#Progressive

Some more stray thoughts about this Joss Whedon business. Firstly, I've seen people saying, "Lol, I always said Whedon was a hack." Well, perhaps they have (though if so, they're
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Excellent thread by Rabbi Reuvane about the level (or lack thereof) of Jewish literacy amongst Progressive American Jews. It speaks directly to a conversation I was having yesterday with a
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Friendly reminder:1) The storm’s been impactful across the South. Texas is bad, & fam in Mississippi, Arkansas & Louisiana are hurting & need support. Don’t set folks up to play
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post from 2013:right from women's reservation in educational institutions and panchayats to reservations for the backward classes to legislation for the sc special component plan to the tribal sub-plan to
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Fast food workers won Just Cause protections in NYC yesterday, including a bill that mandates layoffs happen in reverse seniority. NYC is now the first city in the country to
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Ignoring the reactionary politics of elected / campaigning people of color, and instead pointing to someone of their race being elected as a progressive victory is a form of racism.
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10 pieces of workout advice I wish I could have given to my 25 year old selfI've made a lot of mistakes in the gym. If I could slap my
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Interesting how people who choose private school blame their choice not on their own opportunity hoarding but the BoE, presumably because the BoE failed to support policies that would further
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The introduction of Proportional Representation could be the most transformative event in UK politics for several generations - it could, potentially, change the political landscape forever. When people’s votes are
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Maricopa County, Arizona’s largest and ground zero for the progressive movement transforming politics in the state, will release ballot results later tonight that are expected to favor Biden. But there’s
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Today is my last day at the @mssocietyuk, having started working over 11 years ago.I’ve been reflecting on the progress we’ve made... When I started there were only 5 treatments
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I've made a couple of tweets today noting the resignation of Bill Morneau as Finance Minister. They mainly concerned the abject joy from activist talking heads like @acoyne among others,
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*Results of a randomised clinical trial*: Effectiveness of progressive tendon-loading exercise therapy in patients with patellar tendinopathy#openaccess https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/19/bjsports-2020-103403.long @bmj_latest @BJ
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So I'd recommend reading this thread from Dave, but I thought about some of these policies, and how they fit into the whole, a lot, and want to offer a
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Some thoughts on how this might play out1. All of the co-sponsors vote for it but realistically you will have some attrition. The vote fails with a huge margin2. Every
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1/ To be clear about my comments about Bernie supporters:1) I voted for Bernie in the primaries in 2016. I then voted for Clinton in the general election, because I
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