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just found out that a Ukrainian refugee who moved to columbus, ohio to have a safer life with their child actually moved back to Kyiv because living in the US was more or less impossible and living in an active warzone was preferred / easier.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! It's been a tough time for our community so while we continue to fight for equality and acceptance, we're gonna be celebrating queer joy all month long. Because we deserve it! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

your existence ALONE is a radiant blast into the void. you are creating futures where there was darkness and filling the empty space with perfect imperfection. thank you for this gift it is an honor to trot along beside you

A slew of anti-LGBTQ bills are moving through the state Legislature. They include bans on preferred pronouns in Florida schools and gender-affirming care — as well as restrictions on drag performances that could make public events like Pride illegal. trib.al/bC0vdtK

NO ONE in podcasting was doing the kind of journalism that @LouderThanARiot mastered. It is a singular show about music, culture, and justice. Their latest season - about misogynoir and marginalization in hip-hop - is already a triumph. Read about this team (@Sid_Madden's thread below) and respect their work by listening & supporting.

That blanket NDA you signed years ago to get severance? It's void now, according to the National Labor Relations Board. trib.al/scWpBsH

We're issuing a correction to our tweet last week. Per our CEO John Lansing, NPR followed its principle that position eliminations not disproportionately impact POCs and other historically marginalized groups, in that NPR has substantially the same demographic breakdown as before

Tough day at NPR: Four podcasts canceled, 10 percent of workforce laid off. We'll learn more about who is leaving the network in hours and days to come. My story: npr.org/2023/03/23/116555981…

🧵Louder Than A Riot has been cancelled by NPR. Our producers and editor have been laid off, although NPR would like everyone to stay on until June to finish publishing the show. We are taking some time to process what this looks like for our staff. 1/4

Layoffs are coming at @NPR this week. Sadly, many people whose voices you don't hear and names you don't know will be affected. Here's a shoutout to all the producers, editors, engineers, and office workers who make public media so great + vital. Cheers to you! #pubmedia

Meet the most exotic bathroom tile in existence - a single shape that can fit together without leaving gaps while never repeating its pattern. Mathematicians have been searching for it for decades newscientist.com/article/236…

Rosa Parks is well known for her crucial role in the Montgomery bus boycott. But Parks was one of many women who organized for years. Here, you can meet those women, hear their voices and read their stories. n.pr/3TyvkX6

Beloved hacking veteran Kelly ‘Aloria’ Lum passes away at 41 tcrn.ch/3LJMsr4

Gina Adams, artist of (non enrolled) part Ojibwe heritage, sews text from the 'American Indian Treaties' onto quilts, highlighting the deception and violence used to marginalize Native Americans in the formation of the US #WomensArt

So many ⁦@NPR⁩ who make NPR are losing jobs beginning today. DM me with job openings elsewhere. Will share. Extraordinary talent is becoming available.

My time at NPR is coming to an end. Proud of the last 12(!) years, despite the recent rocky months. Very much looking forward to a break. Layoffs this week are affecting 10% of NPR.

2am in Washington, DC. @npr's morning crew is waking up to views like this: Streetlights illuminating the awakened cherry blossom trees. There's a good chance some of the folks getting up early to inform America will be informed today that they no longer have jobs. 😔 #nprlayoffs

OED Word of the Day: mammothrept, n. A spoilt child; (usually figurative) a person of immature judgement. View the full entry, here: oed.com/view/Entry/113185?ut…

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