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Vancouver's Police Board responds to news that their budget is held to zero y/oy by arguing that "fixed cost obligations" mean it isn't zero, so hey, frontline layoffs! Literally 00s
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1) A LOT of balls in the air today on Capitol Hill, as is per usual here in December. The House is expected to vote on a short-term spending bill
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Oh. This is a thread on pronouns in bio. Periodically I see twitter bios that make fun of the idea of having pronouns in your bio. "he/stop putting these in
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I've been biting my tongue about this, but I feel it needs to be said.Fursuit families are cliques. By literal definition of a clique. To treat it as anything else
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Watching the original superman. Now it’s an old movie. But aside from a few brief moments that wouldn’t pass muster today, it holds up very well. The miniatures have a
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1. Thread: Remembering J.D. Vance exists has pissed me off so I'm going to explain why his book on Appalachia is complete and utter garbage. This will be long so
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DISCLAIMER:The following thread will not serve as a "callout" or justification of any sort of harassment; rather it is a caste study with a mild reference to one of the
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1) Not only is this false, it is exactly the reason we need to restore the pledge of allegiance to its original form. “Under god” was added to the pledge
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This is an important development to regulate online content in India. Govt has been speaking about this for a while and OTTs will now be under the watch of the
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Earlier the @greenparty_ie had a debate on greening trade deals. A few arguments put forward were:1. Ceta is as good as done, let's not waste political capital on it2. Let's
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What will a Biden POTUS and R Senate mean for China policy? In short, it could help ensure more of the same but with a fully staffed executive that is
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Parasocial hatred and parasocial love are two sides of the same coin of having a one sided emotional connection to someone. Often the false love turns into real hate out
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One thing about the flippant suggestion of joining the military to pay for school is that many people aren't privileged enough to be able to joinThat's right, there's Enlistment privilege.
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Only three chapters into @CharlesCMann's *The Wizard and the Prophet* and why didn't anyone insist that I read this book before? Super-relevant to progress studies.Just finished the Borlaug chapter, which
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Sometimes Job 19 just HITS you and it's like OH GOD THE FEELS. And then you bump into Job 24:1 and it's like SERIOUSLY WHY. Seriously though how you weigh
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In public health, we need to be careful about how we communicate the importance of wearing masks. Masks, in certain contexts, have become a class signifier that only reinforce discrimination
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