#Paradox

Tune in now for @emilyraboteau moderating a panel with @GhoshAmitav and @TempestWilliams for @PENworldvoices about writing and climate change! Extremely my jam and so far it's A++++++https://virginia.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ebe3qE4d
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A thread on Koyomi Reverse, my favourite story arc in fiction: First off, the premise.Far from being unique to Monogatari, the mirror world premise is one that's been done to
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Today in pulp I look back at a few forgotten '80s sci-fi movies and ask if it's time to reappraise them.Spoilers: the answer will often be 'no'... #FridayThoughts There were
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Actually going to do a "thread". A couple of friends recommended Waleed Aly's essay in The Monthly, "Woke politics and power", so I read it and I had a pretty
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Let me share a few thoughts on the latest #Semenya development - her appeal rejected by the Swiss Supreme court, World Athletics policy supported (pretty strongly too). We are planning
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Happy New Year! A thread of some of the worst editorials/opinion pieces of 2020. Let’s leave these takes behind in 2021:Major tw // racism, transphobia Hmmhttps://twitter.com/PostOpinions/status/1344040022500990977?s=20 Don't forget T
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THREAD: As FDA hearing on emergency use authorization for COVID vaccines takes place in DC this a.m., I will summarize the 3 installments of my #COVIDGATE series on corruption of
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After spending all day writing about the Reed Smoot congressional hearings (1904-1907), it was a bit of a whiplash to read this @DeseretNews editorial that pushes back on @mckaycoppins's essay.
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1/19 FABRICATING LUCK (A FRAMEWORK FOR NON-PLANNING)Two truths:1. There are much more good things impossible plan for than good things you can plan for2. Your future selves are wiser than
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What is fascism?A belief in the supremacy of the police and the military, united under a charismatic ruler who will forcefully protect the nation from “social decay”, caused by demonized
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CHARLIE MUNGER'S 7 IRON LAWS: Charlie Munger has been the biggest COGNITIVE INFLUENCE on my life so far. Here are a list of my favourite PRINCIPLES from the eccentric billionaire.
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The left is correct when they tell you that western society was never free. That patriarchy and all variety of “normativities” were always present to control you. The rules of
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There is an endless litany of arguments against democracy and you probably know them all, already. Yes, I know the US is a republic, but spiritually it's a democracy; we
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The quokka is a meme animal that lives on Bald Island on the SW coast of Australia, where it has no natural predators. If you visit this island, it will
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Some pearls from tonight’s MD/DO-PhD trainee panel! What did you base your decision on when you chose a program?Living in an affordable areaPeers with similar interests A community of people
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Being scared of death threats and rape fantasies from right wing white supremacists that specifically target you = Too Sensitive!Being scared when the people who want to rape and kill
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