It’s been about two months, and well, not much has changed for Powell’s employees. Technically, we’re working without a contract right now. Please considering signing and sharing this petition. All we’re asking for is a fair wage and healthcare. They can afford it.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE: No one is asking you to boycott Powell’s or to do anything of the sort. Keep shopping there! If you order from them, you can even use this link and 7.5% of your sale will go directly to the ILWU Local 5 Strike Fund: ilwulocal5.com/support

Your partner goes into emotional reactivity. Next, you become reactive and a cycle begins where you say and do things you regret. Few people know how to fight. How To Fight In A Healthy Way (A Complete Guide):

I saw this and thought “Please, tell me this is Turkey.” Of course it is.

3+ years into a pandemic, the general public is still generally confused about what to do when they test positive for COVID19. So let me walk you through what I, an infectious disease epidemiologist public health nurse, am doing since I tested positive on a rapid antigen today.

The building in the photo is making rounds on social media. It belongs to the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects. The organization has been warning for years the authorities in Turkey about the lack of preparedness for earthquakes.

I got fired. This is not a new story, but it is a true story. Several years ago, I blissfully, joyfully, dream-come-true-fully-taught creative writing in a Master of Fine Arts program in New Hampshire and I got fired. Unceremoniously and without cause, I was let the F-go. 1/19

Devastated by the loss of life in today's earthquakes and the many more left without shelter in miserable weather conditions. Sharing a work-in-progress list of ways you can help here: theturkishlife.com/2023/02/how-to… and in the following thread.

I'm a developmental scientist who studies how children grow & learn across cultures. I'm also an American mom who feels the extreme pressure put on parents in the West. I'm here to offer you some parenting ANTI-advice — here are a few things you can worry less about: 1/🧵

This is a message to men in relationships with women Particularly if you're with a woman over the age of 35 There's something you need to know about your girl:

47 years ago today the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. In this thread I'm going to discuss a few things: - The actual story - The Gordon Lightfoot song - The different roles of an artist/storyteller and an educator - Why it's ok to say we were wrong

this semester i tried a radical thing where i made every single deadline flexible for my college writing students. every single one! no "i almost died" note required. the policy is that if they aren't going to meet the deadline, they just propose an alternate one. i bet this...

Someone recently told me that they think my characters are incredibly fleshed out & asked how did I do that? Here's how 👇🏽: Thread 🧵

In the summer of 2021, wildfires throughout Muğla raged for ten days. By the time it died out, more than 14,000 acres of pine forest were a blackened wound. The catastrophe had come. The pine trees that feed Turkey’s pine honey-producing bees were gone. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Last night, someone I considered a friend posted on FB that it was performative to announce unity with the Jewish people in light of Kanye's hatred and incitement of violence. That mental illness makes people do and say all sorts of horrible things. (1/13)

I 100% understand “not all men” but do y’all understand: My banking coworker who bought me lingerie for Christmas after one date. The guy who admitted to stalking me for a year on our first date. The guy I didn’t know who saw me in the hall at school and decided to feel me up…

Ok folks. It’s time we talked about eels. I’m a geologist but I recently learnt about eels and… wow. Since then, I’ve been greeting strangers with ‘DO YOU KNOW ABOUT EELS?!’ Well, consider yourself a stranger in my path. Strap in. It’s a 🧵 1/so many

Women married to men LOVE to complain about husbands, but few admit that being married doesn't live up to the hype that our society places upon it. We are drowned wedding culture & expectations for women to be married all while utterly unprepared for what marriage actually is.

10 FREE websites that I use as a writer and how I use them. 🧵

When I started looking at non-academic job ads, I often thought "what does this even mean??" It's easy to believe you're unqualified for a job when you don't understand industry jargon. So here are my top five must-know terms, translated for academics: 1/ #AltAcChats