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Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

Aaaaand, we're back. All the fun of the techno-Platonist-dystopia-fair. Martine Rothblatt 'From Transgender to Transhuman' (link to part 1 https://twitter.com/janeclarejones/status/1021418876222001152) Chapter 1 - 'Billions

anya taylor joy's lip tattoo ♡

gayrapunzel

emma woodhouse and george knightley as taylor swift lyrics, a thread: "touching him was like realizing all you ever wantedwas right there in front of you" "dreaming about the day

Colin Spacetwinks

spacetwinks

think one of the thing that bugs me the most about talking politics is the endless thrum of "this politician said they're going to help you; why don't you believe

andre the dr. chemist

andrechemist

From the lowest levels of education to the top, the constant focus on prestige of institution is damaging to so many people in so many ways. I've seen a candidate

Patrick Rosal

patrickrosal

Thread for successful Asian Americans: What does success really mean? Stellar GPA, test scores, shiny awards, Ivy League. I flunked out twice of the very university where I am a

shayne ¹²⁺¹ 🏐🇦🇷

lqiwaoi

for the longest time i have been trying to arrange my thoughts and sentiments regarding inarizaki's banner, so i suppose here is a thread on reconciling seemingly contradicting ideas (and

Dominique Bashizi

dbashizi

Seems like a wasted opportunity? Is @sullydish wanting public intellectuals to be able to have and voice opinions without having to face *any* consequences? Are there only *some* ideas that

"Just the facts, ma'am. Just the facts."

markmair

1/ @HumzaYousaf with the greatest respect can I suggest that you watch the movie ‘The Lives of Others’ about the East German government's surveillance of a writer suspected of ‘wrong

Unfuck Your Habitat

TeamUfYH

Since we're here, let's talk about kids and cleaning for a minute. Specifically, why so many people who have cleaning-related abuse, trauma, or harm from childhood that affects their ability

Sam Trabucco

AlamedaTrabucco

Ah, election trading. I think trading the election in November was some of the most fun I've ever had in my life ... for the first day. Maaaybe the second.

Jay Rosen

jayrosen_nyu

As part of my own look back at 2020, I want to share these thoughts about an essay I wrote twelve years ago, in which I got some things right

Cajsa is wondering what more unstable looks 💙💛🐝

Cajsa

I don't believe in the "lift all boats" theory of achieving justice. It's why the current "progressive" agenda leaves me cold. Last month I did a thread looking at how

cowardly Sarah

MsGanoosh

Remember I said I fucked up & tone policed the reaction of a friend who was abused and harassed by a man?This is the friend. I asked her to drop

Tom Smith

SmithTGeo

There are a lot of important arguments made here by @Matthuber78 such as the overemphasis on consumption/footprint accounting, and underemphasis on production/work; The prominence of technocracy/policy wonks; Not seeing workers

Brendan Keogh

BRKeogh

In December I ran an online workshop called "Research Gamemaking: Skills, Cultures, Politics" as the capstone of my DECRA that's been researching Aus game developmentHere is a long thread about

Sean

poetsoup

While the historical disdain & hatred for women isn't a surprise, the severity of suffering & the unrevealed stories are frightening & devastating. I balk at what we don't know.

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