Cool news: the US ofc of management & budget has released directive on collecting/reporting race info, which includes for the first time the category "Middle-Eastern/North African".
Bad news: this is not a well-defined geographical construct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_and_North_Africa
@LaurelGreen good luck!
@BenA sending positivity from the PNW US...
@ToolPackinMama puts me in mind of Wilhoit's law:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
@SmirkingRaven happy birthday!
@Priestess ah, interesting! I have a brother who teaches at WFU. I visit him in Winston-Salem pretty frequently.
@th3j35t3r new oath just dropped:
"By the six toes of Jesus!"
@th3j35t3r sweet lort below
@danialexis eh--if it was me I would totally paint first. I am pretty lazy tho...
@danialexis can you get a sample of the flooring so you can kind of see what the combo will be?
@Priestess TIL Wake Forest isn't just a school.
Glad that came out okay...
Gosh, which org is more credible? I just don't know who to believe...
/s
@Shenango_Linda oh god, poor lady...
Marcotte bringing the trenchant analysis as usual...
Trump's courthouse clown show can't hide it: There's barely any MAGA support in the streets
@gemswinc Huzzah!
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