#Socially

Of the biology of class and caste - Or why your system will always suckMore below. First we will push aside the question of whether class and hierarchy are a
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Lessons after death, a thread. A month ago life was turned on its head, I lost my mum to suicide. I want to share some lessons I have learnt/am learning,
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A few years ago I thought the corruption was a large sheet of fine net/spiderweb over the globe. Now... more like 1000's of layers. Never, never did I imagine how
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Standing by for media conference (due 10.15am AEDT) from Premier Daniel Andrews re news on lifting Victoria's snap 5 day lockdown which was set to midnight tonight...signs are good but
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1. Thread. Poetry is sublime and worthy of study! Here, I want to examine W. H. Auden's wonderful poem, "Musée des Beaux Arts," which uses paintings from a museum of
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0/ Masks were NOT designed for EVERYONE EVERYWHERE ALL-THE-TIME !!!A thread... 1/ NO DOWN SIDES!There’s a strain of argument for face masks suggesting that they cannot possibly have any negative
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Don't ask me why I'm awake, but I've finally finished that post on Sappho!There's a transcript of the entire thing and various sources over on Tumblr: https://coolcurrybooks.tumblr.com/post/627399978577461248/rules-for-engag
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I want to spend a moment on the genius of @CrispinGlover, today is a very important day. Exactly 33 years ago, July 28, 1987, Crispin Glover appeared on Late Night
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We’ve been hard at work @tes today getting together everything you need to know about today’s @educationgovuk announcements. A good start is this complete guide to the guidance from @Specktator100
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Watched Zafar Mirza's interview last night. @OwaisTohid asked some very pertinent questions but the answers by health minister didn't inspire much confidence. Here he talks about curve flattening in five
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I do stand-up.In 2018, I was at a comedy festival and I saw a white power chant. This festival was connected to and endorsed by The Proud Boys.I called them
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I've tried to stay away from the racism discussion this week. Coming off the back of invasion day, I wanted a lil separation from the violence of the colony. Yet
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1) A not so groundbreaking view of Silicon Valley: I came here 15 years ago, because after returning to the US it seemed that everything in southern California was FIRE
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I watched an advance screener of "Promising Young Woman" today, starring Carey Mulligan as Cassie Thomas, a med school dropout who exacts revenge against rapists and sexual assailants, and it's
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A thread on organizational culture... With time it has become easier to start a company, raise funds, get press, a fancy office, free lunches, a Foosball table and beans bags.What
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Black on Both SidesThe Greatest hip hop album of all timeA thread The year is 1999 and throughout the last decade the art of hip hop has developed into a
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