#Ostracism

A old baseball friend, and terrific human, who knew me as one of the most (aggressive and obnoxiously) outspoken evangelical players on my college baseball team asked me what it
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Federally prosecute every single Q-nut who vandalized Congress. But if cops had fatally shot an unarmed BLM rioter, her name would be on NFL helmets, there would be weeklong nationwide
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This is an absolutely outrageous lie. There's no evidence that Andrea owes any of the important parts of Woman Hating or her “standing” to a trans friend, nor any evidence
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I read the Report of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee so you don't have to - although I encourage you to do so! It is 136 pp but is
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This will be a huge issue in the coming years, and likely not just on dating sites. One's personal life, the romantic, intimate and sexual aspects of it are within
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Inevitably, as much as I'm sick of speaking about him, I will probably find myself stuck arguing about Folau with someone on social media over the next week, so here
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In all systems of oppression you will find a broken or suppressed balancing feedback loop. (I think...I am writing out this thread to test an idea in my head.) #SystemsThinking
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It is a 2 day old news but I really can't wrap my head around the fact that a girl who scored 98.5% in boards & got through LSR, had
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@ClaireBerlinski In the West people are used to praising Japan’s response to Covid-19. After all, Japan has had a relatively low death rate (certainly compared to Europe & the US).
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Somebody recommended this book yesterday. (Sorry I have completely forgotten who maybe @KnownHeretic ? Anyway I got access via open library and I will link at the end. It’s from
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Observe: China's tactic of making timely "concessions" towards various western powers in order to prevent them from feasibly uniting against it is not a sign of weakness, but an age
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Rest in power to Charles Evers! In addition to being radical voice for racial justice, Evers was the central figure in probably the most important case (even more than Brandenburg)
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What an intense ride for @KansasDems! Candidates & supporters and after an exhausting 4-yrs for all. We meant to post earlier but it has been hard to find words to
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So a bunch of people who are trying to make a point about "liberalism" and "cancel culture" are going around, re: Paul Krueger and asking, "Where is the evidence? What
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Been thinking about cancel-culture and shame. I think this thoughtful thread is the reason.https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1356671499286044678?s=19 American culture has a complicated history/relationship with shame. "The Scarl
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It’s been an intense few days for us. After an exhausting four years for all progressives. We meant to post earlier but it was just so hard to find the
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