rid of it. Where’s Bob?
B-cell: yes?
T-cell: If it ever shows up here again...
B-cell: yes mam
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Saying "I don't need to worry about catching COVID because I am young and healthy" is like saying "I don't need to obey traffic laws because I am driving a tank"
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"So do you have a job, or are you still in college?"
Me, a PhD student: "Yes"
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Bruce Boynton died today.
A lot of people don't know his name but he is evidence of how recent slavery was. It's SUCH a crazy, mindblowing story that's centered on a Black woman who I've argued might be the MOST important person in Civil Rights history
A thread.
