Linguistics PhD turned higher ed administrator. Lover of dance, science, Bach, tea, and uninterrupted sidewalks.
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Winning a local election would make Father El-Yateem the first Arab American councilman of his district. But will his campaign be able to overcome intense political division and islamophobia? Watch #BrooklynInshallah from @filistiafilms on 12/14 at 8/7c on @worldchannel
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For years, lawmakers like @SenatorBiaggi and @NYSenatorRivera have promised universal health care in New York. So where is it? When might we see it? As @Estarkmiller finds out, the wait might be longer than we thought ... riverdalepress.com/stories/s…?
ALT Courtesy of NYS Senate Media Services
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19/ This led to incorrect, delayed & highly confusing recommendations on masking, wearing high-quality respirators & improving ventilation.
With a variant as infectious as Omicron, you should up your mask game.
Wear an N95, KN95, or KF94 (buy here: projectn95.org).
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Among childless adults in the United States surveyed by Morning Consult last year, one in four cited climate change as a factor in why they do not currently have children.
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The Interborough Express is a legacy project that’s going to reconnect communities of color in a profound way. I encourage @GovKathyHochul to go big - extend the line to include the rest of Queens and the Bronx.
Read more: amny.com/transit/mta-to-stud…
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So let’s look at what we know
Here’s a graphic from @FT by @jburnmurdoch that's adapted from @michaelmina_lab piece in @NEJM
Simply speaking, there are three periods of time you can be PCR+ (I label as A, B, and C)
Its an excellent graphic and critical to this whole story
5/n
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FYI - NYC is distributing 500K test at-home kits & 1M masks to CBOs to distribute on 12/20. You can ask for test at-home kits at nyc sites & skip the line. They come with 2 tests & instructions in 13 languages on what to do if you test positive. – at Queens, NY
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“Black people in these books are oppressed. White people are clueless and privileged. And never the twain shall meet,” Danzy Senna writes in her review of Robin DiAngelo’s “Nice Racism” and Courtney E. Martin’s “Learning in Public.” theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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For decades, Black writers and producers have had to tell stories that fit what white TV executives deemed “authentic,” @hannahgiorgis writes in @TheAtlantic’s October cover story. Could that finally be changing? on.theatln.tc/KXbavSE
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With CDC decision, here's the Booster bottom line
For folks who got Moderna/Pfizer
Get the booster if you are:
older or
have chronic diseases or
have significant work exposure
For folks with J&J:
Get the booster. Period
And by the way..
Doesn't hugely matter which booster
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In Opinion
"Marriage as the prevailing ideal is losing its grip. And the stigma of being unmarried is also losing its grip, as it should. Now government policy that rewards the married while punishing the single must also loosen up," Charles Blow writes. nyti.ms/3AVhNxO
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We're doing the book launch on January 25th in NYC at @SymphonySpace. Will be joined by @minjinlee11 and...just added....@PreetBharara! More guests to be announced. Join us & we can all decide where I can go back to: Fremont? Berkeley? Virginia? Karachi?
symphonyspace.org/events/go-…
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Almost just got hit by a car while I was crossing the intersection on foot with the clear right of way at Atlantic Ave & Vermont St.
Your car’s ability to beat the light while making a left turn is not more important than pedestrians’ survival!
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It is absolutely possible to bring kids back to campus safely
But you can't wing it
You can't run a part-time contact tracing
You can't leave off-campus students on their own
They are your students
And you can't not provide guidance on testing, quarantining of contacts
5/6
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The @nypl is opening a new, permanent Treasures exhibit, offering an in-person look at hundreds of items from their research collections. We’ve teamed up with the Library and will be highlighting some NYC treasures before the September 24 opening.
bit.ly/389kdx0
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I've read over 100 surprise medical bills for coronavirus cases.
Here's how to avoid getting one:
nytimes.com/2021/08/18/upsho…
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The projected costs of doing the people’s work, of doing our jobs as legislators, of continuing the impeachment process, were the same yesterday as they are today.
I don’t find this new “but impeachment uses resources” argument compelling, nor does it seem earnest to me.
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Every reporter and editor should commit to memory these famous words by @CaseySeiler:
“Ugh, no, no! Not off the record.”
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Amazing how popular tea is all over the world!
It could soon become the formal national drink of Mauritius.
Surprise: tea was actually intro'ed here by the French, not the British.
That's just one of the cool stuff I discovered reading about the history of tea in Mauritius ⬇️
ALT Cup of tea and a good book.