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SiyandaWrites

@siyandawrites.bsky.social

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Woefully ungovernable and pathologically optimistic. Writer, Satirist & Sociologist. 🇺🇸🇿🇦🇧🇼 🇸🇿 I used to be big on Twitter but I refuse to tango with the devil so here I am! Let’s dance 💃🏾 ---> www.siyandamohutsiwa.net

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

I genuinely think this is what bothers them the most. The fight in America right now is not between Black and White. But between White people who think racism is bad and their wild ass cousins

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 13h

People were much shorter in the olden days

SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 13h

The rich are celebrating the opportunity to hoard highly discounted assets while the poor are being real cry babies about NoT HaVinG anY MoNEy for “rent”

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

JUST GONNA ASSUME IM NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SHOCKED

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There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 13h

This sounds so on point! Will check it out asap

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 18h

If the answer isn’t tax the corporations (more) and increase government spending on social services then idk what we’re even doing

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 22h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 5d

Most of this laundry list of "overwhelming evidence" is tendentious. Let's go through them.
1) A big driver of high costs at public universities has been a decrease in state appropriations. Many public schools have been forced to act on a public/private model as a result..../1

The evidence is overwhelming: outrageous costs and prolonged indebtedness for students; poor outcomes, with too many students left unable to find meaningful work after graduating; some talented domestic students and scholars have been crowded out of enrollment and employment opportunities by international students; and a high degree of uniformity of thought among faculty members and administrators, which can result in a hostile environment for students with different ideas.

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 4d

yes, it's simply false that international students crowd out US-born students

The Impact of International Students on US Colleges: Higher Education as a Service Export

Mingyu Chen

June 3, 2021

Abstract

Between 2005 and 2016, international enrollment in US higher education nearly doubled. I examine how trade shocks in education affect public universities’ decision-making. I construct a shift-share instrument to exploit institutions’ historical networks with different origins of international students, income growth, and exchange-rate fluctuations. Contrary to claims that US-born students are crowded out, I find that international students increase schools’ funding via tuition payments, which leads to increased in-state enrollment and lower tuition prices. Schools also keep steady per-student spending and recruit more students with high math scores. Lastly, states allocate more appropriations to universities that attract fewer international students.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 5d

Was told today about Indigenous people in Brazil who were desperate to vote against Bolsonaro. There were no polling booths in their villages so they got buses to the city, and when the military blocked their buses many miles from the city they got off and walked there. Fight for your vote, always.

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 5d

I hate when people say this. Americans are normal people who want healthcare like everyone else.The problem is living with the worlds most powerful business classes who would rather kill us all than give up their precious profits

Adele 🇨🇦🌈 @adeleismyname.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly there isn't a 'left' in America, you only have two parties. If a Democrat was to run in Canada, they would run as a fiscal Conservative. You will never have universal healthcare and a strong social safety net, Americans would never allow that.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 5d

You’re thinking of the Nuremberg Prize

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 5d

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Spooky 🎃 Cerebral Strumpet @mia-sade.bsky.social · 6d

One thing I'm never gonna be concerned with is the opinion of an MF who can't even read cursive

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 7d

Rihanna brought out the umbrella and that was the end of that 😩

Hangman 🤠🏇🏽 @audreybjunior.blacksky.app · 8d

Singers not crying in the rain no more. They not real yearners.

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 7d

I love that!!! Thank you

SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 8d

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 8d

Legacy newspapers: "Print media is dying, and the public will suffer for it."

Also legacy newspapers: "We can't offend the government with information and framing that helps the public."

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 8d

Yay! Thank you that sounds yummy. Dumb question what is tofutti 🫣 it’s tofu-something I’m guessing, just from linguistic clues alone

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 8d

Can yall give me your favorite vegan recipe

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 8d

Stuck the landing 👏🏾

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 8d

Why does that guy look exactly like one of Christmas adventurers from OBAA

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d

Paul Thomas Anderson is considered one of the best directors of his generation, but he has never really had a hit when it comes to making money. “One Battle After Another” might change that. It might be the best movie of the year, according to critic Wesley Morris. nyti.ms/4o4M8Da

A still from the movie ‘One Battle After Another’ shows Leonardo DiCaprio holding a gun. Headline: Is ‘One Battle After Another’ the Best Movie of the Year?

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 9d

Liberals say that recent Supreme Court ruling have given the executive branch too much power. But they’re wrong, because the rulings only apply to Trump and will all be reversed when there’s a Democratic president.

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