#Despair

Travis Rieder

TNREthx

I caught a snippet of this on @NPR this morning, and was immediately disappointed. This sort of framing is irresponsible. Here’s the hook: the pandemic is causing a rise in

Abir Ballan 😊

abirballan

Don’t despair.Eventually the tsunami wave of collateral damage will come right up to people’s faces and they will see it. They will see the lies and they will get angry.

Lori Anne Thompson R Kin. BSCH Kin. MA CHAD

LoriAnneThomps2

After protracted/painful personal experience and relatively rigorous academic study on the sociology, psychology, and legality of victims, offenders, and bystanders, I have this to say:It’s complicated. It’s a disservice to

Bryn Jones

bryn00

This week sees the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great musician Ludwig van Beethoven. His exact date of birth is unknown, but today is the 250th anniversary of

Chase Strangio

chasestrangio

I think this is a critically important piece and that we should continue to add more and more nuance to this conversation. I would share that I don't think despair

Will Frank

scifantasy

For most of my adult life I have treated jokes as a defense mechanism. Humor is a powerful weapon for defusing emotion (that's the center piece of the "Bluebell" argument),

Cheryl Lynn Eaton

cheryllynneaton

Zendaya would actually be a better fit for Desire because though young, she gives off Daddy energy.https://twitter.com/GregAndElysee/status/1350220582177148928 You need a Desire who can come through like this: Hi, here's the

Aaron Winter

aaronzwinter

This not only perpetuates a now well debunked claim & narrative about the white working class/left behind, but that about Trump/ism/land. That's a bubble & distraction from real systemic inequalities,

Colin Spacetwinks

spacetwinks

think one of the thing that bugs me the most about talking politics is the endless thrum of "this politician said they're going to help you; why don't you believe

Ed McDonald

EdMcDonaldTFK

Ok so if you want to learn how to write fantasy novels by watching The Mummy Returns.Here's a thread by @Catrionaward and I about why. If you want to see

Lincoln's Bible

LincolnsBible

Don’t watch if you’re feeling weary. One of the goals of these nihilists is to wear down all those who stand for justice & the realm of the light. To

Tom Jesson

thomas_jesson

I thought that pain decreases after middle age, but apparently notIt's true that old people *now* have less pain than middle aged people. But that's not because pain goes down

Daniel George

drdanielgeorge

A research team I’m part of just published data looking at the ‘diseases of despair’ crisis over the last decade (full article is free and available online). A brief summary

ClearingTheFog

clearing_fog

There are many people on social media who, if their narratives are regularly consumed, will teach you a sort of learned pessimism - the art of despair.There are others who

Regular Jo

JoMichaels17

1/6 When the pandemic is over, most people who've survived the devastating impact of Covid will return to a semblance of normality having been adequately supported by Govt. Some will

Waleed

sanguinesIayer

A thread on Kurosaki Ichigo's character development Ichigo starts off as a teenager who simply wants to protect his friends and family, and is afraid of taking on the burden

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