hey this is a really really important thread, if you're a follower of mine i'd really appreciate it if you could read through this https://t.co/6yalBIEotQ
— Goddess of Butterflies (@JuniperTheory) January 17, 2021
A THREAD OF PEOPLE DISCUSSING MY THREAD:
[THREAD] https://t.co/Xr5YOxECxp
— Plum, Cat Girl (Festive)\U0001f384 (@BirbBabe) January 17, 2021
there's always a lot of stuff vying for yr attention on twitter but try to read this thread, if you can https://t.co/A8PNSgH1LL
— soaked through in digital video (@tvwolfsnake) January 17, 2021
5. There is no five.https://t.co/dsUDkY4dHa
— Lorxus \U0001f967 (@CoronaCoreanici) January 17, 2021
A THREAD OF PEOPLE DISCUSSING MY THREAD:
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) January 17, 2021
real shit right here, click thru https://t.co/LlwDg2OCeT
— the illustrious IRIS JAY (@irisjaycomics) January 17, 2021
here's a thread apologizing for this thread. sorry again https://t.co/xV9McJaN60
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) January 17, 2021
here's a cool person talking about my thread https://t.co/puVbnPQuKd
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) January 17, 2021
just a really good lesson for all of us to learn in this thread https://t.co/JWeUQOvWy9
— some dude who hates cops and owns a cool dog (@DocNum4) January 17, 2021
here's another good point https://t.co/b8AqlUpkPC
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) January 17, 2021
and here's another! people are being so nice to me https://t.co/d1MeD7sZgH
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) January 17, 2021
wait no jeez i'm sorry i mean uh https://t.co/4gfMDhSFHP
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) January 17, 2021
george: i'm yearning, jerry!
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) August 26, 2019
jerry: yearning!?
george: yearning, i tell you!
jerry: what, did you get bored of pining?
george: i'm pining and yearning at the same time, jerry!
oh gosh is this the right link oh jeez https://t.co/YXd46kJx3K
— Heather \u2b22 Flowers (@HTHRFLWRS) January 17, 2021
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I should mention, this is why I keep talking about this. Because I know so many people who legally CAN'T.
How do I know they have NDAs, if they can't talk legally about them? Because they trusted me with their secrets... after I said something. That's how they knew I was safe.
Some of the people who have reached out to me privately have been sitting with the pain of what happened to them and the regret that they signed for YEARS. But at the time, it didn't seem like they had any other option BUT to sign.
I do not blame *anyone* for signing an NDA, especially when it's attached to a financial lifeline. When you feel like your family's wellbeing is at stake, you'll do anything -- even sign away your own voice -- to provide for them. That's not a "choice"; that's survival.
And yes, many of the people whose stories I now know were pressured into signing an NDA by my husband's ex-employer. Some of whom I *never* would have guessed. People I thought "left well." Turns out, they've just been *very* good at abiding by the terms of their NDA.
(And others who have reached out had similar experiences with other Christian orgs. Turns out abuse, and the use of NDAs to cover up that abuse, is rampant in a LOT of places.)
How do I know they have NDAs, if they can't talk legally about them? Because they trusted me with their secrets... after I said something. That's how they knew I was safe.
And if the environment at the org was toxic or abusive, it is not uncommon to not realize the extent of that toxicity/abuse until after you're out. But by the time you realize that you signed under duress and presumed good faith where none existed, you're out of options.
— Lauren Thoman (@LaurenThoman) February 16, 2021
Some of the people who have reached out to me privately have been sitting with the pain of what happened to them and the regret that they signed for YEARS. But at the time, it didn't seem like they had any other option BUT to sign.
I do not blame *anyone* for signing an NDA, especially when it's attached to a financial lifeline. When you feel like your family's wellbeing is at stake, you'll do anything -- even sign away your own voice -- to provide for them. That's not a "choice"; that's survival.
And yes, many of the people whose stories I now know were pressured into signing an NDA by my husband's ex-employer. Some of whom I *never* would have guessed. People I thought "left well." Turns out, they've just been *very* good at abiding by the terms of their NDA.
(And others who have reached out had similar experiences with other Christian orgs. Turns out abuse, and the use of NDAs to cover up that abuse, is rampant in a LOT of places.)
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We know that elite institutions like the one Flier was in (partial) charge of rely on irrelevant status markers like private school education, whiteness, legacy, and ability to charm an old white guy at an interview.
Harvard's discriminatory policies are becoming increasingly well known, across the political spectrum (see, e.g., the recent lawsuit on discrimination against East Asian applications.)
It's refreshing to hear a senior administrator admits to personally opposing policies that attempt to remedy these basic flaws. These are flaws that harm his institution's ability to do cutting-edge research and to serve the public.
Harvard is being eclipsed by institutions that have different ideas about how to run a 21st Century institution. Stanford, for one; the UC system; the "public Ivys".
As a dean of a major academic institution, I could not have said this. But I will now. Requiring such statements in applications for appointments and promotions is an affront to academic freedom, and diminishes the true value of diversity, equity of inclusion by trivializing it. https://t.co/NfcI5VLODi
— Jeffrey Flier (@jflier) November 10, 2018
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Harvard's discriminatory policies are becoming increasingly well known, across the political spectrum (see, e.g., the recent lawsuit on discrimination against East Asian applications.)
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Harvard is being eclipsed by institutions that have different ideas about how to run a 21st Century institution. Stanford, for one; the UC system; the "public Ivys".
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Microorganisms in biofilms are enclosed by an extracellular matrix that confers protection and improves survival. Previous studies have shown that viruses can secondarily colonize preexisting biofilms, and viral biofilms have also been described.
...we raise the perspective that CoVs can persistently infect bats due to their association with biofilm structures. This phenomenon potentially provides an optimal environment for nonpathogenic & well-adapted viruses to interact with the host, as well as for viral recombination.
Biofilms can also enhance virion viability in extracellular environments, such as on fomites and in aquatic sediments, allowing viral persistence and dissemination.
