#Gatekeepers

Melinda Karp

MelindaKarp

Really sitting with this piece and feeling very, very conflicted. No doubt, this is a fantastic program for the students who participate. Potentially life-changing at the individual level. But... (1/)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/us/po

Alex Steed

alexsteed

One of the dangerous things about believing QAnon to be some outlying phenomenon is that they are just very open about something many do internally without knowing it, and they

D-Dub

silkyd67

For those leaning into the "just hire the most talented people!" argument, you may not be seeing the larger historical issue. Specific to the discussion around white actors voicing characters

Doctora Malka Older

m_older

I'm so angry that when I was a kid, all I knew about Dolly Parton was the size of her chest. And her hair color, I guess. Imagine taking all

Christine Burns MBE 🧜‍♀️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈📚⧖

christineburns

It was in the 1980s, almost forty years ago, that I first recall seeing clinical statistics estimating the prevalence of transsexualism. In those days it was claimed repeatedly that Male

tikkun olam means antifascist action

afrodesiaq

something i get asked a lot is, if there's no real organizing body/licensure/etc for street medics and just anyone can slap on a red duct tape cross, how do you

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

YouTube Financially Deplatforms Swath Of Indie Media AccountsYouTube has demonetized progressive commentators @grahamelwood, @theProgSoapbox, @theconvocouch and @B43Franco, as well as freelancer @FordFischer who films US political demonstra

Lis*anise

goldjadeocean

I'm still puzzling over a repeated interaction I see in the Great Fanfic Legitimacy Debate. There's a reason given for why fanfic can never be Real Literature that's patently false,

Alex and Books 📚

AlexAndBooks_

A reading tip inspired by @elonmusk (thread) In a Reddit AMA, someone asked Elon how he's able to learn so fast. His response?"It is important to view knowledge as

Eric Burns-White

demiurgent

Fun to see the early-webcomics-recollections. Here's one of the takeaways I had from those days (I had some involvement back in the day).The so-called war between newspapers/syndicates and webcomics was

Naomi Ko

konaomie

Hey y'all! I'm Naomi Ko and I am one of the organizers for the #StartWith8Hollywood initiative, which pairs female-identifying filmmakers of color with mentors, gatekeepers, and decision makers. I would

Goddess Alexandra Snow

DominaSnow

Adult payment processing, a thread: If you're panicked and concerned about the current situation with Visa/MasterCard and what this could mean for you:Take a deep breath.This isn't anything new and

Occam

OccamInvesting

I used to be convinced of the merits of active investment management.The more I researched, the less confident in active management I became. Now I invest all my cash into

Cyprien Batut

BatutCyprien

A thread about Economics as a discipline, Academic painting in XIXth century France and Bourdieu, and what the recent events within Economics may mean. 0/n What if I told you

L.N. West-Livingston, PhD, MSL

LWestLivingston

As a queer Black woman, aspiring vascular surgeon, and researcher of medical education/learning environments... everyone I’ve ever met has asked me what I think about ~*that*~ vascular surgery article.

Boddha

soupycoup

Twitter The story of Sant Chokhāmela Chokhamela was a saint from Maharashtra,14th century.He belonged to the Mahar caste, one of the untouchable caste in India.He was one of the first

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