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“Many minority high-schoolers don’t apply to top colleges even though they can get in” and other Tweeted Links…

Mark Anthony Neal [NewBlackMan] Many minority high-schoolers don't apply to top colleges even though they can get in, and these decisions have last… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/992880730568118273

Black Art Project [BlackArtProject] "Citing Crumbling Ceilings and Absent Faculty, Columbia University Art Students Demand a Refund | Students say the… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/993448320961007617

Bree Newsome [BreeNewsome] Y'all are so in denial about how bad this situation actually is. It's beyond a bad look. A hostile foreign power in… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/959480747508883456

Muigai Mwaura [MuigaiMwaura] One of the sublime ironies of living in Kenya is the demand for a "Certificate of good conduct" by employers. This… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/993130825595187205

Mark Anthony Neal [NewBlackMan] At Nike, Revolt Led by Women Leads to Exodus of Male Executives https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/business/nike-women.html?smid=tw-share

blackwomenintech [BWiTLA] A New Kind Of City Tour Shows The History Of Racist Housing Policy http://ow.ly/fl4O30jEwHb

chris sweeney [cbsweeney] A brilliant surgeon was crushed to death by a flatbed-tractor trailer while riding her bike in Boston. After a thor… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991325069212299269

Bloomberg [business] China is buying its way into Europe - and that's causing alarm https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=bc3a17b0-29b3-11ea-8418-e1a8c31bec18&url=L25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxOC0wNC0yMy9jaGluYS1zLWV1cm9wZWFuLXNwbHVyZ2UtaXMtY2F1c2luZy1ldS1hbGFybT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPXNvY2lhbCZjbXBpZD1zb2NpYWxmbG93LXR3aXR0ZXItYnVzaW5lc3MmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXNvY2lhbGZsb3ctb3JnYW5pYyZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1idXNpbmVzcyZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXR3aXR0ZXI= https://twitter.com/business/status/988462193556455430/photo/1

Eliz@beth King [ekingc] The fact that every headline about the Golden State Killer doesn’t identify him as an ex-cop tells you everything y… https://twitter.com/

#August21 [jaybeware] After slavery in prison, exoneree explains how to end solitary confinement on Texas death row https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/After-slavery-in-prison-exoneree-explains-12867289.php?utm_campaign=twitter-desktop&utm_source=CMS%20Sharing%20Button&utm_medium=social via @houstonchron

the kinte space [KinteSpace] Bail Bond Industry Buying Politicians To Keep People In Jail http://ow.ly/2tCB30i9AQ0 => @tonetalks

ProPublica [ProPublica] The Department of Education was investigating why black students in central Texas were almost four times as likely… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/988342967520972800

The Crisis Magazine [thecrisismag] The women we forget during Black History Month | Opinion http://www.newsweek.com/women-we-forget-black-history-month-795650 Zvia @KeishaBlain @AAIHS #BlackHistoryMonth

blackwomenintech [BWiTLA] This Lesson From Benjamin Franklin in Building Generational Wealth Still Holds Up More Than 200 Years Later http://ow.ly/RC5p30jFcMG

Tananarive Due [TananariveDue] My late mother, Patricia Stephens Due, led desegregation & voter registration protests in #FL. My 83-year-old lawye… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/959442112570798080

Crimes of Britain [crimesofbrits] Britain helped conceal the crimes of King Leopold who killed 10 million in the Congo for years and went to save poo… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/959110442131083264

the kinte space [KinteSpace] Ikea founder leaves fortune to no one, structures it to ensure it lasts forever https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=be49bdd0-29b3-11ea-bf55-5bb1557e969f&url=L25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxOC0wMS0zMS9pa2VhLWZvcnR1bmUtZmFsbHMtdG8tbm8tb25lLWFmdGVyLWJpbGxpb25haXJlLWZvdW5kZXItcy1kZWF0aA== => @BreakingBrown

Washington Post [washingtonpost] Perspective: Why the Pulitzer Prize committee keeps ignoring women’s history https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/04/13/why-the-pulitzer-committee-keeps-ignoring-womens-history/?utm_term=.662782e3168f&tid=sm_tw

BlackStudies at Duke [DukeAAAS] Afro-Brazilians and Contemporary Lynchings in Brazil -- by @JaimeeSwift https://www.aaihs.org/afro-brazilians-and-contemporary-lynchings-in-brazil/ via @AAIHShttps://twitter.com/i/web/status/986951786421542912

[Erin Biba [erinbiba]]( "Erin Biba [erinbiba]") Here it is! The story: Police linked DNA evidence from 40 different crimes to a single woman. She turned out to jus… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/989642531913822208

Jacqueline [JackieMJensen] "It’s worth watching the 5 min. video. David Autor remains, to my mind, a clear voice of reason when it comes to AI… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/988417526303510530

Úchèńnà Ogbújí [uogbuji] These are my baby girl's big sisters. I hope @NASA invites this trio in simple recognizance of the needless indigni… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/992849630638452736

Brian Beckman [lorentzframe]@BasicStatistics@UnitFact I recently wrote a test-gen strategy in the wonderful hypothesis library for the magnifi… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/990778927298691072

Brian Beckman [lorentzframe]@AlgebraFact The lesson, here, is similar to Welford’s formula you blogged about some time ago. I frequently ask ve… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/990775544802242561

Basic Statistics [BasicStatistics] Temperatures in Fahrenheit or Celsius are ordinal data but not ratio data. But temperatures in Kelvin are ratio d… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/990660765177860096

Algebra Fact [AlgebraFact] How can there be anything interesting about the quadratic formula? Here's something you might not have seen.https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/04/28/quadratic-formula/

Quanta Magazine [QuantaMagazine] ICYMI: A famous 60-year-old conjecture known as the Gaussian correlation inequality has been proved:… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/988183923955027968

The Human Experience [thehumanxp] Snail laying eggs https://twitter.com/thehumanxp/status/991920260650602497/video/1

Filip W [filip_woj] you couldn't make this up... 💻 Hackers stole a casino's high-roller database through a thermometer in the lobby fi… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/985577510447525893

Bloomberg [business] Electric buses are hurting the oil industry https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=c9588d50-29b3-11ea-87dd-e5d8380cd926&url=L25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxOC0wNC0yMy9lbGVjdHJpYy1idXNlcy1hcmUtaHVydGluZy10aGUtb2lsLWluZHVzdHJ5P3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zb2NpYWxmbG93LW9yZ2FuaWMmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT10d2l0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09c29jaWFsJmNtcGlkPXNvY2lhbGZsb3ctdHdpdHRlci1idXNpbmVzcyZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1idXNpbmVzcw== https://twitter.com/business/status/990058372820099072/photo/1

TicToc by Bloomberg [tictoc] Scientists recently discovered that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is surrounded by alm… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/990054813093318656

TicToc by Bloomberg [tictoc] Companies are flocking towards an emerging design trend transforming their offices into something that looks like a… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/988295308819030018

TicToc by Bloomberg [tictoc] Artist Jeff Koons and gallery owner Larry Gagosian are being sued by a Wall Street collector for failing to deliver… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/987556610104070144

Mark Anthony Neal [NewBlackMan] “In an independent bookstore, especially in a used bookstore, every single book on the shelf represents a studied j… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/992416966685143040

Mark Anthony Neal [NewBlackMan] The Last Days of James Baldwin's House in the South of France https://lithub.com/the-last-days-of-james-baldwins-house-in-the-south-of-france/ via @lithub

[Viacheslav Zaytsev [cosmicore]]( "Viacheslav Zaytsev [cosmicore]") The exact source of this specimen of Mongolian horizontal square script (Zanabazar Square in #Unicode) published by… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991375835440582657

Mike Tⓐylor 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 [MikeTaylor] I've had this experience over and over again: 1. I explain to non-academic friends how the scholarly publishing bus… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/985822143073128448

scripting.com [davewiner] Netflix’s Classic Cinema Problem. https://filmschoolrejects.com/netflixs-classic-cinema-problem/

Bloomberg Technology [technology] The Netflix Effect: Charter suffers worst selloff in nine years after shedding subscribers https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=ccaff5b0-29b3-11ea-b797-7911ae0e8d2e&url=L25ld3MvYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAxOC0wNC0yNy9jaGFydGVyLXN1ZmZlcnMtd29yc3Qtcm91dC1pbi1uaW5lLXllYXJzLWFzLWl0LXNoZWRzLXN1YnNjcmliZXJzP2NtcGlkJTNEPXNvY2lhbGZsb3ctdHdpdHRlci10ZWNoJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PXRlY2gmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT10d2l0dGVyJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zb2NpYWxmbG93LW9yZ2FuaWMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1zb2NpYWw= https://twitter.com/technology/status/989871541138665472/photo/1

Smithsonian NMAAHC [NMAAHC] The Jack Mitchell Alvin Ailey Collection is comprised of approximately 10K b&w negatives, 600 contact sheets, 1.3K… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/959437641354743808

Boogie [naima] Also in 79, Prince releases his self-titled album. The polar opposite of Rick in personality (reserved/mysterious w… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/959251731669573632

Boogie [naima] Rick's career though, is cold as ice. But at this point he's got a 7K a week habit to support, so he leaves Motown… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/959280414916427783

Jacqueline [JackieMJensen] "The handwriting of Leonard Cohen, Bowie and other singers have been beautifully digitally recreated into digital t… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/985899398658916352

blackwomenintech [BWiTLA] Black Tech Founder’s Platform Helps You Create Mobile Apps Seamlessly - Black Enterprise http://ow.ly/TfZf30jAf83

blackwomenintech [BWiTLA] I was an RRT for 15 years before I dove head long into tech. Sucking snot paid the bills and kept a roof over my fa… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/988448755652464640

Left of Black [LeftOfBlack] Strange Fruit #239: When Black Women Raised America https://player.fm/series/2352344 @StrangeFruitPod

Veerle Pieters [vpieters] Limburg, you truly are a cycling 🚴🏻‍♀️ paradise! https://twitter.com/vpieters/status/987369393259778048/photo/1

Rachel Andrew [rachelandrew] The Virgin America/Alaska merger appears to have merged the two most unreliable airlines I’ve ever flown with - to… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/987316865759264768

JulieDash [JulieDash] I support @EFF because digital rights are human rights. https://supporters.eff.org/donate/YEC19--S

Jacqueline [JackieMJensen] One of my favorite things about living in #MexicoCity is all the delicious #vegan restaurants in Condesa/Roma Norte… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/985199672372346880

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