physics grad student, whimsical, union mf, anti fascist , vocalist, bi and nb, I treat this account like shouting into the void so if you know me irl…rip
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You are smoking CRACK if you think grad students make 60 an hour
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TO EVERY NEW DEMOCRAT ELECTED IN THE HOUSE:
TELL ME SPECIFICALLY WHICH DEMS ARE THREATENING YOU TO FALL IN LINE.
IF THEY MAKE YOUR LIFE HELL, MYSELF AND ALL LEFT-WING MEDIA WILL MAKE THEIR LIVES HELL. REACH OUT.
Incoming Rep. Don Leonard says top House Democrats have threatened to “make [his] life a living hell” and cost him re-election if he continues attaching conditions to his support for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker.
His conditions: 1) a vote on an amendment to end Citizens United and 2) “end U.S. support for the war in Iran and the country, Israel, that led us into it.”
He says Jeffries is refusing to meet with him and the threats are like something “out of a movie.”
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If your solidarity ends with grad students because you view their status as temporary and therefore not of concern, then I question whether you really give a shit about anyone and anything past your nose. All work is dignified and should be treated as such.
SOLIDARITY FOREVER.
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Do you remember when Kilmar Abrego Garcia was wrongfully deported by the Trump administration?
The Senator that flew to El Salvador and worked tirelessly to get him home was Chris Van Hollen.
Someone who actively fights to help people would be an amazing Senate Majority Leader.
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It boggles my mind that profs on six-figure salaries tell PhD students that being paid below a living wage is a martyrdom we should strive for.
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the phd student stipend conversation should start and end at equity: if you can’t pay phd students a living wage during the ~6 years of their late 20s they’ll be in a program, you are inevitably selecting against those without the financial means to survive on a pittance.
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Imagine telling someone in 2018 that this would turn out to be one of the greatest shows ever made
Diego Luna will reprise the role of Cassian Andor in a new Star Wars live-action series for Disney+. strw.rs/6000EBGI2
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All of this debate about harvard PhD student incomes just shows me:
1. How few faculty understand the financial pressures students may face
2. How everyone presumes you have family/partner support
3. How little class solidarity we have across system at large 1/4
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LET’S BE CLEAR: BLACK ORGANIZERS IN THE SOUTH WHO WERE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, KNOCKING ON DOORS, WORKING PHONE/TEXT BANKS DESERVE A WORLD OF UNLIMITED GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK THEY DID ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT IN PARTICULAR THE SOUTH!!!
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Libbing out is over, time to demand what we fought for, starting with basics:
- stop funding Israel, in every capacity
- universal healthcare
- abolishment of ICE and prosecution of everyone involved
Those are the BASICS because fighting doesn’t stop after Election Day
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Angie Nixon (Democratic Socialist, abandoned by Dem leadership) just outperformed Kamala Harris (handpicked by Dem leadership, ran to the right) by 5+ points in MAGA red Florida.
There's a lesson to be learned here!
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The South is not a "lost cause". It's underorganized, underfunded, and relentlessly suppressed & gerrymandered. And despite it all, Black Southern voters have shown up anyway to be the conscience of this country throughout our history. I hope people realize that.
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No. Speaker @RoKhanna
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Democrats this is a MANDATE to get the fuck rid of Schumer and Jeffries
DO SOMETHING
