#Thought

Bingqin Li

Bingqin_Li

Lost in translation. The Chinese word “Suzhi” (素质）has been translated into “quality” by God knows who. Then the term 素质教育 Suzhi education becomes education for quality, 提高人口素质 becomes improve population

QC

QiaochuYuan

“think for yourself” as a piece of advice is discriminatory against people who aren’t good at thinking, which is nearly everyone, including and especially me thinking should be a team

Elizabeth Thompson 🤠

by_ethompson

Not my experience, but thought I would share:My dad has a little cabin upstate New York and routinely snorkels in the Delaware River to find a pair of Ray-Bans he

Dr. Advokato

DAdvokato

Saw @Dan722J tweet about Trump being a Gracchi and thought I would look at Parenti's book on Julius Caesar for parallels Aristocracy ended up seizing much land because of warfare,

Kaitlyn Greenidge

surlybassey

A weird thing about Britney Spears when she first appeared on the scene is that for many in media, she became this avatar of mass consumerism and a bunch of

Sun_Q_Tzu ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sun_Q_Tzu

Lately, I’ve heard that a few evangelical leaders and pastors take issue with QThey say Q is dividing families and they express concern that Q is a deception being played

Never a Larch

neveralarch

There's some minor Tumblr drama happening about the warnings on a fic I wrote (not even about the fic! About the warnings!!) And it made me want to yell into

thot audit

thotpatr0ller

Every major dating app calculates an ELO score for every user. Your ELO is effectively a measure of your entire ability to be successful in the sexual market. The mythical

Eliza Mondegreen

elizamondegreen

How I became a 21st-century heretic/social pariah—and you can, too!A thread on questioning gender ideology. Something didn’t seem right to me. I had that feeling astronomers must have when they’re

Andrew Mac

humantravl

Done a quick map of Wandsworth There are relatively few main streets that cross the Borough, and most were designed only to be wide enough for carriages to turn around

Danny Sutcliffe

dannysutcliffes

Spent a full morning looking at burger adverts that are supposed to come across as appealing on Instagram but they actually look like a proper pain in the arse to

Pax Christus

paxchristus0

I recently found a series of excellent, thought-provoking speeches by historian Donald Livingston on how the conception of America changed post-Civil War from a 'Jeffersonian' view where states held dominance,

jonstokes.com

jonst0kes

A short thread about "crazy":On the block where I lived in Louisiana, there was an hunchbacked old lady w/ a yard full of random junk that included a 50's-looking rocket

Austin Rief ☕️

austin_rief

People find motivation is different places.Many find theirs by proving others wrong. Here is a story that put a chip on my shoulder in the early days. [thread] 2/ During

Meg K. Guliford

mkguliford

Watching the President-elect formally nominate Lloyd Austin, III as his Secretary of Defense was pretty emotional for me. I never thought I would see a Black person nominated to be

Nightmare Vision

GodCloseMyEyes

some books from this year: gods of pegana, lord dunsany. between this & the book of wonders, I preferred this. a primitive religious mythology described in a typical pantheon. sorrows

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