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An image of the Columbia application form that is being discussed. The language of the specific question is as follows: "ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL INFORMATION Columbia attempts to draw students from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds. This section will allow you to tell us a bit more about your background as identified above. Please further self-identify yourself as a member of one or more of the following groups and add more specific information where relevant (such as tribal affiliation or country of origin)." This is the question where Mamdami indicated his country of origin, Uganda. Columbia does not explicitly ask for "race"
Screenshot of the following text: In one famous experiment, people were asked to sit quietly for 15 minutes in a room with nothing but their own thoughts. They also had the option to hit a button and give themselves an electric shock. Getting physically shocked is unpleasant, but many people preferred it to the emotional discomfort of boredom. Out of 42 participants, nearly half opted to press the button at least once, even though they had experienced the shock earlier in the study and reported they would pay money to avoid experiencing it again. (One male outlier opted to shock himself 190 times.)
"Man" horse at the beach but it's a cybertruck
Maximum ball speed off the bat is also a guesstimate: some sixes in the 100-110 metre range in the T20 World Cup were given exit speeds of 135-140 kph, so I am plumping for 150 kph plus for the very biggest and hardest hits ever. Baseball exit speeds are now measured all the time by the Statcast system – a high-speed automated visual tool that analyses player performance, introduced to all stadiums in 2015. The fastest exit velocity recorded so far was 199 kmh by Giancarlo Stanton in 2016, for a ball hit low to the ground, not a home run. This gives a sense of the extra power and distances in baseball compared to cricket. The shorter estimated reaction time to a fast ball for baseball batters (0.42 secs versus 0.6 for cricketers) is also worth noting.
A snippet of a mathematics research paper that cites a proof written by Ted Kaczynski. There is a footnote attached to the citation, noting that Kaczynski is "better known for other work."
A T-shirt with the name "Nirvana" along the top, but the photo is actually of the band Hanson, where all three of them look faintly similar to Kurt Cobain
A graph of Target's stock price absolutely eating shit
A Facebook post from the Bernie Sanders account dated November 24th, 2019. The post contains photos of Bernie dancing with supporters. In the caption, Bernie says "Our revolution includes dancing! It was a joy to be with union members at our labor solidarity dinner last night in Manchester, New Hampshire. As president, I will always stand with workers - on the picket lines, in the streets and on the dance floor."
A map of the United States that depicts donor data from the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, where each region is shaded in a color representing the candidate who received the most donors from that region. With the exception of small pockets where some candidates won their home state or county, the entire country is shaded blue for Bernie, a Democrat who actually acted
A graph of the global population, which has grown exponentially since the 1800s. The year 1800 is labeled at point A and the projection for 2100 is labeled as point B
Stokley Carmichael delivering his famous quote "In order for non-violence to work your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none, has none."
A puppy sitting laying down in grass next to an orange frisbee, but his face is entirely blurred out due to the long exposure of the photo
A mostly black photo where it looks like there might be something vaguely orange in the center of the frame
A screenshot from the Jacobin article that I linked earlier in this thread
A section of the news article with additional emphasis applied to the phrase "Biden will keep tariffs put in place by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump"