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1281 - Most of Australia’s uni leaders are white, male and grey. This lack of diversity could be a handicap
Australian universities are diverse places. They are a mix of students, staff and communities from different demographic backgrounds. This is not true of the people who run universities. Higher education leaders tend to have backgrounds that are “WEIRD”: Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic. In 2018, of the 699 governing council roles across Australia’s 41 universities, 94% of the incumbents had Caucasian and British backgrounds. The top tiers of senior executives were 94%...
3287 - Andrew Abdalian: "Gotta protect the administrato…" - disabled.social
Gotta protect the administrators from *checks notes* professors. “A group of 11 professors arrived at Gibson Hall Friday morning to deliver an open letter signed by 250 faculty members that condemned the university’s response to a pro-Palestinian encampment and demanded it drop suspensions against seven students involved. “Nine armed police officers stopped the group from entering Gibson.” https://tulanehullabaloo.com/66286/news/faculty-students-deliver-letters-condemning-tulanes-respons...
3629 - Can-crisociality 🦀〰️🥫: ""we demand that developed coun…" - disabled.social
we demand that developed countries: • Assume responsibility for the hundreds of millions of people that will be forced to migrate due to the #ClimateChange caused by these countries, and eliminate their restrictive immigration policies, offering migrants a decent life with full human rights guarantees in their countries -Peoples Agreement of #Cochabamba, 2010, signed by many campesino & Indigenous groups, https://pwccc.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/peoples-agreement/
4598 - clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛: ""Zero drag queens have been ar…" - disabled.social
Zero drag queens have been arrested in Tennessee this year for raping or sexually abusing children. Over 30 faith leaders have. https://www.wsmv.com/2023/09/20/evangelist-wife-face-multiple-child-rape-sexual-abuse-charges-murfreesboro/
5036 - math_rachel
An algorithm to determine medicaid had a bug in the code, and incorrectly cut needed care for patients with cerebral palsy. There was no way to contest or appeal these decisions. 10/ https://t.co/qlU3bLjDcj
7776 - Ableds don't realize that there are little to no social safety nets for when you become chronically ill. They think if it happens to them or their loved ones they'll be supported. In reality we hav...
9994 - i've never heard anything positive from blakfellas as participants, staff or recipients. so of course AIME got $13.5 million from fed govt
11646 - America is NOT Walkable - YouTube
When I was homeless I didn't have a car (literally ran from DV) and man idk how the hell I survived. Not just the lack of amenities and shelter, but how hard it was just to walk to job interviews, then to a place where I could shower, then a place where I could eat, then a place where I could sleep. Rinse and repeat. And don't even get me started on the cops.
