Jessica Gray

If you’re in America and scared about the Wuhan coronavirus, but you haven’t gotten a flu shot and don’t know if your MMR vaccine is up to date, you might just be taking part in a racist social panic. Also go get your shots.

I feel like a lot of US citizens don’t quite get how hard it is to get an immigrant visa even if you are super qualified—many friends/family have struggled w the H1-B lottery or spent months applying for an O1 or got denied entry even though they have MIT degrees/great jobs/etc

Every coronavirus headline should be required to have the addendum “, however, last year’s flu season killed 61k people, so get yer damn flu shot if you can” on it

Both Tolbert and Tolliver are in custody! More details to follow.https://twitter.com/SeattlePD/status/1220402239304388609 …

F*ck it. I want to know how much grad students pay or make around the world - we don't have that info. Anybody want to add to this thread? I am doing a PhD in microbiology at UNC-Chapel Hill. I make $32,000 USD per year before tax, and my tuition/fees are paid for.

would you rather have $12,000 or a comprehensive set of programs designed to provide for your basic needs and protect against the very real possibility that you or someone you love will become ill, die, and leave you bankrupt for the rest of your life? pls help i'm dumb as shit

Y’all, I am extremely afraid to move to the west coast (San Fran/Oakland) because of all the bad things I hear about the cost of living, the snobby people, and the slave work ethic. If you have any good stories about your experience, please share it with me. I need it!

Gig exploitation math is very simple. IRS sets the standard mileage deduction every year based on avg costs for fuel, maintenance, tires, insurance, and depreciation. In 2019, it’s 58 cents/mile. Doordash pays $5 for 10 mile delivery INC tips. Net loss to driver: 80 cents.https://twitter.com/gmontgomery2021/status/1205484036367491072 …

It’s hard to overstate what a disturbing violation a thing like this is. This is a product people who aren’t technically savvy choose to install for to eliminate exactly the kind of spying it turns out to do. This is the computer equivalent of if ADT were a front for burglars.https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1221796061678694401 …

She thought having her bag on the same flight as her was more important than the 100-something other folks with places to be. The family missing a funeral. The folks missing career ops at @sundance I hope she goes on a no-fly list. /end

I was unconscious and didn’t begin making memories again for several days. Turns out later I find I was overcharged $100,000 based on things that didn’t actually happen, during which time my brain wasn’t even functional. Shit is fucked.https://twitter.com/davidrlurie/status/1221100220009893888 …

obviously the coronavirus is really serious but probably good to remember that if regular influenza was covered on an infection-by-infection basis with breathless analysis of travel patterns you'd probably never leave the house

Libraries have to pay $40 for this ebook, and only get it for 24 months. The latest in the series is under the Macmillan embargo. Macmillan is literally giving it away for free on Amazon. And blaming libraries for lost sales.https://twitter.com/bunnybookends/status/1220781453660901376 …

I told this story unplanned and impulsively at code freeze, I may as well tell it here too. It was deep in the dog days of last summer, our funding situation at its grimmest. I lay awake every night gnawing and fretting over whether we really had product market fit or not.https://twitter.com/andyfleener/status/1217835226937921538 …