Jonathan W. Gray

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Professor at CUNY, writer for myself and others, incessant reader who dreams of better worlds, scholar of Blackness, comics, music, and popular culture writ large, leftist and left handed.

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Jonathan W. Gray

How the hell does the NYT write an article (see above) about Sullivan and Cromwell attempting to silence pro-Palestinian voices and not mention ANY of the following which is available on their Wikipedia page!!!

This map has shaped the expectations of three generations of DEM leadership, and not for the better.

LMAO Reagan whipped dems all across the country and what they did was adapt his economic ideals. It took them a decade to recover politically and they still haven't shed their lil Reaganisms

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Jonathan W. Gray

They’ve always been in the tank for 45.

Came for a quick visit. Can’t wait to return.

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Iron Spike

Why hello!!

All you need to know about this WSJ article is that the author is one of those diversity of thought people who can’t imagine that racial or gender based discrimination could shape the worldview of wealthy people.

These numbers are from 2020, but remember that interest rates have exploded since then.

Africa needs a debt jubilee. I don’t agree with the conclusions of this Brookings piece, but I link to it to show the staggering debt the West has loaded onto Africa. www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

How to reignite Africa's growth and avoid the need for future debt jubilee | Brookingswww.brookings.edu Rabah Arezki and Aitor Erce explain how the changing nature of Africa’s debt requires urgent changes to international debt resolution to support decisive shifts toward reigniting growth.

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scott poulson-bryant

The first thing that springs to mind is the famous Ali vs Superman comic.

I bomb atomically Socrates’ philosophies & hypotheses Can’t define how I be dropping these Mockeries

Y’all I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real

Nothing so Democratic as waiting to be searched before w entering court.

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Jonathan W. Gray

Well I can post these. Your tax dollars at work as they encroach on where we are gathered.

Please come support CUNY students being charged with FELONIES for peacefully protesting in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. I’ll see you there.

I already miss the good old days… #lfc.

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nemo

Um, I have a LOT of hair. Good thing I’m 6’6” or it might weigh me down. I’ve been growing them for 20+ years.

Quote skeet this with a current selfie to cleanse the timeline:

quote skeet this with a current selfie to cleanse the timeline

Please lend your support if you’re able to do so. NYPD shouldn’t be charging CUNY students with felonies when Columbia and NYU students had their charges dropped.

Rather than ban hedge funds from buying up starter homes they are bringing back zero down adjustable rate mortgages! I’m sure this will work out just fine this time.

New cope just dropped

And now that we have DMs the crypto scammer bots have started showing up. Please report and block.

Three articles on the front page of the “paper of record.” The factual headline on the first story explains the misleading framing of the other two.

My students getting into #goodtrouble

Clearly asking academics to think about teaching people who don’t look like them or share their life experiences is thoughtcrime

And the academic retreat in the face of conservative demands to reinshrine white supremacy continues. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/u...

M.I.T. Will No Longer Require Diversity Statements for Hiring Facultywww.nytimes.com Applicants were required to explain how they would enhance diversity. Free-speech advocates and others said that requirement enforced groupthink.

We’re seeing amazing college journalism over the last 10 days. It’s heartening! But remember who corporations will select and elevate from those places.

🐦 still has some juice. This is good.

Happening in 30 minutes!!!

In other news, if you’re near Columbus Circle Lincoln Center please show support!

So there is now an active protest at One Police Plaza aimed to getting students released & showing solidarity. They need some things:

Please spread the word. I’m waiting to hear from my students but we can all do this. Email now and call in the morning. W

CCNY is in Harlem. And this is what’s happening now, from 🐦

Scrolling 🐦 looking for updates about my students and came across this propagandist crewing her delight at more violence being visited upon innocent people.