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Jasmine D. Parker, Ph.D.

DrJasmineParker

Hi, interdisciplinary social scientist here. I see a LOT of convo around #CancelStudentDebt, and I want to help frame this concept. Not only is canceling student debt good for the

Colin Kalmbacher

colinkalmbacher

Neal Katyal is currently defending multinational corporations' right to own slaves before the Supreme Court right now in the consolidated cases of Nestlé USA v. Doe I and Cargill, Inc.

Ruth Patrick

ruthpatrick0

For many households, spending has gone down & savings up during #covid19. But this is not the story for many households particularly those living on a new income, as our

Scott Maxwell

Scott_Maxwell

The rest of the world is starting to see who we are.This is powerful, depressing storytelling.And maybe this Post piece will awaken people in a way previous stories haven't.But i

nome

NomeDaBarbarian

Folks saying that $2000 a month is the minimum someone needs, please consider that, assuming 18% tax, comes to a $14/hr full time job.Nearly twice the minimum wage. I didn't

Charles Randall

charlesrandall

The other day a friend commented to me "I wish game developers were more candid about development." He was surprised when I said we are. The caveat is that we're

M Triguero-Mas

ItaTrigueroMas

Have you ever wondered if/how the political and social production of green-playful child-friendly amenities effect how children use and benefit from those spaces?Read @carmenppulgar @ianguelovski #JamesConnolly paper to learn more!1/12

Kjell Vandevyvere🖊🚢

Kjellvdv

The quality of your writing will never be the same again after you read these 18 articles. This is la crème de la crème in terms of writing.Featured: @paulg, @ScottAdamsSays,

Foz Meadows

fozmeadows

So, I don't have the energy to formally blog about the Hugos and Worldcon, but I still have some thoughts to share about the SFF community in relation to both,

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Regardless of the election outcome, Trump's inroads with Hispanic voters kills the idea that the Democrats are the Inevitable Party of the Demographic Future.https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Democratic-Majority-John-Judis/dp/0743254783

Baldaccio d'Anghiari

Autiauto

THREAD on Strauss’ Epilogue: I promised awhile ago a thread on why one should read Leo Strauss. I’ll probably make a more general thread on that, but 1st, here is

Jan Schaumann

jschauma

10 Software Engineering Laws Everybody Loves to IgnoreA Twitter 1. Conway's LawAlso known as: "You will ship your org chart.""Any organization that designs a system will produce a design

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

So let's just take stock of what's happened.The government undertakes a consultation on changing the GRA, which if passed, would effectively change the meaning of sex in law to gender

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

China has a different relationship with its tech monopolies than the US does, thanks to a combination of state ownership, state investment, crossovers between Party members and PLA veterans with

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

I want to say a few words about the Woke war on merit and where it comes from. It's actually a part of their broader war on equality, which is

Kyle Rapp

KyleSRapp

Alright, some UN #HumanRights background.NK's review is part of Australia's Universal Periodic Review (UPR). What's that? Great Q! Here's a thread...The UPR is a state-driven process where ALL UN members

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