#Communities

Eric Weinstein

EricRWeinstein

I respectfully **strongly** disagree. To many of us “Learning disabled” kids w/ lousy grades & crappy teacher recommendations they are our only lifeline. True, we may struggle with them as

Jeff Jarvis

jeffjarvis

This "nation deeply divided" narrative is itself part of the problem. Politics is all about mediating disagreement. Nations are *always* divided, but with more nuance than media allow. This presumes

ana 📌

pynchpipedream

1. saying an author can JUST write what they know (what they have experienced, about their own communities) - this goes for people saying white cishet authors shouldn't write non-white

Jake Snow

snowjake

For MONTHS, Californians in prisons, jails, immigrant detention centers, and shelters were prioritized for vaccines.Then the state reversed course, appearing to leave those people behind.TODAY: over 30 groups are asking

Bes D. Socialist

besf0rt

elon musk is not a climate change hero, to the contrary, the production of tesla cars destroys the environment and space x works with the us military, the largest polluting

I remember Tom Brady's MAGA hat

_shireenahmed_

"Before Saleh, 41, a native of Dearborn, Michigan, was hired by the Jets, no Muslim had ever been an NFL head coach"https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/1349919360668860417 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jets-make-history-hirin

Conor O'Neill

conoraon

For two decades, the ESB has imported millions of tons of coal from the #Cerrejón mine in Colombia, despite years of environmental & human rights abuses. Today we @ChristianAidIrl @GLAN_LAW

Olaudah Equiano®

RealOlaudah

An Analysis of the Unfolding Tragic Events in Nigeria A Thread.1. The Situation:Powerful elements within the Federal Government and foreign players are responsible for an Islamist insurgency that has spread

CalMatters

CalMatters

1/ A pandemic. Mass unemployment. Political turmoil. A reckoning over racism. Another year of unprecedented fires.Californians faced crisis after crisis in 2020. Here's our look back at some of the

'wole

woleolabanji

Here are a two reasons why 'Northern Nigeria' appears to not have had ENOUGH.Thread.https://twitter.com/OoTheNigerian/status/1334766794431733761 1. EquanimityThe average northerner deals with tragedy (and this government has been tr

Marc O. DeGirolami

MarcODeGirolami

Something on my new paper about malice in tort and criminal law. I also wanted to say something about my experience venturing into a new sub-discipline mid-career and what I

Ben

therootedhub

Crazy years and a Prozac-filled Great Depression of our own vs. great years of civilization-building by networking and learning from and with others. This, rather than any new tech, will

Amber R. Crowell, PhD

acrowellsoci

1. I'm participating in the #ScholarStrike by creating this Twitter teach-in to talk about the racialized violence experienced by Black, Latinx, and Asian communities in Fresno as a result of

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

OlufemiOTaiwo

short thread:"In a randomized controlled trial among 1634 disadvantaged high school youth in Chicago, assignment to a summer jobs program decreases violence by 43% over 16 months (3.95 fewer violent-crime

Elections BC

ElectionsBC

1/ Our CEO, Anton Boegman, is speaking to the federal House of Commons procedure & house affairs committee this morning via https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/PROC. Here are a few of the lessons he

Sloww

SlowwCo

Modern life has created a lot of unnecessary middlemen.Where can you cut them out to live better?(Short Thread ) Sobering thoughts from Tyson Yunkaporta, author of "Sand Talk":"You used to

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