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172 - Against automated plagiarism – Iris van Rooij
Black women’s writings are systemically omitted from syllabi (…) Both soft and hard power within academia is afforded disproportionately to white people, especially men, and to those who are aligned with the current hegemony. Birhane & Guest (2021, p. 62)
438 - Stay the course': STEM diversity recommendations backed by program operators
The draft recommendations made by the Pathway to Diversity in STEM Review panel have been broadly backed by the teams running Women in STEM programs, who say boosting diversity requires sustained, long-term funding.
657 - Visible solidarity is crucial right now, both on- and offline.
And no, it is NOT performative to share your support for Palestine online—Palestinians continue to urge us to be visible and not lose momentum. Every single voice online matters. Every single body offline matters. Alice Walker said, “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
1338 - Mohamad Safa en X
The Weeknd, first singer and celebrity to be donate $2.5 million to humanitarian aid in Gaza. Four million meals to feed more than 173,000 families for two weeks. While other celebrities are afraid to speak up for Gaza to protect their interests. https://t.co/qu8O7ACZ3z / X
5700 - lena_pl
@Saadia_Sediq Good work. All institutions are keen to do some colour-washing. But some want to do it at the cost of those who wash it for them!
6511 - AI Is Steeped in Big Tech's 'Digital Colonialism'
Artificial intelligence continues to be fed racist and sexist training materials and then distributed around the world.
9306 - Remember this? This was only last July look how quick things have changed. Ukraine refugees vs guatemalan kamal harris
9538 - @rachelrwithers Also, the funny thing is, that doesn't always work. Duncan Storrar had the temerity to ask a perfectly reasonable question on Q&A pointing to the unfairness of tax cuts and lack of ...
10785 - JoeWo: "The people who bitch about DEI…" - disabled.social
The people who bitch about DEI policies are why
DEI policies are necessary.
The people who bitch about Pride month are the
reason Pride month exists.
The people who bitch about Black History month
are the reason why it exists.
BTW, they’re all the same people.
You see it yet?