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Nov 17 • 3 tweets • 3 min read
University rankings are a constantly-gamed mess.

Their biases punish universities for trying to address societal problems.

And make it harder for students to find the best education for their needs.

Reckoning desperately overdue.
UPDATE: @BerkeleyLaw is pulling out of US News Rankings.
UPDATE 2: The #lawschool rankings shakeup continues as @Harvard_Law pulls out of @usnews Rankings.

Paging @StanfordLaw...
hls.harvard.edu/today/decision…

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Nov 17
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Nov 12
Weirdly, a majority preferred the astronaut.
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I mean... caption this.
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Nov 7
BREAKING: Key Putin ally admits to ongoing efforts to interfere with 🇺🇸US elections.

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Nov 7
Twitter now: you're at a party with your friends when a weird guy buys the house, grabs the mic from the band & starts picking fights with the guests.
As the people who brought the booze start filtering out he shouts after them that they had better come back or he'll be even more unpleasant.
As the room empties he raises his amplified voice until you can't hear your own conversations:

"Can't you see? I'm the real victim here!"
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Nov 5
Imagine looking up at the night sky and thinking: unused advertising space!

Resist sky trash.
Don't be fooled. These things always start small.

Ad agencies have no right to help themselves to our night sky.
Fireworks have downsides, but they offer collective & free enjoyment.

Candy Crush #skytrash is the selfish commercial appropriation of a public good.

How soon till companies start charging to *not* fly these drone ads over choice views.
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Nov 5
WHOA: FBI found Rwandan intelligence targeted civilians on 🇺🇸US soil.

Rwandan agents sought to plant derogatory intel & manipulate American law enforcement into sharing intelligence & deporting dissidents.

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2/ Remember, Rwanda kidnapped 🇺🇸 US resident Paul Rusesabagina.

His daughter @ckanimba, an American citizen was hacked with #Pegasus spyware.👇
3/ It appears that Rwanda also abused & manipulated @INTERPOL_HQ & their red notice system.

Countries abuse international systems & MLAT agreements when they believe they won't face consequences.
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