USC PhD in Communication/Scholar/Singer & Author of “Midnight Musings: Interpersonal Communication & Social Media”

Philadelphia, PA
Joined April 2009
I’m officially a tenured professor! I just got the email with the official letter. PhD and tenured at 30 🙏🏽
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My most frightening symptoms during the first 2-9 months were tachycardia and chest pain. I was terrified. To this day, I can’t understand how people are so eager to play Russian roulette with this virus. #AvoidSARS2
YOUR ATTENTION: 🚨Every new COVID-19 (re)infection elevates your cardiovascular risk profile. Even mild cases can raise the odds of a heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and other CV events for months to years afterward. Risk is higher with more severe illness, yes, but it’s certainly not limited to severe disease. Updated vaccination will show some mitigation(infection severity↓) but doesn’t give you a risk-free pass! #AvoidSars2 #AvoidReinfections #UpdateVaccination ➡️Supportive links: 1. Xie et al., Nature Medicine (2022): Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19 (elevated risk even in non-hospitalized patients, graded by severity). nature.com/articles/s41591-0… 2. American Heart Association news release (2024) on the UK Biobank analysis (≈2× risk of heart attack/stroke/death for up to 3 years after any COVID-19 infection). newsroom.heart.org/news/covi… 3. Lindgren et al., Journal of Internal Medicine (2026): Nationwide Swedish matched cohort (nearly doubled long-term MACE and death risk in hospitalized cases, persisting beyond year 1). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… 4. Hadidchi et al., Journal of Human Hypertension (2026): Elevated CV outcomes (including in non-hospitalized patients) among those with pre-existing hypertension. nature.com/articles/s41371-0… 5. CARTESIAN study, European Heart Journal (2025): Accelerated vascular aging / arterial stiffness after COVID-19, including mild cases: academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a… ➡️These five links give a clear progression from the early 2022 data through 2024–2026 confirmation!!
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Replying to @Big_Prison_Mike
We know why Tatum fans are mad
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the fact that they 1000000% are doing this shit on purpose lmfaooo
LeBron really did the Key & Peele handshake with Dean Wade 😭😭😭 (Via @NBCSPhilly)
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So funny I was singing along to a video earlier and my friend was shocked I sing well… I was like I didn’t mention that I can sing?
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we NEED a return to adult contemporary. pop stars that can deliver both upbeat club hits AND ballads. our souls are suffering.
On this day in 1997, Mariah performs the title track of her latest album, “Butterfly,” at the Late Show with David Letterman.
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You Can See Everything… is a white people film. This is exactly correct:
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Tore up about to go watch the Pistons put the paws on the Sixers with my twin. Life is good
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If it’s one thing that’s always gonna hit, it’s my baked ziti 😮‍💨
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That’s the real Hannah Montana
Addison Rae dressing up as Ice Spice for Halloween 2023.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Addison Rae did not dress up as Ice Spice for Halloween 2023. She wore a bunny costume in Japan, and the right photo is AI-generated or manipulated. meaww.com/addison-rae-ef… complex.com/style/a/cmplxt… x.com/DropPopNet/sta…
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The concept of dressing up as a Black woman by whitening your face 😭
Addison Rae dressing up as Ice Spice for Halloween 2023.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Addison Rae did not dress up as Ice Spice for Halloween 2023. She wore a bunny costume in Japan, and the right photo is AI-generated or manipulated. meaww.com/addison-rae-ef… complex.com/style/a/cmplxt… x.com/DropPopNet/sta…
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Thank you Patrick! Now everyone STFU. #RHOP 🌸
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There are two tables and they won’t even fill one… #RHOP
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8 miles 😮‍💨
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I’m on JB side in all of this
Jaylen Brown says he called Jayson Tatum and Brad Stevens on a 3-way after he saw his name in Kevin Durant trade talks “[KD] and JT are friends. They was working out together and whatnot. So, I wasn’t sure what the energy was. I wasn’t sure what the direction of the organization was.” (Via @loganmmurdock )
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Single father is crazy.😂😂😂
The most negative basketball player in league history was a +24 tonight tell that single father to stop sneak dissing
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I completely missed this but I’m glad Jaylen Brown doesn’t have to be put into civil wars by his own fans and can feel appreciated.
The crowd is singing happy birthday to Jaylen Brown while he is shooting free throws.
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Celtics fans spent all summer telling you this was a mediocre basketball player. Lmao
Jaylen Brown to start the season: 22.3 PPG 6.3 RPG 5.0 APG 49/46/90% 3-0 W/L Leading the entire NBA in +/-
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Jaylen Brown's response to Jayson Tatum's comment about them not having any beef: "He got a great PR team. There's no beef but there might be a little lamb chops with some gravy."
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and if you watch it without feeling sorry for anyone involved and are mystified by everybody’s willingness to be seduced then you might be Black
To sum up my feelings on You Can See Everything: If you watch it and don't feel at least a little bit sorry for Elizabeth Holmes, you have no heart But if you watch it and actually think she was innocent, you have no brain
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Ta-Nehisi Coates refuses to pretend that he doesn't understand the situation fully...unlike many of his peers. I appreciate that about him. Yes...the bar is that low
"Zionism is racism, like slavery there is no good version of the project" - Ta-Nehisi Coates
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