#Language

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Funny story about this "there you go again" Reagan meme. He said that cutesy phrase in the process of telling a transparent lie about his record. Jimmy Carter pointed out

Canadian Digital Service (CDS)

CDS_GC

We’re always looking for ways to make our work more #accessible - including our social media content.We’re sharing some tips we’ve learned about creating #inclusive Twitter content.Have more ideas? We’d

Steven Wedgeworth

Wedgetweets

Bill C-6 is currently being debated in Canadian Parliament. Read this description carefully: https://justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/ct-tc/index.html Notice that if you try to "change" an individual's gender identity "to mat

Laurie Rubel

Laurie_Rubel

so, inauguration week is coming to a close.one highlight of the week were the many #Bernie memes, often tagged with creative & at times hilarious captions.i wondered, though, if we

Nathan S. French

innesseff

Watching responses to @ProfIRMF's article in JAAR. Colleagues are missing the discussion of how *capital* frames hires in Islamic Studies. Admins and BoTs often want to see humanities positions answerable

bossladylace

xlusciouslace

How to teach children consent during the holidays , a thread: First things first, I am not advising anyone teach children sexual consent. Because under NO POSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE can a

Makiko Itoh (伊藤牧子)

makiwi

Because of the US military COVID-19 cluster in Okinawa, I’ve seen some English (and some Chinese) language accounts bring up Okinawan independence. I went to look for any information on

Pwn All The Things

pwnallthethings

Ok, a slightly long-winded take on this (short answer is yes, I agree, the word "attack" is a bad choice here).But tl;dr is this is a problem of technical jargon

#howshehustles by Emily Mills

howshehustles

THREAD ALERT..This is what racism can look like..Me: After a guelling week, I sat on the courtyard bench beside my building under the night sky. Needed some quiet reflection and

Cait

caitschult2

I'm struggling to write about this, but I must speak about the white privilege and appropriation related to this incident. It's not about the photo; I personally offered the below

Duncan Reyburn

duncanreyburn

Thinking about an idea I remember reading in Owen Barfield's Poetic Diction, about a kind of connection between a kid's use of language and the way the ancients used lanaguage;

Brossentia @ Home!

Brossentia

I was thinking about this yesterday, and what we saw was cult behavior in assaulting the capitol. What causes cultists to do terrible things?It's all complicated, but a large element

Dr. Isaac

wammiri

How the 36 Nigerian states got their names. A thread 1. AbiaAbia is an acronym from the four main groups of people in the state as at the time

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Maybe Imma have to write a little bit about the history of feminism, especially radical feminism, and its relationship with Marxism and how that facilitated the theoretical underpinnings that led

Hetan Shah

HetanShah

1/ Last official day of the year working for me. It's been a whacky year to start a new job @BritishAcademy_. I got 16 days in the office before we

Julie Atwood

jmatwood

I'd like to take a moment to talk about parrots in human households. See how cute this fuzzface is? He was no longer welcome in his home when he was

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