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Graduate student scientist, lover, son, brother, friend, "neighbor" (in the Rogers sense), human. Trying to get better at everything

California, USA
Joined October 2016
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In Solidarity with The UAW!! #UAWSolidarity
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For years I’ve called out tax prep companies for scamming taxpayers. Now, it appears these companies may have illegally shared private taxpayer data with Big Tech. I’m working with Senate colleagues to investigate this reckless abuse of Americans’ personal information.
H&R Block and other tax prep companies shared sensitive personal and financial data from tens of millions of customers with Meta and Google, according to a new report from a group of U.S. lawmakers. cbsn.ws/3NNh3U2
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I just emailed my rep. It really does make an impact.
Wildfires. Smoke. Toxic air. Taking action on climate has never been more urgent. Let’s pass California #SB252, and divest over $14 BILLION of our public money from fossil fuels. In 2023. Contact your Assembly rep today: fossilfreeca.org/call fossilfreeca.org/email #Divest
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This neocon war hawk Josh Rogin - who acts like a petulant child when he is politely corrected by Chinese Twitter users - gets paid six figures to vomit out anti-China propaganda in his columns at the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post The US corporate media class is beyond parody
A columnist for the Washington has a racist meltdown after being corrected by a Chinese Twitter user.
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Why has @UCprezdrake failed to issue any directives or guidance about implementing our new contracts? Academic workers and CA legislators demand to know why campus leaders are threatening cutbacks and the President denies any knowledge of what’s going on.
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One of the most harmful scientific narratives is that null/negative findings do not advance knowledge This is the opposite of truth Science is a method, not an answer, yet note how the rejection cites nothing on the methodological quality #openscience #AcademicTwitter
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We won't stop seeing these types of headlines until Congress updates the law to protect workers who are organizing for better working conditions. It's time for real consequences for employers who violate workers' rights.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/busin…
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Love to see it: Republicans and Democrats agreeing that we need to reform environmental procedure laws (NEPA) to build transmission lines faster and mine more critical minerals like lithium.
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Yesterday, our union (along with @UAW5810) sent a letter to @UCPrezDrake in response to reports that @UofCalifornia is planning to increase class sizes, eliminate TA sections, shrink research groups, and reduce graduate enrollment to offset the new raises in our contract.
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Sorrento Valley Road, just steps away from a coaster station and a critical connection in the area’s bike network, has no sidewalk, an unprotected bike lane, and 5 lanes that are barely used
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Just got a new job and I'm planning where to live in SD based on my commute (and just got a fancy new E-bike) and I am still struggling to get a sub 14 mile one way trolley/bike commute within other standard constraints. Driving would be 15-20 minutes from most options!
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Long thread on why @UniCalifornia Senate faculty should join the @uc_faculty #UCFacultySolidarity rallies on their campus at noon tomorrow to support #UAWonStrike #FairUCNow @uaw2865 @sruuaw @UAW5810
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1/ Excited to share our new paper "Labor advantages drive the greater productivity of faculty at elite universities" in @ScienceAdvances with @hneutr @danlarremore @aaronclauset: scim.ag/AV Why do faculty publication rates increase so much with prestige? Let’s go:🧵
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"If UC doesn't course correct and provide Academic Workers with wages that match the cost of living, they'll fail to recruit and retain a diverse workforce of top scholars. But there are 48,000 of us who are not going to let that happen." -Vanessa Goss, SR #UAWonStrike #FairUCNow
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SAN DIEGO - Rally against attempted intimidation by @UCSanDiego faculty tomorrow at 2:30PM. Their petty threats don't scare us; we are stronger than they are.
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Congratulations to @gradworkersofBU on filing for election! I urge the BU administration to voluntarily recognize this union and these irreplaceable workers.
We’ve officially delivered over 1800 cards, a growing majority, to the NLRB office in downtown Boston. @BU_Tweets still has time to do the right thing and recognize our union!
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